Synthesis and properties of polyacetylenes with directly attached bis(4‐alkoxyphenyl)terephthalate mesogens as pendants

Liquid‐crystalline, monosubstituted polyacetylenes containing lateral pendants of bis(4‐alkoxyphenyl)terephthalate with no flexible spacers and alkoxy tails {RO, where R is CH₃ [P(1)] or C₆H₁₃ [P(6)]} were synthesized, and the effects of the backbone structure and alkoxy tails on the properties of the polymers were investigated. The polymerizations of acetylene monomers were carried out with chloronorbornadiene rhodium(I) dimer as a 1,2‐insertion catalyst in toluene. The structures and properties of the monosubstituted polyacetylenes were characterized and evaluated with nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, polarized optical microscopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, and photoluminescence analyses. The molecular weights of the polymers were measured by gel permeation chromatography. The polymer with long tails (p‐hexyloxy), that is, P(6), formed a smectic mesophase upon heating above the melting temperature, but the other one with short tails (p‐methoxy), that is, P(1), could not exhibit liquid crystallinity at elevated temperatures. The steric effect of bulky, liquid‐crystalline mesogens and a direct connection with the main chain prevented the planar conformation of the polyene backbone and, therefore, led to the lower absorption and emission wavelength of the polymers. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 2499–2509, 2006     

Helicity Induction and Its Static Memory of Poly(biphenylylacetylene)s Bearing Pyridine N‐Oxide Groups and Their Use as Asymmetric Organocatalysts

Novel poly(biphenylylacetylene) derivatives carrying different types of pyridine N‐oxide units with a bulky or less‐bulky substituent at a different position as the functional pendant groups (poly‐ 2a and poly‐ 2b ) were synthesized by the rhodium‐catalyzed polymerization of the corresponding monomers. The influence of the steric environment around the catalytically active pyridine N‐oxide sites on the helicity induction and its static memory as well as the asymmetric catalytic activities of the resulting helical polymers with a macromolecular helicity memory was investigated. The polyacetylenes formed an excess one‐handed helical conformation upon noncovalent interactions with optically active alcohols and the induced macromolecular helicities of the polyacetylenes were efficiently memorized after the removal of the chiral inducers. Poly‐ 2b with the macromolecular helicity memory showed an enantioselectivity for the catalytic asymmetric allylation of benzaldehydes, producing optically active allyl alcohols, although their enantioselectivities were low. On the other hand, poly‐ 2a exhibited a negligible catalytic activity probably due to the bulky substituent at the o‐position of the pyridine N‐oxide residues, while poly‐ 2a underwent a unique helix‐inversion with the increasing concentration of chiral alcohols and the opposite helicity of poly‐ 2a was further successfully memorized. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019 , 57, 2481–2490     

Selective cross-coupling of 1-ethynyl-4-iodobenzenes with activated arylacetylenes

Conditions were found for selective cross-coupling of 1-ethynyl-2,5-dihexyl-4-iodobenzene with arylethynyl-activated arylacetylenes. The reaction is not accompanied by homo-condensation of 1-ethynyl-2,5-dihexyl-4-iodobenzene.Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1682–1687, August, 2004.     

The conformation and vibrational spectra of 2-ethynyl-1,3-butadiene (3-methylene-4-pentene-yne)

A sample of 2-ethynyl-1,3-butadiene was synthesized by a thermal rearrangement of 1,2-hexadiene-5-yne at ca. 770 K. Infrared spectra were recorded of the vapour, the liquid and of the amorphous and crystalline solids at 90 K in the region 4000-50 cm⁻¹. Raman spectra were obtained of the cooled liquid, including semiquantitative polarization measurements, and of the crystalline solid at 90 K. The spectral data indicate that 2-ethynyl-1,3-butadiene exists as the s-trans conformer in the various states of aggregation but the possibility of small amounts of a second conformer cannot be excluded.     

meso-Phbox-Pd(II) catalyzed tandem carbonylative cyclization of 1-ethynyl-1-propargyl acetate

Palladium(ii) catalyzed carbonylation of 1-ethynyl-1-propargyl acetate is described; in the absence of the bisoxazoline (box) ligand, the second triple bond did not react, affording cyclic orthoesters and . The use of meso-Phbox-Pd(ii) strikingly changed the course of the reaction, yielding bicyclic lactone by tandem carbonylative cyclization as a result of insertion of the second triple bond.     

The synthesis and characterisation of 1′-ethynyl-2,5-dimethylazaferrocene and derivatives

The synthesis of 1′-ethynyl-2,5-dimethylazaferrocene is reported along with its cyclic voltammetry measurements and the X-ray structure determination of its W(CO)₅-complex. Basic coordination and organic chemistry of 1′-ethynyl-2,5-dimethylazaferrocene is also presented via derivatives incorporating cis-Pt(dppe) and Si(Et)₃ units.     

