Rearrangements of Tricyclo[5.3.1.01,7]undecatrienide Anion: Circumambulation and Cleavage of the Cyclopropane Ring

Mitsunori Oda*, Yoshimi Masaki, Yoshimi Okazaki, Takanori Kajioka, Yasufumi Morita, Ryuta Miyatake, Shigeyasu Kuroda

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Abstract

Reaction of tricyclo[5.3.1.01,7]undeca-2,4,9-triene with butyllithium in tetrahydrofuran-hexamethylphosphoric triamide at -78 °C and subsequent quenching of the resulted dark red reaction mixture with water or methanol gave tricyclo[6.3.0.01,3]undeca-5,7,9-triene (4) as the sole isolable product. It was also found that quenching of the anion solution with deuterium oxide under the same conditions caused stereoselective incorporation of deuterium atom. On the other hand, quenching of the anion solution with water after it was warmed to 0 °C gave a mixture of dihydromethylazulenes. The cycloadduct of the rearranged hydrocarbon 4 with 4-phenyl-3H-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5(4H)-dione was obtained and its structure was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. A driving force of the circumambulation was thought to be the creation of conjugation between the cycloheptadienide part and the five-membered ring olefin in the product on the basis of the facts that a circumambulatory rearrangement in the opposite direction, which would lead to a different product via a less conjugated tricyclic anion, was not observed, and that the anion generated from tricyclo[5.3.1.01,7]undeca-2,4-diene was reluctant to undergo the rearrangement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1959-1965
Number of pages7
JournalBulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Volume71
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998/08

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  • General Chemistry

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