M. Fierros et al., REGIOSELECTIVE MUCOR-MIEHEI LIPASE-CATALYZED SYNTHESIS OF PODANDS CONTAINING A 1,3-BIS(1H-PYRAZOL-1-YL)PROPANE UNIT, Tetrahedron, 51(8), 1995, pp. 2417-2426
The synthesis of podands (acyclic crown ethers) including a 1,3-bis(1H
-pyrazol-1-yl)propane unit in their molecule is described. The key ste
p of this synthesis was a regoioselective lipase-catalyzed transesteri
fication of the dipyrazolic tetraethylester 1 with monomethylether pol
yethyleneglycols. The ionophoric properties of the podands 4a-d as car
riers of cations were evaluated. Molecular modelling studies and quant
um-chemical calculations were used in order to elucidate the superestr
uctures of the complexes with ammonium cations.