Synthesis and Properties of a Superphane with One Thiophene and One CpCo-Stabilized Cyclobutadiene Ring
摘要:
A superphane consisting of one thiophene ring and one CpCo-stabilized cyclobutadiene ring, 8, was prepared in an eight-step synthesis from 5-cyclodecynol protected with tert-butyldimethylsilyl, 13. The first key step in this sequence was the reaction of 13 with zirconocene and subsequently with S2Cl2 to yield the tricyclic thiophene derivative 12. The second key step was the ring closure of 11 with CpCo(COD) to give 8. X-ray structural investigations of 11 and 8 confirmed the structural assignments. Evidence for the close proximity of the CpCo-stabilized cyclobutadiene and the thiophene rings is also given by the electronic absorption spectrum of 8 and the oxidation potential (-0.07 V).
Transannular Interactions in Mixed Superphanes with One Thiophene and One CpCo-Stabilized Cyclobutadiene Ring: Syntheses, Structures, and Electrochemistry
Superphanes consisting of one thiophene ring and various substituted RCo-stabilized cyclobutadiene (CBD) rings (R = Cp, C5H4(CH3), C-5(CH3)(5), C5H4(Si(CH3)(3)), C5H4(COCH3), 8-12) and one superphane with one thiophene ring and one CpCo-stabilized cyclopentadienone ring (13) were synthesized. The starting point was a tricyclic diyne with a central thiophene ring and two condensed 4-cyclodecynes, 19. Heating of 19 with RCo(COD) yielded 8-12, whereas the heating of 19 with CpCo(CO)(2) gave 13. X-ray structural investigation of 8-13 afforded the geometrical parameters in the solid state. Cyclic voltammetry showed a strong interaction between the thiophene ring and the CpCo-stabilized cyclobutadiene part. This interaction was substantiated by comparison between the CV data of 8-12 and model systems containing only the CpCo(CBD) part.