Room Temperature Observation of <i>p-</i>Xylylenes by <sup>1</sup>H NMR and Evidence for Diradical Intermediates in Their Oligomerization
作者:Walter S. Trahanovsky、Steven P. Lorimor
DOI:10.1021/jo0516279
日期:2006.3.1
p-Quinodimethanes (p-QDMs) are reactive molecules that have been invoked as transient intermediates in a number of reactions. Dilute solutions of benzene-based p-QDMs, p-xylylene (1), a-methyl-p-xylylene (10), and 2,5-dimethyl-p-xylylene (11) can be prepared by fluoride-induced elimination of trimethylsilyl acetate from the appropriate precursor. It has been found that these solutions are stable enough to allow these reactive p-QDMs to be observed by H-1 NMR spectroscopy at room temperature. For the first time, the 13 C NMR spectrum of p-QDM 1 was observed. After several hours at room temperature, these p-QDMs form dimers, trimers, and insoluble oligomers. Formation of trimers provides evidence that p-QDMs 1, 10, and 11 dimerize by a stepwise mechanism involving dimeric diradicals as intermediates.