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An axially chiral 1,1'-biazulene and its π-extended derivative: synthesis, structures and properties
Chaolumen1, Hideto Ito1, Kenichiro Itami2
1JST-ERATO, Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan. Itami@chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp ito.hideto@g.mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp and Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.
Abstract:
Chiral organic π-conjugated molecules have been intensively investigated in the fields of chiral electronic materials and devices. Herein we report a new motif for an axially chiral 1,1'-biazulene and its π-extended derivative, in which biphenyl was annulated by the electron-rich five-membered-ring of the azulene moiety. These two compounds were unexpectedly synthesized from 2-terphenyl azulene by stepwise intermolecular and intramolecular oxidative C-H/C-H couplings. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the crystals of both compounds contain a pair of enantiomers. Furthermore, the axially chiral 1,1'-biazulene derivatives were successfully separated into enantiomers that exhibited clear mirror-image circular dichroism spectra up to the near-infrared region.