Azizoğlu A, Ozen R, Hökelek T, Balci M. Incorporation of an Allene Unit into α-Pinene: Generation of the Cyclic Allene 2,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[4.1.1]octa-2,3-diene and Its Dimerization.
J Org Chem 2004;
69:1202-6. [PMID:
14961671 DOI:
10.1021/jo035450z]
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Abstract
The reaction of etheral methyllithium with 3,3-dibromo-2,7,7-trimethyl-tricyclo[4.1.1.0(2,4)]octane (2) was investigated. The generated carbene 12 undergoes intramolecular C-H insertion to provide the tetracyclic hydrocarbon 3 and the bicyclic allene 15, which undergoes [2+2] cyclodimerization. The structures of the formed allene dimers 16, 17, and 18 were elucidated by spectral means. The activation barriers for all possible C-H insertion products 3, 13, and 14 and the allene 15 were investigated by using density functional theory computations at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level. It was found that the activation barriers for the formation of 3 and 15 (6.2 and 6.3 kcal mol(-1)) are much lower than that for the insertion products 13 and 14 (17.5 and 12.6 kcal mol(-1)), respectively. This prediction was completely in agreement with our experimental results.
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