Effects of ultraviolet irradiation on substituted polyacetylenes

Effects of UV irradiation on various substituted polyacetylenes were examined. Upon irradiation in air, main-chain scission and crosslinking occurred with a wide range of probabilities dependent on the nature of substituents. For example, poly(2-alkyne)s rapidly degraded to low molecular weights, whereas polymers from aromatic monosubstituted acetylenes [e.g., poly(o-CF₃-phenylacetylene)] were quite stable. Several other polyacetylenes [e.g., poly(1-Me₃Si-1-propyne)] showed intermediate degradability. Polymer degradation was minimal in vaccum. The polymers irradiated in air contained C?O and O? H groups, and dissolved in polar solvents which are nonsolvents for the initial polymers. These results indicate that oxidation causes degradation. Only poly(1-chloro-1-alkyne)s of the polyacetylenes studied, formed gels upon UV irradiation. The amount of the gel was larger, when the polymer was irradiated in vacuum than in air. Further, the longer the alkyl pendant in the polymer, the higher the gel fraction. Differences between photo-and thermal degradations are discussed.     

Radioracemization and radiation-induced chiral amplification of chiral terpenes measured by optical rotatory dispersion (ORD) spectroscopy

For the first time the radioracemization of α(+)pinene and α(−)pinene, of turpentine and of R(−)-α-phellandrene has been studied by optical rotatory dispersion (ORD) spectroscopy. For all these compounds, the radioracemization implies a shift of the ORD curves toward lower levels of specific optical rotation. The radioracemization degree (R_R) has been defined and calculated for all the compounds studied. It has been found that for radiation dose of 1 MGy the radioracemization degree is about 4.5% for the compound with the highest optical purity and reaches 7–8% for the less optically pure compounds, demonstrating that impurities can affect greatly the radioracemization.In contrast with the general radioracemization effect exerted by high-energy radiation on chiral molecules, β(−)pinene, β(+)pinene when irradiated show an increment of their specific optical rotation. This fact has been measured for the first time by ORD spectroscopy and the amplification degree of chirality can reach 1000% in the near UV. This phenomenon is due to the formation of a chiral polymer, poly-β-pinene, which forms a solution with the monomer enhancing its optical activity. The implications for the theories of the origin of life of such unexpected phenomenon are discussed briefly.     

Synthesis and characterization of optically active polyamides based on 2-(1,3-isoindolinedione-2-yl)glutaric acid by direct polycondensation

<正>Five new optically active polyamides(PAs) 6a-6e were prepared by direct polycondensation reaction of 2-(1,3- isoindolinedione-2-yl)-glutaric acid 4 as a new chiral diacid with various aromatic diamines 5a-5e in a medium consisting of triphenyl phosphite(TPP),calcium chloride,pyridine(Py) and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone(NMP).The polycondensation reaction produced a series of polyamids 6a-6e in quantitative yields with inherent viscosities of 0.26-0.39 dL/g.The resulting polymers were fully characterized by means of ~1H-NMR,FT-IR spectroscopy,elemental analysis,inherent viscosity and specific rotation.Thermal properties of these polymers were investigated using thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal gravimetry(DTG).Phthalimide rings as a bulky pendent group in the polymer chains disturb the interchain and intrachain interactions and make these PAs readily soluble in polar,aprotic solvents such as N,N-dimethyl acetamide(DMAc),N,N-dimethyl formamide(DMF),dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO),N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone(NMP) and sulfuric acid.     

聚芳醚腈共聚物的合成与性能

以二卤代苯甲腈，对苯二酚，间苯二酚为原料，制备了几种不同间苯二酚／对苯二酚比的聚芳醚腈树脂。采用流涎成膜法制备了它们的薄膜。对薄膜样品进行了红外光谱分析和热分析，测定了力学性能，在扫描电子显微镜上观察了薄膜拉伸断面。     

聚甲基异丙烯基酮和聚异亚丙基丙酮的不对称硅氢化反应

光活性高分子的合成具有重要意义，它在生物活性高分子、用于不对称合成的高分子试剂或催化剂以及不对称选择性色谱柱填料等领域具有潜在的应用价值．研究表明，不对称选择性聚合反应难以获得高光学活性的高分子［１］，而手性过渡金属络合物催化的高分子不对称反应是获得...     

