8-Oxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,4-dien Thermische und lichtinduzierte Isomerisierung

8-Oxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2, 4-diene ( 1 ) yields 2,4,6-heptatrienaldehyde as major primary rearrangement product upon pyrolysis in a flow system between 200 and 300°. Above 500° o-cresol, benzaldehyde and benzene are obtained. Bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-7-one, 2,3- and 2, 5-dihydrobenzaldehyde are shown to be intermediates in this transformation to stable aromatic products. The observed conversions can be rationalized as proceeding mostly through allowed pericyclic reaction steps with heterogeneous, acid catalysed reactions participating to a minor extent. Irradiation of 1 affords 3-oxatricyclo[4.2.0.0^2,4]oct-7-ene, 2,4,6-heptatrienal and 3,5-cycloheptadienone. Upon sensitized irradiation only the latter two compounds are formed.     

A study of the reaction of bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-diene with sulphur dioxide

Thermally-induced reaction between bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-diene (I) and sulphur dioxide under dry conditions is toluene-d₈ as solvent leads to the unexpected formation of the hitherto unknown diene sulphone 7-thiabicyclo[4.2.1]nona-2,4-diene 7,7-dioxide (II).     

Polyfluoro-compounds based on the cycloheptane ring system. Part 7. Ethoxypolyfluorocycloheptenes and polyfluorocycloheptenones

Dodecafluorocycloheptene and ethanolic potassium hydroxide afforded 1- ethoxyundecafluorocycloheptene which at 410°C decomposed to decafluorocyclohept-2-enone. Decafluorohepta-l,3-diene likewise gave mainly 1-ethoxynona- fluoro-, together with some 1,4-diethoxyoctafluoro-cyclohepta-1,3-diene. The 1-ethoxy-1,3-diene was photoisomerised to 1-ethoxynonafluorobicyclo- (3,2,0)hept-6-ene (proving its structure), and was decomposed on pyrolysis at 430°C to give a complex mixture, from which octafluorocyclohepta-2,4- dienone was isolated.     

Reactivity of (bicyclo[5.1.0]octadienyl)iron(1+) cations: application to the synthesis of cis-2-(2'-carboxycyclopropyl)glycines

The addition of carbon and heteroatom nucleophiles to (bicyclo[5.1.0]octadienyl)Fe(CO)(2)L(+) cations 5 or 8 (L = CO, PPh(3)) generally proceeds via attack at the dienyl terminus on the face of the ligand opposite to iron to generate 6-substituted (bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,4-diene)iron complexes (11 or 13). In certain cases, these products are unstable with respect to elimination of a proton and the nucleophilic substituent to afford (cyclooctatetraene)Fe(CO)(2)L (4 or 7). Decomplexation of 13f, arising from addition of phthalimide to 8, gave N-(bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-3,5-dien-2-yl)phthalimide (19). Oxidative cleavage of 19 (RuCl(3)/NaIO(4)) followed by esterification gave the cyclopropane diester 22, which upon hydrolysis gave cis-2-(2'-carboxycyclopropyl)glycine (CCG-III, 18) (eight steps from 4, 43% overall yield). This methodology was also utilized for preparation of stereospecifically deuterated CCG-III (d-18) and optically enriched (-)-18. Deprotonation of 22 resulted in cyclopropane ring opening to afford the benzoindolizidine (23).     

8-Oxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,4-dien,reduktive und säurekatalysierte Ringöffnung

8-Oxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,4-diene ( 1 ) is obtained from cycloheptatriene with commercial 40% peracetic acid. Upon catalytic and LiAlH₄ reduction the allylic CO-bond in 1 is cleaved. Acid catalised hydrolysis leads to a mixture of all six possible isomeric cycloheptadienediols. With BF₃ in the absence of water isomerization to 3,5-cycloptadienone is observed.     

Reactions of fused dihydro-1,2,4-thiadiazoles with isoselenocyanates giving 6aλ4-thia-1,3,4,6-tetraazapentalene derivatives and 5,10-dihydro-1,2,4-thiaselenazolo[4,5-b][2,4]benzodiazepines

