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DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083513
Synthesis of a Bicyclo[8.3.1]enediyne via Chromium-Mediated Dearomatization of 2,6-Bis(trimethylsilyl)anisole
Publication History
Publication Date:
01 October 2008 (online)

Abstract
A novel bicyclo[8.3.1]enediyne was readily synthesized by chromium-mediated dearomatization of 2,6-bis(trimethylsilyl)anisole. The enediyne undergoes Bergman cyclization with a half-life of 14.4 hours at 142 ˚C.
Key words
enediynes - dearomatization - [Cr(arene)(CO)3] complexes - Bergman cyclization - Nicholas reaction
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References and Notes
Spectroscopic
Data
Compound
rac
-4: ¹H
NMR (400 MHz, C6D6): δ = 0.18
(d, J = 4.8
Hz, 6 H), 0.29 (s, 9 H), 0.98 (s, 9 H), 1.80 (t, J = 2.8 Hz,
1 H), 2.10 (m, 1 H), 2.25 (m, 2 H), 3.02 (dt, J = 8.8,
4.0 Hz, 1 H), 4.75 (d, J = 4.3
Hz, 1 H), 4.94 (dd, J = 10.1,
1.8 Hz, 1 H), 5.06 (d, J = 16.4
Hz, 1 H), 5.66 (ddd, J = 16.9,
9.8, 8.1 Hz, 1 H), 6.27 (d, J = 3.3
Hz, 1 H). ¹³C NMR (100 MHz, C6D6): δ = -3.8, -0.3,
18.9, 21.8, 26.6, 39.4, 43.6, 70.7, 82.7, 101.7, 115.1, 128.1, 138.4,
141.1, 152.4. IR: 3403, 2930, 2280, 1730, 1720, 1618, 1593, 1456,
1424, 1330, 1230, 4458, 1056, 1025, 768, 741 cm-¹.
MS: 347, 273, 249, 231, 217, 195, 163. HRMS: m/z calcd
for C20H35OSi2: 347.2226; found:
347.2230.
Compound
rac
-6: ¹H
NMR (400 MHz, C6D6): δ = 0.19
(dd, J = 5.0,
1.8 Hz, 6 H), 0.29 (s, 9 H), 0.98 (s, 9 H), 2.40 (m,
3
H), 3.16 (m, 1 H), 4.08 (s, 2 H), 4.79 (m, 1 H), 4.95 (d, J = 10.1 Hz,
1 H), 5.13 (d, J = 17.2
Hz, 1 H), 5.54 (m, 2 H), 5.70 (m, 1 H), 6.26 (bs, 1 H). ¹³C
NMR (100 MHz, C6D6):
δ = -3.8, -0.3,
12.3, 18.9, 23.1, 26.6, 39.7, 43.4, 46.7, 51.6, 80.8, 83.3, 95.5,
97.2, 101.7, 115.2, 118.5, 120.6, 128.7, 138.5, 141.2, 141.3, 152.5.
IR: 3420, 2954, 2928, 2214, 1623, 1572, 1473, 1407, 1361, 1330,
1245, 1203, 835 cm-¹. MS: 427, 355,
338, 279, 241. HRMS: m/z calcd
for C25H39O2Si2: 427.2483;
found: 427.2501.
Compound
rac
-8: ¹H
NMR (400 MHz, C6D6): δ = 0.24
(s, 9 H), 2.02 (m, 1 H), 2.15 (m, 1 H), 2.30 (m, 1 H), 2.74 (m,
1
H), 3.48 (m, 2 H), 3.52 (m, 1 H), 4.90 (m, 2 H), 5.28 (dt, J = 9.6, 2.8
Hz, 1 H), 5.66 (ddd, J = 17.1,
10.6, 6.6 Hz, 1 H), 6.29 (d, J = 9.9
Hz, 1 H), 6.55 (d, J = 5.3
Hz, 1 H). ¹³C NMR (100 MHz, C6D6): δ = -1.3,
26.3, 38.6, 39.5, 39.7, 52.0 109.5, 115.0, 140.1, 141.6. IR: 3585,
2953, 2089, 2050, 2016, 1639, 1601, 1426, 1316, 1277, 1246, 910,
835, 784, 760 cm-¹. MS: m/z = 598 [M + NH4
+],
581, 356, 339, 300. HRMS: m/z calcd
for C25H23O7SiCo2 [M + H+]:
580.9877; found: 580.9859.
Compound
rac
-2: ¹H
NMR (400 MHz, C6D6): δ = 0.33
(s, 9 H), 1.96 (m, 3 H), 2.35 (dd, J = 16.9,
4.3 Hz, 1 H), 2.53 (dd, J = 17.2,
4.5 Hz, 1 H), 3.21 (ddd, J = 16.9,
3.3, 2.0 Hz, 1 H), 4.12 (q, J = 8.8
Hz, 1 H), 4.84 (m, 2 H), 5.29 (m, 3 H), 6.49 (d, J = 2.8,
1 H). ¹³C NMR (100 MHz, C6D6): δ = -1.1, 23.5,
25.9, 38.2, 42.8, 46.7, 83.4, 84.2, 95.8, 97.7, 116.5, 120.8, 122.3,
140.7, 143.7, 158.3, 200,1. IR: 2280, 1656, 1611, 1450, 1328, 822
cm-¹. MS: m/z = 295,
279, 203, 190. HRMS: m/z calcd
for C19H22OSiNa [M + Na]:
317.1335; found : 317.1335.
Compound
rac
-9: ¹H
NMR (400 MHz, C6D6): δ = -0.01
(s, 9 H), 2.39 (m, 2 H), 2.69 (m, 4 H), 2.99 (dd, J = 14.3,
7.5 Hz 1 H), 4.91 (m, 2 H), 5.85 (ddd, J = 17.3,10.5,
6.4 Hz, 1 H), 6.33 (dd, J = 5.7,
1.5 Hz, 1 H), 6.68 (m, 1 H), 6.90 (m, 3 H). ¹³C
NMR (100 MHz, C6D6): δ = -1.5,
38.0, 41.0, 41.2, 47.7, 53.2, 114.8, 126.9, 128.6, 129.6, 131.2,
141.7, 156.0. IR: 2921, 1651, 1589, 1491, 1456, 1348, 1338, 1241,
1218, 1124, 985, 918, 856, 834, 744 cm-¹.
MS: m/z = 297, 283, 282.
HRMS: m/z calcd for C19H24NaOSi:
319.1488; found: 319.1491.
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A solution of 2 (50.1 mg, 0.17 mmol) and pyrene (9 mg, 0.04 mmol) in 1,4-cyclohexadiene (5 mL) under N2 was heated in a sealed tube. After the appropriate reaction time the sealed tube was cooled in H2O and opened. An aliquot of 100 µL was removed and brought to dryness in vacuo. The solid residue was taken up in pentane (1 mL) and then analyzed by HPLC [column: SiO2 SPHERI5, solvent: hexane-i-PrOH (99:1); flow rate: 1 mL/min, detector: UV, λ = 245; sample loop: 5 µL]. The concentration of 2 and 9 was determined as the area ratio of the peaks corresponding to 2, 9, and the internal standard.