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Paper 1 Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 3258–3271<br />

Synthesis <strong>of</strong> tri-substituted biaryl based trianglimines: formation <strong>of</strong><br />

C 3 -symmetrical and non-symmetrical regioisomers<br />

Hany F. Nour, Marius F. Matei, Bassem S. Bassil, Ulrich Kortz and Nikolai Kuhnert*<br />

Reproduced by permission <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Royal Society <strong>of</strong> Chemistry<br />

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2011/ob/c0ob00944j<br />

Objectives <strong>of</strong> the work<br />

<strong>The</strong> objective <strong>of</strong> this work is to synthesize highly functionalized trianglimine macrocycles, which can be<br />

used in the generation <strong>of</strong> DCLs. 4-Bromo-2-fluorobenzaldehyde reacted with secondary amines to form<br />

2-functionalized aromatic monoaldehydes. <strong>The</strong> Suzuki-coupling reactions <strong>of</strong> 4-formylphenylboronic acid<br />

with the substituted monoaldehydes gave 2-functionalized-4,4ˋ-biphenyldialdehydes, which underwent<br />

successfully [3+3]˗cyclocondensation reactions with trans-(1R,2R)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane to give a<br />

mixture <strong>of</strong> regioisomeric trianglimine macrocycles. Separation <strong>of</strong> the regioisomers was a real challenge<br />

due to the ease <strong>of</strong> hydrolysis <strong>of</strong> the imine bonds. After several trials, the regioisomers were successfully<br />

separated on pretreated silica gel. ESI˗TOF/MS was used to monitor the progress <strong>of</strong> the macrocyclization<br />

reactions and to determine the time at which all intermediates were almost consumed in formation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

macrocycles. <strong>The</strong> new trianglimines were successfully reduced with NaBH 4 in a mixture <strong>of</strong> THF/MeOH<br />

to the corresponding trianglamines in almost quantitative yields.<br />

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