Two-Step 1,2-Shifts by β-Cleavage of Carbenium Ions and Recombination in Friedel−Crafts Reactions of 2-<i>tert</i>-Butyl-1-tosylaziridines<sup>1</sup>
作者:Konstantinos Bellos、Helmut Stamm
DOI:10.1021/jo980774m
日期:1998.10.1
AlCl3-induced ring cleavage of two 2-tert-butyl-1-tosylaziridines in benzene (PhH) or anisole (AnH) generates carbenium ions (CIs). Subsequent neopentyl rearrangement forms CIs 3a,b, whose beta-cleavage generates +CH2NTsAlC3- (14) and an alkene. The intermediate 14 can recombine with the alkene at either C=C carbon, resulting in a reversal of the cleavage (3a,b) or in a formal 1,2-shift (CIs 12a,b). AnH rapidly removes 14 from these interconverting systems by formation of a methoxybenzylamide species that undergoes fragmentation into TsNHAlCl3- and methoxybenzyl cation, which gives dianisylmethane (main product). PhH reacts slowly with 14, leaving CIs 3a,b and 12a,b more time for other reactions. Unreacted 14 can even be trapped by AnH at the end of a PhH run. Protonation of each alkene forms N-free CIs that react with PhH and AnH. Replacing tosyl in one of the aziridines by benzoyl makes the beta-cleavage markedly slower than both the classic phenyl shift and the internal trapping of CIs.
Aziridines. 69. Reactions of N-Acylaziridines with Sodium Metal and Sodium Naphthalenide. Elimination of olefines
Reactions of N-acylaziridines 1a-g (N-benzoyl except 1d) with sodium or naphthalenide N-.- in THF provide a variety of products that usually arise via the aziridino ketyls 2. Homolytic ring opening of 2 generates the amidatoalkyl radicals 3. Only with a very short reaction time were small amounts of benzil or benzoylnaphthalenes obtained indicating a reversible trapping of 2 by dimerization or coupling with N-.-. Homolysis of 2 produced always the more stable 3 apart from reactions of monomethylaziridines 1c,d where the primary radical i-3c,d is kinetically favoured. The amides R(1)CONHCHR(4)CHR(2)R(3) (9: isopropylamides i-9c,d from 1c,d) were usually the main products. 9 arise from 3 either by H atom abstraction from THF (probably in sodium metal runs) or by reduction of 3 to carbanions 5 that abstract a proton from THF (N-.- runs). Addition of 5a (R(2-4) = H) to 1a gives finally the ketone 8a. Self reaction of primary radical 3a is dimerization. Self reaction of tertiary or secondary radicals is disproportionation when an allylamide arises. This isomerizes to an enamide unless it is conjugated.R(2)R(3)C=CHR(4) and R(1)CONH(2) arise (probably) always. The mechanism, possibly a cyclic process of anion 6, is not clear.
Reactions of a tertiary carbon carrying a tert-butyl Group: Acid-catalyzed alcoholyses of activated aziridines with and without solvent assistance.
作者:Konstantinos Bellos、Helmut Stamm
DOI:10.1021/jo00122a057
日期:1995.9
Acid-catalyzed ring opening of tosylated and acylated 2-tert-butylaziridines 1 (2-phenyl) and 2 (2-benzyl) generates carbenium ions 18 (from 1) and 19 (from 2) which rearrange by a neopentyl rearrangement to carbenium ions 20 (18 --> 20) and 21 (19 --> 21). Reactions of 18-21 farm the final products: (1) deprotonation yields allylamides, homoallylamides, and enamides; (2) external trapping of 18 or 19 by a solvent molecule yields ethers; (3) internal trapping (only acylated 1 and 2) yields oxazolines and dihydrooxazines. The amount of external trapping with 1a,b depends on the activation: 1a (tosyl activation) yields more methyl ether (75% vs 51%) than 1b (benzoyl), but 1a yields less isopropyl ether (0% vs 25%) than 1b. The latter finding is in accord with an intramolecular interaction of the carbenium center of 18a with one of the tosyl oxygen atoms provided that this interaction distorts the carbenium plane to a pyramid which sterically retards external trapping. The former finding is not observed with 2a and 2b. This points to at least some methanol-assisted ring opening of 1a-H+ that must be supported by a benzylic effect. The required conformation of the phenyl ring is fixed in 1a-H+ (N-protonation and bulky SO2 cis to phenyl) but not in 1b-H+ (O-protonation and planar nitrogen conformation).
Aziridines, 66 [1]. Arene Hydrides. 12 [2]. Reactions of carbanions with two sterically demanding 1-benzoylaziridines: SET, SN2, carbonyl attack
作者:Konstantinos Bellos、Helmut Stamm
DOI:10.1002/prac.19953370157
日期:——
Reactions of 2-phenyl (1a) and 2-benzyl (1b) 1-benzoyl-2-butylaziridines with carbanions X(-), AH(-), and Fl(-) of xanthene, dihydroanthracene and fluorene always form N-(2-butylethyl)-benzamides carrying phenyl (9a) or benzyl (9b). This reductive ring opening indicates an SET mechanism with aziridino ketyls 6a, b as intermediates. Nucleophilic ring opening (S(N)s) is found only with the carbanion of the lowest reducing power: Fl(-) --> 5a, b (62 %, 14 %). These two mechanisms cleave different bonds, a finding without precedence in S(N)2/SET competitions. Carbonyl addition resulting in benzoyl transfer to xanthene, dihydroanthracene or fluorene is usually also observed. It is the main reaction with X(-) and 1a. The highest yields of 9a, b are obtained with AH(-) since a special inner-sphere SET is available.