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Polymer Journal, Vol. 19, No.9, pp 1047-1065 (1987) Highly Asymmetric-selective and Stereoselective Polymerization of (RS)-rx-Methylbenzyl Methacrylate with Cyclohexyl magnesium Bromide-Axially Dissymmetric 2,2' Diamino-6,6' -dimethylbiphenyl System Shigeyoshi KANOH, Sakae GOKA, Nobutsugu MUROSE, Hideo KUBO, Masao KONDO, Tomoaki SUGINO, Masatoshi MOTOI, and Hiroshi SUDA Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa University, 2-40-20 Kodatsuno, Kanazawa 920, Japan (Received February 13, 1987) ABSTRACT: Enantiomer-selective polymerization of (RS)-IX-methylbenzyl methacrylate [(RS)-MBMA] was investigated in toluene at -30oc. Reaction products between cyclohexylmag nesium bromide (cHexMgBr) and axially dissymmetric 2,2 '-diamino-6,6' -dimethylbiphenyl (AMB) in the mole ratio of 1.5: I were used as a chiral initiating system. The polymer produced a biphenyl group from the catalyst fragment. The polymerization proceeded in an anionic coordi nation mechanism and the racemic monomer was kinetically resolved during the course of the reaction. The enantiomer selectivity ratio when using (R)-AMB was estimated to be r<sl= 18.0 according to the integrated composition equation for an "ideal" copolymerization of the enantiomeric monomers. Most parts of the polymer were found to be of full isotacticity from inspection of the 13C NMR spectrum. Some physical properties of the polymer strongly suggested that it is a mixture of (R)- and (S)-homopolymers. This may be an example of an asymmetric selective (stereoelective) and stereoselective polymerization of vinyl monomer. In the copolymer izations between (RS)-MBMA and achiral methacrylates, the catalyst also showed high selectivity toward (RS)-MBMA. Each of the copolymers from methacrylates of methyl, benzyl, and diphenylmethyl alcohols was coisotactic, and the enantiomer selections were consistent with that observed for the homopolymerization. On the other hand, both the isotacticity of copolymer and the selection greatly decreased in the copolymerization with IX,IX-dimethylbenzyl methacrylate which has no hydrogen at the IX-carbon of the ester group. KEY WORDS Asymmetric-selective and Stereoselective Polymerization I (RS)-IX-Methylbenzyl Methacrylate I Axially Dissymmetric I 2,2'-Diamino- 6,6'-dimethylbiphenyl I Cyclohexylmagnesium Bromide I Anionic Coordination I Isotactic I Polymer Racemate I Ideal Copolymerization Equation I Enantiomer Selectivity Ratio I Since binaphthyl-substituted crowns by recognized as "chiral seeds" possessing the Cram1 and BINAL-H reagents by NoyorF salient chiral discrimination ability for asym appeared, axially dissymmetric biaryl units metric polymerization.3 -s have now become very common in the design Optically pure 2,2 '-diamino-6,6 '-dimethyl and synthesis of chiral auxiliaries for many biphenyl (AMB) or 2,2'-diamino-1,1'-bi asymmetric reactions. 3 Recently special atten naphthyl (ABN) has been used for the for tion is drawn increasingly to the construction mation of a chiral LiAlH4 complex.9 •10 Each of chiral polymerization initiators by the use of reagent provided moderate or rather low selec such compounds. These compounds have been tivity in the enantioface-differentiating reduc- 1047 S. KANOH et a/. tion of phenyl alkyl ketones. We have found showed the highest selectivity. On the other recently that products of reactions between hand, the same polymerization was success Grignard reagent and each of the two diamines fully achieved by· Okamoto's catalyst, are excellent catalysts for the enantiomer Grignard reagent-(-)-sparteine system. 11 selective polymerization of racemic oc-methyl This polymerization system may be regarded benzyl methacrylate [(RS)-(MBMA)]. 3•4 as the so-called asymmetric-selective or Among these catalysts, the cyclohexylmag stereoelective polymerization according to the nesium bromide (cHexMgBr)-AMB system classification by Tsuruta.12 CH H C=C I ·J 2 ) C=O 0 "6'"'I* (R)-AMB (R)-ABN (RS)-MBMA In this paper, we wish to describe a detailed [methy/-14C]toluidine hydrochloride were investigation on the enantiomer-selective available from The Radiochemical Center, polymerization of (RS)-MBMA with the Amersham. cHexMgBr-optically pure AMB system in toluene at - 30°C. In addition, the reaction Grignard Reagents between cHexMgBr and AMB is described After the dilution of [1- 14C]ethanol with also. ordinary ethanol, this was converted into the corresponding bromide with PBr3 •14 An EXPERIMENTAL ethereal solution of the ethyl bromide (0.13 J.LCi mmol- 1) was refluxed with mag Materiah nesium turnings for 0.5 h to afford [1- 14C] Diethyl ether and tetrahydrofuran (THF) as ethylmagnesium bromide ([1- 14C]EtMgBr). polymerization media were distilled over Ethylmagnesium bromide (EtMgBr) and LiAlH4 in vacuo just before use. Toluene was cHexMgBr were prepared according to the refluxed and distilled over CaH2 , and then method described previously.4 All the Grig redistilled under vacuum from butyllithium nard reagents were used as ethereal solutions just before use. Methacrylic esters of methyl after determining the concentrations. (MMA) and benzyl alcohol (BzMA) were obtained from commercial sources. (RS) Axially Dissymmetric Biphenyl Diamines MBMA and oc,oc-dimethylbenzyl methacrylate AMB was prepared according to Scheme 1, (DMBMA) and diphenylmethyl methacrylate with some modification of the procedures de (DPMMA) were prepared from methacryloyl scribed in the literature. 