Solids, cinnamic acid derivatives

Cinnamic acid derivative 36 crystallizes in the chiral space group P2t and gives the optically pure dimer 37 upon irradiation in the solid state [22], Chiral crystals of 38 gave, upon irradiation, the optically active dimer 39 of 90% ee, whereas the corresponding methyl ester gave a highly crystalline linear polymer through a typical [2 + 2] topochemical photopolymerization [23],... 

Based on some interesting reactions in certain inorganic crystalline compounds, Kohlschutter [9,10] proposed that the nature and properties of the products obtained take place on the surface or within the solid state. Indeed, he coined the term topochemistry for such reactions in the solid state. However, systematic investigations of photoinduced reactions in crystals began from 1964 onward by Schmidt and Cohen [11], Their studies on the 2tt + 2tt photoreaction of cinnamic acid derivatives in the crystalline state and correlation with the molecular organization in these crystals led to what are now known as Topochemical Principles. The most important conclusions reached by them are as follows (1) The necessary conditions for the reactions to take place are that the reactive double bonds are parallel to one another and the center-to-center distance be within 4.1 A (2) there is one-to-one correspondence between the stereochemistry of the photoproduct and the symmetry relationship between the reactants. The centrosymmet-ric relationship (called the a-form) leads to centrosymmetric cyclobutane (anti-HT), whereas the mirror symmetric arrangements (called the (5-form) produce mirror symmetric dimer (yy -HH). 

The principles of such topochemical reactions have been established by G. M. J. Schmidt for the dimerization of cinnamic acid derivatives which represents the other classical organic solid-state reaction... 

Early studies of solid-state polymerization of vinyl derivatives have been reviewed (5). The initial discussions of the topochemicrd principle 0 were replete with examples from the photocycloaddition of cinnamic acid derivatives. 

Apparently, the quality of cleavage planes (Sections 2.1.7 and 2.1.8) plays its role here and it is to be assumed that a slope limit might be found between 32 and 48° for these typical examples, as we start with almost flat molecules in both 64 b and 65 b. Clearly, more examples have to be analyzed in order to definitely assess the borderline. Unfortunately, most of the early claims with cinnamic acid derivatives and their so-called a-, -, and -/-structures were not substantiated with published X-ray data and these were not available upon request. Finally, the steepness of molecules on cleavage planes is less important for Z —y E isomerizations (Section 2.1.5). It should therefore be checked whether 65 b undergoes as yet undetected solid-state photoisomerization at a suitable wavelength to give 64 b. 

A library of cinnamic acid derivatives was prepared on solid phase using a four-component Ugi condensation [429], The results from screening compounds against the hematopoietic protein tyrosine phosphatase (HePTP) indicate that the variations in R2 has a more pronounced effect on potency than do changes in R1. The most potent compound in the series was found for Rl=phenyl and R2=benzyl (library 44 IC50 3.9 //M) [429],... 

Photocyclization is a particularly valuable route to the formation of cyclic compounds. There is a wide variety of photocyclization reactions reported in the literature of organic photochemistry, but relatively few of these have been carried out in solid polymers. The earliest reports concern the photodimerization of cinnamic acid derivatives, leading to crosslinking in solid polymers. These polymers have important applications as commercial photoresists. The chemistry has been reviewed by Delzenne (46) and Williams (47). 

Much earlier, well before Minsk, in 1895, Bertram and Kursten [118] recognized that solid cinnamic acid undergoes a chemical change when exposed to light. Following this, Ruber [119] established that the change is a dimerization of the acid to form a cyclobutane derivative. This dimerization results in formation of truxillic and traxinic acids ... 

Hydroxyl-functionalized cinnamic acid derivatives such as p-coumaric acid (p-hydroxycinnamic acid), ferulic acid, and sinapinic acid are attractive monomers for syntheses of high-performance polyesters. The obtained polyesters are also expected to be biodegradable in the case of copolymerization with aliphatic hydroxy acids such as lactic acid. Tanaka et al reported the thermal polycondensation of p-coumaric acid at 550 °C without any catalyst under high pressure up to 80 kbar (in the solid state) in 1975. They obtained red or brownish-red hard solids insoluble in conventional organic solvents. Higashi and his co-workers synthesized copolyesters of p-coumaric acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid or their methoxy substitutions (ferulic acid, vanillic acid, or syringic acid) by polycondensation using hexachlorocyclotri(phosphazene) in pyridine in 1981. The obtained polymers that exhibited UV spectra different... 

As mentioned above, an example where lattice control over the course of an organic solid state reaction is explicit is provided by the solid state photodimerization of trans-cinnamic acid and many of its derivatives.When irradiated in the melt or in solution, cinnamic acid derivatives do not dimerize — the presumed singlet photoexcited state being too short-lived for reaction in such mobile phases. The only consequence of irradiation is trans cis isomerization. Irradiation of crystalline solids, however, was found to result in one of three distinct events — and that which occurs found to depend upon the solvent of crystallization— see Scheme 6.1. The contribution of Schmidt, Cohen, and co-workers at the Weizmarm Institute in Israel was first to appreciate the importance of polymorphism and then to establish a direct correlation between the molecular packing within a particular polymorphic phase and the nature of the photodimer which results. ... 

TABLE 19.1 Cyclophanes Prepared from Stilbene, Vinyl Ether, and Cinnamic Acid Derivatives in Solution and Solid-State Reactions... 

The photochemical behavior of cinnamic acid derivatives 32a-g (Scheme 14) has been investigated by employing y-CD or CB [8] as photodimerization templates [76,81]. Solid-state complexes of 32a-g with y-CD cannot be prepared by the... 

