Intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of pyrimidines and a computational study toward their structure and reactivity
作者:Werner A. W. Stolle、August E. Frissen、Antonius T. M. Marcelis、Henk C. Van der Plas
DOI:10.1021/jo00037a011
日期:1992.5
The syntheses of 2-[(prop-2-ynyloxy)carbonyl]pyrimidine (1), 5-[(prop-2-ynyloxy)carbonyl]pyrimidine (2), 5-phenyl-2-[2-(1-prop-2-ynylpyrryl)]pyrimidine (8),5-phenyl-2-[2-(1-prop-2-ynylpyrrolidinyl)]pyrimidine (9) and 2-[2-(prop-2-ynyloxy)phenyl]-4,6-R2-5-R1-pyrimidine (R1 = H, Cl, Ph; R2 = H, Me) (14a-d) are described. Upon heating, the compounds 1, 9, and 14 undergo an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction and a subsequent retro Diels-Alder reaction to yield the annelated pyridines 15, 16, and 17, respectively. The compounds 2 and 8 did not react. The nonreactivity of the compounds 2 and 8 is ascribed to conjugation of the pyrimidine aromatic system with part of the dienophilic side chain, giving rise to conformations in which the diene and dienophile moieties cannot interact. For the compounds 1, 9, and 14 conjugation is absent, due to steric hindrance. To support this, semiempirical (MDNO-PM3) and molecular mechanics (MMX, CHEMX) calculations were performed. The HOMO-LUMO energy separation of the compounds did not consequently reflect the observed reactivity. However, the probability of the compounds to be in a reactive conformation appeared to correlate with the observed rate of reaction (9 > 14a > 1 >> 2, 8).