Z-cyclooctene

Make molecular models of (f) and (Z) cyclooctene and compare their H—C=C—H dihedral angles... 

Optically active benzene(poly)carboxamides and benzene(poly)carboxy-lates were used by Inoue and co-workers as sensitizers for the geometrical photoisomerization of (Z)-cyclooctene and (Z,Z)-cyclooctadienes in various solvents at different temperatures. Under energy-transfer conditions, enantiomeric excesses up to 64% ee in unpolar solvents like pentane were reported. The use of polar solvents diminished the product ee s due to the intervention of a free or solvent-separated radical ion pair generated through the electron transfer from the substrate to the excited chiral sensitizer (Scheme 58) [105-109]. 

Alkenes strained by twist or r-bond torsion, such as E-cyclooctene, exhibit much lower barriers due to relief of strain in the TS for the oxygen transfer step. While the epoxidation of symmetrically substituted alkenes normally involve a symmetrical approach to the TT-bond, the TSs for epoxidation of E-cyclooctene and E-l-methylcyclooctene exhibit highly asymmetric transition structures. The AAE = 3.3 kcalmol" for E- versus Z-cyclooctene is clearly a reflection of the relative SE of these two medium ring alkenes (16.4 vs 4.2 kcalmol ) ". The classical activation barrier (AE ) for the highly strained bicyclo[3.3.1]non-l-ene is also quite low (Table 10, Figure 26). In these twist-strain alkenes, the approach of the peracid deviates markedly from the idealized spiro approach suggesting fliat this part of the potential energy surface is quite soft. 

On the other hand, iminium ion 3a has been reported to react with (E)- and (Z)-cyclooctene with complete retention of configuration of the alkene moiety in high yield (87 and 88%, respectively).5... 

Condensed pyridines were obtained when 1,2,4-triazines reacted with cyclic alkenes. Trichloro-l,2,4-triazine (73) afforded the condensed pyridines (370a, b) in high yield with cyclopentene and (Z)-cyclooctene, respectively. In the reaction with cyclopentene the bis adduct (371) was isolated in small amount but the bis adduct (372a) is the sole reaction product when (73) is treated with norbornene. The more reactive trifluoro-1,2,4-triazine (325) affords bis adducts (371b, c 372b) with cyclopentene and (Z)-cyclooctene as well as with norbornene (79CC658). 

In the hydrogenation of ( )-pent-2-ene and (Z)-pent-2-ene, which isomer produces the larger exotherm In the hydrogenation of (E)- and (Z)-cyclooctene, which isomer liberates the most heat ... 

On the basis of theoretical studies by Bach and co-workers,17 it was found that the nucleophilic 71-bond of the alkene attacks the 0-0 cr-bond in an Sn2 fashion with displacement of a neutral carboxylic acid. There are, however, some mechanistic anomalies. For example, a protonated peracid should be a much more effective oxygen transfer agent over its neutral counterpart, but experiments have shown only modest rate enhancements for acid catalysed epoxidation. Early attempts to effect acid catalysis in alkene epoxidation where relatively weak acids such as benzoic acid were employed proved unsuccessful.18 The picture is further complicated by contradictory data concerning the influence of addition of acids on epoxidation rates.19 Trichloroacetic acid catalyses the rate of epoxidation of stilbene with perbenzoic acid, but retards the rate of a double bond containing an ester constituent such as ethyl crotonate.20 Recent work has shown that a seven-fold increase in the rate of epoxidation of Z-cyclooctene with m-chloroperbenzoic acid is observed upon addition of the catalyst trifluoroacetic acid.21 Kinetic and theoretical studies suggest that the rate increase is due to complexation of the peroxy acid with the undissociated acid catalyst (HA) rather than protonation of the peroxy acid. Ab initio calculations have shown that the free energy of ethylene with peroxy-formic acid is lowered by about 3 kcal mol-1 upon complexation with the catalyst.21... 

The photoisomerization of (Z)-cyclooctene (30) (Scheme 12) to the (E)-isomer (31) was sensitized by enantiopure alkyl benzenecarboxylates immobilized in zeolite to give modest ees. The use of an antipodal sensitizer pair of (R)-and (S)-1 -methyIheptyl benzoates, 32d and 32e, yielded enantiomeric 31 in — 5% and +5% ee, respectively, while the same sensitizers gave practically racemic 31 upon irradiation in homogeneous solutions. This small, but apparent, enhancement of the product ee observed upon irradiation in modified zeolite supercages is likely to arise from the decreased conformational freedom of the adsorbed sensitizer, the hindered approach of 30 to the sensitizer, and/or the different exciplex structure in confined media. In this context, it is interesting to examine the effect of temperature on the supramolecular photochirogenesis in modified zeolites and to compare the results with those obtained in the homogeneous phase. Such an examination will reveal the distinctly different role of entropy in confined media, which should be clarified in a future study. 

Prior to such a sophisticated attempt, a more straightforward strategy was examined in order to evaluate the chiral discrimination ability of the CDx cavity. Thus the direct photoisomerization at 185 nm of a 1 1 complex of (Z)-cyclooctene 30 with P-CDx was carried out in the solid state to give an E-Z mixture of E Z = 0.47 [122]. The ee of the obtained (E)-isomer 31 was low (0.24 %) [123], but this work paved the way for the supramolecular photosensitization of 30 with chromophore-modified 3-CDx derivatives 53-55 in solution [123,124]. 

Fig. 2. Activation parameters vs number of HFIP molecules for the epoxidation of Z-butene within a solution model at 298K (RB3LYP/6-311++G(d,p)//RB3LYP/6-31+G(d,p)). Dashed lines refer to values in parentheses which include a correction for the dispersion interaction from a BSSE-corrected MP2/6-31+G(2d,p)//B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) single-point calculation on the corresponding initial aggregates. AG (cyclooctene) and -TAS (cyclooctene) correspond to the experimentally determined activation parameters for the epoxidation of Z-cyclooctene at 298 K...

The reaction of aryl azides with alkenes in the presence of aluminum trichloride gave different products depending on the structure and the geometry of the alkene, the reaction proceeds via the intermediacy of an aziridine 8 complexed with the Lewis acid. Thus aziridines 9 were cleanly obtained from cycloheptene and (Z)-cyclooctene, however, from cyclopentene and cyclohexene a mixture of allylic amines 10 and /5-chloro amines 11 was produced86- 87. The use of 4-chlorophenyl azide in the reaction with cyclohexene gave only a tar. 

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