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3-Hydroxy-4-{[(4-chlorophenyl)imino]methyl}phenyl Octadecanoate
 
 
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3-Hydroxy-4-{[(4-bromophenyl)imino]methyl}phenyl Octadecanoate

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Department of Chemical Science, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jln Universiti, Bandar Barat, 31900 Kampar, Perak, Malaysia
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Department of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jln Genting Jelang, Setapak, 53300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Present address: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543.
Molbank 2010, 2010(2), M675; https://doi.org/10.3390/M675
Submission received: 25 March 2010 / Accepted: 8 April 2010 / Published: 9 April 2010

Abstract

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A new Schiff base ester, 3-hydroxy-4-{[(4-bromophenyl)imino]methyl}phenyl octadecanoate, was synthesized and its IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and MS spectroscopic data are presented.

Schiff bases have attracted overwhelming attentions from many researchers owing to their importance in exhibiting thermochromism and photochromism [1,2,3,4]. The presence of a long alkyl chain at the para position of the aldehyde or aniline fragment of N-benzylideneanilines has been regarded as one of the important elements which favours the existence of liquid crystal phases [5,6,7]. Different terminal chain length can significantly influence the anisotropic properties of liquid crystals [5]. Thus, we report here another new derivative containing an octadecanoyloxy chain, 3-hydroxy-4-{[(4-bromophenyl)imino]methyl}phenyl octadecanoate.

Synthesis

4-Formyl-3-hydroxyphenyl octadecanoate was previously prepared via Steglich esterification [8]. In a round-bottom flask, a mixture of the aldehyde I (1.74 g, 5.0 mmol), 4-bromoaniline (0.86 g, 5.0 mmol) and absolute ethanol (40 mL) was refluxed with stirring for 3 h. The reaction mixture was filtered and the solvent was removed from the filtrate by evaporation. Recrystallization from absolute ethanol gave the title compound as a yellow solid (1.06 g, 38%).
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Melting point: 110.1 °C
MS (EI): m/z = 558 (M+)
IR (KBr, cm−1): 3447 (O-H), 2950, 2917, 2848 (C-H aliphatic); 1758 (C=O ester); 1629 (C=N); 1607, 1471 (C=C aromatic), 1075 (C-Br).
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ/ppm 0.92 (t, 3H, J = 7.2 Hz, CH3), 1.29-1.49 {m, 28H, CH3(CH2)14-}, 1.79 (quint, 2H, J = 7.3 Hz, -CH2CH2COO-), 2.57 (t, 2H, J = 7.4 Hz, -CH2COO-), 6.72 (dd, 1H, J = 2.2, 8.4 Hz, Ar-H), 6.79 (d, 1H, J = 2.1 Hz, Ar-H), 7.16 (dd, 2H, J = 2.7, 8.6 Hz, Ar-H), 7.36 (d, 1H, J = 8.5 Hz, Ar-H), 7.54 (dd, 2H, J = 2.7, 8.6 Hz, Ar-H), 8.58 (s, 1H, CH=N), 13.13 (s, 1H, OH).
13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ/ppm 171.7 (COO), 163.0 (CH=N), 162.5, 155.4, 147.9, 133.5, 132.9, 123.1, 117.3, 113.3, 110.8, 110.0 (aromatic carbons), 34.83 (-CH2COO-), 25.25 (-CH2CH2COO-), 32.24, 29.98, 29.95, 29.90, 29.75, 29.63, 29.54, 29.43, 22.95 (CH3(CH2)14-), 14.28 (CH3).
Elemental analysis: Calculated for C31H44BrNO3 C, 66.66%, H, 7.94%, N, 2.51%; Found: C, 66.78%, H, 7.85%, N, 2.53%.

Supplementary materials

Supplementary File 1Supplementary File 2Supplementary File 3

Acknowledgements

The author (S.T. Ha) would like to thank Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman for the financial support and research facilities.

References and Notes

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Ha, S.-T.; Ng, M.-Y.; Koh, T.-M.; Lee, T.-L. 3-Hydroxy-4-{[(4-bromophenyl)imino]methyl}phenyl Octadecanoate. Molbank 2010, 2010, M675. https://doi.org/10.3390/M675

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Ha S-T, Ng M-Y, Koh T-M, Lee T-L. 3-Hydroxy-4-{[(4-bromophenyl)imino]methyl}phenyl Octadecanoate. Molbank. 2010; 2010(2):M675. https://doi.org/10.3390/M675

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Ha, Sie-Tiong, Mei-Yoke Ng, Teck-Ming Koh, and Teck-Leong Lee. 2010. "3-Hydroxy-4-{[(4-bromophenyl)imino]methyl}phenyl Octadecanoate" Molbank 2010, no. 2: M675. https://doi.org/10.3390/M675

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