Mechanistic Study on the Reaction of Phenyldiazomethanes with Singlet Oxygen:  Formation and Cycloreversion of 1,2,3,4-Dioxadiazole Intermediates
                                
                                    
                                        作者:Takayuki Nojima、Katsuya Ishiguro、Yasuhiko Sawaki                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1021/jo9711394
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:1997.10.1
                                    
                                    The formation of carbonyl oxides in the singlet oxygen (O-1(2)) oxidation of phenyldiazomethanes 1 has been investigated mechanistically. Product ratios of N-2/N2O, which are indicative of the selectivity in the carbonyl oxide/ketone formation, were determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The yields of carbonyl oxides were not affected by changing solvents but were significantly increased with the increasing electron-donating ability of substituents on diazomethanes. Rate constants for the quenching of O-1(2) by 1 as determined by monitoring the emission of O-1(2) at 1270 nm were also insensitive to solvents. These results suggest the predominant formation of 1,2,3,4-dioxadiazole intermediates by the cycloaddition of O-1(2) to 1 followed by its cycloreversion, the selectivity of which is controlled by the relative stability of resulting carbonyl oxides. The formation of carbonyl oxides, observable from its transient absorption at similar to 400 nm, was in good agreement with the decay of O-1(2) within the experimental error, indicating that the 1,2,3,4-dioxadiazoles are a highly labile intermediate with the lifetime of less than 100 ns.