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My PhD dissertation - Institut Fresnel

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7<br />

At first, a double bromine/lithium permutation will be performed to produce the 2,2'-<br />

dilithiobiphenyl derivative which could be turned into the corresponding biphenol or diacid.<br />

Both axially chiral derivatives thus produced could then be resolved to afford pure<br />

enantiomers. The latter compounds, after few derivatization or protection steps could simply<br />

be converted to optically pure bisphosphines by reaction with an organolithium reagent and<br />

subsequent treatment with chlorodiphenylphosphine.<br />

R'' 2P<br />

R'' 2P<br />

R'<br />

R'<br />

R R'<br />

'' 2P<br />

R'' 2P R'<br />

1) Metallation<br />

Br Br<br />

2) I2 Br Br<br />

I<br />

1) Derivatization<br />

2) Br/Li permutation<br />

3) ClPR'' 2<br />

Br<br />

Br<br />

1) Br/Li permutation<br />

2) CuBr 2<br />

3) PhNO 2<br />

R<br />

R<br />

Racemate resolution<br />

Br R<br />

Br R<br />

Br Br<br />

Br Br<br />

Br R<br />

Br R<br />

R = OH, COOH<br />

1) Br/Li permutation<br />

2) functionalization<br />

In addition, the efficiency of the designed synthetic route relies on a crucial condition<br />

that had to be seriously taken into account. Hence, once produced, both pure atropisomers<br />

should be subjected to several chemical modifications without noticeable loss of their optical<br />

activity. For this reason, reaction conditions should be carefully chosen, especially for the last<br />

bromine/lithium permutation sequence which could possibly induce racemization. Indeed,<br />

though some calculations or experimental data were reported in the literature for binaphthyl<br />

cores<br />

[ 55 - 57 ]<br />

, only little information is available about rotational barrier of<br />

o,o'-dilithiobiphenyls<br />

[ , ] 58 59 . In this context, some of the lithiated biphenyls prepared will be<br />

used for dynamic NMR experiments in order to assess their rotational barrier. The value thus<br />

obtained, by comparison with those of the corresponding reduced parent compounds should<br />

provide helpful clues about the rotational stability of such species.

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