Photochemical Synthesis of Both Strained and Macrocyclic (1,7)Naphthalenophanes

作者:Wessig Pablo*; Czarnecki Maciej; Badetko Dominik; Schilde Uwe; Kelling Alexandra
来源:Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 81(19): 9147-9157.
DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.6b01707

摘要

Naphthalenophanes are a special type of cyclophanes. While in the past (1,5)-, (1,6)-, and (1,8)naphthalenophanes were successfully prepared by using the photo-dehydro-Diels-Alder (DDA) reaction, access to (1,7)naphthalenophanes by this method was hitherto unknown. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to prepare these compounds by thermal DDA, we found that the photoinitiated variant (PDDA) represents a very efficient method to [k] (1,7)naphthalenophanes 13. The scope ranged from highly strained (k = 11, 12) to macrocyclic products (k = 22, 24). The extraordinary reactivity could be explained by folded ground-state geometries of diketones 12 used as reactants of the PDDA. Furthermore, we calculated the ring-strain energies with the help of an isodesmic reaction and evaluated structural and spectroscopic (NMR) consequences of ring strain.

  • 出版日期2016-10-7