Design and synthesis of 2-(1,3-dialkoxy-2-methylpropan-2-yl)-1,3-diarylpropanes as tethering units for folded H-stacking polymers
作者:Ryota Moriai、Yu-suke Naito、Ryosuke Nomura、Shigeaki Funyu、Ken-ich Ishitsuka、Naoki Asano、Sentaro Okamoto
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.03.020
日期:2014.4
1,3-Diarylpropenes 9 having a 1,3-dialkoxy-2-methylpropan-2-yl group were designed as tethering monomers for folded H-stacking polymers, and were readily synthesized from 2-ethoxymethylidene malonate in four- or five-steps, including a facile sequential addition-elimination-addition reaction of benzyl zinc reagents. The preference for the closed (stacked) conformation in the resulting 2-substituted 1,3-diarylpropanes 9 was evaluated using MM2 calculations, H-1 NMR analyses, and fluorescence measurements. Copolymerization of the resulting monomers 9 with compounds containing pi-units provided polymers with blue-shifted UV-absorptions both in solution and as films, compared with that of a model compound containing a single pi-unit. This optical property is unique to H-aggregated pi-units. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.