Photoinduced [4 + 4] Cycloadditions of o-Quinones with Oxazoles
摘要:
[Graphics]Photocycloadditions of 9,10-phenanthraquinone (PQ) with oxazoles (1a and 1b) gave [4 + 4] products 2 with the O=C-C=O functionality in PQ and the 2-azadiene moiety in oxazole as 4,pi addends. Photoreactions of 1-acetylisatin (IS) with la, 1c, and ld gave [4 + 4] product A, which underwent further [2 + 2] reactions with another (IS)-I-3* to furnish 5. These regioselective and diastereoselective [4 + 4] photocycloadditions are rationalized by the intervening of the key conformers for ISC and bond formation of the most stable 1,6-diradical intermediates.