Photobehaviour of 2- and 3-heteroaryl substituted o-divinylbenzenes; formation of fused 2,3- and 3,2-heteroareno-benzobicyclo[3.2.1]octadienes and 3-heteroaryl benzobicyclo[2.1.1]hexenes
摘要
New β-3-thienyl (trong>8trong>) and β-3-furyl derivatives of o-divinylbenzene (trong>9trong>) have been synthesised and their photochemical behaviour compared with 2-thienyl (trong>7trong>) and 2-furyl derivatives (trong>2trong>). Whereas the β-(2-heteroaryl) substituted o-divinylbenzenes (trong>7trong> or trong>2trong>) give only bicyclo[3.2.1]octadiene structure (trong>14trong> or trong>1trong>) by 1,6-ring closure of the biradical intermediate, β-(3-heteroaryl) substituted o-divinylbenzenes (trong>8trong> or trong>9trong>) give bicyclo[3.2.1]octadiene structure (trong>23trong> or trong>24trong>) and bicyclo[2.1.1]hexene structure (trong>25trong> or trong>26trong>) by 1,6- and 1,4-ring closure, respectively. This photochemical approach provides a simple method to 2,3- and 3,2-fused thiophene and furan polycyclic compounds.