Patent Application: US-85576197-A

Abstract:
the invention disclosed relates to novel functionalized benzocyclobutenones of structural formula i ## str1 ## wherein r is nh 2 , reactive nh 2 derivatives including acids , acid chlorides , amides and diazonium salts , oh , cn , no 2 , h , i , f br , cl , mercapto and deuterium . also disclosed are polymer compositions comprising thermal reaction products of the benzocyclobutenones of formula i and either a polyol or a polyamine .

Description:
recently , we have demonstrated that benzocyclobutenone undergoes ring - opening at elevated temperatures . it is believed that a reactive vinyl ketene intermediate is formed which then reacts very rapidly by itself ( dimerization ) or with alcohols . some model reactions are presented herein . reaction 1 ( scheme 1 ) demonstrates that dimerization occurs readily at 150 ° to 300 ° c ., preferably about 250 ° c ., to produce a thermally stable lactone or isocoumarin along with some oligomers . ## str10 ## model reactions 2a and 2b show that the esters are readily formed in quantitative yields by heating a stoichiometric mixture of benzocyclobutenone and alcohols or diols , respectively , at relatively lower temperatures ( 150 °- 220 ° c .). in reaction 2a , heating benzocyclobutenone is believed to generate a reactive vinyl ketene which then couples with aliphatic ( primary and secondary ) and aromatic alcohols to give the corresponding o - methylbenzoates . in reaction 2b , aliphatic and aromatic diols of low or high molecular weights react with benzocyclobutenone , yielding bis - o - methylbenzoates in 100 % yield . ## str11 ## the unique feature of this bcbo chemistry is that thermal ring - opening / coupling reaction proceeds in high yield with no volatile by - products being produced . therefore , this reaction is applicable for reactive processing such as casting , molding , and coating . these reaction mechanisms can also be applied to thermal bulk polycondensation . as shown in scheme 3 , a difunctional bcbo derived from adipic acid was heated at 220 °- 240 ° c . together with a stoichiometric amount of a polyol and bisphenol a , respectively . upon melting , the melt mixture quickly became viscous , indicating the polymer formation . as expected , the polymer containing a flexible oxyethylene block was elastomeric and the polymer derived from semi - rigid bisphenol a appeared to be hard . simply heating 5 - aminobenzocyclobutenone ( 8 ) in neat or in high boiling solvents such as aromatic halogenated hydrocarbons and aromatic ethers e . g . o - dichlorobenzene , 1 - chloronaphthalene and diphenylether , at 180 °- 210 ° c . led to the formation of the corresponding aromatic polyamide . spectroscopic data were consistent with the structures of these polymers . ## str12 ## bcbos can be easily produced in large scale from inexpensive anthralic acid or 2 - toluic acid . 5 ! a hundred - gram scale synthesis has performed in our laboratory , offering a possibility for having a cost - effective approach . some novel functional bcbo derivatives , illustrated below , have been prepared in our laboratory and show a range of the onset cure temperatures ( tc = 200 °- 300 ° c .). ## str13 ## compounds 8 , 9 and 15 - 20 represent mono - functional derviatives and compounds 10 - 13 represent di - functional derivatives . the di - functional compounds include two unfunctionalized bcbo structures in which the benzo part of the structures are connected by a polyvalent organic bridging group . examples of polyvalent bridging groups can be found in u . s . pat . no . 4 , 540 , 763 at column 4 , begining at line 20 , the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference . 