Enhanced acidity and facile complexation of amines with a phenol trimer

Naoto Hayashi*, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Hiroaki Miyazawa, Kiyoshi Matsumoto

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Abstract

The phenol trimer, 5,5′,5″-trichloro-1,17prime;:3′, 1′-terphenyl-2,2′,2″-triol (1), facilely affords the 1:1 complex (I) with triethylamine owing to its enhanced acidity. IR spectra reveal that I is a proton transfer complex. In the X-ray structure of I, a long phenoxide C-O bond is observed that may be due to unusual sp3 hybridization of the phenoxide oxygen atom caused by strong intra- and inter-molecular hydrogen bonding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-69
Number of pages5
JournalMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume440
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

Keywords

  • Amine complex
  • Bond length
  • Phenoxide
  • Proton transfer complex
  • X-ray structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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