Ried, Walter published the artcileEthynation reactions. IX. Aromatic diethynylhydrocarbons and the action of hydrogen halides on diethynyl-p-benzoquindiol, Recommanded Product: 9,10-Diethynylanthracene, the publication is Chemische Berichte (1958), 2472-9, database is CAplus.
Diethynylquindiols (I) are reduced by ZnCl2 or HI to aromatic diethynylhydrocarhons which are light-sensitive; some of them show fluorescence. The reaction of diethynyl p-benzoquindiol (1,4-dihydroxy-1,4-diethynyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene) (II) with HI or HBr yields in addition to diethynylbenzene, several halogen-containing rearrangement products. p-Benzoquinone (40 g.) in 1 l. dry Et2O added with stirring at -35 to -40° with stirring to LiCCH from 6 g. Li in 500 cc. liquid NH3, the mixture neutralized after 5-8 hrs. with 60 g. solid NH4Cl, the NH3 evaporated, and filtered, the residue extracted with three 300-cc. portions EtOAc, and the combined filtrate and extract evaporated on the water bath yielded about 16 g. II, m. 192-5° (1:1:1 C6H6-ligroine-dioxane) (the diethynyl hydrocarbons frequently decompose explosively above 100°; their solutions are best evaporated on a water bath). II (16 g.) in solution added at 40-5° dropwise with stirring to 45 g. SnCl2.2H2O in 50 cc. 50% aqueous AcOH, stirred 10 min. at 45°, cooled, and filtered, and the residue washed with H2O yielded 5.6 g. p-C6H4(CCH)2 (III), yellowish leaflets, m. 95° (dilute EtOH or petr. ether); the original filtrate diluted with 2N HCl and extracted with Et2O, and the extract worked up gave an addnl. 1.7 g. III. III (0.5 g.) in 20 cc. 90% AcOH refluxed 4 hrs. with 250 mg. Hg(OAc)2 and 0.1 cc. concentrated H2SO4, cooled. treated with 40 cc. H2O, and neutralized with aqueous Na2CO3, and the product isolated with Et2O yielded 0.5 g. p-C6H4Ac2, m. 108-10° (EtOH). 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloro-1,4-dihydroxy-1,4-diethynyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene (5 g.) in 25 cc. MeOH added with stirring at 70° to 10 g. SnCl2.2H2O in 20 cc. concentrated HCl, stirred 10 min. at 70°, cooled, and filtered, the residue washed with H2O and dissolved in 70 cc. hot MeOH and filtered, and the boiling filtrate diluted with H2O to turbidity and cooled gave 1 g. p-C6Cl4(CCH)2, needles which turn brown above 100°, change the crystal form at 130-40°, and show no definite m.p. 1,4-Dihydroxy-1,4-diethynyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalene (4.2 g.) in 25 cc. EtOH added at 30-5° to 9 g. SnCl2.2H2O in 25 cc. 50% AcOH, stirred 10 min. at 30-5°, treated with 40 cc. 2N HCl, cooled in ice, and filtered, the residue washed with H2O and dissolved in warm petr. ether, the solution evaporated, the residue dissolved at 50° in MeOH, and the solution treated with C, diluted hot with H2O to turbidity, and cooled deposited 49% 1,4-C10H6(CCH)2 (IV), yellowish, light-sensitive needles, m. 60°. Solid 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone (40 g.) and 100 cc. dry PhMe added with stirring at -40° to LiCCH from 3 g. Li in 300 cc. liquid NH3, the mixture neutralized after 18 hrs. with 30 g. NH4Cl, the NH3 evaporated, the residue extracted with three 300-cc. portions boiling EtOAc, and the extract worked up yielded 2,3-dichloro-1,4-dihydroxy-1,4-diethynyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalene (V), prisms, m. 184-5° (1:1:1 C6H6-ligroine-dioxane, then dilute EtOH). V (5 g.) in 25 cc. MeOH added with stirring at 50° to 10 g. SnCl2.2H2O in 30 cc. 50% AcOH, heated 10 min. at 65°, cooled in ice, and filtered, and the crystalline residue recrystallized from ligroine, b. 70-90°, and then 80% EtOH yielded 1 g. 2,3-di-Cl derivative (VI) of IV, light-sensitive needles which turn rapidly violet (even in the dark), decompose 135° with flashing; after prolonged storage, the decomposition point had changed to 151°. V (1.5 g.) in 20 cc. MeOH refluxed 5 min. with 10 cc. 2N HI, cooled, and extracted with Et2O, and the extract washed with aqueous Na2S2O3 and evaporated yielded about 80% crude VI. VI hydrogenated over Raney Ni in EtOAc yielded 2,3,1,4-Cl2C10H4Et2, pale yellow prisms, m. 92-3° (Me2CO). 