The substituent effect on the cycloheptatriene-norcaradiene equilibrium. Reaction of singlet oxygen with substituted cycloheptatrienes

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2006-11-17

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Çelik, Murat
Balcı, Metin

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Cycloaddition reaction of singlet oxygen and 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (PTAD) to various cycloheptatriene derivatives was investigated. The addition of PTAD to 3,8adihydroazulen-1(2H)-one gave exclusively a norcaradiene adduct whereas the addition to 3,4- dihydroazulen-1(2H)-one resulted in the formation of a cycloheptatriene adduct. Photooxygenation of dihydroazulen-1(2H)-one afforded solely a [2+4] cycloaddition product derived from cycloheptatriene. Photooxygenation of the reduced product, 1,2,3,8atetrahydroazulen-1-yl acetate gave the all possible cycloaddition products. The product distribution was not affected upon reduction of the carbonyl group. On the other hand, photooxygenation of dimethyl cyclohepta-3,5,7-triene-1,3-dicarboxylate gave mainly addition products derived from the norcaradiene structure. The formation of the products was explained by a photochemically allowed 1,7-suprafacial hydrogen shift under the reaction conditions followed by singlet oxygen addition.

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Cycloheptatriene-norcaradiene equilibrium, Singlet oxygen, 4-phenyl-1,2,4-, Triazoline-3, 5-dione, Cycloaddition

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/50907

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Department of Chemistry, Article