Syntheses and absolute stereochemistry of chiral 9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracenes and their tricarbonylchromium complexes

Summary Several chiral mono- and disubstituted 9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracenes have been prepared from the corresponding anthracenes. Most of them were separated into enantiomers by chromatography on cellulose triacetate (CTA) and their absolute chiralities established by chiroptical comparison (via their CD spectra) with key compounds of known configuration. From the laevorotatory 1,5-dibromo derivative16 the dextrorotatory dideuterio hydrocarbon (+)(9S, 10S)-20 was obtained.Complexation of 2,6-dimethyl 9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracene (+)-25, obtained by enantio-selective chromatography onCTA with its chirality (9R, 10R) deduced from optical comparison with the 2-monomethyl derivative of known configuration], with Cr(CO)₆ afforded two mono tricarbonyl-chromium complexes endo(+)-26 andexo(+)-27] as well as the bis-exo,endo-complex (+)-28. Configurational assignments (exo, endo) are based on the absorption patterns of the bridge protons in the¹H-NMR spectra.On leave from Research Institute of Chemical Processing and Utilization of Forest Products, Nanking, P.R. China. mit Cr(CO)₆ lieferte zwei Mono-tricarbonylchrom-Komplexe endo(+)-26 undexo(+)-27] neben dem Bis-exo,endo-Komplex (+)-28. Die konfigurative Zuordnung (exo,endo) war aufgrund der Absorptionen der Brücken-H-Atome in den¹H-NMR-Spektren möglich.