Spontaneous homopolymerization competes with Diels-Alder cycloaddition of 1-aryl-1,3-butadienes to dienophiles containing a leaving group
作者:Hester A. Clever、Guangyi Wang、William C. Mollberg、Anne Buyle Padias、H. K. Hall
DOI:10.1021/jo00051a031
日期:1992.12
The competition between Diels-Alder cycloaddition and spontaneous concurrent polymerization was investigated in the reactions of 1-phenyl-1,3-butadiene (1) and 1-p-anisyl-1,3-butadiene (2) with electrophilic olefins. The reactions of 1 and 2 with electrophilic olefins trisubstituted with cyano and/or carbomethoxy groups gave only concerted [4 + 2] cycloaddition products. However, when olefins with a leaving group in the beta-position were allowed to react with 1 and 2, cationic homopolymerization of the 1-arylbutadiene competed with the concerted cycloaddition. More polymer was formed with increased electrophilic character of the olefin and with better leaving groups. Formation of a 2-hexene-1,6-zwitterionic intermediate from the s-trans diene and the olefin, which can undergo elimination of the leaving group, is postulated. The resulting carbocation can then initiate cationic homopolymerization.