Stereochemie planarchiraler Verbindungen, 6. Mitt.: Synthesen von 4,12- und 4,14-disubstituierten [2.2] Metacyclophanen

4,12- and 4,14-Dibromo-[2.2]metacyclophane (1 and2) were prepared by coupling of 1-bromo-2,4-bis(bromomethyl)-benzene with phenyllithium (isomeric ratio 1∶1). Lithiation of the bromides and subsequent carboxylation afforded the isomeric carboxylic acids3 and4. 4,12-Dimethyl-[2.2]metacyclophane (13) is also accessible with 90% stereoisomeric purity by reaction of 2,4-bis-(chloromethyl)toluene (20) with the Li-salt of 4-methyl-isophthalaldehyde bis(propylene thioacetal) (24) and subsequent desulphurization with Raney-Ni. In this context it was found that bromination of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene affords 2,5- andnot (as stated in the literature) 2,4-bis(bromomethyl)toluene. The separation of isomers can be accomplished on a preparative scale by column chromatography and for analytical purposes by high pressure liquid and/or gas chromatography. Structural assignments are based on the different symmetries of 4,12- and 4,14-disubstituted [2.2]metacyclophanes belonging to point groupsS ₂ andC ₂, resp., which account for the different types of spin systems of the bridge protons in the¹H-NMR-spectra.     

Gezielte Konformationsänderungen an cyclischen Systemen, 3. Mitt.: Konformationsänderungen durch “Non-Bonded Interactions” in [2.2]Metacyclophanen

Changes of the interplanar angle in [2.2]metacyclophanes can be achieved by increasing the steric strain between the axial position at C-1 and H-8 as well as between the equatorial position and H-14 and H-12 resp.: These non bonded interactions are relieved by changing the torsional and bond angles with consequent rotation of one aromatic ring about an axis bisecting C-1 and C-10. This has been demonstrated with the aid of acetals4–10 derived from 1,10-dioxo-[2.2]-metacyclophane (13). The conformational changes were deduced from the chemical shift difference between the intraanular protons 8 and 16 in the¹H-NMR spectrum as well as from an increase in allylic coupling of the axial proton at C-2 with H-8. For these investigations the¹H-NMR correlation of the protons of the bridge was indispensable. This problem was solved by deuterium labelling experiments and application of the INDOR-sweep technique on theABX-system of (e,e)-dihydroxy-[2.2]metacyclophane (2).     

MNDO Calculations on [n]metacyclophanes

MNDO calculations on [n]metacyclophanes and a variety of related compounds are reported. An analysis of the strain, imposed by the oligomethylene bridge, and its distribution over the distorted benzene ring and the oligomethylene bridge is presented. The effect of strain and bending of the benzene ring on aromatic delocalization is investigated by a comparison of ΔH^o_f of the bent benzene systems with that of a correspondingly bent, but localized 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene. The results indicate that, even in the case of the highly bent [4]metacyclophane ( 1a ), localization is unfavorable by about 10 kcal/mol.     

Wannen- und Sesselformen des Benzolringes

A comparison of structural data of bent aromatic molecules demonstrates the existence of two discernible boat forms of the benzene ring, which can be described formally in terms of 1–4 or 2–6/3–5 foldings, resp.While in 3-[1,3],6°-[1,3,4,6],9°-[1,3]tribenzaspiro[5.5]undecaphane (triple layered [2.2]metacyclophane) (7) the peripheral benzene rings adopt a boat conformation, the shape of the central ring is chairlike. This was concluded by NMR-spectroscopical methods from the constancy of the torsional angles of the bridges compared with the isomer6 together with structural considerations. Therefore the isomer ratio67 should reflect to a significant extent the relative stabilities of boat and chair shaped benzene rings. By means of these conclusions a stability sequence for the isomers of multi layered [2.2]metacyclophanes can be deduced. In connection with this study a synthesis of triple layered [2.2]metacyclophanes is offered, which opens the door to substituted derivatives.

