In this study, several novel sterically congested silicon and titanium bisenolates of exceptional hydrolytic stability have been synthesized and characterized. The structure of the titanium bisenolate T2 could be determined by X-ray structure analysis. Preparative one-electron oxidation of the stericallyshielded metal bisenolates S1-S4 and T1-T2 led to formation of the benzofurans B1 and B2. As the
Zirconium enolate radical cations in solution—characterisation and kinetics of their mesolytic Zr–O bond cleavage †
作者:Michael Schmittel、Rolf Söllner
DOI:10.1039/a808400i
日期:——
zirconocene enolateradicalcations and one hydroquinone biszirconocene radicalcation have been generated and characterised in solution by standard and fast scan cyclic voltammetry. The electroanalytical results along with those from product analysis of preparative one-electron oxidations indicate that the sterically congested radicalcations undergo a mesolytic Zr–O bondcleavage process. The kinetics of
Electroactive Protecting Groups and Reaction Units. Part 1. Mesolytic Cleavage of the O-CO Bond in Enol Acetate Cation Radicals with Direct Formation of .alpha.-Carbonyl Cations. Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects
For the first time, enol ester cation radicals are reversibly monitored in a cyclic voltammetry experiment. Preparative one-electron oxidation of enol acetates A1-A4 leads to the formation of benzofurans B1-B4 through mesolytic O-CO bond fragmentation to alpha-carbonyl cations and the acetyl radical. With A3(.+), the kinetics of the O-CO bond cleavage was investigated by cyclic voltammetry, providing Delta H double dagger = 17.0 kcal mol(-1) and Delta S double dagger = 11 cal mol(-1) K-1 in dichloromethane. The slightly increased rate of bond dissociation upon addition of acetonitrile is explained with charge localization in the transition state rather than with a solvent-assisted bond cleavage mechanism. The occurrence of curve crossings and isopotential points in the cyclic voltammograms of the model compounds A1-A4 at low scan rates can be rationalized by a multiparameter reaction scheme based on an ECCE(DISP) mechanism, digital simulation of which confirmed the cleavage selectivity and allowed for the determination of the involved rate constants of the homogeneous chemical reaction steps.
Diastereoselective Enolate Coupling through Redox Umpolung in Silicon and Titanium Bisenolates: A Novel Concept Based on Intramolecularization of Carbon−Carbon Bond Formation