9,10-Dihydroxy-9,10-diethynyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene (VII) (2.6 g.) in 25 cc. EtOH added with stirring at 5-10° to 5 g. SnCl2.2H2O in 50 cc. 50% AcOH and filtered after 10 min., the residue washed with H2O and dissolved at 50 in 100-50 cc. Me2CO, the solution filtered and diluted with H2O precipitated 9,10-diethynylanthracene (VIII), yellow needles which turned golden-yellow in light and then black-brown, changed at 86-8° to a brown-black solid which did not melt up to 300°. VII (2.6 g.) in 25 cc. MeOH treated with stirring at 5-10° with 10 cc. 2N HI, stirred 10 min. with cooling, and filtered gave VIII. VIII hydrogenated over Raney Ni in EtOAc gave 9,10-diethylanthracene, yellow prisms, m. 145° (MeOH-Me2CO). 9,10-Dihydroxy-9,10-diethynyl-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene (13 g.) in 100 cc. EtOH added at 60° with stirring to 22.5 g. SnCl2.2H2O in 45 cc. concentrated HCl and 30 cc. H2O, the mixture kept 1 hr. at 60-5° and cooled to room temperature, and the precipitate dried on a clay plate, digested with 5-10 cc. CCl4, and recrystallized from hot CCl4 or C6H6 yielded 3 g. 9,10-diethynylphenanthrene, needles or leaflets, which turned brown above 100° and decompose spontaneously at 130°. 1,4-Dihydroxy-1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)-2,5-cyclohexadiene (2 g.) in 30 cc. MeOH added to 3 g. SnCl2.2H2O in 100 cc. 50% AcOH, stirred 1 hr. at room temperature and 2 hrs. at 50-60°, cooled, diluted with 200 cc. H2O and 20 cc. concentrated HCl, and extracted with Et2O, and the residue from the extract recrystallized from ligroine yielded 50-60% p-C6H4(CCPh)2, m. 181-2°. 1,4-Dihydroxy-1,4-bis(3-methoxy-1-propynyl)-2,5-cyclohexadiene (IX) (50 g.) in MeOH added with stirring to 100 g. SnCl2.2H2O in 250 cc. 50% AcOH, stirred 2 hrs. at 60°, and filtered, the MeOH evaporated in vacuo, the residual mixture diluted with 700 cc. EtOAc and treated with about 100 g. CaCl2, the EtOAc layer neutralized with NaHCO3 and filtered, the residue washed with EtOAc, the combined filtrate dried and evaporated, the oily residue rubbed, the crystalline deposit filtered off, the viscous filtrate distilled under N, the distillate, b0.7 145-55°, allowed to stand, the new crystalline deposit filtered off, and the combined filter residues digested with MeOH gave 70% (crude) p-(MeOCH2CC)2C6H4, m. 42-3° (cyclohexane); the MeOH filtrate worked up gave a small amount 2,4-(MeOCH2CC)2C6H3OH (X), m. 94° (ligroine). IX treated with warm 50% AcOH gave good yields of X. 9,10-Dihydroxy-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene (1 g.) in MeOH added to 3 g. SnCl2.2H2O in 100 cc. 50% AcOH, heated on the water bath, and filtered, and the residue recrystallized from ligroine yielded 80% 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)phenanthrene, needles, m. 157° (MeOH). I (4 g.) in 30 cc. MeOH added dropwise to 130 cc. 7% HI, and heated 20 min. at 60-70°, the aqueous layer extracted with Et2O, the combined organic layers evaporated, and the residual oil heated on the water bath at 12 mm. sublimed 10% p-C6H4(CCH)2 and left 60-5% oily p-AcC6H4CCH; 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, dark red, m. 210°. II (2 g.) in 40 cc. H2O treated at 80° with 10 cc. 250% HI, kept 5 min. at 80°, cooled, and extracted with Et2O, the extract washed with aqueous Na2S2O3, dried, and evaporated, and the residue warmed with 20 cc. petr. ether, cooled, and filtered, and the filtrate evaporated gave p-CHCC6H4CI:CHI, pale yellow needles, m. 74-5° (80% EtOH). II (5 g.) in 70 cc. MeOH added dropwise with stirring to 150 cc. 7% HBr, stirred 10 min. at room temperature and 0.5 hr. at 60-70°, the aqueous layer extracted with Et2O, and the combined organic layers worked up gave 50-60% p-CHCC6H4COCH2Br (XI), needles, m. 46-8° (aqueous MeOH); 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, yellow crystals, decompose 180-90°. XI (1 g.) in 10 cc. MeOH refluxed 2 hrs. with 30 cc. 10% aqueous KCN and distilled, and the residue acidified yielded 100% p-CHCC6H4COCH2CN, m. 184°; 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, orange-yellow about 160°. II (3.2 g.) and 40 cc. 25% HBr heated 5 min. with stirring at 80°, the precipitated oil extracted into Et2O, the solution washed and evaporated, and the residue heated with 90% aqueous MeOH and C and filtered yielded 1.7 g. p-CHCC6H4CBr: CHBr, pale yellow needles, m. 64-5°.
Chemische Berichte published new progress about 18512-55-5. 18512-55-5 belongs to naphthyridine, auxiliary class Alkynyl,Anthracene, name is 9,10-Diethynylanthracene, and the molecular formula is C18H10, Recommanded Product: 9,10-Diethynylanthracene.
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