Photochemistry of some allenic counterparts of cyclohexenones and 2,5-cyclohexadienones
摘要:
Allenic analogs of 4,4-diphenylcyclohexenone and a similar counterpart of 4,4-diphenyl-2,5-cyclohexadienone were synthesized. These molecules have a 2-electron pi-MO perpendicular to the six-ring pi-system. This perpendicular pi-orbital is analogous to the oxygen p(y) orbital which is orthogonal to the carbonyl pi-bond. The photochemistry of the allenic systems was explored with the finding that the triplets were unreactive and the singlets underwent a phenyl migration to form bicyclic photoproducts whose structures were established by spectral means, degradation, and independent synthesis. Excited states involving appreciable out-of-plane to pi or pi to out-of-plane excitations are defined as pi-perpendicular-to* and perpendicular-to-pi*, respectively. MNDO-CI level and CASSCF ab initio computations with geometry optimization were carried out with the objective of determining the role of perpendicular-to-pi* and pi-perpendicular-to* transitions and for comparison with the experimental results.
Photochemistry of some allenic counterparts of cyclohexenones and 2,5-cyclohexadienones
摘要:
Allenic analogs of 4,4-diphenylcyclohexenone and a similar counterpart of 4,4-diphenyl-2,5-cyclohexadienone were synthesized. These molecules have a 2-electron pi-MO perpendicular to the six-ring pi-system. This perpendicular pi-orbital is analogous to the oxygen p(y) orbital which is orthogonal to the carbonyl pi-bond. The photochemistry of the allenic systems was explored with the finding that the triplets were unreactive and the singlets underwent a phenyl migration to form bicyclic photoproducts whose structures were established by spectral means, degradation, and independent synthesis. Excited states involving appreciable out-of-plane to pi or pi to out-of-plane excitations are defined as pi-perpendicular-to* and perpendicular-to-pi*, respectively. MNDO-CI level and CASSCF ab initio computations with geometry optimization were carried out with the objective of determining the role of perpendicular-to-pi* and pi-perpendicular-to* transitions and for comparison with the experimental results.