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Herrn Prof. Dr.M. Pailer mit den besten Wünschen zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet.

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5. Mitt.:C. Krieger, E. Langer undH. Lehner, Mh. Chem.107, 19 (1976).     

A computational study of tetrafluoro-[2.2]cyclophanes

A computational study of the isomers of tetrafluorinated [2.2]cyclophanes persubstituted in one ring, namely F4-[2.2]paracyclophane (4), F4-anti-[2.2]metacyclophane (5a), F4-syn-[2.2]metacyclophane (5b), and F4-[2.2]metaparacyclophane (6a and 6b), was carried out. The effects of fluorination on the geometries, relative energies, local and global aromaticity, and strain energies of the bridges and rings were investigated. An analysis of the electron density by B3PW91/6-31+G(d,p), B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p), and MP2/6-31+G(d,p) was carried out using the natural bond orbitals (NBO), natural steric analysis (NSA), and atoms in molecules (AIM) methods. The analysis of frontier molecular orbitals (MOs) was also employed. The results indicated that the molecular structure of [2.2]paracyclophane is the most affected by the fluorination. Isodesmic reactions showed that the fluorinated rings are more strained than the nonfluorinated ones. The NICS, HOMA, and PDI criteria evidenced that the fluorination affects the aromaticity of both the fluorinated and the nonfluorinated rings. The NBO and NSA analyses gave an indication that the fluorination increases not only the number of through-space interactions but also their magnitude. The AIM analysis suggested that the through-space interactions are restricted to the F4-[2.2]metacyclophanes. In addition, the atomic properties, computed over the atomic basins, gave evidence that not only the substitution, but also the position of the bridges could affect the atomic charges, the first atomic moments, and the atomic volumes.     

Synthetic and structural studies of [6]-, [7]- and [10]metacyclophanes

A new preparative sequence from 2,3-polymethylene-2-cyclopentenone 5 to 2,6-polymethylenebromobenzenes 3 (n = 6, 7, 10) and 2,6-polymethylenephenyllithiums 6 has been found. The reaction of 6 with various electrophiles produces a number of new compounds to disclose the unique reactivity of the aryl C-Li moiety surrounded by the polymethylene chain. Photolysis of 3a and 3b provides transannular products 8, 10 and 11, all arising from the proximity between the aromatic bromine and the aliphatic hydrogen intraannularly opposed to be removed as HBr. Spectrometric study gives quantitative data of the dependence of the molecular geometry upon the chain length and the aromatic substituents. The energy barriers ΔG_c^≠ of the conformational flipping are 17·4 kcal/mol (T_c 76·5°) for [6]metacyclophane (7a), 11·5 kcal/mol (T_c ?28°) for [7]metacyclophane (7b), ·8 kcal/mol for [10]metacyclophane (7c). The lower-energy process of the aliphatic chain in [6]metacyclophane derivatives is the pseudorotation with substituent-dependent barrier ΔG_c^≠ 11·1 kcal/mol (T_c ?31·5°) for 7a, 12·4 kcal/mol (T_c ?4·5°) for 3a and 12·7 kcal/mol (T_c 1·0°) for 12a. The rather large rotational barrier is attributed to the compressed structure of each system. The benzene ring distortion of the cyclophanes is deduced from the bathochromic shift of the B-band and the diamagnetic shift of the benzene proton signals in the PMR.     

Zur frage transanularer II-II-wechselwirkungen im [2.2]metacyclophan, [2.2]Paracyclophan und 2,2′-spirobiindan

Concerning the question of transanular II-II-interactions in [2.2]metacyclophane, [2.2]paracyclophane and 2,2′-spirobiindane.From the quotient of the two dissociation constants (K₁/K₂) of [2.2]metacyclophane-bis-chromtricarbonyl (9·0 ± 1·9) it was concluded that there are no transanular II-II-interactions between the two benzene rings. The corresponding values for the bis-chromtricarbonyl-complexes of 2,2′-spirobiindane and [2.2]paracyclophane are 8·0 ± 1·5 and 10⁴, resp. These results are supported by IR-spectroscopical data of the CO-frequencies of the Cr(CO)₃-complexes of [2.2]metacyclophane and some derivatives, of 2,2′-spirobiindane and [2.2]paracyclophane.Moreover, UV-spectroscopic studies of tetracyanoethylene complexes of arenes are shown to be insignificant with regard to transanular II-II-interactions.     

