Photoelectron spectroscopic and computational study of the thermolysis of 1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazines
摘要:
Gas phase thermolyses of 3,6-dimethyl, -diethyl and -di-n-propyl substituted 1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazines 1a-1c yielded the corresponding N-unsubstituted imines 2a-2c. The He(I) photoelectron spectra of propanimine (2b) and butanimine (2c) are presented for the first time. First ionization potentials and orbital energies of the imines as determined with B3LYP/6-31 + G*//HF/6-31 + G* reproduce the experimental data. Ionization bands arising from N,N'-unsubstituted diazetidines 3a-3c could not be detected in the pyrolysis spectra of la-lc. Calculations for the extrusion of nitrogen from tetrahydrotetrazine la resulted in a transition state for a [2 + 2 + 2]-cycloreversion that leads to the imine 2a as product. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.