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Novel truxene-based dipyrromethanes (DPMs): synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and photophysical properties
- Shakeel Alvi and
- Rashid Ali
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2163–2170, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.186
- synthesis of only truxene was established by Dehmlow’s research group in 1997 [10]. Remarkably, one of the advantages of truxene over the other polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is the presence of three benzylic positions, that generally permit to assemble a myriad of functionalized truxene-based
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Figure 1: Structures of some reported mono-, di- and tri-dipyrromethane derivatives [44-49].
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the mono-DPM-based truxene derivative 14.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of di- and tri-DPM-based truxene derivatives 16 and 18.
Figure 2: UV–vis absorption (left) and fluorescence spectra (right) recorded in chloroform.
Figure 3: Time-resolved fluorescence lifetime.
Biphenylene-containing polycyclic conjugated compounds
- Cagatay Dengiz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1895–1911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.141
- and the phenol subsequently converted to a triflate. The Pd-catalyzed annulation approach can be conducted sequentially, facilitating the synthesis of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, particularly unsymmetrical ones (Scheme 10) [44]. In this way, compound 48 was synthesized through a two-step process
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Figure 1: The correlation between stability and Clar's rule in acenes.
Scheme 1: General synthetic strategies to access the biphenylene core 1.
Figure 2: [N]Phenylenes 7–12 with different topologies.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of POAs 15a and 15b via reactions of BBD 13 and bis(cyanomethyl) compounds 14a and 14b.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of benzo[b]biphenylene (18).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of benzobiphenylene 18 and POA 21.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of symmetric POAs 25a and 25b.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of POA 29 via palladium-catalyzed annulation/aromatization reaction.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of bisphenylene-containing structures 34a–c.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of curved PAH 38 via Pd-catalyzed annulation and Ir-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of [3]naphthylenes.
Scheme 10: Sequential Pd-catalyzed annulation reactions.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of biphenylene-containing unsymmetrical azaacenes 54a–c.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of biphenylene containing symmetrical azaacenes 58a,b.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of azaacene analogues 62–64.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of POA-type structure 69.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of boron-doped POA 73.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of “v”- and “z”-shaped B-POAs 77 and 78.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of boron-doped extended POA 84.
Scheme 18: Ag(111) surface-catalyzed synthesis of POA 87.
Scheme 19: Au(100) and Au(111) surface-catalyzed synthesis of POA 91.
Scheme 20: Au(111) on-surface synthesis of POA 87.
Synthetic approaches to bowl-shaped π-conjugated sumanene and its congeners
- Shakeel Alvi and
- Rashid Ali
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2212–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.186
- in materials science and technology. Keywords: buckybowls; heterosumanenes; polyaromatic hydrocarbons; sumanene; synthesis; Review 1 Introduction Over a long period of time, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have attracted a tremendous attention of the scientific community because of their diverse
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Figure 1: Representation of corannulene (1) and sumanene (2), the subunits of fullerene (C60).
Scheme 1: Mehta’s unsuccessful effort for the synthesis of sumanene scaffold 2.
Scheme 2: First synthesis of sumanene 2 by Sakurai et al. from norbornadiene 10.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of trimethylsumanene 28 from easily accessible norbornadiene (10).
Scheme 4: Generation of anions 29–31 and the preparation of tris(trimethylsilyl)sumanene 32.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of tri- and hexa-substituted sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of bowl-shaped π-extended sumanene derivatives 37a–f.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of monooxasumanene 38, trioxosumanene 40 along with imination of them.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of trimethylsumanenetrione 46 and exo-functionalized products 45a,b.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of bisumanenylidene 47 and sumanene dimer 48 from 2.
Scheme 10: The mono-substitution of 2 to generate diverse mono-sumanene derivatives 49a–d.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of sumanene building block 53 useful for further extension.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of hexafluorosumanene derivative 55 by Sakurai and co-workers.
Scheme 13: Preparation of sumanene-based carbene 60 and its reaction with cyclohexane.
