Diels-Alder dienes Cyclopentadiene

Cyclodienes. These are polychlorinated cycHc hydrocarbons with endomethylene-bridged stmctures, prepared by the Diels-Alder diene reaction. The development of these insecticides resulted from the discovery in 1945 of chlordane, the chlorinated adduct of hexachlorocyclopentadiene and cyclopentadiene (qv). The addition of two Cl atoms across the double bond of the ftve-membered ring forms the two isomers of chlordane [12789-03-6] or l,2,4,5,6,7,8,8-octachloro-2,3,3t ,4,7,7t -hexahydro-4,7-methano-lJT-indene, QL-trans (mp 106.5°C) and pt-tis (32) (mp 104.5°C). The p-isomerhas signiftcantiy greater insecticidal activity. Technical chlordane is an amber Hquid (bp 175°C/267 Pa, vp 1.3 mPa at 25°C) which is soluble in water to about 9 fig/L. It has rat LD qS of 335, 430 (oral) and 840, 690 (dermal) mg/kg. Technical chlordane contains about 60% of the isomers and 10—20% of heptachlor. It has been used extensively as a soil insecticide for termite control and as a household insecticide. 

Cyclopentadiene contains conjugated double bonds and an active methylene group and can thus undergo a Diels-Alder diene addition reaction with almost any unsaturated compound, eg, olefins, acetylene, maleic anhydride, etc. The number of its derivatives is extensive only the reactions and derivatives considered most important are discussed. 

In a classic Diels-Alder reaction, cyclopentadiene 24 combines with maleic anhydride 2 with complete stereospecificity to give either 25 or 26 so the two Hs on 2 remain cis to each other in both 25 and 26. These are called endo- and exo- adducts. This refers to the relationship between the alkene on the diene side and the carbonyl groups from the dienophile. These are much closer in the entio-adduct 25. The result is easy to see when both reagents are cyclic. 

Tetrachlorocyclopentadienone (3). This reactive Diels-Alder diene is unknown as the monomer but can be generated starting with the readily available hexachloro-cyclopentadiene (1, Hooker Chem. Corp., Aldrich). Newcomer and McBee found... 

Diels-Alder dienes 1-Acetoxybutadiene. Butadiene. Cyclopentadiene. (rans,mins-l,4-Diacetoxybutadiene. 2,5-Di-o-anisyl-3,4-diphenylcyclopentadienone. 5,5-Dimethoxy-l, 2,3,4-tetrachlorocyclopentadienone. 2,3-Dimethylbutadiene. 6,6-Dimethylfulvene (see o-Acetoxy acrylonitrile). 2,4-Dimethyl-l,3-pentadiene (see Diethyl azodicarboxylate). 2,3-Diphenyl-butadiene. 1,3-Diphenylisobenzofurane (see Potassium I-butoxide). rrans,/nus-l,4-Diphenyl-butadiene. 1,3-Diphenylisobenzofurane. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene. Isobenzofurane. l-o-Nitrophenylbutadiene-1,3. Oxepin (see Diazabicyclo[3.4.0]nonene-S). Phenylcyclone. Piperylene. n-Pyrone (see also Methyl vinyl ketone). Tetrachlorocyclopentadienone. Tetra-chlorofurane. Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone. 

The Diels-Alder reaction of methylenecyclopropane with cyclohexa-1,3-diene at 120°C gave the spirocyclopropanebicyclooctene in 50% yield.When cyclopentadiene and spiro[2.4]hepta-4,6-diene were used as dienes the respective spirocyclopropanenorbornenes were obtained. At 190°C, (chloromethylene)cyclopropane underwent [2 + 4] cycloaddition reactions with cyclopentadiene, furan and cyclohexa-1,3-diene to give the respective Diels-Alder adducts. The reaction of buta-1,3-diene and cyclohexa-1,3-diene with bicyclopropylidene as dienophile gave predominantly the [2 + 2] cycloadduct in addition to a small quantity of the Diels-Alder product. Cyclopentadiene, however, formed exclusively the dispirocyclo-propanenorbomene as result of a formal [2 + 4] cycloaddition. 

Diels-Alder dienes Benzene, see Dicyanoacetylene. Cyclooctatetraene, see 4-Phenyl-l,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione. Cyclopentadiene ketals. cis-7,8-Dichlorobicyclo[4.2.0]octadiene-2,4, see cis-3,4-Dichlorocyclobutene. 5,5-Dimethoxy-l,2,3,4-tetrachlorocyclopentadiene. Hexa-chlorocyclopentadiene. Methyl tra .rl2,4-pentadienoate. A 4 l6-Steroid dienes, see 4-Phenyl-l,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione. Tetrachlorocyclopentadienone ethylene ketal ... 

Cyclic dienes that are permanently in the s-ds conformation are exceptionally good at Diels-Alder reactions—cyclopentadiene is a classic example— but cyclic dienes that are permanently in the s-trans conformation and cannot adopt the s-ds conformation will not do the Diels-Alder reaction at all. The two ends of these dienes cannot get close enough to react with... 

