STUDIES ON PREPARATION AND REARRANGEMENTS OF ALLYLIC AZIDES
STUDIES ON PREPARATION AND REARRANGEMENTS OF ALLYLIC AZIDES
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DOI:
10.1021/jo01349a016
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
HEASLEY, VL
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作者:
VANDERWERF, CA;HEASLEY, VL
A study of the preparations and rearrangements of the following diazides is reported: 3, 4-diazido-l-butene (IV), trans-1, 4-diazido-2-butene (V),«'sl, 4-diazido-2-butene (VI), 3, 4-diazido-2, 3-dimethyl-l-butene (VII), and Zrans-1, 4-diazido-2, 3-dimethyl-2-butene (VIII). trans-1, 4-Diazido-2-butene (V) rearranges more slowly than crotyl azide althoughthe former has two potentially mobile groups. 3, 4-Diazido-l-butene (IV) rearranges faster than¿ rans-1, 4-diazido-2-butene (V), and slower than-methylallyl azide. The decreased rates of rear-rangement of IV and V may result from the electron-withdrawing effect of the azide group on the transition state. c¿ sl, 4-Diazido-2-butene (VI) rearranges slower than the trans isomer. This may result from greater steric hindrance in the transition state of the cis isomer. The rate of rearrangement of 3, 4-diazido-2, 3-dimethyl-1-butene (VII), a tertiary azide, is slowerthan that of¿ rans-1, 4-diazido-2, 3-dimethyl-2-butene (VIII), a primary azide; in all allylic azide systems that have been studied, the secondary and tertiary azides rearrange more rapidly than the primary ones. Steric interactions between the methyl groups in VII may hinderapproach to coplanarity of the double bond and the rearranging azide groupin the transition state, and a decreased rate of rearrangement results. The stabilities of the diazides are discussed. The equilibrium mixture of IV and V exploded violently duringthe course of the investigation. These two compounds are considered to be extremely dangerous.Winstein and co-workers3 were the first to undertake a study of the rearrangement of allylic azides. They showed that crotyl azide rearranges reversibly to give-methylallyl azide and that 7, 7-dimethylallyl azide rearranges reversibly to give,-dimethylallyl azide. They also demonstrated that the rates of rearrangement increase only slightly with an increase in polarity of the solvent and that the rearrangements exhibit negative entropies of activation. The effect of pressure on the equilibration of a-and 7-methylallyl azide was reported by le Noble. 4 He assumed that the rearrangement occurred through a cyclic transition state. We became interested in therearrangements of azides when it was discovered that l, 4-dibromo-2-methyl-2-butene reacts with sodium azide to give 3, 4-diazido-2-methyl-l-butene (I) and another diazide suspected of being 3, 4-diazido-3-methyl-l-butene (II), in addition to the expected l, 4-diazido-2-methyl-2-butene (III). 5 In an effort to expand the knowledge of azide rearrangements and to study the preparationand the properties of allylic diazides, 6 an investigation of