Conformational analysis—XIII: Syn and anti [3.2]-, [3.3]-, [4.2]-, and [4.3]-metacyclophanes

While in [3.3]metacyclophane (19) the aromatic rings preferentially adopt the syn arrangement, its lower and higher homologues, i.e. [2,2]-, [3.2]-, [4.2], and [4.3]-metacyclophane (1, 6, 26 and 30), adopt the anti conformation. Substituted [m,n]metacyclophanes do not necessarily behave similarly to the parent hydrocarbons. Substituted compounds exhibiting a different conformation are [3.2]metacyclophane-1,11-dione (7) (syn), [3.3]metacyclophane-2,11-dione (24) and the corresponding bis[propylene thioacetal] (25) (anti), [4.2]metacyclophane-2,12-dione (27) (syn), and [4.3]metacyclophane-2,13-dione (31) (syn). Thus, the solution conformation of an [m.n]metacyclophane is sensitive both to chain length [m.n.] of the bridges and substitution. The ring inversion barriers determined by variable temperature ¹H NMR decrease with increasing length of the bridges and qualitatively correlate with the transanular strain present in the pertinent system.     

Tricarbonylchromium complexes of [5]- and [6]metacyclophane: an experimental and theoretical study

Tricarbonylchromium complexes of [5]- and [6]metacyclophane were prepared and the interaction between the Cr(CO)₃ tripod and the cyclophane fragment was evaluated by both an experimental and a theoretical study. The tricarbonylchromium complex of [5]metacyclophane could only be obtained in solution and was characterized by its ¹H NMR spectrum. The tricarbonylchromium complex of [6]metacyclophane was isolated and an X-ray crystal structure was obtained, which reveals that no significant geometric changes occur upon coordination of the severely distorted aromatic ring. Computations on the tricarbonylchromium complexes of m-xylene, [5]- and [6]metacyclophane furthermore demonstrate that the corresponding complexation energy is remarkably unaffected by the degree of distortion of the aromatic ring. Theoretical analyses of the above model systems as well as complexes of planar and artificially deformed benzene with Cr(CO)₃ show that this is primarily the result of two counteracting effects: (i) a stabilization due to an increased back-donation from the metal center to the benzene and (ii) a destabilization due to the increasing strain in the aromatic ring.     

Anwendung derR-Wert-Methode auf isokonformere Cyclohexane: Kernsubstituierte [2.2]Metacyclophane

The applicability of theLambert-Buys-Criterion (R-Value-Method) is tested for the ten-membered ring of [2.2]metacyclophane. The torsional angles thus obtained from the vicinal proton spin coupling constants are in accordance with X-ray data and recent force field calculations. Consequently, further investigations could be performed regarding the changes of the basic geometry in substituted [2.2]metacyclophanes. Fourteen derivatives with different substituents and substitution patterns were studied and their conformational changes are discussed.

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VonH. Lehner auszugsweise vorgetragen am Organisch-Chemischen Institut der Reichsuniversität Gent, Belgien, am 27. Mai 1975.     

Zur diamagnetischen Anisotropie im [2.2]Metacyclophan

In order to furnish a reliable interpretation of the¹H-NMR spectrum of [2.2]metacyclophane (1) based on the ring current theory two basic conditions must be fullfilled:

1. Bond lengths angle deformations due to the puckered topology of the molecule must be taken into account. The geometry parameters can be deduced fromX-ray data.
2. The (fictive) reference chemical shift of the system (i.e. unperturbed by the “second” benzene ring) must be established since the Δ δ's ofBovey's ring current formula have to be related to a reference.