15 - 19 The synthetic chloride and the corresponding alcohols in routes of the brominated derivatives of AMB benzene or diethyl ether in the presence of are also shown in Scheme 1. triethylamineY The monomers were dried 2,2'-Diamino-6,6'-dimethylbiphenyl (AMB) over CaH2 , and distilled repeatedly over 2-Amino-3-nitrotoluene (2). To acetic an Cu2Cl2 in vacuo. [1-14C]ehtanol and o- hydride (1.21) was added a-toluidine (214 g, 1048 Polymer J., Vol. 19, No. 9, 1987 Enantiomer-selective Polymerization of (RS)-MBMA 11 Ac 20 21 cHN03 Cu 31 cHCI DMF cV NBS --DM_F_.._ Br 2 NaOAc Scheme 1. Synthetic routes of AMB, AMBBr, and AMB2Br. 2 mol) with stirring at 50°C. After 0.5 h, the amount of Na2 S03 . After the solvent was solution was cooled to 10°C. Concentrated removed, the residue was recrystallized from HN03 (61%, 220ml) was added dropwise ethanol to afford 318 g (91 %) of 3: mp 66- over a period of 2 h with maintaining the tem 6rC (lit. 16 67-68°C). perature exactly at 11 ± 1oc, and the reaction 2,2'-Dimethyl-6,6'-dinitrobiphenyl (4). A so was continued for an additional 30 min lution of 3 (320 g, 1.2 mol) in N,N-di utes at this temperature. The reaction mix methylformamide (DMF) (200 ml) was warm ture was poured onto ice water (3 1). The re ed at 140°C. Copper powder (150 g) that was sulting precipitates were separated, added to treated with iodine in acetone17 was added by cHCl (500 ml), and refluxed for 2 h. The hot portions with caution against exothermic re solution was poured into water (750 ml). The action. Stirring and gentle reflux were con dark red precipitates were separated, and tinued for 1 h. The copper was separated and recrystallized from ethanol (130 ml). The first thoroughly washed with hot benzene. The crop obtained was 84 g (55%) of practically filtrate was washed with water and then with pure 2: mp 94-96°C (lit. 15 95-96°C). dil. HCI. After the removal of the solvent, the 2-Iodo-3-nitrotoluene (3). Powdered 2 (228 g, residue was recrystallized from ethanol to yield 1.5 mol) was added portion by portion to 150g (91%) of 4: mp 109-ll0°C (lit. 18 107- cH2 S04 (500ml) with stirring below 50°C. To 1080C). this were added crushed ice ( 500 g) and then 2,2' -Diamino-6,6'-dimethylbiphenyl (AMB). water (500ml) with cooling. The finely sus The reduction of 4 (30 g, 0.11 mol) was carried pended precipitates were diazotized with a out using hydrazine hydrate (50 ml) and a saturated aqueous solution of NaN02 (120 g, catalytic amount of W-2 Raney nickel in 1.9 mol) at 5-10°C. After excess nitrite was ethanol (11). 19 After the color of the inter decomposed with urea, a saturated aqueous mediates disappeared, the catalyst was sepa solution of KI (257 g, 1.55 mol) was added at rated through celite. The filtrate was con 15°C. The mixture was allowed to stand over centrated to give quantitatively colorless crys night at room temperature. The brownish pre tals of AMB (23 g): mp 135-136°C (lit. 20 cipitates were separated, dissolved in benzene, 136°C); IR (KBr) 3440, 3420, 3340, 1620, 1300, 1 1 and washed with water containing a small 790, and 745cm- ; H NMR (CDC13) fJ 1.97 Polymer J., Vol. 19, No. 9, 1987 1049 S. KANOH et a/. (s, 6H, CH3), 3.37 (br s, 4H, NH2), and 6.6- Similarly (S)-AMB was converted to (S) 7.3 ppm (m, 6H, ArH); 13C NMR [CDC13- AMB2Br: mp 200-201 oc; [a]55 -54.4° (c, 1.0 dimethylsulfoxide-d6 2: 1 (vjv)] b 19.4 (q), g dl-1, ethanol). 112.4 (d), 119.0 (d), 121.7 (s), 127.9 (d), 137.1 3-Bromo-6 ,2' -Diamino-2 ,6' -Dimethyl (s), and 144.7 ppm (s). Found: C, 79.16%; H, biphenyl (AMBEr) 7.63%; N, 13.60%. Calcd for C14H16 N2: C, 2-Nitro-2' -amino-6,6' -dimethylbiphenyl (5). 79.20%; H, 7.60%; N, 13.20%. The partial reduction of 4 was carried out Resolution of (RS)-AMB. The optical re using Na2S in ethanol in the presence of ethyl solution of AMB via D 5 -( +)-tartrate was acetate according to the reported method. 23 achieved following the method of Mislow et Dilution of the reaction mixture with water a/. 21 (R)-( + )-AMB: yield, 33%; mp 160- gave yellow crystals of5: yield, 87%; mp 122- 1610C (lit. 21 156-158°C); [a]55 + 50.SO (c, 1.0 1230C (lit.