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Monday 10 February 2014

Dimethyl 1,4-Cubanedicarboxylate


Dimethyl cubane-1,4-dicarboxylate

dimethyl 1,4-cubanedicarboxylate;

1,4-cubanedicarboxylic acid dimethyl*ester;

methyl 4-(methoxycarbonyl)pentacyclo[4.2.0.0<2,5>.0<3,8>.0<4,7>]octanecarboxylate
Pentacyclo(4.2.0.0(2,5).0(3,8).0(4,7))octane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester

CAS 29412-62-2

Molecular Weight:220.2213
Molecular Formula:C12H12O4
Density:1.684g/cm3
Boiling Point(℃):270°C at 760 mmHg
Flash Point(℃):131.3°C
refractive_index:1.704

An interesting   OPRD paper on the scale up of dimethyl cubane -1,4-dicarboxylate.
cubane
The work appeared in Organic Process Research and development, 2013, doi.org/10.1021/op400181g . It was carried out by an Australian group, John Tsanaktsidis, Michael Falkiner, Stuart Littler, Kenneth McRae and Paul Savage from CSIROand features a large-scale photochemical reaction which is very unusual to see in a scaled chemical process.
Extending their previous work from 1997, they scaled the following reaction.
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As is the norm with such reactions the reaction requires high dilution to be successful. In this case they used a tailor made photochemical  reactor. A solution of 1 in methanol/water was pumped through the reactor at 4 L/minute and the conversion of 1 to 2 was noted as 1g/4 minutes of irradiation.
This meant a total time of 173 hours. Further processing of 2 through the double Favourskii ring contraction required significant development but eventually delivered the di-sodium salt corresponding to the di-ester of cubane.
One needs to be careful with these cubanes as they are, due to the highly strained nature of the system quite energetic materials, the do-acid and ester being more stable than the parent hydrocarbon. However the energy released upon warming above the melting point is not insignificant.
This paper represents a good demonstration of the scale-up of several very difficult chemical reactions, including excellent descriptive paragraphs of the problems and solutions. They are to be congratulated on a very nice piece of  work.
See below




Abstract Image
A scalable process for the preparation of high purity dimethyl 1,4-cubanedicarboxylate (3) is reported.
The work described herein builds on previous synthetic work from this and other laboratories, to provide a reliable process that can be used to prepare multigram quantities of 3 in a partially telescoped, 8 step process, with minimal purification of intermediates.
CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering, Ian Wark Laboratory, Bayview Avenue, Clayton Victoria 3168,Australia
Org. Process Res. Dev., 2013, 17 (12), pp 1503–1509
DOI: 10.1021/op400181g
Publication Date (Web): November 8, 2013



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Scheme 5. Pilot-Scale Synthesis of Dimethyl 1,4-Cubanedicarboxylate (3)




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Figure 1. Cubane nucleus.
Step 5
A dry 100 L glass reactor was charged with the crude diacid 2 (1287 g), dry methanol (36 L), and Dowex ion-exchange resin 50WX8–100 (176 g) that was prewashed with 1 L of methanol. This mixture was then stirred (150 rpm), and heated under reflux for 18 h under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The mixture was then cooled to room temperature and filtered to remove the resin. The methanol solution mixture was then evaporated to dryness using a rotary evaporator (45 °C at 45 mmHg) leaving behind the crude diester 3 (863 g) as a dark brown solid. Purification by sublimation (100–120 °C/0.01 mmHg), followed by recrystallization from acetonitrile furnished the diester 3 (560 g, 30%), as a colorless solid,

mp 164.5 °C (lit. 161–162 °C).(47)

 1H NMR δ: 

3.7, s, 6H  TWO METHYLS

4.24, s, 6H, ring protons.

13C NMR δ: 

47.03, CH3
51.55, CH
55.77, C-C=O
171.89. C=O

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