Theoretical studies on cycloaddition reactions between 1-aza-2-azoniaallene cation and olefins

Density functional (B3LYP) calculations using the 6-31++g basis set have been employed to study the title reaction between the cationic 1,3-dipolar 1-aza-2-azoniaallene ion (H2C=N(+)=NH) and ethene. Our calculations confirmed that [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction takes place via a three-membered ring intermediate. In addition, solvent effects and substituent effects were also studied. For the reactions involving tetrachloroethene, there are two attacking sites. One is on the NH group in the 1-aza-2-azoniaallene ion, another is on its terminal CH2 group, and they are competitive for both approaching positions. Electron-releasing methyl substituents on ethene favor the reaction, and the potential energy surface is quite different from the previous one.     

Theoretical studies on cycloaddition reactions between 2-azoniaallene cations and olefins

The mechanisms of cycloaddition reactions between 2-azoniaallene cations and olefins have been explored at the B3LYP/6-31G level. It is found that the positive charge in 2-azoniaallene makes the reaction more complicated. For the reactions between olefins with Cl groups or CH(3) groups and 2-azoniaallene, the typical carboniums have been located along the reaction path. In addition, for the reactions between 1,1-dimethylethene and 1,3-dichrolo-2-azoniaallene, different paths and products have been rationalized and verified.     

Theoretical studies on cycloaddition reactions between keteniminium cations and olefins

The mechanisms of seven reactions between keteniminium cations and olefins have been theoretically explored at BHandHLYP/6-31G level. It is found that these seven reactions always form a relatively stable hydrogen-bonded type of ion-molecule complex first except for reactions 1d+2a and 1e+2a, which have no hydrogen atom attached to nitrogen atom in keteniminium cations. Some reactions take place via a concerted but unsynchronous mechanism, and the others are stepwise processes. The substituent effects are also studied. The data reveal that the electron-pushing substituents on keteniminium cations disfavor the reaction, and the electron-attracting substituents on keteniminium cations favor the reactions. The substituent effects on ethene are contrary to the former case.     

锗苯与腈氧化物1,3偶极环加成反应理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)方法在B3LYP/6-311G**水平研究了锗苯与腈氧化物的1,3偶极环加成反应的微观机理、势能剖面,考察取代基和四氢呋喃溶剂对反应势能剖面的影响.计算结果表明,所研究反应均以协同但非同步的方式进行,且总是Ge—O键先于C—C键形成.锗苯分子中Ge原子上的给电子和吸电子取代基均有利于反应的进行,而腈氧化物C原子上的2,4,6-三甲苯基取代基在热力学上对反应很不利.四氢呋喃溶剂对所研究反应的势能剖面影响不大.     

The cycloaddition of the 1,3-butadiene radical cation with acrolein and methyl vinyl ketone

The 1,3-butadiene radical cation reacts with acrolein and methyl vinyl ketone to produce ‘stable’ adducts. The nature of the reaction and the structures of the adducts were investigated by collisional activation decomposition (CAD) combined with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), and also by Fourier transform mass spectrometry. The CAD spectra of gas-phase adducts were compared with those of suitable model compounds. On that basis, it was determined that the 1,3-butadiene radical cation undergoes a cycloaddition with these α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The butadiene radical cation serves as the ‘ene’, and the acrolein and methyl vinyl ketone react as dienes, forming cycloadducts having 2-ethenyl-2,3-dihydropyran radical cation structures.     

2-硅萘与甲醛及二苯甲酮环加成反应的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)方法在B3LYP/6-311G**水平研究了2-硅萘与甲醛和二苯甲酮的[2+2]和[4+2]杂环加成反应的微观机理、势能剖面,考察取代基和苯溶剂对反应势能剖面的影响.计算结果表明,所研究反应均以协同但非同步的方式进行.羰基C原子上的苯取代基不利于反应的进行,而2-硅萘分子中Si原子上的C(CH3)3,CCl3及NH2取代基均有利于反应的进行.苯溶剂对所研究反应的势能剖面影响不大.[2+2]反应比相应的[4+2]反应容易进行,此结果与实验一致.     

Conformational selectivity in the diels-alder cycloaddition: predictions for reactions of s-trans-1,3-butadiene

Diels-Alder cycloaddition of s-trans-1,3-butadiene (1) should yield trans-cyclohexene (7), just as reaction of the s-cis conformer gives cis-cyclohexene (9). Investigation of this long-overlooked process with Hartree-Fock, Moller-Plesset, CASSCF, and DFT methods yielded in every case a C(2)-symmetric concerted transition state. At the B3LYP/6-31G (+ZPVE) level, this structure is predicted to be 42.6 kcal/mol above reactants, while the overall reaction is endothermic by 16.7 kcal/mol. A stepwise diradical process has been studied by UBLYP/6-31G theory and found to have barriers of 35.5 and 17.7 kcal/mol for the two steps. Spin correction lowers these values to 30.1 and 13.0 kcal/mol. The barrier to pi-bond rotation in cis-cyclohexene (9) is predicted (B3LYP theory) to be 62.4 kcal/mol, with trans-cyclohexene (7) lying 53.3 kcal/mol above cis isomer 9. Results suggest that pi-bond isomerization and concerted reaction may provide competitive routes for Diels-Alder cycloreversion. It is concluded that full understanding of the Diels-Alder reaction requires consideration of both conformers of 1,3-butadiene.     

