作者:Tushar P. Sura、Denis W. H. MacDowell
DOI:10.1021/jo00068a034
日期:1993.7
The inability to observe Cope rearrangement products at elevated temperatures for diethyl alpha-allyl-2-naphthalenemalonate (1) and diethyl alpha-allyl-9-phenanthrenemalonate (2) does not extend to the analogous systems resulting from replacement of the aromatic units by 2- and 3-benzo[b]thiophene nuclei. Thermal rearrangement of diethyl alpha-allyl-3-benzo[b]thiophenemalonate (5) at 215-255-degrees-C for 11 h produces the expected Cope rearrangement product diethyl 2-allyl-3-benzo[b]thiophenemalonate (10) (8%) accompanied by trans- and cis-ethyl 2,3-dihydro-1-(ethoxycarbonyl)-1H-benzo-[b]cyclopenta[d]thiophene-2-acetate (9a) (10%) and (9b) (5%), respectively. The structure elucidation of 10, 9a, and 9b was done by spectroscopy. The attempted structure verification of 10 by an independent route gave diethyl 2-(1-propenyl)-3-benzo[b]thiophenemalonate (12) which when heated at 230-240-degrees-C for 18 h gave 1-carbethoxy-2-hydroxy-3-methyldibenzothiophene (16) as a major product. Similar results were observed with 2-substituted analogues of 5, both diethyl 3-allyl-2-benzo[b]thiophenemalonate (24) and ethyl 1,2-dihydro-3-(ethoxycarbonyl)-3H-benzo[b]cyclopenta-[d]thiophene-2-acetate (25) being formed. In this case the structure of 24 was verified by synthesis. An extension of this involved a study of thermal rearrangement of analogous compound ethyl alpha-allyl-alpha-cyano-3-benzo[b]thiopheneacetate (30). Thermal rearrangement of 30 at 235-245-degrees-C for 8 h gave the expected Cope rearrangement product ethyl alpha-cyano-2-allyl-3-benzo[b]thiopheneacetate (32) (6%) along with an unexpected diastereomeric mixture of 1-cyano-1-(ethoxycarbonyl)-2-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[b]cyclopenta[d]thiophenes(33)(18%). Speculative mechanistic considerations are offered regarding the mode of transformation of 12 to 16 and 32 to 33.