5 - aminobenzocyclobutenone ( 8 ) is prepared by reduction of 5 - nitrobenzocyclobutenone . it is an important starting material to introduce reactive benzocyclobutenone moiety in common commodity polymers , such as polystyrene , polyacrylates , and epoxy resins , and high - performance polymers like poly ( ether ketone ) s and poly ( ether sulfone ) s . the formation of compounds 9 - 12 demonstrates that bcbo can be introduced as an endgroup into a wide spectrum of polymers containing carboxylic acid or its derivatives ( e . g ., acid chloride and anhydride ). examples of these polymers include nylons , polyesters , polyimides , and their copolymers . the formation of compound 13 shows that 5 - aminobenzocyclobutenone itself can be incorporated at the ends of the isocyanate - based resins such as polyurethanes and their copolymers . the trifunctional compound 14 can be used for cross - linking polyols or hydroxy - terminated oligomers . compound 15 containing a fluorine group should be reactive towards a nucleophile in nucleophilic displacement polycondensation with a variety of bisphenols . thus , bcbo can be introduced , via compound 15 or its analogues , at the ends of poly ( arylene ether ketone ) s and poly ( arylene ether sulfone ) s . ## str14 ## furthermore , a variety of end - capped polymers can be subjected to curing with or without a diol / polyol . it can be expected that either with or without a polyol during curing , a cross - linked resin will be obtained . the degree of cross - linking can be easily controlled with the amount of the bcbo unit introduced in the polymer . with a diol , chain extension can be effected . similarly , curing an oligomeric diol together with a bcbo end - capped prepolymer should produce a new block copolymer . as many hydroxy - terminated polymers are commercially available and a variety of commercial polymers can be end - capped with bcbo , the numbers of new block copolymers that can be made based on this bcbo are enormous . diazotization of 5 - aminobenzocyclobutenone gives a versatile diazonium salt intermediate which is then transformed to compounds 16 and 17 by conventional replacement reactions . compound 16 can be used as an end - capping agent for many aliphatic and aromatic polyesters . according well - established chemistry of diazonium salts , other benzocyclobutenones having fluoro , chloro , bromo , cyano , mercapto , azido and deuterium groups can be prepared . 8 ! ## str15 ## vinyl polymers are derived from vinyl monomers such as ethylene , styrene , methacrylates , and maleic anhydride . introducing a reactive benzocyclobutenone into vinyl polymers would allow further manipulation of the polymer structure ( e . g ., grafting , branching or crosslinking ) during processing . the most convenient way to introduce this reactive group is by copolymerizations of bcbo - containing vinyl monomers with commercial vinyl monomers such as styrene and ( meth ) acrylates . two such monomers 18 and 19 have been prepared from 5 - aminobenzocyclobutenone ( 8 ) which is derived from benzocyclobutenone by simple nitration and subsequent reduction in high yields . free - radical bulk copolymerization of two different monomers in certain ratios would be the choice of polymerization - methods , since it is still the most economical process to manufacture polystyrene and many other vinyl polymers . preliminary thermal studies have shown that 18 and 19 are stable to about 300 ° c . before ring opening occurs . therefore , postpolymerization ( or curing ) can be carried out during melt processing above 300 ° c . ## str16 ## finally , 3 - nitrobenzocyclobutenone ( 20 ) synthesized herein can be reduced as its isomer to form 3 - aminobenzocyclobutenone . thus , starting from 3 - nitrobenzocyclobutenone , the corresponding isomers of all compounds ( ca . 9 - 19 ) which are derived from 5 - aminobenzocyclobutenone can be made available . melting points were taken on a fisher - johns melting apparatus and are uncorrected or from dsc . 1 h and 13 c nmr spectra were recorded on either a varian gemini - 200 or a bruker - 400 instrument using tetramethylsilane as an internal reference . the following abbreviations are used to describe peak patterns when appropriate : s = singlet , d = doublet , t = triplet , q = quartet , m = multiplet , and br = broad . infrared measurements were performed on a perkin elmer 1600 ftir instrument . low resolution mass spectra were obtained on a du pont 21 - 492b instrument . glass transition temperatures and onset temperatures for extermic ring - opening were obtained using differential scanning calorimetry ( dsc ) on a seiko dsc 220 at a heating rate of 10 ° c . per min under nitrogen . 