3-Methyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-1,2,4-thiadiazolo[4,5-a]pyrimidine (1) reacted with isoselenocyanates with elimination of acetonitrile and concomitant addition of two molecules of the isoselenocyanate to give 2,3-di-substituted-6,7-dihydro-5H-2aλ⁴-thia-2,3,4a,7a-tetraazacyclopent[cd]indene-1(2H),4(3H)-diselones (6a)–(6j). 3-Methyl-5,10-dihydrobenzo[e]-1,2,4-thiadiazolo[4,5-a][1,3]diazepine (3) likewise reacted with alkyl isoselenocyanates to give the 2,3-dialkyl-5-10-dihydro-2aλ⁴-thia-2,3,4a,10a-tetraazapentaleno[3,3a,4-gh]benzocycloheptene-1,4-diselones (9a)–(9h), but reaction of (3) with aryl isoselenocyanates took place with elimination of acetonitrile and incorporation of one molecule of the aryl isoselenocyanate in the product to give 3-arylimino-5,10-dihydro-1,2,4-thiaselenazolo[4,5-b][2,4]benzodiazepines (10a)–(10h). Structure (10) is a new heterocyclic system. The pyrimidine (1) and the diazepine (3) reacted with aryl isoselenocyanates at room temperature in solvents of low polarity to give zwitterion 1:1 addition compounds (7) and (12), respectively. NMR studies reveal that the thiaselenazoles (10) react in solution with aryl isoselenocyanates to give diaryl diselones (11) in a reversible process involving a Dimroth rearrangement. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Conformations and reactions of bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-en-8-ylidene

Bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-en-8-ylidene (1) can assume either the conformation of "classical" carbene 1a or that of foiled carbene 1b in which the divalent carbon bends toward the double bond. Oxadiazoline precursors for the generation of 1 were prepared, followed by photochemical and thermal decomposition as well as flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of a tosyl hydrazone sodium salt precursor, to give a number of rearrangement products. Matrix isolation experiments demonstrate the presence of a diazo intermediate and methyl acetate in all photochemical and thermal precursor reactions. The major product from rearrangements of "classical" bridged carbene 1a is bicyclo[3.3.0]octa-1,3-diene as a result of an alkyl shift, while dihydrosemibullvalene formed from a 1,3-C-H insertion. In contrast, thus far unknown strained bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-1,7-diene formed by a vinyl shift in foiled carbene 1b. The experimental results are corroborated by density functional theory (DFT), MP2, and G4 computations.     

Synthesis of 7-hydroxy-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-ones based on a ‘[3+3] cyclization/domino retro-Michael-aldol-lactonization’ strategy

The TiCl₄-mediated [3+3] cyclization of 2,4-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)penta-1,3-diene with 3-silyloxyalk-2-en-1-ones afforded 2-acetylphenols, which were transformed into functionalized chromones. The Me₃SiOTf-mediated condensation of the latter with 1,3-bis(silyl enol ethers) and subsequent domino ‘retro-Michael-aldol-lactonization’ reaction afforded 7-hydroxy-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-ones.     

Isoindolo[2,1-a]indol-6-one--a new pyrolytic synthesis and some unexpected chemical properties

Isoindolo[2,1-a]indol-6-one 1 is formed by a sigmatropic shift-elimination-cyclisation cascade by flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of methyl 2-(indol-1-yl)benzoate 7 at 950 degrees C. The dihydro compound 16 is easily obtained by catalytic reduction of 1, but the reaction is very sensitive to steric effects at the 11-position. Attempted ring-opening of 1 in basic methanol provides an equilibrium of isoindolo[2,1-a]indol-6-one 1 and the ester 19. Lithium aluminium hydride reduction of 1 provides the alcohol 22 which can be dehydrated to a mixture of 23 and 24 by FVP at 800-950 degrees C.     

Reversible,thermische Isomerisierung zwischen α, β-γ, δ-ungesättigten Aldehyden und Alkenylketenen durch [1,5]-H-Verschiebung. Valenzisomerisierung von cis-Dienonen,V [1]

Vapor phase pyrolysis of 2,4-pentadienaldehyde, of 6-oxabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-2-ene or of 3-pentenoic acid chloride at 600° (0.1 s/1 Torr) leads to similar mixtures containing the stereoisomers of 2, 4-pentadienaldehyde and 1-propenylketene. These compounds, and methyl substituted derivatives thereof, equilibrate at 600° (0.1 s) through intramolecular processes involving cis/trans-isomerisations and [1,5]-H-shifts. It is shown that α, β-γ, δ-unsaturated aldehydes can be prepared in high yield through gas phase thermolysis of appropriately substituted acid chlorides.     

Practical synthesis of an open geodesic polyarene with a fullerene-type 6:6-double bond at the center: diindeno[1,2,3,4-defg;1',2',3',4'-mnop]chrysene

Diindeno[1,2,3,4-defg;1',2',3',4'-mnop]chrysene (1), the smallest possible alkene-centered C60 substructure with a curved pi-system, is obtained in 25-35% yield by flash vacuum pyrolysis of the twisted 1,1'-dibromobifluorenylidene (2) on a 100 mg scale at 1050 degrees C. At 1200 degrees C, the bowl-shaped hydrocarbon 1 rearranges to the planar isomer diindeno[5,6,7,1-defg;5',6',7',1'-lmnop]chrysene (14) by a double 5/6 ring-expansion/ring-contraction. X-ray crystallography establishes that the central carbon atoms of 1 are nearly 80% as pyramidalized as the carbon atoms of C60 (POAV angles = 9.0 degrees and 11.6 degrees for 1 and C60, respectively). A four-step synthesis has been developed to prepare the pyrolysis precursor (2) as a mixture of (E)- and (Z)-isomers in 39% overall yield from commercially available 9-fluorenone-1-carboxylic acid (10).     

Thermal decomposition products of methyl 1,5-diphenyl- and 5-methyl-1-phenyl-2,3-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-2-ene-6-exo-carboxylates

Methyl 1,5-diphenyl- and 5-methyl-1-phenyl-2,3-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-2-ene-6-exo-carboxylates at 138°C undergo decomposition via elimination of nitrogen molecule with formation in each case of five products. Two products are methyl 1,3-diphenyl(or 1-methyl-3-phenyl)bicyclo[1.1.0]butane-2-endo- and -exo-carboxylates, and the three others are derivatives of buta-1,3-diene, methyl (Z)-2-benzylidene-3-phenyl(or 3-methyl)but-3-enoate and methyl (E)- and (Z)-3,4-diphenyl(or 4-methyl-3-phenyl)penta-2,4-dienoates. The formation of these products may be rationalized assuming intermediacy of substituted allylcarbene which undergoes both intramolecular cycloaddition and rearrangements involving 1,2-hydride and 1,2-vinyl shifts.     

Announcement

[Ru(2–6-η-bicyclo[5.1.0]octadienyl)(PMe₂Ph)₃][PF₆], formed from the reaction of cyclooctatetraene with [RuH(COD)(PMe₂Ph)₃][PF₆] (COD = cycloocta-1,5-diene), has been characterised spectroscopically from ¹J(CH) coupling constants and an X-ray structural analysis; the bicyclic ligand contains an elongated bridging CC bond (1.63 Å).     

Thermisches Verhalten von Mesitylallenen; Beispiel einer aromatischen [1, 5s]-sigmatropischen H-Verschiebung. Vorläufige Mitteilung

Mesitylallene ( 6a ), 1-mesityl-3-methyl-allene ( 6b ) and 1-mesityl-3, 3-dimethylallene ( 6c ) were prepared via dienol-benzene-rearrangements. At 170° 6a isomerises to give 5, 7-dimethyl-1, 2-dihydronaphthalene ( 8 ). Under the same conditions 6b rearranges to give 2, 5, 7-trimethyl-1, 2-dihydronaphthalene ( 10 ; 60%) and cis-1-mesitylbuta-1, 3-diene ( 11 ; 40%) while 6c gives only cis-1-mesityl-3-methyl-buta-1, 3-diene ( 13 ). The allenes undergo first an aromatic [1, 5 s]-sigmatropic H-shift to the o-xylylene derivatives 7, 9 and 12 , which then exhibit disrotatory ring closure to the dihydronaphthalenes or aromatic [1, 7 a]-sigmatropic H-shift to the 1-mesitylbuta-1, 3-dienes.     

Aryl-aryl bond formation by flash vacuum pyrolysis of benzannulated thiopyrans

In contrast to fully unsaturated 7-membered ring sulfur heterocycles (thiepines), some of which extrude sulfur and give the ring-contracted hydrocarbon even at room temperature in solution, benzannulated thiopyrans (6-membered sulfur heterocycles) require flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) conditions in the gas phase at temperatures in the range of 1000-1200 degrees C to promote the corresponding reaction. Thus, FVP of benzo[kl]thioxanthene (1) gives fluoranthene, and naphtho[2,1,8,7-klmn]thioxanthene (6) gives benzo[ghi]fluoranthene (7). FVP of thioxanthone (9) gives fluorenone (10), together with lesser amounts of dibenzo[b,d]thiophene (11), from competing decarbonylation.     

Hexakis (methylidene)-cyclohexane (“[6]Radialene”). Chemical and spectral properties

Upon flash pyrolysis between 580 to 660°, 2,4,6-tris(chloromethyl)mesitylene ( 2 ) leads to products formed through the loss of one, two and three molecules of HCl. The highly reactive chlorine free product is shown to be [6]radialene ( 1 ) both by its chemical reactions and by its spectral properties.     

