Crystal structure and photochemistry of dimethyl 1,4-dihydro-1,4,5,8-tetramethyl-1,4-ethenonaphthalene-2,3-dicarboxylate
作者:R. Jones、J. R. Scheffer、J. Trotter、M. Yap
DOI:10.1107/s0108768194002594
日期:1994.10.1
The photochemical rearrangement of a bridgehead-methylated 1,4-ethenonaphthalene has been studied by crystal structure analyses of (1b) and two of its photoproducts (2b and 3b). Crystal data: T = 295 K, Cu K alpha, lambda = 1.54178 Angstrom, C20H22O4, M(r) = 326.39. Dimethyl 1,4-dihydro-1,4,5,8-tetramethyl-1,4-ethenonaphthalene-2,3-dicarboxylate (1b), P2(1)c, a = 12.643 (1), b = 9.288 (1), c = 15.153 (1) Angstrom, beta = 105.70 (1)degrees, Z = 4, R = 0.037 for 1974 reflections with I > 3 sigma(I). Dimethyl 2a,2b,6b,6c-tetrahydro-1,2b,3,6-tetramethylbenzo[a]cyclopropa[c,d]pentalene-6b,6c-dicarboxylate (2b), Pca2(1), a = 7.325 (1), b = 14.781 (1), c = 15.535 (1) Angstrom, Z = 4, R = 0.045 for 1419 reflections. Dimethyl 1,4,6,9-tetramethylbenzo-cyclooctatetraene-5,10-dicarboxylate (3b), Pbca, a = 17.716 (2), b = 15.298 (2), c = 13.210 (3) Angstrom, Z = 8, R = 0.046 for 2265 reflections. Molecule (1b) exhibits steric strain, as a result of short intramolecular Me...Me contacts [2.963 (5) and 3.013 (5) Angstrom]. The formation of photoproducts (2b) and (3b) can be rationalized in terms of mechanisms involving benzo-vinyl bonding, which relieves the steric crowding between methyl groups.