4 , 4 &# 39 ;- isopropylidenediphenol ( bpa ), phenol , benzyl alcohol , 4 - t - butylphenol , ethylene glycol , polyethylene glycol , terephthalyol dichloride , maleic anhydride , pyromellitic dianhydride , trimellitic anhydride , methacryloyl chloride , 4 - fluorobenzenesulfonyl chloride , 1 , 3 , 5 - benzenetricarbonyl trichloride , 1 , 6 - hexamethylenediisocyanate , n , n ,- dimethylformamide , n , n - dimethylacetamide ( dmac ), n - methyl - 2 - pyrrolidinone ( nmp ), thionyl chloride , and other common organic solvents were purchased from aldrich chemical co ., milwaukee , wis ., u . s . a . and used as received . benzocyclobutenone was prepared from anthranilic acid according to literature procedure . 5c ! benzocyclobutenone ( 0 . 556 g ) was placed in the sealed tube and heated at 180 °- 190 ° c . for 1 hour , 200 °- 210 ° c . for 1 . 5 hours , and then 230 °- 240 ° c . for 1 . 5 hours . the resulting dark viscous liquid was cooled to room temperature and poured into methanol . the methanol solution was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated . the residue was purified by chromatography . a compound was isolated and identified as the isocoumarin : 0 . 290 g ( 52 %); mp 84 °- 85 ° c . ( lit . 7 ! mp 63 °- 65 ° c . ); ir and nmr spectra were consistent with the reported ones ; 7 ! ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 236 ( m +., 31 ), 208 ( m +.- co , 24 ). a general procedure is as follows : benzocyclobutenone and an alcohol were placed in the sealed tube and heated in an oil bath at 150 °- 220 ° c . for 4 - 30 hours . the product was purified by chromatography , if necessary . the ratio of reactants , reaction temperature and time , and yield are summarized in table 1 . ## str17 ## __________________________________________________________________________ amount temp . time yield . sup . bproductr alcohol ( meq ). sup . a (° c .) ( h ) (%) __________________________________________________________________________1 --( ch . sub . 2 ) . sub . 7 ch . sub . 3 1 - octanol 4 . 0 220 21 94 . 0 1 - octanol 1 . 25 215 30 79 . 32 ph - phoh 1 . 05 150 8 39 . 1 with dabco 1 . 05 190 4 393 phch . sub . 2 -- phch . sub . 2 oh 1 . 13 160 6 444 p - t - buph - p - t - buphoh 1 . 02 200 2 1005 -- ch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 -- hoch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 oh 0 . 5 200 18 100 . sup . cphc ( ch . sub . 3 ). sub . 2 ph - bisphenol a 0 . 44 200 2 100__________________________________________________________________________ a , molar equivalent to benzocyclobutenone used . b , isolated yield . c , a mixture of monomeric and dimeric esters with a ratio of 1 . 0 to 1 . 3 . polyethylene glycol with average molecular weight of 600 ( 0 . 48 mmol ) was heated together with 1 mmol of benzocyclobutenone at 190 ° c . for 18 hours . the polymer 7 with o - methylbenzoate end groups was obtained in 100 % yield . ir shows the characteristic carbonyl band at 1715 cm - 1 for the ester group . benzocyclobutenone ( 3 . 0 g , 25 . 42 mmol ) was added slowly to concentrated sulfuric acid ( 6 ml ) at - 5 ° c .- 0 ° c . with vigorous stirring . the resulting solution was further cooled to - 10 ° c . and the mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid ( 3 ml ) and nitric acid ( 70 %, d 1 . 42 , 2 . 0 ml ) was added at such a rate that the solution temperature remained between - 10 ° c . and - 5 ° c . after the completion of addition of nitrating solution , stirring continued for 10 min . the reaction mixture was then poured into an ice slurry ( 30 g of ice in 30 ml of water ). the product which precipitated out as yellow solids from water was collected by suction filtration and washed with water twice , aqueous sodium carbonate solution ( 10 %) twice , and water twice consecutively . the solid product was recrystallized from methanol to give white fine crystals : 3 . 