A Cyclobutadiene Intermediate in the Intramolecular Cycloaddition of 4,15-Bis(phenylethynyl)[2.2]paracyclophane

The pseudo‐geminally substituted paracyclophane 4,5‐bis(phenylethynyl)[2.2]paracyclophane (13) was prepared and its photochemical behaviour in solution was studied. Irradiation with a medium‐pressure mercury lamp converts 13 into two dimers: cyclooctatetraene 14 and bicyclo[4.2.0]octatriene derivati...

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Published in:European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2008, Vol.2008 (3), p.548-554
Main Authors: Kubitschke, Jens, Hopf, Henning, Jones, Peter G., Dix, Ina, Ernst, Ludger
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Cycloadditions
Cyclophanes
Cylobutadiene
Proximity effects
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Summary:The pseudo‐geminally substituted paracyclophane 4,5‐bis(phenylethynyl)[2.2]paracyclophane (13) was prepared and its photochemical behaviour in solution was studied. Irradiation with a medium‐pressure mercury lamp converts 13 into two dimers: cyclooctatetraene 14 and bicyclo[4.2.0]octatriene derivative 15. The structures of both the substrate and the photolysis products were determined by the usual spectroscopic methods and also by X‐ray structural analysis; an unusually long C–C bond of 1.659 Å opposite the double bond in the cyclobutene ring of 15 was found. It is suggested that product formation involves cyclobutadiene 16 as an intermediate. Photolysis of 13 in the presence of pentacarbonyliron furnishes cyclopentadienone complex 19 in quantitative yield. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008)
ISSN:1434-193X
1099-0690
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.200700702