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My PhD dissertation - Institut Fresnel

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41<br />

Since the homocoupling of the haloarene 29 to give biphenyl 30 by the classical<br />

Ullmann reaction gave only poor yields, A. Rajca's procedure [172] was employed after slight<br />

optimizations. Thus, iodobenzene derivative 29 was treated with butyllithium in diethyl ether,<br />

followed by addition of copper(II) bromide to form presumably the diarylcuprate. Although<br />

the dimerization of "lower order" cuprates (e.g. R2CuLi) has already been achieved by<br />

oxidation with some copper(II) salts<br />

[ , ] 175 176 , the copper species formed in our case apparently<br />

followed a different mechanism had to be oxidized with nitrobenzene to afford 30 in 64%<br />

yield.<br />

Br<br />

I<br />

29<br />

Br<br />

LiC 4H9, DEE<br />

- 75 °C Br Br<br />

CuBr 2<br />

- 75 °C<br />

Br<br />

Cu<br />

Br<br />

Br<br />

PhNO 2<br />

Li<br />

Br<br />

Br Br<br />

Br Br<br />

30, 64%<br />

Since the two step preparation route to biphenyl 30 was applicable to a large scale<br />

reaction and gave better overall yield, it was finally used to routinely prepare this starting<br />

material. The tetrabromobiphenyl 30 thus formed had then to be turned into different chiral<br />

and resolvable motifs. Therefore, 6,6’-dibromobiphenyl-2,2’-diol (31), and 6,6’-<br />

dibromobiphenyl-2,2’-dicarboxylic acid (37) were prepared, and resolved through inclusion<br />

complex or diastereomeric salts formation. The choice of phenol and carboxylic acid<br />

functions was motivated by two main aspects. First of all, both functions are prone to form<br />

inclusion complex with chiral hosts, or can be deprotonated with any kind of chiral base to<br />

form diastereomeric salt, this property being essential for the racemate resolution to be<br />

achieved. On the other hand, both phenol and carboxylic acid functions can be easily<br />

derivatized, reduced, or even halogenated to allow various modifications on the chiral<br />

biphenyl unit.<br />

4.1.1 Racemic 6,6’-Dibromobiphenyl-2,2’-diol<br />

Tetrabromobiphenyl 30 was first subjected to a double permutational<br />

bromine/lithium exchange in tetrahydrofuran at -75 °C. Treatment of the transient 2,2'-<br />

dibromo-6,6'-dilithiobiphenyl with fluorodimethoxyborane-diethyl ether<br />

[ , ] 177 178 followed by<br />

hydrogen peroxide in alkaline media afforded the expected biphenol 31 in 76% yield after<br />

recrystallization. However, since this compound was formed quantitatively and without any

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