1988

Synthese par alkylation reductrice de l'anthracene par des electrophiles bifonctionnels comme le dibromo-1,3 propane. Le polymere du titre est un precurseur du polymere redox polyanthrylenetrimethylene

Novel Alkylanthracenes Synthesis, Reductive Alkylation, and Reductive Polymerization

1988

A series of novel substituted anthracenes has been prepared which carry two or four n-alkyl groups at C-2 and C-3 (C-6 and C-7). The route taken includes the synthesis of novel 2,3-dialkylbutadienes, their Diels-Alder reaction with 1,4-benzo- or 1,4-naphthoquinone, the dehydrogenation of the adducts, and the reduction of the anthraquinones. The substituted anthracenes are submitted to reduction and reductive alkylation in ethereal solvents and in liquid ammonia to yield 9,10-dialkyl-substituted 9,10-dihydroanthracenes. A modification of the reductive alkylation, i.e. the introduction of 1,n-dihaloalkanes as electrophiles, provides polymeric chains, in which dihydroanthracene moieties are li…

Synthesis of oligomeric chains with 9,10‐dihydroanthracene units by carbanion alkylation

1988

Deprotonation of 9,10-dihydroanthracene (2) affords the monoanion 6 which is subjected to alkylation reactions with mono and bifunctional electrophiles. Crucial intermediates in syntheses using 6 are 9-(3-bromopropyl)-9,10-dihydroanthracene (7) and 1,3-bis(9,10-dihydro-9-anthryl)propane (9) since they provide access to linear oligomers in which 9,10-dihydroanthracene units are linked by trimethylene groups. The alkylation processes of these species can be extended to the structurally related polymer 4. The regio- and stereoselectivity of the alkylation reactions are investigated by 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. Oligomere Ketten mit 9,10-Dihydroanthracen-Einheiten durch Carbanionalkylierung …

1989

Poly(9,10-dihydroanthrylenetrimethylene) (2) comprises a novel chain-type structure in which 9,10-dihydroanthracene units are linked by flexible spacer groups. Upon dehydrogenation with sulfur at elevated temperature, polymer 2 is converted into the corresponding polyanthrylene system 3. NMR- and UV-spectroscopic data provide firm evidence for the dehydrogenation process. The polymer 3 was subjected to reduction with active lithium, and the resulting polyanions were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and by quenching experiments. It appears that each anthracene unit of the chain can be charged with two electrons.