Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of 10-Mesitylanthracene-1,8-diyl Oligomers

Shinji Toyota; Toyoaki Saibara; Kei Fujise; Tomohiro Oki; Tetsuo Iwanaga

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1609869

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Synlett 2018; 29(16): 2137-2140
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1609869

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Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of 10-Mesitylanthracene-1,8-diyl Oligomers

Shinji Toyota*

^aDepartment of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2–12–1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan Email: stoyota@chem.titech.ac.jp

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Toyoaki Saibara

^bDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1–1 Ridaicho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan

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Kei Fujise

^aDepartment of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2–12–1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan Email: stoyota@chem.titech.ac.jp

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Tomohiro Oki

^bDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1–1 Ridaicho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan

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Tetsuo Iwanaga

^bDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1–1 Ridaicho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan

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Abstract

Oligomers consisting of 10-mesitylanthracene-1,8-diyl units were synthesized by Ni-mediated coupling of the corresponding dibromide as new oligoarene compounds. The structures and properties of these oligomers were investigated by NMR and electronic spectroscopy. Conformational analyses with the aid of DFT calculations revealed that each biaryl axis adopted a nearly perpendicular conformation, and the trimers and tetramers existed as a mixture of diastereomeric conformers.

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biaryl - conformation - NMR - DFT - coupling - anthracene

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21 We obtained another unstable energy-minimum structure, the dihedral angle in which was –108.8° (or +108.8°).
22 For the calculation of anti-3′ and syn-3′, we obtained only one energy-minimum structure, even though we started the calculations from various conformations.

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