Unusual synthesis, structure, and thermochromic properties of novel sterically hindered cyclohexadienes
作者:V. N. Komissarov、L. Yu. Ukhin、V. A. Kharlanov、L. V. Vetoshkina、L. E. Konstantinovskii、S. M. Aldoshin、O. S. Filipenko、M. A. Novozhilova、L. O. Atovmyan
DOI:10.1007/bf00961363
日期:1991.5
Oxidation of 4-[alpha-morpholino-alpha-(2-hydroxyphenyl)]methyl-2,6-di-(tert-butyl)-phenol (I) follows an unusual course, with formal loss of the benzyl carbon atom, to give 2,6-di(tert-butyl)-4-morpholino-4-(2-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexa-2,5-dienone (II), which is thermochromic in solution. This property is due to the dissociation of (II) into morpholine and 3',5'-di(tert-butyl)-2,4'-diphenoxyquinone. The structure of (II) was established directly by x-ray diffraction, which enabled its conformational features to be related to its thermochromic properties. An x-ray examination of 3,3',5,5'-tetra(tert-butyl)-2,4'-diphenoquinone (X), together with the direct synthesis of the thermochromic analog of (II) (2,6-di(tert-butyl)-4-morpholino-4-[2-hydroxy-3,5-di(tert-butyl)phenyl]cyclohexa-2,5-dienone) (XI) from (X) and morpholine, confirmed the proposed mechanism of thermochromic dissociation.