The shifts calculated on the basis of these assumptions are in agreement with the actual spectrum. Moreover, it can be shown that for basic reasons a quantitative approach to the chemical shift of the methylene protons in the bridgevia ring current theory is impossible.     

Höhere,kondensierte Ringsysteme. 4. Mitteilung. Grosse Ringe der [2n]Metacyclophanreihe

[2⁷] Metacyclophane, [2⁹] metacyclophane, and [2¹⁰] metacyclophane with a 50-membered ring are isolated in the pure state from the crude product of a WURTZ reaction with m-xylylene dibromide, thus providing for the first time a complete series of cyclophanes with two to ten sub-units. The structure of the new ring systems is determined from their UV., IR., NMR. and mass spectra. The physical constants of these large carbocyclic systems are compared with those of the well-known smaller metacyclophanes, particularly with respect to conformation.     

Darstellung,chiroptische eigenschaften und absolute Konfiguration von 4,14-disubstituierten [2.2]Metacyclophanen

Resolution of [2.2]metacyclophane-4,14-dicarboxylic acid (2) was achieved by crystallization of its (+)- and (–)--phenylethylamine salts. Chemical correlation with (–)-(S)_p-[2.2]metacyclophane-4-caboxylic acid (–)-11 via its monobromo derivative (–)-8 established the absolute configuration of the dicarboxylic acid as (–)-(S)_p-2. The key compound (–)-8 was prepared by partial lithiation and subsequent carboxylation of 4,14-dibromo[2.2]metacyclophane (1) and resolution with (–)-phenylethylamine.Recently proposed rules correlating the absolute configurations of planarchiral compounds with theirCD-spectra are discussed and a comparison of the chiroptical properties of 4,14-di- and 4-mono-substituted [2.2]metacyclophanes is presented.

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6. Mitt.:C. Glotzmann, E. Langer, H. Lehner undK. Schlögl, Mh. Chem.106, 763 (1975).     

Synthesis, modification, and characterization of a family of homologues of exo-calix

A general strategy for the preparation of the family of exo-[n.m.n.m]metacyclophanes (n,m > or = 3) in 6-steps (starting from 2-bromoanisole) that utilizes a [2 + 2] approach to furnish the exo-metacyclophane ring in good to moderate yield is described. The soluble copper catalyst [CuBr-LiSPh-LiBr-THF] is used to efficiently couple Grignard and alkyl or ether tosylate reagents in several of the synthetic steps, including the ring construction in the final step. The exo-[n.m.n.m]metacyclophane ring is conformationally mobile on the NMR time scale, and X-ray crystallography reveals that exo-[3.3.3.3]metacyclophane 2a assumes a cone conformation, and that exo-[6.6.6.6]metacyclophane 6a assumes a chair conformation. Molecular mechanics calculations show that both conformations for each exo-metacyclophane are very similar in energy. Regiocontrol over the alkylation and acylation of the phenolic oxygens of 2b is problematic, although the preparation of the tetraacetylated 18 and alkylation of 2b with CH2BrCl to furnish the methylene-linked mono- and bis-adducts 19 and 20 are straightforward.     

Synthesis and evaluation of novel 1,3-bridged calix[4]arene-crown ethers for selective interaction with Na+/K+ cations

Calix[4]arenes possessing electron-donating groups (OH and OR) at the lower rim when reacted with tosylated polyethers under basic conditions give the corresponding 1,3-disubstituted calix[4]arene-crown ethers 2a–2h, in good yields. The binding properties of the synthesized 1,3-bridged calix[4]arene-crown ethers for alkali metal cations have been investigated by atomic emission spectrometric analysis. It has been observed that recognition of sodium and potassium varies with the size of the polyether chain as well as the substituents on the free phenolics of the calix[4]arene-crown ether. The potassium/sodium selectivity seems to be governed primarily by the size of the crown ring, relative hydrophobicity and cation-π interaction capability to give efficiency order as 2a, 2d?>?2?h?>?2c, 2e?>?2b, 2f?>?2?g.     

