Photoreactions of 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarbonitrile with arylethenes—photo- olefin dimerization–aromatic substitution reactions
摘要:
Irradiation of 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene (TCNB) with styrene derivatives 1-4, respectively, leads to a photochemical olefin dimeiization-aromatic substitution reaction to give the corresponding (2,4,5-tricyanophenyl)tetralin derivative (8, 12, 16, 17, and 20) as the main product. Further irradiation of the primary product with alkene results in substitution of the meta-CN group by another phenyltetralinyl to give the corresponding 4:1 (alkene-TCNB) product. According to the effect of the codonor (biphenyl) and salt (magnesium perchlorate) on reaction rate, the result of photoinduced reactions of TCNB with tetralin (6) and 1-phenyltetralin (7) and analysis of the known kinetic data for relevant processes in the cyanoarene-alkene reactions, the mechanism for the formation of the olefin dimerization-aromatic substitution products (such as 8) is proposed to involve radical pair combination of the alkene cyclodimer radical (the corresponding 4-phenyl-1-tetralinyl radical) with TCNB-center dot followed by expulsion of a CN-. Photoreactions of TCNB with the alkene photocyclodimer (1-phenyltetralin) may also make minor contributions. Photoinduced reaction of TCNB with I -phenyleyclohexene (5) takes a different pathway from 1-4 to afford the 1: 1 (5-TCNB) primary product 21 by deprotonation of 5(+center dot) and radical pair combination with TCNB-center dot followed by elimination of HCN. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Irradiation of 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene (TCNB) with styrene derivatives 1-4, respectively, leads to a photochemical olefin dimeiization-aromatic substitution reaction to give the corresponding (2,4,5-tricyanophenyl)tetralin derivative (8, 12, 16, 17, and 20) as the main product. Further irradiation of the primary product with alkene results in substitution of the meta-CN group by another phenyltetralinyl to give the corresponding 4:1 (alkene-TCNB) product. According to the effect of the codonor (biphenyl) and salt (magnesium perchlorate) on reaction rate, the result of photoinduced reactions of TCNB with tetralin (6) and 1-phenyltetralin (7) and analysis of the known kinetic data for relevant processes in the cyanoarene-alkene reactions, the mechanism for the formation of the olefin dimerization-aromatic substitution products (such as 8) is proposed to involve radical pair combination of the alkene cyclodimer radical (the corresponding 4-phenyl-1-tetralinyl radical) with TCNB-center dot followed by expulsion of a CN-. Photoreactions of TCNB with the alkene photocyclodimer (1-phenyltetralin) may also make minor contributions. Photoinduced reaction of TCNB with I -phenyleyclohexene (5) takes a different pathway from 1-4 to afford the 1: 1 (5-TCNB) primary product 21 by deprotonation of 5(+center dot) and radical pair combination with TCNB-center dot followed by elimination of HCN. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.