Showing papers by "Yoshihisa Inoue published in 2017"

Temperature-Driven Planar Chirality Switching of a Pillar[5]arene-Based Molecular Universal Joint

Abstract: The study of an enantiopure bicyclic pillar[5]arene-based molecular universal joint (MUJ) by single-crystal X-ray diffraction allowed for the first time the unequivocal assignment of the absolute configuration of a planar chiral pillar[5]arene by circular dichroism spectroscopy. Crucially, the absolute configuration of the MUJ was switched reversibly by temperature, with an accompanying sign inversion of the anisotropy factor that varied by as much as 0.03, which is the largest value ever reported. Mechanistically, the reversible chirality switching of the MUJ is driven by the threading/dethreading motion of the fused ring and hence is dependent on both the size and nature of the ring and the solvent employed, reflecting the critical balance between the self-complexation of the ring by pillar[5]arene, the solvation to the excluded ring, and the inclusion of solvent molecules in the cavity.

Enantioselectivity of 2,2',3,5',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 95) Atropisomers toward Ryanodine Receptors (RyRs) and Their Influences on Hippocampal Neuronal Networks.

Abstract: Nineteen ortho-substituted PCBs are chiral and found enantioselectively enriched in ecosystems. Their differential actions on biological targets are not understood. PCB 95 (2,2',3,5',6-pentachlorobiphenyl), a chiral PCB of current environmental relevance, is among the most potent toward modifying ryanodine receptors (RyR) function and Ca2+ signaling. PCB 95 enantiomers are separated and assigned aR- and aS-PCB 95 using three chiral-column HPLC and circular dichroism spectroscopy. Studies of RyR1-enriched microsomes show aR-PCB 95 with >4× greater potency (EC50 = 0.20 ± 0.05 μM), ∼ 1.3× higher efficacy (Bmax = 3.74 ± 0.07 μM) in [3H]Ryanodine-binding and >3× greater rates (R = 7.72 ± 0.31 nmol/sec/mg) of Ca2+ efflux compared with aS-PCB 95, whereas racemate has intermediate activity. aR-PCB 95 has modest selectivity for RyR2, and lower potency than racemate toward the RyR isoform mixture in brain membranes. Chronic exposure of hippocampal neuronal networks to nanomolar PCB 95 during a critical developmental period shows divergent influences on synchronous Ca2+ oscillation (SCO): rac-PCB 95 increasing and aR-PCB 95 decreasing SCO frequency at 50 nM, although the latter's effects are nonmonotonic at higher concentration. aS-PCB95 shows the greatest influence on inhibiting responses to 20 Hz electrical pulse trains. Considering persistence of PCB 95 in the environment, stereoselectivity toward RyRs and developing neuronal networks may clarify health risks associated with enantioisomeric enrichment of PCBs.

A BODIPY-based near infrared fluorescent probe for Fe3+ in water

Abstract: For highly sensitive and selective detection of biologically important Fe3+ in aqueous media, a novel near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe (λem = 627 nm; ΦF = 0.47) based on boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) was developed. Employing a pair of 2-sulfonatostyryl sidearms attached to the BODIPY core as a reversible chelator specific to Fe3+, the sensor achieved a high selectivity toward Fe3+ over a wide range of metal ions, including Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Mn2+, Fe2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+, Al3+, and Cr3+. Furthermore, the quenched NIR fluorescence was immediately recovered upon addition of sodium ascorbate as a reductant or EDTA as a stronger chelator.

Photochirogenic nanosponges: phase-controlled enantiodifferentiating photoisomerization of (Z)-cyclooctene sensitized by pyromellitate-crosslinked linear maltodextrin

Abstract: Linear maltodextrin (LM) was cross-linked by pyromellitic dianhydride to afford LM polymers of different cross-linking degrees. When soaked in water, these cross-linked LM polymers (nanosponges (NSs)), evolved into several phases from sol to suspension, then to flowing gel, and finally to rigid gel with an increase in their content. Enantiodifferentiating photoisomerization of (Z)-cyclooctene (1Z) to chiral (E)-isomer (1E), which was employed as a benchmark reaction to quantitatively assess the environmental-to-molecular chirality transfer process, was performed in aqueous media containing these pyromellitate-crosslinked LM-NSs in different phases. The enantiomeric excess (ee) of 1E obtained was relatively insensitive to the phases at least up to the flowing gel phase, but became highly sensitive in the rigid gel phase, exhibiting an abrupt drop in the early rigid gel phase followed by a rapid recovery in the late rigid gel phase. A comparison with the phase-dependent ee profiles previously reported for similar pyromellitate-crosslinked cyclodextrin (CD)- and cyclic nigerosylnigerose (CNN)-NSs revealed that the chiral void space created around the pyromellitate linker in NS is responsible for the dramatic changes in ee in the rigid gel phase, whereas the inherent host cavity in CD/CNN plays only limited roles in the supramolecular photochirogenesis mediated by the sensitizer-crosslinked NSs. The latter insight allows us to further expand the applicable range of the present concept and methodology by employing a much wider variety of oligosaccharides as well as substrates and sensitizing cross-linkers.