Scheme 14: Barton–Kellogg reaction for the synthesis of sterically hindered alkenes.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of hydroxysumanene 68 by employing Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of sumanene derivatives having functionality at an internal carbon.
Scheme 17: Mechanism for nucleophilic substitution reaction at the internal carbon.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of diverse monosubstituted sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of di- and trisubstituted sumanene derivatives from sumanene (2).
Scheme 20: Preparation of monochlorosumanene 88 and hydrogenation of sumanene (2).
Scheme 21: The dimer 90 and bissumanenyl 92 achieved from halosumannes.
Scheme 22: Pyrenylsumanene 93 involving the Suzuki-coupling as a key transformation.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of various hexaarylsumanene derivatives using the Suzuki-coupling reaction.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of hexasubstituted sumanene derivatives 96 and 97.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of thioalkylsumanenes via an aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of tris(ethoxycarbonylethenyl)sumanene derivative 108.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of ferrocenyl-based sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of sumanenylferrocene architectures 118 and 119 via Negishi coupling.
Scheme 29: Diosmylation and the synthesis of phenylboronate ester 121 of sumanene.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of the iron-complex of sumanene.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of tri- and mononuclear sumanenyl zirconocene complexes.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of [CpRu(η6-sumanene)]PF6.
Scheme 33: Preparation of sumanene-based porous coordination networks 127 (spherical tetramer units) and 128 (...
Scheme 34: Synthesis of sumanenylhafnocene complexes 129 and 130.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of 134 and 135 along with PdII coordination complex 136.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of alkali metals sumanene complex K7(C21H102−)2(C21H93−)·8THF (137) containing di- and tr...
Scheme 37: The encapsulation of a Cs+ ion between two sumanenyl anions.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of monothiasumanene 140 and dithiasumanene 141 from 139.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of trithiasumanene 151 by Otsubo and his co-workers.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of trithiasumanene derivatives 155 and 156.
Scheme 41: Synthetic route towards hexathiolated trithiasumanenes 158.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of triselenasumanene 160 by Shao and teammates.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of tritellurasumanene derivatives from triphenylene skeletons.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of pyrazine-fused sumanene architectures through condensation reaction.
Scheme 45: Treatment of the trichalcogenasumanenes with diverse oxidative reagents.
Scheme 46: Ring-opening reaction with H2O2 and oxone of heterasumanenes 178 and 179.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of polycyclic compounds from sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of diimide-based heterocycles reported by Shao’s and co-workers.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of pristine trichalcogenasumanenes, 151, 205, and 206.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of trichalcogenasumanenes via hexaiodotriphenylene precursor 208.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of trisilasumanenes 214 and 215.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of trisilasumanene derivatives 218 and 219.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of novel trigermasumanene derivative 223.
Scheme 54: An attempt towards the synthesis of tristannasumanene derivative 228.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of triphosphasumanene trisulfide 232 from commercially available 229.
Scheme 56: The doping of sumanene derivatives with chalcogens (S, Se, Te) and phosphorus.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of heterasumanene containing three different heteroatoms.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of trichalcogenasumanene derivatives 240 and 179.
Scheme 59: Preparation of trichalcogenasumanenes 245 and 248.
Scheme 60: Design and synthesis of trichalcogenasumanene derivatives 252 and 178.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of spirosumanenes 264–269 and non-spiroheterasumanenes 258–263.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of sumanene-type hetero polycyclic compounds.
Scheme 63: Synthesis of triazasumanenes 288 and its sulfone congener 287.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of C3-symmetric chiral triaryltriazasumanenes via cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 65: Synthesis of mononaphthosumanene 293 using Suzuki coupling as a key step.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of di- and trinaphthosumanene derivatives 302–304.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of hemifullerene skeletons by Hirao’s group.
Scheme 68: Design and construction of C70 fragment from a C60 sumanene fragment.
