(Phenylsulfonyl)allenes as Substrates for Cycloaddition Reactions: Intramolecular Cyclizations onto Unactivated Alkenes
作者:Albert Padwa、Michael Meske、S. Shaun Murphree、Scott H. Watterson、Zhijie Ni
DOI:10.1021/ja00132a005
日期:1995.7
The reaction of a series of allyl-substituted bis(phenylsulfonyl)methanes or dimethyl malonates with 2,3-bis(phenylsulfonyl)-1,3-butadiene in the presence of base afforded alkenyl-substituted allenes in good yield. The reaction proceeds by initial attack of the soft carbanion onto the terminal position of the diene, and this is followed by PhSO(2)(-) elimination to give the phenylsulfonyl-substituted allene. Themal [2 + 2]-cycloaddition proceeded across the C-1-C-2 double bond of the allene with completely sterospecificity. Stepwise bonding prefers to occur in a 1,6-exo manner rather than in a 1,7-endo fashion. Substitution at the 7-position of the pi-bond causes a crossover in the regioselectivity of the [2 + 2]-cycloaddition process. All products can be rationalized by a mechanism which includes an initial carbon-carbon bond formation involving the central allene carbon to give a diradical intermediate. The product distribution is then determined by the substitution pattern of the alkene and the fate of the diradical intermediate.
Peri and stereoselectivity effects in the intramolecular [2+2]-cycloaddition reaction of phenylsulfonyl-substituted allenes
作者:Albert Padwa、Michelle A. Filipkowski、Michael Meske、Scott H. Watterson、Zhijie Ni
DOI:10.1021/ja00062a054
日期:1993.5
Methyl effects in the cyclization of .gamma.-epoxy bis-sulfones
A quantitative study on the effects of methyl and gem-dimethyl groups in the intramolecular ring opening of epoxides by bis-sulfonyl carbanions is reported for the formation of cyclopropanes. Reaction rates are increased by methyl groups on the chain connecting the nucleophile with the oxirane and depressed by methyl substitution in the epoxide ring. When gem-dimethyl groups are present on the epoxide, ring opening is apparently inhibited. It will be shown that in this case the reaction is reversible and the apparent stabilization of the gem-dimethyl-substituted oxirane is actually due to a combination of effects on both the forward and the reverse reactions. On the basis of current theories on intramolecular reactions, it is suggested that release of ground-state strain and van der Waals repulsions in the transition state can account for the observed reactivity.
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