137454-00-3

Basic information

• Product Name: 2,2,6,6-tetramethylbenzo[1,2-d:4,5-d’]bis([1,3]dithiole)
• Synonyms: 2,2,6,6-tetramethylbenzo[1,2-d:4,5-d’]bis([1,3]dithiole)
• CAS NO: 137454-00-3
• Molecular Weight: 286.507
• Mol File: 137454-00-3.mol
• Article Data: 14

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: 2,2,6,6-tetramethylbenzo[1,2-d:4,5-d’]bis([1,3]dithiole)(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 2,2,6,6-tetramethylbenzo[1,2-d:4,5-d’]bis([1,3]dithiole)(137454-00-3)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 2,2,6,6-tetramethylbenzo[1,2-d:4,5-d’]bis([1,3]dithiole)(137454-00-3)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 137454-00-3(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 447463-65-2 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(tert-butylthio)benzene 
• 67-64-1 acetone 

Relevant articles and documents

Synthesis, Characterization, and Nanoencapsulation of Tetrathiatriarylmethyl and Tetrachlorotriarylmethyl (Trityl) Radical Derivativesí-A Study to Advance Their Applicability as in Vivo EPR Oxygen Sensors

Tissue oxygenation plays an important role in the pathophysiology of various diseases and is often a marker of prognosis and therapeutic response. EPR (ESR) is a suitable noninvasive oximetry technique. However, to reliably deploy soluble EPR probes as oxygen sensors in complex biological systems, there is still a need to investigate and improve their specificity, sensitivity, and stability. We reproducibly synthesized various derivatives of tetrathiatriarylmethyl and tetrachlorotriarylmethyl (trityl) radicals. Hydrophilic radicals were investigated in aqueous solution mimicking physiological conditions by, e.g., variation of viscosity and ionic strength. Their specificity was satisfactory, but the oxygen sensitivity was low. To enhance the capability of trityl radicals as oxygen sensors, encapsulation into oily core nanocapsules was performed. Thus, different lipophilic triesters were prepared and characterized in oily solution employing oils typically used in drug formulations, i.e., middle-chain triglycerides and isopropyl myristate. Our screening identified the deuterated ethyl ester of D-TAM (radical 13) to be suitable. It had an extremely narrow single EPR line under anoxic conditions and excellent oxygen sensitivity. After encapsulation, it retained its oxygen responsiveness and was protected against reduction by ascorbic acid. These biocompatible and highly sensitive nanosensors offer great potential for future EPR oximetry applications in preclinical research.

General synthesis of persistent trityl radicals for EPR imaging of biological systems.

In this paper we describe the syntheses of the tetraoxygenated triarylmethyl (trityl) radical 14 and the tetrathiatriarylmethyl (trityl) radicals 15 and 16. The syntheses include new and improved preparations of the key intermediate compounds 1 and 2. The new route to compound 2 is noteworthy for its efficiency and its avoidance of the highly toxic compound phosgene as well as the isolation of the air-sensitive 1,2,4,5-benzenetetrathiol.

Versatile Trityl Spin Labels for Nanometer Distance Measurements on Biomolecules In Vitro and within Cells

Structure determination of biomacromolecules under in-cell conditions is a relevant yet challenging task. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) distance measurements in combination with site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) are a valuable tool in this endeavor but the usually used nitroxide spin labels are not well-suited for in-cell measurements. In contrast, triarylmethyl (trityl) radicals are highly persistent, exhibit a long relaxation time and a narrow spectral width. Here, the synthesis of a versatile collection of trityl spin labels and their application in in vitro and in-cell trityl–iron distance measurements on a cytochrome P450 protein are described. The trityl labels show similar labeling efficiencies and better signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) as compared to the popular methanethiosulfonate spin label (MTSSL) and enabled a successful in-cell measurement.

Fluorescent Dyes with Large Stokes Shifts Based on Benzo[1,2-d:4,5-d']bis([1,3]dithiole) (“S4-DBD Dyes”)

We report on a further development of [1,3]-dioxolo[4.5-f]benzodioxole (DBD) fluorescent dyes by replacement of the four oxygen atoms of the heterocyclic core by sulfur atoms. This variation causes striking changes of the photophysical properties. Whereas absorption and emission significantly shifted to longer wavelength, the fluorescence lifetimes and quantum yields are diminished compared to DBD dyes. The latter effect is presumably caused by an enhanced intersystem crossing to the triplet state due to the sulfur atoms. The very large Stokes shifts of the S4-DBD dyes ranging from 3000 cm–1 to 7400 cm–1 (67 nm to 191 nm) should be especially emphasized. By analogy with DBD dyes a broad variation of absorption and emission wavelength is possible by introducing different electron withdrawing substituents. Moreover, some derivatives for coupling with biomolecules were developed.

Trityl Radicals with a Combination of the Orthogonal Functional Groups Ethyne and Carboxyl: Synthesis without a Statistical Step and EPR Characterization

Finland trityl radical (FTR) shows very attractive EPR spectroscopic properties for a manifold of applications. For most of its applications only one chemically reactive functional group is needed. The presence of three equally reactive carboxyl groups leads to FTR modifications through reactions which give statistical mixtures of 1-fold-, 2-fold-, and 3-fold-modified and unmodified FTR. To avoid the side effects of such a statistical reaction - limited yields and separation challenges - we took a route to FTR-type trityl radicals with scaffold assembly by addition of an aryllithium with one type of substituent to a diarylketone with another type of substituent. This gave the two FTR-type trityl radicals 1 and 2 which carry a combination of the chemically orthogonal groups, carboxyl and triisopropylsilylethynyl. Standard column chromatography was sufficient for product isolation on all stages, whereby polar tagging helped. The EPR spectroscopic properties of the trityl radicals 1 and 2 in ethanol were determined in X and W bands. Their g anisotropy and T1 and T2 relaxation times make them spin labels as good as the benchmark FTR. This paper discloses also details on the synthesis of building blocks used for FTR preparation and improved access to the bare FTR scaffold.