Adhesion, forces and the stability of interfaces
- Robin Guttmann,
- Johannes Hoja,
- Christoph Lechner,
- Reinhard J. Maurer and
- Alexander F. Sax
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 106–129, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.12
- ., polyaromatic hydrocarbons) induces a dipole moment; likewise, when a spherical charge distribution is deformed to an ellipsoid, a quadrupole is induced. Discussion of WMI, as found in the chemical literature, often suffers from a profound confusion of tongues due to the preference of a folkloristic [12
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Figure 1: Left: The graphs of an interaction potential Vint composed of an attractive component Vatt and a re...
Figure 2: From left to right: An external pulling force acting on the system in its equilibrium structure inc...
Figure 3: Potential functions (thin lines) and the first derivatives (thick lines). Left: For constant ΔV the...
Figure 4: Left: The disk covering the atoms of molecule B seen by an atom in molecule A expands with increasi...
Figure 5: Demonstration of the contact zone and the reduced contact zone of an adsorbate/adsorbent complex wi...
Figure 6: The contact zone of an (8.0)-CNT/tetracene complex. The bold black lines in the traverse section re...
Figure 7: The separation of tetracene from graphene. Top row: Mode S1 (left), mode S2 (right). Bottom row: mo...
Figure 8: The slope functions for the separation of tetracene from graphene for the four separation modes. Re...
Figure 9: Boiling points of straight-chain primary alcohols, straight-chain primary amines and straight-chain...
Organometallic vs organic photoredox catalysts for photocuring reactions in the visible region
- Aude-Héloise Bonardi,
- Frédéric Dumur,
- Guillaume Noirbent,
- Jacques Lalevée and
- Didier Gigmes
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3025–3046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.282
- detailed in Table 9. In order to be concise, only three kinds of organophotocatalysts have been described in the present review. However, over the years, a large number of different organophotocalysts has been described in the literature. Notably, pyrene [89], truxene [90][91][92], polyaromatic
- hydrocarbons [93], heteropolyacenes [90][91], carbazoles [80][81][94], triazines [95], pentacenes [96], diketopyrrolopyrroles [24] and perylene [97][98] derivatives have been investigated as organocatalysts as exemplified in Scheme 5. 3 Comparison of the efficiency of these photoredox catalysts in
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Figure 1: Typical oxidative and reductive cycle for a photoredox catalyst (PC).
Figure 2: Transitions involved in absorbing species containing π, σ and n electrons.
Figure 3: Ligand to metal charge transfer (illustrated here for a d6 metal complex).
Figure 4: Metal to ligand charge transfer (illustrated here for a d5 metal complex).
Scheme 1: Structures of additives involved in the photoredox catalytic cycles.
Figure 5: Catalytic cycles involved with iodonium salt and (A) (TMS)3SiH, (B) NVK and (C) EDB.
Scheme 2: Structures of photoredox metal-based catalysts.
Scheme 3: Photocatalytical cycle for the Ru complex.
Scheme 4: Structures of photoredox organocatalysts.
Scheme 5: Diversity of the chemical structures of photoredox organocatalysts.
Scheme 6: Structures of benchmarked monomers.
Scheme 7: Structure of the CARET additive.
Scheme 8: Photoredox catalysis mechanism of a visible light-mediated living radical polymerization. (Abbrevia...
Synthesis of 1-indanones with a broad range of biological activity
- Marika Turek,
- Dorota Szczęsna,
- Marek Koprowski and
- Piotr Bałczewski
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 451–494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.48
- dichloride 35. Then, in a sequence of reactions, the 1-indanone 36 was transformed to 37 (Scheme 13). Kabdulov, Amsharov and Jansen have proposed a methodology for the synthesis of fluorinated polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH’s) via the 1-indanone intermediates 40 [31]. In this synthesis, acids 38 have been
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Figure 1: Biologically active 1-indanones and their structural analogues.
Figure 2: Number of papers about (a) 1-indanones, (b) synthesis of 1-indanones.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1-indanone (2) from hydrocinnamic acid (1).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1-indanone (2) from 3-(2-bromophenyl)propionic acid (3).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1-indanones 5 from 3-arylpropionic acids 4.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of kinamycin (9a) and methylkinamycin C (9b).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of trifluoromethyl-substituted arylpropionic acids 12, 1-indanones 13 and dihydrocoumarin...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 1-indanones 16 from benzoic acids 15.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 1-indanones 18 from arylpropionic and 3-arylacrylic acids 17.
