Synthesis
DOI: 10.1055/a-2655-4863
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Romanian Chemists in Synthesis

Efficient Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained 5,5′-Bi-1,2,3-Triazole-Based Bis-Macrocycles

Teodor A. Cucuiet
1   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2   Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre (SOOMCC), Cluj-Napoca, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Cătălin C. Anghel
1   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2   Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre (SOOMCC), Cluj-Napoca, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Alexandra Pop
1   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2   Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre (SOOMCC), Cluj-Napoca, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Mădălina Elena Moisă
1   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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3   Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Mounir Traïkia
3   Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Ion Grosu
1   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2   Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre (SOOMCC), Cluj-Napoca, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Niculina D. Hădade
1   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2   Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre (SOOMCC), Cluj-Napoca, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Funding Information This work was supported by the project “EVOLUTION” funded by the European Union—NextGenerationEU and the Romanian Government—under National Recovery and Resilience Plan for Romania, contract no 760033/23.05.2023, cod PNRR-C9-I8-CF16/2022, through the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization, within Component 9, Investment I8.


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Dedication

Dedicated to Academician Marius Andruh on the occasion of his 70th anniversary.

Abstract

We report herein the synthesis and structural characterization of 5,5′-bi-1,2,3-triazole bis-macrocycles obtained via oxidative copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) of acyclic precursors bearing azide and alkyne groups. Initially observed as by-products during the copper(I)-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs)–catalyzed CuAAC synthesis of a 1,2,3-triazole–based macrocycle, these compounds were selectively obtained after systematic optimization of the catalyst, ligand, reaction atmosphere, and precursor addition rate. The bis-macrocycles were characterized by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS), and in some cases, by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Chiral High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) experiments enabled enantiomer separation, confirming their configurational stability.

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Eingereicht: 03. Juni 2025

Angenommen nach Revision: 15. Juli 2025

Accepted Manuscript online:
15. Juli 2025

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
20. August 2025

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