Anthraquinodimethane Ring-Flip in Sterically Congested Alkenes: Isolation of Isomer and Elucidation of Intermediate through Experimental and Theoretical Approach

From the viewpoint of the development of molecular response systems, stimulus-induced switching of multi-conformational/multi-configurational overcrowded ethylenes are interesting, whose properties could be manipulated by understanding the detailed isomerization paths. Anthraquinodimethane (AQD) rin...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 2022-01, Vol.95 (1), p.38-46
Main Authors: Ishigaki, Yusuke, Tadokoro, Tomoki, Harabuchi, Yu, Hayashi, Yuki, Maeda, Satoshi, Suzuki, Takanori
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alkenes
Isomerization
Isomers
Steric hindrance
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Summary:From the viewpoint of the development of molecular response systems, stimulus-induced switching of multi-conformational/multi-configurational overcrowded ethylenes are interesting, whose properties could be manipulated by understanding the detailed isomerization paths. Anthraquinodimethane (AQD) ring-flip is usually a very fast process, and thus less studied experimentally. Herein, we studied AQDs with dibenzo- and tribenzocycloheptatrienylidene units, which have large enough steric hindrance to retard the AQD ring-flip to allow determination of the ΔG≠ value experimentally. Their thermal isomerization was also scrutinized using the artificial force induced reaction method to elucidate the intermediates. Based on the structural unsymmetry in a newly prepared AQD, one of the isomers that undergoes a reversible conformational change via AQD ring-flip was isolated and analyzed by X-ray for the first time.
ISSN:0009-2673
1348-0634
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20210355