Synthesis of per-deuterated alkyl amines for the preparation of deuterated organic pyromellitamide gelators

…, JM Hook, P Thordarson, PJ Holden, M James

Index: Yepuri, Nageshwar R.; Jamieson, Scott A.; Darwish, Tamim A.; Rawal, Aditya; Hook, James M.; Thordarson, Pall; Holden, Peter J.; James, Michael Tetrahedron Letters, 2013 , vol. 54, # 20 p. 2538 - 2541

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Abstract

A general, direct and scalable synthesis of per-deuterated alkyl amines is reported, together with their incorporation into pyromellitamides, which form self-assembled gels in cyclohexane. The deuterium labelling of these gelators allows the study of the dynamic intermolecular interactions in these materials using solid-state 2H NMR spectroscopy.