44 g ( 83 . 1 %); mp 126 °- 127 ° c . ; ir ( kbr ) 1342 , 1522 , 1785 cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , cdcl3 ) 4 . 16 ( s , 2h ), 7 . 95 ( d , 1h ), 8 . 22 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 51 ( d , 1h ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 163 ( m +., 99 . 3 ), 135 ( m +. - co , 39 . 3 ), 89 ( 135 -. no2 , 100 ). in a 100 ml two - neck round - bottomed flask fitted with a reflux condenser , were placed 5 - nitrobenzocyclobutenone ( 2 . 50 g , 15 . 34 mmol ), iron powder ( 2 . 50 g ) and aqueous ethanol ( 50 %, 25 ml ). the mixture was heated to gentle boiling . with a good stirring , concentrated hydrochloric acid ( 36 %, 0 . 15 ml ) in aqueous ethanol ( 50 %, 5 ml ) was added slowly . stirring and reflux stopped until tlc showed no more starting compound . it usually took 5 - 60 min . after cooling to room temperature , the reaction solution was treated with sodium carbonate powders to ph 8 - 9 . the insoluble solids were removed by filtration and further washed with methanol . the filtrate and washing solution were combined and concentrated by distillation at 50 ° c . under vacuum . upon cooling , the pure product crystallized out and then collected by suction filtration : 1 . 88 g ( 92 . 4 %); mp 92 °- 93 ° c . ; ir ( kbr ) 1620 , 1744 , 3362 , 3466 cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , cdcl3 ) 3 . 85 ( s , 2h ), 3 . 86 ( s , 2h ), 6 . 64 ( s , 1h ), 6 . 88 ( d , 1h ), 7 . 33 ( d , 1h ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 133 ( m +., 31 . 2 ), 105 ( m +. - co , 100 ) . a mixture of 8 ( 665 mg , 5 . 0 mmol ) and trimellitic anhydride ( 960 mg , 5 . 0 mmol ) in dimethylacetamide ( 10 ml ) was heated at 160 ° c . for 2 hours . after cooling to room temperature , the solid 9 was collected on the filter funnel , washed with diethyl ether and dried in air . yield : 1 . 35 g ( 88 %); ir ( kbr ) 1725 , 1774 , 3500 cm - 1 . dsc scan showed a melting endotherm at 115 ° c . and two exotherms peaked at 266 ° and 284 ° c . the acid 9 in example 6 ( 0 . 5 g ) was stirred in thionyl chloride ( 5 ml ) at 80 ° c . for 90 minutes . after cooling to room temperature , the acid chloride product as solid was filtered and washed with hexane . the product was pure enough for further reactions without recrystallization from toluene . yield : 0 . 55 g ( 100 %); ir ( kbr ) 1724 , 1783 , 1790 cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , cdcl3 ) 4 . 05 ( s , 2h ), 7 . 45 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 60 ( d , 1h ), 7 . 70 ( d , 1h ), 8 . 12 ( d , 1h ), 8 . 56 ( d , 1h ), 8 . 69 ( s , 1h ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 327 ( m +. + 2 , 26 . 4 ), 325 ( m +., 79 . 3 ), 297 ( m +. - co , 100 ). the mixture of 8 ( 0 . 40 g , 3 . 01 mmol ) and pyromellitic dianhydride ( 0 . 312 g , 1 . 432 mmol ) in dimethylacetamide ( 6 ml ) was gradually heated up to reflux ( 160 ° c .). at 100 ° c ., the intermediate amic acid was formed and precipitated out . it redissolved at 160 ° c . after 15 - 20 minutes , yellow precipitates formed again , indicating the formation of the diimide product . the reaction continued for another 60 minutes and cooled to room temperature . ethanol ( 5 ml ) was added and the product was collected by suction filtration . after washing with ethanol and drying in a vacuum oven at 80 ° c . overnight , the product 10 was obtained as yellow powders : 0 . 41 g ( 64 %); ir ( kbr ) 1724 , 1783 cm - 1 . it is insoluble in many organic solvents such as ethanol , chloroform , toluene , dimethylformamide , dimethylacetamide and n - methylpyrrodilinone and displays no melting point before ring - opening . dsc showed an exotherm at 300 ° c . in the first scan , indicating the ring - opening of benzocyclobutenone unit . second dsc scan displayed no peaks up to 450 ° c . to a suspension of 8 ( 0 . 40 g , 3 . 01 mmol ) and sodium hydroxide ( 0 . 