作者:Christopher Owen Bender、Douglas Dolman、Noah Tu
DOI:10.1021/jo00017a007
日期:1991.8
4-Cyano-2,3-benzobicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4,7-triene (11) was found to be thermally and photochemically reactive. Heating solutions of 11 at 150-degrees-C for 2 h gave 5-cyanobenzocyclooctatetraene (10) quantitatively. The direct irradiation of triene 11 gave 2-cyanobenzosemibullvalene (i.e., SB 12, 63%, PHI = 0.067), COT 10 (28%, PHI = 0.031), and 1-cyanonaphthalene (ca. 0.5%, PHI = 0.0005). Upon sensitization with p-(dimethylamino)benzophenone, 11 gave 12 (30%, PHI = 0.028), COT 10 (9%, PHI = 0.0093), and 1-cyanonaphthalene (2%, PHI = 0.0018). Studies with deuterium-labeled triene (11a) revealed that the semibullavene produced from direct irradiation possessed a different label distribution to that obtained from sensitized irradiation, and hence state-dependent pathways operate in the SB formation. The mechanism proposed for the SB formation from S1 of 11 involves a 1,2-shift with cleavage of the cyclobutene C1-C6 bond of the triene, while SB formation from T1 results from a Zimmerman di-pi-methane rearrangement.