Intermediates irradiated

Vitamin B12 reacts with alkyl halides to form a cobalt (III) alkyl intermediate. Irradiation with visible light leads to the expulsion of a carbon-centered radical and a cobalt (II) species. The latter is easily reduced at —0.8 V to reconvert it to a cobalt (I) intermediate that reenters the catalytic cycle by reacting with a second molecule of the halide. The radical is capable of undergoing a number of interesting transformations, including conjugate addition to a Michael acceptor. The example illustrated in Scheme 9 provided a straightforward route to ester... 

Reciprocity failure. High-irradiance/short-time exposure and low-irradiance/long-time exposure may be less efficient than exposures of the same energy but intermediate irradiances and durations. These effects are designated high-intensity reciprocity failure (HIRF) and low-intensity reciprocity failure (LIRF). 

Bond homolysis of alkyl halides requires less energy than heterolytic bond dissociation however, photolytic products are formed which point to charged intermediates. Irradiation of diiodomethane in the presence of an alkene generates cyclopropanation [56, 57]. Initially, one of the C-I bonds breaks... 

Total syntheses of racemic muscarine and allomuscarine were achieved by Pirrung and DeAmicis 11), who used a new approach to formation of the stereoselectively substituted tetrahydrofuran nucleus (Scheme 8). The key step in this procedure was the stereospecific photochemical ring expansion of a cyclobutanone derivative. The cycloaddition of silyl enol ether with methylchloroketene generated by zinc dechlorination of 2,2-dichloropropionyl chloride followed by reductive removal of the halogen produced the methylsiloxycyclobutanone intermediate. Irradiation of the... 

ESR evidence supports the presence of an Fe(lll) radical intermediate. Irradiation of the iron(ll) arene compound shown in Figure I9.40 leads to slippage of the linkage to the >74 bonding mode. The resulting compound is coordinatively unsaturated (16 e ). Continued irradiation leads to the loss of the arene li d and replacement by three solvent molecules. This species has been used as a photoinitiator for cationic polymerization reactions, as shown in Figure 19.40. 

COD)Cu2Cl2 is the first intermediate. Irradiation of ct-COD gave mostly TCO along with some rr-COD. From experiments at different wavelengths they conclude, however, that cr-COD is the isomer which undergoes the cyclization to TCO. Since this latter can be formed from ct-COD in a concerted fashion only in the thermally allowed supra-antarafacial mode, distortion of the orbitals by the Cu-ion to make this reaction photochemically feasible was offered as an explanation. 

Cyclodehydration of the ketone (51) with poly phosphoric acid gives only a small amount of the A -thiochromene (52). The major volatile product is the benzo[b]thiophen (53), probably formed from the thiochromene via a thiiranium intermediate. Irradiation of A -selenochromene at low temperature is reported to give the selenoketone (54). The reaction is reversed thermally."... 

Alkyl iodides afford mixtures of radical- and ion-derived photoproducts in solution, with the latter usually predominating. Indeed, this is a powerful method for generating carbocations, including many that cannot be readily prepared by other methods. Alkyl bromides display similar photobehavior, but with a lower proportion of ionic products. Analogous behavior has also been observed for phenyl thioethers and selenoethers, as well as some organosilicon iodides. In a process related to the formation of ionic intermediates, irradiation of dihalomethanes in the presence of alkenes results in cyclopropanation, a synthetically useful procedure that complements traditional methods. This chapter, which is concerned with alkyl halides, is a major expansion of an earlier review. The solution-phase photobehavior of aryl, benzylic, and homobenzylic hahdes has been reviewed, along with that of alkyl systems." The photobehavior of alkyl halides in the gas phase has also been reviewed. ... 

Certain mcso-ionic derivatives of thiazole (217) rearrange into thiazolone (219) under irradiation, a thiirenium intermediate (218) being postulated (Scheme 105) (495). 

The general mechanism of the rearrangement of aryl and diaryl-thiazoles seems to exclude the zwitterion route. Instead it takes place through bending of thiazoles bonds (98.213). Moreover, tricyclic sul-fonium cation intermediates, after irradiation of deuterated phenyl-thiazoles, have been suggested by several workers (98). 

The chemical pathways leading to acid generation for both direct irradiation and photosensitization (both electron transfer and triplet mechanisms) are complex and at present not fully characterized. Radicals, cations, and radical cations aH have been proposed as reactive intermediates, with the latter two species beHeved to be sources of the photogenerated acid (Fig. 20) (53). In the case of electron-transfer photosensitization, aromatic radical cations (generated from the photosensitizer) are beHeved to be a proton source as weU (54). 

Degradation of carbon tetrachloride by photochemical, x-ray, or ultrasonic energy produces the trichloromethyl free radical which on dimeri2ation gives hexachloroethane. Chloroform under strong x-ray irradiation also gives the trichloromethyl radical intermediate and hexachloroethane as final product. 

