Debenz[c,j]octalen

Dibenzo[c,j]octalene (2), to be regarded as a model for the hypothetical octalene double bond isomer (1), has been synthesized. As borne out by NMR studies, (2) exists as an equilibrating mixture of the anticipated conformers (2a) and 2(b).     

[10b, 10c]Diazapyraceheptylene

The labile [10b, 10c]diazapyraceheptylene 1 was obtained by thermoflash dehydrogenation of a mixture of olefins 5a/b. The ¹H NMR spectrum indicates a strong influence of the 14π-electron periphery. A by-product of the synthesis of 1, i.e., pyrazino[2,1,6-cd:5,4,3-c′d′]dipyrrolizine 6, points to a rearrangement of the diazapyraceheptylene system, which may be frontier orbital controlled.     

Benzo[c,d]indole carbocyanines

A symmetrical and some asymmetrical carbocyanines (benzo[c,d]indole derivatives) were synthesized.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 340–341, March, 1973.     

Benz[c]octalen

An expedient new synthesis of benzo[c]octalene starting from the Diels-Alder adduct of benzocyclobutadiene to 7,8-dimethylenecycloocta-1,3,5-triene is described. This octalene derivative, in solution, exists as an equilibrating mixture of the double bond isomers (2) and (3) whereas in its crystalline state only the isomer (2) is present.     

Synthesis of 6-fluoroalkylbenzo[h]cyclopenta[c]quinoline and -benzo[c]phenanthridine derivatives

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Cyclopenta[c]pyrans

Natural occurrence, synthesis, chemical behavior, and physical properties of aromatic cyclopenta[c]pyrans are reviewed. Various strategies for the synthesis of cyclopenta[c]pyrans starting from cyclopentadienes, fulvenes, oxadiazinones, or α‐pyrones were developed according to the substitution patterns of the target compounds. J. Heterocyclic Chem., (2011).     

π-Bond Configurations,Conformations, and Dynamic Behaviour of Benzo[c]octalene and Dibenzo[c,j]octalene

The π-bond configurations, the conformations, and the dynamic behaviour of dibenzo [c,j]octalene (2) and of benzo [c]octalene (3) have been investigated by ¹³C-NMR. spectroscopy at different temperatures. Dibenzooctalene was found to present π-bond fixation in the octalene unit as in 2b ; with this π-bond fixation the molecule is not planar and takes two different conformations which are rapidly interconverted by inversion of one cyclooctatetraene ring. Monobenzooctalene (3) also presents π-bond fixation in the octalene unit but exists as two valence isomers, 3b and 3c. Isomer 3c dominates the dynamic equilibrium. With this π-bond configuration, the molecule is chiral but undergoes several isodynamic processes, namely inversion of the cyclooctatriene and/or of the cyclooctatetraene ring. The valence isomer 3b can have two different conformations which are rapidly interconverted by inversion of one cyclooctatetraene ring. The interconversion 3c ? 3b implies the occurrence of a π-bond shift process; this process affects the ¹³C-NMR. lineshape above 50°.     

2a,4a-Diazacyclopenta[c,d]Azulenes

A method of preparing 5-aryl-1,2-pentaniethyleneimidazoles from O-methylcaprolactim and -aminoacetophenone hydrochlorides is described. It is shown that 1, 2-tri-, -tetra-, and -pentamethyleneirrüdazoles and phenacyl bromide give the corresponding quaternary imidazolium salts, cyclization of which in the presence of base gives the previously unknown 5,6, 78-tetrahydro-2a, 4a-diazacyclopenta(c,dJazulenes (IVa-i).T. G. Shevchenko National Unkiversity, Kiev 254017. T. G. Shevchenko Educational Institute, Chernigov 250037. Translated from Khimiya Geterotskilicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1072–1077, August, 1996. Original article submitted February 27, 1996; revision submitted June 27, 1996.