Effect of Electron-Withdrawing Substituents on the Epoxide Ring: An Experimental and Theoretical Electron Density Analysis of a Series of Epoxide Derivatives

Grabowsky, Simon; Schirmeister, Tanja; Paulmann, Carsten; Pfeuffer, Thomas; Luger, Peter (2011). Effect of Electron-Withdrawing Substituents on the Epoxide Ring: An Experimental and Theoretical Electron Density Analysis of a Series of Epoxide Derivatives. Journal of organic chemistry, 76(5), pp. 1305-1318. American Chemical Society 10.1021/jo102125n

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A series of acceptor-substituted epoxide derivatives is scrutinized by means of experimental and theoretical electron-density investigations. Due to the possibility of nucleophilic ring-opening, the epoxide ring is not only a very useful functional group in organic synthesis, but acceptor-substituted epoxides are valuable building blocks for the design of protease inhibitors. Therefore, the electron-density analysis in this work focuses on two main aspects that can contribute to rational drug design: (i) the quantification of the electron-withdrawing substituent effects on the epoxide ring and (ii) the intermolecular interactions involving the epoxide ring in combination with different substituents. It can be shown that the electron-withdrawing properties of the substituents cause an elongation of the C-C bonds in the epoxide rings and the loss of electron density can be measured by an analysis of critical points, atomic charges, and the source function. The different strengths of the substituents are reflected in these properties. Covalent and electrostatic contributions to the intermolecular interactions and thus the lattice energies are depicted on different molecular surfaces.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP)

UniBE Contributor:

Grabowsky, Simon

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 540 Chemistry

ISSN:

0022-3263

Publisher:

American Chemical Society

Language:

English

Submitter:

Simon Grabowsky

Date Deposited:

06 Feb 2020 11:23

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:35

Publisher DOI:

10.1021/jo102125n

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.138491

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/138491

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