Heating this product leads to a retro Diels-Alder reaction cyclopentadiene is released and a cyclobutene is formed stereospecifically trans. This now decomposes by a four-electron conrotatory electrocyclic reaction that could give either the E,E- or the Z,Z- diene. 

Cyclic dienes that are permanently in the s-c/s conformation are exceptionally good at Diels-Alder reactions—cyclopentadiene is a classic example—but cyclic dienes that are permanently in the s-trans conformation and cannot adopt the s-c/s conformation will not do the Diels-Alder reaction at all. The two ends of these dienes cannot get close enough to react with an alkene and, in any case, the product would have an impossible trans double bond in the new six-membered ring. (In the Diels-Alder reaction, the old a bond in the centre of the diene becomes a k bond in the product and the conformation of that a bond becomes the configuration of the new n bond in the product.)... 

Cyclic dienes in which the double bonds are held in the s-cis conformation are usually highly reactive in the Diels-Alder reaction. Cyclopentadiene, for example, reacts with maleic anhydride at room temperature to give the following adduct in quantitative yield ... 

Diels-Alder activation volume, 138, 139, 145 Diels-Alder adduct uses, 145, 146 Diels-Alder with anthracene, 98 Diels-Alder with cyclopentadiene, 87 Diels-Alder with cyclopropane compounds, 132 Diels-Alder entropy of activation, 138 Diels-Alder molecular orbital picture, 140-143 Diels-Alder with nonconjugated dienes, 132 Diels-Alder with poly(furfuryl methacrylate), 472 Diels-Alder reaction dienophile, 103, 120, 138, 140, 142... 

Aldrin is obtained from the Diels-Alder addition product of cyclopentadiene and vinyl chloride by dehydrochlorination followed by condensation with hexachlorocyclopenta-diene. 

C, b.p. 170 C (decomp.), has a characteristic odour. It is the Diels-Alder product of cyclopentadiene reacting with itself, the exo-form being formed most rapidly but the endo-form is thermodynamically favoured. At temperatures above ISO C a retro-Diels-Alder reaction occurs and cyclopentadiene monomer is regenerated see diene reactions. 

Figure 1.2. Endo and exo pathway for the Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with methyl vinyl ketone. As was first noticed by Berson, the polarity of the endo activated complex exceeds that of the exo counterpart due to alignment of the dipole moments of the diene and the dienophile K The symmetry-allowed secondary orbital interaction that is only possible in the endo activated complex is usually invoked as an explanation for the preference for endo adduct exhibited by most Diels-Alder reactions.

Chapter 5, may provide a rationale. Conclusions derived from a number of H-MVIR measurements indicate that cyclopentadiene has a high affinity for the interior of the micelles that were investigated, whereas the dienophile prefers the outer regions. In view of the structures of most dienes and dienophiles such a spatial separation can be expected for the majority of Diels-Alder reactions. This arrangement accounts for the unexpectedly small influence of micelles on the rates of Diels-Alder reactions as reported in the literature. 

Acrolein a.s Dienophile. The participation of acrolein as the dienophile in Diels-Alder reactions is, in general, an exothermic process. Dienes such as cyclopentadiene and l-dieth5laniino-l,3-butadiene react rapidly with acrolein at room temperature. 

Vinylboranes are interesting dienophiles in the Diels-Alder reaction. Alkenylboronic esters show moderate reactivity and give mixtures of exo and endo adducts with cyclopentadiene and 1,3-cyclohexadiene (441). Dichloroalkenylboranes are more reactive and dialkylalkenylboranes react even at room temperature (442—444). Dialkylalkenylboranes are omniphilic dienophiles insensitive to diene substitution (444). In situ formation of vinyl-boranes by transmetaHation of bromodialkylboranes with vinyl tri alkyl tin compounds makes possible a one-pot reaction, avoiding isolation of the intermediate vinylboranes (443). Other cycloadditions of alkenyl- and alkynylboranes are known (445). 

Maleic anhydride has been used in many Diels-Alder reactions (29), and the kinetics of its reaction with isoprene have been taken as proof of the essentially transoid stmcture of isoprene monomer (30). The Diels-Alder reaction of isoprene with chloromaleic anhydride has been analy2ed using gas chromatography (31). Reactions with other reactive hydrocarbons have been studied, eg, the reaction with cyclopentadiene yields 2-isopropenylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene (32). Isoprene may function both as diene and dienophile in Diels-Alder reactions to form dimers. 

The synthesis of natural products containing the quinonoid stmcture has led to intensive and extensive study of the classic diene synthesis (77). The Diels-Alder cycloaddition of quinonoid dienophiles has been reported for a wide range of dienes (78—80). Reaction of (2) with cyclopentadiene yields (79) [1200-89-1] and (80) [5439-22-5]. The analogous 1,3-cyclohexadiene adducts have been the subject of C-nmr and x-ray studies, which indicate the endo—anti—endo stereostmcture (81). 

