作者:Shu Liu、Sang-Hun Lee、Ya Xi Shen、Harry W. Gibson
DOI:10.1021/jo00115a035
日期:1995.5
Three alpha,alpha,omega,omega-tetraaryl alpha,omega-diols 10 were synthesized via Grignard reactions of p-tert-butylbromobenzene with 1,10-bis(p-carbethoxyphenoxy)decane, dimethyl terephthalate, and dimethyl adipate (8). The diols 10 were converted to 1,10-bisp-[bis(p'-tert-butylphenyl)(p ''-hydroxyphenyl)-methyl]phenoxy}decane (11a), 1,4-bis[bis(p-tert-butylphenyl)(4'-amino-3',5'-dimethylphenyl)methyl]-benzene (11b), and 1,1,6,6-tetrakis(p-tert-butylphenyl)hexane (12) via carbocation chemistry. Alkylation of 11a with 2-(2-chloroethoxy)ethanol yielded 1,10-bisp-bis[p'-tert-butylphenyl) [p ''- [2-(2'-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy]phenyl]methy}phenoxy}decane (13), containing two tetraarylmethyl groups. 1,4-Bis[bis(p-tert-butylphenyl)hydroxymethyl]benzene (10b) was reduced to 1,4-bis[bis(p-tert-butylphenylmethyl]benzene (14) by formic acid. The reaction of tetraarylhexanediol 10c with formic acid produced 1,1,6,6-tetrakis(p-tert-butylphenyl)-1,5-hexadiene (15). Via two S(N)2 reactions in a one-step route, diethyl bis(p-tert-butylbenzyl)malonate (18) was produced from diethyl malonate and p-tert-butylbenzyl bromide. A Grignard reaction of p-tert-butylbromobenzene with ethyl acetate generated 1,1-bis(p -tert-butylphenyl)ethanol (20) which was converted to 1, 1-bis(p-tert-butylphenyl)ethene (21) by water elimination. All the intermediates and final products are new compounds. While the bisphenol 11a, bisaniline 11b, diol 13, diester 17, and the alkanes 12 and 14 with two reactive protons are suitable difunctional knots for syntheses of rotaxanes and of polyrotaxanes via step growth polymerizations, the ethene 21 can be used for polyrotaxanes prepared by chain growth polymerizations.