Zwitterionic tetramethylenes as the common intermediates in the cycloaddition and polymerization reactions of N-vinylcarbazole with electrophilic tetrasubstituted ethylenes: a new explanation for charge-transfer initiation
The reactions of deuterio-labelled 1-seleno-2-silylethenes with trimethyl 2-phosphonoacrylate 2 and methyl vinyl ketone 4 in the presence of SnCl4 gave deuterio-substituted cyclopropanes with 1,2-silicon migration. The reaction of deuterio-labelled 1-seleno-2-silylethenes with dimethyl 2,2-dicyanoethene-1,1-dicarboxylate 6 in the presence of SnCl4 and ZnBr2 gave deuterium-substituted cyclobutanes without silicon migration. This labelling study strongly confirms the 1,2-silicon migration for [2 + 1] cycloadditions of 1 and non-1,2-silicon migration for the [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions, respectively.
Cycloadditions of Bifunctional Vinyl Ethers with Electrophilic Alkenes through Tetramethylene Zwitterion Intermediates
作者:Eric J. May、Anne Buyle Padias、Robert B. Bates、Henry K. Hall
DOI:10.1002/hlca.200590112
日期:2005.6
Bifunctional vinyl ethers react with electron-poor alkenes to cyclobutanes in good yields. The second CC bond reacted with neither the cyclobutane nor its zwitterion intermediate, even on heating. Cyclobutanes formed from ‘tetracyanoethylene’ (8) were transformed into tetrahydropyridines by reaction of the corresponding zwitterion with MeCN as the solvent. In contrast, cyclobutanes formed from dimethyl
The reactions of (E)-1-methoxy-1,3-butadiene (1) and 1,1-dimethoxy-1,3-butadiene (2) with a series of dienophiles of increasing electrophilicity are described Stereochemical studies reveal that the cycloadditions of 1 are concerted processes, even for the most electron-deficient olefins dimethyl dicyanofumarate and dimethyl dicyanomaleate. 1,1-Dimethoxy-1,3-butadiene reacts under our conditions (dilute solutions and temperatures less than or equal to 60 degrees C) only with those dienophiles which can give zwitterions out of the antiperiplanar conformation of the diene. Zwitterionic intermediates can be trapped by methanol. In the case of tetracyanoethene the kinetics of decay of an intermediate, interpreted as the zwitterion, can be followed by stopped flow techniques: E(a) = 14.8 +/- 0.2 kcal mol(-1), log A = 11.9 +/- 0.1, Delta H double dagger = 10.8 +/- 0.1 kcal mol(-1), Delta S double dagger = -6.2 +/- 0.1 cal mol(-1) K-1, and Delta G double dagger = 11.40 +/- 0.03 kcal mol(-1).