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Correlation between Hydrogen Bonding Association Constants in Solution with Quantum Chemistry Indexes: The Case of Successive Association between Reduced Species of Quinones and Methanol
The functional M05-2X together with the SMD solvent model
have
been used to calculate hydrogen bonding association constants in dimethylsulfoxide
(DMSO) solution. Data of equilibrium constants in DMSO for the case
of electrochemically generated dianions interacting with methanol
have been considered to test the reliability of the chemistry theoretical
approach. From this approach, it was found that the successive association
constants involved in the formation of the complexes depend on a linear
combination of three quantum chemistry indexes which are the ionization
energy, the electron affinity, and the charge on the oxygen atom receiving
the methanol molecule. Under this perspective, the stoichiometry of
all the dianion–methanol complexes was explained on the basis
of the relative strength of the hydrogen bonding interaction compared
to that of the methanol–DMSO and methanol dimer complexes.
This linear combination seems to be valid regardless of the nature
of the dianion structure and the number of methanol molecules in the
complex, which is a relevant finding to generalize the applicability
of both the functional M05-2X and the SMD solvent model, to calculate
association constants for any other neutral or anionic molecules interacting
by hydrogen bonding with proton donors
Tacticity Influence on the Electrochemical Reactivity of Group Transfer Polymerization-Synthesized PTMA
Spectroscopic, thermal, and electrochemical characterization
results
are presented for the redox active polymer poly(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperinidyloxy-4-yl
methacrylate) or PTMA, synthesized by group transfer polymerization
(GTP), and its precursors 4-hydroxy-tetramethylpiperidine-<i>N</i>-oxyl (HO-TEMPO) and 4-methacryloyloxy-tetramethylpiperidine-<i>N</i>-oxyl (MO-TEMPO). DSC analysis of synthesized PTMA showed
that the glass transition temperature (<i>T</i><sub>g</sub>) of the polymer structure occurs at 155 °C, corroborated by
dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), which is higher when compared with <i>T</i><sub>g</sub> data for PTMA synthesized by other methods.
Also, the amount of radical species present in PTMA synthesized by
GTP reactions (100%) is higher than the values typically upon synthesizing
PTMA by radical polymerization. Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical-electron
spin resonance studies in acetonitrile revealed two redox events in
the PTMA polymer, one of which is reversible, accounting for ca. 80%
of the spins in the polymer and giving rise to the battery behavior.
The other redox event is irreversible, accounting for the remaining
ca. 20% of spins, which has not previously been reported. These two
redox events are linked to a structural property associated with the
tacticity of the polymer, where the reversible feature (responsible
for cathode behavior) is the dominant species. This corresponds to
a number of isotactic domains of the polymer (determined by high temperature <sup>1</sup>H NMR). The second feature accounts for the three-line impurity
observed in the ESR, which has been reported previously but poorly
explained, associated to the number of heterotactic/syndiotactic triads
MDN-0185, an Antiplasmodial Polycyclic Xanthone Isolated from <i>Micromonospora</i> sp. CA-256353
A potent antiplasmodial polycyclic
xanthone, MDN-0185 (<b>1</b>), was isolated from an unidentified
species of the genus <i>Micromonospora</i>. The planar structure
of <b>1</b> was
established as a seven-ring polycyclic xanthone with partial structures
very similar to two known natural products, namely, xantholipin and
Sch 54445. Using ROESY correlations, the relative stereochemistry
of the two independent stereoclusters of compound <b>1</b> could
be determined. Mosher analysis and comparison of the specific rotation
of compound <b>1</b> with that of xantholipin allowed the determination
of its absolute configuration. Compound <b>1</b> exhibited an
IC<sub>50</sub> of 9 nM against <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> 3D7 parasites