3-methylene-1,5-hexadiene

A plateau on the PE hypersurface is not the only feature that can serve to muddy the distinction between concerted and stepwise reactions. Another occurs when an intermediate, even one in a quite deep PE well, is located off the direct path from reactant to product. An example comes from the nominal [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of 1,2,6-heptatriene. If heated alone, in the gas phase, the reactant rearranges cleanly to the [3,3] product, 3-methylene-1,5-hexadiene. However, Roth et al. showed that an intermediate could be trapped when the reaction was conducted in high-pressure oxygen ( ). They postulated that the intermediate was the... 

In some cases the nature of the products resulting from photolysis of dienes and trienes depends on whether the reaction occurs from the excited singlet state or the triplet state. The triplet states can be populated exclusively by suitable sensitizers. For example, 3-methylene-1, 5-hexadiene gives a cyclobutene derivative (A) from the singlet state and tricyclo ring compound (B) from triplet state ... 

Likewise, 3-methylene-1,5-hexadiene yields 1-allylcyclobutene upon direct excitation, but only 2-methylenebicyclo[2.1.1]hexane when irradiated in the presence of sensitizer (Scheme II).289... 

Bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane-5-spirocyclopropane, Bicyclo[3.2.0]-hept-1-ene, 5-Methylenebicyclo[2.1.1]hexane, 1,2,6-Heptatriene, 3-Methylene-1,5-hexadiene and Tricyclo[4.1.0.0 ]heptane... 

At higher temperatures, the product rearranged to 5-methylenebicyclo[2.1.1]hex-ane which at higher temperatures rearranged to 3-methylene-1,5-hexadiene, probably by a 3,3-shift in the retro 2 -h 2 cycloaddition product of the bicyclohexane (Scheme 8.47). 

Finally, it is worthy of note that 3-methylene-1,5-hexadiene is also the product of pyrolysis of tricyclo[4.1.0.0 ]heptane with log = 14.21 - 36 500/2.3i T. A small amount of 2-methylenebicyclo[2.2.0]hexane was also formed with log k = 14.07 — 37 300/2.3/ r (Scheme 8.52). It would appear as if the 2-methylene-cyclohexane-1,4-diyl species were an intermediate in this process formed by initial cleavage of a spiropentane radial bond as opposed to a peripheral bond which is the lower energy pathway in the parent compound (see Chapter 6, Section 2). 

Fast Green FCF (FD C Green No. 3, Cl Food Green 3) is a triarylmethane dye related to Brilliant Blue, the disodinm 3-[N-ethyl-N-[4-[[4-[N-ethyl-N-(3-snl-fonatobenzyl)amino] -phenyl] (4-hydroxy-2-snlfonatophenyl)methylene] -2,5-cyclo-hexadien-l-ylidene]ammonio-methyl]-benzenesnlfonate. Fast green is a red to brown-violet powder or crystals, solnble in water, sparingly solnble in ethanol, with a maximnm absorption in water at 625 nm. It is not permitted as food colorant in the EU. -"... 

In contrast to the spectrum of isotactic trans-l,4-hexadiene polymer (Figure 5), the 300 MHz -H-NMR spectra of the 5-methylhexadiene polymer in both CCI4 and CgDg solutions exhibit only one peak for its backbone methylene protons. As in the case of cis-l,4-hexadiene polymer (14), the backbone methylene protons were not resolvable. The absence of a doublet for the methylene protons in these polymers does not necessarily preclude the possibility that they are isotactic. 

The simplest cross-conjugated polyene is 122, 3-methylene-1,4-pentadiene or 1,1-divinylethylene itself. Accepting the analysis in Reference 2 that was made using Roth s data, we find this species to be some 23 kJ mol 1 less stable than the simplest conjugated polyene, 80, (li)-, 3,5-hexatriene or 1,2-divinylethylene. The next simplest cross-conjugated polyenes are 3-methylene-l,4,6-heptatriene, 123, and 3,4-dimethylene-1,5-hexadiene, 124, that would naturally be compared with ( , )- ,3,5,7-octatetraene,... 

Diisobutylaluminium hydride catalyses the ring-closure of various dienes. It is proposed that the process involves addition of the aluminium hydride to a terminal double bond, followed by ring-closure and, finally, elimination of the catalyst (equation 106). Thus 1,5-hexadiene gives methylenecyclopentane (213) (equation 107), 1,6-heptadiene gives methylenecyclohexane (214) (equation 108), 4-vinylcyclohexene gives bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-2-ene (215) (equation 109) and the spiro compound 217 is obtained from 5-methylene-l,8-nonadiene (216) (equation 110)112. 

Cyclopolymerization of Nonconjugated Dienes. Cyclopolymerization is an addition polymerization that leads to introduction of cyclic structures into the main chain of the polymer. Nonconjugated dienes are the most deeply studied monomers for cyclopolymerization and for cyclocopolymerizations with alkene monomers 66 In general, (substituted and unsubstituted) dienes with double bonds that are linked by less than two or more than four atoms cannot undergo efficient cyclization and result in crosslinked materials.12 In fact, efficient cyclopolymerization processes have been described, for instance, for a,oo-dienes like 1,5-hexadiene, 2-methyl-l,5-hexadiene, 1,6-heptadiene, and 1,7-octadiene,67 73 which lead to formation of homopolymers and copolymers containing methylene-1,3-cycloalkane units. 

