Irradiation of N,N'-diacylindigo dyes in the presence of oxygen resulted in an unusual oxygen insertion/acyl transfer reaction. While this process occurred over many weeks at room temperature, at 100 degrees C it was complete in a few hours. In some cases the yield-of photooxidized product was virtually quantitative. The product structures were proved by spectroscopic methods and in one example by X-ray analysis. A series of mechanistic experiments led to the conclusion that at least the oxygen insertion part of the photooxidation process proceeded via a radical mechanism. The evidence included the following observations: (1) When the photooxidation was conducted in toluene, large amounts of benzyl hydroperoxide were produced; (2) the photooxidation could be achieved in the dark with a radical initiator; (3) attempts to generate the photooxidized product using singlet oxygen chemistry failed. The postulated radical mechanism is described.
[1,3] Alkyl migration as a third type of N,N'-dialkanoylindigo photochemistry
作者:Bradley D. Smith、David E. Alonso、Jeffrey T. Bien、John D. Zielinski、Sheridan L. Smith、Kenneth J. Haller
DOI:10.1021/jo00075a059
日期:1993.11
Photooxidation of N,N'-Diacylindigo Dyes
作者:Bradley D. Smith、David E. Alonso、Jeffrey T. Bien、Elise C. Metzler、Maoyu Shang、John M. Roosenberg
DOI:10.1021/jo00105a015
日期:1994.12
Irradiation of N,N'-diacylindigo dyes in the presence of oxygen resulted in an unusual oxygen insertion/acyl transfer reaction. While this process occurred over many weeks at room temperature, at 100 degrees C it was complete in a few hours. In some cases the yield-of photooxidized product was virtually quantitative. The product structures were proved by spectroscopic methods and in one example by X-ray analysis. A series of mechanistic experiments led to the conclusion that at least the oxygen insertion part of the photooxidation process proceeded via a radical mechanism. The evidence included the following observations: (1) When the photooxidation was conducted in toluene, large amounts of benzyl hydroperoxide were produced; (2) the photooxidation could be achieved in the dark with a radical initiator; (3) attempts to generate the photooxidized product using singlet oxygen chemistry failed. The postulated radical mechanism is described.
Smith, Bradley D.; Paugam, Marie-France; Haller, Kenneth J., Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions II, 1993, # 2, p. 165 - 169
作者:Smith, Bradley D.、Paugam, Marie-France、Haller, Kenneth J.