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Regioselective Long‐Range Proton Transfer in New Rifamycin Antibiotics: A Process in which Crown Ethers Act as Stronger Brønsted Bases than Amines
Author(s) -
Pyta Krystian,
Przybylski Piotr,
Bartl Franz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201402892
Subject(s) - chemistry , protonation , crown ether , hydrogen bond , intramolecular force , proton nmr , photochemistry , ether , proton , stereochemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , ion , physics , quantum mechanics
Water‐mediated proton transfer in six new derivatives of 3‐formylrifamycin SV that contain crown, aza‐crown, and benzo‐crown ether rings were investigated by FTIR and NMR spectroscopy. 1 H– 1 H COSY couplings provide evidence for the formation of zwitterionic structures of the aza‐crown and crown ether derivatives of rifamycin, in which a proton from one of the phenolic groups is transferred to tertiary and secondary nitrogen atoms. The increased intensity of the continuous absorption in the mid‐infrared region together with the NMR data indicate proton transfer from the phenol group of the rifamycin core to the cavity of the benzo‐crown ether ring. This proton transfer is achieved by formation of hydronium (H 3 O + ) or Zundel ions (H 5 O 2 + ), which form intermolecular hydrogen bonds with the oxygen atoms of the crown ether. DFT calculations are in agreement with the spectroscopic data and allow visualization of the structures of all new rifamycin derivatives, characterized by different intramolecular protonation sites.