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molecular assemblies
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There was an omission in the experimental procedure for tetrakis(4-azidophenyl)methane (7). The corrected procedure is given below
with the additional text in bold.
Tetrakis(4-azidophenyl)methane (7). 4,4′,4′′,4′′′-Methanetetrayltetraaniline (5) (1.50 g, 3.93 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) was suspended in
water (30 mL) and the reaction mixture was cooled to −5 °C. At this temperature conc. sulfuric acid (15 mL) and a solution of
sodium nitrite (1.23 g, 17.7 mmol, 4.5 equiv.) in water (9 mL) were added slowly and the suspension turned to a dark clear sol-
ution. Then, a solution of sodium azide (1.23 g, 17.7 mmol, 4.5 equiv.) in water (9 mL) was added dropwise under a strong evolution
of gas. Caution: sodium azide is potentially explosive. Furthermore, the evolution of hydrazoic acid is possible under acidic con-
ditions. The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 h at room temperature. After this, the formed precipitate was filtered off, washed with
water (100 mL) and dried in vacuo to give tetrakis(4-azidophenyl)methane (7) (1.43 g, 75%) as a grey solid. Rf 0.30 (cyclohexane/
EtOAc 25 : 1); δH (400 MHz; CDCl3) 6.86 (8 H, d, J 8.8, Arm-H), 7.06 (8 H, d, J 8.8, Aro-H) ppm; δC (100 MHz; CDCl3) 63.3
(Cq(Ar)4), 118.4 (+, Co-Ar), 132.1 (+, Cm-Ar), 138.2 [Cq-Ar(N3)], 142.9 [Cq-Ar(C)] ppm; ν/cm−1 (DRIFT) 3032wv, 2544vw, 2412vw,
2252w, 2124s, 1601m, 1577w, 1501s, 1413w, 1290s, 1192 m, 1130w, 1119w, 1017w, 945vw, 911vw, 829m, 757vw, 701vw, 671w,
634vw, 555m, 538m, 414vw; m/z (EI) 484 (M+, 100%), 456 (35), 317 (M+ − 12N, 12), 240 (M+ − C6H4N12, 9); C25H16N12 calcd
484.1621; found 484.1623 [M+].
Selective thioether macrocyclization of peptides having the N-terminal 2-chloroacetyl group and competing two or three
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Kazuhiro Iwasaki, Yuki Goto, Takayuki Katoh and Hiroaki Suga
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10 (DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25306B).
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