Tricarbonyl(η6-cyclophane)molybdenum complexes and their geometry-dependent 13C NMR behavior

In the ¹³C NMR spectra of tricarbonyl(η⁶-cyclophane)molybdenum complexes, where the cyclophane moiety is [8]–[15]paracyclophanes, [2.2]paracyclophane, or [2.2]metacyclophane, the complexation shifts for the complexed-ring carbons are dependent on both the degree and the direction of the ring bending. The magnitude of the complexation effect on the one-bond aromatic ¹³C¹H coupling correlates with the magnitude of the complexation shift.     

Synthesis of [1,5-A]Pyrimidinone Ring Derivatives

Cyclodehydrogenation of the benzalhydrazino derivatives 5 and 6 gave 6-cyano-7-(4-methoxyphenyl)- 2-phenyl-5-oxo-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine (8) and 6-cyano-7-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-methyl-2-phenyl- 5-oxo-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine (9) respectively. Melhylation, acetylation and benzylation of 8 gave the corresponding N-methyl, acetyl and benzyl derivatives 10-12 . Methylation of 5 with dimethylsulfate gave 2-benzalhydrazino-5-cyano-3-methyl-6-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-4-one (6) , of which the reaction with acetic anhydride in pyridine afforded the N-acetylbenzalhydrazino derivative 15 . The latter was also prepared from acetylation of 5 followed by medthylation with iodomethane. Acetylation of 5 with boiling acetic anhydride afforded the diacetyl derivative 16 , whereas its benzylation gave the mono-N-benzyl derivative 14 .     

Chloride anion-induced dimer capsule based on a polyfluorinated macrocycle meta-WreathArene

[1_n]metacyclophanes are a class of important building blocks for supramolecular assembly of artificial capsules. Herein we present the preparation and properties of a novel polyfluorinated macrocycle meta-WreathArene, a C₂-symmetrical [1₄]metacyclophane. Adopting a cone conformation in acetone solution, the macrocycle can form dimer capsules through hydrogen bonds induced by chloride anions. Each dimer capsule consists of two meta-WreathArene and two chloride anions, and has been unambiguously characterized both in solution and in solid state.     

Synthesis, structure, and conformation of aza[1n]metacyclophanes

N-Benzyl substituted aza[1n]metacyclophanes (n = 4, 6, 8, and 10) were prepared in overall 40% isolated yields via Pd-catalyzed aminations. Analyses of the reaction mixtures showed that aza[14]metacyclophane and the related polymer were the primary products ( approximately 60% overall yield); aza[1n]metacyclophanes up to n = 14 and linear oligomers with up to 20 nitrogen atoms (with at least three types of end groups) were detected. Macrocyclic structures for n = 4, 6, and 10 were confirmed by X-ray crystallography. 1,3-Alternate (D(2d)) and 1,3,5-alternate (S(6)) conformations in solution on NMR time scale at low temperatures were found for macrocycles with n = 4 and n = 6, respectively; the barrier for ring inversion was considerably lower for the larger macrocycle.     

Multilayered iron complexes of metacyclophanes. 1H NMR behavior

Syntheses are described for a series of (η⁶-cyclophane)(η⁵cyclopentadienyl)iron(II) complexes, where the cyclophane moiety is anti-[2.2]metacyclophane, anti-4,12-dimethyl[2.2]metacyclophane, anti-4,12-dimethyl-7,15-dimethoxy[2.2]metacyclophane, and [2.2](2,5)thiophenophane. The triple-layered complexes η⁶,η⁶-anti-[2.2]metacyclophane)bis[(η⁵-cyclopentadienyl)iron(II)] bis(hexafluorophosphate) and (η⁶,η⁶-anti-4,12-dimethyl[2.2]metacyclophane)bis[(η⁵-cyclopentadienyl)iron(II)] bis(hexafluorophosphate) were also prepared. The NMR spectra of these compounds provide a useful insight into the nature of the iron-cyclophane bonding.