Studies of 9-Fluorenyl Carbocations. Intramolecular Hydride Migration in a Substituted 9-Fluorenyl Carbocation
作者:Gabriela Mladenova、Lie Chen、Chris F. Rodriquez、K. W. Michael Siu、Linda J. Johnston、Alan C. Hopkinson、Edward Lee-Ruff
DOI:10.1021/jo0009200
日期:2001.2.1
The substituted fluorenyl cation, 9-(diphenylmethyl)fluoren-9-yl cation (4), is formed under stable ion conditions (low temperature/strong acid) from its corresponding alcohol 3. This ion is transformed to a substituted diphenyl methyl cation 8 at ambient temperature via an apparent 1,2-hydrogen shift. Irradiation of 9-(diphenylmethyl)fluoren-9-ol in methanol gives products derived from the corresponding cation along with radical-derived products from C-C and C-O homolysis processes. The laser flash photolysis of this alcohol gave a transient corresponding to cation 4. All of the photoproducts are derived from cation 4 or radical pathways. High level MO calculations point to a high barrier (23.8 kcal mol(-1)) for the 1,2-hydride shift. This barrier is the consequence of the minimum energy conformation of this fluorenyl cation which is less than ideal for the periplanar geometry necessary for this process.