Abstract:The present article gives an account of the synthesis and chemical properties of the cyclic π‐conjugated hydrocarbons annelated with bicyclic σ‐frameworks. Particular emphasis is placed on π‐systems carrying a positive charge, which is remarkably stabilized by complete annelation with bicyclo[2.2.2]octene. In such systems, not only the kinetic effects but also electronic effects due to σ‐π conjugation affect the properties of the π‐systems. The thermodynamic properties, redox behavior, and the X‐ray crystal st… Show more
“…However, cationic 1,4-dithiins without benzo-annelation are not as stable, and neither the isolation of a radical cation salt nor the unambiguous observation of a dication had been reported until our recent studies: we synthesized the 1,4-dithiin annelated with bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene (BCO) units, 3 , and succeeded in the first isolation of the stable 1,4-dithiin radical cation salt, 3 • + SbF 6 - , and the generation of stable dication 3 2+ as a 6π aromatic species . This remarkable stabilization of cationic species via the annelation with BCO units is ascribed to thermodynamic factors such as inductive and σ−π conjugative (C−C hyperconjugative) effects, , as well as kinetic factors such as the steric bulkiness of the bicyclic frameworks and Bredt's rule protection. ,…”
A stable derivative of 1,2-dithiin annelated with bicyclo[2.2.2]octene frameworks 4 was synthesized as red crystals by the reaction of a dilithiated dimer of bicyclo[2.2.2]octene with elemental sulfur in 59% yield. The cyclic voltammetry of 4 in CH(2)Cl(2) at -78 degrees C showed two reversible oxidation waves at E(1/2) +0.18 V and +0.72 V versus Fc/Fc(+), indicating that the radical cation and dication of 4 are stable under these conditions. Upon chemical one-electron oxidation of 4 in a rather low concentration (4.0 x 10(-4) M) with a 1.5 equiv of SbCl(5) in CH(2)Cl(2), a radical cation 4.+ was formed, whose spin distribution was determined by ESR spectroscopy and by the results of theoretical calculations (UB3LYP/6-31G). The electronic absorption spectrum of 4.+ in CH(2)Cl(2) exhibited a maximum absorption at 428 nm (epsilon = 2.3 x 10(3)), which was hypsochromically shifted from that of neutral 4 (469 nm). When the radical cation 4.+ was produced in higher concentration (0.06 M) in CH(2)Cl(2), a disproportionation was found to take place to give a SbCl(6)(-) salt of remarkably stable radical cation 5.+ having a novel 2,3,5,6-tetrathiabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-7-ene structure. In the X-ray structure of 5.+SbCl(6)(-), the transannular distance (2.794(3) A) between the sulfur atoms was found to be less than the sum of the van der Waals radii of a sulfur atom (3.70 A), suggesting the existence of a bonding interaction between the two disulfide linkages. The theoretical calculations (UB3LYP/6-31G) suggested that this transannular interaction could be described as the resonance between the limiting structures, each of them having a two-center three-electron bond between two sulfur atoms belonging to two different disulfide linkages: thus, both the spin and positive charge are equally delocalized to the four sulfur atoms, causing a great stabilization of 5.+. On the other hand, the 1,2-dithiin radical cation 4.+ was found to readily react with triplet oxygen with subsequent rearrangement to give the 1,2-dithiolium derivative 6+ having a carboxyl group. Finally, the reaction of 4 with an excess amount of SbF(5) gave the corresponding dication 4(2+), which was found to be a 6pi aromatic system on the basis of the results of NMR measurement and theoretical calculations.
