Cycloaddition reactions of 2,3-didehydrothiophene generated by flow vacuum thermolysis of thiophene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride |
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Authors: | Manfred G. Reinecke James G. Newsom K.Anders Almqvist |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas 76129 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Flow vacuum thermolysis (FVT) of thiophene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride () in the presence of 2,3-dimethylbutadiene () gives, in addition to 5,6-dimethylthianaphthene (). small quantities of a dihydrodimethylthianaphthene () and another dimethylthianaphthene () which is probably also formed by dehydrogenation of with chloranil. The partial structures of these minor products are consistent with their being formed by a [2+2]-cycloaddition between and an intermediate aryne, 2,3-didehydrothiophene (), followed by a rearrangement of the resulting adduct and dehydrogenation. FVT of in the presence of 2,5- () or 3,4-dimethylthiophene () also gave a mixture of the dimethylthianaphthenes (, ) which can be rationalized as arising by a [4+2]- and two [2+2]-cycloadditions of the aryne to the thiophenes with subsequent desulfurization. The lack of equilibration of the products , and , was demonstrated and their origin as a function of the structure and reactivity of the aryne discussed. |
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