Synthesis,physical characterization,and acetone sorption kinetics in random copolymers of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate)

Random copolymers of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate) (PEN) were synthesized by melt condensation. In a series of thin, solvent cast films of varying PEN content, acetone diffusivity and solubility were determined at 35°C and an acetone pressure of 5.4 cm Hg. The kinetics of acetone sorption in the copolymer films are well described by a Fickian model. Both solubility and diffusivity decrease with increasing PEN content. The acetone diffusion coefficient decreases 93% from PET to PET/85PEN, a copolymer in which 85 weight percent of the dimethyl terephthalate in PET has been replace by dimethyl naphthalate 2,6-dicarboxylate. The acetone solubility coefficient in the amorphous regions of the polymer decreases by approximately a factor of two over the same composition range. The glass/rubber transition temperatures of these materials rise monotonically with increasing PEN content. Copolymers containing 20 to 80 wt % PEN are amorphous. Samples with <20% or >80% PEN contain measurable levels of crystallinity. Estimated fractional free volume in the amorphous regions of these samples is lower in the copolymers than in either of the homopolymers. Relative free volume as probed by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) decreases systematically with increasing PEN content. Acetone diffusion coefficients correlate well with PALS results. Infrared spectroscopy suggests an increase in the fraction of ethylene glycol units in the trans conformation in the amorphous phase as the concentration of PEN in the copolymer increases. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 2981–3000, 1998     

Conformational Kinetics in Chiral Poly(diphenylacetylene)s: A Dynamic P/M Memory Effect

Dynamic P/M (plus/minus) helical memory in chiral dissymmetric poly(diphenylacetylene)s (PDPA) is shown using a PDPA that bears the benzamide of (L)-alanine methyl ester as pendant. For a single chiral polymer, it is possible to obtain either P or M helical structures in a specific solvent without the presence of any chiral external stimuli. To do that, it is necessary to combine the conformational control at the pendant group with a high steric hindrance at the backbone. In this case, by thermal annealing in low-polar solvents, an anti-conformer is stabilized at the pendant which commands a P helix in the PDPA. Next, solvent removal followed by addition of a polar solvent such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), results in the kinetic conformationally trapped P helix. However, in this medium, the preferred handedness and the thermodynamic macromolecular helix for poly-(L)- 1 is M. This process also occurs in the opposite way. Electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) studies show that the dynamic memory effect is present both in ground and excited states.     

大位阻烯烃不对称环氧化合成手性环氧化合物

采用大位阻的有机锂试剂或格氏试剂与卤代烯烃偶联合成了7种大位阻取代烯烃. 以Oxone(KHSO₅)作为氧化剂, 分别在D-果糖衍生酮和(2S,5R)-2-异丙基-5-甲基环己酮为催化剂的催化下, 将合成的7种大位阻取代烯烃转变成了7个大位阻的手性环氧化合物. 其中以D-果糖衍生酮的对映选择性最好, 当双键碳上含有3个取代基时, 对映选择性最高, e.e.值为96.8%~99.5%. (2S, 5R)-2-异丙基-5-甲基环己酮的对映选择性较差, 无论是一取代的烯烃还是三取代的烯烃, 其e.e.值均介于25.6%~34.1%之间.     

手性取代聚(对亚苯基亚乙炔基-alt-间亚苯基亚乙炔基)的设计合成及其手性光性能研究

设计合成了两种主链结构相同、但取代方式不同的带有(-)-trans-桃金娘烷氧基手性侧基的规整连接聚(对亚苯基亚乙炔基-altr-间亚苯基亚乙炔基)(Myr-PMPE-1和Myr-PMPE-2),其中Myr-PMPE-1分子中手性取代基在分子链上均匀分布,而Myr-PMPE-2分子中手性取代基的分布则交替地存在局部"拥挤"和局部"松散".利用紫外-可见吸收光谱、荧光光谱和圆二色谱对两种聚合物膜的手性光性能进行了研究.结果表明,退火处理对Myr-PMPE-1膜的UV吸收和荧光光谱以及光学活性的影响都不明显,其最大不对称因子|gmax|为1.62×10-4;而退火处理对Myr-PMPE-2膜影响显著,未经退火处理或退火温度≤100℃时,Myr-PMPE-2膜几乎不显示光学活性,但当退火温度高于120℃时,随着退火温度的升高和退火时间的延长,Myr-PMPE-2膜的UV吸收和荧光光谱均稍有红移,特别是膜的光学活性显著提高,经140℃退火处理4 h后,其|gmax|可达3.07×10-3,比Myr-PMPE-1膜的高出1个数量级.     

