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Usage

Chemical class

Diimines

Structure

Consisting of two 4-methoxyphenyl groups and two diphenyl groups attached to an ethane-1,2-diimine backbone

Potential applications

Pharmaceutical, organic synthesis, and materials science

Suitability

As a ligand in transition metal complexes and as a precursor for the synthesis of other organic compounds

Research status

Further research is required to fully understand and exploit the potential of 1,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-N,N-diphenyl-ethane-1,2-diimine

Upstream product

• 2362-77-8 (4-methylbenzylidene)phenylamine 
• 836-41-9 p-methoxybenzylidene-phenylamine 
• 54615-68-8 (4-methoxy-phenyl)-phenylimino-acetonitrile 
• 24099-50-1 (E)-1,2-Bis-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-N,N'-diphenyl-ethene-1,2-diamine 

Downstream Products

• 142160-40-5 (((CH₃OC₆H₄)2C₂N₂(C₆H₅)2)Mn)2(C₄H₈O)2 
• 142160-37-0 ((CH₃OC₆H₄)2C₂N₂(C₆H₅)2)2Mn 
• 1051966-34-7 C₂₉H₂₅N₂O₂⁽¹⁺⁾*Cl^(1-) 
• 1226-42-2 1,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,2-ethanedione 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Electronically tunable N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: 1,3-diaryl vs. 4,5-diaryl substitution

The catalytic activity of iridium-mediated transfer hydrogenation is readily tuned by electronic variation of the ligated tetraaryl-N-heterocyclic carbene and the installation of electron donating groups on the N-aryl substituents is more important than o

Synthesis of electronically diverse tetraarylimidazolylidene carbenes via catalytic aldimine coupling

(Chemical Equation Presented) A new method for synthesizing symmetrical N-heterocyclic imidazolium salts is described. Catalytic coupling of aldimines with cyanide followed by oxidation gives α-diketimines, which can then be cyclized with formaldehyde in

A novel decyanogenative coupling of α-cyanoimines mediated by samarium. A facile route to α-diketimines

Conversion of α-cyanoimines 1 into α-diketimines 2 has been achieved successfully by using samarium diiodide in dry tetrahydrofuran in high yields without formation of anilinoanil 3, 1,2-diamines 4 or anilides 5.

A novel reductive dimerization/oxidative dehydrogenation of aldimines mediated by lanthanoid metals

A lanthanoid metal-mediated novel reductive dimerization/oxidative dehydrogenation of a variety of aldimines has been achieved. Aromatic aldimines (1) were dimerized in the presence of 0.5 mol of ytterbium metal (Yb) and 1-naphthaldehyde (1-NpCHO) to give