Scheme 8: The NbCl5-induced one-step synthesis of 1-indanones 22.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of biologically active 1-indanone derivatives 26.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of enantiomerically pure indatraline ((−)-29).
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 1-indanone (2) from the acyl chloride 30.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of the mechanism-based inhibitors 33 of coelenterazine.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of the indane 2-imidazole derivative 37.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of fluorinated PAHs 41.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of 1-indanones 43 via transition metal complexes-catalyzed carbonylative cyclization of m...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of 6-methyl-1-indanone (46).
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 1-indanone (2) from ester 48.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of benzopyronaphthoquinone 51 from the spiro-1-indanone 50.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of the selective endothelin A receptor antagonist 55.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 1-indanones 60 from methyl vinyl ketone (57).
Scheme 21: Synthesis of 1-indanones 64 from diethyl phthalate 61.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 66 from various Meldrum’s acids 65.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of halo 1-indanones 69.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of substituted 1-indanones 71.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of spiro- and fused 1-indanones 73 and 74.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of spiro-1,3-indanodiones 77.
Scheme 27: Mechanistic pathway for the NHC-catalyzed Stetter–Aldol–Michael reaction.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of 2-benzylidene-1-indanone derivatives 88a–d.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 90a–i.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of 1-indanones 96 from o-bromobenzaldehydes 93 and alkynes 94.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 3-hydroxy-1-indanones 99.
Scheme 32: Photochemical preparation of 1-indanones 103 from ketones 100.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of chiral 3-aryl-1-indanones 107.
Scheme 34: Photochemical isomerization of 2-methylbenzil 108.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of 2-hydroxy-1-indanones 111a–c.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 113 and 114 from η6-1,2-dioxobenzocyclobutene complex 112.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of nakiterpiosin (117).
Scheme 38: Synthesis of 2-alkyl-1-indanones 120.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of fluorine-containing 1-indanone derivatives 123.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of 2-benzylidene and 2-benzyl-1-indanones 126, 127 from the chalcone 124.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 2-bromo-6-methoxy-3-phenyl-1-indanone (130).
Scheme 42: Synthesis of combretastatin A-4-like indanones 132a–s.
Figure 3: Chemical structures of investigated dienones 133 and synthesized cyclic products 134–137.
Figure 4: Chemical structures of 1-indanones and their heteroatom analogues 138–142.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of 2-phosphorylated and 2-non-phosphorylated 1-indanones 147 and 148 from β-ketophosphona...
Scheme 44: Photochemical synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 150, 153a, 153b.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of polysubstituted-1-indanones 155, 157.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of 1-indanones 159a–g from α-arylpropargyl alcohols 158 using RhCl(PPh3)3 as a catalyst.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of optically active 1-indanones 162 via the asymmetric Rh-catalyzed isomerization of race...
Scheme 48: Mechanism of the Rh-catalyzed isomerization of α-arylpropargyl alcohols 161 to 1-indanones 162.
Figure 5: Chemical structure of abicoviromycin (168) and its new benzo derivative 169.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of racemic benzoabicoviromycin 172.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of [14C]indene 176.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of indanone derivatives 178–180.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of racemic pterosin A 186.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of trans-2,3-disubstituted 1-indanones 189.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of 3-aryl-1-indanone derivatives 192.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 194 from 3-(2-iodoaryl)propanonitriles 193.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of 1-indanones 200–204 by cyclization of aromatic nitriles.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of 1,1’-spirobi[indan-3,3’-dione] derivative 208.
Scheme 58: Total synthesis of atipamezole analogues 211.
