Axial substituents anomeric effect

Some substituents of saturated heterocycles prefer to be axial the anomeric effect... 

Hall and coworkers54) estimated the conformational equilibrium for both cis and trans isomers of poly-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane and 2,6-dioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane by the interplay of two factors (1) the familiar preference of alkyl substituents to exist in the equatorial conformation and (2) the preference of the alkoxy group for the axial conformation (anomeric effect). The numerical parameters (kJ/mol) used for the calculations were174-175) OCH3ax - Hax, 1.9 CH3ax - Hax, 3.8 CH3ax - OCH3ax, 10 OCH - (anomeric effect), 5.4. 

It IS not possible to tell by inspection whether the a or p pyranose form of a par ticular carbohydrate predominates at equilibrium As just described the p pyranose form IS the major species present m an aqueous solution of d glucose whereas the a pyranose form predominates m a solution of d mannose (Problem 25 8) The relative abundance of a and p pyranose forms m solution depends on two factors The first is solvation of the anomeric hydroxyl group An equatorial OH is less crowded and better solvated by water than an axial one This effect stabilizes the p pyranose form m aqueous solution The other factor called the anomeric effect, involves an electronic interaction between the nng oxygen and the anomeric substituent and preferentially stabilizes the axial OH of the a pyranose form Because the two effects operate m different directions but are com parable m magnitude m aqueous solution the a pyranose form is more abundant for some carbohydrates and the p pyranose form for others... 

Anomeric effect (Section 25 8) The preference for an elec tronegative substituent especially a hydroxyl group to oc cupy an axial orientation when bonded to the anomeric carbon m the pyranose form of a carbohydrate Anti (Section 3 1) Term describing relative position of two substituents on adjacent atoms when the angle between their bonds is on the order of 180° Atoms X and Y m the structure shown are anti to each other... 

An electronegative substituent adjacent to a ring oxygen atom also shows a preference for an axial orientation. This is known as the anomeric effect , and is particularly significant to the conformations of carbohydrates (B-71MI20100, B-83MI20100). 

The magnitude of the anomeric effect depends on the nature of the substituent and decreases with increasing dielectric constant of the medium. The effect of the substituent can be seen by comparing the related 2-chloro- and 2-methoxy-substituted tetrahydropy-rans in entries 2 apd 3. The 2-chloro compound exhibits a significantly greater preference for the axial orientation than the 2-methoxy compound. Entry 3 also provides data relative to the effect of solvent polarity it is observed that the equilibrium constant is larger in carbon tetrachloride (e = 2.2) than in acetonitrile (e = 37.5). 

Compounds in which conformational, rather than configurational, equilibria are influenced by the anomeric effect are depicted in entries 4—6. Single-crystal X-ray dilfiaction studies have unambiguously established that all the chlorine atoms of trans, cis, ira j-2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-l,4-dioxane occupy axial sites in the crystal. Each chlorine in die molecule is bonded to an anomeric carbon and is subject to the anomeric effect. Equally striking is the observation that all the substituents of the tri-0-acetyl-/ -D-xylopyranosyl chloride shown in entry 5 are in the axial orientation in solution. Here, no special crystal packing forces can be invoked to rationalize the preferred conformation. The anomeric effect of a single chlorine is sufficient to drive the equilibrium in favor of the conformation that puts the three acetoxy groups in axial positions. 

Anomeric effect (Section 25.8) The preference for an electronegative substituent, especially a hydroxyl group, to occupy an axial orientation when bonded to the anomeric carbon in the pyranose form of a carbohydrate. 

The stereoselectivity of these reactions has been interpreted in terms of chair-like six-membered ring transition states in which the substituents a to tin adopt an axial position, possibly because of steric and anomeric effects. The cc-substituted (Z)-isomers are less reactive because the axial preference of the a-substituent would lead to severe 1,3-diaxial interactions17. 

In 1991, an important paper was published by Bock et a/.84 that described the steric and electronic effects on the formation of the dispiroketal dihexulose dianhydrides. The authors described the conformation of six dihexulose dianhydrides, as determined by X-ray crystallography or NMR spectroscopy. They concluded that these conformations are dictated by the anomeric and exo-anomeric effects. Thus, the dihexulose dianhydrides are disposed to adopt conformations that permit operation of these effects—even if this results in the dioxane ring having a boat conformation or all three substituents on one pyranose ring being axial. 

