Cucurbit[7]uril as a Supramolecular Artificial Enzyme for Diels-Alder Reactions

Palma, Aniello, Artelsmair, Markus, Wu, Guanglu, Lu, Xiaoyong, Barrow, Steven J., Uddin, Najib, Rosta, Edina, Masson, Eric, Scherman, Oren A. (2017) Cucurbit[7]uril as a Supramolecular Artificial Enzyme for Diels-Alder Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56 (49). pp. 15688-15692. ISSN 1433-7851. (doi:10.1002/anie.201706487) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:64606)

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201706487

Abstract

The ability to mimic the activity of natural enzymes using supramolecular constructs (artificial enzymes) is a vibrant scientific research field. Herein, we demonstrate that cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) can catalyse Diels–Alder reactions for a number of substituted and unreactive N-allyl-2-furfurylamines under biomimetic conditions, without the need for protecting groups, yielding powerful synthons in previously unreported mild conditions. CB[7] rearranges the substrate in a highly reactive conformation and shields it from the aqueous environment, thereby mimicking the mode of action of a natural Diels–Alderase. These findings can be directly applied to the phenomenon of product inhibition observed in natural Diels–Alderase enzymes, and pave the way toward the development of novel, supramolecular-based green catalysts.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1002/anie.201706487
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry > QD431 Organic Chemistry- Biochemistry- Proteins, peptides, amino acids
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics > Physics and Astronomy
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	Aniello Palma
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2017 10:47 UTC
Last Modified:	20 May 2025 09:43 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/64606 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Palma, Aniello.

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