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838, 781, 765, 754, 729, 697, 653, 577. 1H NMR, δ: 7.42 (m,
4 H, Ph); 7.36 (m, 4 H, Ph); 7.28 (m, 2 H, Ph); 6.81 (dd, 1 H,
Hx, JH ,H = 8.8 Hz, JH ,H = 15.9 Hz); 6.31 (s, 2 H, H(3),
accessibility of the monomer to the growing radical
shielded by the phenyl groups.
The more than twoꢀfold increase in the yield of polymer
8 in comparison with polymer 7, apparently, is caused by
the positive steric effect, namely, by the increase in the
rotation angle of the phenyl substituent at position 2 with
respect to the pyrrole ring due to the steric interaction
with the phenyl substituent at position 3. This should lead
to the steric deshielding of the Nꢀvinyl group.
The formation of oligomers characteristic of 1ꢀvinylꢀ
phenylpyrroles 2 and 4 under study, as in the case of other
1ꢀvinylpyrroles, probably, should be referred to the proꢀ
cesses of the chain transfer on a monomer.1,22
In conclusion, we found conditions for the vinylation
of sterically hindered 2,5ꢀdiphenylꢀ and 2,3,5ꢀtriphenylꢀ
pyrroles with acetylene. Alternatively 2,3,5ꢀtriphenylꢀ
1ꢀvinylpyrrole was prepared by bromination of 2,3ꢀdipheꢀ
nylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole with subsequent crossꢀcoupling of
5ꢀbromoꢀ2,3ꢀdiphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole with phenylmagꢀ
nesium bromide. The possibility to obtain oligomers of
2,5ꢀdiphenylꢀ and 2,3,5ꢀtriphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrroles under
conditions of radical polymerization was demonstrated.
x
x
H(4)); a4.81 (d, 1 H, H ,bJH ,H = 8.8 Hz); 4.58 (d, 1 H, Hb,
a
x
JH ,H = 15.9 Hz). 13C NMR,aδ: 135.4, 133.6, 131.5, 129.4, 128.2,
b
127.0x, 110.9, 109.5.
2,3,5ꢀTriphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole (4). A. 2,3,5ꢀTriphenylpyrrole
(3) (2.1 g, 7.1 mmol), KOH (0.63 g, 30 wt%, 11.2 mmol), and
DMSO (50 mL) were placed in a 0.25 L rotary steel autoclave,
acetylene was passed through until saturation, and the mixture
was heated for 4 h at 150 °C. After cooling, the reaction mixture
was extracted with hexane (5×50 mL), the extracts were washed
with water (2×70 mL), and dried with MgSO4. After the solvent
was evaporated, the product was isolated by column chromatoꢀ
graphy (Al2O3, hexane) to obtain 2,3,5ꢀtriphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole
(4) (1.76 g, 77%), white crystals, m.p. 76—78 °C. Found (%):
C, 89.86; H, 5.89; N, 4.20. C24H19N. Calculated (%): C, 89.68;
H, 5.96; N, 4.36. IR, ν/cm–1: 3057, 3030, 1950, 1888, 1813,
1640, 1603, 1503, 1485, 1468, 1406, 1388, 1358, 1298, 1115,
1072, 963, 913, 762, 696. 1H NMR, δ: 7.49 (m, 2 H, Ph);
7.38—7.30 (m, 7 H, Ph); 7.17 (m, 5 H, Ph); 7.09 (m, 1 H, Ph);
6.67 (dd, 1 H, Hx, JH ,H = 8.8 Hz, JH ,H = 15.8 Hz); 6.50 (s,
x
1 H, H(4)); 4.70 (d, 1 aH,xH , JH ,H = 8b.8 Hz); 4.46 (d, 1 H, Hb,
a
a
x
JH ,H = 15.8 Hz). 13C NMR, δ: 136.6, 135.1, 134.1, 133.7,
b
132.5x,132.1, 130.1, 129.2, 129.1, 128.9, 128.5, 127.9, 126.4,
124.9, 112.1, 109.7.
Experimental
B. Dichloro[1,1´ꢀbis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]pallaꢀ
dium(II) (0.042 g, 1 mol.%, 5.7•10–5 mmol) and a solution of
PhMgBr in THF (1 M, 13.2 mL) were sequentially added to a
solution of 5ꢀbromoꢀ2,3ꢀdiphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole (6) (1.85 g,
5.7 mmol) in THF (5 mL) under argon and the mixture was
heated for 3 h (60—63 °C). After cooling, the reaction mixture
was diluted with water (60 mL), extracted with ether (3×20 mL),
and dried with Na2SO4. After the solvent was evaporated, the
product was isolated by column chromatography (Al2O3, hexane)
to obtain 2,3,5ꢀtriphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole (4) (1.37 g, 75%).
