Substituted 5,6,11,12-Tetradehydrodibenzo[a,e]cyclooctenes: Syntheses, Properties, and DFT Studies of Substituted Sondheimer鈥揥ong Diynes
文摘
Highly strained cyclic acetylenes 5,6,11,12-tetradehydrodibenzo[a,e]cyclooctenes (Sondheimer鈥揥ong diynes) having various substituents on their benzene rings were synthesized successfully by one-pot treatment of the corresponding formyl sulfones with diethyl chlorophosphate/lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LiHMDS) and then lithium diisopropylamide (LDA). When mixtures of two types of formyl sulfones bearing different substituents were subjected to this protocol, the unsymmetrically substituted Sondheimer鈥揥ong diynes could be synthesized in a stepwise manner by isolation of the heterocoupled vinyl sulfone intermediates followed by their treatment with LDA. The UV鈥搗is absorption spectra and cyclic voltammograms of the substituted Sondheimer鈥揥ong diynes were recorded. The electronic effect of substituents on the diynes was investigated in their click reactions and nucleophilic and electrophilic additions.