Cyclodextrins rearrangement

The one-electron oxidation of iV-benzylphenothiazine by nitric acid occurs in the presence of /i-cyclodextrin, which stabilizes the radical cation by incorporation into its cavity. The reaction is inhibited by adamantane, which preferentially occupies the cavity. Novel Pummerer-type rearrangements of / -sulfinylphenyl derivatives, yielding /7-quinones and protected dihydroquinones, and highly enantioselective Pummerer-type rearrangements of chiral, non-racemic sulfoxides have been reviewed. A comprehensive study has demonstrated that the redox potential for 7- and 8-substituted flavins is linearly correlated with Hammett a values. DFT calculations in [3.3.n]pro-pellanes highlight low ionization potentials that favour SET oxidative cleavage of the strained central C-C bond rather than direct C-H or C-C bond attack. Oxidations and reductions in water have been reviewed. ... 

The a- and /3-cyclodextrins have been found to accelerate the Smiles rearrangement of 4-nitrophenyl salicylate. The reaction of 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonamide with acyl chlorides in the presence of excess triethylamine has been found to produce the corresponding nitrile in good yield. Mechanistic studies have indicated that the reaction proceeds via a Smiles rearrangement of the initially formed iV-(2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonyl)amide to form the nitrile, 2,4-dinitrophenol, and sulfur dioxide (see Scheme 12). l-Chloro-3-fluorophenothiazines have been prepared by Smiles rearrangement of 3-chloro-5-fluoro-2-formamido-2 -nitrophenyl sulfides in alcoholic... 

Irradiation of the a-cyclodextrin complexes of m-alkoxyphenyl allyl ethers (35) gave only a single ortho isomer in each case, although in solution each ether gave two ortho and one para isomers via photo-Claisen rearrangements (Schemes 17 and 18) [156,157], This can be attributed to the difference in free volume available within the cavity near the two ortho centers and to the difference in accessibility of the radical fragments to them. In support of this conclusion, irradiation of the /1-cyclodextrin complexes of 35 results in no... 

The pathways followed by radical pairs, 42 (disproportionation or coupling with rearrangement) resulting from the type I cleavage of 2-phenylcycloalkanones (41) are influenced by cyclodextrin complexation [164], The product ratio depends both on the size of the cyclic ketone and on... 

Attempted asymmetric halogenation of fraws-2-butenoic acid in a crystalline a-cyclodextrin using gaseous Br2 or CI2 at 45-50 °C was unsuccessful, giving very poor enantioselectivity162. Exposure of chiral crystals of dibenzobarrelene (90) to bromine vapour results in formation of the rearranged addition product 91 in up to 8% e.e.163. 

A (CD )2-] using+ equations 7-15, cancelling [HA], letting X = 0[S](KTK K 1 /[H ] ) and rearranging gives an equation which describes the LC retention behavior of monoprotic solutes which complex two cyclodextrin molecules. 

The observed photobehavior of the benzaldehyde-CDx complexes in the solid state is unique and completely different from that of these complexes in aqueous solution and also from that of benzaldehyde 36 in organic solvents. The substantial formation of 4-benzoylbenzaldehyde 38 upon irradiation in (3- and y-CDx cavities indicates that these medium-sized CDx s provide the radical pair within a fairly spacious supercage environment, thus allowing the para-rearrangement (Scheme 13). The formation of practically racemic 37 upon irradiation of the y-CDx complex may also be attributed to the looser orientation of benzaldehyde 36 in the y-CDx cavity than in the (3-CDx cavity. It was thus demonstrated that the chiral hydrophobic cavity of native cyclodextrins not only modifies the photoreactivity of the included guest but also functions as a chiral supramolecular environment for photochirogenesis, albeit resulting in only modest ee%. 

Cyclodextrins form inclusion compounds in aqueous solution with various molecules which may then exhibit modified reactivity (see reference 185 above). It was reported in 1975 that the presence of p-cyclodextrin modified the ortho para ratio of hydroxyacetophenones formed photochemically from phenyl acetate,and the photoinduced rearrangements of acetanilide, ben-zanilide, and ethyl phenyl carbonate under similar conditions are now reported. In each case the para rearrangement isomer is favoured, and this is rationalized in terms of the aromatic nucleus being bonded into the cyclodextrin cavity such that the ortho and weta positions are shielded whDe the para position is accessible. This proposal is supported by observations that para but not ortho disubstituted arenes are well bonded into p-cyclodextrin cavities. The by-product formation of aniline from the amides and of phenol from the carbonate is also markedly reduced for reactions in the presence of the cyclodextrin. 

Rearrangements.- E-Photoisomerization occurs readily in imines and in azo compounds. The syn-isomer (1), for example, is the major product of irradiation of nitrofurazone (2) in solution and is formed together with the corresponding azine on exposure to laboratory illumination. The photoisomerization of azobenzene derivatives in solution, in membranes, in host-guest complexes of cyclodextrins, and in polymers continues to attract attention. The reversibility of E-photoisomerization of azobenzene in cyclo-hexane solution has been established, and the E/ -ratios generated by irradiation of various azobenzene derivatives adsorbed on... 

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