Scope and Limitations of Directed Syntheses of Catenanes.
Improved Synthesis of Double-Bridged 1,4-Diaminobenzene DerivativesIn a one-flask reaction the double-bridged 1,4-diaminobenzene derivative 4a is synthesized in different solvents from 1,4-diaminobenzene and 1 ,lo-dibromodecane. The highest yields are obtained in 2-pentanol and tert-amyl alcohol. -In a multi-step reaction sequence the [2]-precatenane 10 is synthesised starting from 3,5-tetracosamethylenepyrocatechol (7) and 1,19-dichloro-10-nonadecanone (8). The attempted transformation of this compounds into the corresponding [2]-catenane by splitting the bonds between the aromatic nucleus and the bridgehead atoms was unsuccessful.