Anthracene capped isobenzofuran: a synthon for the preparations of iptycenes and iptycene quinones

Anthracene capped isobenzofuran 5 (5,6-(9,10-dihydroanthracen-9,10-yl)isobenzofuran) was synthesized for the first time. It is a highly reactive and versatile synthon for the synthesis of iptycene derivatives via Diels-Alder reactions. Cycloadducts 10 could be readily deoxygenated to iptycenes 11. Two new reactions of PhI(OAc)(2)/TfOH have been explored. Endoxides 10 were directly oxidized to iptycene quinones 12, and isobenzofuran 5 was conveniently converted to triptycene dialdehyde 16. H-shaped centrally extended pentiptycene quinones 13 and 14 were also synthesized.     

Synthesis, structures, and properties of peripheral o-dimethoxy-substituted pentiptycene quinones and their o-quinone derivatives

A series of peripheral o-dimethoxy-substituted pentiptycene quinones and their o-quinone derivatives have been synthesized. Especially, it was found that if two o-dimethoxybenzene moieties were situated at the same side of the pentiptycene quinones, one of them was only oxidized by excess CAN in aqueous acetonitrile. Moreover, the pentiptycene quinones with unique 3D rigid structure could all self-assemble into a 3D microporous structure in the solid state. For the pentiptycene quinones containing the dimethoxybenzene unit(s) and the quinone group(s) simultaneously, interesting intramolecular charge transfer interactions and electrochemical properties were also shown. These peripheral-substituted pentiptycene quinones and their o-quinone derivatives can be used as new useful building blocks and will find wide applications in material science and host-guest chemistry.     

Central-ring functionalization and application of the rigid, aromatic, and H-shaped pentiptycene scaffold

The progress of pentiptycene chemistry is reviewed. Pentiptycene belongs to the iptycene family and possesses a rigid, aromatic, and H-shaped scaffold. An important feature for pentiptycene vs. triptycene is the presence of a 'sterically shielded' central benzene ring. Such a feature has led to the use of pentiptycene as a conformational regulator and in the formation of functional molecules, including fluorescent chemosensors, molecular machines, low dielectric constant materials, and porous solids. The synthesis of these materials relies on central-ring prefunctionalized pentiptycene building blocks. A useful approach toward the preparation of these building blocks is the derivatization of pentiptycene quinone.     

Triptycene-derived calixarenes,heterocalixarenes and analogues

With unique three-dimensional triptycene derivatives as the building blocks, several kinds of novel macrocyclic compounds including triptycene-derived calixarenes, heterocalixarenes, N(H)-bridged azacalixarenes, homooxacalixarene analogues, and tetralactam macrocycles could be conveniently synthesized with satisfactory yields by one-pot method or two-step fragment coupling reactions. With rigid triptycene moiety, these macrocyclic hosts not only have large enough cavities, but also show specific fixed conformations. These structural features made them exhibit well molecular recognition toward small organic molecules, fullerenes and organic dyes. Moreover, these macrocycles could also show interest self-assembly abilities in both solution and solid state, which will make them be broad application prospects.     

Aktivierte Chinone: Substitution von Azulenen,Benzofuran und Indolen durch 2-Methoxycarbonyl-1,4-benzochinon. Regiospezifische Synthesen von Polymethoxy-fluorenonen und eine neue Synthese des 2,6-Dihydro-naphtho[1,2,3-cd]indol-6-on-Systems

