On the Electronic Character of Localized Singlet 2,2-Dimethoxycyclopentane-1,3-diyl Diradicals: Substituent Effects on the Lifetime
作者:Manabu Abe、Waldemar Adam、Michihiro Hara、Masanori Hattori、Tetsuro Majima、Masatomo Nojima、Kei Tachibana、Sachiko Tojo
DOI:10.1021/ja026301l
日期:2002.6.1
Photodenitrogenation of the diazenes 4 affords exclusively the housanes 5 through intramolecular cyclization of the spectrally detected and characterized singlet diradicals 3. The lifetime of singlet diradical 3, determined by transient absorption measurements, depends on the Y and Z substituents at the para position of the phenyl ring and has the following order: Y, Z = OMe, OMe > OMe, CN > CN, CN > OMe, H > Cl, Cl approximately CN, H approximately Me, Me > H, H. This unprecedented substituent effect reveals stabilization of the singlet 2,2-dimethoxycyclopentane-1,3-diyl diradicals 3 through radical, zwitterionic, pi-bonding, and hyperconjugative structures.