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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 />

Received<br />

Received in revised form<br />

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

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