Much experimental and theoretical work has been performed with the two allenes 1,2,6-heptatriene (32) and 1,2,6,7-octatetraene (34). Thermal isomerization of 32 leads to 3-methylene-l,5-hexadiene (346), a process that at first sight looks like a typical Cope rearrangement. However, trapping experiments with either oxygen or sulfur dioxide have shown that at least half of the rearrangement passes through the diradical 345 (Scheme 5.52) [144],... 

Malachit Green N-[4-[[4-(Dimethylamino)phenyl]phenyl-methylene]-2,5-cyclo-hexadien -l-ylident]-N-methyl-methanaminium chloride... 

The cyclic diradical, 2-methylene-1,4-cyclohexadiyl (18), can be formed from the hepta-1,2,6-triene 1722,23. Thermolysis of 17 gives 3-methylene-l,5-hexadiene 19 as a Cope rearrangement product, while the same treatment (155 °C, benzene) in the presence of SO2 leads to sulfones 20 and 21 instead of 19 (equation 6). It was shown that sulfone 20 is obtained by reaction of SO2 with the rearrangement product 19, while sulfone 21 originates directly from the diradical 18. 

Recent advances in the development of well-defined homogeneous metallocene-type catalysts have facilitated mechanistic studies of the processes involved in initiation, propagation, and chain transfer reactions occurring in olefins coordi-native polyaddition. As a result, end-functional polyolefin chains have been made available [103].For instance, Waymouth et al.have reported about the formation of hydroxy-terminated poly(methylene-l,3-cyclopentane) (PMCP-OH) via selective chain transfer to the aluminum atoms of methylaluminoxane (MAO) in the cyclopolymerization of 1,5-hexadiene catalyzed by di(pentameth-ylcyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride (Scheme 37). Subsequent equimolar reaction of the hydroxyl extremity with AlEt3 afforded an aluminum alkoxide macroinitiator for the coordinative ROP of sCL and consecutively a novel po-ly(MCP-b-CL) block copolymer [104]. The diblock structure of the copolymer... 

The (co)polymerization of dienes can be a good method for the preparation of polymers with reactive vinyl groups, a method that enables the preparation of polymers possessing plural vinyl groups per polymer chain. A fluorinated bis(phenoxy-imine) Ti complex was shown by Coates and co-workers to convert 1,5-hexadiene to poly(methylene-l,3-cyclopentane-fti-3-vinyl tetramethylene), which contained multiple vinyl groups. As already discussed, Saito et al. and others revealed that bis(phenoxy-imine) Ti complexes favored secondary insertion. " This is probably responsible for the formation of 3-vinyl tetramethylene units. Likewise, the same catalyst system can form sPP-/ -poly(methylene-l,3-cyclopentane-z -3-vinyl tetramethylene) from propylene and 1,5-hexadiene. Very recently. 

Nonconjugated dienes (1,4-pentadiene, 1,5-hexadiene) are transformed mainly to products originating from conjugated dienes formed by isomerization.178 In contrast, 1,7-octadiene in which the double bonds are separated by four methylene groups preventing isomerization to conjugated dienes, yields mainly isomeric mononitriles. 

Complex polyfunctional molecules can often be assembled efficiently by short, spectacular sequences of reactions, an example of which is the preparation of the pentasubstituted benzofuran 1. Thus, addition of l-lithio-l-methoxy-3-(trimethylsilyl)-l,2-hexadiene to 3,4-dimethoxycyclobut-3-ene-l,2-dione gave the expected keto alcohol in 70% yield. This alcohol was heated at reflux temperature in toluene for 4 hours to give a 2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted hydroquinone in 90% yield. Oxidation of the hydroquinone with silver oxide and potassium carbonate in anhydrous benzene (90%) followed by reaction of the quinone thus obtained with TFA in methylene chloride at 0°C then at room temperature for two days gave 1 in 75% yield. 

An EPDM rubber is produced by the terpolymerisation of ethylene and propylene with a small amount (typically of the order of 5%) of an unconjugated di-olefin. The di-olefins used, include dicyclopentadiene, 1,4-hexadiene, 5-methylene-2-norbornene, 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene and methyl tetrahydroindene, 1,5 cyclo octadiene. A number of other dienes [74,75] have been tried. Infrared spectroscopy [35] is used to find out the ter monomer content. The characteristic peaks for the ter monomer are shown in Table 3.4. In view of the relatively low concentrations, it is probable that ter monomer base units are present largely as isolated units in EPDM but the distribution of propylene and methylene sequences is of considerable interest. 

Cyclopolymerisation may also concern the formation of polymers containing bicyclic repeating units. This is the case of the cyclopolymerisation of 3-vinyl-1,5-hexadiene, which yields polymers with l-methylene-3-(2,5-methanocyclo-hexyl) units [494] ... 

