A carbene to biradical rearrangement: reaction paths from (8-methyl-1-naphthyl)carbene to acenaphthene
摘要:
Photochemical nitrogen elimination from 1-(diazomethyl)-8-methylnaphthalene (2) yields acenaphthene (3) via the reactive intermediates (8-methyl-1-naphthyl)carbene (a) and 1,8-naphthoquinodimethane (b). The triplet biradical b was observed by absorption spectroscopy at 77 K and by laser flash photolysis at room temperature. The cyclization of triplet b to triplet 3 is forbidden by state symmetry. Two pathways for the reaction b --> 3 have been identified: (1) intersystem crossing to the singlet groud state is rate-determining in the thermal decay of b, and (2) an adiabatic reaction yielding 3 in the lowest excited triplet state was observed upon photolysis of triplet b at 77 K. The carbene precursor of b was intercepted by methanol. This resulted in a reduced yield of transient b in acetonitrile. The trapping reaction did not obey a linear Stern-Volmer relationship.
A carbene to biradical rearrangement: reaction paths from (8-methyl-1-naphthyl)carbene to acenaphthene
摘要:
Photochemical nitrogen elimination from 1-(diazomethyl)-8-methylnaphthalene (2) yields acenaphthene (3) via the reactive intermediates (8-methyl-1-naphthyl)carbene (a) and 1,8-naphthoquinodimethane (b). The triplet biradical b was observed by absorption spectroscopy at 77 K and by laser flash photolysis at room temperature. The cyclization of triplet b to triplet 3 is forbidden by state symmetry. Two pathways for the reaction b --> 3 have been identified: (1) intersystem crossing to the singlet groud state is rate-determining in the thermal decay of b, and (2) an adiabatic reaction yielding 3 in the lowest excited triplet state was observed upon photolysis of triplet b at 77 K. The carbene precursor of b was intercepted by methanol. This resulted in a reduced yield of transient b in acetonitrile. The trapping reaction did not obey a linear Stern-Volmer relationship.
The singular reduction of 1,8-bis-hydroxymethylnaphthalene to a benzonorcaradiene by LiAlH4
作者:Janeta V. Popovici-Müller、Thomas A. Spencer
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(97)10247-7
日期:1997.11
Reduction of 1,8-naphthalic anhydride (1) with LiAlH4 in THF (or DME, but not Et2O) affords, in addition to diol 2, benzonorcaradiene 3. Extended treatment of 2 or lactone 4 also leads to 3, in 66% and 65% yield, respectively. Reduction of 4 with LiAID(4) established that formation of 3 proceeds via a symmetrical intermediate. No significant norcaradiene formation is observed upon comparable LiAIH(4) treatment of 14, 15, 16 or 17. This novel reduction of a naphthalene derivative to a benzonorcaradiene appears to be unique to 2 or its precursors. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.