Novel phototransformations of bridgehead-dimethyl-substituted dibenzobarrelene. Structure of the photoproducts
作者:C. V. Asokan、S. A. Kumar、S. Das、N. P. Rath、M. V. George
DOI:10.1021/jo00020a034
日期:1991.9
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies have revealed that the phototransformation products of 11,12-dibenzoyl-9,10-dihydro-9,10-dimethyl-9,10-ethenoanthracene (1) are correctly represented as 1,5-dibenzoyl-4,8-dimethyl-2,3:6,7-dibenzocyclooctatetraene (9), the dibenzopentalene derivative 13, and the hexacyclic peroxycarbinol 17 and not the earlier reported structures 1,4-dibenzoyl-5,8-dimethyl-2,3:6,7-dibenzocyclooctatetraene (3), the benzonaphthalene derivative 6, and the carbinol 5, respectively. Both singlet-state-mediated ''tri-pi-methane'' rearrangement and the triplet-state-mediated ''di-pi-methane'' rearrangement of 1 could give rise to a 1,4-diradical intermediate 8, which could then lead to the cyclooctatetraene 9 by a Grob-type fragmentation or undergo a 1,2-rearrangement to the dibenzopentalene 13. The hexacyclic peroxycarbinol 17 could arise through the oxygen quenching of the diradical intermediate 14, derived from 12, followed by extensive rearrangements.