Scheme 59: Synthesis of 3-[4-(1-piperidinoethoxy)phenyl]spiro[indene-1,1’-indan]-5,5’-diol hydrochloride 216.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of 3-arylindan-1-ones 219.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of 2-hydroxy-1-indanones 222.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of the 1-indanone 224 from the THP/MOM protected chalcone epoxide 223.
Scheme 63: Synthesis of 1-indanones 227 from γ,δ-epoxy ketones 226.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of 2-hydroxy-2-methylindanone (230).
Scheme 65: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 234 from cyclopropanol derivatives 233.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of substituted 1-indanone derivatives 237.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of 7-methyl substituted 1-indanone 241 from 1,3-pentadiene (238) and 2-cyclopentenone (239...
Scheme 68: Synthesis of disubstituted 1-indanone 246 from the siloxydiene 244 and 2-cyclopentenone 239.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of 5-hydroxy-1-indanone (250) via the Diels–Alder reaction of 1,3-diene 248 with sulfoxid...
Scheme 70: Synthesis of halogenated 1-indanones 253a and 253b.
Scheme 71: Synthesis of 1-indanones 257 and 258 from 2-bromocyclopentenones 254.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of 1-indanone 261 from 2-bromo-4-acetoxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one (260) and 1,2-dihydro-4-viny...
Scheme 73: Synthesis of 1-indanone 265 from 1,2-dihydro-7-methoxy-4-vinylnaphthalene (262) and bromo-substitut...
Scheme 74: Synthesis of 1-indanone 268 from dihydro-3-vinylphenanthrene 266 and 4-acetoxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one (...
Scheme 75: Synthesis of 1-indanone 271 from phenylselenyl-substituted cyclopentenone 268.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of 1-indanone 272 from the trienone 270.
Scheme 77: Synthesis of the 1-indanone 276 from the aldehyde 273.
Scheme 78: Synthesis of 1-indanones 278 and 279.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of 1-indanone 285 from octa-1,7-diyne (282) and cyclopentenone 239.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of benz[f]indan-1-one (287) from cyclopentenone 239 and o-bis(dibromomethyl)benzene (286)....
Scheme 81: Synthesis of 3-methyl-substituted benz[f]indan-1-one 291 from o-bis(dibromomethyl)benzene (286) and...
Scheme 82: Synthesis of benz[f]indan-1-one (295) from the anthracene epidioxide 292.
Scheme 83: Synthesis of 1-indanone 299 from homophthalic anhydride 298 and cyclopentynone 297.
Scheme 84: Synthesis of cyano-substituted 1-indanone derivative 301 from 2-cyanomethylbenzaldehyde (300) and c...
Scheme 85: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 303–305 from ketene dithioacetals 302.
Scheme 86: Synthesis of 1-indanones 309–316.
Scheme 87: Mechanism of the hexadehydro-Diels–Alder (HDDA) reaction.
Scheme 88: Synthesis of 1-indenone 318 and 1-indanones 320 and 321 from tetraynes 317 and 319.
Scheme 89: Synthesis of 1-indanone 320 from the triyn 319.
Scheme 90: Synthesis 1-indanone 328 from 2-methylfuran 324.
Scheme 91: Synthesis of 1-indanones 330 and 331 from furans 329.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of 1-indanone 333 from the cycloadduct 332.
Scheme 93: Synthesis of (S)-3-arylindan-1-ones 335.
Scheme 94: Synthesis of (R)-2-acetoxy-1-indanone 338.
Figure 6: Chemical structures of obtained cyclopenta[α]phenanthrenes 339.
Scheme 95: Synthesis of the benzoindanone 343 from arylacetaldehyde 340 with 1-trimethylsilyloxycyclopentene (...
Articulated rods – a novel class of molecular rods based on oligospiroketals (OSK)
- Pablo Wessig,
- Roswitha Merkel and
- Peter Müller
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 74–84, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.11
- these types should therefore facilitate very interesting applications for ARs. As mentioned above, compound 32a can serve as a probe for this equilibrium owing to the pyrene moieties. As many polyaromatic hydrocarbons pyrene possess a marked tendency to form excimers in the excited state [23]. The broad
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Figure 1: Typical OSK rod A with solubility enhancing sleeve (D) and building blocks B,C,E.