Pyridazin-3(2H)-ones rearrange to l-amino-3-pyrrolin-2-ones (29) and (30) upon irradiation in neutral methanol (Scheme 10), while photolysis of 5-amino-4-chloro-2-phenylpyridazin-3(2H)-one gives the intermediate (31) which cyclizes readily to the bis-pyridazinopyrazine derivative (32 Scheme 11). 

There is a scattered body of data in the literature on ordinary photochemical reactions in the pyrimidine and quinazoline series in most cases the mechanisms are unclear. For example, UV irradiation of 4-aminopyrimidine-5-carbonitrile (109 R=H) in methanolic hydrogen chloride gives the 2,6-dimethyl derivative (109 R = Me) in good yield the 5-aminomethyl analogue is made similarly (68T5861). Another random example is the irradiation of 4,6-diphenylpyrimidine 1-oxide in methanol to give 2-methoxy-4,6-diphenyl-pyrimidine, probably by addition of methanol to an intermediate oxaziridine (110) followed by dehydration (76JCS(P1)1202). 

The light-induced rearrangement of 2-phenyl- to 3-phenyl-thiophene may occur by a similar mechanism an equilibrium between the bicyclic intermediate (26) and the cyclopro-penylthioaldehyde (27) has been suggested (Scheme 2). The formation of IV-substituted pyrroles on irradiation of either furans or thiophenes in the presence of a primary amine supports this suggestion (Scheme 3). Irradiation of 2-phenylselenophene yields, in addition to 3-phenylselenophene, the enyne PhC=C—CH=CH2 and selenium. Photolysis of 2-phenyltellurophene furnishes solely the enyne and tellurium (76JOM(108)183). 

Methylthiophene is metallated in the 5-position whereas 3-methoxy-, 3-methylthio-, 3-carboxy- and 3-bromo-thiophenes are metallated in the 2-position (80TL5051). Lithiation of tricarbonyl(i7 -N-protected indole)chromium complexes occurs initially at C-2. If this position is trimethylsilylated, subsequent lithiation is at C-7 with minor amounts at C-4 (81CC1260). Tricarbonyl(Tj -l-triisopropylsilylindole)chromium(0) is selectively lithiated at C-4 by n-butyllithium-TMEDA. This offers an attractive intermediate for the preparation of 4-substituted indoles by reaction with electrophiles and deprotection by irradiation (82CC467). 

Irradiation of isothiazole gives thiazole in low yield. In phenyl-substituted derivatives an equilibrium is set up between the isothiazole (59) and the thiazole (61) via intermediate (60) (72AHC(14)l). 

Indazole -> benzimidazole photoisomerization involves a singlet state and has been determined to be monomolecular and monophotonic. The UV spectrum of an intermediate with a lifetime of the order of seconds was recorded. Irradiation of the indazole (526) resulted in a 96% yield of the 1-methylbenzimidazole (528) probably via the intermediate (527)... 

JA173) illustrates this possibility (Scheme 34). Thus 3,3,5-trimethyl-3//-pyrazole (371 R = H) on irradiation in pentane solution gives 1,3,3-trimethylcyclopropene (372 R = H) the intermediate diazoalkene (373) has been characterized. The tetramethyl derivative (371 R" = Me) when irradiated at -50 °C in methylene chloride leads to a species believed to be a l,2-dlazablcyclo[2.1.0]pent-2-ene (374). This isomerization is thermally reversible, the 3H- pyrazole being regenerated at room temperature. 

In contrast to pyrazolenines, there are only a few publications on the photochemistry of isopyrazoles and they concern exclusively their iV-oxides (390). Irradiation of (390) affords the iV-oxides of pyrazolenine (391) (70CC289). Bicyclic intermediates (392) and (393 Scheme 36) are believed to be implicated in this reaction (75MI40400). The final step is similar to that reported from studies of the valence bond isomerization of pyrazolenines (68JA173). 

The photolysis of 3-( p-cyanophenyl)-2-isoxazoline in benzene produced a tricyclic product along with six other materials (Scheme 46) (B-79MI41616). Irradiation of the bicyclic 2-isoxazoline (155) produced benzonitrile, /3-cyanonaphthalene and polymer via a proposed biradical intermediate (156) (Scheme 47) (B-79MI41615). 

Certain substituted o-nitrotoluenes can be induced to cyclize, forming 2,1-benzisoxazoles. Bis(2-nitrophenyl)methane when irradiated gave 3-(o-nitrophenyl)-2,l-benzisoxazole. The possible intermediates including a biradical were discussed (74TL4359). 3-(o-Nitrophenyl)-2,1-benzisoxazole was prepared by the acid cyclization of bis(2-nitrophenyl)methanol (Scheme 178) (65RRC1035>. 

The evidence obtained clearly indicates that the above photorearrangements proceed by a mechanism involving a nitrile ylide intermediate since cycloadducts could be isolated when the irradiations were carried out in the presence of trapping agents. Intramolecular cycloaddition of the nitrile ylide followed by a 1,3-sigmatropic hydrogen shift of the initially formed five-membered ring readily accounts for the formation of the final product. 

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