Diels-Alder reaction, with naphthalene

The study of the cycloaddition behavior of l,l-dichloro-2-neopentylsilene, C Si =CHCH2Bu (2) [3], reveals the high polarity of the Si=C bond and a strong electrophilicity. The [4+2] cycloaddition reactions with anthracene (3), cyclopentadiene (4) and fulvenes (5) proceed as expected surprising, however, the Diels-Alder reactions with dienes are of lower activity, like naphthalene (6) and furans (7). 

The reactivity of the produced complexes was also examined [30a,b]. Since the benzopyranylidene complex 106 has an electron-deficient diene moiety due to the strong electron-withdrawing nature of W(CO)5 group, 106 is expected to undergo inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction with electron-rich alkenes. In fact, naphthalenes 116 variously substituted at the 1-, 2-, and 3-positions were prepared by the reaction of benzopyranylidene complexes 106 and typical electron-rich alkenes such as vinyl ethers, ketene acetals, and enamines through the Diels-Alder adducts 115, which simultaneously eliminated W(CO)6 and an alcohol or an amine at rt (Scheme 5.35). 

This reaction is conducted on a scale of >200,000 tonnes/annum. More recently, another elegant application of electrochemistry on a multi-thousand-tonne scale has been HydroQuebec s investment in a cerium (IV)-mediated oxidation of naphthalene to naphthaquinone, a process licensed from W.R. Grace.87 HydroQuebec then uses the naphthaquinone in a Diels-Alder reaction with butadiene to produce anthraquinone ... 

Oxopyrancarboxylic acids undergo a Hunsdiecker reaction offering an attractive route to bromopyranones <01TL1065>. 3,5-Dibromopyran-2-one yields tricyclic lactones in a facile Diels-Alder reaction with sterically hindered cycloalkenyl silyl ethers. Manipulation of the products leads to naphthalene derivatives <01TL8193>. 

An example is the oxidation of naphthalene with cerium, which has been demonstrated on a pilot scale [47]. Ce(III) in and aqueous solution of methane-sulfonic add is oxidized to Ce(IV) at the anode. The Ge(IV) reacts with naphthalene in a separate vessel to form naphthoquinone and Ge(III). The aqueous phase containing the methanesuUbnic add and Ge(III) is separated and returned to the electrolytic cell. The naphthoquinone is an intermediate for dyes, agricultural chemicals, and anthraquinone, which is made by a Diels-Alder reaction with butadiene. 

Leung et al. [152-167] proposed the Diels-Alder reaction of phospholes with various dienophiles catalyzed by palladium complexes 235 as a method for the synthesis of chiral phosphines. The chiral compounds containing S)-ortho-(l-dimethylaminoethyl)-naphthalene palladium 235 were complexed with diene, for example with 3,4-dimethyl-1-phenylphosphole, which then entered into the Diels-Alder reaction with dienophiles (W,W-dimethylacrylamide, styrene, and others) to result in diastereoisomers of entio-amidophosphanorbomenon complexes 236 and 237. After separation, purification, and decomplexation, the... 

Chemical modiflcation of cahx[6]furan 41 by Diels-Alder reactions with benzyne and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) was studied by Kohnke et al. (Scheme 13) [53]. The reaction of 41 with benzyne afforded the adduct 95, which was converted to caUx[5]furan[l]naphthalene 96 by hydrogenation and subsequent dehydration. Two isomeric calix[4]furan[2]-naphthalenes 97 and 98 were obtained by similar chemical transformation starting from the corresponding bis-benzyne-adducts. Preparation of the tris-benzyne-adduct 99 was also reported. 

The kinetic competition between C -C and C -C cyclization of enyne-allene 3.535 is determined by the nature of substituents in the acetylene branch. Hydrogen or n-alkyl substituents lead to the domination of the C -C reaction to form naphthalene derivative 3.538, while substituents stabilizing the radical and bulky substituents at QJ favor the C -C process and the formation of cyclised compounds 3.539 and 3.540 (the formal product of the Diels-Alder reaction with = Ph) (Scheme 3.35) [269aj. 

Here again the high reactivity is due to the gain of aromatic stabilization in the adduct. Polycyclic aromatics are moderately reactive as the diene component in Diels-Alder reactions. Anthracene forms adducts with a number of dienophiles. The addition occurs at the centre ring. The naphthalene ring system is much less reactive. 

