Synthesis of 2,6-Hexa-tert-butylterphenyl Derivatives, 2,6-(2,4,6-t-Bu3C6H2)2C6H3X, where X = I, Li, OH, SH, N3, or NH2 Article

Bukhryakov, KV, Schrock, RR, Hoveyda, AH et al. (2017). Synthesis of 2,6-Hexa-tert-butylterphenyl Derivatives, 2,6-(2,4,6-t-Bu3C6H2)2C6H3X, where X = I, Li, OH, SH, N3, or NH2 . ORGANIC LETTERS, 19(10), 2607-2609. 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01062

cited authors

  • Bukhryakov, KV; Schrock, RR; Hoveyda, AH; Müller, P; Becker, J

abstract

  • A "double benzyne" reaction between 1,3-dichloro-2-iodobenzene and 2,4,6-t-Bu3C6H2MgBr followed by the addition of iodine led to 2,6-(2,4,6-t-Bu3C6H2)2C6H3I (HTBTI) in 65% yield. Lithiation of HTBTI with Li-t-Bu gave Li(Et2O)2HTBT from which HTBTSH, HTBTN3, HTBTNH2, and HTBTOH were prepared. An X-ray structure of W(OHTBT)2Cl4 shows that the two HTBTO ligands are trans to one another with the t-Bu3C6H2 groups on one HTBTO interdigitated with the t-Bu3C6H2 groups on the other HTBTO.

publication date

  • May 19, 2017

published in

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start page

  • 2607

end page

  • 2609

volume

  • 19

issue

  • 10