J. Kendall, A. A. Engler, H. Shechter
May 26, 1999
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Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
This study involves (1) the behavior of organolithium reagents (1−6), (2) development of efficient methods for preparing 9(7)- and 1(8)-[methoxy(trimethylsilyl)methyl]anthracenes and their analogues, (3) the intramolecular chemistry of the 9(9)- and 1(10)-anthrylcarbenes generated by pyrolyses of 7 and 8, respectively, and (4) investigation of thermal behavior and bromination of the 1H-cyclobuta[de]anthracene (11) obtained from 9 or 10. α-Methoxy-9-anthrylmethyllithium (1), prepared from 9-(methoxymethyl)anthracene (14) and t-BuLi in TMEDA/Et2O/pentane, reacts at C-10 with D2O, chlorotrimethylsilane, dimethyl sulfate, benzoyl chloride, acetaldehyde, benzaldehyde, and acetone to give, after neutralization, 9,10-dihydro-9-(methoxymethylene)-10-substituted-anthracenes 15 and 21a−f. However, lithiation of 9-(thiomethoxymethyl)anthracene (25) with t-BuLi/TMEDA/Et2O/pentane occurs by an apparent radical-anion displacement process to give 9-anthrylmethyllithium (3), which then reacts with chlorotrimethylsilane t...