ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The [2 + 2]-cycloaddition of dichloroketene (prepared in situ from CCl3COCl and Zn(Cu)) with three alkynes 1a-c to form 2,3-dimethyl-(2a), 2,3-diethyl-(2b) and 3-butyl-4,4-dichlorocyclobut-2-enone (2c) proceeds rapidly in the absence of POCl3. The primary products 2a-c rearrange in situ to the 2,4-dichlorocyclobut-2-enones 3a-c under the influence of ZnCL2 produced during the reaction. ZnCl2 converts both 2a and 3a into a 4:6 equilibrium mixture of the two; this isomerization does not occur with LiCl. The Cl-atoms of both 2a, b and 3a, band of 2c may reductively be removed with Zn(Cu) in AcOH/pyridine to afford the alkylcyclobutenones 4a-c. Without pyridine, this reduction gives ca. 1:1 mixtures of the double-bond isomers 4 and 5 in low yields. The cyclobutenones 2c and 4c may be deuterated by CD3COOD in the presence of pyridine. D-Atom is introduced into 2c at C(4) and at C(γ), and into 4c at C(2) and C(4). A mechanism for this deuteration is considered, which does not involve a cyclobutadienolate 7, but rather a cyclobutenolate of type 8. The reductions of 2 and 3 to 4 might also pass through the same type of intermediate 8.
Additional Material:
1 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19870700208
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