Dienes deuterium-labelled

On heating at 225°C, 5-aUykyclohexa-l,3-diene, A, undergoes intramolecular cycloaddition to give the tricyclic nonene B. The mechanism of formation of B was probed using the deuterium-labeled sample of A which is shown. Indicate the position of deuterium labels in product B if the reaction proceeds by (a) a [2 - - 2] cycloaddition or (b) a [4 -t- 2] cycloaddition. 

Isolated tetrasubstituted double bonds do not react under these conditions and the saturation of trisubstituted double bonds is extremely slow, thus limiting the general utility of the method. This difference in reactivity is used to advantage for the selective deuteration of the -double bond in androsta-l,4-diene-3,17-dione (138). In homogeneous solution, saturation usually occurs from the a-side and consequently the deuterium labels are in... 

Insertion of the alkyne into the Pd-H bond is the first step in the proposed catalytic cycle (Scheme 8), followed by insertion of the alkene and /3-hydride elimination to yield either the 1,4-diene (Alder-ene) or 1,3-diene product. The results of a deuterium-labeling experiment performed by Trost et al.46 support this mechanism. 1H NMR studies revealed 13% deuterium incorporation in the place of Ha, presumably due to exchange of the acetylenic proton, and 32% deuterium incorporation in the place of Hb (Scheme 9). An alternative Pd(n)-Pd(iv) mechanism involving palladocycle 47 (Scheme 10) has been suggested for Alder-ene processes not involving a hydridopalladium species.47 While the palladium acetate and hydridopalladium acetate systems both lead to comparable products, support for the existence of a unique mechanism for each catalyst is derived from the observation that in some cases the efficacies of the catalysts differ dramatically.46... 

Intriguingly, the conical intersection model also suggests that E,Z-isomerization of acyclic dienes might be accompanied by conformational interconversion about the central bond, reminiscent of the so-called Hula-Twist mechanism for the efficient ,Z-photo-isomerization of the visual pigment rhodopsin in its rigid, natural protein environment101. A study of the photochemistry of deuterium-labelled 2,3-dimethyl-l,3-butadiene (23-d2) in low temperature matrices (vide infra) found no evidence for such a mechanism in aliphatic diene E,Z -photoisomerizations102. On the other hand, Fuss and coworkers have recently reported results consistent with the operation of this mechanism in the E,Z-photoisomerization of previtamin D3 (vide infra)103. 

One such typical transformation is the thermal isomerization of the spiropentane derivative 76 into triene 80 which is assumed to occur via the diene intermediate 78 with the intermediate participation of the cyclopropyl-trimethylenemethane (TMM) 77 and the vinyl-TMM 79 diradicals (equation 29)44. It was shown by using deuterium labels that the diradical 79 forms the triene 80 by 1,6-hydrogen shift. The pathway 76 — 80 which occurs via tetramethylene-ethane diradical was recognized as a less probable route. 

Flash vacuum pyrolysis of deuterium-labeled [l,2-bis(ethynyl)cyclobutadiene]CoCp 262a affords the rearranged product 262b and recovered starting material (Scheme 68)236. None of the dideuteriated product 262c or any of the potential [l,3-bis(ethynyl)cyclobuta-diene] CoCp isomers were observed. These results are difficult to reconcile with a mechanism involving a bis(diyne)CoCp intermediate (263) and are most consistent with the intermediacy of either cyclooctadiendiyne complex 264 or cyclooctahexaene complex 265. 

Related attempts at intercepting the trans double bond of the stable mono-trans ben-zazonine (6) with use of dienes (101) and (102) led instead to cycloaddition onto the isolated cis double bond with the formation of cycloadducts (105) (75CC149) and (106) (77TL4465) respectively. Further, attempted thermal extrusion of CO2 from (106) activated deepseated rearrangement to (107), the operational details of which were investigated with the use of deuterium-labeled a-pyrone (102). 

The ester-substituted complex (34) has been used in synthesis of (+)- and (-)-shikimic acid, an important intermediate in the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds, as well as stereospecifically deuterium labeled shikimic acid.60 Addition of hydroxide anion to (+)-(34) gives the diene complex (+)-(182),... 

It has been suggested previously that the thermal cycloreversion of cyclohexene to ethylene plus buta-1,3-diene proceeds via a vinylcyclobutane intermediate and that, as a consequence, the stereochemistry of deuterium labels on the cyclohexene is not reflected in the deuterated ethenes obtained. This conclusion is supported by results of a study of the stereochemistry of thermal conversion of 1 -viny 1-2.3-r/.v-didcuteriocyclo-butane to butadiene and 1,2-dideuterioethylenes equal amounts of ( )-CHD=CHD and (Z)-CHD=CHD were formed.32... 

Steinmetz and coworkers carried out mechanistic studies on the far-UV photochemical ring opening of l-silacyclobut-2-ene 80. The intermediates were trapped by alcohols to give 84-87 and by methoxytrimethylsilane to give 88 and 8955. The main reaction is the formation of 1-silabuta-1,3-diene 81, while the formation of silene 2, probably via the carbene 90, is a minor reaction (equation 19). The mechanism suggested was supported by deuterium labelling studies and ab initio calculations. 

Pd(PPh3)4-catalysed isomerization of methylenecyclopropanes in acetic acid proceeds smoothly at 1-substituted or 1,1-disubstituted dienes (Scheme 90). A plausible mechanism is hydropalladation and /3-carbon-Pd elimination followed by /3-hydride elimination, established from a deuterium labelling experiment.133... 

One significant aspect of the cyclohexane-1,4-diyl radical cation has been a point of contention the question whether it undergoes cleavage to the hexa-1,5-diene radical cation, i.e. whether it completes the Cope rearrangement. Results obtained in the laboratory of Miyashi, particularly the exchange of a deuterium label between the terminal olefinic and allylic positions, seem to suggest such a... 

Hart and Kusuya have documented the remarkable properties of the nona-methylbicyclo[3.2.1]octa-3,6-dien-2-yl cation (75) as generated by ionization of the alcohol in magic acid.127 Below —60 °C in this solvent system, 75 undergoes both a rapid circumambulatory process (NMR observable) and a slower bridge shift (deuterium labelling necessary for observation). At or above -60 °C, 75 rearranges irrever-... 

Rearrangement processes of alkyltitanocene dichlorides that occur under electron impact have been investigated using deuterium labelling. A novel type of zirconium-mediated coupling reaction of alkynes with vinyl bromide to afford 2,3-disubstituted dienes has been reported (see Scheme 105), and an inter-intramolecular reaction sequence has been proposed for the observed formation of vinylcyclohexadienes and/or methylenecycloheptadienes from the copper-catalysed reaction of zirconacyclo-pentadienes with allylic dichlorides. The essential step in these processes appears to be transmetallation of the zirconium-carbon bond of the zirconacyclopentadiene to produce a more reactive copper-carbon bond. New phosphorus heterocycles, e.g. (417), have been constructed by the thermal rearrangement of a [l,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)->/ -cyclooctatetraene]- ,3,5-triphospha-7-hafhanorbomadiene complex (416). 

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