Activated quinones: substitution reactions by methoxy-carbonyl-1,4-benzoquinone of azulenes, benzofuran and indoles; regiospecific syntheses of polymethoxy-fluorenones; a new synthesis of the 2,6-dihydro-naphtho[1,2,3-cd]indol-6-one system. We present new electrophilic substitution reactions of azulenes and 5-membered heterocyclics by methoxy-carbonyl-1,4-benzoquinone. Hydroquinones 3a and 5 are prepared from azulene, and 3b from guaiazulene (see Scheme 1). Benzofuran undergoes α- and β-substitution (hydroquinones 9 10 ) (see Scheme 2). Only β-substitution is observed with indole (hydroquinone 20 ) (see Scheme 4). After methylation, saponification and intramolecular acylation of the substituted indoles 22c, 22d , derivatives of 2,6-dihydro-naphtho[1,2,3-cd]indol-6-one have been obtained. Spectral data prove the presence of the methylidenequinone tautomer. By protonation or alkylation at the carbonyl group of 23 , the violet, highly delocalized 16π-electron systems 25 are generated. Analogously, polymethoxy-fluorenones have been prepared from methoxylated diphenylquinones 15 (see Scheme 3). They also are transformed by protonation and alkylation to the highly coloured and delocalized 12 π-electron systems 18 . By contrast, anthracene is not substituted by methoxycarbonyl-1,4-benzoquinone, but undergoes cycloaddition to the triptycene derivative 1 (see Scheme 1). A summary is presented of previously described reactions of activated quinones.     

多蝶烯及其衍生物的合成与应用进展

多蝶烯及其衍生物是一类具有独特三维刚性结构的芳香族化合物,它们由三个以上的独立苯环连接在 双环辛三烯片段上而形成,多蝶烯的概念是对三蝶烯概念的扩展。近年来,由于其特殊的刚性、芳香性以及三维骨架结构,该类化合物引起了人们越来越多的关注,并在超分子化学、材料化学、分子机器等许多领域得到了越来越广泛的应用。本文首先概述多蝶烯、多蝶烯醌及其衍生物的合成,然后重点介绍多蝶烯衍生物在共轭聚合物材料、有机多孔与低介电常数材料、化学传感、单层自组装结构、分子机器以及基于新型合成主体超分子化学等方面的应用研究进展。     

对羟基五蝶烯重氮盐及其置换反应研究

五蝶烯醌经肟化和氢化得到对氨基五蝶烯酚, 对氨基五蝶烯酚在酸性条件下被硝基叔丁烷重氮化, 生成非常稳定的对羟基五蝶烯重氮盐. 对羟基五蝶烯重氮盐经亚铜盐催化的Sandmeyer 反应生成氯代和溴代对羟基五蝶烯, 与碘化钾发生置换反应得到碘代对羟基五蝶烯. 所合成的新化合物均经红外光谱、核磁共振谱以及质谱证明其结构.     

Synthesis and hydrophobic binding studies on a water- soluble tritriptycene

The water soluble tritriptycene 1 was synthesized starting with triptycene trisquinone and anthracene. The hydrophobic binding of substrates to the benzene-walled cavities in 1 was studied by noting the up-field shift of substrate protons in the NMR of the substrate in the presence of aqueous 1. Small substrates, negatively charged substrates or substrates larger than the cavities do not bind as strongly as substrates about the same size as the cavities or those bearing a positive charge. Based on differences in AH_z'S, the bound substrates position themselves in the cavities so that polar groups are at the water interface.     

Synthesis of bridgehead-functionalized triptycene quinones via Lewis acid–promoted Diels-Alder reaction of 9-acyloxyanthracenes

Herein, we show that bridgehead-functionalized triptycene quinones can be rapidly and conveniently prepared in good to high yields by Lewis acid–catalyzed cycloaddition of 1,4-benzoquinones and 1,4-naphthoquinones to 9-acyloxyanthracenes and probe the substrate scope of this transformation.     

Synthesis and spectral properties of porphyrinquinone derivatives based on deuteroporphyrin IX

A series of diquinone derivatives of deuteroporphyrin IX, having different bond lengths between the chromophores, have been prepared. Deuteroporphyrin IX was condensed with modified hydroxyl-containing quinones by the mixed anhydride method. PMR spectroscopy was used to show that the magnetic anisotropy of the porphyrin ring has a strong effect on the chemical shift of the protons of the quinone ring and its neighboring substituents.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 608–616, May, 1988.     

