Cyclic Dinucleotide-Based Enantioselective Fluorination in Water

J Org Chem. 2023 Jan 6;88(1):189-197. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02116. Epub 2022 Dec 22.

Abstract

The diverse structures of DNA serve as potent chiral scaffolds for DNA-based asymmetric catalysis, yet in most cases tens to hundreds of nucleotides in DNA hybrid catalysts hinder the deep insight into their structure-activity relationship. Owing to the structural simplicity and design flexibility of nucleotides, nucleotide-based catalysts have been emerging as a promising way to obtain fine structural information and understand the catalytic mechanisms. Herein, we found that a cyclic dinucleotide of cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) and 1,10-phenanthroline copper(II) nitrate (Cu(phen)(NO3)2) are assembled to a c-di-AMP-based catalyst (c-di-AMP/Cu(phen)(NO3)2), which could fast achieve enantioselective fluorination in water with 90-99% yields and up to 90% enantiomeric excess (ee). The host-guest interaction between c-di-AMP and Cu(phen)(NO3)2 has been proposed mainly in a supramolecular interaction mode as evidenced by spectroscopic techniques of ultraviolet-visible, fluorescence, circular dichroism, and nuclear magnetic resonance. Cu(phen)(NO3)2 tightly binds to c-di-AMP with a binding constant of 1.7 ± 0.3 × 105 M-1, and the assembly of c-di-AMP/Cu(phen)(NO3)2 shows a modest rate enhancement to carbon-fluorine bond formations as supported by kinetic studies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Copper / chemistry
  • DNA / chemistry
  • Halogenation*
  • Kinetics
  • Nucleotides
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Water*

Substances

  • Water
  • Copper
  • Nucleotides
  • DNA