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JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
卷 77, 期 7, 页码 3381-3389出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jo300193y
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Calix[4]arene derivatives, blocked in the cone conformation and functionalized with two to four guanidinium units at the upper rim were synthesized and investigated as catalysts in the cleavage of the RNA model compound 2-hydroxypropyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate. When compared with the behavior of a monofunctional model compound, the catalytic superiority of the calix[4]arene derivatives points to a high level of cooperation between catalytic groups. Combination of acidity measurements with the pH dependence of catalytic rates unequivocally shows that a necessary requisite for effective catalysis is the simultaneous presence, on the same molecular framework, of a neutral guanidine acting as a general base and a protonated guanidine acting as an electrophilic activator. The additional guanidinium (guanidine) group in the diprotonated (monoprotonated) trifunctional calix[4]arene acts as a more or less innocent spectator. This is not the case with the tetrasubstituted calix[4]arene, whose mono-, di-, and triprotonated forms are slightly less effective than the corresponding di- and triguanidinocalix[4]arene derivatives, most likely on account of a steric interference with HPNP caused by overcrowding.
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