Photochemistry of 1-phenyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalene in methanol
摘要:
The photochemistry of 1-phenyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalene (1) in methanol and hexane has been investigated. The lack of influence of solvent polarity and of the presence of sulfuric acid on the rate of formation of exo-4-phenylbenzobicyclo[3.1.0]hex-2-ene (exo-2) from the primary, ring-opened photoproduct cZt-3a of 1 precludes a sudden-polarized, zwitterionic excited state from being involved in the intramolecular [4 + 2] photocycloaddition reaction leading to exo-2. The experimental results can be rationalized by assuming that this photoprocess involves a concerted pi-4a + pi-2a-type electrocyclic reaction. cis-Dibenzobicyclo[3.3.0]octa-2,7-diene (8) is proposed to arise by photocyclization of cZc-3b, followed by a thermal rearrangement. On irradiation of 1 with a broad-spectrum lamp, the ratio of the photoproducts exo-2 and 8 is correlated with the ratio of the pe and pa conformers of 1. The novel compound 1-(o-benzylphenyl)allene (6) is also formed under these conditions. Irradiation of 1 at 254 nm yields 8 as the only photoproduct. Photochemical addition of methanol was observed to complete with the photoprocess, leading to exo-2, though at a comparatively low level. A photodecomposition mode of exo-2, presumably involving heterolytic cleavage of the cyclopropane ring, presents the chief source of methoxylated photoproducts at low temperatures in methanol.
Photochemistry of 1-phenyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalene in methanol
作者:Jan Woning、Frank A. T. Lijten、Wim H. Laarhoven
DOI:10.1021/jo00007a033
日期:1991.3
The photochemistry of 1-phenyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalene (1) in methanol and hexane has been investigated. The lack of influence of solvent polarity and of the presence of sulfuric acid on the rate of formation of exo-4-phenylbenzobicyclo[3.1.0]hex-2-ene (exo-2) from the primary, ring-opened photoproduct cZt-3a of 1 precludes a sudden-polarized, zwitterionic excited state from being involved in the intramolecular [4 + 2] photocycloaddition reaction leading to exo-2. The experimental results can be rationalized by assuming that this photoprocess involves a concerted pi-4a + pi-2a-type electrocyclic reaction. cis-Dibenzobicyclo[3.3.0]octa-2,7-diene (8) is proposed to arise by photocyclization of cZc-3b, followed by a thermal rearrangement. On irradiation of 1 with a broad-spectrum lamp, the ratio of the photoproducts exo-2 and 8 is correlated with the ratio of the pe and pa conformers of 1. The novel compound 1-(o-benzylphenyl)allene (6) is also formed under these conditions. Irradiation of 1 at 254 nm yields 8 as the only photoproduct. Photochemical addition of methanol was observed to complete with the photoprocess, leading to exo-2, though at a comparatively low level. A photodecomposition mode of exo-2, presumably involving heterolytic cleavage of the cyclopropane ring, presents the chief source of methoxylated photoproducts at low temperatures in methanol.