Cyclopolymerisation leading to polymers with monocyclic units in the main chain proceeds in two steps the first step involves a 1,2-insertion of the coordinated a, ffl-diolefin via one olefinic bond, and the second step, which is a ringclosing reaction, involves an intramolecular insertion of the other olefinic bond undergoing coordination scheme (89) presents both steps for 1,5-hexadiene cyclopolymerisation leading to a cycloaliphatic polymer with poly(methylene-1,3-cyclopentane) structural units [30,450,497] ... 

The cyclopolymerisation of unsymmetrical a, co-diolefins such as 2-methyl-1,5-hexadiene in the presence of catalysts such as Cp2 ZrMc2 M(Me)0 x, [Cp2 , ZrMe]+ [B(C6F5)4] or [Cp2 ZrMe]4 [McB(C6 F5)2] yields highly regiore-gular cyclopolymers [501]. The perfectly head-to-tail linked monomeric units in the formed poly[methylene-l,3-(l-methylcyclopentane)] arises from the chemo-selective insertion of the less hindered terminus of 2-methyl-1,5-hexadiene into the active Mt—P bond, followed by cyclisation involving the insertion of the disubstituted olefinic bond (Figure 3.50) [497]. The insertion of the disubsti-tuted olefinic bond is made easier by its intramolecular nature. 

The symmetry properties of cycloaliphatic polymers are such that polymers with certain microstructures, e.g. tram-isotactic poly (methylene-1,3-cyclopen-tane), are chiral therefore, the cyclopolymerisation of a, trans selective catalysts of C2 symmetry, such as methylaluminoxane-activated resolved (li )-(Thind CH2)2Zr l,l -bi-2-naphtholate, yielded optically active tram-isotactic poly(-methylene-1,3-cyclopentane). The cyclopolymerisation with the (15) enantiomer of the catalyst gave an enantiomeric polymer [505], On the basis of analysis of 13C NMR spectra, the degree of enantioface selectivity for this cyclopolymerisation was estimated to be of 91% [503,505]. 

FD C Green No. 3 is principally the inner salt disodium salt of ZV-ethyl-/V-[4-[[4-[ethyl[(3-sulfophenyl)methyl]amino]-phenyl](4-hydroxy-2-sulfophenyl)methylene]-2,5-cyclohex-adien- l-ylidene]-3-sulfobenzenemethanaminium hydroxide, with smaller amounts of the isomeric inner salt disodium salt of ZV-ethyl-ZV- [4- [ [4- [ ethyl [ (3-sulfophenyl) methyl ] amino]-phenyl](4-hydroxy-2-sulfophenyl)methylene]-2,5-cyclohex-adien- l-ylidene]-4-sulfobenzenemethanaminium hydroxide of A -eihyl-/V- 4- 4- elhyl (4-sulfophenyl)methyl ]amino]-phenyl](4-hydroxy-2-sulfophenyl)methylene]-2,5-cyclohex-adien-l-ylidene]-4-sulfobenzenemethanaminium hydroxide and of Ar-ethyl-/V-[4-[[4-[ethyl[(2-sulfophenyl)methyl]am-ino]phenyl](4-hydroxy-2-sulfophenyl)methylene]-2,5-cyclo-hexadien-l-ylidene]-3-sulfobenzenemethanaminium hydroxide. 

The microstructure and the properties depend on the cis/trans ratio of the ring bonding and on the stereochemistry between the rings. Poly(methylene-l,3-cyclopentane) obtained by cyclopolymerization of 1,5-hexadiene shows four different structures from which the tram isotactic structure is predominant, when using simple biscyclopentadienyl compounds. Higher substituted (pen-tamethyl) zirconocenes yield mainly as-connected polymers which are highly crystalline and have melting points up to 190 °C. 

Curing formulation Polymer =100 HAF Carbon Black = 50 Naphthenic Oil = 5 ZnO = 5 S = 2 TMTD = 1 MBT = 0.5 Temp. = 145 °C. S. Table 1 ENB = 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene 1,4-HD = 1,4-hexadiene DCP = dicyclopentadiene MNB = 5-methylene-2-norbomene. Cross-linking reaction rate constant. 

Conjugated Dienes. General Observations, The catalytic hydrogenation of conjugated dienes by pentacyanocobaltate(II) is completely selective, yielding only monoolefin, which cannot be reduced further (19, 20, 21), Lack of reduction of 2,5-dimethyl-2,4-hexadiene indicates that dienes in which the 5-cis conformation is sterically hindered might not be catalytically hydrogenated (21). However, reduction of 3-methylene cyclohexene, a diene with a fixed s-trans conformation, disproves this and indicates that other steric factors are probably involved (24). 

Since this reaction is a unimolecular example of the selective hydrogenation of an alkene mixture, the successful saturation of the less-substituted double bond should take place most readily over those catalysts that are most effective for the preferential saturation of one olefin in a mixture. Ruthenium has not been used extensively for such hydrogenations, but P-2 Ni(B) has been effective in promoting the selective hydrogenation of one of the double bonds in 46, methylene norbornene (49) (Eqn. 15.30), dicyclopentadiene (50) (Eqn. 15.31), and 2-methyl-1,5-hexadiene (51) (Eqn. 15.32).6 9,80,81... 

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