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Orvay F, Cerdá J, Rotger C, Ortí E, Aragó J, Costa A, Soberats B. Influence of the Z/E Isomerism on the Pathway Complexity of a Squaramide-Based Macrocycle. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2006133. [PMID: 33448095 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202006133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
The rising interest on pathway complexity in supramolecular polymerization has prompted the finding of novel monomer designs able to stabilize kinetically trapped species and generate supramolecular polymorphs. In the present work, the exploitation of the Z/E (geometrical) isomerism of squaramide (SQ) units to produce various self-assembled isoforms and complex supramolecular polymerization pathways in methylcyclohexane/CHCl3 mixtures is reported for the first time. This is achieved by using a new bissquaramidic macrocycle (MSq) that self-assembles into two markedly different thermodynamic aggregates, AggA (discrete cyclic structures) and AggB (fibrillar structures), depending on the solvent composition and concentration. Remarkably, UV-vis, 1 H NMR, and FT-IR experiments together with quantum-chemical calculations indicate that these two distinct aggregates are formed via two different hydrogen bonding patterns (side-to-side in AggA and head-to-tail in AggB) due to different conformations in the SQ units (Z,E in AggA and Z,Z in AggB). The ability of MSq to supramolecularly polymerize into two distinct aggregates is utilized to induce the kinetic-to-thermodynamic transformation from AggA to AggB, which occurs via an on-pathway mechanism. It is believed that this system provides new insights for the design of potential supramolecular polymorphic materials by using squaramide units.
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- Francisca Orvay
- Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. Valldemossa, Km. 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, 07122, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. Valldemossa, Km. 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, 07122, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. Valldemossa, Km. 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, 07122, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. Valldemossa, Km. 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, 07122, Spain
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Singh A, Singh RK, Patwari GN. Hierarchy of π-stacking determines the conformational preferences of bis-squaramates. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00623a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Orientation of squaramate dimers in crystal structures is tuned by varying the degree of cooperativity between hydrogen bonding and π-stacking.
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- Abhishek Singh
- IITB-Monash Research Academy
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Mumbai 400 076
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Mumbai 400076
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Mumbai 400076
- India
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Agnew-Francis KA, Williams CM. Squaramides as Bioisosteres in Contemporary Drug Design. Chem Rev 2020; 120:11616-11650. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Kylie A. Agnew-Francis
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Sen S, Basu A, Sen T, Patwari GN. π-Stacking Driven Aggregation and Folding of Squaramides. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:5832-5839. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c03120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Saumik Sen
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076 India
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Basak T, Frontera A, Chattopadhyay S. A theoretical insight into non-covalent supramolecular interactions in the solid state structures of two octahedral iron( iii) complexes. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00955e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The nature and characteristics of the C–H⋯π interactions that play an important role in crystal packing of two iron(iii) complexes have been discussed. The DFT calculations have been conducted to determine the interaction energies in these complexes.
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- Tanmoy Basak
- Department of Chemistry
- Inorganic Section
- Jadavpur University
- Kolkata-700032
- India
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- Departamento de Química
- Universitat de les Illes Balears
- 07122 Palma
- Spain
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Alegre-Requena JV, Häring M, Sonsona IG, Abramov A, Marqués-López E, Herrera RP, Díaz Díaz D. Synthesis and supramolecular self-assembly of glutamic acid-based squaramides. Beilstein J Org Chem 2018; 14:2065-2073. [PMID: 30202459 PMCID: PMC6122139 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.14.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We describe the preparation and characterization of two new unsymmetrical squaramide-based organogelators. The synthesis of the compounds was carried out by subsequent amine condensations starting from dimethyl squarate. The design of the gelators involved a squaramide core connected on one side to a long aliphatic chain and on the other side to a glutamic acid residue. The gelator bearing the free carboxylic groups showed a lower gelation capacity than its precursor diester derivative. Some selected gels were further studied by infrared spectroscopy, rheology and electron microscopy. Critical gelation concentrations and gel-to-sol transition temperatures were also determined for each case. In addition, the superior squaramide diester gelator was compared with an analogue triazole-based gelator in terms of critical gelation concentration, gelation kinetics and thermal phase transition.
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- Juan V Alegre-Requena
- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica. Departamento de Química Orgánica Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH) CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.,Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica. Departamento de Química Orgánica Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH) CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.,Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica. Departamento de Química Orgánica Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH) CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica. Departamento de Química Orgánica Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH) CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.,Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia - Spanish National Research Council (IQAC-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Rostami A, Sadeh E, Ahmadi S. Exploration of tertiary aminosquaramide bifunctional organocatalyst in controlled/living ring-opening polymerization of l-lactide. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.28641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Ali Rostami
- Department of Polymer and Material Chemistry; Shahid Beheshti University; Tehran 19839-4716 I. R. Iran
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- Department of Polymer and Material Chemistry; Shahid Beheshti University; Tehran 19839-4716 I. R. Iran
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- Department of Polymer and Material Chemistry; Shahid Beheshti University; Tehran 19839-4716 I. R. Iran
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Prohens R, Portell A, Font-Bardia M, Bauzá A, Frontera A. A combined crystallographic and theoretical study of weak intermolecular interactions in crystalline squaric acid esters and amides. CrystEngComm 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ce00556c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Schiller J, Alegre-Requena JV, Marqués-López E, Herrera RP, Casanovas J, Alemán C, Díaz Díaz D. Self-assembled fibrillar networks of a multifaceted chiral squaramide: supramolecular multistimuli-responsive alcogels. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:4361-4374. [PMID: 27087352 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm02997j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Chiral N,N'-disubstituted squaramide has been found to undergo self-assembly in a variety of alcoholic solvents at low concentrations leading to the formation of novel nanostructured supramolecular alcogels. The gels responded to thermal, mechanical, optical and chemical stimuli. Solubility studies, gelation ability tests and computer modeling of a series of structurally related squaramides proved the existence of a unique combination of non-covalent molecular interactions and favorable hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance in that drive the anisotropic growth of alcogel networks. The results have also revealed a remarkable effect of ultrasound on both the gelation kinetics and the properties of the alcogels.
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- Jana Schiller
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. and Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament de Química, EPS, Universitat de Lleida, Jaume II 69, 25001 Lleida, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química - ETSEIB and Center for Research in Nano-Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av. Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. and IQAC-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Prohens R, Portell A, Font-Bardia M, Bauzá A, Frontera A. Experimental and theoretical study of weak intermolecular interactions in crystalline tertiary squaramides. CrystEngComm 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ce01299j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Saez Talens V, Englebienne P, Trinh TT, Noteborn WEM, Voets IK, Kieltyka RE. Aromatic Gain in a Supramolecular Polymer. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201503905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Yang J, Waller MP. A Systematic Approach to Identify Cooperatively Bound Homotrimers. J Phys Chem A 2012; 117:174-82. [DOI: 10.1021/jp310067m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jack Yang
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße
40, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße
40, 48149 Münster, Germany
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