Molecular Bilateral Symmetry of Natural Products: Prediction of Selectivity of Dimeric Molecules by Density Functional Theory and Semiempirical Calculations
- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Natural Products
- Vol. 67 (7), 1141-1146
- https://doi.org/10.1021/np049899e
Abstract
A literature survey and theoretical calculations have been applied to explore bilateral symmetry in natural product systems. Molecular bilateral symmetry is defined to include C(2) (sigma plane or axis), C(s)(), and C(2)(v)() point groups in molecules. Natural products that possess chirality in the form of C(2)-axes or sigma planes of symmetry are present in higher proportions (69%) compared to molecules bearing achiral C(s)() or C(2)(v)() point groups (14% and 16%, respectively). Density functional theoretical and semiempirical calculations indicate that the dimers 3,3'-dibromo-5,5'-[N-(2-(3-bromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl)-2-hydroxyiminoacetamide]biphenyl-2,2'-diol (1), (S,S)-1,2-bis(2-amino-3H-imidazol-4-yl)-(R,R)-3,4-bis(1H-pyrrole-2-amido)cyclobutane (2), 2-oxo-dimethyl-1,3-bis(3,4-dibromobenzene-1,2-diol) (11), 1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)hepta-1,6-diene-3,5-dione (12), and bis(5-isopropyl-8-methylazulene)methane (13) evolve more energy per connecting bond than the corresponding trimers or tetramers would. This we propose is a guiding parameter that may adjust molecule growth. The corresponding trimers, tetramers, or higher oligomers of 1, 2, and 11-13 appear to represent "missing" compounds in nature. Natural products 1, 2, and 11-13, having 3-fold and higher levels of symmetry, would founder on the lack of a facile method of synthesis and on the prohibitively high-energy costs caused by steric crowding at their core.Keywords
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