Esterification of sterically hindered acids and alcohols in fluorous media

Sterically hindered esterification reactions are best performed in specific fluorous media in the presence of catalytic amounts of diphenylammonium triflate. Fluorous media, in addition to their positive effect on yields, have inherent favorable properties respecting environment and permitting simple work-up. Highly congested reagents, however, react only marginally.     

Facile synthesis of sterically hindered and electron-deficient secondary amides from isocyanates

The big easy: The direct coupling of Grignard reagents to isocyanates provides a facile and robust solution for the synthesis of sterically hindered and electron-deficient secondary amides. The products are obtained in high yields without the need for excess reagents or chromatographic purification.     

Intramolecular excimer formation and delayed fluorescence in sterically constrained pyrene dimers

The synthesis is described for a series of five molecular dyads comprising pyrene-based terminals covalently linked through a 1,3-disubstituted phenylene spacer. The extent of through-space communication between the pyrene units is modulated by steric interactions imposed by bulky moieties attached at the 6,8-positions of each pyrene unit. For the control compound, only hydrogen atoms occupy the 6,8 positions (DP1), whereas the remaining compounds incorporate ethynylene groups terminated with either triisopropylsilyl (DP2), 1-tert-butylbenzene (DP3), 2,6-di-tert-butylbenzene (DP4) or 1-tert-butyl-3,5-dimethylbenzene (DP5) units. Each compound shows a mixture of monomer and excimer fluorescence in fluid solution at room temperature, but only monomer emission in a glassy matrix at 77 K. The ratio of monomer to excimer fluorescence depends markedly on the molecular structure; DP1 is heavily biased in favour of the excimer and DP4 is enriched with monomer fluorescence. Photophysical properties, including laser induced and delayed fluorescence data, are reported for each compound. Delayed fluorescence occurs by both intramolecular and bimolecular steps, but these events take place on different timescales. The possibility is raised for using intramolecular triplet-triplet annihilation as a means of molecular imaging.     

Syntheses of extreme sterically hindered 4-methoxyboronic acids

4-Iodoanisoles 3a,b, 3d and 4-bromoanisoles 4a-d were readily obtained. An extreme steric hindrance precluded obtaining 3c. Catalytic borylation of 3a,b, 3d followed by hydrolysis of boronic ester 26a,b, 26d easily provided the boronic acids 5a,b, 5d. Compounds 5a and 5d were also synthesised, starting from 4a and 4d, by halogen/metal exchange. Because of a too important steric hindrance, this last reaction failed with 4c and 4b led to the unexpected but stable boronic ester 6. The final obtaining of 5b required a strongly basic hydrolysis with heating.     

Synthesis of substituted polyaryls via sterically hindered double Suzuki cross-couplings

Substituted polyaryls were synthesized successfully via sterically hindered double Suzuki cross-couplings of arylboronic acids with aryl dibromides in the presence of Pd(PPh_3)_4 and KO~tBu within a very short time.     

Synthesis and structures of helical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons bearing aryl substituents at the most sterically hindered positions

A three-step synthetic sequence starting from condensation between a benzannulated enediyne and an aryl tert-butyl ketone was established to provide easy access to angularly fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons bearing one or two aryl substituents at the most sterically hindered positions to cause helical twists. The dynamic behaviors involving the helix inversion and the restricted rotation of the aryl substituents were investigated by temperature-dependent NMR studies. The X-ray structure of an indeno-fused 1-phenylpentahelicene derivative showed severe distortion of the [5]helicene system from planarity.     

Acylation of sterically hindered 2-propargyl-1,3-diketones

Sterically hindered 2-propargyl-1,3-diketones were acylated at the terminal acetylenic group by acyl chlorides in the presence of CuCl. Some peculiarities of the reaction were revealed. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 199–201, January, 1999.     

