CHED 504 |
| β-Linked dipyrroalkanes are compounds comprised of two pyrrole rings connected at β-positions by a straight chain alkane. In our previous work, we developed methodology for the preparation of β-linked dipyrrobutane, dipyrropentane, and dipyrrohexane. We are presently seeking to determine whether such species can serve as precursors to conformationally restricted 2,2¢-bipyrroles or as building blocks to tetrapyrrolic macrocycles. Attempts to the prepare conformationally restricted 2,2¢-bipyrroles via the oxidation of β-linked dipyrrobutane and dipyrrohexane were performed by surveying a variety of oxidants and reaction conditions. Attempts to prepare tetrapyrrolic macrocycles from the two-step, one-flask reaction of the same β-linked dipyrroalkanes with benzaldehyde were also carried out with a systematic investigation of key reaction parameters. The results of both studies will be presented. |
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Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Organic Chemistry
11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Monday, March 26, 2007 Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Riverside Center, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |