Kinetically distinct triplets in the photorearrangement of 2-phenylcyclohexanone to cis- and trans-6-phenyl-5-hexenals |
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Authors: | Peter J. Wagner Thomas J. Stratton |
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Affiliation: | Chemistry Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A reinvestigation of the photochemistry of 2-phenylcyclohexanone reveals that the two aldehyde products, cis- and trans-6-phenyl-5-hexanal, come from triplets of different lifetimes. That the two distinct triplets are not simply the two conformers with phenyl axial and equatorial is demonstrated by the similar behavior of cis-4-t-butyl-2-phenylcyclohexanone. The trans isomer of this ketone is photostable. It is concluded that trans-enal arises by an almost concerted out-of-plane cleavage which forms a 1,6-biradical in the perfect geometry for disproportionation to trans-enal.The precursor to cis-enal may be a minor rotamer of 1 which is forced by nonbonded interactions into a cleavage mode which twists the biradical into a geometry suitable for at least partial formation of cis-enal. In both cases biradicals must be very short-lived and not rotationally equilibrated. |
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