Disclosure of Invention
In order to simplify the synthetic route and reduce the production cost, and is suitable for industrial production, the application provides a preparation method of a trans, trans-4-alkyl-4' -amyl-3 (E) alkene-bicyclohexane liquid crystal monomer, which adopts the following technical scheme:
a preparation method of a trans, trans-4-alkyl-4' -amyl-3 (E) alkene-bicyclohexane liquid crystal monomer comprises the following steps:
(i) Adding trans, trans-4-alkyl-4' -formic acid-bicyclohexane and alkyl alcohol with a molar ratio of 1 (20-25) into an organic solvent I at 110-120 ℃ to perform a concentrated sulfuric acid catalytic esterification reaction to generate a compound I, wherein the structural formula is as follows
R
1 Is C1-C7 alkyl, R
2 Is C1-C4 alkyl;
(ii) Under the condition of inert atmosphere and 55-65 ℃, the mol ratio of 1 (1.3-2): (1.3-2) of compound I, potassium borohydride and lithium chloride are subjected to reduction reaction in an organic solvent I I to generate a compound I I, and the structural general formula of the compound is
R
1 Is C1-C7 alkyl;
(iii) Dropwise adding a mixture containing tosyl chloride and an organic solvent III into the mixture containing the compound II, a binding agent, an acylation catalyst and the organic solvent III in an inert atmosphere at 0-5 ℃, and heating to 20-30 ℃ after the completion of dropwise adding to carry out acylation reaction to obtain the compound III, wherein the structural general formula is as follows
R
1 Is C1-C7 alkyl; the mol ratio of the compound I I to the binding agent to the acylation catalyst to the p-toluenesulfonyl chloride is 1 (1.1-1.5) (0.008-0.020) (1-1.1);
(iv) Adding Grignard reagent prepared from magnesium and 1-halogen-2-butene into a mixture of a compound III, a diene ligand catalyst and an organic solvent IV in an inert atmosphere at the temperature of 30 ℃ below zero to 40 ℃ for 3 to 6 hours, neutralizing a reaction system, and purifying to obtain the trans, trans-4-alkyl-4' -amyl-3 (E) alkene-bicyclohexane liquid crystal monomer with the structural general formula of
R
1 Is C1-C7 alkyl; the mol ratio of the compound III, the diene ligand catalyst, the magnesium and the 1-halogen-2-butene is 1 (0.04-0.1): 1.7-2.1): 1-1.5.
Preferably, the alkyl alcohol comprises at least one of methanol, ethanol, n-propanol and n-butanol.
Preferably, the organic solvent I is toluene.
Preferably, the weight ratio of the alkyl alcohol to the organic solvent I is 1 (4-8).
Preferably, the organic solvent II is tetrahydrofuran.
Preferably, the binding agent comprises at least one of pyridine, triethylamine and diisopropylethylamine, and the acylation catalyst is 4-dimethylaminopyridine.
Preferably, the organic solvent III is dichloromethane.
Preferably, the diene ligand catalyst is at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel bis allyl and palladium bis allyl.
Preferably, the 1-halo-2-butene comprises at least one of 1-chloro-2-butene and 1-bromo-2-butene.
Preferably, the organic solvent IV is tetrahydrofuran.
In summary, the present application has the following beneficial effects:
first, this application simplifies synthetic route, reduces manufacturing cost, is suitable for industrial production.
Secondly, the application adopts the bis (allyl) nickel or bis (allyl) palladium as a catalyst in the step (iv), and can obtain higher yield and higher purity of a target product when catalyzing the coupling reaction of the compound III and the 1-chloro-2-butene Grignard reagent. However, when dilithium tetrachlorocuprate is used as a catalyst, the yield and purity of the obtained target product are not ideal, because carbon-carbon double bonds in the Grignard reagent affect the cross coupling reaction, promote the occurrence of side reactions and affect the yield and purity of the target product.
Detailed Description
The present application is described in further detail below with reference to examples.
A synthetic route of trans, trans-4-alkyl-4' -amyl-3 (E) alkene-bicyclohexane liquid crystal monomer:
the trans, trans-4-alkyl-4 '-amyl-3 (E) alkene-bicyclohexane liquid crystal monomer is prepared by taking trans, trans-4-alkyl-4' -formic acid-bicyclohexane as an initiator and sequentially carrying out esterification reaction, reduction reaction, acylation reaction and cross coupling reaction.
Example 1
When R is 1 In the case of n-propyl, the target product is trans, trans-4-n-propyl-4' -pentyl-3 (E) alkene-bicyclohexane.