48 g ) in water ( 5 ml ), were added terephthaloyl dichloride ( 0 . 29 g ) in thf ( 3 ml ). the flask was covered with a cock and shaken vigorously for 10 - 15 minutes . the resulting white to pale yellow solids were collected on the filter funnel and washed with water ( 10 ml ) and 95 % ethanol ( 10 ml ) and dried in air . yield was 0 . 27 g ( 45 %); ir ( kbr ) 1656 , 1751 cm - 1 . recrystallization was done using dimethylformamide . no melting was observed below 300 ° c . dsc up to 450 ° c . showed an exotherm at 290 ° c . in the first scan , indicating the ring - opening of benzocyclobutenone unit . second dsc scan displayed no peaks up to 450 ° c . at room temperature , to a solution of 8 ( 1 . 45 g ) in 5 ml of dry pyridine , was added of sodium nitrate ( 0 . 759 g ) in 5 ml of water was added adipoyl chloride ( 1 . 0 g ) dropwise under nitrogen . after stirring for one hour , the resulting red - orange slurry was poured into water ( 200 ml ). the resultant solids were washed with water ( 2 × 200 ml ) and methanol ( 2 × 50 ml ). after drying at 60 ° c . in a vacuum oven , the pure product 12 was obtained as a yellow solid : 1 . 67 g ( 81 . 5 %); mp 222 ° c . ; ir ( kbr ) 1743 , 1677 cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d6 ) 1 . 65 ( m , 4h ), 2 . 37 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 58 ( d , 2h ), 7 . 67 ( d , 2h ), 8 . 56 ( d , 2h ), 7 . 75 ( s , 2h ), 10 . 14 ( s , 2h , n - h ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 376 ( m +., 10 . 8 ), 348 ( m +. - co , 22 . 1 ). dsc scan showed a melting endotherm at 222 ° c . and a exotherm starting at 225 ° c . and peaked at 272 ° c . the solution of 5 - aminobenzocyclobutenone ( 8 ) ( 0 . 30 g ) and hexamethylenediisocyanate ( 0 . 20 g ) in dry thf ( 5 ml ) was refluxed for 2 hours . after cooling to room temperature , some precipitates formed and were collected by filtration . further washing with ether and drying in vacuo at 60 ° c . gave the product 13 as light yellow solids ( 0 . 26 g , 53 . 1 %). mp 211 . 2 ° c . ; ir ( kbr ) 1623 , 1763 , 2860 , 3306 cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , dmso - d6 ) 1 . 31 ( m , 4h ), 1 . 44 ( br t , 4h ), 2 . 50 ( m , 4h ), 3 . 87 ( s ), 6 . 20 ( t , 2h , n - h ), 7 . 44 ( d d , 1h ), 7 . 50 ( d , 1h ), 7 . 55 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 63 ( s , 2h , arn - h ); 13c nmr ( 50 mhz , dmso - d6 ) 31 . 61 , 35 . 16 , 56 . 54 , 113 . 57 , 129 . 59 , 131 . 08 , 147 . 06 , 149 . 16 , 153 . 13 , 160 . 57 , 193 . 70 ; ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 301 ( m +. - 133 , 0 . 5 ), 159 ( 76 . 6 ), 131 ( 159 - co , 100 ). dsc showed a melting endotherm peaked at 211 . 2 ° c . and an exotherm beginning at 224 . 0 ° c . with two peaks at 226 . 2 ° c . and 265 . 3 ° c . in the first scan . the second scan displayed no peaks up to 350 ° c . the mixture of 12 ( 0 . 125 g ) and polyethylene glycol ( mw = 600 , 0 . 201 g ) in a flask was heated to 220 °- 240 ° c . ( oil bath temperatures ) under nitrogen . the liquid became viscous rapidly . the reaction was over in 15 minutes . the polymer product appeared elastomeric and was soluble in chloroform , dimethylformamide , dimethylacetamide , and 1 , 1 , 2 , 2 - tetrachloroethane but not in dmso . ir displayed the typical carbonyl bands at 1718 cm - 1 for the ester and at 1678 cm - 1 for the amide . the mixed solids of 12 ( 0 . 253 g ) and bisphenol a ( 0 . 152 g ) in a flask were heated to 200 ° c . ( oil bath temperatures ) under nitrogen . the solids melted and soon solidified . after increasing the temperature to 240 ° c ., a viscous melt was formed in less than 5 minutes . after 20 minutes at 240 ° c ., the polymer was obtained as a hard solid which was soluble in dmso but not in chloroform and 1 , 1 , 2 , 2 - tetrachloroethane . a fiber or a film can be made directly from the polymer melt . ir displayed the typical carbonyl bands at 1739 cm - 1 for the ester and at 1662 cm - 1 for the amide . the glass transition was found to be 157 ° c . by dsc . a sample vial containing solid 5 - aminobenzocyclobuteneone ( 8 ) was heated in an oil bath at 180 °- 210 ° c . for 20 minutes . ir of the resulting resin displayed a new peak at 1676 cm due to the amide group and very weak peak due to unreacted ketone . dsc of the cured resin showed a weak transition near 190 ° c . the mixture of 5 - aminobenzocyclobutenone ( 0 . 