ipso-and para-Functionalization of meta-terphenyl ligands with substituted methyl groups: Unusual head-to-tail coupling of terphenyl moieties
作者:Corneliu Stanciu、Alexander R. Fox、Anne F. Richards、James C. Fettinger、Philip P. Power
DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.01.047
日期:2006.5
The synthesis and characterization of several ipso-functionalized derivatives of the bulky terphenyl group C6H3-2,6(C6H3-2',6'-Pr-2(i))(2)(Ar') are described. These include the primary alcohol Ar'CH2OH (1), the bromo derivative Ar'CH2Br (2), and the terphenyl formate Ar'CH2OC(O)H (3). The alcohol 1 was obtained by treatment of LiAr' with formaldehyde, and 1 was readily converted to the bromo derivative 2 using HBr. The reaction of 1 with formic acid afforded 3 in good yield. Attempts to form the Grignard derivative of 1, i.e., Ar'CH2MgBr, resulted in a head-to-tail reaction of the terphenyl benzyl units to yield an unusual coupled product 4. An approach to the avoidance of this coupling involved the synthesis of the terphenyl derivatives 1-I-C6H2-2,6(C6H3-2',6'-Pr-2(i))(2)-4-Me (5) and 1-I-C6H2-2,6(C6H2-2',4',6'-Pr-3(i))(2)-4-Me (6), bearing methyl groups in the para positions of the central aryl ring, which could be prepared in good yield, and converted to their respective lithium salts 7 and 8 without complication. The compounds were characterized by H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy (1) and X-ray crystallography (2, 4, 5 and 6). (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.