Synthesis of Compound I: adding 80g of toluene and 320g of methanol into a 1L three-necked flask, adding 80g of trans, trans-4-n-propyl-4' -formic acid-bicyclohexane, slowly adding 8g of concentrated sulfuric acid, and carrying out reflux reaction for 3 hours; the methanol is distilled off by rotating, the temperature is reduced to 40 ℃, 80g of toluene is added, the mixture is washed twice, dried by anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent is evaporated by decompression concentration, thus 84.5g of compound I is obtained, and the yield is 100%.
Synthesis of Compound II: into a 1L three-necked flask, 400g of tetrahydrofuran and 84.5g (0.316 mol) of Compound I were charged, 27.1g (0.475 mol) of potassium borohydride and 20.1g (0.475 mol) of anhydrous lithium chloride were added under stirring, the mixture was replaced with nitrogen, the reaction was carried out at 60℃for 5 hours under a controlled temperature, and the reaction was terminated by GC.
Cooling to room temperature, neutralizing the reaction system with 10% hydrochloric acid, extracting with 140g toluene, standing for separating, extracting the lower water phase with 70g toluene, mixing the organic phases, drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrating under negative pressure to obtain 75.6g of compound II, and the yield is 100%.
Synthesis of Compound III: to a 1L three-necked flask, 300g of methylene chloride and 75.6g of compound II were added, 41.6g of triethylamine and 0.38g of 4-dimethylaminopyridine were further added, the temperature was lowered to 0℃under nitrogen protection, a solution of 63.2g of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in methylene chloride (250 mL) was added dropwise, the temperature was raised to 25℃after the completion of the dropwise addition, and the reaction was continued for 10 hours, followed by HPLC monitoring.
160g of water was added to the reaction system, stirred for 10 minutes, left to stand for separation, the aqueous phase was extracted with 100g of methylene chloride, the organic phases were combined, washed twice with water, and the organic phases were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The dried organic phase was concentrated to dryness, to which 330g of n-heptane was added, and the mixture was stirred at 60℃for 1 hour, cooled to 0℃and filtered, followed by drying to give compound III,116.3g, in a white form, in a yield of 93.5% (without mother liquor recovery).
Synthesizing a target product: under the protection of nitrogen, 13.8g (0.57 mol) of magnesium chips and 30mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran are added into a 500mL three-necked flask to prepare 34.8g (0.38 mol) of tetrahydrofuran (105 mL) solution of 1-chloro-2-butene, the temperature is controlled to be 0-20 ℃, the tetrahydrofuran solution of 1-chloro-2-butene is dripped into the three-necked flask, and after the dripping is finished, the reaction is carried out for 1 hour under the condition of heat preservation, so as to obtain the Grignard reagent.
620g of tetrahydrofuran, 116.3g (0.30 mol) of compound III and nitrogen are added into a 2L three-necked flask, the temperature is reduced to minus 30 ℃, 30mL of 1mol/L of bis (allyl) nickel n-hexane solution is added, the Grignard reagent is added dropwise, and after the dropwise addition, the reaction is carried out for 3 hours under heat preservation. After the reaction is finished, hydrochloric acid with the weight percentage concentration of 10% is slowly dripped to neutralize the reaction system so as to quench the reaction.
Extracting with n-heptane after quenching, washing the organic phase with water to neutrality, drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrating under reduced pressure, evaporating to dryness to obtain solvent, recrystallizing with n-heptane/ethanol system with volume ratio of 1:4 for three times, and oven drying to obtain target product 68.8g with purity of 99.9% and yield of 73%.
Characterization of the target product:
1 H-NMR(400MHz,CDCl 3 ):δ:5.34-5.45(m,2H);1.95-1.99(m,2H);1.67-1.75(q,8H);1.62-1.64(m,3H);1.10-1.30(m,8H);0.93-0.99(m,6H);0.84-0.88(t,7H);
MS:m/z 276(M + )。
example 2
When R is 1 In the case of ethyl, the target product is trans, trans-4-ethyl-4' -pentyl-3 (E) ene-bicyclohexane.
Synthesis of Compound I: 80g of toluene and 320g of methanol are added into a 1L three-necked flask, 75.65g of trans, trans-4-n-propyl-4' -formic acid-bicyclohexane is added, 8g of concentrated sulfuric acid is slowly added, and reflux reaction is carried out for 3 hours; the methanol is distilled off by rotating, the temperature is reduced to 40 ℃, 80g of toluene is added, the mixture is washed twice, dried by anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent is evaporated by decompression concentration, thus 80.1g of compound I is obtained, and the yield is 100%.
Synthesis of Compound II: into a 1L three-necked flask, 400g of tetrahydrofuran and 79.85g (0.316 mol) of Compound I were charged, 27.1g (0.475 mol) of potassium borohydride and 20.1g (0.475 mol) of anhydrous lithium chloride were added under stirring, the mixture was replaced with nitrogen, the reaction was carried out at 60℃for 5 hours under a controlled temperature, and the reaction was terminated by GC.
