Photodecarbonylation of 1,3-Dithiophenyl Propanone: Using Nanocrystals to Overcome the Filtering Effect of Highly Absorbing Trace Impurities
摘要:
Irradiation of crystalline 2,4-dimethyl-2,4-di(thiophen-3-yl)pentan-3-one (1) resulted in photodecarbonylation and radical combination to give 2 with >99% selectivity. However, extended irradiation led to no more than ca. 8% conversion due to highly absorbing unidentified trace impurities that act as filters. We report here a simple procedure to improve the reaction efficiency by taking advantage of nanocrystalline suspensions prepared by the reprecipitation method, which leads to shorter reaction times and quantitative yields.
Unexpected Solid-State Photochemistry of an α-Thiophenyl-α‘-Thiophenyl-<i>S</i>,<i>S</i>-dioxo-Substituted Ketone
作者:Marino J. E. Resendiz、Jennifer Taing、Saeed I. Khan、Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay
DOI:10.1021/jo702127g
日期:2008.1.1
Samples of 2,4-dimethyl-2-(thiophen-3-yl)-4-(thiophen-3-yl-S,S-dioxo)pentan-3-one 2 were obtained by controlled MCPBA oxidation of 2,4-dimethyl-2,4-di(thiophen-3-yl)pentan-3-one 1. Rather than the expected photodecarbonylation, UV-vis irradiation of 2 led to the intramolecular 2 + 2 photocycloaddition product 5 in quantitative yields (by GC and NMR) both in solution and in crystalline solid state. Detailed X-ray powder diffraction analyses revealed that the solid-state reaction of sulfone 2 occurs with a loss of long-range order despite retaining some birefringence under polarized microscopy.