作者:Paul S. Engel、Donald M. Robertson、John N. Scholz、Henry J. Shine
DOI:10.1021/jo00049a025
日期:1992.11
Three tertiary azoalkanes related in the sense acyclic, cyclic, and bicyclic are shown to evolve nitrogen upon oxidation with stable cation radical salts. Thus azo-tert-octane (ATO), 3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-1,2-diazacyclohexene (TMDAC), and 1,4-dimethyl-2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene (Me2DBO) react rapidly with thianthrenium perchlorate (Th.+ClO4-), tris(p-bromophenyl)aminium hexachloroantimonate (TBPA.+SbCl6-), and TBPA.+SbF6-. The ether and olefin products, which are formed in high yield in CH2Cl2/MeOH solvent, are not those expected from the usual free-radical decomposition of azoalkanes but instead implicate carbocations. Although the reaction stoichiometry clearly requires 2 equiv of cation radical salt to one of azoalkane, the mechanism is not yet clearly defined. A complication in these studies is found in the ability of certain cation radical salts to oxidize more azoalkane than expected based on the 2:1 stoichiometry.