Cooling to room temperature, neutralizing the reaction system with 10% hydrochloric acid, extracting with 140g toluene, standing for separating, extracting the lower water phase with 70g toluene, mixing the organic phases, drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrating under negative pressure, and drying the solvent to obtain 71.0g of compound II with 100% yield.
Synthesis of Compound III: to a 1L three-necked flask, 300g of methylene chloride and 71.0g of compound II were added, 41.6g of triethylamine and 0.38g of 4-dimethylaminopyridine were further added, the temperature was lowered to 0℃under nitrogen protection, a solution of 63.2g of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in methylene chloride (250 mL) was added dropwise, the temperature was raised to 25℃after the completion of the dropwise addition, and the reaction was continued for 10 hours, followed by HPLC monitoring.
160g of water was added to the reaction system, stirred for 10 minutes, left to stand for separation, the aqueous phase was extracted with 100g of methylene chloride, the organic phases were combined, washed twice with water, and the organic phases were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The dried organic phase was concentrated to dryness, to which 330g of n-heptane was added, and the mixture was stirred at 60℃for 1 hour, cooled to 0℃and filtered, followed by drying to give white compound III (113.49 g, yield 95.3% (without mother liquor recovery).
Synthesizing a target product: under the protection of nitrogen, 13.8g (0.57 mol) of magnesium chips and 30mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran are added into a 500mL three-necked flask to prepare 34.8g (0.38 mol) of tetrahydrofuran (105 mL) solution of 1-chloro-2-butene, the temperature is controlled to be 0-20 ℃, the tetrahydrofuran solution of 1-chloro-2-butene is dripped into the three-necked flask, and after the dripping is finished, the reaction is carried out for 1 hour under the condition of heat preservation, so as to obtain the Grignard reagent.
620g of tetrahydrofuran, 113.05g (0.30 mol) of compound III and nitrogen are added into a 2L three-necked flask, the temperature is reduced to-30 ℃, 30mL of 1mol/L of bis (allyl) nickel n-hexane solution is added, the Grignard reagent is added dropwise, and after the dropwise addition is finished, the reaction is carried out for 3 hours under heat preservation. After the reaction is finished, hydrochloric acid with the weight percentage concentration of 10% is slowly dripped to neutralize the reaction system so as to quench the reaction.
Extracting with n-heptane after quenching, washing the organic phase with water to neutrality, drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrating under reduced pressure, evaporating to dryness to obtain solvent, recrystallizing with n-heptane/ethanol system with volume ratio of 1:4 for three times, and oven drying to obtain 59.1g of target product with purity of 99.9% and yield of 75%.
Characterization of the target product:
1 H-NMR(400MHz,CDCl3):δ:5.44(2H,m);2.05(2H,m);1.64(3H,m);1.35~1.61(14H,m);1.12~1.30(10H,m);0.88(3H,m);
MS,m/z 262(M + )。
example 3
When R is 1 In the case of n-pentyl, the target product is trans, trans-4-n-pentyl-4' -pentyl-3 (E) ene-bicyclohexane.
Synthesis of Compound I: 80g of toluene and 320g of methanol are added into a 1L three-necked flask, 88g of trans, trans-4-n-propyl-4' -formic acid-bicyclohexane is added, 8g of concentrated sulfuric acid is slowly added, and reflux reaction is carried out for 3 hours; the methanol is distilled off by rotating, the temperature is reduced to 40 ℃, 80g of toluene is added, the mixture is washed twice, dried by anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent is evaporated by decompression concentration, thus 92.4g of compound I is obtained, and the yield is 100%.
Synthesis of Compound II: into a 1L three-necked flask, 400g of tetrahydrofuran and 93.1g (0.316 mol) of Compound I were charged, 27.1g (0.475 mol) of potassium borohydride and 20.1g (0.475 mol) of anhydrous lithium chloride were added under stirring, the mixture was replaced with nitrogen, the reaction was carried out at 60℃for 5 hours under a controlled temperature, and the reaction was terminated by GC.
Cooling to room temperature, neutralizing the reaction system with 10% hydrochloric acid, extracting with 140g toluene, standing for separating, extracting the lower water phase with 70g toluene, mixing the organic phases, drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrating under negative pressure, and drying the solvent to obtain 84.2g of compound II with 100% yield.
Synthesis of Compound III: to a 1L three-necked flask, 300g of methylene chloride and 84.2g of compound II were added, 41.6g of triethylamine and 0.38g of 4-dimethylaminopyridine were further added, the temperature was lowered to 0℃under nitrogen protection, a solution of 63.2g of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in methylene chloride (250 mL) was added dropwise, the temperature was raised to 25℃after the completion of the dropwise addition, and the reaction was continued for 10 hours, followed by HPLC monitoring.
