Locking the Spiro Carbon in Spirobisindane Using Sulfur and Phosphorus to Form "Olympic Ring"-like Molecules
Honglei Ling1, Duncan J McGillivray1,2, Jianyong Jin1,3
1School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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To improve the rigidity of spirobisindane, it was intramolecularly locked by forming eight-membered rings via sulfur and phosphorus atoms to produce an interlocked polycyclic structure under mild conditions in good yields. By carefully analyzing the crystal structures, we noticed that the angle between the two benzene rings in the locked version is significantly smaller than that of the typical spirobisindane structure. Molecular modeling indicated that locking the spiro center can remarkably enhance the rigidity.
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