Many derivatives of quinones, cinnamic acids, and mucconic acids photodimerize in solid phases to give results 16> that in many cases are not in agreement with the general PMO rule of head-to-head reaction. However, it is clear that those reactions are controlled by topochemical effects, i.e. the geometry and proximity of the reactants in the solid phase. 135> Consequently, PMO theory will not be useful for calculating reactions of that type. 

An enormous variety of olefinic types have been found to undergo such solid-state (2 + 2) photocyclodimerizations. These include cinnamic acids (128,132) derivatives of cinnamic acids such as esters (133) and amides (134) styrene derivatives (135) stilbenes (136) aliphatic mono- (137), di- (138), and triene (139) dicarboxylic acids and derivatives 1,4-diarylbutadienes (140) and their vinylogs (141), benzylidene acetones (142) and benzylidene acetophenones (143) ... 

Photodimerization of cinnamic acids and its derivatives generally proceeds with high efficiency in the crystal (176), but very inefficiently in fluid phases (177). This low efficiency in the latter phases is apparently due to the rapid deactivation of excited monomers in such phases. However, in systems in which pairs of molecules are constrained so that potentially reactive double bonds are close to one another, the reaction may proceed in reasonable yield even in fluid and disordered states. The major practical application has been for production of photoresists, that is, insoluble photoformed polymers used for image-transfer systems (printed circuits, lithography, etc.) (178). Another application, of more interest here, is the use that has been made of mono- and dicinnamates for asymmetric synthesis (179), in studies of molecular association (180), and in the mapping of the geometry of complex molecules in fluid phases (181). In all of these it is tacitly assumed that there is quasi-topochemical control in other words, that the stereochemistry of the cyclobutane dimer is related to the prereaction geometry of the monomers in the same way as for the solid-state processes. 

Because the accuracy of the data for three of the diacyl peroxides is in question, we will attempt to derive enthalpies of formation for them from the reverse of equations 15 and 16. The enthalpy of reaction 15 for dibenzoyl peroxide, using enthalpy of formation values of unquestioned accurac)f, is —400.8 kJmor. This is the same as the ca —398 kJmol for the hquid non-aromatic diacyl peroxides discussed above. Using the solid phase enthalpy of reaction for dibenzoyl peroxide and the appropriate carboxylic acid enthalpies of formation, the calculated enthalpies of formation of bis(o-toluyl) peroxide and bis(p-toluyl) peroxide are —432.2 and —457.6 kJ moU, respectively. From the foregoing analysis, it would seem that the measured enthalpy of formation is accurate for the bis(p-toluyl) peroxide but is not for its isomer. The analysis for dicinnamoyl peroxide is complicated by there being two enthalpies of formation for frawi-cinnamic acid that differ by ca 12 kJmoU. One is from our archival source (—336.9 12 kJmoU ) and the other is a newer measurement (—325.3 kJmol ). The calculated enthalpies of formation of dicinnamoyl peroxide are thus —273.0 and —249.8 kJmoU. Both of these results are ca 80-100 kJmol less negative than the reported enthalpy of formation. 

It is well established, in a qualitative sense, that chemical reactions occurring in crystals are subject to restrictive forces, not found in solution, which limit the allowable range of atomic and molecular motions along the reaction coordinate. This often leads to differences, either in the product structures or the product ratios, in going from solution to the solid state. This was first demonstrated in a systematic way by Cohen and Schmidt in 1964 in their studies on the solid state photodimerization of cinnamic acid and its derivatives (1 ). This work led to the formulation of the famous topochemical principle which states, in... 

Cinnamates occupy an important place in the history of photochemistry. Schmidt and his co-workers [18] used the solid state photochemistry of cinnamic acid and its derivatives to develop the idea of topochemical control of photochemistry in the crystalline state. Minsk [19] developed poly(vinyl cinnamate) as the first polymer for photoimaging. The cinnamate chromophore is still commonly incorporated in photopolymers of all types, including LC polymers, to enable them to be photochemically cross-linked [20], and a number of reports of the photochemistry of such MCLC and SCLC polymers are summarized below. 

In a systematic study of the 2ir + 2tt photodimerization of cinnamic acids it was shown that reactions in crystals occur with molecularity, selectivity, and efficiencies that are quite different from those observed in solution. Cinnamic acids and their derivatives were shown to crystallize in three distinct packing arrangements known as a-, (3-, and 7-forms. The packing arrangement of a given crystal form determines whether or not a 2tt + 2tt photodimerization may occur in the solid state and which of the possible products will form (Scheme 1). Al-... 

The development of the principles of solid-state reactions of substituted cinnamic acids was pioneered by Gerhard M. J. Schmidt. The trans-SLcid was found to be polymorphic, and three different crystal forms (designated a, and 7) were identified by him. The finding that the nature of the cyclobutane derivatives formed by the solid-state photochemical reaction on crystals of frans-cinnamic acid depend on which polymorph is irradiated was of great interest. The products of the photo-... 

This work focused on frans-cinnamic acid and some of its ring substituted derivatives. In homogeneous solution, the distribution of the photoproducts is dependent on the steric and electronic effects of the reagents. Irradiation of a melt or solution of frans-cinnamic acid does not cause dimerization, only isomerization (9,10). Dimers of frans-cinnamic acid can form in the solid state with retention of crystal symmetry because the monomers are held rigidly within the lattice in a uniform and repeating manner forcing an association between monomers. 

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