A general synthesis of macrocyclic π-electron-acceptor systems

Howard M. Colquhoun, Barnaby W. Greenland, Zhixue Zhu, John S. Shaw, Christine J. Cardin, Stefano Burattini, Joanne M. Elliott, Subhadeep Basu, Travis B. Gasa, J. Fraser Stoddart

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Abstract

Cyclocondensations of aromatic diamines with 1,1′-bis(2,4- dinitrophenyl)-4,4′-bipyridinium salts afford doubly or quadruply charged, macrocyclic, N,N′-diarylbipyridinium cations. These are tolerant of a wide range of acids, bases, and nucleophiles, although they appear to undergo reversible, one-electron reduction by tertiary amines. Single-crystal X-ray analysis demonstrates the presence of a macrocycle conformation in which the 4,4′-bipyridinium and 4,4′-biphenylenedisulfonyl residues are suitably spaced and aligned for complexation with .T-donor arenes, and NMR studies in solution indeed confirm binding to 1,5-bis[hydroxy(ethoxy)ethoxy] naphthalene.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5238-5241
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume11
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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