Diastereoselective Photochromism of a Bisbenzothienylethene Governed by Steric as Well as Electronic Interactions
作者:Yasushi Yokoyama、Hidenori Shiraishi、Yutaka Tani、Yayoi Yokoyama、Yoshitaka Yamaguchi
DOI:10.1021/ja029535d
日期:2003.6.1
Introduction of an asymmetric center to C-2 of one of the benzothiophene rings of bisbenzothienylperfluorocyclopentene results in a highly diastereoselective photochromic system. The stereogenic center bears a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, and a methoxymethoxy group. The steric as well as the electronic repulsions gave an 87-88% diastereomer excess in various solvents at room temperature with 80-85% conversion to the colored form. The enantioselective synthesis was also carried out. Upon photoirradiation in hexane, a change in optical rotation at 820 nm, where neither the open form nor the colored form absorbs light, was observed repeatedly.