“…However, cationic 1,4-dithiins without benzo-annelation are not as stable, and neither the isolation of a radical cation salt nor the unambiguous observation of a dication had been reported until our recent studies: we synthesized the 1,4-dithiin annelated with bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene (BCO) units, 3 , and succeeded in the first isolation of the stable 1,4-dithiin radical cation salt, 3 • + SbF 6 - , and the generation of stable dication 3 2+ as a 6π aromatic species . This remarkable stabilization of cationic species via the annelation with BCO units is ascribed to thermodynamic factors such as inductive and σ−π conjugative (C−C hyperconjugative) effects, , as well as kinetic factors such as the steric bulkiness of the bicyclic frameworks and Bredt's rule protection. ,…”
A stable derivative of 1,2-dithiin annelated with bicyclo[2.2.2]octene frameworks 4 was synthesized as red crystals by the reaction of a dilithiated dimer of bicyclo[2.2.2]octene with elemental sulfur in 59% yield. The cyclic voltammetry of 4 in CH(2)Cl(2) at -78 degrees C showed two reversible oxidation waves at E(1/2) +0.18 V and +0.72 V versus Fc/Fc(+), indicating that the radical cation and dication of 4 are stable under these conditions. Upon chemical one-electron oxidation of 4 in a rather low concentration (4.0 x 10(-4) M) with a 1.5 equiv of SbCl(5) in CH(2)Cl(2), a radical cation 4.+ was formed, whose spin distribution was determined by ESR spectroscopy and by the results of theoretical calculations (UB3LYP/6-31G). The electronic absorption spectrum of 4.+ in CH(2)Cl(2) exhibited a maximum absorption at 428 nm (epsilon = 2.3 x 10(3)), which was hypsochromically shifted from that of neutral 4 (469 nm). When the radical cation 4.+ was produced in higher concentration (0.06 M) in CH(2)Cl(2), a disproportionation was found to take place to give a SbCl(6)(-) salt of remarkably stable radical cation 5.+ having a novel 2,3,5,6-tetrathiabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-7-ene structure. In the X-ray structure of 5.+SbCl(6)(-), the transannular distance (2.794(3) A) between the sulfur atoms was found to be less than the sum of the van der Waals radii of a sulfur atom (3.70 A), suggesting the existence of a bonding interaction between the two disulfide linkages. The theoretical calculations (UB3LYP/6-31G) suggested that this transannular interaction could be described as the resonance between the limiting structures, each of them having a two-center three-electron bond between two sulfur atoms belonging to two different disulfide linkages: thus, both the spin and positive charge are equally delocalized to the four sulfur atoms, causing a great stabilization of 5.+. On the other hand, the 1,2-dithiin radical cation 4.+ was found to readily react with triplet oxygen with subsequent rearrangement to give the 1,2-dithiolium derivative 6+ having a carboxyl group. Finally, the reaction of 4 with an excess amount of SbF(5) gave the corresponding dication 4(2+), which was found to be a 6pi aromatic system on the basis of the results of NMR measurement and theoretical calculations.
“…We reported some time ago the synthesis,7a and, very recently, structure,7b of such a nucleus embedded in the C 3 - symmetric [4]phenylene 1 ,7c for which various geometric (cf. 6 ), , dynamic, magnetic, spectral, 7a,c, and chemical 13 criteria point to the presence of three minimally interacting central double bonds to the structure of 1 , sparking a lively discussion that is relevant within the context of the debate on the structure of benzene itself, in which the π-frame is proposed to be distortive, but the σ-frame symmetrizing .…”
IntroductionAccording to the sp-hybridization model, the carbon-carbon triple bond possesses a linear structure, and indeed, many alkynes fulfill this prediction. High level ab initio calculations [1] of isolated alkyne molecules, as well as gas phase electron diffraction experiments [2] reveal their linear minimum structure. On the other hand, given that the C C-R bending force constant becomes intrinsically smaller for substituted alkynes and polyynes, crystal packing effects may lead to deviations from strictly linear geometries [3]. From a dynamic point of view even in the case of acetylene one has to include the -albeit reduced -flexibility of the carboncarbon triple bond in order to describe, for example, the vinylidene acetylene rearrangement (see below) [4]. Further, the linear sp-hybrid picture only holds true for the electronic ground state. Cis-and trans-bent configurations are known in the case of low-lying electronic states [5]. Nevertheless, many alkynes correspond to the prediction of linearity due to the sp-hybrid model, and we have collected a selection of typical examples, reaching from the parent compound acetylene 1 via a few alkyl 2-4 and aryl acetylenes 5-7 to a functionalized acetylene, dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate 8, in Scheme 7.1, together with the appropriate references [1, 2, 6-11], all dating from the recent literature.The easiest way to distort a triple bond is to incorporate it into a sufficiently small ring structure. The question, of course, is what this ring size is, and from what ring size on the respective cycloalkynes can we isolate compounds, that can be worked with under normal laboratory conditions [12]. Rather than using the nonspecific term 'distorted cycloalkyne' Krebs [12] prefers to speak of 'angle-strained cycloalkynes'. Since it is easier to deform a C C-C arrangement than its more hydrogenated olefinic and saturated analogs, relatively large angle deformations are possible in cycloalkynes without significant changes in energy. Krebs arbitrarily considers all cycloalkynes in which the C C-C angle is deformed by more than 10° as angle-strained [12]. Accepting this definition, the stable cyclononyne (see below) is an angle-strained cycloalkyne, whereas cyclodecyne is not.
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