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Tetrahedron<br />
journal homepage: www. elsevi er.c om<br />
Synthesis, self-assembly and ESI-MS complexation studies <strong>of</strong> novel chiral bis-Nsubstituted-hydrazinecarboxamide<br />
receptors<br />
Hany F. Nour a,b , Agnieszka Golon a , Tuhidul Islam a , Marcelo Fernández-Lahore a and Nikolai Kuhnert a,*<br />
a School <strong>of</strong> Engineering and Science, Centre for Nano and Functional Materials (NanoFun), <strong>Jacobs</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 28759 Bremen, Germany.<br />
b National Research Centre, Department <strong>of</strong> Photochemistry, El Behoose Street, P.O. Box 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.<br />
ART I CLE INFO<br />
AB ST R ACT<br />
Article history:<br />
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Accepted<br />
Available online<br />
Keywords:<br />
Hydrazinecarboxamide<br />
Receptors<br />
Self-assembly<br />
ESI mass spectrometry<br />
Dicarbohydrazides<br />
A total <strong>of</strong> seven novel bis-N-substituted-hydrazinecarboxamide two-armed molecular receptors<br />
were synthesized in good to excellent yields by reacting chiral dicarbohydrazides obtained from<br />
commercially available tartaric acid with aromatic isocyanates. Unlike tetra-carbohydrazide and<br />
tetra-(hydrazinecarboxamide) cyclophane macrocycles, which have recently been synthesized in<br />
our laboratory, the new receptors showed a remarkable degree <strong>of</strong> flexibility. <strong>The</strong> novel receptors<br />
showed efficient selective recognition ability in the gas phase to a selection <strong>of</strong> chiral carboxylic<br />
acids and oligopeptides with formation <strong>of</strong> structurally unique self-assembled host/guest complexes<br />
as confirmed by ESI-TOF and tandem MS. Structures <strong>of</strong> the novel receptors were fully<br />
assigned by various spectroscopic techniques such as 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, ESI-TOF/MS,<br />
tandem MS, 2D ROESY NMR and CD spectroscopy.<br />
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1. Introduction<br />
Over the past few decades, the synthesis <strong>of</strong> new artificial<br />
receptors has attracted considerable attention in supramolecular<br />
chemistry. 1-7 Molecular tweezers form a class <strong>of</strong> acyclic receptors<br />
bearing n-number <strong>of</strong> arms which bind a target guest molecule. 8 A<br />
central spacer unit connects the sidewalls <strong>of</strong> the tweezer and can<br />
be either flexible or rigid. <strong>The</strong> size <strong>of</strong> the spacer unit determines<br />
the shape and cavity <strong>of</strong> the tweezer. Symmetrical tweezers bear<br />
similar arms, while non-symmetrical tweezers possess different<br />
arms. 3,7,9-13 <strong>The</strong> first version <strong>of</strong> molecular tweezers recognizing<br />
aromatic guests via π-π stacking interactions was developed by<br />
Whitlock and Zimmerman. 8,14-16 Following this work, many<br />
structurally unique tweezers were synthesized and showed their<br />
promise in binding neutral and charged guests. 1-7 Molecular<br />
recognition <strong>of</strong> synthetic receptors to carboxylic and amino acids<br />
is <strong>of</strong> particular interest to supramolecular chemists due to their<br />
biological, industrial and environmental concern. An ideal receptor<br />
should have adequate solubility and should incorporate<br />
functionalities into its structural framework in order to promote<br />
its recognition ability. Both hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking<br />
interactions play significant roles in stabilizing and strengthening<br />
the binding interactions <strong>of</strong> tweezer/guest complexes. Although<br />
many receptors which bind carboxylic acids are reported in<br />
literature, only few examples such as diketopiperazine are known<br />
*Correspondence to: N. Kuhnert, email: n.kuhnert@jacobsuniversity.de<br />
Tel.: +49-421-200-3120; Fax: +49-421-200-3229.<br />
for peptide recognition. 7,17-26 Recently, we have described the<br />
synthesis <strong>of</strong> a novel class <strong>of</strong> cyclophane-type macrocycles A and<br />
B in almost quantitative yields. 27-29 We showed that the macrocycles<br />
can be obtained in both enantiomeric forms (R or S) by<br />
reacting chiral dicarbohydrazides obtained from diethyl tartrate<br />
with aromatic dialdehydes and diisocyanates in [2+2]-cyclocondensation<br />
reactions.<br />
Parallel to our work with cyclophanes A and B, Gawroński et al.<br />
reported the synthesis <strong>of</strong> a tetra-carbohydrazide cyclophane<br />
macrocycle derived from (4R,5R)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-<br />
4,5-dicarbohydrazide and terephthaldehyde. 30 Macrocycle A<br />
possesses four amide and four imine moieties making it suitable<br />
for different applications in DCC (dynamic combinatorial chemistry),<br />
while macrocycle B has more functionalities and higher<br />
degree <strong>of</strong> flexibility. 27-29,31