Giant Crystalline Molecular Rotors that Operate in the Solid State

Molecular motion in the solid state is typically precluded by the highly dense environment, and only molecules with a limited range of sizes show such dynamics. Here, we demonstrate the solid-state rotational motion of two giant molecules, i.e., triptycene and pentiptycene, by encapsulating a bulky N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) Au(I) complex in the crystalline media. To date, triptycene is the largest molecule (surface area: 245 Ų; volume: 219 ų) for which rotation has been reported in the solid state, with the largest rotational diameter among reported solid-state molecular rotors (9.5 Å). However, the pentiptycene rotator that is the subject of this study (surface area: 392 Ų; volume: 361 ų; rotational diameter: 13.0 Å) surpasses this record. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses of both the developed rotors revealed that these possess sufficient free volume around the rotator. The molecular motion in the solid state was confirmed using variable-temperature solid-state ²H spin-echo NMR studies. The triptycene rotor exhibited three-fold rotation, while temperature-dependent changes of the rotational angle were observed for the pentiptycene rotor.     

Fluoride-induced cyclization of pentacenequinone to higher quinones

Novel pentacenequinone derivatives 3, 7, and 10 have been synthesized via Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. Derivatives 3 and 7 having OTBS groups undergo irreversible fluoride-induced cyclization to substituted higher quinones in the presence of TBAF in dry THF using one-pot, two-step strategies in moderate yields. These functionalized higher quinone derivatives are freely soluble in THF and DMSO and can be used as precursors for the synthesis of higher acene derivatives.     

Self-activated supramolecular reactions: effects of host-guest recognition on the kinetics of the Diels-Alder reaction of open-chain oligoether quinones with cyclopentadiene

Diels-Alder reactions of acyclic oligoether-substituted quinones 1b, 1c, 2b, and 2c with cyclopentadiene were accelerated by the addition of alkali and alkaline earth metal perchlorates, and scandium trifluoromethane sulfonate (k(c)/k(f) = 1.2-23 for univalent cations, 11-1160 for divalent cations, and 1700-192 000 for Sc(3+), where k(c) and k(f) are the rate constants for the metal complexed and uncomplexed quinones, respectively). The shorter-armed 1a, 2a, and 3, however, exhibited no such acceleration effects. The rate accelerations can be rationalized by the FMO consequence in which the bound guest cation withdraws electron density from the quinone dienophile and lowers the LUMO energy suitable for the orbital interaction with the HOMO of cyclopentadiene. Despite the poor cation selectivity, these acyclic oligoether quinones showed larger rate accelerations than the relevant quinocrown ethers 4 (k(c)/k(f) = 1.3-3.0 for univalent cations, 5.0-160 for divalent cations, and 100-2020 for Sc(3+)). The effective electron withdrawal, which leads to the enhanced rate acceleration, can be caused by the direct interaction between the metal cation accommodated in the pseudo-cyclic oligoether linkage and the quinone carbonyl oxygen, as indicated by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. In addition, the larger rate enhancement is rather achieved in the complex with low binding constant K, because the strong encapsulation of metal cation by the oligoether chain diminishes the crucial interaction to the quinone carbonyl oxygen. As a whole, the smaller and higher valent cations tend to bring about notable rate acceleration due to the more enhanced ion-dipole interaction with the quinone carbonyl oxygen. Spectroscopic titration (absorption and (1)H NMR) and kinetic experiments indicated that only the longest di-armed 2c constructs 1:1, and then 1:2, host/guest complexes with Ca(2+), Sr(2+), and Ba(2+). These 1:2 complexes exhibited the most effective acceleration for the respective metal cations.     

单核零价过渡金属配合物的研究——Ⅱ.含有π-键合醌及双齿氮配体的混配零价钯配合物的合成与表征

本工作合成了一系列十个新的零价钯混配配合物,并对这些配合物进行了表征.研究了配体的立体效应和电子效应的差别,讨论了配体间的相互作用.一.配合物的合成与组成据文献合成dba(PhCH=CHCOCH=CHPh)和Pd_2(dba)_3(CHCl_3).其余试剂及溶剂均为市售商品,用前经无水无氧处理.     