Analysis of the 13C NMR spectra of molecules, chiral by isotopic substitution, dissolved in a chiral oriented environment: towards the absolute assignment of the pro-R/pro-S character of enantiotopic ligands in prochiral molecules

We examined and discuss the proton- and deuterium-decoupled carbon-13 1D spectrum of a molecule, chiral by virtue of the isotopic substitution, dissolved in a chiral oriented medium which simultaneously exhibits chiral discrimination, enantiomeric enrichment and isotope effect. Using the 1-deutero-(2',3',4',5',6'-pentadeuterophenyl)phenylmethanol orientationally ordered in a chiral nematic liquid crystal as illustrative example, we point out three important features. First, we demonstrate that the absolute assignment of the pro-R/pro-S character may be derived from the absolute configuration of the isotopically chiral analogue. Second, we report evidence that isotopic effect on (13)C chemical shift anisotropy is negligible in a weakly orienting solvent. Third, we definitely establish that the molecular orientation of prochiral C(s) symmetry molecules and their parent compounds that are chiral by virtue of the isotopic substitution is the same.     

Wholly aromatic chiral polyamides bearing pendant phthalimido and L-isoleucine moities

<正>A potential biodegradable and optically active bulky chiral aromatic amide-imidic diacid monomer,(2S,3S)-5-(3- methyl-2-phthalimidylpentanoylarnino)isophthalic acid(7),containing a rigid phthalimide and flexible L-isoleucine pendant group was synthesized in three steps.New aromatic polyamides including pendant phthalimido groups and flexible side spacers have been synthesized by direct polycondensation reaction of equimolar amounts of different aromatic diamines with an optically active diacid 7,using N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone(NMP) as a solvent and triphenyl phosphite/CaCl_2/pyridine as a condensing agent.These polyamides were characterized by FTIR,~1H-NMR spectroscopy,specific rotation, thermogravimetric and elemental analysis.The resulting polymers have inherent viscosities in the range of 0.21-0.45 dL/g. Amino acid existence in this backbone results in optically active polymers.Due to introduction of bulky and flexible groups in these polyamides,they show improved solubility in polar aprotic solvents such as NMP and dimethylacetamide and also good thermal stability(10%weight loss temperatures in excess of 330℃,and char yields at 600℃in nitrogen higher than 62%).     

Dielectric and conductivity processes in poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(ethylene naphthalate) homopolymers and copolymers

Electrical relaxation and conductivity processes in amorphous and semicrystalline poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN) homopolymers and certain PET/PEN copolymers have been studied by means of dielectric spectroscopy. Homopolymers and copolymers able to crystallize were subjected to successive thermal runs to investigate the influence of the thermal history upon the morphology and the electrical behavior of the polymeric systems. The morphology of the untreated as well as the heat‐treated specimens was determined by means of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). All samples exhibit β‐relaxation process, due to local motions of the C?O polar side groups, and α‐relaxation process associated to the glass/rubber transition. In the PEN spectrum an additional, subglass, mode was recorded, most probably attributed to cooperative motions of the naphthalene groups. Finally, the dynamic nature of the crystallization process is expressed via the over glass transition mode and the temperature dependence of dc conductivity recorded in amorphous PET, PEN, and PET/PEN (85/15) (wt/wt) samples. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 3078–3092, 2006     

Mechanism of the gold(I)-catalyzed Rautenstrauch rearrangement: a center-to-helix-to-center chirality transfer

The mechanism of the stereospecific gold(I)-catalyzed Rautenstrauch rearrangement of (E)-1-ethynyl-2-methyl-but-2-en-yl acetate to 3,4-dimethyl-cyclopent-2-enone has been computationally addressed using DFT (B3LYP/6-31G, SDD for Au). Our results indicate that the bond formation event follows the Au(I)-induced acetyl transfer to the vicinal alkyne and that it is the helicity of the pentadienyl cation intermediate which keeps memory of the chiral information. The fidelity of the center-to-helix-to-center chirality transfer requires that the rates of helix interconversion and pivaloyl rotation are slower than the cyclization, as calculations predict.     

Nickel-catalyzed, cascade cycloadditions of 1-ethynyl-8-halonaphthalenes with nitriles: synthesis, structure, and physical properties of new pyrroloarenes

The reaction of 1-ethynyl-8-halonaphthalenes 1 with nitriles in the presence of the catalytic system [NiBr(2)(dppe)]/Zn (dppe=1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) is found to produce unusual pyrroloarenes 2. The carbon-nitrogen triple bond in nitrile is activated twice, and five new bonds are formed in a one-pot transformation, which causes a pyrrole and two six-membered rings to be generated simultaneously. The scope and limitations of this reaction are examined. Similarly, alkyl-bridged diynes also furnish the corresponding polycycles. Diaryl-substituted cycloadducts 2 (R(1)=Ar) are fluxional, because of the restriction in rotation of the aryl groups. The rotational barrier is studied by performing (1)H NMR experiments at various temperatures. The structures of several compounds are determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The photophysical and electrochemical properties of the pyrroloarenes are also investigated.