MACROBICYCLIC AND MACROTRICYCLIC DERIVATIVES OF N,N `,N `', N `''-TETRASUBSTITUTED CYCLEN AND CYCLAM

N,N',N `',N'''-Tetrabenzyl derivatives of cyclen and cyclam possessing two bromine atoms in trans-positioned phenyl rings were introduced in the Pd-catalyzed amination reactions with oxadiamines and polyamines to provide a wide series of macrobicyclic compounds with tetrabenzyl substituted cyclen and cyclam central moieties in yields up to 31%. Macrocycles based on 1,7-dibenzylcyclen were modified with two 3-bromobenzyl substituents and introduced in the Pd-catalyzed macrocyclization with di- and trioxadiamines to afford spherically shaped macrotricyclic cryptands in yields up to 33%. An alternative approach to isomeric macrotricyclic cryptands employed Pd-catalyzed amination of di(Boc)-di(3-bromobenzyl)cyclen followed by the dialkylation of the resulting bicycle with two bromobenzyl groups and final catalytic macrocyclization step (yields up to 24%).