The role of hydrogen migration in the mechanism of alcohol elimination from MH+ ions of ethers upon chemical ionization
作者:N. Morlender-Vais、A. Mandelbaum
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1096-9888(199711)32:10<1124::aid-jms570>3.0.co;2-7
日期:1997.11
An enhanced elimination of alcohol under isobutane CI conditions, resulting in highly abundant [MH-ROH](+) ions, has been observed in several primary and secondary ethers having a tertiary beta-position (methine), as compared with those with beta-methylene. This elimination exhibits a significant degree of stereospecificity in stereoisomeric 2-methyl-1-methoxycyclohexanes 4 and 1-methoxy-trans-decalins 7, affording more abundant [MH-ROH](+) ions in the cis isomers 4c and 7tc than in their trans counterparts 4t and 7tt. These findings suggest involvement of a 1,2-hydride migration from the beta- to alpha-position in the course of the alcohol elimination from the MH+ ions of the above cis-ethers, resulting in tertiary carbocation structures. The proposed mechanism of alcohol elimination is supported by a considerable deuterium isotope effect detected in beta-deuterium-labeled cis-2-methyl-1-methoxycyclohexane and by a CID study of the structures of [MH-ROH](+) ions obtained from cis- and trans-1,2-dialkoxycyclohexanes. Ring contraction by a Meerwein-type rearrangement has also been observed in the later system. (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.No. of Figures: 16 No. of Tables: 1 No. of Refs: 22.