Optimization studies of the condensation of methyl 3,5-dihydroxybenzoate (1) with tetra(ethylene glycol) dichloride (3) resulted in improvement of the yield of the 1 + 1 cyclization product, 5-carbomethoxy-m-phenylene-16-crown-5 (5), to 67% (HPLC), but no improvement in the yield (28%, HPLC) of the desired 2 + 2 product, bis(5-carbomethoxy-m-phenylene)-32-crown-10 (4). However, after optimization, a two-step procedure provided improved yields of 4 and this procedure was generalized to afford other difunctional monomers. Condensation of substituted resorcinols with 3 and subsequent transformations yielded substituted (R) 3,5-bis(11-chloro-3,6,9-trioxaundecyl-oxy)benzenes (7, 9–14). Reaction of dihalides 7 (R = COOCH3), 13 (R = CHO), and 12 (R = CH2OSi(Me)2-t-Bu) with methyl 3,5-dihydroxybenzoate (1) produced bis(5-carbomethoxy-m-phenylene)-32-crown-10 (4) (43%), 5-carbomethoxy-m-phenylene-5′-formyl-m′-phenylene-32-crown-10 (15) (32%), and the lactone (16a) (18%, derived from the initially formed 5-hydroxymethyl-m-phenylene-5′-carbomethoxy-m′-phenylene-32-crown-10 (16)), respectively. Subsequent reactions gave the corresponding diacid (17), bis(hydroxymethyl) (19), bis(bromomethyl) (20), diacetyl (18), diformyl (21), bis(p-nitrophenoxymethyl) (22), and di(acetoxymethyl) (23) derivatives. Keywords: cyclization, functionalized bis(m-phenylene) crown ethers.
对甲基3,5-二羟基苯甲酸酯(1)与四(乙二醇)二氯化物(3)的缩合优化研究导致1+1环化产物5-羰基甲氧基-m-苯二酚-16-冠-5(5)的产率提高至67%(HPLC),但所需的2+2产物双(5-羰基甲氧基-m-苯二酚)-32-冠-10(4)的产率未提高(28%,HPLC)。然而,在优化后,一个两步程序提供了4的改进产率,并且这个程序被推广用于制备其他双官能单体。用3和取代的间苯二酚的缩合以及随后的转化产生了取代的(R)3,5-双(11-氯-3,6,9-三氧杂十一烷氧基)苯(7, 9-14)。二卤代物7(R = COOCH3),13(R = CHO)和12(R = CH2OSi(Me)2-t-Bu)与甲基3,5-二羟基苯甲酸酯(1)反应产生双(5-羰基甲氧基-m-苯二酚)-32-冠-10(4)(43%),5-羰基甲氧基-m-苯二酚-5'-甲醛-m'-苯二酚-32-冠-10(15)(32%),以及内酯(16a)(18%,源自最初形成的5-羟甲基-m-苯二酚-5'-羰基甲氧基-m'-苯二酚-32-冠-10(16))。随后的反应产生了相应的二酸(17),双(羟甲基)(19),双(溴甲基)(20),二乙酰(18),二甲酰(21),双(对硝基苯氧甲基)(22)和双(乙酰氧甲基)(23)衍生物。关键词:环化,官能化双(m-苯基)冠醚。