160g of water was added to the reaction system, stirred for 10 minutes, left to stand for separation, the aqueous phase was extracted with 100g of methylene chloride, the organic phases were combined, washed twice with water, and the organic phases were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The dried organic phase was concentrated to dryness, to which 330g of n-heptane was added, and the mixture was stirred at 60℃for 1 hour, cooled to 0℃and filtered, followed by drying to give compound III (122.0 g) in white form in 92.2% yield (without mother liquor recovery).
Synthesizing a target product: under the protection of nitrogen, 13.8g (0.57 mol) of magnesium chips and 30mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran are added into a 500mL three-necked flask to prepare 34.8g (0.38 mol) of tetrahydrofuran (105 mL) solution of 1-chloro-2-butene, the temperature is controlled to be 0-20 ℃, the tetrahydrofuran solution of 1-chloro-2-butene is dripped into the three-necked flask, and after the dripping is finished, the reaction is carried out for 1 hour under the condition of heat preservation, so as to obtain the Grignard reagent.
620g of tetrahydrofuran, 125.6g (0.30 mol) of compound III and nitrogen are added into a 2L three-necked flask, the temperature is reduced to minus 30 ℃, 30mL of 1mol/L of bis-allylnickel n-hexane solution is added, the Grignard reagent is added dropwise, and after the dropwise addition, the reaction is carried out for 3 hours under heat preservation. After the reaction is finished, hydrochloric acid with the weight percentage concentration of 10% is slowly dripped to neutralize the reaction system so as to quench the reaction.
Extracting with n-heptane after quenching, washing the organic phase with water to neutrality, drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrating under reduced pressure, evaporating to dryness to obtain solvent, recrystallizing with n-heptane/ethanol system with volume ratio of 1:4 for three times, and oven drying to obtain target product with 65.8g, purity of 99.9% and yield of 72%.
Characterization of the target product:
1 H-NMR(400MHz,CDCl 3 ):δ:5.43(2H,m);2.07(2H,m);1.47-1.63(11H,m);1.15-1.45(18H,m);1.00(2H,m);0.89(3H,m);
MS,m/z 290(M+)。
comparative example 1
When R is 1 In the case of n-propyl, the target product is trans, trans-4-n-propyl-4' -pentyl-3 (E) alkene-bicyclohexane.
Synthesizing a target product: the procedure is as in example 1, except that the catalyst bis (allylic) nickel is replaced by bis (lithium) tetrachlorocuprate.
The specific synthesis steps are as follows: into a 500mL three-necked flask, 13.8g (0.57 mol) of magnesium turnings and 30mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran were added to prepare a solution of 34.8g (0.38 mol) of 1-chloro-2-butene in tetrahydrofuran (105 mL), the temperature was controlled at 0-20℃and the solution of 1-chloro-2-butene in tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise to the three-necked flask, followed by a reaction at a constant temperature for 1 hour after the completion of the dropwise addition to obtain a Grignard reagent.
To a 2L three-necked flask were added 620g of tetrahydrofuran, 116.3g (0.30 mol) of compound III and 80mL of 0.2mol/L of a dilithium tetrachlorocuprate solution, the temperature was lowered to 0℃under nitrogen protection, the Grignard reagent was added dropwise, and after the dropwise addition was completed, the temperature was raised to 25℃for reaction for 12 hours. After the reaction is finished, the temperature is reduced to 0 ℃, hydrochloric acid with the weight percentage concentration of 10% is slowly dripped to neutralize the reaction system, so that the reaction is quenched.
Extracting with n-heptane after quenching, washing the organic phase with water to neutrality, drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrating under reduced pressure, evaporating to dryness to obtain solvent, recrystallizing with n-heptane/ethanol system with volume ratio of 1:4 for three times, and oven drying to obtain target product 49.0g with purity of 97.2% and yield of 52%.
As can be seen from the combination of example 1 and comparative example 1, the present application uses a cross-coupling reaction of the bis-allylic nickel catalytic compound III and the Grignard reagent made of magnesium and 1-chloro-2-butene to obtain higher yields and higher purity of the desired product. However, the use of dilithium tetrachlorocuprate to catalyze the cross-coupling reaction of compound III with a grignard reagent made of magnesium and 1-chloro-2-butene does not provide an ideal yield and purity of the target product, since the carbon-carbon double bonds in the grignard reagent affect the cross-coupling reaction, promote side reactions, and affect the yield and purity of the target product.
The present embodiment is merely illustrative of the present application and is not intended to be limiting, and those skilled in the art, after having read the present specification, may make modifications to the present embodiment without creative contribution as required, but is protected by patent laws within the scope of the claims of the present application.