Intramolecular reactivity of arylcarbenes: Biphenyl-2-ylcarbenes
摘要:
Biphenyl-2-ylcarbenes, 2-ArC(6)H(4)CR, were generated photolytically and thermally from diazo precursors. Cyclization, leading to fluorenes, competes with capture of the carbenes by methanol but proceeds faster than intramolecular hydrogen shifts (with R = Me) and intermolecular C-H insertion reactions (with R = H in cyclohexane). By comparison of product ratios with kinetic data for related carbenes from the literature, the cyclization rate is estimated as ca 10(11) s(-1). The intramolecular reactivity of biphenyl-2-ylcarbenes is nor significantly attenuated by variation of R (R = H, Me, Ph). Very minor effects of triplet sensitization and methanol quenching indicate that fluorenes arise from spin-equilibrated biphenyl-2-ylcarbenes, presumably from the singlet state. When Ar = mesityl, the carbene predominantly inserts into C-H bonds of the 2'-methyl groups, giving rise to a dihydrophenanthrene. Formation of a fluorene derivative, by formal insertion into C-C bonds, occurs as a minor process. This unprecedented reaction points to intervention of an o-xylylene in which the methyl group migrates. Laser flash photolysis (LFP) of 2-PhC(6)H(4)CN(2)Ph generates a transient absorption which is due to the T-0-->T-n transition of 9-phenylfluorene rather than to the presumed o-xylylene. On LFP of 2-ArC(6)H(4)CN(2)Ph in trifluoroethanol-acetonitrile, protonation of the carbenes gives rise to carbocations, 2-ArC(6)H(4)CH(+)Ph. The transient absorption spectra of these cations are strongly influenced by twisting about the Ar-Ar bond (Ar = Ph < o-tolyl < mesityl) whereas the rates of nucleophilic capture vary only slightly. Biphenyl-2-ylcarbenium ions (Ar = R = Ph) cyclize more slowly than the analogous carbenes, by a factor of greater than or equal to 10(4).
Intramolecular reactivity of arylcarbenes: Biphenyl-2-ylcarbenes
摘要:
Biphenyl-2-ylcarbenes, 2-ArC(6)H(4)CR, were generated photolytically and thermally from diazo precursors. Cyclization, leading to fluorenes, competes with capture of the carbenes by methanol but proceeds faster than intramolecular hydrogen shifts (with R = Me) and intermolecular C-H insertion reactions (with R = H in cyclohexane). By comparison of product ratios with kinetic data for related carbenes from the literature, the cyclization rate is estimated as ca 10(11) s(-1). The intramolecular reactivity of biphenyl-2-ylcarbenes is nor significantly attenuated by variation of R (R = H, Me, Ph). Very minor effects of triplet sensitization and methanol quenching indicate that fluorenes arise from spin-equilibrated biphenyl-2-ylcarbenes, presumably from the singlet state. When Ar = mesityl, the carbene predominantly inserts into C-H bonds of the 2'-methyl groups, giving rise to a dihydrophenanthrene. Formation of a fluorene derivative, by formal insertion into C-C bonds, occurs as a minor process. This unprecedented reaction points to intervention of an o-xylylene in which the methyl group migrates. Laser flash photolysis (LFP) of 2-PhC(6)H(4)CN(2)Ph generates a transient absorption which is due to the T-0-->T-n transition of 9-phenylfluorene rather than to the presumed o-xylylene. On LFP of 2-ArC(6)H(4)CN(2)Ph in trifluoroethanol-acetonitrile, protonation of the carbenes gives rise to carbocations, 2-ArC(6)H(4)CH(+)Ph. The transient absorption spectra of these cations are strongly influenced by twisting about the Ar-Ar bond (Ar = Ph < o-tolyl < mesityl) whereas the rates of nucleophilic capture vary only slightly. Biphenyl-2-ylcarbenium ions (Ar = R = Ph) cyclize more slowly than the analogous carbenes, by a factor of greater than or equal to 10(4).
Copper-Catalyzed Direct Benzylation or Allylation of 1,3-Azoles with <i>N</i>-Tosylhydrazones
作者:Xia Zhao、Guojiao Wu、Yan Zhang、Jianbo Wang
DOI:10.1021/ja111249p
日期:2011.3.16
Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling of N-tosylhydrazones with 1,3-azoles leads to the direct C-H benzylation or allylation. Cu carbene migratory insertion is proposed to play the key role in this transformation.
Transition-Metal-Free Intramolecular Carbene Aromatic Substitution/Büchner Reaction: Synthesis of Fluorenes and [6,5,7]Benzo-fused Rings
作者:Zhenxing Liu、Haocheng Tan、Long Wang、Tianren Fu、Ying Xia、Yan Zhang、Jianbo Wang
DOI:10.1002/anie.201409982
日期:2015.3.2
Intramoleculararomaticsubstitution and Büchner reaction have been established as powerful methods for the construction of polycyclic compounds. These reactions are traditionally catalyzed by RhII catalysts with α‐diazocarbonyl compounds as the substrates. Herein a transition‐metal‐free intramoleculararomaticsubstitution/Büchner reaction is presented. These reactions use readily available N‐tosylhydrazones