93 g ) and with 1 , 3 , 5 - benzenetricarbonyl trichloride ( 0 . 50 g ) in dry pyridine ( 10 ml ) and dmso ( 2 ml ) was heated at 70 ° c . for 18 hours . the clear solution was poured into water to give yellow precipitates . the solids were collected by filtration and washed with water and methanol . after drying at 50 ° c . under vacuum , the pure triamide 14 was obtained ( 0 . 89 g , 85 %). ir ( kbr ) 1680 ( amide ), 1758 ( c ═ o ), 3312 ( nh ) cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , dmso - d6 ) 4 . 01 ( s , 6h ), 7 . 74 ( br s , 3h ), 7 . 95 ( br s , 6h ), 8 . 75 ( s , 3h , n - h ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 301 ( m +. - 133 , 0 . 5 ), 159 ( 76 . 6 ), 131 ( 159 - co , 100 ). dsc showed no melting endotherm , except for an exotherm beginning at 283 . 9 ° c . and peaked at 290 . 8 ° c . in the first scan . the second scan displayed no peaks up to 350 ° c . the amine 8 ( 0 . 33 g ) in dry pyridine ( 2 ml ) at room temperature with stirring . 4 - fluorobenzenesulfonyl chloride ( 0 . 5 g ) was added in one portion . stirring continued overnight . the red solution was poured into water ( 10 ml ). to this suspension , methanol was then added until a clear solution was formed . on standing at room temperature overnight , the product was crystallized out . after filtration , washing with aqueous methanol ( 30 % by volume ) twice and drying in vacuo , the product 15 was obtained in 98 % yield ( 70 . 8 g ). mp 146 . 1 ° c . ( dsc ); ir ( kbr ) 1162 , 1759 , 3243 cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , cdcl3 ) 3 . 92 ( s , 2h ), 7 . 14 ( br t , 2h , o - f - ph - h ), 7 . 29 ( d d , 1h ), 7 . 35 ( br s , 1h , nh ), 7 . 45 ( d d , 1h ), 7 . 81 ( m , 2h ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 291 ( m +., 27 ), 263 ( m +. - co , 39 ), 132 ( 263 ( m +. -. so2ph , 39 ), 104 ( 133 - co , 100 ). dsc showed a melting endotherm peaked at 146 . 1 ° c . and an exotherm beginning at 210 . 6 ° c . and peaked at 222 . 0 ° c . in the first scan . the second scan displayed no peaks up to 350 ° c . to a cold solution of phosphoric acid ( 75 %, 1 . 788 g ), were added 5 - aminobenzocyclobutenone ( 0 . 502 g ), sulfuric acid ( 0 . 20 g ) and water ( 10 ml ). the solution of sodium nitrite ( 0 . 196 g ) in water ( 1 ml ) was then added with good stirring . after stirring for 10 minutes , a small amount of urea was added to the resulting pink solution . the reaction mixture was heated up to 30 ° c . for 10 minutes . the dark solution was cooled to room temperature and saturated with sodium chloride . after standing overnight , the mixture was filtered and the filtrate was extracted eight times with diethyl ether ( 50 ml ). the ether extracts were combined and concentrated under reduced pressure . the product was isolated from the residue by preparative thin layer chromatography ( 15 % ethyl acetate in hexanes ) as yellow solids ( 64 mg , 13 %). mp 131 . 3 ° c . ; ir ( kbr ) 1733 ( c ═ o ), 3267 ( oh ) cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , acetone - d6 ) 3 . 78 ( s , 2h ), 7 . 10 ( d d , 1h ), 7 . 77 ( d d , 1h ), 7 . 46 ( d d , 1h ), 8 . 84 ( s , 1h , oh ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 134 ( m +., 65 ), 106 ( m +. - co , 100 ). dsc showed a melting endotherm peaked at 131 . 3 ° c . and an exotherm beginning at 201 . 4 ° c . in the first scan . the second scan displayed no peaks up to 350 ° c . at 0 °- 5 ° c ., a solution of sodium nitrite ( 0 . 759 g ) in water ( 5 ml ) was added into a suspension of the amine 8 in 2 . 5 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid and 10 ml of water . after stirring for 15 minutes , a solution of potassium iodide ( 1 . 