Cyclopropanes phenyl derivatives

There has been new information on the products of photolysis of derivatives of compound 1. Low temperature irradiation of the ester 254 gives a ketene (93JACS8621) the isolation of an isomeric ketene from a 3-pyridyldiazo ester suggests the involvement of the open chain form 255. Photolysis of the 3-phenyl derivative 256 in the presence of cyclopentadiene gives exo and endo cyclopropanes and a dipyridylstilhene, suggesting the intermediacy of the carhene 257 (99JOC6635). 

A comparison of the rate constant for photoisomerization of the unsubstituted 3-phenyl derivative (kT = 3 x 1010 sec-1) to that of the 3-(p-methoxy phenyl) derivative (kr = 1.5 x 1010 sec-1) indicates that the presence of the p-methoxy groups imparts no special stability to the intermediate responsible for isomerization even though cleavage of a cyclopropane bond is predominant. Clearly these results are inconsistent with an intermediate possessing electron-poor or electron-rich species such as would be obtained from heterolytic cleavage of the cyclopropane. On the other hand, the results are consistent with a biradical species as intermediate. Further evidence consistent with this conclusion was obtained in a study of trans-3-p-cyanophenyl-/ra w-2-phenyl-1 -benzoylcyclopropane,<82)... 

The next section makes use of the much more recent observation19 that there is a nearly constant difference of the enthalpies of formation of corresponding vinyl and phenyl derivatives. If vinyl relates to cyclopropyl, and vinyl also relates to phenyl, then how do corresponding cyclopropyl and phenyl derivatives relate Conceptually, vinylcyclopropane (10), also identified as 1, X = Cypr and 2, X = Vi) and styrene (11, X = Vi, also identified as 1, X = Ph) are thus relatable. Likewise, relatable are cyclopropylamine (2, X = NH2) and aniline (11, X = NH2)18. This thermochemical comparison of benzene and cyclopropane derivatives is not merely a check of two purported identities in terms of a third, arithmetically derivable, identity. Benzene is the archetypical 7i-delocalized aromatic species from which understanding of this widespread phenomenon evolves. Cyclopropane is the paradigm of cr-aromatic species from which understanding of this more exotic phenomenon evolves20. Benzene and cyclopropane are thus naturally paired as conceptual models for delocalization and aromaticity. Section III discusses these and related issues. 

Having documented that we are perplexed by the differences we found for the enthalpies of formation of simple cyclopropyl and phenyl derivatives, it is premature and perhaps foolish to go from singly to doubly substituted species and expect any better understanding. Steric repulsion between vicinal groups on a cyclopropane may be expected, and hence the trans-isomQv of 1,2-dimethylcyclopropane is expected to be more stable than the cis. This is correct the enthalpies of formation of trans-1,2- and cis-1,2-dimethylcyclopropane (20c and 20b, X = Me) respectively, are (-30.7 0.8) and (-26.3 0.6) kJ moF for the liquids, and-3.8 and 1.7 kJmoF for the gases. The 1,1-dimethyl isomer (20a, X = Me) is more stable yet (-33.3 0.7) and (-8.2 1.2) kJ moF for the liquid and gas, respectively. What comparisons with benzene derivatives can we make With the 1,1-disubstituted cyclopropane isomer, seemingly none. With the cw-l,2-isomer, let s try the o-disubstituted benzene, o-xylene (47a, X = Me). With the trans-l,l-isomcr, let s try the -xylene isomer (47b,... 

FIGURE 15. He(I) photoelectron spectra of some phenyl derivatives of cyclopropane °... 

When 1-acetyl-l-bromo-2-buty Icy cl opropane was heated in methanol in the presence of triphenylphosphane either of the acceptor-substituted cyclopropane bonds was cleaved and the halide was found at C2 or C3. In the case of the 2-phenyl derivative the solvent acted as the nucleophile and added across the most activated cyclopropane bond. Experimental evidence has shown that the reaction proceeds via an initial reductive debromination and a subsequent triphenylphosphane promoted opening of the ring by nucleophilic attack of bromide or alcohol. 

In other cases, sulfenic acid elimination can involve y-hydrogen atoms with the formation of cyclopropane derivatives. y-Klimination is favored when DMSO is the reaction solvent. An example involving l-methylsulfinyl-2-ethyl-3-phenyl propane [14198-15-3] is shown in equation 13 (45) ... 

The cyclopropane cyclizations by elimination of triflinic acid (CF3S02H) are readily effected by basic treatment of triflones (trifluoromethyl alkyl sulfones) with activated /-protons (equations 46 and 47)39. The cyclopropane diesters 45 are formed on treatment of 44 with potassium hydride in DMSO or sodium methoxide in methanol (equation 48). In contrast, the monoester 46 failed to give the desired cyclopropane40. Addition of carbanions derived from /f, y-unsaturated phenyl sulfones to a, /i-unsaturated carboxylic esters and subsequent elimination of benzenesulfinate ion give cyclopropanes possessing the unsaturated side chain and the ester function in trans positions (equation 49)41. 

