Influence of Hydrogen/Fluorine Substitution on Structure, Thermal Phase Transitions, and Internal Molecular Motion of Aromatic Residues in the Crystal Lattice of Steroidal Rotors


Por: Pawlak, Tomasz, Czajkowska-Szczykowska, Dorota, Jastrzebska, Izabella, Santillan, Rosa, Seroka, Barbara, Maj, Jadwiga, Morzycki, Jacek W., Labra-Vazquez, Pablo, Farfan, Norberto, Bujacz, Grzegorz D., Potrzebowski, Marek J.

Publicada: 1 abr 2020
Resumen:
Two, acyclic (1) and cyclic (2), steroidal molecular rotors containing 1,4-diethynyl-2,3-difluoro-phenylene units as rotators were investigated by means of single crystal X-ray diffraction, high resolution solid state NMR spectroscopy, and computer methods. The aim of this study was to understand and search for a correlation between the size of difluoro-phenylene units and free space in the crystal lattice required for molecular reorientation as well as the topology and time scale of dynamic processes. As a primary tool for analysis of molecular motions in the solid state, H-1-C-13 PISEMA, a technique which allows following the dynamics in the range of 10(-3)-10(-6) s, was employed. The PISEMA data defining the H-1-C-13 dipolar couplings, whose values are sensitive to local motion, were confronted with C-13 CSA parameters. Our studies revealed that replacing hydrogen by fluorine in acyclic rotors has significant consequences for dynamic processes. In the case of hydrogen-substituted species, free rotation around the 1-4 axis of the benzene ring was proven. For fluorine derivatives 1, only small amplitude wobbling of aromatic residues was observed. The only large amplitude reorientation, a so-called pi-jump around the 1-4 axis, was observed during the phase transition related with solvent migration from the crystal lattice. For cyclic rotors (2) two crystallographic forms 2A (triclinic, P1 space group) and 2B (monoclinic, P2(1) space group) are established. The form 2B containing a heptane molecule in the crystal lattice undergoes a thermal transition with large amplitude motion of building units of the steroidal frame. The high dynamics of the fluorinated rotator for 2A is proven.

Filiaciones:
Pawlak, Tomasz:
 Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, Lodz, 90-363, Poland

 Polish Acad Sci, Ctr Mol & Macromol Studies, PL-90363 Lodz, Poland

Czajkowska-Szczykowska, Dorota:
 Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, Bialystok, 15-245, Poland

 Univ Bialystok, Fac Chem, PL-15245 Bialystok, Poland

Jastrzebska, Izabella:
 Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, Bialystok, 15-245, Poland

 Univ Bialystok, Fac Chem, PL-15245 Bialystok, Poland

Santillan, Rosa:
 Departamento de Qulmica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Del IPN, Apdo. Postal 14-740, Ciudad de México, 07000, Mexico

 Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados IPN, Dept Quim, Ciudad De Mexico 07000, Mexico

Seroka, Barbara:
 Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, Bialystok, 15-245, Poland

 Univ Bialystok, Fac Chem, PL-15245 Bialystok, Poland

Maj, Jadwiga:
 Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, Bialystok, 15-245, Poland

 Univ Bialystok, Fac Chem, PL-15245 Bialystok, Poland

Morzycki, Jacek W.:
 Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, Bialystok, 15-245, Poland

 Univ Bialystok, Fac Chem, PL-15245 Bialystok, Poland

Labra-Vazquez, Pablo:
 Facultad de Qulmica, Departamento de Qulmica Orgánica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Quim, Dept Quim Organ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

Farfan, Norberto:
 Facultad de Qulmica, Departamento de Qulmica Orgánica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Quim, Dept Quim Organ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

Bujacz, Grzegorz D.:
 Institute of Technical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Stefanowskiego 4/10, Lodz, 90-924, Poland

 Lodz Univ Technol, Fac Biotechnol & Food Sci, Inst Tech Biochem, PL-90924 Lodz, Poland

Potrzebowski, Marek J.:
 Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, Lodz, 90-363, Poland

 Polish Acad Sci, Ctr Mol & Macromol Studies, PL-90363 Lodz, Poland
ISSN: 15287483
Editorial
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 20 Número: 4
Páginas: 2202-2216
WOS Id: 000526390000011