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The Missing C1-C5 Cycloaromatization Reaction: Triplet State Antiaromaticity Relief and Self-Terminating Photorelease of Formaldehyde for Synthesis of Fulvenes from Enynes
Mohamed, Rana K.,Mondal, Sayantan,Jorner, Kjell,Delgado, Thais Faria,Lobodin, Vladislav V.,Ottosson, Henrik,Alabugin, Igor V.
supporting information, p. 15441 - 15450 (2015/12/26)
The last missing example of the four archetypical cycloaromatizations of enediynes and enynes was discovered by combining a twisted alkene excited state with a new self-terminating path for intramolecular conversion of diradicals into closed-shell products. Photoexcitation of aromatic enynes to a twisted alkene triplet state creates a unique stereoelectronic situation, which is facilitated by the relief of excited state antiaromaticity of the benzene ring. This enables the usually unfavorable 5-endo-trig cyclization and merges it with 5-exo-dig closure. The 1,4-diradical product of the C1-C5 cyclization undergoes internal H atom transfer that is coupled with the fragmentation of an exocyclic C-C bond. This sequence provides efficient access to benzofulvenes from enynes and expands the utility of self-terminating aromatizing enyne cascades to photochemical reactions. The key feature of this self-terminating reaction is that, despite the involvement of radical species in the key cyclization step, no external radical sources or quenchers are needed to provide the products. In these cascades, both radical centers are formed transiently and converted to the closed-shell products via intramolecular H-transfer and C-C bond fragmentation. Furthermore, incorporating C-C bond cleavage into the photochemical self-terminating cyclizations of enynes opens a new way for the use of alkenes as alkyne equivalents in organic synthesis.
A novel C-H insertion via deoxygenation of amides by a Sm/SmI2 mixed system
Ogawa, Akiya,Takami, Noriaki,Nanke, Taizoh,Ohya, Syoji,Hirao, Toshikazu,Sonoda, Noboru
, p. 12895 - 12902 (2007/10/03)
A samarium/samarium diiodide mixed system successfully effects novel aminocyclopropanation and C-H insertion via the deoxygenation of amides. Styrenes undergo aminocyclopropanation by the reaction with aromatic amides, samarium metal, and samarium diiodide. Furthermore, the reaction of aliphatic amides with Sm/SmI2 in the presence of alkylbenzenes like toluene causes benzylic C-H insertion giving the corresponding phenylethylamine derivatives in good yields.
KF-Al2O3 induced condensations of indene with aromatic aldehydes
Lu, Wenxing,Zhu, Quan,Yan, Chao-Guo
, p. 3985 - 3990 (2007/10/03)
In the presence of KF-Al2O3 as a solid catalyst, indene reacted with aromatic aldehydes 2a-c (R=4-Me, 4-MeO, 4-Me2N) to yield mainly benzofulvenes 3a-c (45%-66%), while when treated with two molar of aromatic aldehydes 2d-