18,18′-Dihexyl[9,9′]biphenanthro[9,10-b]triphenylene: Construction and Consequences of a Profoundly Hindered Aryl−Aryl Single Bond

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• 作者：Cameron L. Hilton ; Jeremy M. Crowfoot ; Pawel Rempala ; Benjamin T. King
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：October 8, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：130
• 期：40
• 页码：13392-13399
• 全文大小：543K
• 年卷期：v.130,no.40(October 8, 2008)
• ISSN：1520-5126

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The title compound, 1-Hex, was synthesized by the Zr-mediated biphenylation of 4,4′-dihexyloctabromobiphenyl using (Li(THF)₄)₂·Zr(biphe)₃, where biphe is the 2,2′-biphenyldiyl ligand, in 5% isolated yield. Two independent X-ray diffraction analyses revealed that arene 1-Hex possesses a highly strained and hindered aryl−aryl single bond. This bond causes the phenanthro[9,10-b]triphenylene (PTP) moieties to twist (anthracene subunit dihedral, 69°); the interlocked, helical, homochiral PTP moieties give rise to effective D₂ symmetry. The calculated adiabatic homolytic bond dissociation energy of this strained bond is only 67 kcal/mol, but nonetheless the bond exhibits a surprisingly normal length (1.49 Å); the reason is elongation only slowly releases strain. Variable temperature NMR revealed two dynamic processes: hexyl rotation (12.0 ± 0.4 kcal/mol) and inversion of chirality (15.2 ± 0.6 kcal/mol). DFT calculations provide rate-determining transitions states, whose energies agree with measured values, and provide insight to the mechanism of these processes. Rotation about the central bond is not involved in either observed process. Calculations demonstrate that rotation does not involve a simple torsion of the equilibrium structure, but rather a complex movement with a barrier of 49 kcal/mol from a slipped-parallel, C_2h intermediate.