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My PhD dissertation - Institut Fresnel

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trace of organic byproducts, as suggested by a correct mass balance and 1 H-NMR of the crude<br />

product, it was used without any purification for the preparation of derivatives in the racemic<br />

series. On the other hand, as the only impurities in the crude product were believed to be<br />

essentially boron salts, the analytically pure racemic material was utilized for the racemate<br />

resolution step.<br />

Br Br<br />

LiC 4H9 (2.0 eq.)<br />

Br Br THF, - 75 °C<br />

Br Li<br />

Br Li<br />

1) FB(OCH 3) 2, DEE, - 75 °C<br />

2) NaOH 2.O M, 0 °C<br />

3) H 2O 2 35%, 0 °C<br />

Br OH<br />

Br OH<br />

30 rac-31, 76%<br />

4.1.2 Racemate Resolution of 6,6’-Dibromobiphenyl-2,2’-diol<br />

Several methods were examined to resolve the axially chiral biphenol 31. The<br />

first trial relying on a well established protocol was the conversion of the biphenol into a<br />

cyclic phosphate derivative and subsequent treatment with cinchonine to separate the two<br />

diastereomeric salts<br />

[ ] 179 . Unfortunately, the low solubility of the biphenol-based cyclic<br />

phosphate rendered this protocol practically not viable. A promising method described by<br />

G. Delogu et al.<br />

[ ] 180 was also applied to biphenol 31. Its conversion to the corresponding<br />

diastereomeric dicarbonate, by means of (1R,2S,5R)-(-)-menthylchloroformate was<br />

effectively performed in good yield. However, the racemic mixture 32 did not show a<br />

sufficiently high difference in retention factor (Rf) to be properly resolved by column<br />

chromatography, even with several different eluent solvent systems and either on silica or<br />

basic alumina.<br />

Br OH<br />

Br OH<br />

rac-31<br />

(-)-menthylchloroformate (2.0 eq.)<br />

N(C 2H 5) 3, CH 2Cl 2, 25 °C<br />

O<br />

Br O O<br />

Br O O<br />

R *<br />

R *<br />

O<br />

32, 86%<br />

R * =

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