Efficient Zirconocene-Coupling of Silicon-Substituted Diynes to Polymers and Macrocycles
摘要:
The zirconocene-coupling of diynes with internal silicon substituents, MeC=CMe2SiArSiMe2C=CMe (1: Ar = 1,4-C6H4; 2: Ar = 1,3-C6H4; 3: Ar = 4,4'-C6H4C6H4), generates regiospecific polymers containing zirconacyclopentadiene in the main chain (5-7). These organometallic polymers hydrolyze cleanly to butadienediyl polymers of the type [Me2SiArSiMe2CH=CMeCMe=CH](n) (11-13), and polymer 5 reacts with iodine to give the iodine-containing polymer [1,4-Me2SiC6H4SiMe2C(I)=CMeCMe=C(I)](n) (14). The organometallic polymers undergo facile and high-yield degradations to macrocycles under mild conditions (refluxing tetrahydrofuran solution). The size and shape of the resulting macrocycles depend upon the nature of the diyne spacer group. Thus, polymers 5 and 7 containing parallel diyne units convert to the trimeric macrocycles [Me2SiArSiMe2C4Me2ZrCp2](3) (15: Ar = 1,4-C6H4; 24: Ar = 4,4'-C6H4C6H4), while polymer 6 gives the dimeric macrocycle [1,3-Me2SiC6H4SiMe2C4Me2ZrCp2](2) (18). The dimeric macrocycle [Me2SiC6H4-SiMe2C6H4SiMe2C4Me2ZrCp2](2) (20) was obtained directly from the zirconocene coupling of Me2Si[(1,4-C6H4)SiMe2(C=CMe)](2) (4) by heating the reaction mixture to reflux. In. similar manner, the diyne Me2Si(C=CMe)(2) was converted in high yield to the hexameric macrocycle [Me2SiC4Me2ZrCp2](6) (22). The macrocycles 15, [1,4-Me2SiC6H4SiMe2C4Me2H2](3) (16), and 18 were characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Molecules of 15 adopt a nearly planar Cg macrocyclic structure with a cavity described by an average transannular Si ... Si distance of 13.2 Angstrom, while the hydrolyzed macrocycle 16 has a chair conformation. This conformation change results from conversion of cis diene groups in the zirconacyclopendiene fragments to trans diene groups in 16. The high-yield formation of macrocycles apparently results from the reversible nature of the alkyne-coupling reaction, which allows for a low-energy pathway to the smallest macrocycle possessing minimal ring strain.
Siloxa-bridged-cyclophanes featuring benzene, thiophene and pyridine units
作者:Audrey Moores、Christian Defieber、Nicolas Mézailles、Nicole Maigrot、Louis Ricard、Pascal Le Floch
DOI:10.1039/b211045h
日期:——
Two octamethyldisiloxa-bridged [3.3]cyclophanes (1 and 2) and a dodecamethyltrissiloxa-bridged [3.3.3]-cage compound (3) were prepared by hydrolysis of the chlorosilyl monomers. This general route was also employed for the preparation of two octamethyldisiloxa-bridged [3.3]heterophanes featuring two thiophene (14) or pyridine (17) moities.
Electron Transfer between Two Silyl-Substituted Phenylene Rings: EPR/ENDOR Spectra, DFT Calculations, and Crystal Structure of the One-Electron Reduction Compound of a Di(<i>m</i>-silylphenylenedisiloxane)
作者:Cosmina Dutan、Sylvie Choua、Théo Berclaz、Michel Geoffroy、Nicolas Mézailles、Audrey Moores、Louis Ricard、Pascal Le Floch
DOI:10.1021/ja0209060
日期:2003.4.1
the delocalization of the unpaired electron on the two phenyl rings of 4. The measured hyperfine interactions agree with those calculated by DFT for the optimized structure of 4(.-). Direct information on the structure of this anion is obtained from the X-ray diffraction of crystals grown at -18 degrees C in reduced solutions containing 4, potassium, and crownether in a THF/hexane mixture. Both DFT