Lewis-acid catalysis of photochemical reactions. 9. Structure and photoisomerization of (E)- and (Z)-cinnamamides and their Lewis acid complexes
作者:Frederick D. Lewis、Jeffrey E. Elbert、Alana L. Upthagrove、Paul D. Hale
DOI:10.1021/jo00002a015
日期:1991.1
The spectroscopic properties and photoisomerization reactions of several (E)- and (Z)-cinnamamides have been investigated in the absence and presence of the strong Lewis acid BF3. The (E)-cinnamamides are essentially planar and exist predominantly in the enone s-cis conformation, except in the case of the alpha-methyl tertiary amide which adopts the s-trans conformation in order to minimize nonbonded repulsion. The (Z)-cinnamamides exist predominantly in the highly nonplanar s-trans conformation. This unusual conformational preference is attributed to intramolecular charge transfer from the aromatic to amide functionality. Photoisomerization efficiencies are dependent upon N-alkylation, aromatic substitution, alpha-alkylation, solvent, and excitation wavelength. These effects are attributed to the existence of two lowest energy pi,pi* singlet states (one reactive and one nonreactive) whose relative energies are dependent upon substitution. The cinnamamides from 1:1 complexes with BF3 with equilibrium constants > 10(3). Complexation alters both the electronic structure and photochemical behavior of the cinnamamides. Quantitative E --> Z isomerization has been observed for the BF3 complexes of two tertiary amides.