Oligosaccharide Sensing in Aqueous Media by Porphyrin–Curdlan Conjugates: A Prêt‐á‐Porter Rather Than Haute‐Couture Approach

Abstract: Saccharide sensing in aqueous media is an intriguing but challenging goal in current chemistry Herein we report the oligosaccharide-sensing behavior of newly synthesized porphyrin-curdlan conjugates, which are random coils in DMSO but become globules in aqueous solutions to induce circular dichroism (ICD) in the biologically accessible spectral region due to the conformational fixation of porphyrin reporters The magnitude of ICD was significantly varied specifically in the presence of acarbose, a drug for type-2 diabetes, enabling us to detect the amino-saccharide at concentrations down to 200 μM This result demonstrates that the pret-a-porter approach, using less-defined reporter-curdlan conjugates, is more advantageous than the traditional haute-couture approach with highly sophisticated hosts in particular in oligosaccharide sensing

Protonation-Induced Sign Inversion of the Cotton Effects of Pyridinophanes. A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study.

Abstract: The circular dichroisms (CDs) of planar chiral [2.2]- and [3.3]-pyridinophanes were investigated experimentally and theoretically. Strong multisignate Cotton effects, typical for cyclophane derivatives, were observed. The CD spectra of [2.2]- and [3.3]-paracyclophanes closely resembled in pattern each other, despite the much greater conformational variations in the latter. Upon protonation, both of the cyclophanes suffered dramatic CD spectral changes with accompanying complete sign inversion, which was attributed to the reversal of diploe moment of pyridinium versus pyridine moiety. This chiroptical property switching driven by protonation/deprotonation was temperature-dependent and hence applicable to thermal sensing. The protonated forms of pyridinophanes served as ideal model systems for studying the cation−π interactions and their effects on chiroptical properties. Thus, the molar CD (Δe) of the charge-transfer band of protonated [2.2]pyridinophane was 10-fold larger than that of protonated [3.3]pyri...

Regioselective Molecularly Imprinted Reaction Field for [4 + 4] Photocyclodimerization of 2-Anthracenecarboxylic Acid.

Abstract: Molecularly imprinted cavities have functioned as a regioselective reaction field for the [4 + 4] photocyclodimerization of 2-anthracenecarboxylic acid (2-AC). Molecularly imprinted polymers were prepared by precipitation polymerization of N-methacryloyl-4-aminobenzamidine as a functional monomer to form a complex with template 2-AC and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as a crosslinking monomer. The 2-AC-imprinted cavities thus constructed preferentially bound 2-AC with an affinity greater than that toward structurally related 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid, 2-aminoanthracene, and unsubstituted anthracene. Moreover, from the four possible regioisomeric cyclodimers, they mediated the [4 + 4] photocyclodimerization of 2-AC specifically to the anti-head-to-tail (anti-HT) isomer. This indicates that the imprinted cavities accommodate two 2-AC molecules in an anti-HT manner, thereby facilitating the subsequent regioselective photocyclodimerization.

A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Circular Dichroism of Staggered and Eclipsed Forms of Dimethoxy[2.2]-, [3.2]-, and [3.3]Pyridinophanes and Their Protonated Forms

Abstract: The circular dichroisms (CDs) of dimethoxy[2.2]-, [3.2]-, and [3.3]pyridinophanes and their protonated forms were investigated experimentally and theoretically. Characteristic multisignate Cotton effects (CEs), typical for planar chiral cyclophane derivatives, were observed. The CD spectral pattern was quite comparable for the staggered forms of [2.2]-, [3.2]-, and [3.3]cyclophanes, but significantly differed for the eclipsed forms. More interestingly, the patterns resembled, but the CE signs were practically opposite between staggered and eclipsed [2.2]pyridinophanes. Upon protonation, the signs of most CEs were inverted in both forms of cyclophanes, due to the reversal of dipole moment in the pyridine against the pyridinium moiety. Such a change in CD spectrum upon protonation was not apparent in [3.2]pyridinophane, and the CD spectral behavior was more complex in [3.3]pyridinophanes. The variation of CD caused by the protonation/deprotonation process was temperature-dependent and hence utilized as a th...

Absolute configuration determination through the unique intramolecular excitonic coupling in the circular dichroisms of o,p′-DDT and o,p′-DDD. A combined experimental and theoretical study

Abstract: Circular dichroisms (CDs) of the o,p′-isomers of 1,1,1-trichloro- and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(chlorophenyl)ethanes (DDT and DDD) were investigated experimentally and theoretically. A series of strong Cotton effect peaks in a characteristic negative–negative–positive–negative, or its mirror-imaged, pattern were observed in the CD spectra of these persistent organic pollutants. The theoretical CD spectra at the SAC-CI/B95(d) and RI-CC2/def2-TZVPP levels well reproduced the experimental ones, enabling us to unambiguously assign the absolute configuration of (+)-DDT and (−)-DDD as S.