名称:
2,4,6,8-Tetracarbomethoxybarbaralane
摘要:
2,4,6,8-Tetracarbomethoxybarbaralane has been synthesized in four steps from malondialdehyde and dimethyl 1,3-acetonedicarboxylate. The P2I4-induced Grob fragmentation (Kuhn-Winterstein reaction) of 2,4,6,8-tetracarbomethoxytetracyclo[3.3.1.0(2,8).0(4,6)]nonane-3,7-exo, exo-diol gave in addition to 2,4,6,8-tetracarbomethoxybarbaralane (36%), two side products identified as 2,4,6-tricarbomethoxybarbaralane (3%) and 2,4,6,8-tetracarbomethoxybicyclo[3.3.1]nona-2,6-diene, a dihydrobarbaralane (2%). 2,4,6,8-Tetracarbomethoxybarbaralane was shown to undergo a rapid degenerate Cope rearrangement in solution with an activation energy of Delta G*(158) = 5.95 +/- 0.2 kcal/mol, 1.53 kcal/mol lower than that for barbaralane itself. In the solid state the molecule proved to be static on the basis of its CP-MAS C-13 NMR spectrum. The X-ray structure of 2,4,6,8-tetracarbomethoxybarbaralane shows a cyclopropane bond of 1.61 Angstrom (C-2-C-8) and an open-end distance of = 2.40 Angstrom (C-4-C-6). The equilibrium for the tricarbomethoxybarbaralane was found to been the side of the 2,4,6-isomer, on the basis of its spectral data. The X-ray structure confirmed this for the solid state. These findings are in agreement with theoretical expectations.