Direct C-C Bond Formation between Thymine Derivatives and Naphthalene through [2+2]-Photocycloaddition
摘要:
In contrast to our previous findings that UV-irradiation of 1,3-dimethylthymine (1a) with naphthalene (2) underwent 1,4-cycloaddition to give an ethenobenzoquinazoline derivative, UV-irradiation of a mixture of 1a and 2 in the presence of piperylene preferentially underwent 1,2-cycloaddition to give cis-tetrahydronaphthocyclobutapyrimidine in high stereoselectivity. Similar irradiation of 1,3-dimethyluracil and its derivatives (1) with substituents at C-5 gave the corresponding cis-1,2-adducts (3) in fair yields.
In contrast to our previous findings that UV-irradiation of 1,3-dimethylthymine (1a) with naphthalene (2) underwent 1,4-cycloaddition to give an ethenobenzoquinazoline derivative, UV-irradiation of a mixture of 1a and 2 in the presence of piperylene preferentially underwent 1,2-cycloaddition to give cis-tetrahydronaphthocyclobutapyrimidine in high stereoselectivity. Similar irradiation of 1,3-dimethyluracil and its derivatives (1) with substituents at C-5 gave the corresponding cis-1,2-adducts (3) in fair yields.