When the cyclic acetylene 260 is generated from a suitable precursor, it undergoes an isomerization reaction spontaneously generating naphthalene (263) and benzo-fulvene (264) as the finally isolable products. Very likely the process begins with a retro-Diels-Alder reaction to the [3]cumulene 261, which in a cascade reaction via the semicydic allene 262 rearranges to 263 and 264 [111]. 

Intramolecular Diels—Alder reactions without prior 1,4-addition of oxygen (cf. previous section) have similarly been postulated for a number of [2.2]paracyclophane analogs. When [2](2,5)furano[2](l,4)naphthalen-ophane (42) is heated in excess dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate at 100 °C, a polycyclic compound of structure 134 is formed. The mechanism of formation of 134 is most probably as follows 101> the furan moiety reacts as active diene component in an intermolecular Diels—Alder reaction to give 135. This is followed by further intramolecular 1,4-addition with the unsubstituted naphthalene ring as diene component to give the product 133, which has been isolated. 

Aromatic compounds can participate in both [2+2] and [4+2] photocycloaddition reactions with uracil derivatives to give either benzocyclobutane or ethenoquinazoline (barrelene) derivatives, which can then undergo a number of subsequent photochemical reactions. The products obtained are dependent upon the reaction conditions, and thus the photocycloaddition reaction between naphthalenes 470 and l,3-dimethyl-5-fluorouracil 471 in cyclohexane gave 4a-fluoro-5,10-ethenobenzo[/]quinazolines 472 as products as a result of a [4+2] photocycloaddition (photo-Diels-Alder) reaction <2002TL3113, 2003H(61)377>. 

The isopropylation of anthracene gave similar results to that of naphthalene.84 The selectivities for 2-isopropylanthracene (2-IPA) and 2,6-diisopropylanthra-cene (2,6-DIP A) over HM(25) were as high as 91% and 47%, respectively. On the other hand, the selectivities over HY were as low as 59% and 8% for both products. The Diels-Alder reaction of anthracene with propylene occurred at higher temperatures to yield large amounts of the adducts such as 11 -methyl-9, lO-dihydro-etano-anthracene. However, their formation was prevented by the addition of a small quantity of water. 

Aromatic compounds can also behave as dienes.858 Benzene is very unreactive toward dienophiles very few dienophiles (one of them is benzyne) have been reported to give Diels-Alder adducts with it.859 Naphthalene and phenanthrene are also quite resistant, though naphthalene has given Diels-Alder addition at high pressures.860 However, anthracene and other compounds with at least three linear benzene rings give Diels-Alder reactions readily. The interesting compound triptycene can be prepared by a Diels-Alder reaction between benzyne and anthracene 861... 

By far the most important property of benzo[c] furans is their capacity to act as 471-components in cycloaddition reactions. Whereas the reactions described before 1969 were almost always of the Diels-Alder type, more recent investigations have shown that they can also participate in [7 4 + 714]-and [714 + TCgj-addition (Section IV,C). In this chapter Diels-Alder reactions will be discussed. Benzo[c]furans have been used for two main purposes. First, Diels-Alder adducts with olefinic compounds can conveniently be dehydrated to naphthalene derivatives or higher condensed hydrocarbons not easily accessible by other methods second, benzo[c]furans are excellent... 

In Chapter 13 we encountered the Diels-Alder reaction, which involves addition of a reactive alkene (dienophile) to the 1,4 positions of a conjugated diene. Neither benzene nor naphthalene reacts significantly with dienophiles on simple heating, but anthracene does react. Cycloaddition occurs between the 9,10 positions ... 

Tetradehydrodianthracene undergoes 4 + 2-cycloaddition with electron-deficient dienes such as 1,2,4,5-tetrazines.263 The Diels-Alder reactions of [3.3 ortho-anthracenophanes witli A-(p-nitro, chloro, or methoxy-substituted phenyl)malehnides yield approximately equal quantities of inside and outside adducts.264 The photooxidation of bulky water-soluble 1,4-disubstituted naphthalenes with singlet oxygen yields both the expected 1,4- and the unexpected 5,8-endoperoxides.265... 

Mukaiyama reported that 4—10 mol% of Ph2Sn=S and AgC104 catalyzed the Diels-Alder reaction between but-3-ene-2-one (183) or (E)-1 -phenylbut-2-en-1 -one (182) and unactivated dienes 184-186 to afford the products 187-192 in 57-95% yield (Scheme 2.48).80 The reaction with cyclic dienes 185 and 186 was highly endo-selective (dr 99 1). Naphthalene-1,4-dione also participated in the reaction with similar yields. 

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