Reactions retrodieniques XIII - thermolyse eclair des (Z) et (E) dihydroxy-11, 12 ethano-9,10 dihydro-9,10 anthracenes : synthese des (Z) et (E) ethenediols-1,2

The flash vacuum thermolysis of diols $\text{3}$ and $\text{4}$ affords, via a retro-Diels-Alder cleavage, the simplest enediols $\text{1}$ and $\text{2}$ for which the NMR and IR spectra as well as their thermal evolution are reported.     

Hydroxybromierung,Methoxybromierung und Acetoxybromierung von (Z)- und (E)-Cyclododecen

The reactions of (Z)- and (E)-cyclododecene with N-bromosuccinimide in the presence of water, methanol or acetic acid, are described. In every case,trans-1,2-addition is observed. Whereas hydroxybromination and methoxybromination result in the formation of 2-bromocyclododecanol, and 2-bromo-1-methoxycyclododecane, resp., acetoxybromination gives 1-acetoxy-2-bromocyclododecane in addition to 2,2-dibromodicyclododecylether.

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Aus der Dissertation zur Promotion A,G. Haufe, Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig, 1975.     

Synthese der (1Z,3E) und (1Z,3Z)-isomeren des wisanins

The (1Z,3E)- and (1Z,3Z)-isomers of wisanine were synthesized and characterized by their spectroscopic data.     

Synthese und Geruch von (E)- und (Z)-bis-homo-ß-Santalol

Summary The synthesis of the title compounds is described. Guided by theoretical considerations and molecular modeling studies, the influence of the bulky group opposite to the osmophorically important primary hydroxyl function on the odour impression is determined. The organoleptic evaluation proved the predicted sandal like odour of the (Z)-isomer and its also predicted absence with (E)-isomer. A moderate increase of the volume of the bulky group shows no influence on the sandalwood odour of the new analogue.

     

Characterization of posticlure and the structure-related sex pheromone candidates prepared by epoxidation of (6Z,9Z,11E)-6,9,11-trienes and (3Z,6Z,9Z,11E)-3,6,9,11-tetraenes

trans-11,12-Epoxy-(6Z,9Z)-6,9-henicosadiene (posticlure) has been identified from a pheromone gland of the lymantriid species, Orgyia postica. Since the diversity of Lepidoptera suggests that some species utilize the structure-related epoxy compound as a sex pheromone component, epoxydienes and epoxytrienes derived from (6Z,9Z,11E)-6,9,11-trienes and (3Z,6Z,9Z,11E)-3,6,9,11-tetraenes with a C₁₉–C₂₁ chain were systematically synthesized and the chemical data were accumulated in order to contribute to a new pheromone research. Peracid oxidation of each triene and each tetraene produced, respectively, a mixture of three epoxydienes (cis-6,7-epoxy-9,11-diene; cis-9,10-epoxy-6,11-diene; and trans-11,12-epoxy-6,9-diene) and four epoxytrienes (cis-3,4-epoxy-6,9,11-triene; cis-6,7-epoxy-3,9,11-triene; cis-9,10-epoxy-3,6,11-triene; and trans-11,12-epoxy-3,6,9-triene). While the 9,10-epoxy compounds were unstable and, interestingly, converted into 9-ketone derivatives after chromatography over SiO₂, each positional isomer was isolated by HPLC equipped with an ODS column, and the chemical structure was determined by NMR analysis. On the GC-MS analysis with a DB-23 column, the positional isomers were also eluted separately and characteristic mass spectra were proposed. By comparing the spectral data of the epoxy compounds with a different carbon chain, diagnostic fragment ions reflecting the chemical structure were determined as follows: m/z 79, 109, 113, and M-114 for the 6,7-epoxydienes; m/z 69, 97, 111, 139, and M-111 for the 9,10-epoxydienes; m/z 57, 79, 109, 136, M-151, and M-111 for the 11,12-epoxydienes; m/z 79, 91, 105, and 119 for the 3,4-epoxytrienes; m/z 79, 124, M-124, M-96, and M-69 for the 6,7-epoxytrienes; m/z 79, 95, 109, 137, and M-108 for the 9,10-epoxytrienes; and m/z 79, 134, M-149, M-109, and M-95 for the 11,12-epoxytrienes.