Synthesis of 2‘-Alkylspiro[2-X-cyclohexan-1,3‘-3‘<i>H</i>-indole] (X = H; X = CH<sub>3</sub>) by an Unexpected Reaction between an Organomagnesium Halide and 2‘-Methylspiro[2-X-cyclohexan-1,3‘-3‘<i>H</i>-indole]. X-ray Structure of a Fluorescent Dimeric Compound
作者:J. Gonzalo Rodríguez、Anahí Urrutia、J. Eugenio de Diego、M. Paz Martínez-Alcazar、I. Fonseca
DOI:10.1021/jo980072x
日期:1998.6.1
The reaction of 2'-methylspiro[cyclohexan-1,3'-3'H-indole] (1a) with methylmagnesium iodide gives 2'-ethyl-, 2'-isopropyl-, and 2'-tert-butylspiro[cyclohexan-1,3'-3'H-indole] as the unexpected 2'-methyl insertion products; their presence and ratio are dependent upon the reaction conditions. Influence of a methyl substituent in 2'-methylspiro[2-methylcyclohexan-1,3'-3'H-indole] (1b) on the reaction with methylmagnesium iodide has been analyzed; the 2'-ethyl (2b) and 2'-isopropyl (3b) derivatives were obtained as the insertion products together with a luminescent compound that was identified by X-ray diffraction analysis as meso-(1R,2S),(1S,2R)-alpha,beta-di(2'-(spiro[2 -methylcyclohexan-1,3'-3'H-indolyl]}ethene (10). The reaction of 1a or 1b with some active organomagnesium halides (allyl or benzyl) afforded the 2'-methyl-2'-alkyl-3'H-indole derivative (allyl, 5a or 5b; benzyl, 6a) as an apparent addition product. The reaction possibly occurs through a mechanism of radical intermediates.