@article{FettkeKramerKleinpeter2010, author = {Fettke, Anja and Kramer, Markus and Kleinpeter, Erich}, title = {Lectin-bound conformations and non-covalent interactions of glycomimetic analogs of thiochitobiose}, issn = {0040-4020}, doi = {10.1016/j.tet.2010.04.012}, year = {2010}, abstract = {The bound conformations of five S-glycoside analogs of N,N'-diacetylchitobiose as well as their non- covalent interactions with two lectins, Phytolacca americana lectin (PAL) and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), are reported. The conformations of the ligands were examined by trNOESY experiments and compared with the free, solution-state conformations and molecular modeling data obtained by force field calculations. In the case of S-aryl, S-glycosides with exclusively S-glycosidic linkages, similar free and lectin-bound conformations and non-covalent interactions were found, whereas they differed for mixed glycosides and for a thiazoline derivative. In addition, STD (saturation transfer difference) NMR magnetization transfer efficiencies at three different temperatures were determined and assessed with respect to the structural differences of these pseudosaccharides. The binding epitopes of each substrate with PAL and WGA were also determined.}, language = {en} } @article{FettkePeikowPeteretal.2009, author = {Fettke, Anja and Peikow, Dirk and Peter, Martin G. and Kleinpeter, Erich}, title = {Synthesis and conformational analysis of glycomimetic analogs of thiochitobiose}, issn = {0040-4020}, doi = {10.1016/j.tet.2009.03.067}, year = {2009}, abstract = {The synthesis of six analogs of N,N;-diacetylchitobiose is reported, including a novel transglycosylation reaction for the preparation of S-aryl thioglycosides. The conformations of the compounds were studied by a combination of NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling, using force field calculations. In the case of the S-aryl thioglycosides with exclusively S-glycosidic linkages, dihedral angles of the disaccharidic S-glycosidic bonds, ;; and ;; and of the S-arylglycoside bonds, ; and ;, were found to be similar, whereas they were different in mixed glycosides and in a thiazoline derivative. An adequate correlation between the calculated H,H-distances of the local minima and the measured NOE contacts was achieved by applying population-weighted averages over participating conformers based on weighted relative energies.}, language = {en} } @article{ShainyanFettkeKleinpeter2008, author = {Shainyan, Bagrat A. and Fettke, Anja and Kleinpeter, Erich}, title = {Push-pull vs captodative aromaticity}, issn = {1089-5639}, doi = {10.1021/jp804999m}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Vinylogs of fulvalenes with cyclopropenyl and cyclopentadienyl moieties attached either to different carbon atoms (c-C3H2-CH-CH=C5H4-c, 7) or to the same carbon atom [X=C(c-C3H2)(c-C5H4), 10] [X = CH2; C(CN)2; C(NH2)2; C(OCH2)2; O; c-C3H2; c-C5H4; SiH2; CCl2] of the double bond inserted between the two rings are examined theoretically at the B3LYP/ 6;311G(d,p) level. Both types of compounds are shown to possess aromaticity, which was called "push;pull" and "captodative" aromaticity, respectively. For the captodative mesoionic structures X=C(c-C3H2)(c-C5H4), the presence of both the two aromatic moieties and the C=C double bond is the necessary and sufficient condition for their existence as energetic minima on the potential energy surface. Aromatic stabilization energy (ASE) was assessed by the use of homodesmotic reactions and heats of hydrogenation. Spatial magnetic criteria (through space NMR shieldings, TSNMRS) of the two types of vinylogous fulvalenes 7 and 10 have been calculated by the GIAO perturbation method employing the nucleus independent chemical shift (NICS) concept of Paul von Ragu{\´e}; Schleyer, and visualized as iso-chemical-shielding surfaces (ICSS) of various sizes and directions. TSNMRS values can be successfully employed to visualize and quantify the partial push;pull and captodative aromaticity of both the three- and five-membered ring moieties. In addition, the push;pull effect in compounds 7 and 10 could be quantified by the occupation quotient ;*C=C/;C=C of the double bond inserted between the two rings.}, language = {en} } @article{KleinpeterFettke2008, author = {Kleinpeter, Erich and Fettke, Anja}, title = {Quantification of the (anti)aromaticity of fulvenes subject to ring size}, issn = {0040-4039}, doi = {10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.02.137}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Tria-, penta-, hepta- and nonafulvenes (1-4) have been studied theoretically at the MP2 ab initio level of theory. For the global minimum structures, the occupation of the bonding ;C=C orbital of the exocyclic C=C double bond, obtained by NBO analysis, quantitatively proves ;-electron delocalization which can reveal partial 2-, 6- and 10-;-electron aromaticity, and 4-, 8- and 12-;-electron antiaromaticity of the ring moieties. Beside the corresponding occupation number, this conjugation was quantified by the length of the exocyclic C=C double bond whilst the (anti)aromaticity of the ring moieties of 1-4 was visualized and quantified by through space NMR shielding surfaces (TSNMRS).}, language = {en} }