摘要:
A series of 8-oxabicyclo [3.2.1]oct-6-en-2-ones was prepared by the rhodium(II)-catalyzed cyclization-cycloaddition reaction of alpha-diazopentanedione with various alkynes. The photochemical behavior of these oxabicyclic enones was investigated. Both direct and sensitized photolysis cleanly results in a 1,3-acyl shift. A slower, secondary photoprocess involving intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer and intramolecular cycloaddition of the resulting ketene was also uncovered. The photobehavior of the closely related 9-oxabenzocycloheptene system was also examined. The initially formed 1,3-sigmatropic rearranged product was found to undergo a novel 1,4-methoxyl migration on extended photolysis. The photochemistry of the homologous 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hepten-2-one was studied. The results obtained can be interpreted in terms of an initial Norrish type I cleavage. The resulting diradical either couples to give the 1,3-acyl shift product or undergoes bond fragmentation, giving products derived from a stepwise retro-Diels-Alder reaction.