Preparation and Photosensitized Oxidation of Isopropylidenecyclobutanes and -cyclobutenes
摘要:
Isopropylidenecyclobutanes 2-5 underwent facile ene reaction with singlet dioxygen, yielding (upon Ph(3)P reduction) the corresponding pairs of epimeric allylic alcohols 9 and 10, 11 and 12, 13 and 14, and 15 and 16, respectively. A combination of spectral evidence and molecular modeling studies were utilized in the structural assignment of the epimers. The data clearly indicate that steric considerations play an important role in determining the face of the ring which O-1(2) approaches. Isopropylidenecyclobutenes 6 and 7 reacted with singlet oxygen more slowly than their monoolefinic analogs, yielding upon reduction allylic alcohols 21b and 22, respectively. Benzo analog 7 also generated a small and solvent-dependent amount of isomeric aldehydes 23 and 24, presumably via a free-radical mechanism. n-Butyl diene 8 underwent rapid photosensitized oxygenation producing allylic alcohol 35 (as the O-1(2) ene product) and dione 37 (the Hock-cleavage product of allylic hydroperoxide 39, formed in turn via a free-radical route) in a 1:9 ratio. Ah initio (STO-3G) calculations confirm that, in their lowest energy conformations, compounds 2-8 are planar with the methylene ring hydrogens displaced ca. 36 degrees from the perpendicular. As a result, only exocyclic ene product is formed, since O-1(2) strongly prefers axial or pseudoaxial allylic hydrogens. These calculations combined with the relative rate data suggest that the initial interaction between the electrophilic O-1(2) and alkylidenecyclobutenes involves both ends of the singlet dioxygen molecule, in which the ''front'' end attacks the reactive exocyclic double bond while the ''back'' end obtains stabilization by interacting with the more electron rich but unreactive endocyclic olefin linkage. Because of this added, and presumably substantial, stabilization, the relative rates within this system are determined in part by the orbital coefficients at the latter olefinic center.
Tetralins (tetrahydronaphthalenes) are synthesised from benzocyclobutenols based on the rhodium-catalysed site-selective ring opening followed by intermolecular/intramolecular conjugate addition of the resulting arylrhodium species to electron-deficient alkenes. The produced structures make a remarkable contrast with those available from the same compounds under thermal reaction conditions.
A Rh(I)-catalyzed intermolecular cyclization between isocyanates and benzocyclobutenols leading to isoquinolin-1(2H)-ones through selective cleavage of a C–C bond has been realized. Exploiting the same strategy, we developed a Rh(I)-catalyzed three-component reaction of benzocyclobutenols, isonitriles, and sulfonyl azides to access isoquinolin-1(2H)-imines. These procedures provide unique and expeditious
Rh(I)-Catalyzed Insertion of Allenes into C–C Bonds of Benzocyclobutenols
作者:Chunliang Zhao、Li-Chuan Liu、Jing Wang、Chenran Jiang、Qing-Wei Zhang、Wei He
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.5b03518
日期:2016.1.15
Herein we report a Rh(I)-catalyzed two carbon insertion into C–C bonds of benzocyclobutenols by employing symmetrical and unsymmetrical allenes. This reaction provides rapid access to alkylidene tetralins bearing two adjacent stereogenic centers in good yields and diasteroselectivities.
Pd-catalyzed chemo-, regio-, and enantioselective ring-closing/ring-opening cross couplingreaction has been developed with diverse aryl halide-tethered alkenes and benzocyclobutenols as substrates, which renders the highly enantioselective diarylation of unactivated alkenes and provides a convenient method toward chiral 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans bearing a quaternary stereocenter with excellent enantioselectivities