The synthetic details of the P-stereogenic optically active polymer and the complexation behavior with palladium and platinum complexes are reported. The polymer consists of P-stereogenic bisphosphine units and the conjugated phenylene-ethynylene units alternately. The P-stereogenic bisphosphine moieties can coordinate to transition metals such as palladium and platinum, leading to a change in the conformation. optically active polymers. In a previous communication, we reported the synthesis of optically active polymers consisting of P-stereogenic bisphosphine and mphenylene-ethynylene units in the main chain by using ( S,S )-1 -BH 3 as a monomer and investigated the complexation with palladium. [ 40 ] In this article, we disclose the synthetic procedure of the P-stereogenic optically active poly mer and discuss the complexation behavior of the polymers with palladium and platinum in detail.
Results and DiscussionThe synthesis of the key monomer ( S,S )-3 -BH 3 is outlined in Scheme 1 . Methyl groups in ( S,S )-1a -BH 3 can be readily lithiated thanks to the electron-withdrawing feature of the coordinated BH 3 . The treatment of ( S,S )-1 -BH 3 with sec -BuLi and N , N , N ′ , N ′ -tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) in THF at -78 ° C provided the dilithiated intermediate, which was reacted in situ with 3-(bromomethyl)-1-iodobenzene at room temperature to obtain the corresponding P-stereogenic enantiomerically pure compound ( S,S )-3 -BH 3 in 59% isolated yield. The enantiomeric purity was maintained during the reactions, because the reactions do not include an asymmetric process. 3,5-Diethynyl-1-dodecyloxybenzene ( 7 ) was synthesized as a comonomer, as shown in Scheme 2 . The reaction of 3,5-dibromophenol ( 4 ) with 1-bromododecane in the presence of K 2 CO 3 in acetone afforded the 3,5-dibromo-1-dodecyloxybenzene ( 5 ) in 84% isolated yield. Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling [ 42 ] of 4 with trimethylsilylacetylene was carried out by a PdCl 2 (PPh 3 ) 2 /