Overview of the Synthesis and Structure of Calix[n]quinones (n=4, 6, 8)

Calix[n]quinones, a class of cyclic oligomers composed of p‐benzoquinone structures connected by methylene, have multi‐conjugated carbonyl structures and adjustable cavities, which make their synthesis extremely attractive. In this minireview, synthetic methods of calix[n]quinones and recent synthetic experience of our group are summarized. The merits and demerits of various synthetic methods are briefly reviewed as well. When synthesizing calix[n]quinone (n≥6) with a larger ring, the reduction‐oxidation method is considered to be the most recommended.     

Benzimidazole- and benzothiazole-quinones: excellent substrates for NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1

A series of benzimidazole- and benzothiazole-quinones has been synthesized. The ability of these heterocyclic quinones to act as substrates for recombinant human NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1), a two-electron reductase upregulated in tumour cells, was determined. Overall, the quinones were excellent substrates for NQO1.     

Quinone‐Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Organic Molecules

Quinones are common stoichiometric reagents in organic chemistry. Para‐quinones with high reduction potentials, such as DDQ and chloranil, are widely used and typically promote hydride abstraction. In recent years, many catalytic applications of these methods have been achieved by using transition metals, electrochemistry, or O₂ to regenerate the oxidized quinone in situ. Complementary studies have led to the development of a different class of quinones that resemble the ortho‐quinone cofactors in copper amine oxidases and mediate the efficient and selective aerobic and/or electrochemical dehydrogenation of amines. The latter reactions typically proceed by electrophilic transamination and/or addition‐elimination reaction mechanisms, rather than hydride abstraction pathways. The collective observations show that the quinone structure has a significant influence on the reaction mechanism and has important implications for the development of new quinone reagents and quinone‐catalyzed transformations.     

Triptycene‐Derived Calix[6]arenes: Synthesis,Structures, and Their Complexation with Fullerenes C60 and C70

Two pairs of novel triptycene‐derived calix[6]arenes 4 a , b and 5 a , b have been efficiently synthesized through both one‐pot and two‐step fragment‐coupling strategies starting from 2,7‐bis(hydroxymethyl)‐1,8‐dimethoxytriptycene 1 . Subsequent demethylation of 4 a , b and 5 a , b with BBr₃ in dry dichloromethane gave the macrocyclic compounds 6 a , b and 7 a , b . Treatment of either 4 a or 6 a with AlCl₃ resulted in the same debutylated product 8 , while 9 was similarly obtained from either 5 a or 7 a . Structural studies revealed that all of the macrocycles have well‐defined structures with fixed conformations both in solution and in the solid state owing to the introduction of the triptycene moiety with a rigid three‐dimensional (3D) structure, making them very different from their classical calix[6]arene counterparts. As a consequence, it was found that all of these the triptycene‐derived calix[6]arenes could encapsulate small neutral molecules in their cavities in the solid state. Moreover, it was also found that the macrocycles 4 b and 5 b showed highly efficient complexation abilities toward fullerenes C₆₀ and C₇₀, forming 1:1 complexes with association constants ranging from (5.22±0.20)×10⁴ to (8.68±0.30)×10⁴ M ^?1.     

Synthesis of 2′-C-methyl-branched isonucleosides

Novel regioisomers of 2′-methyl-branched nucleosides were designed and synthesized to mimic potent anti-viral drugs like Valopicitabine. The short and efficient synthesis of the targets involves a one-pot tosylation/cyclization step that leads to an activated furan scaffold on which the isonucleosides were built.     

Photoreactions of p-quinones with dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl sulfoxide in aqueous acetonitrile. goerner@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de

The effects of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on the photoreactions of 1,4-benzoquinone (BQ), 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ), 9,10-anthraquinone (AQ) and several derivatives in acetonitrile/water were studied. The observed triplet state of the quinones is quenched and the rate constant is close to the diffusion-controlled limit for reactions of most quinones with DMS and lower with DMSO. Semiquinone radical anions (Q*-) produced by electron transfer from sulfur to the triplet quinone were detected. For both DMS and DMSO the yield of Q*- is similar, being generally low for BQ and NQ, substantial for AQ and largest for chloranil. The specific quencher concentrations and the effects of quinone structure and redox potentials on the time-resolved photochemical properties are discussed.