Nanosecond and Picosecond Dynamics of the Radical Cation Mediated Dimerization of 4-Methoxystyrene
摘要:
The addition of the 4-methoxystyrene radical cation to neutral 4-methoxystyrene and the cleavage reactions of the 1,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)cyclobutane radical cation in acetonitrile have been studied by product analysis and by nanosecond and picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. The main product upon radical cation mediated dimerization of 4-methoxystyrene using chloranil as the electron transfer sensitizer is a substituted dihydronaphthalene, 1,2-dihydro-7-methoxy-1-(4'-methoxyphenyl)naphthalene, at low concentrations of 4-methoxystyrene. At higher concentrations, the main product is 1,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)cyclobutane. Cleavage of the cyclobutane radical cation is found to give 4-methoxystyrene and the dihydronaphthalene in a 1:3 ratio. In the time-resolved experiments, the radical cations are generated from 4-methoxystyrene and 1,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)cyclobutane by 266-nm photoionization or by 355-nm photoinduced electron transfer using triplet chloranil as the sensitizer. A transient with an absorption maximum at 500 nm is observed as a short-lived intermediate in both the radical cation mediated 4-methoxystyrene dimerization and the cyclobutane radical cation cleavage experiments. Spectroscopic and kinetic considerations lead to the conclusion that this transient is a substituted hexatriene radical cation produced as an intermediate in the conversion of the 1,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)cyclobutane radical cation to the dihydronaphthalene. Observed rate constants for the decay of the 4-methoxystyrene radical cation measured at 4-methoxystyrene concentrations of 0.0001 to 0.015 M increase in a linear fashion with concentration, while at concentrations >0.2 M, the observed rate constant is found to be independent of concentration. Analysis of the kinetic data according to a rate law derived from a concerted [2 + 1] mechanism leads to the following rate constants: k(1) = 1.4 X 10(9) M(-1) s(-1) for the addition reaction, k(-1) = 8 x 10(7) s(-1) for the cycloreversion reaction, k(2) = 2.5 X 10(8) s(-1) for the rearrangement of the cyclobutane radical cation, and k(3) = 1.5 X 10(10) M(-1) s(-1) for the reduction of the cyclobutane radical cation by neutral 4-methoxystyrene. Monitoring the kinetics of the reactions of the cyclobutane radical cation gives the same values for the rate constants k(2) and k(-1).
Visible-Light-Mediated [4+2] Cycloaddition of Styrenes: Synthesis of Tetralin Derivatives
作者:Leifeng Wang、Fengjin Wu、Jiean Chen、David A. Nicewicz、Yong Huang
DOI:10.1002/anie.201702940
日期:2017.6.6
We report a formal [4+2] cycloaddition reaction of styrenes under visible‐light catalysis. Two styrene molecules with different electronic or steric properties were found to react with each other in good yield and excellent chemo‐ and regioselectivity. This reaction provides direct access to polysubstituted tetralin scaffolds from readily available styrenes. Sophisticated tricyclic and tetracyclic
corresponding dimers, cis- and trans-cyclobutanes in a ratio of cis/trans ca. 5/95. On the basis of quenching studies of fluorescence and T–T absorption of the dyes, the oxygenation and dimerization are proposed to proceed through an electrontransfer from 1 to excited singlet dyes but not to involve generation of singlet oxygen.
To investigate the photochemical electron transfer from aromatic olefins to copper(II) or iron(III) ions, a series of substituted styrenes (1) was irradiated in the presence of copper(II) or iron(III) salts in methanol, which gave dimethoxylated monomers (2) and one or more of three types of dimethoxylated dimers [α,α- (3), α,β- (4), and β,β,-dimers (5)]. The formation of these products are reasonably
为了研究从芳族烯烃到铜 (II) 或铁 (III) 离子的光化学电子转移,在甲醇中存在铜 (II) 或铁 (III) 盐的情况下照射一系列取代的苯乙烯 (1),得到二甲氧基化单体(2)和三种二甲氧基化二聚体[α,α-(3)、α,β-(4)和β,β,-二聚体(5)]中的一种或多种。这些产物的形成合理地归因于通过电子从受激烯烃转移到金属离子而产生的烯烃的阳离子自由基的参与。发现底物上的取代基控制反应产物。
Synthesis of cyclobutane lignans via an organic single electron oxidant–electron relay system
作者:Michelle Riener、David A. Nicewicz
DOI:10.1039/c3sc50643f
日期:——
A direct method to synthesize lignan cyclobutanes and analogs via photoinduced electron transfer is presented. A variety of oxygenated alkenes are employed to furnish terminal or substituted cyclobutane adducts with complete regiocontrol, yielding cycloadducts with trans stereochemistry. Key to minimizing competing cycloreversion is the inclusion of an aromatic electron relay (ER). This method has been adapted to the synthesis of the natural products magnosalin and pellucidin A.
Irradiation of the CT bands of p-methoxy- and p-methylstyrene with oxygen induced the dimerization of the olefins through their cation radicals generated by electron transfer on CT excitation.