Addition and Ring Expansion Reactions of Tricarbonyl-(1,2-dioxobenzocyclobutene)chromium(0) with Carbon Nucleophiles

Unexpected Formation of Benzocycloheptene Derivatives and the First Head-to-Head Coupling of Two Methoxyallene Molecules

verfasst von
Beate Voigt, Michael Brands, Richard Goddard, Rudolf Wartchow, Holger Butenschön
Abstract

Addition of carbon nucleophiles to (benzocyclobutenedione)tricarbonylchromiuni(0) (4) results in the formation of exo mono- and diadducts as well as 1,2-diketones as the consequence of proximal ring-opening reactions. In one case the unexpected formation of benzocycloheptenedione complexes is observed. Treatment of 4 with an excess of 1-ethoxy-1-lithioethene gives the product of a dianionic oxy-Cope rearrangement followed by an intramolecular aldol addition. This is also the case with lithiated methoxyallene, and as the result the first head-to-head coupling product 12 of two methoxyallene molecules is isolated in good yield. 12 is used as a diene in Diels-Alder cycloadditions, and its molecular structure is compared to that of the similar molecule 13, lacking the two exo methylene substitutents.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Organische Chemie
Externe Organisation(en)
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Typ
Artikel
Journal
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Seiten
2719-2727
Anzahl der Seiten
9
ISSN
1434-193X
Publikationsdatum
23.12.1998
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Organische Chemie
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199812)1998:12<2719::AID-EJOC2719>3.0.CO;2-H (Zugang: Unbekannt)