826 g ) in 3 ml of water was added slowly . the cloudy , orange - purple solution was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour . the reaction mixture was diluted with water ( 50 ml ) and extracted with with ether ( 2 × 100 ml ). the etheral extracts were washed with aqueous sodium carbonate solution and water . removal of solvent and flash chromatography of the residue afforded the iodide 17 . 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , cdcl3 ) 4 . 00 ( s , 2h ), 7 . 27 ( d d , 1h ), 7 . 48 ( d d , 1h ), 8 . 13 ( s , 1h ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 244 ( m +., 12 ), 216 ( m +. - co , 7 . 8 ), 89 ( 216 ( m +. - co -. i , 40 ). to a solution of maleic anhydride ( 206 mg , 2 . 1 mmol ) in dry diethyl ether ( 5 ml ), was added the solid 8 ( 266 mg , 2 . 0 mmol ) in one portion at room temperature . the white solids were formed immediately after addition . after 10 - 15 minutes , the amic acid ( 407 mg , 86 %) was collected by filtration and dried in air . to a solution of the above amic acid in acetic anhydride ( 3 ml ), was added dry sodium acetate ( 82 mg , 1 . 0 mmol ). the mixture was heated at 80 °- 90 ° c . for 2 hours . the reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature and poured into water ( 20 ml ) with stirring . the mixture was then stirred until the solids were formed . the crude imide product was collected on the filter funnel , washed with water several times and dried in air . recrystallization from toluene gave 18 as colorless crystalline solids : 222 mg ( 52 %); mp 148 °- 149 ° c . ; ir ( kbr ) 1711 , 1763 , 3084 cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , cdcl3 ) 4 . 03 ( s , 2h ), 6 . 90 ( s , 2h ), 7 . 36 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 52 ( d d , 1h ), 7 . 65 ( d , 1h ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 213 ( m +., 68 . 6 ), 185 ( m +. - co , 100 ). dsc showed a melting endotherm peaked at 146 . 5 ° c . and an exotherm beginning at 158 ° c . in the first scan . the second scan displayed no peaks up to 330 ° c . to a solution of 8 ( 230 mg , 2 . 2 mmol ) in dry pyridine ( 3 ml ) at room temperature , was added methacryloyl chloride ( 266 mg , 2 . 0 mmol ) under nitrogen . the resulting yellow - orange solution was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours . the reaction solution was diluted with diethyl ether ( 50 ml ) and washed with diluted hydrochloric acid three times . removal of the solvent and subsequent recrystallization of the residue ethanol / cyclohexane afforded the pure amide product 19 as yellow crystalline flakes : 0 . 35 g ( 87 %); mp 149 °- 150 ° c . ; ir ( kbr ) 1666 , 1745 , 2923 , 3357 cm - 1 ; 1h nmr ( 200 mhz , cdcl3 ). 2 . 27 ( s , 3h ), 4 . 13 ( s , 2h ), 5 . 69 ( m , 1h ), 6 . 01 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 45 ( d , 1h ), 7 . 70 ( d , 1h ), 7 . 79 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 87 ( d d , 1h ); ms ( ei , m / e , relative intensity %) 201 ( m +., 37 . 5 ), 173 ( m +. - co , 43 . 5 ). dsc showed a melting endotherm peaked at 147 ° c . and an exotherm beginning at 199 ° c . in the first scan . the second scan displayed no peaks up to 330 ° c . benzocyclobutenone ( 1 . 20 g ) was added slowly to concentrated sulfuric acid ( 5 ml ) at 0 ° c . with vigorous stirring . the mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid ( 1 . 0 ml ) and nitric acid ( 70 %, 1 . 05 g ) was added at such a rate that the solution temperature remained at 10 ° c . after the completion of addition of nitrating solution , the reaction mixture was then poured into icey water ( 30 ml ). the resulting mixture was filtered . the filtrate was neutralized with sodium carbonate powders and the water was then evaporated under vacuum . the residue was then extracted with methylene chloride ( 3 × 50 ml ). after removal of methylene chloride , the pure product ( 3 - nitrobenzocyclobutenone ) was isolated from the residue by chromatography on silica gel : 55 mg ; 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