TY - JOUR
T1 - Compartmentalization and Photoregulating Pathways for Incompatible Tandem Catalysis
AU - Qu, Peiyuan
AU - Kuepfert, Michael
AU - Hashmi, Maryam
AU - Weck, Marcus
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PY - 2021/3/31
Y1 - 2021/3/31
N2 - This contribution describes an advanced compartmentalized micellar nanoreactor that possesses a reversible photoresponsive feature and its application toward photoregulating reaction pathways for incompatible tandem catalysis under aqueous conditions. The smart nanoreactor is based on multifunctional amphiphilic poly(2-oxazoline)s and covalently cross-linked with spiropyran upon micelle formation in water. It responds to light irradiation in a wavelength-selective manner switching its morphology as confirmed by dynamic light scattering and cryo-transition electron microscopy. The compartmental structure renders distinct nanoconfinements for two incompatible enantioselective transformations: a rhodium-diene complex-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition occurs in the hydrophilic corona, while a Rh-TsDPEN-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation proceeds in the hydrophobic core. Control experiments and kinetic studies showed that the gated behavior induced by the phototriggered reversible spiropyran to merocyanine transition in the cross-linking layer is key to discriminate among substrates/reagents during the catalysis. The smart nanoreactor realized photoregulation to direct the reaction pathway to give a multichiral product with high conversions and perfect enantioselectivities in aqueous media. Our SCM catalytic system, on a basic level, mimics the concepts of compartmentalization and responsiveness Nature uses to coordinate thousands of incompatible chemical transformations into streamlined metabolic processes.
AB - This contribution describes an advanced compartmentalized micellar nanoreactor that possesses a reversible photoresponsive feature and its application toward photoregulating reaction pathways for incompatible tandem catalysis under aqueous conditions. The smart nanoreactor is based on multifunctional amphiphilic poly(2-oxazoline)s and covalently cross-linked with spiropyran upon micelle formation in water. It responds to light irradiation in a wavelength-selective manner switching its morphology as confirmed by dynamic light scattering and cryo-transition electron microscopy. The compartmental structure renders distinct nanoconfinements for two incompatible enantioselective transformations: a rhodium-diene complex-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition occurs in the hydrophilic corona, while a Rh-TsDPEN-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation proceeds in the hydrophobic core. Control experiments and kinetic studies showed that the gated behavior induced by the phototriggered reversible spiropyran to merocyanine transition in the cross-linking layer is key to discriminate among substrates/reagents during the catalysis. The smart nanoreactor realized photoregulation to direct the reaction pathway to give a multichiral product with high conversions and perfect enantioselectivities in aqueous media. Our SCM catalytic system, on a basic level, mimics the concepts of compartmentalization and responsiveness Nature uses to coordinate thousands of incompatible chemical transformations into streamlined metabolic processes.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.1c00257
DO - 10.1021/jacs.1c00257
M3 - Article
C2 - 33724020
AN - SCOPUS:85103511590
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 143
SP - 4705
EP - 4713
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 12
ER -