In a study of the infrared spectra of acetylated and benzoylated gly-copyranosyl fluorides, it was found that, with few exceptions, such compounds exhibit an absorption band at 802-748 cm-1 if the fluorine atom is axial, whereas no such absorption band is observed if the fluorine atom is equatorial therefore, it is necessary to know the conformation of the molecule before the anomeric configuration can thus be determined.45 It is possible that reinterpretation of some of these observed absorptions may be necessary, because some of the conformations of some of the glycopyranosyl fluorides are now known to exist in the conformation opposite to that originally anticipated without proof, because of the strong anomeric effect of a fluorine substituent (see Section III,2e). 

In a previous section we have discussed the importance of n—a conjugative interactions in dictating the axial-equatorial preference of an electronegative substituent at C—1 of a pyranose ring, i. e. the anomeric effect . Here, we shall extend the discussion of n—a conjugative interactions to other saturated heterocyclic molecules. 

It is of interest to note that the anomeric effect directs the boron substituent into the a-configuration in the case of mannose, despite the considerable steric demand. NMR studies in solution indicate that the usual 4Q conformation of the pyranose is retained, with the boron substituent in the axial position. Depending on the sugar moiety, tumor uptake is observed when the compounds are given to tumor-bearing animals. Accumulation is, however, only transient, and within a fairly short time, the boron is lost from the tumor, and from other tissues. Even at... 

An NMR study on the conformation of glucopyranosylammonium compounds showed that the general tendendency of many electronegative substituents at C(i) to adopt an axial conformation was prevalent in this case too, as depicted in equilibrium 36 for R groups of various sizes. These results disclaim the importance of the so-called reverse anomeric effect 404. 

Carbohydrates have been included in the wide range of molecules used in the parameterization of MM2 and of MM3. Alcohol and ether parameters have usually been determined from simple alcohols and ethers themselves. However, carbohydrates contain some unusual features in the acetal linkages, and in the many vicinal hydrogen-bonded hydroxyl groups. The "anomeric effect", first discovered by Edward (15) and popularized by Lemieux (16.), is best known in carbohydrates, although, of course, it occurs in other classes of compounds as well. One apparent result of this effect is that an axial alkoxy substituent is often more stable than the corresponding equatorial substituent when attached at the Cl position of a tetrahydropyranyl ring. This effect can be... 

The anomeric effect is rather complex and will not be considered in any detail. It occurs when we have a heterocyclic ring (O, N, or S), with an electronegative substituent (halogen, OH, OR, OCOR, etc.) adjacent to the heteroatom, and favours the isomer in which the substituent is axial. Thus, with the first of the... 

The conformational energies of monosubstituted oxanes studied to date are collected in Table I. In position 2, polar substituents (except NR2) prefer the axial position other substituents prefer the equatorial orientation, which is generally the case for groups in positions 3 and 4. Destabilizing 1,3-diaxial interactions cause the equatorial geometry to be usually favored in the 2-position, the anomeric effect stabilizes the axial conformation. A large purine moiety in position 2 of oxane, for example, prefers the equatorial position because the 1,3-diaxial interactions overcome the anomeric effect (75TL1553). 

Eliel et al. (82JA3635) examined the conformational equilibria of a number of disubstituted oxanes (Table III) by low-temperature C NMR spectroscopy (830MR94) and estimated the AG° values of 3-Me and 2-C=CH substituents (see Table I). The concentration of the axial 2-Me and 4-Me conformers, however, was so small and difficult to detect by NMR spectroscopy that they were forced to employ the use of counterpoised di-2-C=CH and ds-2-CH = CH2 groups to generate equilibria that were sufficiently balanced to measure accurately (AG° values in Table I). Eliel et al. (82JA3635) also discussed the conformational energies in terms of 1,3-diaxial interactions and the anomeric effect. 

A few 2,2,5,5-tetrasubstituted 1,4-dioxane derivatives were reported OR substituents tend to adopt, because of the anomeric effect, axial positions [94AX(C)625, 94MI1]. By contrast, fra J-2,5-di-OCOOR- and 2,5-di-CH2. COOR-l,4-dioxane derivatives (R = aryl, alkyl) (84JHC1197), 2-(T-uracil)-6-CH20H-l,4-dioxane (92MI2), and 2,5-di-0H-3,6-di-CH20H-l,3-... 

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