Thermal rearrangements and reactions of 5-alkyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentakis(methoxycarbonyl)cyclopentadienes
作者:Elizabeth A. Jefferson、John Warkentin
DOI:10.1021/jo00081a029
日期:1994.1
Studies of the thermal reactions of five Balkyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentakis (methoxycarbonyl)cyclopentadienes in methanol solvent are described, where the alkyl groups are benzhydryl, methoxymethyl, 1-adamantyl, p-methoxybenzyl, and benzyl. The benzyl cyclopentadiene system undergoes thermal [1,5]-sigmatropic rearrangement via methoxycarbonyl migrations while the other cyclopentadienes undergo C-alkyl bond heterolysis to ion-pair intermediates, which are scavenged by solvent. First-order rate constants for solvolysis of the methoxymethyl, 1-adamantyl, and p-methoxybenzyl systems in methanol solvent were determined and that for the benzhydryl system was estimated from a single measurement of the half-life.