Photochemical reactions, 135th communication Photochemistry of Homoconjugated Cyclobutanones. II. Decisive Effect of gem- Dimethyl Substitution on the Course of the Oxa-di-π-methane Rearrangement
✍ Scribed by Terry A. Lyle; Hari Babu Mereyala; Alfons Pascual; Bruno Frei
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 1020 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-019X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The synthesis and photolysis of the spirocyclobutanones 4–7 incorporating a cyclohexa‐, cyclohepta‐ and cyclooctadiene moiety, respectively, is described. On triplet excitation, these compounds undergo isomerization via a 1,2‐acyl shift involving one or both double bonds of the diene system. The presence of a gem‐dimethyl group as in 1, 4 and 7 dramatically changes the photoproduct distribution, since only these substrates leads to the products 3, 29 and 34 resulting from vinylogous ring closure (Scheme 5). Those substrates without methyl substitution (5 and 6) give only products of a rearrangement involving one double bond.