摘要:
2-Phenylthio-1,4-benzoquinone (1 a) reacts with azomethine ylide AY-A to give 2-methyl-5-phenylthio-2H-isoindole-4,7-dione (4 f). With 2-(N-methylanilino)-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (1 b), the azomethine ylide AY-B undergoes cycloaddition to yield an inseparable mixture of 5a-methyl-8-(N-methylanilino)-2,3,5,5a,9a,9b-hexahydro-pyrrolo[2,1-a]1H-isoindole-6,9-dione (5 bI) and 9a-methyl-7-(N-methylanilino)-2,3,5,5a,9a,9b-hexahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]1H-isoindole-6,9-dione (5 bII). The structures of 5 bI and 5 bII were established on basis of two-dimensional-NMR-techniques. The mechanism of the cycloaddition of azomethine ylides to 1,4-quinones was studied on basis of cyclovoltammetric investigations. To determine the electron affinity of the isoindoledione derivatives 4 a-f and 5 a-b the peak potentials were measured by differential pulse polarography (DPP).