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ArticleNature communications2022

Engineered non-covalent π interactions as key elements for chiral recognition.

Ming Yu Jin, Qianqian Zhen, Dengmengfei Xiao, Guanyu Tao, Xiangyou Xing, Peiyuan Yu, Chen Xu

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ming Yu Jin *Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055, Shenzhen, China.
Qianqian Zhen *Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055, Shenzhen, China.
Dengmengfei Xiao *Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055, Shenzhen, China.
Guanyu TaoDepartment of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6614-200X
Xiangyou XingDepartment of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2456-0825
Peiyuan YuDepartment of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055, Shenzhen, China. yupy@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4367-6866
Chen XuDepartment of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055, Shenzhen, China. xuc@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3222-459X
Southern University of Science and Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular recognition and self-assembly are often mediated by intermolecular forces involving aromatic π-systems. Despite the ubiquity of such interactions in biological systems and in the design of functional materials, the elusive nature of aromatic π interaction results in that they have been seldom used as a design element for promoting challenging chemical reactions. Described here is a well-engineered catalytic system into which non-covalent π interactions are directly incorporated. Enabled by a lone pair-π interaction and a π-π stacking interaction operating collectively, efficient chiral recognition is successfully achieved in the long-pursued dihydroxylation-based kinetic resolution. Density functional theory calculations shed light on the crucial role played by the lone pair-π interaction between the carbonyl oxygen of the cinchona alkaloid ligand and the electron-deficient phthalazine π moiety of the substrate in the stereoselectivity-determining transition states. This discovery serves as a proof-of-principle example showing how the weak non-covalent π interactions, if ingeniously designed, could be a powerful guide in attaining highly enantioselective catalysis.

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