The stable radical cation of thiophene annelated with bicyclo[2.2.2]octene and its reaction with triplet oxygen to give a protonated cation of 2-butene-1,4-dione derivative
The first isolable salt of the thiophene radicalcation was prepared from the derivative annelated with two bicyclo[2.2.2]octene units, and its reaction with tripletoxygen was found to give a novel cation of a proton-chelating 2-butene-1,4-dione derivative with remarkable stability.
1,2-Dithiin Annelated with Bicyclo[2.2.2]octene Frameworks. One-Electron and Two-Electron Oxidations and Formation of a Novel 2,3,5,6-Tetrathiabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-7-ene Radical Cation with Remarkable Stability Owing to a Strong Transannular Interaction
SbCl(5) in CH(2)Cl(2), a radical cation 4.+ was formed, whose spin distribution was determined by ESR spectroscopy and by the results of theoretical calculations (UB3LYP/6-31G). The electronic absorption spectrum of 4.+ in CH(2)Cl(2) exhibited a maximum absorption at 428 nm (epsilon = 2.3 x 10(3)), which was hypsochromically shifted from that of neutral 4 (469 nm). When the radical cation 4.+ was produced
Reaction of 2,3-dibromobicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene (10) with n-butyllithium in THF at -78-degrees-C affords a series of oligomeric dibromides 11 (n = 2-5), which are composed of linearly bonded bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene units. A trapping experiment indicated that the reaction proceeds via formation of a highly strained acetylene, bicyclo[2.2.2]octyne (18), as a reactive intermediate. Upon treatment with sodium naphthalenide, the trimer 11 (n = 3) reductively cyclizes to tris(bicyclo[2.2.2]octeno)benzene (12) in high yield. The benzene 12 exhibits a reversible oxidation wave at +1.25 V vs Ag/AgNO3 on cyclic voltammetry and gives a stable cation radical 12.+ electrolytically or by oxidation with H2SO4 in air. In FSO3H, 12 is 100% protonated to give the arenium ion 22. The results of variable-temperature C-13 NMR study indicate that the activation energy for the intermolecular proton transfer of 22 is lower than that for the hexamethylbenzenium ion (23). The rate of intramolecular hydrogen migration is also much faster in 22. These results are in agreement with the relative instability of 22 (pK(AH+) -10.2) as compared with 23 (pK(AH+) -9.01).
KOMATSU, KOICHI;AONUMA, SHUJI;JINBU, YASUHISA;TSUJI, RYOTARO;HIROSAWA, CH+, J. ORG. CHEM., 56,(1991) N, C. 195-203