Photochemical Nitration by Tetranitromethane. XVII. The Regiochemistry of Adduct Formation in the Photochemical Reaction of 1-Methylnaphthalene and Tetranitromethane

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 1591 ◽  
Author(s):  
JL Calvert ◽  
L Eberson ◽  
MP Hartshorn ◽  
n Maclaga ◽  
WT Robinson

Photolysis of the 1-methylnaphthalene/tetranitromethane charge-transfer complex yields the triad of 1-methylnaphthalene radical cation, nitrogen dioxide and trinitromethanide ion. Recombination of this triad gives predominantly 4-methyl-t-2-nitro-r-1-trinitromethyl-1,2- dihydronaphthalene (1), the epimeric 1-methyl-1-nitro-4-trinitromethyl-1,4-dihydronaphtha-lenes (2) and (3), 8-methyl-c-4-trinitromethyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-r-l-ol (4), nitro cyclo -adduct (5), 8-methyl-c-4-trinitromethyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-r-l-ol (6), hydroxy cyclo-adduct (7) and 4-methyl-t-1-trinitromethyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalen-r-2-ol (8). Adducts (1)- (3), (5), (7) and (8) are formed by attack of the trinitromethanide ion at C4 of the 1-methylnaphthalene radical cation, while adducts (4) and (6) are formed by corresponding attack at C5. Adduct (1) undergoes thermal cycloaddition to give the nitro cycloadduct (5) and it is assumed that the hydroxy cycloadduct (7) is formed in analogous manner from 4-methyl-t-1-trinitromethyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalen-r-2-ol (8). X-Ray crystal structure determinations are reported for adducts (1), (3)-(5) and (7).


1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 469
Author(s):  
CP Butts ◽  
L Eberson ◽  
KL Fulton ◽  
MP Hartshorn ◽  
WT Robinson

Photolysis of the phenanthrene/tetranitromethane charge-transfer complex yields the triad of phenanthrene radical cation, nitrogen dioxide, and trinitromethanide ion. Recombination of this triad in dichloromethane at 20° gives 9-nitrophenanthrene (1), trans-10-trinitromethyl-9,10-dihydrophenanthren-9-yl nitrate (2a), trans-9-nitro-10-trinitromethyl-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene (2b), and trans-10-trinitromethyl-9,10-dihydrophenanthren-9-ol (2c). Adduct formation is partially suppressed when trifluoroacetic acid (0.7 M) is added to the dichloromethane solvent at 20°, the major product identified being 9-nitrophenanthrene (1). At -20° in dichloromethane, or in acetonitrile at 20°, 10'-nitro-9,9',10,10'-tetrahydro-9,9'-biphenanthren-10-yl nitrate (3) is formed, apparently by reaction of nitrogen dioxide with phenanthrene. X-Ray crystal structure determinations are reported for adducts (2a,b).



1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
CP Butts ◽  
L Eberson ◽  
MP Hartshorn ◽  
WT Robinson

Photolysis of the 1,5-dimethylnaphthalene/tetranitromethane charge-transfer complex yields the triad of 1,5-dimethylnaphthalene radical cation, nitrogen dioxide and trinitromethanide ion. Recombination of this triad gives predominantly the epimeric 4,8-dimethyl-1-nitro-4-trinitromethyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalenes (18) and (27), the epimeric 1,5-dimethyl-1-nitro-4-trinitromethyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalenes (20) and (21), 4,8-dimethyl-r-1-nitro-t-2-trinitromethyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalene (19), 4,8-dimethyl-t-2-trinitromethyl-1,2-dihydronaph-thalen-r-1-ol (23), nitro cycloadduct (22), hydroxy cycloadduct (24), nitronic ester (25) and 4,8-dimethyl-1-nitronaphthalene (26). Adduct (19) is formed substantially by allylic rearrangement of 4,8-dimethyl-1-nitro-4-trinitromethyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalene (18), and adduct (23) and indirectly nitronic ester (25) by allylic rearrangement of a postulated intermediate 4,8-dimethyl-t-4-trinitromethyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-r-1-ol (32). Adducts (18), (19), (23), (25) and (27) are formed by attack of trinitromethanide ion at C 1 of the 1,5-dimethylnaphthalene radical cation, while adducts (20)-(22) and (24) are formed by the corresponding attack at C4, the reaction pathways being determined by the relative energies of the intermediate delocalized carbon radicals. Adduct formation is substantially suppressed for a photolysis when trifluoroacetic acid (0.7 M) is added to the dichloromethane solvent at 20°, 1,5-dimethyl-4-nitronaphthalene (26) being formed close to quantitatively. In contrast, photolysis of the 1,5-dimethylnaphthalene/tetranitromethane charge-transfer complex in 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-ol gave substantial amounts of adduct (19), together with 1,5-dimethyl-4-nitronaphthalene (26) as the major product. Allylic rearrangements of 1-methoxy-4-nitro-1-trinitromethyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalene (34) and the epimeric 1,4,5,8-tetramethyl-1-nitro-4-trinitromethyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalenes (38) are seen as the mode of formation of 4-methoxy-r-1-nitro-t-2-trinitromethyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalene (33) and the epimeric 1,4,5,8-tetramethyl-1-nitro-2-trinitromethyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalenes (36), respectively. X-Ray crystal structure determinations are reported for adducts (19), (20), (22), (24) and (28), the last compound being formed only on chromatography of reaction mixtures.



