Compound 10

N-((2RS,3RS)-2,3-diethylcyclopropyl)-1,1,3,3-tetrakis(3,3'',5,5''-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1':3',1''-terphenyl]-5'-yl)isoindoline

From: A crystalline monosubstituted carbene

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Compound data: 1H NMR

Compound data: 13C NMR

Compound data: 19F NMR

Compound data: Crystallographic data

Synthetic procedure: See article for the definitive version of this procedure and for full experimental details.

In a 15-mL scintillation vial, a mixture of 2c (47.4 mg, 20 µmol) and trans-3-hexene (100 mg, 1.2 mmol, distilled from calcium hydride and stored over 3Å molecular sieves) was chilled for 1 hour in a glovebox coldwell cooled with dry ice/acetone bath. A pre-cooled solution of KHMDS (6.0 mg, 30 µmol) in MTBE (2.0 mL) was added, and the mixture was stirred with cooling for 30 minutes. 13C NMR analysis of the crude mixture suggested the formation of a single major product and a minor side product (judging from quaternary carbon signals alpha to the nitrogen atom. See Supplementary Figure 48.). Then, the resulting mixture was passed through a glass filter, and evaporated to dryness. The solid residue was analysed by quantitative 1H NMR using 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene as an internal standard, and the NMR yield of 10 was determined to be 72% (See Supplementary Figure 50.). The formation of 10 as a major product was also confirmed by 19F NMR analysis of the same mixture (See Supplementary Figure 51.). The same reaction was repeated and the obtained solid residue was recrystallized from chloroform/hexane (vapour diffusion) at room temperature, to afford 10 as pale yellow crystals suitable for X-ray crystallographic analysis. The crystals were grounded and dried in vacuo at 120 °C overnight, to afford 10 as a yellowish powder (22.3 mg, 10 µmol, 50% yield). 1H NMR (500 MHz, C6D6) δ 7.98 (s, 4H), 7.77 (s, 8H), 7.73 (s, 4H), 7.72 (s, 4H), 7.66 (s, 4H), 7.59 (s, 8H), 7.33 (s, 2H), 7.05 (s, 2H), 6.98 (m, 4H), 2.37 (dd, J = 6.3, 4.9 Hz, 1H), 1.48 (m, 1H), 1.18 (m, 3H), 0.99 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 3H), 0.66–0.49 (m, 5H); 13C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl3) δ 147.2 (2C, 4°), 145.5 (2C, 4°), 144.9 (2C, 4°), 141.9 (4C, 4°), 141.8 (4C, 4°), 139.0 (br, 8C, 4°), 132.6 (q, 2JC-F =33.4 Hz, 8C, 4°), 132.4 (q, 2JC-F =33.4 Hz, 8C, 4°), 129.7 (3°), 129.5 (4C, 3°), 129.4 (4C, 3°), 129.1 (3°), 126.8 (br s, 16C, 3°), 125.8–125.4 (overlapped peaks, 6C, 3°), 123.1 (q, 1JC-F = 274 Hz, 8C, 4°), 123.0 (q, 1JC-F = 274 Hz, 8C, 4°), 122.0 (br s, 8C, 3°), 82.1 (2C, 4°), 46.4 (1C, NCHR2), 31.3 (1C, 3°), 29.4 (1C, 3°), 27.0 (1C, 2°), 24.0 (1C, 2°), 14.2 (1C, 1°), 12.4 (1C, 1°); 19F NMR (471 MHz, CDCl3) δ −62.97, −63.04; HRMS (m/z): [M+TFA−H] calcd. for C103H53F48N·CF3CO2, 2328.3267; found, 2328.3274.