Pulsed‐laser polymerization‐gel permeation chromatographic determination of the propagation‐rate coefficient for the methyl acrylate dimer: A sterically hindered monomer

The methyl acrylate dimer (MAD) is a sterically hindered macromonomer, and the propagating radical can fragment to an unsaturated end group. The propagation‐rate coefficient (k_p) for MAD was obtained by pulsed‐laser polymerization (PLP). The Mark–Houwink–Sakaruda parameters required for the analysis of the molecular weight distributions (MWDs) were obtained by multiple‐detector gel permeation chromatography (GPC) with on‐line viscometry. The small radical created by the fragmentation results in a short‐chain polymer that means the MWD may no longer be given by that expected for “ideal” PLP conditions; simulations suggest that the degree of polymerization required for “ideal” PLP conditions can be obtained from the primary point of inflection provided the GPC traces also show a clear secondary inflection point (radicals terminated by the second, rather than the first, pulse subsequent to initiation). Over the temperature range of 40–75 °C, the data can be best fitted by k_p/dm³ mol^?1 s^?1 = 10^6.1 exp(?29.5 kJ mol^?1), with a moderately large joint confidence interval for the Arrhenius parameters. The data are consistent with an increased activation energy and reduced frequency factor as compared with acrylate or methacrylate; both of these changes can be ascribed to hindrance. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 3902–3915, 2001     

Synthesis of silanes and germanes with polyunsaturated aliphatic substituents

Hydrosilylation of alkynes R₃MC≡CH (M = Si, Ge) afforded adducts whose subsequent treatment with ethynylmagnesium bromide gives polyunsaturated silanes and germanes R₃MCH=CHSi(C≡CH)₃. The latter can be subjected to the same transfomations to result in the unsaturated chain growth.     

"一步法"合成多级孔SAPO-34分子筛

以TPOAC和硅溶胶为硅源,合成了多级孔SAPO-34分子筛,总比表面积达到649 m²·g^-1。详细考察了TPOAC和硅溶胶的配比对多级孔SAPO-34外比表面的影响,通过XRD、BET、SEM、NH₃-TPD等对其结构进行表征,结果表明多级孔SAPO-34的外比表面积可调变,晶体外观有较多缺陷位置,弱酸量减少,强酸位有变弱的趋势。在TPOAC与硅溶胶的投料比为3:2,晶化时间为10 d,投料比为n_Al2O3:n_P2O5:n_Si:n_TEAOH:n_H2O=1:0.9:0.5:2:60时,合成的多级孔SAPO-34的外比表面积达到最大,为100 m²·g^-1。     

位阻型金属卟啉的合成及其催化烷烃基化的反应

本文用平衡法制备了中位-四(3,5-二叔丁基-4-甲氧基等基)卟啉(T~D~T~B~M~OPP), 并制备了该卟啉的铁、锰、钴、锌、铜、镍的金属配合物。经红外光谱、电子光谱、核磁共振谱, 元素分析等确认了这些均未见报道的金属卟啉。考察了在温和条件下, 以T~D~T~B~M~O PP Fe^III C和T~D~T~B~M~O PP Mn^III Cl为了催化剂, PhIo为氧化剂, 在CH~2Cl~2中氧化n-C~6H~1~4的反应, 并将结果与别的催化剂进行了比较。     

Synthesis of organosiloxanes with reactive groups at silicon atoms

The heterofunctional condensation of (dihydroxy)organodisiloxanes and -trisiloxanes with vinyl(hydro)organodichlorosilanes was studied with the purpose of preparing a,ω-dichloroorganosiloxanes with reactive Si-H and Si-CH=CH₂ groups. During the isolation, 1,9-dichloro-1,9-dihydropentamethyloctasiloxane disproportionates with the elimination of (dichloro)methylsilane to form heptamethylcyclotetrasiloxane. A series of cyclotetra-, cyclohexa-, and cyclooctasiloxanes with Si-H and Si-CH=CH₂ groups was obtained by the condensation of a,ω-dihydroxyorganosiloxanes with a,ω-(dichloro)divinyl(dihydro)organosiloxanes.     

Synthesis of phosphorylated derivatives of isatin with sterically hindered phenol fragments

The synthesis of N-[dimethoxyphosphoryl-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)] methylisatins has been performed by the addition of isatin and 5-butylisatin to the double bond of dimethyl-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadienylidene)methylphosphonate. Subsequent functionalization of the compounds synthesized with thiosemicarbazide hydrochloride, 3-(3′,5′-di-tert-butyl-4′-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid hydrazide, and isonicotinic acid. Hydrazide gave isatin derivatives containing several pharmacophore fragments. Each of them has the ability to the increase the antioxidant and biological activities of these compounds.     

Synthesis and antibacterial activity of fluoroquinolones with sterically hindered phenolic moieties

Russian Chemical Bulletin - Fluoroquinolone antibiotics (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and moxifloxacin) modified at the piperazine ring by sterically hindered phenolic moieties were synthesized and...