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ortho of rings at 30 and 50); 7.76 and 8.14 >2d, 4H,
AA0BB0; Jortho 8:3 Hz, protons of the ring with
COOCH3 group); 7.80 >s, 2H, protons 20 and 60);
7.82 >s, 1H, proton 40).
2.1.2. 50-Phenyl-1,10:30; 100-terphenyl-4-amine ꢀ5)
0
Avigorously stirred suspension of 4 -nitro-50-
phenyl-1,10:30; 100-terphenyl ꢀ4) >0.35 g, 1 mmol)
and tin powder >0.5 g) in ethanol >10 ml) was
heated to 80°C. Concentrated hydrochloric acid
>5 ml) was slowly added during 2.5 h. The mixture
became almost clear. Then it was cooled to room
temperature and ®ltered. The ®ltrate was poured
into stirred 10% sodium hydroxide solution >ca. 50
ml). The separated amine was ®ltered o, washed
with water and a small amount of cold ethanol.
For further puri®cation, the crude product was
suspended in ethanol >20 ml) and re¯uxed for 30
min. The colorless solid was separated and dried in
vacuum at 80°C. An analytical sample was ob-
tained by vacuum sublimation at ca. 1 mm Hg.
Yield: 0.28 g >87%). M. p. 152.3°C. Anal. Calc. for
C24H19N: %C 89.67; H 5.97; N 4.36. Found: %C
Scheme 2. Synthetic path to methyl 50-phenyl-1,10:30; 100-ter-
phenyl-4-carboxylate >compound 3).
the Zimmermann and Fischer method [16]
>Scheme 3).
2.1.1. Methyl 50-phenyl-1,10:30; 100-terphenyl-4-carb-
oxylate ꢀ3)
0
Amixture of sodium 5 -phenyl-1,10:30; 100-ter-
phenyl-4-carboxylate ꢀ2) >0.37 g, 1 mmol), methyl
iodide >0.70 g, 5 mmol), TEBA>0.1 g) and dry
acetone >10 ml) was stirred and re¯uxed for 4 h.
After cooling to room temperature, a small
amount of colorless material was separated by
®ltration and washed with acetone. The solvent
was removed at reduced pressure. The crude
product was treated with water, ®ltered o, wa-
shed with water and cold methanol >5 ml). It was
puri®ed by recrystallization from methanol and
dried in air. Yield: 0.26 g >72%). M. p. 132.3°C.
Anal.Calc. for C26H20O2: %C 85.67; H 5.54.
89.94; H 6.05; N 4.46. IR >KBr) õ [cmÀ1] 3444, 3369
ꢀ
>NH); 3029 >CH); 1618 >NH); 1590, 1517 >aro-
1
matic rings); 1291 >NH). H NMR >DMSO-d6) d
[ppm] 5.30 >s, 2H, NH2); 6.69 and 7.56 >2d, 4H,
AA0BB0; JAB 8:5 Hz, protons of the ring with
ANH2 group); 7.40 >t, 2H, Jortho 7:3 Hz, protons
para of rings at 30 and 50); 7.50 >t, 4H, Jortho
Found: %C 85.87; H 5.63. IR >KBr) õ [cmÀ1] 3061,
7:3 Hz, protons meta of rings at 30 and 50); 7.73
>t, 1H, Jmeta 1:4 Hz, proton 40); 7.76 >d, 2H,
Jmeta 1:4 Hz, protons 20 and 60); 7.84 >d, 4H,
Jortho 7:3 Hz, protons ortho of rings at 30 and 50).
ꢀ
2998, 2954, 2841 >CH); 1718 ꢀC@O; 1608, 1594
1
>aromatic rings); 1276 ꢀCAO. H NMR ꢀCDCl3
d [ppm] 3.95 >s, 3H, OCH3); 7.40 >t, 2H,
Jortho 7:3 Hz, protons para of rings at 30 and 50);
7.49 >t, 4H, Jortho 7:3 Hz, protons meta of rings
at 30 and 50); 7.69 >d, 4H, Jortho 7:3 Hz, protons
2.2. Langmuir monolayers
Spreading solutions were prepared by dissolv-
ing the investigated compound >ꢁ0.5 mg/ml) in
freshly distilled, spectroscopic grade chloroform.
Ultrapure water from a Nanopure >in®nity) cou-
pled to a Milli-Q water puri®cation system
ꢀresistivity 18:2 MX cm was used as a sub-
phase. To obtain non-ionised ®lms, PTCAmethyl
ester was spread on pure water, while the carb-
oxylic acid >PTCA) and amine were spread on
aqueous acidic >10À3 M. HCl) and basic >10À3 M.
NaOH) solutions, respectively. Monolayers were
Scheme 3. phenyl-1,10:30; 100-terphenyl-4-amine >compound 5).