PubMed · 1455217
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G A Petsko. 1992-11-20. Left-handed comments.. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1455217
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From the interplay of scanning tunneling microscopy and theoretical calculations, we study the chiral self-assembly of achiral HtB-HBC molecules upon adsorption on the Cu(110) surface. We find that chirality is expressed at two different levels: a +/-5 degrees rotation of the molecular axis with respect to the close-packed direction of the Cu(110) substrate and a chiral close-packed arrangement expected for star-shaped molecules in 2D. Out of the four possible chiral expressions, only two are found to exist due the effect of van der Waals (vdW) interactions forcing the molecules to simultaneously adjust to the atomic template of the substrate geometry and self-assemble in a close-packed geometry.
[reactions: see text] The novel and stereocontrolled synthesis of (+/-)-tetrodotoxin from myo-inositol is described. The key steps involve the stepwise oxidation of hydroxyl groups to the carbonyl function, followed by the addition of specific nucleophiles, including the successive spiro alpha-chloroepoxide formation and its ring-opening with the azide anion, to give the desired branched chain structures (5-->6, 17-->18-->19-->20 and 23-->24-->25) with the desired regio- and stereoselectivities in high yields. The stepwise conversion of the alpha-azido aldehyde 25 to the delta-lactone 29, followed by reduction of the azide, introduction of a guanidine moiety, aldehyde formation, and deprotection, produced the (+/-)-tetrodotoxin.
[reaction: see text] A synthesis of (S,S)-isodityrosine 1, a naturally occurring, key structural subunit of numerous biologically active macromolecules, is described. A formal [3 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition (Dötz benzannulation) approach was utilized to simultaneously construct an aromatic ring and the diaryl ether linkage in one step. This key step was extended to the synthesis of (S,S)-isodityrosine in two separate convergent synthetic routes. This method demonstrates a novel and mild method for the synthesis of diaryl ethers.