7,1 -diazabicyclo octane-2-carboxylate

The high selectivity that the system shows to pyrazine 20 compared to the stronger base pyridine, indicates that the diamine is chelated between the carboxylic acid functions as in 21. Spectroscopic evidence in the form of upfield shifts in the NMR spectra of the complexes supports such structures. Not only aromatic diamines are accommodated but also aliphatics such as l,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) in complex 22. Typically, exchange rates into and out of these complexes are such that they appear fast on the NMR time scale at ambient temperature, but exchange can be frozen out at low temperatures20. For DABCO, an activation barrier of 10.5 kcal M 1 was observed at Tc = 208 °K. 

A nice example of grinding-induced crystal engineering is the formation of a hydrogen bonded cocrystal between ferrocene dicarboxylic acid and 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2] octane (DABCO). The ferrocene dicarboxylic acid exists in the solid as a hydrogen bonded dimer based on two repeats of the carboxylic acid dimer synthon (solid A). Grinding with DABCO (solid B) gives rise to a new solid, C, in which the carboxylic acid dimers have been broken and replaced by an acid-amine synthon, Figure 8.25.30... 

Some examples of DKR based on racemization of secondary alkyl amine via Shiff base were shown in Scheme 5.9. Schiffbase formation of a-amino carboxylic esters significantly increases the acidity of the a-proton in comparison to that of the parent amino acid, thus enabling enantiomer-selective hydrolysis and ammonoly-sis through DKR [23]. For example, chymotrypsin catalyses the hydrolysis of a Schiff base of phenylalanine ethyl ester and an aromatic aldehyde (Scheme 5.9, Equation 5.6) [23b]. In this particular case, natural phenylalanine precipitates, leaving the aldehyde and unhydrolysed enantiomeric ester in solution. Addition of l,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) (as the Bronsted base) allows DKR to take place by promoting racemization of the Schiffbase. Similarly, Novozym 435... 

Reactions of isocyanates with alcohols are catalyzed by a variety of compounds, including bases (tertiary amines, alkoxides, and carboxylates), metal salts and chelates, organometallic compounds, acids, and urethanes. The most widely used catalysts in coatings are organotin (IV) compounds, most commonly dibutyltin dilaurate (DBTDL) (dibutylbis[(l-oxododecyl)oxy]stannate) [77-58-7] and tertiary amines, commonly diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO). Combinations of DABCO and DBTDL often act synergistically. 

In the dipeptide 43 (Figure 24.15) the additional H-bond could be made by COOH group whereas as the hydrophobic moiety is the tryptophan sidereaction conditions showed that the presence of a base and a surfactant was essential for success of the reaction. Usually, N-methylmorpholine (NMM)/sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or l,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO)/ poly(ethylene glycol) 400 (PEG400) were employed as additive, and the reactions were carried out in water at 0°C. In the reaction system, the base might form the carboxylate with catalyst, which could increase the solubility in water the surfactant could increase the interfacial areas of water and organic reagent (62). 

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