Diels-Alder Reactions. The important dimerization between 1,3-dienes and a wide variety of dienoplules to produce cyclohexene derivatives was discovered in 1928 by Otto Diels and Kurt Alder. In 1950 they won the Nobel prize for their pioneering work. Butadiene has to be in the j -cis form in order to participate in these concerted reactions. Typical examples of reaction products from the reaction between butadiene and maleic anhydride (1), or cyclopentadiene (2), or itself (3), are <7 -1,2,3,6-tetrahydrophthaHc anhydride [27813-21 -4] 5-vinyl-2-norbomene [3048-64-4], and 4-vinyl-1-cyclohexene [100-40-3], respectively. 

In 1980 the Goodyear company announced copolymers of cyclopentadiene, cyclo-octene or cyclo-octa-1,5-diene with the Diels-Alder addition product of hexachlorocyclopentadiene and cyclo-octa-1,5-diene. This material has been proposed as an alternative to the polychloroprenes, with lower ( 5°C), and superior ozone resistance... 

In a definitive study of butadiene s reaction with l,l-dichloro-2,2-difluoio-ethylene, Bartlett concluded that [2+4] adducts of acyclic dienes with fluorinated ethylenes are formed through a mixture of concerted and nonconcerted, diradical pathways [67] The degree of observed [2+4] cycloaddition of fluorinated ethylenes IS related to the relative amounts of transoid and cisoid conformers of the diene, with very considerable (i.e., 30%) Diels-Alder adduct being observed in competition with [2+2] reaction, for example, in the reaction of 1,1 -dichloro-2,2-difluoro-ethylene with cyclopentadiene [9, 68]... 

Compare electrostatic potential maps for the following Diels-Alder transition states cyclopentadiene+ethene, cyclopentadiene+acrylonitrile and cyclopentadiene+ tetracyanoethylene, with those of reactants cyclopentadiene, ethene, acrylonitrile and tetracyanoethylene. Are electrons transferred from diene to dienophile in the transition states (relative to reactants) or vice versa For which reaction is the transfer the greatest The least Quantify your conclusion by measuring the total charge on the diene and dienophile components in the three transition states. 

When Diels and Alder published their famous paper in 1928, Diels had been working with related reactions for several years [6]. In 1925, Diels reported the reaction of azodicarboxylic ester (Et0C(0)2CN=NCC(0)0Et) with compounds containing a conjugated diene system. He found that addition of the azodicarboxylic ester occurs at the 1,4-position of the conjugated system as with cyclopentadiene and with butadiene. This work probably led to the famous Diels-Alder reaction. In 1927, Diels and his student Alder published a paper on the reaction of azodicarboxylic ester with styrene. 

Several highly enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions are known for which the di-enophile does not fit any of the above classes. Corey and coworkers applied the chiral aluminum reagent 36 with a C2-symmetric stilbenediamine moiety (videsu-pra) to the Diels-Alder reaction of maleimides as dienophiles [54] (Scheme 1.68). In most asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions the reactants are usually relatively simple dienes such as cyclopentadiene or monosubstituted butadienes, and unsym-... 

For a discussion of the mechanistic course of the reaction, many aspects have to be taken into account. The cisoid conformation of the diene 1, which is in equilibrium with the thermodynamically more favored transoid conformation, is a prerequisite for the cycloaddition step. Favored by a fixed cisoid geometry are those substrates where the diene is fitted into a ring, e.g. cyclopentadiene 5. This particular compound is so reactive that it dimerizes easily at room temperature by undergoing a Diels-Alder reaction ... 

The Diels-Alder reaction of a diene with a substituted olefinic dienophile, e.g. 2, 4, 8, or 12, can go through two geometrically different transition states. With a diene that bears a substituent as a stereochemical marker (any substituent other than hydrogen deuterium will suffice ) at C-1 (e.g. 11a) or substituents at C-1 and C-4 (e.g. 5, 6, 7), the two different transition states lead to diastereomeric products, which differ in the relative configuration at the stereogenic centers connected by the newly formed cr-bonds. The respective transition state as well as the resulting product is termed with the prefix endo or exo. For example, when cyclopentadiene 5 is treated with acrylic acid 15, the cw fo-product 16 and the exo-product 17 can be formed. Formation of the cw fo-product 16 is kinetically favored by secondary orbital interactions (endo rule or Alder rule) Under kinetically controlled conditions it is the major product, and the thermodynamically more stable cxo-product 17 is formed in minor amounts only. 

The use of cyclopentadiene as a diene provides a route to the [2.2.1]bicycloheptane skeleton, which is of considerable theoretical interest. Cyclopentadiene, however, exists as its Diels-Alder dimer at room temperature and must be cracked thermally to... 

Endo products result from Diels-Alder reactions because the amount of orbital overlap between diene and dienophile is greater when the reactants lie directly on top of one another so that the electron-withdratving substituent on the dienophile is underneath the diene. In the reaction of 1,3-cyclopentadiene with maleic anhydride, for instance, the following result is obtained ... 

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