Sp2 carbon atoms

There are some reactions in which an aryl radical reacts with an sp2-carbon atom of an aliphatic side chain. In such reactions a carbo- or heteroalicyclic ring fused with a benzene ring is formed (Scheme 10-80). They may be called intramolecular Meerwein reactions. Techniques for these syntheses were developed by Beckwith s group in the 1980s. The majority of Beckwith s investigations were made with 2-(2 -propenyloxy)- and 2[(2 -methyl-2 -propenyl)oxy]benzenediazonium tetrafluoro-... 

The steric effect generated by the gem-dimethyl group of the thietane ring on the adjacent sp2 carbon atom makes the cycloaddition in these cases more sluggish compared with those of the parent thietane dioxide (6b)190. These cycloadditions provide a convenient entry into the strained thiabicyclo [2.2.0] hexane system (e.g. 287, 288 equation 107). 

Complex 12 was found to be a good reactant in the double-silylation reaction. Thus, thermolysis of a toluene solution of 12 and diphenylacetylene at 120°C for 12 h afforded 5,6-carboranylene-1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-2,3-diphenyl-1,4-disilacyclohex-2-ene 13. When 1-hexyne was employed in the reaction with 12 under the same reaction conditions, the five-membered disila ring compound 18 was isolated. A key feature in the h NMR spectrum of 18 includes a singlet at 6.24 ppm assigned to the vinyl proton. A characteristic high-frequency 13C NMR resonance at 138.50ppm provides evidence for a tethered sp2 carbon atom between the two silicon atoms. 

Beside the bigger size of the phosphorus atom, as compared to that of nitrogen, the lack of aromaticity is due to the P-pyramide the criterion of coplanarity is not fulfilled and so the lone electron pair of the phosphorus cannot overlap with the pz orbitals of the sp2 carbon atoms (Fig. 2). While in the case of pyrrole, the aromatic stabilization covers the energy requirement of planarization, in the case of phospholes, there is a bigger barrier for the inversion. 

In general, allenyl cations 38 attack at the sp2-carbon atom of 1,3-dienes and form vinyl cations 39 and 40 (R = H, alkyl) or (R = aryl). Although a concerted cycloaddition mechanism is possible, a stepwise mechanism is preferred34. If a nucleophilic attack at the sp-carbon atom of the allenyl cation takes place, then cation 41 and the resulting cations 42 and 43 are formed. Some examples of bicyclic products obtained from cyclic 1,3-dienes and propargyl chlorides are given in equation 1534. 

Rather than the expected [3 + 2] cycloaddition, a novel ene-like cycloisomerization occurs on deprotonation of allyltrimethylsilyl-oxime compounds, when the j3-sp2 carbon atom of the allyltrimethylsilyl moiety is tethered to the oxime unit. The resulting nitrile oxide group serves as an enophile, and the final cyclized product still has two functional groups suitable for further manipulations. Thus, ene-like cycloisomerization of allyltrimethylsilyl-oxime 375 with NaOCl in CH2CI2 gives 82% of cyclized product 376 (423). See also Reference 424. 

In all the above cases the attack from the less-hindered side (exo-orientation) was preferred and the ratio exo/endo varied from 19 (for a) to 4 (for c). The increase in weight of endo-orientation for c cannot be explained only on secondary overlap interactions. But they are accounted for by decrease of geometrical constraints. The steric requirements of saturated cyclohexane ring are higher than the steric requirements of sp2 carbon atoms in C. 

The addition of allenyl ether-derived anions to Weinreb [4] or to morpholino amides [5] follows a slightly different pathway (Eq. 13.2). For example, the addition of lithioallene 6 to Weinreb amide 7 at -78 °C, followed by quenching the reaction with aqueous NaH2P04 and allowing the mixture to warm to room temperature leads to cyclopentenone 9 in 80% yield [6]. The presumed intermediate of this reaction, allenyl vinyl ketone 8, was not isolated, as it underwent cyclization to 9 spontaneously [7]. These are exceptionally mild conditions for a Nazarov reaction and are probably a reflection of the strain that is present in the allene function, and also the low barrier for approach of the sp and sp2 carbon atoms. What is also noteworthy is the marked kinetic preference for the formation of the Z-isomer of the exocyclic double bond in 9. Had the Nazarov cyclization of 8 been conducted with catalysis by strong acid, it is unlikely that the kinetic product would have been observed. 

Sc, carbon chemical shift, referred to tetramethylsilane (8 = 0) (cf. Sect. I) SCS, substituent-induced chemical shift, or substituent effect difference between S s of a given carbon atom in a monosubstituted and the respective unsubstituted parent molecule (cf. Sect. Ill) NAE, nonadditivity effect nonadditivity of individual SCSs in disubstituted molecules (cf. Sect. IV) ICS, intramolecular-interaction chemical shift = NAE (cf. Sect. IV) A, polarization effect difference in S s of sp2 carbon atoms in a double bond (cf. Sect. IV-C) LEF, linear electric field (cf. Sect. II-B-3) SEF, square electric field (cf. Sect. II-B-3). 

In this context transannular interactions must be mentioned, although there are very few authenticated reports of such effects, and they involve solely sp2 carbon atoms. Thus, Maciel and Nakashima (256) ascribed a shielding of the carbonyl atom in 129 of approximately 10 ppm relative to 128 (X = CH2, O, S) to a transannular interaction associated with a partial charge separation (Scheme 40). Less clear-cut results were obtained from the spectra of 3- and 4-thiacyclohexanone (199,257). For the sake of completeness we note that aromatic carbon atoms experience considerable deshielding (6-9 ppm) in bi- and multilayered [2.2]paracyclophanes (258,259). This was attributed to a decrease of the excitation-energy term in the o-p expression (eq. [3], p. 222). 

We now turn to molecules containing double-bonded atoms, such as those with the substructure -C(=Y)-X-. Carboxylic acid derivatives with X = OR, NR2, or Hal and Y = O, S, or NR belong to this category. The sp2 carbon atoms in such compounds are significantly shielded (ca. 20-30 ppm) compared with those in corresponding ketone or aldehyde analogs. This has been ascribed... 

The numbers in Table 49 indicate that as the electronegativity of R increases, the chemical shifts of the sp3 and (for the most part) the sp2 carbon atoms a and ft to the nitrogen atom also increase. In all three cases, the pattern is reproduced and similar coupling constants are observed. The only exception appears to be carbon d in 115, which has approximately the same chemical shift as that of 114. 

The number of the sp carbon atoms interposed between the two terminal sp2 carbon atoms conveniently classifies the cumulated double bond systems into two categories 1. even-numbered cumulenes of D2h symmetry (e.g. ethylene), and 2. odd-numbered cumulenes of D2d symmetry (e.g. allene). 

In this Section we will mainly concentrate on stereoselective addition reactions involving the transformation of sp2 carbon atoms in C = C, C=O and C=N functions to sp3 hybridization these reactions do not include hydrogenation- and reduction-type transformations which were addressed in Sect. 2.1, 2.2, and 3.1. 

The regiochemistry of the Diels-Alder reaction of a thioaldehyde depends on the nature of the substituent directly linked to the sp2-carbon atom [175]. 

Fig. 14. 13 NMR spectrum in the fullerene sp2 carbon atom region of [Rh(NO) (PPh3)2(7)2-C60)] between -90 and +20°C in C4D80.

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