Figure 2: Fundamental structure of articulated rods (blue = legs, red = joint, green = terminal functionaliti...
Figure 3: Synthetic strategy towards articulated rods.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of building block 8 (i: trimethylsilylpropargyl-4-nitrophenylcarbonate. ii: Dess–Martin-p...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of articulated rod 11 (i: CBr4, PPh3, NaN3. ii: K2CO3/MeOH. iii: Cu/C DCM/MeOH 1:1, cat. ...
Scheme 3: Sequential deprotection of 11 and synthesis of triple articulated rod 14 (i: K2CO3/MeOH. ii: CBr4/P...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of articulated rods 23–25 with increased solubility (i: 4-hydroxypiperidine, DCC, HOBt. i...
Scheme 5: Macrocyclization of articulated rod 25.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of building blocks 27–29 (i: 1. pyrene-1-ylacetic acid, DCC/DMAP, 68%; 2. Dess–Martin per...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of articulated rods 32a–c (i: NaH, TMSCl, TMSOTf. ii: Cu/C, Et3N).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of articulated rods 33, 34 and 36.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of articulated rod 39 (i: cinnamoyl chloride, DMAP, pyridine. ii: DMF 120 °C).
Scheme 10: Synthesis of functionalized articulated rod 43 (i: PYBOP, Et3N. ii: KOH, H2O. iii: 32c, quant.).
Scheme 11: Stretched-folded equilibrium of pyrene labelled AR 32a.
Figure 4: Fluorescence spectra of AR 32a in EPA at different temperatures (c = 5·10−6 mol/L).
Figure 5: Monomer–excimer ratio IM/IEX of the fluorescence of 32a depending on solvent viscosity (DCE = 1,2-d...
Figure 6: Monomer–excimer ratio IM/IEX of the fluorescence of 32a depending on the addition of cyclodextrines...
Scheme 12: Formation of pseudorotaxanes from AR 32a and cyclodextrines.
Figure 7: Influence of Triton X-100 on the fluorescence spectra of 32a in aqueous solution. 32a was added fro...
Figure 8: Comparison of photochemical reactivity of 32b, 33a, 39 (left). Irradiation UV spectrum of 32b in AC...
Building complex carbon skeletons with ethynyl[2.2]paracyclophanes
- Ina Dix,
- Lidija Bondarenko,
- Peter G. Jones,
- Thomas Oeser and
- Henning Hopf
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2013–2020, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.209
- - (1), 1,3- (3), and 1,4-diethynylbenzene (5) (Scheme 1). These simple, flat molecules have been used extensively for the deliberate construction of larger polyaromatic hydrocarbons employing classical (e.g., Glaser coupling and its variants) or modern acetylenic coupling reactions (e.g., the
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Scheme 1: Planar and layered ethynyl aromatics as building blocks for extended aromatic structures.
Scheme 2: Previous coupling experiments with pseudo-ortho-diethynyl[2.2]paracyclophane 4.
Scheme 3: Glaser coupling of pseudo-gem-diethynyl[2.2]paracyclophane 2.
Scheme 4: Glaser coupling of pseudo-ortho-diethynyl[2.2]paracyclophane, 4.
Figure 1: Above: The molecule of compound 11 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 30% probability levels. Onl...
Figure 2: Above: The molecule of compound 12 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 50% probability levels. Onl...
Scheme 5: Sonogashira coupling of aldehyde 13 with ortho-diiodobenzene (14).
Scheme 6: Preparation of benzologs of dimers 11/12.
Figure 3: Above: The molecule of compound 19 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 50% probability levels. Sol...
Figure 4: Above: One of the three independent molecules of compound 20 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 3...
Scheme 7: Cross dimerization of 1 and 4.
Figure 5: The molecule of compound 22 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 50% probability levels.
Scheme 8: An attempt to prepare a biphenylenophane.
Figure 6: The molecule of compound 26 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 50% probability levels.
