Irradiation (350 nm) of 2-alkynylcyclohex-2-enones 1 in benzene in the presence of an excess of 2-methylbut-1-en-3-yne (2) affords in each case a mixture of a cis-fused 3,4,4a,5,6,8a-hexahydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one 3 and a bicyclo[4.2.0]octan-2-one 4 (Scheme 2), the former being formed as main product via 1,6-cyclization of the common biradical intermediate. The (parent) cyclohex-2-enone and other alkylcyclohex-2-enones 7 also give naphthalenones 8, albeit in lower yields, the major products being bicyclo[4.2.0]octan-2-ones (Scheme 4). No product derived from such a 1,6-cyclization is observed in the irradiation of 3-alkynylcyclohexenone 9 in the presence of 2 (Scheme 4). Irradiation of the 2-cyano-substituted cyclohexenone 12 under these conditions again affords only traces of naphthalenone 13, the main product now being the substituted bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-7-ene 16 (Scheme 5), resulting from [2 + 2] cycloaddition of the acetylenic C-C bond of 2 to excited 12.
Photochemical Formation of 3,4,4a,5,6,8a-Hexahydro-2<i>H</i>-naphthalen-1-ones from Cyclohex-2-enones and 2-Methylbut-1-en-3-yne
作者:Birgit Witte、Paul Margaretha
DOI:10.1021/ol990003k
日期:1999.7.1
Irradiation of 2-alkynylcyclohex-2-enones 1a and 1b in the presence of 2-methylbut-1-en-3-yne in benzene affords 6-methylenehexahydronaph-thalen-1-ones 2 as main products while photolysis in methanol gives predominantly 1:1 diastereomeric mixtures of 6-methoxy-6-methylnaphthalenones 4 and 5, respectively, The key step in this stepwise [4 + 2]-cycloaddition is the 1,6-cyclization of biradical 6 to 1,2-cyclohexadiene 7.