Intramolecular Electron Transfer Reactions Catalyzed by .alpha.-Oxo and .beta.-Oxo Substituents in the 1-Chlorobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane System
作者:Andres E. Lukach、David G. Morris、Ana N. Santiago、Roberto A. Rossi
DOI:10.1021/jo00109a035
日期:1995.2
Efficient intramolecular ET catalysis in S(RN)1 reactions was observed when a carbonyl group is present in 1-chlorobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane in the alpha or beta position. 1-Chloro-3,3-dimethyl-2-oxobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (1) and 4-chloro-1,7,7-trimethyl-2-oxobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (4) reacted with diphenylphosphide ion (Ph(2)P(-)) as nucleophile in liquid ammonia under photostimulation to give the substitution products in good yields, together with very small amounts of the reduction product. The substitution products were not observed in dark conditions, and the photostimulated reactions were inhibited by p-dinitrobenzene. These reactions are proposed to proceed via the S(RN)1 mechanism. In competition experiments, the reactivity ratio of 1 to 4 was 2.8, whereas the ratio of 1-chloro-3,3-dimethyl-2-oxobicyclo[2.2.2]octane (8) to 4 was 1.1. On the other hand, 1-chloro-2-methylene-3, 3-dimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (7) was unreactive under these experimental conditions. It then seems to follow that when there is a carbonyl group in these bicyclic compounds, in the a or beta position, they react by the S(RN)1 mechanism, and the overall reactivity is similar, but when the C=O is replaced by a C=C, the substrate did not react in these experimental conditions. These results are in agreement with MO calculations, in which the LUMO of compounds 1, 4, and 8 belongs to the pi* MO of the C=O group, with similar energies, and is lower than the pi* MO of 7.