Preparation and reactions of 1,3-diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyls that feature an amino substituent and/or a carbonyl group

The preparation and properties of a 1-amino-1,3-diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyl and a 1-benzoyl-1,3-diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyl, which can be regarded as functionalized cyclic biradical derivatives, were investigated. Hydrolysis of 1-diisopropylamino-3-methyl-2,4-bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3-diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyl (7), which is formed by reaction of Mes*C[triple chemical bond]P (4; Mes*=2,4,6-tBu(3)C(6)H(2)) with lithium diisopropylamide and iodomethane, resulted in ring-opening of the 1,3-diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyl skeleton, as well as de-aromatization of one of the Mes* rings. 3-Oxo-1,3-diphosphapropene 8 and 7-phosphabicyclo[4.2.0]octa-1(8),2,4-triene 9 were the resultant products, and these were subsequently characterized. Isomerization and oxidation of 7 occurred in the presence of TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinoxy) to give the first example of a cyclic dimethylenephosphorane derivative, namely 3-oxo-1,3-diphospha-1,4-diene 10. 1-Benzoyl-3-tert-butyl-2,4-bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3-diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyl (12) was isolated and characterized from the reaction of 4 with tert-butyllithium and benzoyl chloride. Compound 12 was subsequently heated and underwent rearrangement of the benzoyl group and ring-expansion to afford 1-oxo-1H-[1,3]diphosphole 13. Reaction of 4 with lithium diisopropylamide and benzoyl chloride afforded the 2H-[1,2,4]oxadiphosphinine 15, which was probably formed through the 1,3-diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyl intermediate 14. Thermolysis of 15 afforded 1-oxo-1H-[1,3]diphosphole 16 in an Arbuzov-type rearrangement.     

Synthese der enantiomeren 1,6-Spiro[4.4]nonadiene

Two new syntheses of spiro[4.4]nonane-1, 6-dione (I) are described: one by rearrangement of 1,6-epoxy-bicyclo[4.3.0]-nonane-2-one (IV) with boron trifluoride, the other by an acid catalyzed, intramolecular Claisen condensation of 4-(2-oxocyclopentyl)-butyric acid. Spiro[4.4]-nonane-1,6-dione is converted into trans, trans-spiro[4.4]nonane-1,6-diol which is resolved into enantiomers via the diastereomeric esters with (?)-camphanic acid. (+)-(5S)-Spiro[4.4]nona-1,6-diene (III) is prepared from (1R, 6R)-trans,trans-spiro[4.4]nonane-1,6-diol (II) by pyrolysis of the corresponding bis-4-methylphenyl-thionocarbonate. This modification of the Chugaev reaction is particularly useful with sterically hindered alcohols which cannot be converted into S-me-thylxanthates. The circular dichroism, UV.- and NMR.-spectrum of optically active spiro[4.4]-nonane-1,6-diene are discussed.     

Substituent Effects on Fe+-Mediated [4+2] Cycloadditions in the Gas Phase

The Fe⁺-mediated [4+2] cycloaddition of dienes with alkynes has been examined by four-sector ion-beam and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Prospects and limitations of this reaction were evaluated by investigating several Me-substituted ligands. Me Substitution at C(2) and C(3) of the diene, i.e., 2-methylbuta-1,3-diene, 2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene, hardly disturbs the cycloaddition. Similarly, variation of the alkyne by use of propyne and but-2-yne does not affect the [4+2] cycloaddition step, but allows for H/D exchange processes prior to cyclization. In contrast, Me substituents in the terminal positions of the diene moiety (e.g., penta-1,3-diene, liexa-2,4-diene) induce side reactions, namely double-bond migration followed by [3+2] and [5+2] cycloadditions, up to almost complete suppression of the [4+2] cycloaddition for 2,4-dimethylhexa-2,4-diene. Similarly, alkynes with larger alkyl substituents (pent-1-yne, 3,3-dimethylbut-1-yne) suppress the [4 + 2] cycloaddition route. Stereochemical effects have been observed for the (E)- and (Z)-penta-1,3-diene ligands as well as for (E,E)- and (E,Z)-hexa-2,4-diene. A mechanistic explanation for the different behavior of the stereoisomers in the cyclization reaction is developed. Further, the regiochemical aspects operative in the systems ethoxyacetylene/pentadiene/Fe⁺ and ethoxyacetylcne/isoprene/Fe⁺ indicate that substituents avoid proximity.     

Regioselectivity of cyclization of 1-(6-methyl-5-oxo-2,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)-4-arylthiosemicarbazides by treating with methyl iodide and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide

1-(6-Methyl-5-oxo-2,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)-4-arylthiosemicarbazides treated with methyl iodide in the presence of sodium acetate in ethanol convert into 6-methyl-3-arylamino[1,2,4]-triazolo[4,3-b][1,2,4]triazin-7(1H)-ones. In reaction with dicyclohexylcarbodiimide 6-methyl-3-arylamino[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-c][1,2,4]triazin-5(1H)-ones were obtained which at heating in alcohol solution in the presence of sodium acetate or at 262–272°C underwent the Dimroth rearrangement to give 3-methyl-7-arylamino[1,2,4]triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]-triazin-4(8H)-ones.