1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 1211 ◽  
Author(s):  
JL Calvert ◽  
L Eberson ◽  
MP Hartshorn ◽  
n Maclaga ◽  
WT Robinson

Photolysis of the 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene/tetranitromethane charge-transfer complex yields the triad of 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene radical cation, nitrogen dioxide, and trinitromethanide ion. In dichloromethane at +20° recombination of this triad gives predominantly the adducts (8), (9), (11), and (14), each of which is formed by attack of the trinitromethanide ion at C4 of the 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene radical cation; a minor adduct (10) is formed by similar attack but at C3 of the aromatic radical cation. The cycloadducts (12) and (13) arise by cycloaddition of the trinitromethyl group to the alkene function in adducts (9) and (14). The cycloaddition (9)→(12) has been shown to be a thermal, not photochemical, reaction. X-Ray crystal structures are reported for adducts (8) and (12).



1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
CP Butts ◽  
JL Calvert ◽  
L Eberson ◽  
MP Hartshorn ◽  
n Maclaga ◽  
...  

Photolysis of the 1,2-dimethylnaphthalene/tetranitromethane charge-transfer complex yields the triad of 1,2-dimethylnaphthalene radical cation, nitrogen dioxide, and trinitromethanide ion. Recombination of this triad gives predominantly the adducts (13)-(16), each of which is formed by attack of the trinitromethanide ion at C4 of the 1,2-dimethylnaphthalene radical cation. Thermal cycloaddition in adducts (13) and (16) gives the cycloadducts (12) and (17) respectively.



2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hosea M. Nelson ◽  
Juno C. Siu ◽  
Ambarneil Saha ◽  
Duilio Cascio ◽  
Samantha N. MacMillan ◽  
...  


Author(s):  
Hosea Nelson ◽  
Juno Siu ◽  
Ambarniel Saha ◽  
Duilio Cascio ◽  
Song-Bai Wu ◽  
...  

Recent advances in radical-based catalytic reactions have created an increasing demand for the understanding of their mechanistic underpinnings. Structural elucidation of transient reactive intermediates via diffraction techniques, though rarely possible, is one of the most decisive ways to support such mechanistic hypotheses. Here we present the isolation, structural elucidation, and theoretical analysis of an electrochemically generated and catalytically relevant charge-transfer species formed between the azidyl radical and (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPO). The unusual bent N–N–N angle and the pancake bonding between these two fragments highlight the weak bonding interactions present in this complex. This X-ray structure validates computational predictions as well as mechanistic proposals of TEMPO-mediated radical azidation reactions.



1987 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 2097 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ Fuller ◽  
DL Kepert ◽  
BW Skelton ◽  
AH White

Crystal structure determinations of (LH)2(B10H10), (1), and (LH2)(B10H10), (2), L = 2,2'- bipyridine , have been carried out by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods at 295 K, being refined by full-matrix least squares to residuals of 0.041, 0.047 for 1758, 1771 'observed' independent reflections respectively. Crystals of (1) are monoclinic, P21/n, a 12.040(7), b 17.71(1), c 11.142(4) �, β 101.78(4)�, Z 4. Crystals of (2) are monoclinic, P21/c, a 9.937(4), b 10.837(3), c 14.856(5) �, β 109 2l(3)�, Z 4. The colour of the compounds is accounted for by charge-transfer interactions of a novel type, namely between the positively charged cationic acid hydrogen atoms and the negatively charged non-apical hydrogen atoms of the anion. In yellow (1), these distances are 2.26(5) �, while in red (2), they are much shorter, being 1.89(4), 1.97(3) �.



1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2687-2689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Min Zhang ◽  
Bao-Zhen Shan ◽  
Zhi-Ping Bai ◽  
Xiao-Zeng You ◽  
Chun-Ying Duan


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