Formation of Functionalized Supramolecular Metallo-Organic Oligomers with Cucurbituril a Thesis Presented to the Faculty Of
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Formation of Functionalized Supramolecular Metallo-organic Oligomers with Cucurbituril A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science Ian M. Del Valle December 2015 © 2015 Ian M. Del Valle. All Rights Reserved. 2 This thesis titled Formation of Functionalized Supramolecular Metallo-organic Oligomers with Cucurbituril by IAN M. DEL VALLE has been approved for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the College of Arts and Sciences by Eric Masson Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Robert Frank Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 3 Abstract DEL VALLE, IAN M., M.S., December 2015, Chemistry Formation of Functionalized Supramolecular Metallo-organic Oligomers with Cucurbituril Director of Thesis: Eric Masson The goal of this project is to functionalize supramolecular oligomer chains with amino acids and nucleic acids in order to observe interactions with proteins and DNA. Chiral substituents are also desirable to induce helicality in the oligomer much like DNA. We explored different pathways to afford these oligomers. The first project involves forming metallo-organic oligomers using non-covalent bonds and then functionalizing them. We synthesize ligands and use alkyne-azide cycloadditions to functionalize them. These ligands can then be coordinated to various transition metals. The aromatic regions of these oligomers can then self-assemble into tube-like chains with the participation of cucurbit[8]uril. Second, we explore an alternate pathway to form functionalized chains. This second set of chains coupled amines with carboxylic acid groups attached to the ligands. This project hopes to avoid solubility problems experienced with the first project. We also explore other alterations to the ligand being used. 4 Dedication Dedicated to my family 5 Acknowledgements First, I would like to thank my advisor Professor Eric Masson for his support, patience, and mentoring throughout my time at Ohio University. Then I would like to thank my committee members: Professor Katherine Cimatu and Professor Jennifer V. Hines for their advice and encouragement during my study. I want to offer my sincere gratitude to past and current members of Prof. Masson’s research group Dr. Xiaoyong Lu, Lawrence Kyeremeh-mensah, Dr. Roymon Joseph, Anna Nkrumah, Stefan Saretz, Curran Rhodes, Danielle Price, Mersad Raeisi, and Kondalarao Kotturi for their assistance and thoughtful input throughout my stay in the group. I would also like to thank the faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for all the ways they have guided my study throughout the past five years. 6 Table of Contents Abstract ................................................................................................................................3 Dedication ............................................................................................................................4 Acknowledgements ..............................................................................................................5 List of Figures ......................................................................................................................7 Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................................9 1.1 Supramolecular Metal-ligand Complexes: a Brief Overview ....................................9 1.2 Assembly of Complexes ..........................................................................................11 1.2.1 1D Metal-Organic Frameworks ........................................................................13 1.2.2 2D Metal-Organic Frameworks ........................................................................15 1.2.3 3D Metal-Organic Frameworks ........................................................................17 1.3 Selected Properties of Metal-Organic Frameworks .................................................19 1.4 Previous Work .........................................................................................................27 Chapter 2: Metal Triazole-Pyridine-Triazole/CB[8] Oligomers........................................30 2.1 Objectives ................................................................................................................30 2.2 Design and Synthesis of Starting Material ..............................................................30 2.3 Conclusions ..............................................................................................................35 Chapter 3: Terpyridine CB[8] Oligomers ..........................................................................36 3.1 Objectives ................................................................................................................36 3.2 Synthesis of Precursors ............................................................................................36 3.3 Interactions with CB[n]’s.........................................................................................45 3.4 Conclusions ..............................................................................................................52 Chapter 4: Extensions ........................................................................................................53 4.1 Project Goals ............................................................................................................53 4.2 Complex Library ......................................................................................................53 4.3 CB[n] Recognition ...................................................................................................53 4.4 Targeting of Biologically Relevant Entities ............................................................54 Chapter 5: Experimental Section .......................................................................................55 5.1 Generalities ..............................................................................................................55 5.2 Materials and Methods .............................................................................................55 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................63 7 List of Figures Figure 1.1 (a) Subunit 2 forms the cyclic polymer with polyethylene glycol. (b) Scheme for cyclic polymer with polystyrene chain O (red), Ru (orange), C (blue), H (light blue), and aromatic rings (green). Reprinted with permission from reference 9. Copyright 2013 American Chemical Society. .............................................................................................11 Figure 1.2 Phenanthroline 3a, tetrapyridophenazine 3b, terpyridine 3c, pyridine-2,6- dicarboxylic acid 3d, porphyrins 3e, and pincer ligands 3f. ..............................................12 Figure 1.3 Construction of coordination polymer using Aluminum(III) Porphyrins (Simplified as straight lines in scheme), Reproduced from ref. 15. ..................................14 Figure 1.4 (a) Metallo-rectangle 4 ligand used in the assembly of ladder complex. (b) Hydrogen bonding between subunits. Reproduced from ref. 16. ......................................15 Figure 1.5 (a) Compound 5 is the organic linker. (b) The 2D lattice formed from the linker coordinating with cobalt. Reprinted with permission of reference 17. Copyright 2005 American Chemical Society. ....................................................................................16 Figure 1.6 (a) The organic linker 7 used in the framework. (b) Functionalized alkynes 8a- 8e undergo click reactions with the azide groups. (c) Organic linkers are arranged into a 3D network coordinated with zinc (shown in red). The product is a network with functional groups attached via click reactions. Reprinted with permission of 20. Copyright 2008 American Chemical Society. ...................................................................18 6+ Figure 1.7 Scheme of [Zn4O] clusters and ditopic linear dicarboxylate linkers assembled into a 3D structure. Reproduced from ref. 21. .................................................19 Figure 1.8 Shows the scheme for disassembly and reassembly by heating and cooling. Reproduced with permission of reference 23. Copyright 2013 American Chemical Society................................................................................................................................20 Figure 1.9 Scheme for structure using organic linker 9 and transition metals. Reproduced with permission of reference 24. Copyright 2012 American Chemical Society. ..............21 Figure 1.10 (a) The organic ligand subunit 10 used in the assembly of complexes. (b) The schematic representation of the formation of a metallo-supramolecular gel-like material. Reproduced from reference 25...........................................................................................22 Figure 1.11 Electrochromic coordination polymer 11 reproduced from ref. 26. ..............23 Figure 1.12 (a) Cartoon of the 3D assembly. Blue squares are Cu2 Padwheels; pink rectangles are carbonane bis(isophthalic acid) ligands (b) Lilac spheres represent the largest sphere shaped voids that can be found within the evacuated motif. (c) Space filling model. C = gray; H = white; O = red; B = pink; Cu = blue. Reprinted with permission of reference 28. Copyright 2013 American Chemical Society. ......................24