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Synthesis and conformational analysis of a small meta-cyclophane, bis(5-carbomethoxy-1,3-phenylene)-14-crown-4

✍ Scribed by Harry W. Gibson; Hong Wang; Chin P. Chng; Thomas E. Glass; Daniel Schoonover; Lev N. Zakharov; Arnold L. Rheingold


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
336 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
1042-7163

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Abstract

A small cyclophane, bis(5‐carbometh‐oxy‐1,3‐phenylene)‐14‐crown‐4 (BCMP14C4, 3) and its diacid, bis(5‐carboxy‐1,3‐phenylene)‐14‐crown‐4 (4), were synthesized and characterized. The solid‐state molecular structures of 3 and 4 were determined by X‐ray crystallography as ladder or stepped conformations in which the two aromatic rings are antiparallel to each other without overlap and the ethylene tethers both take trans‐conformations. Diester 3 is formed in the lowest cyclization yield (under the same reaction conditions) and exhibits the highest melting point compared to its larger ring (20‐, 26‐ and 32‐membered) analogs. In CD~2~Cl~2~ solution, diester 3 exists predominantly as a nonplanar gauche–gauche structure as deduced by H NMR studies. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 19:48–54, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.20393


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