Facial Selectivity in Mechanical Bond Formation: Axially Chiral Enantiomers and Geometric Isomers from a Simple Prochiral Macrocycle

In 1971, Schill recognized that a prochiral macrocycle encircling an oriented axle led to geometric isomerism in rotaxanes. More recently, we identified an overlooked chiral stereogenic unit in rotaxanes that arises when a prochiral macrocycle encircles a prochiral axle. Here we show that both stereogenic units can be accessed using equivalent strategies, with a single weak stereo-differentiating interaction sufficient for reasonable stereoselectivity. Using this understanding, we were able to demonstrate the first direct enantioselective (70% ee) synthesis of a mechanically axially chiral rotaxane..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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chemRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 18. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Savoini, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Gallagher, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Saady, Abed [VerfasserIn]
Maynard, John [VerfasserIn]
Butler, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Tizzard, Graham [VerfasserIn]
Goldup, Stephen [VerfasserIn]

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540
Chemistry

doi:

10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-60b2b-v2

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XCH041909127