Tetraenes conjugated

Epoxide opening with nucleophiles occurs at the less substituted carbon atom of the oxlrane ting. Cataiytic hydrogenolysis yields the more substituted alcohol. The scheme below contains also an example for trons-dibromination of a C—C double bond followed by dehy-drobromination with strong base for overall conversion into a conjugated diene. The bicycKc tetraene then isomerizes spontaneously to the aromatic l,6-oxido[l0]annulene (E. Vogel, 1964). 

The linear dimerization of substituted conjugated dienes is difficult, but the Pd-catalyzed intramolecular dimerization reaction of the 1,3,9,11-tetraene 13 gives the 3-propenylidene-4-allylpiperidine derivative 14, which has the 1,3,7-octatriene system. The corresponding 1,3,8,10-tetraene also affords the 3-pro-penylindene-4-allylcyclopentane derivative[18]. 

Section 11 18 Although cychc conjugation is a necessary requirement for aromaticity this alone is not sufficient If it were cyclobutadiene and cycloocta tetraene would be aromatic They are not... 

Natamycin. Natamycin or pimaricin (2) is a polyene with only four conjugated double bonds. This tetraene is obtained from Streptomjces natalensis. Like the other polyenes, pimaricin induces release from cells with membranes containing 20—40 mol % ergosterol. This is also the ergosterol concentration in the membrane of Saccharomjces cerevisiae. 

Deeatriene may, of course, react further to 1,5,9,13-tetradeca-tetraene, 1,5,9,13,17-octadecapentaene, etc. (18). Even the conjugated system 1,3-butadiene participates in metathesis reactions (14). An example of an intramolecular process is the reaction of 1,7-octadiene, which gives cyclohexene and ethene (13, 15) ... 

With the above procedure, dienoic fatty acid peroxidation products yield a conjugated triene chromophore with second-derivative absorption minima iocated at 258, 269.5 and 281 nm, whilst trienoic fatty-acid peroxidation products give rise to a conjugated tetraene chromophore with minima at 278, 289, 303 and 318 nm. The arrows in (c) denote second-derivative absorption minima corresponding to the conjugated triene adduct arising from linoleate-derived peroxidation products (conjugated hydroperoxydienes, hydroxydienes and oxodienes). 

Another domino process starting with a [2,3] sigma tropic rearrangement allows transformation of the propargylic alcohol 4-315 into the conjugated tetraenes 4-316 on treatment with phenylsulfenyl chloride, as described by Lera and coworkers (Scheme 4.69) [107]. 

The reader will recall equations 9 and 10 are generally ca 5 and 42 kJ moT1 endothermic. However, we generally lack enthalpies of formation for the compounds with the same affixed X as the above with which to compare reactions 9,10 and 16. Possibly, though very unlikely, the reaction of two conjugated dienes to form a linearly conjugated tetraene will show considerable additional stabilization. We note one comparison of related 4 and 3 chromophore species. Consider the de-acetylenation reaction... 

Many conjugated dienes react twice with methyl 3-bromo-2-propenoate and triethylamine, making this procedure convenient for preparing a variety of dimethyl 2,4,6,8-decatetraenedioates.98 1,3,5-Hexatriene and its substituted derivatives undergo vinylation also, to form tetraenes and pentaenes in low yields.83... 

A conjugated system of 8 electrons would normally have the two ends of the conjugated system far apart, but there are a few molecules in which the two ends are held, more or less rigidly, close enough to participate in cycloadditions to a double or triple bond. Thus, the tetraene 2,69 has the two... 

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