Regioselectivity photochemically

A preparatively attractive aspect of this chemistry is the exceptionally high enone concentration of more than 20%, as shown with (72), at which the transformations can still be run without noticeable formation of side products. In the case of the trimethyl derivative (72), a regioselective photochemical rearrangement favoring the formation of (73) over (74) has been encountered. The course of the reaction seems to be sterically controlled by the methyls. In situ photochemical equilibration of the C-5 epimers (72a,b) allows preferential rearrangement involving the C-6 (- 73a,b) rather than the C-3 (-> 74a,b) keto group. ... 

P. Wessig, Regioselective photochemical synthesis of carbo- and heterocyclic compounds the Norrish/Yang reaction. Chapter 57 in ref. 22. 

Wessig, P., Regioselective Photochemical Synthesis of Carbo and Heterocyclic Compounds the Norrish/Yang Reaction. In Horspool, W. M., Lenci, F. (eds), CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2nd edn, CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL, 2004, Chapter 57, pp. 1 20. 

Klan et al. recently studied temperature-sensitive, regioselective photochemical nucleophilic aromatic substitution of 4-nitroanisole by the hydroxide anion in... 

Regioselective Photochemical Synthesis of Carbo- and Heterocyclic Compounds... 

The regioselectivity of addition of HBr to alkenes under normal (electrophilic addi tion) conditions is controlled by the tendency of a proton to add to the double bond so as to produce the more stable carbocatwn Under free radical conditions the regioselec tivity IS governed by addition of a bromine atom to give the more stable alkyl radical Free radical addition of hydrogen bromide to the double bond can also be initiated photochemically either with or without added peroxides... 

The photochemical addition of azirines to the carbonyl group of aldehydes, ketones, and esters is also completely regiospecific (77H(6)143). Besides the formation of the isomeric oxazolines (50) from (39) and ethyl cyanoformate, there is also formed the imidazole (51) from addition to C=N in the expected regioselective manner. Thioesters lead to thiazolines (52), while isocyanates and ketenes produce heterocycles (53). 

Photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition is a powerful way to produce cyclobutanes, which, in turn, are reactive synthesis intermediates. N-Methylpyrrole adds aldehydes via [2 -I- 2] photocycloaddition to give transient oxetanes with high regioselectivity Ring-opening produces 3-(oi-hydroxyalkyl)pyrroles which are oxidized easily to 3-arylpyrroles, such as 3-BUTYROYL-l-METHYL-PYRROLE. With a special apparatus, ethylene is conveniently added to 3-methyl-... 

The regioselectivity observed in these reactions can be correlated with the resonance structure shown in Fig. 2. The reaction with electron-rich or electron-poor alkynes leads to intermediates which are the expected on the basis of polarity matching. In Fig. 2 is represented the reaction with an ynone leading to a metalacycle intermediate (formal [4C+2S] cycloadduct) which produces the final products after a reductive elimination and subsequent isomerisation. Also, these reactions can proceed under photochemical conditions. Thus, Campos, Rodriguez et al. reported the cycloaddition reactions of iminocarbene complexes and alkynes [57,58], alkenes [57] and heteroatom-containing double bonds to give 2Ff-pyrrole, 1-pyrroline and triazoline derivatives, respectively [59]. 

Cyclic ethers were also obtained by cyclization of alkoxyl radicals, generated in a radical chain reaction by reacting the thione 42 with (TMSfsSiH under photochemical conditions at 20 °C (Reaction 46). Regioselectivities of cyclization have been investigated and a progressive increase of the 6-endo-trig selectivity along the series R2 = H[Pg.140]

This study demonstrates that the addition of the 2-diazopropane with the triple bond of propargyl alcohols is regioselective, and affords new antibacterial 3H-pyrazoles. The photochemical reaction of these 3H-pyrazoles selectively leads to a- and 6-hydroxy cyclopropenes. The overall transformation constitutes a simple straightforward route to substituted cyclopropenyl alcohols without initial protection of the propargyl alcohol hydroxyl group. 

The alternative electrophilic mechanism for the nitration of ESE with TNM requires a close approach of a hindered ESE to a N02 group on the quaternary carbon center of TNM. However, this transition state is sterically very demanding, and it will not readily account for the observed reactivity. Furthermore, the observed lack of regioselectivity in the nitration of the isomeric enol silyl ethers of 2-methylcyclohexanone that leads to the same 2-methyl-2-nitrocyclohexanone (in thermal as well as photochemical nitration) is not readily reconciled by a concerted (electrophilic) mechanism (equation 18). 

The regioselective borylation of alkanes can be achieved either catalytically or stoichiometrically using a host of metal complexes such as rhenium analogs. Such processes can be photochemically or thermally induced (Equation (19)).30 30a 30c... 

Clennan, E.L. and Sram, J.P. (2000). Photochemical reactions in the interior of a zeolite. Part 5. The origin of the zeolite induced regioselectivity in the singlet oxygen ene reaction. Tetrahedron 56, 6945-6950... 

Irradiation rraws-2-[3-(7V-methylamino)propyl] stilbene 89 results in the formation of 7V-methyl-l-benzyltetrahydro-2-benzazepine 90 as the only significant primary photoproduct (equation 26), which in turn undergoes secondary photochemical N-demethylation. The final mixture contains 90 (38%) and 91 (25%) at high (>95%) conversion. Intramolecular photoadditions of these (equations 24-26) secondary (aminoalkyl)-stilbenes are highly regioselective processes24. 

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