5ꢀBromoꢀ2,3ꢀdiphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole (6). NꢀBromosucꢀ
cinimide (NBS) (1.07 g, 6.0 mmol) was added to a solution
of 2,3ꢀdiphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole (5) (1.23 g, 5.0 mmol) in THF
(20 mL) cooled to 10—12 °C, the mixture was stirred until
complete dissolution (10—15 min) and kept in refrigerator
(8—10 °C) for 18 h. After that, sodium sulfate (1.0 g) was added
to the mixture, the solvent was evaporated under reduced
pressure, the residue was diluted with CCl4 (5 mL), a precipitate
was filtered off and washed with CCl4 (3 mL). After evaporation
of the solvent, the residue was passed through a layer of Al2O3
(light petroleum) to obtain 5ꢀbromoꢀ2,3ꢀdiphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole
(6) (1.06 g, 65%), beige crystals, m.p. 70—71 °C. Found (%):
C, 66.46; H, 4.25; Br, 23.98; N, 4.38. C18H14BrN. Calculated (%):
C, 66.68; H, 4.35; Br, 24.65; N, 4.32. IR, ν/cm–1: 3081, 3048,
2923, 2851, 1957, 1888, 1636, 1600, 1489, 1459, 1447, 1406,
1351, 1319, 1294, 1179, 1069, 1029, 958, 916, 896, 786, 761,
739, 697, 576. 1H NMR, δ: 7.40 (m, 3 H, Ph); 7.24 (m, 2 H,
Ph); 7.15 (m, 2 H, Ph); 7.10 (m, 3 H, Ph); 6.62 (dd, 1 H, Hx,
JH ,H = 9.0 Hz, JH ,Hx = 15.6 Hz); 6.51 (s, 1 H, H(4)); 4.98 (d,
IR spectra of compounds synthesized in the region
400—4000 cm–1 were recorded in KBr pellets on a Bruker IFSꢀ25
spectrometer. NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker DPX 400
spectrometer (400.13 (1H) MHz, 100.6 MHz (13C)); CDCl3 was
the solvent, HMDS was the internal standard. 2,3ꢀDiphenylꢀ
1ꢀvinylpyrrole (5) was synthesized according to the procedure
described earlier,17 the catalyst PdCl2•dppf was obtained
according to the known procedure.23
Polymerization of 2,5ꢀdiphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole and 2,3,5ꢀtriꢀ
phenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole was carried out under argon in the
presence of 2,2´ꢀazoꢀbis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN), which was
recrystallized twice from methanol. Solvents (benzene, hexane)
were purified by known procedures.24
Molecular mass of poly(2,5ꢀdiphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole) (7) was
determined on a Waters gel chromatograph with the channel
refractometric detector at 25 °C with THF being the eluent.
Molecular mass of poly(2,3,5ꢀtriphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole) (8) was
determined by the isopiestic method in benzene at 60 °C with
azobenzene being the standard.25
2,5ꢀDiphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole (2). 2,5ꢀDiphenylpyrrole (1)
(2.0 g, 9.1 mmol), KOH (0.60 g, 30 wt%, 10.7 mmol), and
DMSO (50 mL) were placed in a 0.25 L rotary steel autoclave,
acetylene was passed through until saturation, and the mixture
was heated for 3 h at 150 °C. After cooling, the reaction mixture
was diluted with water (250 mL) and extracted with hexane
(5×50 mL). The extracts were washed with water (2×70 mL),
and dried with K2CO3. After the solvent was evaporated, the
residue was distilled in vacuo (7•10–2 Torr, 142—162 °C) to
obtain 2,5ꢀdiphenylꢀ1ꢀvinylpyrrole (2) (1.74 g, 78%), beige
crystals, m.p. 80—81 °C. Found (%): C, 88.20; H, 6.08; N, 5.69.
C18H15N. Calculated (%): C, 88.13; H, 6.16; N, 5.71. IR,
ν/cm–1: 3049, 1947, 1882, 1813, 1641, 1600, 1548, 1486, 1448,
1407, 1388, 1324, 1297, 1239, 1122, 1075, 968, 915, 896, 849,
a
x
1 H, Ha, JH ,H = 9b.0 Hz); 4.96 (d, 1 H, Hb, JH ,Hx = 15.6 Hz).
b
x
13C NMR, aδ: 135.9, 133.1, 132.2, 132.0, 131.6, 129.3, 129.0,
128.9, 128.8, 126.8, 113.8, 111.4.
Polymerization (general procedure). 2,2´ꢀAzoꢀbis(isobutyroꢀ
nitrile) (5 wt%) was added to the melted monomer 2 or 4 with
stirring and the mixture was incubated at 80 °C. The polymers 7