化学学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 83 ›› Issue (11): 1293-1299.DOI: 10.6023/A25050156 上一篇    下一篇

研究通讯

铜(I)催化炔-叠氮环加成反应的转动扩散动力学

成泽恺a, 温子扬a, 李红卫b, 李娜a,*(), 王欢a,*()   

  1. a 北京大学化学与分子工程学院 北京分子科学国家研究中心 北京 100871
    b 北京大学北京核磁共振中心 北京 100871
  • 投稿日期:2025-05-11 发布日期:2025-08-12
  • 通讯作者: 李娜, 王欢
  • 作者简介:

    “中国青年化学家”专辑.

  • 基金资助:
    项目受北京市自然科学基金(QY23027); 国家自然科学基金(22134005); 第33期北京大学大型仪器开放测试基金资助

Rotational Diffusion Kinetics of Copper (I) Catalyzed Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition Reactions

Cheng Zekaia, Wen Ziyanga, Li Hongweib, Li Naa,*(), Wang Huana,*()   

  1. a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871
    b Beijing NMR Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871
  • Received:2025-05-11 Published:2025-08-12
  • Contact: Li Na, Wang Huan
  • About author:

    For the VSI “Rising Stars in Chemistry”.

  • Supported by:
    Beijing Natural Science Fund(QY23027); National Natural Science Foundation of China(22134005); 33rd Session of the Peking University Open/Shared Experimental Technology Fund.

在酶化学反应与小分子化学反应过程中的扩散动力学的研究表明, 一部分反应物或催化剂会出现高于本征扩散系数的平动扩散行为, 其扩散系数增幅可以达到20%以上, 而体系温度基本不变. 分子的实际运动是平动与转动的耦合, 但目前针对小分子化学反应过程中的扩散动力学研究都集中在平动扩散上, 鲜有人关注其转动扩散的情况, 本工作研究了3-丁炔酸与叠氮乙酸在Cu(I)催化下发生1,3-偶极环加成反应过程中各物种转动扩散系数的变化, 核磁共振T1反转恢复实验和荧光各向异性/偏振实验的结果表明在反应过程中底物和产物均存在不同程度的转动扩散系数减小, 结合平动扩散实验结果, 我们认为在反应过程中分子发生了定向对齐, 同时分子的转动能部分转变为了分子的平动能, 使得化学反应中小分子呈现区别于Stokes-Einstein定律的扩散现象.

关键词: 转动扩散, 梯度场核磁共振, T1弛豫检测, 荧光各向异性, 铜催化炔-叠氮环加成反应

Molecular diffusion in chemical reactions has been observed to deviate from the Stokes-Einstein relationship, however underlying mechanism remains elusive. The diffusion kinetics of enzymatic and small-molecule chemical reactions have shown that some reactants or catalysts exhibit enhanced translational diffusion coefficients exceeding their intrinsic values by over 20%, with minimal temperature fluctuations. While molecular motion inherently couples translational and rotational components, previous studies have primarily focused on translational diffusion, leaving rotational diffusion largely unexplored. In this study, the rotational diffusion coefficients of species involved in the Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between 3-butynoic acid and azidoacetic acid were investigated through two independent measurements. Specifically, the changes in the translational diffusion coefficients of the substrate and product during the reaction of 3-butynoic acid and azidoacetic acid were determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) diffusion-ordered spectroscopy, and a significant increase in the substrate's diffusion coefficient was observed at the early stage of the reaction, which confirms a nonclassical diffusion phenomenon in this system. Subsequently, rotational diffusion coefficients of each species during the reaction were measured using a T1 inversion recovery experiment, the values for both the substrate and the product showed a significant increase as the reaction progressed while the values for sodium ascorbate remained unchanged. Rotational diffusion was further measured by an independent fluorescence anisotropy/polarization experiment. The changes in fluorescence anisotropy were consistent with the NMR experiments, confirming the presence of nonclassical rotational diffusion in the reaction. The changes in rotational and translational diffusion coefficients of 3-butynoic acid and azidoacetic acid were found both strongly correlated with reaction progress and in synchronization. In summary, interpretating from two independent measurements based on NMR and fluorescence anisotropy, we propose that molecular alignment and the conversion of rotational to translational energy contribute to deviations from the Stokes-Einstein relation during reaction.

Key words: rotational diffusion, pulsed-gradient nuclear magnetic resonance, T1 relaxation determination, fluorescence anisotropy, copper catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition