The first isolation of a Wheland complex in azo-coupling reaction, X-ray diffraction analysis and products from its evolution
摘要:
The reaction between tris(N-piperidinyl)benzene and 4-methoxybenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate afforded a Wheland intermediate (W) that was isolated and crystallized at low temperature. This permitted to obtain, for the first time, the X-ray structure analysis of a sigma-complex in the diazo coupling reaction. In solution, W slowly evolves to the rearomatized product PH+ (as salt). The single crystal X-ray diffraction determination of the neutral azo compound P is also reported.