Cyclopropyl sulfones were shown to be obtained either by cyclization of y-p-tosyloxy sulfones 232 with base or by treatment of phenylsulfonylacetonitrile 233a or ethyl phenyl sulfonyl acetate 233b with 1,2-dibromoethane in the presence of benzyltriethyl-ammonium chloride (BTEA) and alkali in good yields. Chang and Pinnick synthesized various cyclopropane derivatives 234 upon initial treatment of carbanions derived from cyclopropyl phenyl sulfone with either alkylating agents or a carbonyl compound and subsequent desulfonylation, as shown below. 

Although styrene is not a 1,3-diene, the cathodic reduction of a solution containing styrene and an ester with magnesium electrode interestingly affords a single stereoisomer of 2-phenylcyclopropanol derivative in which the phenyl and the alkyl (R2) groups are stereoselectively located in a cis relationship on the cyclopropane ring (equation 25). 

Tanner et al. (58) investigated the use of chelating diaziridines (85) as ligands for transition metals. The cyclopropanation of styrene using CuOTf complexes of phenyl-substituted aziridine (85a) proceeds in modest enantioselectivity and dias-tereoselectivity, but improved enantioselectivity is observed with complexes derived from benzyl-substituted bis(aziridine) (85b), Eq. 42 (59). Complexes derived... 

More recently, Burgess et al. (34) used the same approach in the synthesis of a constrained phenylalanine derivative, 3-phenyl-2,3-methanophenylalanine (123). Libraries of metal complexes were screened to determine the best combination for the asymmetric cyclopropanation reaction (35). The ligands shown below were combined with AgSbFg, (CuOTf)2 PhH, RuC12(C10H14)]2, Sc(OTf)3, where tri-... 

CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID, cis-2-PHENYL-, 50, 94 Cyclopropane derivatives, synthesis, 52, 22, 33, 132 Cyclopropenes, 50, 30 Cyclopropenone, di-tert-buty1-,... 

The different synthetic applications of acceptor-substituted carbene complexes will be discussed in the following sections. The reactions have been ordered according to their mechanism. Because electrophilic carbene complexes can undergo several different types of reaction, elaborate substrates might be transformed with little chemoselectivity. For instance, the phenylalanine-derived diazoamide shown in Figure 4.5 undergoes simultaneous intramolecular C-H insertion into both benzylic positions, intramolecular cyclopropanation of one phenyl group, and hydride abstraction when treated with rhodium(II) acetate. 

The ODPM reactivity of (B.y-unsaturated aldehydes is not restricted to y-phenyl-substituted compounds but can also be extended to systems in which the intermediate biradicals are stabilized by conjugation with a vinyl group. Thus, m-methoxyacetophenone-sensitized irradiation of 40 (Structures 40-49) for 20 min, affords the cyclopropane derivative 41 (47%) as a 1 8 mixture of cisitrans isomers. Similarly, irradiation of 42, for 15 min, under the same conditions, yields 43 (52%) as the trans isomer exclusively [51]. 

When l,4-dihydronaphthalen-l,4-imine (2) was first obtained via the hydrobromide (113), it was shown to react with phenyl azide to give an adduct (127). The analogous phenyl azide adduct (128) from compound 103 has been better characterized. Naphthalen-l,4-imines also add diazomethane across the 2,3-double bond, forming pyrazolines, e.g., 104 -> 129, two of which have been photolyzed to give the corresponding cyclopropane derivatives (130) with extrusion of nitrogen. ... 

As mentioned above, the conversion of cyclopropane to propene radical cation has been investigated by ab initio calculations. The general course of this reaction was confirmed, or anticipated, by product studies in the electron transfer-sensitized conversion of 1,1,2,2-tetraphenylcyclopropane (37) to 1,1,3,3-tetra-phenylpropene (38). The sequence of the key steps, migration versus ring opening cannot be derived from the results. In the case of 37, the four phenyl substituents may actually favor a ring-opened bifunctional radical cation. 

Since (Z)- and ( )-stereoisomers of unsaturated oxazolones can be obtained using appropriate isomerization procedures, cis and trans isomers of cyclopropane derivatives can be obtained in a stereoselective manner, although special care must be taken with experimental conditions to obtain the best stereoselectivity. Both racemic cis- and fraui-l-amino-2-phenylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid 641 and 644 have been obtained from the corresponding (Z)- or ( )-4-benzylidene-2-phenyl-5(4//)-oxazolone 621 and 642 using diazomethane. Care was taken to affect the... 

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