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of dimethyl 3-iodophthalate.4 Yield 76%, mp 274–275ꢁC,
lit.5 265ꢁC. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6): d 13.0 (s, 4H);
7.87 (dd, J = 7.7 and 1.3Hz, 2H); 7.53 (t, J = 7.7Hz,
2H); 7.44 (dd, J = 7.7 and 1.3Hz, 2H). Anal. Calcd
for C16H10O8ÆH2O: C, 55.18; H; 3.47. Found C, 54.99;
H, 3.36. The monocrystal (monohydrate) for X-ray
analysis was obtained by slow crystallization from
water.
acid was allowed to crystallize in a refrigerator over-
night, filtered off, washed with a small amount of
water, and dried in vacuo at 120ꢁC. Yield 338mg
(89%), mp >350ꢁC. FAB MS: m/z 573 [M+3Na]+; 551
[M+2Na]+; 529[M+Na] +; 507 [M+H]+. HR FAB MS:
m/z for C20H10O16+H calcd 507.0047; found 507.0031.
1H NMR (DMSO-d6): d 13.30 (s, 8H); 8.13 (s, 2H).
The monocrystal (tetrahydrate) for X-ray analysis was
obtained by slow cooling of hot aqueous solution.
3.1.2. 3-Bromo-1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid 5. To
a stirred solution of 3-bromo-1,2,4,5-tetramethyl-benzene
(25g; 117mmol, prepared in 77% yield by bromination12
of 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) in pyridine (200mL) was
added a hot solution of potassium permanganate (248g;
1.57mol) in water (1330mL) at 115ꢁC for 8h. After an
additional 5h heating, the deposited manganese dioxide
was filtered off, and washed with 0.3% aqueous KOH
(2 · 300mL). The combined filtrates were collected and
concentrated to 500mL. After acidification with concd
HCl to pH1, the precipitated tetraacid was filtered off,
washed with water, acetone, and dried. Yield 31.4g
(80%), mp >350ꢁC, lit.6 240–265ꢁC. 1H NMR (D2O/
NaOD): d 8.60 (s, 1H). Anal. Calcd for C10H5BrO8
(333.05): C, 36.06; H, 1.51; Br, 23.99. Found: C, 35.96;
H, 1.58; Br, 23.51.
3.2. X-ray diffraction analysis
X-ray data were collected on a Nonius Kappa CCD dif-
˚
fractometer, MoKa radiation (k = 0.71073A, graphite
monochromator) at 150(2) K. The structure was solved
by direct methods (SIR9214), full-matrix least-squares
refinements on F2 were carried out using the program
SHELXL9715. All nonhydrogen atoms were refined aniso-
tropically and converged ((D/r)max = 0.003). The posi-
tions of the hydrogen atoms bonded to oxygen were
found on a difference Fourier map and refined isotropi-
cally. Those in CH moieties were fixed into idealized
positions (riding model) and assigned temperature
factors Hiso (H) = 1.2 Ueq (pivot atom). Crystal data,
measurement and refinement details are summarized in
Table 1. Parameters of hydrogen bonds are collected in
Table 2.
3.1.3. Tetramethyl 3-bromo-1,2,4,5-benzenetetra-carb-
oxylate 6. A mixture of tetraacid 5 (3.33g; 10.0mmol),
thionyl chloride (40mL; 550mmol), and a drop of DMF
was heated at reflux for 8h. The excess of thionyl chlo-
ride was then removed in vacuo and the residue heated
to reflux with methanol (50mL) for 1h. After filtration,
the solvent was removed, and the crude tetraester crys-
tallized successively from methanol and toluene/petro-
All crystallographic data for the investigated structures
3 and 4 have been deposited with the Cambridge Crys-
tallographic Data Centre as supplementary publication
numbers: 3-CCDC 250626, 4-CCDC 250625. Copies of
the data can be obtained, free of charge, on application
1
leum ether. Yield 73%, mp 135ꢁC. H NMR(CDCl3):
d 8.65 (s, 1H); 4.01 (s, 6H); 3,96 (s, 6H). FAB MS:
Table 1. Crystallographic data
m/z 389/391 [M+H]+; 357/359[M+H–CH OH]+. Anal.
3
Compound
3ÆH2O
4Æ4H2O
Calcd for C14H13O8Br (389.05): C, 43.21; H, 3.37; Br,
20.53. Found C, 43.40; H, 3.42; Br, 20.48.
Formula
Mr
C
16H12O8ÆH2O
C20H9O16ÆH3OÆ3H2O
578.34
348.26
3.1.4. Octamethyl 1,10-biphenyl-2,20,3,30,5,50,6,60-octa-
carboxylate 7. A mixture of bromotetraester 6 (2.5g;
6.42mmol) and activated13 copper bronze (2.5g;
39.3mmol) in DMF (7.5mL) was heated 3.5h at
150ꢁC. After dilution with water (50mL), the mixture
was extracted with ethyl acetate (3 · 50mL). The com-
bined extracts were washed with water (20mL), dried
over Na2SO4, and evaporated. The residue was sub-
jected to column chromatography (silica gel 250g; tolu-
ene/ethyl acetate/ethanol 90:8:2 to 90:8:4). After
separation of the side product (tetramethyl 1,2,4,5-benz-
enetetracarboxylate; 634mg; 2.04mmol; 32%), the de-
sired octaester was eluted (1.107g; 1.79mmol; 56%).
Mp after crystallization from toluene 174–176ꢁC. 1H
NMR (200MHz; CDCl3): d 8.41 (s, 2H); 3.91 (s, 12
H); 3.60 (s, 12 H). FAB MS: m/z 619[M+H] +; 587
[M+H–CH3OH]+. Anal. Calcd for C28H26O16 (618.12):
C, 54.38; H, 4.24. Found C, 54.36; H, 4.27.
Crystal system
Space group
Triclinic
P-1 (No. 2)
7.5640(4)
9.1680(4)
12.0240(7)
87.827(3)
76.165(3)
66.436(2)
2
Monoclinic
C2/c (No. 15)
20.8270(10)
12.9211(10)
19.3320(10)
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a, A
˚
b, A
˚
c, A
a, ꢁ
b, ꢁ
c, ꢁ
Z
121.007(2)
8
3
˚
V, A
Dc, gcmÀ3
740.56(7)
1.562
4459.0(4)
1.723
Crystal dimensions, mm 0.25 · 0.1 · 0.025 0.4 · 0.25 · 0.075
Appearance
l, mmÀ1
h Range
Colorless bar
0.131
Colorless plate
0.160
À9 , 9
À25, 25
À15, 15
À23, 19
24,721
k Range
l Range
À10, 11
À15, 15
12,956
Reflections measured
)
Independent (Rint
3333 (0.0310)
2532
250
4294 (0.0378)
3474
425
Observed [I > 2r(I)]
Parameters refined
3.1.5. 1,10-Biphenyl-2,20,3,30,5,50,6,60-octacarboxylic acid
4. A mixture of octaester 7 (500mg; 0.808mmol) and
aqueous 2.6M NaOH (5mL) was heated at reflux for
8h. After acidification with concd HCl to pH1, the octa-
S
1.011
0.0460
1.055
0.0443
0.1206
R
wR2
0.1172
0.460; À0.4090.317;
À3
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Dqmax; Dqmin, eA
À0.350