One, two, and three methylene phosphonic acid groups (–CH2PO3H2) on a mesitylene ring: synthesis, characterization and aspects of supramolecular aggregation
作者:Ramaswamy Murugavel、Mayank Pratap Singh
DOI:10.1039/b9nj00691e
日期:——
The ease of substitution of âCH2Br group on the mesitylene ring in a stepwise manner has been exploited to prepare mesitylene mono-, bis-, and tris-methylene phosphonic acids C6H2Me3(CH2PO3H2) (1), C6HMe3(CH2PO3H2)2 (2), and C6Me3(CH2PO3H2)3 (3) in 80â90% yield, through a MichaelisâArbuzov reaction followed by acid hydrolysis. Compounds 1â4 have been characterized by analytical and spectroscopic (IR, NMR, and MS) techniques. The X-ray structural investigations on all the three compounds reveal that the central mesitylene ring is a robust platform for hosting multiple methylene phosphonic acid groups. Mesitylene mono-methylene phosphonic acid 1, which can be considered as the sterically encumbered modification of benzyl phosphonic acid, interestingly associates as a one-dimensional tubular structure through extensive OâHâ¯O hydrogen bonding between adjacent âPO3H2 groups, albeit with no such interactions between the tubes due to the highly hydrophobic nature of the surface. The X-ray structure of mesitylene-1,3-diphosphonic acid 2 reveals that the molecules exhibit a syn-orientation of the âCH2PO3H2, which are involved in extensive PâOHâ¯O hydrogen bonding to result in a two-dimensional layered structure. The presence of three âPO3H2 units on the same side of the mesitylene ring in 3 results in a three-dimensional framework solid. The present studies clearly reveal a linear relationship between the dimensionality of the supramolecular structure and the number of phosphonic acid moieties on the mesitylene ring.
通过Michaelis-Arbuzov反应后进行酸水解,利用逐步取代三甲苯环上的-CH2Br基团的便利性,以80-90%的产率制备了三甲苯单、双和三甲叉膦酸C6H2Me3(CH2PO3H2)(1)、C6HMe3(CH2PO3H2)2(2)和C6Me3(CH2PO3H2)3(3)。化合物1-4已通过分析和光谱(IR、NMR和MS)技术进行了表征。所有三种化合物的X射线结构研究表明,中心三甲苯环是承载多个甲叉膦酸基团的稳固平台。三甲苯单甲叉膦酸1,可视为受阻的苄基膦酸改性,有趣地通过相邻的-PO3H2基团之间广泛的O-H…O氢键作用形成一维管状结构,尽管由于表面高度疏水性,管间没有这样的相互作用。三甲苯-1,3-二膦酸2的X射线结构显示,分子中-CH2PO3H2呈同向排列,通过广泛的P-OH…O氢键作用形成二维层状结构。三甲苯环同侧存在三个-PO3H2单元导致形成三维框架固体。当前研究清楚地揭示了超分子结构的维数与三甲苯环上膦酸基团数量之间的线性关系。