%0 Generic %A Prikhod′ko, Alexander I. %A Sauvage, Jean-Pierre %D 2009 %T Passing Two Strings through the Same Ring Using an Octahedral Metal Center as Template: A New Synthesis of [3]Rotaxanes %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Passing_Two_Strings_through_the_Same_Ring_Using_an_Octahedral_Metal_Center_as_Template_A_New_Synthesis_of_3_Rotaxanes/2855773 %R 10.1021/ja809267z.s001 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/4553518 %K New Synthesis %K end functions %K room temperature %K rotaxane %K macrocyclic fragments %K transition state %K 1 H NMR %K Same Ring %K unthreading process %K constitutive elements %K 1 H NMR measurements %K bidentate chelate %K oxidation states %K Fe %K divalent state %K Co %K propargyl ether %K trivalent state %K stoppered compounds %K Such systems %K azide groups %K unthreading reaction %K click chemistry %K decoordination reactions %K demetalation reaction %K Octahedral Metal Center %X Octahedral transition metal centers such as Fe(II), Co(II), and Co(III) have been used as templates in the construction of [3]pseudorotaxanes and [3]rotaxanes from various acyclic and macrocyclic fragments. The species obtained consist of a ring threaded by two string-like compounds. Such systems are relatively uncommon in the [3]rotaxane family, the most usual form being made up of a single axis threaded through two rings. The key structural feature of the present systems is the coordinating unit incorporated in the various organic fragments and used in conjunction with the metal to gather and thread the two filaments through the ring. This bidentate chelate is derived from 8,8′-diphenyl-3,3′-bi-isoquinoline, a very rare example of an endotopic but nonsterically hindering ligand. The stoppered [3]rotaxanes were obtained by using an open-chain fragment bearing azide groups as end functions, followed by click chemistry using a propargyl ether attached to a very bulky group. A particularly attractive X-ray structure was obtained for a cobalt(III)-complexed [3]pseudorotaxane consisting of a 41-membered ring and two crescent-shaped threaded components. The Fe(II) and Co(III) complexes were characterized by 1H NMR and ES-MS. By taking advantage of the markedly different kinetic properties of the two oxidation states, Co(II) and Co(III), it was possible to proceed to fast coordination or decoordination reactions (for the divalent state) or, when needed, to “freeze” the complexes due to the kinetic inertness of the trivalent state and to study them by 1H NMR. Finally, demetalation of the two stoppered compounds prepared was performed. This demetalation reaction was fast for the Co(II)-complexed [3]rotaxane, whereas decomplexation of the Fe(II) equivalent required harsh conditions which were not compatible with the stability of the metal-free rotaxane. Interestingly, the thermal stability of the free [3]rotaxane toward unthreading and formation of its constitutive elements was only limited. 1H NMR measurements showed that the half-life of the rotaxane is about one week at room temperature in dichloromethane. A variable-temperature study revealed that the unthreading reaction leading to dissociation of the [3]rotaxane has a remarkably high entropy of activation, in agreement with the intuitive view that the unthreading process involves a highly ordered transition state. %I ACS Publications