Arkivoc 2019, vi, 277-287
Zibaseresht, R.
Conclusions
A new aromatic ditopic bipy-terpy bridging ligand 4′-{4-[(2,2′-bipyridin)-4-yl]-phenyl}-2,2′:6′-2′′-terpyridine (I)
was synthesized in two different routes starting with either 4′-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2′:6′-2′′-terpyridine and 2,2′-
bipyridyl-4-boronic acid or [4-(2,2':6',2''-Terpyridin-4'-yl)phenyl]boronic acid and 4-bromo-2,2′-bipyridine. A
combination of Kröhnke reaction and a Suzuki cross-coupling reaction was employed for the preparation of
the ligand (I). The method that we approached, despite of its multistep reactions strategy, in compare with the
methods which introduced earlier in the literature, proved its reproducibility of the product in efficient yield.
The products which were obtained in two different routes were characterized using the conventional methods
and based on the yield and the data which were obtained, we concluded that both products were identical.
Experimental Section
General. Reagent grade commercial compounds were used as starting mate-rials, and their purity was
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checked by H and C NMR. The 400 MHz H NMR and 100 MHz C NMR spectra were acquired on a Bruker-
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00 spectrometer. H NMR and C NMR chemical shifts are reported relative to tetramethylsilane. Infrared
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spectra (400-4000 cm ) were obtained using a Shimadzu 8201PC Series FTIR interfaced with an Intel 486 PC
operating Shimadzu HyperIR software. Spectra were obtained using diffuse reflectance method in solid KBr. An
agilent LC/MS-6410 Triple Quadruple mass spectrometer interfaced with electrospray ionization (ESI) ion source
was used at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and microanalyses were performed at the same
university.
The materials 2,2′-bipyridine-N-oxide (1), 4-nitro-2,2′-bipyridine-N-oxide (2), 4-bromo-2,2′-bipyridine-N-
oxide (3), 4-bromo-2,2′-bipyridine (4), 2,2′-bipyridine-4-boronic acid (5), 1-[2-oxo-2-(2-
pyridyl)ethyl]pyridinium iodide (6), 4-bromo-2′-azachalcone (7), 4′-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine
8), 4′-(4-boronatophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine (9),
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and palladium tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) were
synthesized by published methods. The analyses data were consistent to those reported in the literature as
shown in the supplementary material.
Syntheses:
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,2′-bipyridine-N-oxide (1). Yield 85%, mp 59-60 °C (lit. mp 60 °C; 59 °C )
-nitro-2,2′-bipyridine-N-oxide (2). Yield 67%, mp 183-184 °C (lit. mp181 °C)
-bromo-2,2′-bipyridine-N-oxide (3). Yield 86%, mp 66-67 °C (lit. mp 65.8-66.2 °C)
-bromo-2,2′-bipyridine (4). Yield 61%, mp 53 °C (lit. mp = 52.9-53.6 °C)
,2′-bipyridine-4-boronic acid (5). Yield 73%, mp > 300 °C (lit. mp > 250 °C)
-[2-oxo-2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]pyridinium iodide (6). Yield 78%. Yellow-green solid.
-bromo-2′-azachalcone (7). 4-bromobenzaldehyde (3.7 g) was used as starting material according to the
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already published method. The light yellow solid which was collected was used to prepare compound (8)
without further purification, therefore the yield and melting point were not determined.
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′-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine (8). Yield 79%. M.p. 161-162 °C (lit. m.p 158-160 °C)
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′-(4-boronatophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine (9).
Yield 73%. M.p. > 300 °C (lit. m.p > 300 °C)
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palladium tetrakis(triphenylphosphine). Yield 98%.
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