K. Gollnick, A. Griesbeck
1984
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Tetrahedron
Abstract
Abstract 2,5-Dimethyl-2,4-hexadiene ( 1 )was studied as a singlet oxygen acceptor in various solvents. 1 undergoes concomitantly the three well-known modes of singlet oxygen reactions: (1) the ene-reaction to give the allylic hydroperoxide 3 , (2) the (4+2)-cycloaddition to give the endoperoxide 4 , and (3) the (2+2)-cycloaddition to give the dioxetane 2 . Beyond that (and in contrast to simple olefins), there are (4) “physical” quenching and (5) a “vinylog ene-reaction” to give the twofold-unsaturated hydroperoxide 5 . The latter reaction represents a novel mode of singlet oxygen interaction with a substituted 1,3-diene. - Kinetic analysis shows that “physical” quenching, endoperoxide and vinylog ene-product formations proceed with solvent-inde pendent rates; the rates of dioxetane and ene-product formations, however, are solvent-dependent. - A mechanism (Scheme 3) is proposed, according to which endoperoxide formation is due to a concerted singlet oxygen reaction with the s-cis-conformational isomer 1b ; with the s-trans-isomer 1a , “physical” quenching and the vinylog ene-reaction proceed via a non-polar singlet diradical intermediate, whereas the ene-product formation occurs via a per epoxide-like transition state. In aprotic solvents, the dioxetane is mainly formed via a “tight-geometry intermediate”, in methanolic solution via a solvent-stabilized zwitterion; the latter is also responsible for the formation of the methanol-addition product 6 .