Stiff, and Sticky in the Right Places: The Dramatic Influence of Preorganizing Guest Binding Sites on the Hydrogen Bond-Directed Assembly of Rotaxanes

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Abstract

Structural rigidity and the preorganization of thread binding sites are shown to have a major influence on template efficiency in the synthesis of hydrogen bond-assembled rotaxanes. Preorganization is so effective, in fact, that with good hydrogen bond acceptors (amides) a "world record" yield of 97% for a [2]rotaxane is obtained. The truly remarkable feature of this efficient template, however, is that it allows even poor hydrogen bond acceptors (esters) to be used to prepare hydrogen bond-assembled rotaxanes, despite the presence of competing hydrogen bonding groups (anions) which bind the key intermediates at least 10000x more strongly than single, unorganized, ester groups! The structures of the rotaxanes are established unambiguously in solution by (1)H NMR spectroscopy and in the solid state by X-ray crystallography. As a series they provide unique experimental information regarding the nature of amide-ester hydrogen bonding interactions; in particular they suggest that in CDCl(3), amide-ester NH...O=C hydrogen bonds are approximately 1 kcal mol(-)(1) weaker than the corresponding amide-amide interactions.

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