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Savannah Momo on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 5:40:35 AM
Specific electron transporting molecules that can be prepared in
accordance with the present invention are selected from the group
consisting of
anthrone
derivatives and anthraquinodimethane derivatives of the following
formulas: wherein A and B are independently selected from the group
consisting of CN and COOR, wherein R is an alkyl group or an aryl
group; X and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of
alkyl, aryl, halide, hydroxy and electron withdrawing groups such as
CN, NO 2 , COR, COOR, and the like, wherein R is as defined herein, and
m and n are numbers of from 0 to 3.
With further reference to the process of the present invention, the
condensation reaction of the anthraquinone with active methylene
compounds, inclusive of malononitrile, (dicyanomethane), malonate
(bis[methoxycarbonyl]methane), dinitromethane, beta diketones, and the
like, is affected in a suitable organic solvent at room temperature in
the presence of a base and a Lewis acid. With the proper choice of
reactants, both the 11,11,12,12-tetrasubstituted anthraquinodimethane
and 10-disubstituted methylene anthrone derivatives can be obtained by
similar synthetic process.
More specifically, the electron transporting anthrone
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derivatives are prepared by reacting 1 mole of an anthraquinone with 1
to 1.5 moles of an active methylene compound. The aforementioned
condensation is affected in the presence of an excess, generally 2 to 5
moles, of a Lewis acid such as titanium tetrachloride and an excess,
generally 4 to 20 moles, of a base inclusive of pyridine. Suitable
solvents for the reaction include chlorinated compounds like methylene
chloride, chloroform, and 1,2-dichloroethane; and ethyl acetate. Also,
this reaction is usually initially accomplished at ice-bath
temperatures, and then at room temperature.
Therefore, the preparation of anthrone derivatives, which can be
purified by recrystallization or by chromatography, and are
characterized by elemental analysis, spectroscopy and mass
spectrometry, can be illustrated with reference to the following
reaction scheme: wherein X, Y, Z, m and n are as defined hereinbefore.
Similarly, the electron transporting anthraquinodimethane derivatives
are synthesized by reacting 1 mole of an anthraquinone with 2 to 3
moles of an active methylene compounds such as malonoitrile, malonate,
and the like. The aforementioned condensation is affected in the same
manner with reference to the preparation of the
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derivatives except that additional Lewis acid and base are employed.
Generally, thus for each mole of anthraquinone, 3 to 5 moles of
titanium tetrachloride, and 6 to 25 moles of pyridine were used.
Accordingly, the preparation of anthraquinodimethane derivatives, which
can be purified by simple recrystallization from a suitable solvent or
by chromatography, and are characterized by elemental analysis,
standard spectroscopic and mass spectrometric techniques, can be
illustrated by the following reaction sequence: wherein X, Y, A, m and
n are as defined herein.
With further reference to the synthesis of the anthraquinodimethane
derivatives with different substituents, that is, wherein the A
substituent, for example, is CN, and the B substituents are COOR, at
the carbon-11 and carbon-12 position, there is reacted 10-disubstituted
methylene
anthrones ,
with 1 to 1.5 moles of active methylene compounds, in accordance with
the following reaction scheme (III). The aforementioned condensation is
affected in the presence of an excess, generally 2 to 5 moles of a
Lewis acid such as titanium tetrachloride, and an excess, generally 4
to 20 moles, of a base inclusive of pyridine. Suitable solvents for
this reaction include chlorinated compounds like methylene chloride,
chloroform, and 1,2-dichloroethane; and ethylacetate. Also, this
reaction is usually initially accomplished at ice bath temperatures,
and then at room temperature. wherein the A substituents are COOR, the
B substituents are CN, and the other substituents are as defined herein.
With regard to all the reactions illustrated herein, the reaction
temperature generally ranges from about 0° to about 30° C. Electrical
testing was carried out in accordance with the procedure of Example
VIII. Specifically, this imaging member was positively charged to
fields of 40 volts/micron and exposed to white light of wavelengths of
400 to 700 nanometers. The half decay exposure sensitivity of this
device was 50 ergs/cm 2 , and its electrical properties remained
substantially the same after 1,000 cycles of repeated charging and
discharging.
Other modifications of the present invention may occur to those skilled
in the art based upon a reading of the present disclosure and these
modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the
present invention.