The mechanism of the photochemical cycloaddition reaction of N-benzoylindole with cyclopentene

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (10) ◽  
pp. 1685-1692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bimsara W. Disanayaka ◽  
Alan C. Weedon

The mechanism of the photochemical cycloaddition reaction between N-benzoylindole, 1, and cyclopentene to give cyclobutane adducts 2 and 3 has been examined. The triplet excited state lifetime and quantum yield of intersystem crossing were determined for 1 as (2.8 ± 0.3) × 10−8 s and 0.39 ± 0.01, respectively, using the triplet counting procedure. In addition, the dependence of the quantum yield of cycloadduct formation upon the concentration of cyclopentene and upon the concentration of excited state quenchers has been determined. The results are used to propose a mechanistic model in which the triplet excited state of 1 reacts with cyclopentene to give a triplet 1,4-biradical intermediate. Following spin inversion the biradical intermediate reverts to the ground state starting materials or proceeds to the products 2 and 3; this partitioning, along with the quantum yield of intersystem crossing, gives rise to a limiting quantum yield of cycloaddition at infinite alkene concentration of 0.061. It is calculated that 84% of the biradical intermediates revert to the starting materials and 16% proceed to cycloadducts. The quantum yield data are also used to calculate two independent values of the rate constant for reaction of the triplet excited 1 with alkene; the values are (1.8 ± 0.1) × 107M−1 s−1 and (4.0 ± 0.8) × 106 M−1 s−1'. Some evidence for self quenching of the triplet excited state of 1 by ground state 1 was also observed. The quantum yield of intersystem crossing and the triplet excited state lifetime of 1 were found to vary with the solvent used; this is discussed in terms of the possible existence of a charge transfer triplet excited state. Keywords: indole, photocycloaddition, mechanism.

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1171-1181 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Hastings ◽  
Alan C. Weedon

The stereochemistries of the 2 + 2 cycloaddition products obtained from the photochemical addition reaction between N-benzoylindole or N-carboethoxyindole and the alkenes cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cycloheptene, cis- and trans-2-butene, and cis- and trans-4-octene are examined. The structures of the products are shown to be consistent with a photo-cycloaddition mechanism involving the intermediacy of triplet 1,4-biradical species. The quantum yields of adduct formation between N-benzoylindole and both cis- and trans-octene were measured as a function of alkene concentration. The results suggest that cis-octene reacts with the indole derivative's triplet excited state with a rate constant of (1.7 ± 0.3) × 107 M−1 s−1. The results are also consistent with the immediate products of this reaction being 1,4-biradicals, 98% of which revert to the ground state indole derivative and alkene, and only 2% of which proceed to cycloadduct. In marked contrast, the same treatment suggests that trans-octene reacts with the triplet excited state of N-benzoylindole with a rate constant estimated to be in the range of 1 × 106 and 6 × 105 M−1 s−1, and it appears that the 1,4-biradicals formed revert much less efficiently to the starting materials; it is estimated that between 67 and 100% of the 1,4-biradicals proceed to cycloadducts. In the reaction with cis-octene biradical reversion leads to the formation of trans-octene ("Schenk isomerization"); the quantum yield of this process is determined to be 0.074 ± 0.004, which may imply that approximately 75% of the biradicals collapse to cis-alkene and 25% collapse to the trans isomer. Key words: indole, photocycloaddition, 1,4-biradicals.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1103-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel J. Bunce ◽  
Patrick J. Hayes ◽  
Mary E. Lemke

Quantum yields of dechlorination and of intersystem crossing have been measured in cyclohexane for a series of chlorinated benzenes. The results are compatible with the reactions occurring predominantly from the triplet excited state. The quantum yield of reaction shows a concentration dependence on [Formula: see text], but the dependence is less for the more heavily chlorinated members of the scries.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomislav Rovis ◽  
Benjamin D. Ravetz ◽  
Nicholas E. S. Tay ◽  
Candice Joe ◽  
Melda Sezen-Edmonds ◽  
...  

We describe a new family of catalysts that undergo direct ground state singlet to excited state triplet excitation with IR light, leading to photoredox catalysis without the energy waste associated with intersystem crossing. The finding allows a mole scale reaction in batch using infrared irradiation.


1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 826-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona G. Merica ◽  
Nigel J. Bunce

A series of nitropolychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (NPCDDs) was synthesized by condensation between catechols and 2,6-dinitrohalobenzene derivatives. In the presence of sodium ethoxide in anhydrous ethanol, these underwent photochemical SN2Ar* substitutions meta to the nitro group in high chemical yield and moderate quantum yield. Both ring-opening and chloride replacement reactions were observed. The reactions involved the triplet excited state of the NPCDD, and showed a linear relationship between Φ−1 and [nucleophile]−1. Analogous reactions with KCN in methanol showed similar behaviour, but the products could not be isolated. Keywords: photosubstitution, SN2Ar*, dibenzo-p-dioxins.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (31) ◽  
pp. 8095-8104
Author(s):  
Erin J. Viere ◽  
Wei Qi ◽  
Ian N. Stanton ◽  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Michael J. Therien

Incorporation of proquinoidal BTD building blocks into conjugated porphyrin oligomers minimizes the extent of excited-state structural relaxation relative to the ground-state conformation, elucidating new classes of impressive NIR fluorophores.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (43) ◽  
pp. 29090-29096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn M. Marin ◽  
Sonia Payerpaj ◽  
Graham S. Collier ◽  
Angy L. Ortiz ◽  
Gaurav Singh ◽  
...  

Singly halogenated carbomethoxyphenylporphyrins show decreased singlet fluorescence lifetimes and increased rates of triplet excited state formation.


1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (14) ◽  
pp. 3588-3592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Y. Zheng ◽  
D. Paul Rillema ◽  
Jeff DePriest ◽  
Clifton Woods

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Ash ◽  
Kaili Zhang ◽  
Josh Vura-Weis

Cobalt complexes that undergo charge-transfer induced spin-transitions (CTIST) or valence tautomerism (VT) from low spin (LS) Co(III) to high spin (HS) Co(II) are potential candidates for magneto-optical switches. We use M-edge XANES spectroscopy with 40 fs time resolution to measure the excited-state dynamics of Co(III)(Cat-N-SQ)(Cat-N-BQ), where Cat-N-BQ and Cat-N-SQ are the singly and doubly reduced forms of the 2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl-imino)-4,6-di-tert-butylcyclohexa-3,5-dienone ligand. The extreme ultraviolet probe pulses, produced using a tabletop high-harmonic generation light source, measure 3p3d transitions and are sensitive to the spin and oxidation state of the Co center. Photoexcitation at 525 nm produces a low-spin Co(II) ligand-to-metal charge transfer state which undergoes intersystem crossing to high-spin Co(II) in 67 fs. Vibrational cooling from this hot HS Co(II) state competes on the hundreds-of-fs timescale with back-intersystem crossing to the ground state, with 60% of the population trapped in a cold HS Co(II) state for 24 ps. Ligand field multiplet simulations accurately reproduce the ground-state spectra and support the excited-state assignments. This work demonstrates the ability of M-edge XANES to measure ultrafast photophysics of molecular Co complexes.<br><br><br>


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