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of 2-benzylideneindan-1,3-dione α-oxide to olefins

A carbonyl ylid, which reacts with maleic anhydride, N-phenylmaleinimide, and -nitrostyrene to form adducts resulting from 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, is formed reversibly when 2-benzylideneindan-1,3-dione -oxide is heated (80C). The reaction proceeds regio- and stereospecifically.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1463–1466, November, 1987.     

Microwave assisted Diels-Alder cycloaddition of 2-fluoro-3-methoxy-1,3-butadiene

The title fluorodiene (2) reacts with several dienophiles in moderate yields (20-65%, 0.5 h to 3d) when thermal activation is used. When 100 W microwave radiation is used the reaction yields (70-90%, 5-25 min) are greatly improved and the reaction times are much shorter. A microwave procedure is also used for the hydrolysis of vinyl ether cycloadducts to alpha-fluoroketones.     

Mass spectrometry for investigations of gas-phase radical cation chemistry : The two step cycloaddition of the benzene radical cation and 1,3-butadiene

Mass spectrometric techniques are now used extensively for the study of gas-phase radical cation chemistry. The generation and structural properties, the unimolecular and bimolecular chemistry of some representative radical cation systems, and the methods of study are reviewed. The structure of the ionmolecule adduct produced in the reaction of the benzene radical cation and neutral 1,3-butadiene was investigated by collisionally stabilizing the adduct and then acquiring its collision-activated decomposition spectrum. The CAD spectrum of the adduct changes dramatically as a function of the degree of collisional stabilization. This observation is interpreted in terms of two distinct structures for the adduct. The species that is stabilized at 0.7 Torr has a CAD spectrum similar to the 2-phenyl-2-butene radical cation. The second structure, stabilized at 0.1 Torr, has a CAD similar to that of 1-methylindan. The results of these experiments are interpreted in terms of a two-step cycloaddition mechanism for the formation of the 1-methylindan radical cation.     

2,3-Dicarbomethoxy-1,3-butadiene and its reactions

The preparation of 2,3-dicarbomethoxy-1,3-butadiene from flash vacuum pyrolysis of (itself obtained from methylenation of ) is described. The diene's reactions with nucleophiles and dienophiles are also reported.     

Highly regioselective diels-alder reactions of 2-trimethylsilylmethyl- and 2-trimethylstannylmethyl-1,3-butadiene

2-Trimethylsilylmethyl and 2-trimethylstannylmethyl-1,3-butadiene undergo facile cycloaddition with dienophiles, and show high regioselectivity with unsymmetrical dienophiles.     

Polymerization studies on 1-ferrocenyl-1,3-butadiene

The polymerization behavior of 1-ferrocenyl-1,3-butadiene has been investigated by using both free-radical and anionic initiation techniques. Polymerization occurred readily under the promoting action of butyllithium; however, no polymerization occurred when azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) or benzoyl peroxide was employed as initiator. Copolymerizations were carried out with methyl methacrylate and styrene. The behavior of 1-ferrocenyl-1,3-butadiene in the copolymerizations was followed by dilatometric rate measurements, solution viscosity determinations, and elemental analysis. The major effect observed was a severe reduction in the intrinsic viscosities of the copolymers. An explanation for the observed behavior of 1-ferrocenyl-1,3-butadiene in these reactions is advanced.     

A nonelectrocyclic path from the cyclobutene cation radical to the 1,3-butadiene cation radical

The conversion of the cyclobutene cation radical to the 1,3-butadiene cation radical has been studied using MINDO /3 and ab initio SCF MO methods. Not only smooth electrocyclic but also stepwise, non-electrocyclic routes were considered. Both calculational methods agree that the preferred reaction path is a novel nonelectrocyclic one proceeding through an intermediate “cyclopropylcarbinyl cation radical.” The quantitative agreement in the activation parameters calculated by the two methods is excellent. The proposed intermediate also provides an attractive explanation for the mass spectrometric fragmentation patterns of the cyclobutene and butadiene cation radicals.     

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reactions. Regioselective synthesis of heterocycles and theoretical studies

We report a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between a oxazolium 5-oxide derivative with chloroacrylonitrile or ethyl propiolate as dipolarophiles, in order to obtain substituted pyrrolizidines. Experimentally we found that the reaction is regiospecific with chloroacrylonitrile and regioselective with ethyl propiolate. The secondary attractive orbital interactions from the Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory, the differences in stability of the possible biradical intermediaries postulated for the reaction and some hindrance effects, explain the regioselectivity observed experimentally.     

硫代双烯酮与硫甲醛环加成反应机理的理论研究

采用从头算HF/6-31G^*和密度泛函B3LYP/6-31++G^*^*方法研究了硫代双烯酮与硫甲醛两种可能的环加成反应的机理,并对反应各驻点进行了电子密度拓扑分析研究.结果表明,这两个生成不同四元杂环产物的平行反应均为有一两性离子中间体的分步反应.两个反应均较易进行,但反应(1)更容易一些,结果与实验一致.     

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reactions of 1-methyl- and 1,3-dimethylindol-2-yl nitrile oxides

Reactions of the in situ prepared 1-methylindol-2-yl nitrile oxide ( 2a ) with dipolarophiles lead to isoxazolines 5 and isoxazoles 8 and to their chloro-derivatives 6 and 9 in good yields. Analogous reactions of the 1,3-dimethylindol-2-yl nitrile oxide ( 2b ) give the isoxazolines 10 and the isoxazoles 12 as main products as well as their oxidation products 11 and 13 in low yields. The mechanism of the reactions and the spectral elucidation of the cycloadducts are discussed.