CYCLIC DIENES .4. THE DIMERIZATION OF THIOPHENE 1-DIOXIDE
CYCLIC DIENES .4. THE DIMERIZATION OF THIOPHENE 1-DIOXIDE
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01636a059
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发表时间:
1954-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
CUMMINS, EW
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作者:
BAILEY, WJ;CUMMINS, EW
The ease with which thiophene1-dioxide (I) un-dergoes dimerization suggests that there is little or no stabilization of this ring system. This lack of aromatic properties can be rationalized by two differ-ent concepts. Since thedioxide possesses only four electrons in the ring, it lacks the (2+ 4n) or 6 electrons necessary for aromatic resonance according to Huckel. 4 Using another approach, it must be assumed for aro-matic stabilization that the resonance structures similar to la and lb must be im-dienone. 6 The dimer of the latter on heating loses the bridged carbonyl group to produce the 2, 2a, 4, 5-tetraphenyl-2a, 6a-dihydroindenone. This latter example would indicate that the thiophene 1-dioxide (I) ring is slightly more stable than the cyclopentadienone ring, since 3, 4-diphenylthiophene 1-dioxide7 is a stable monomer under similar conditions.Since the present work was originally presented, 1 Bordwell, McKellin andBabcock8 reportedthat benzothiophene 1-dioxide (VIII) dimerized at 230 to produce the unstableadduct IX, which lost sul-fur dioxide to give 6a, llb-dihydronaphtho-(2, lb)-benzo (d) thiophene 1-dioxide (X). This work clearly indicates the stabilizing effect of the benzene ring on the thiophene 1-dioxide ring. Bordwell and McKellin9 had previously concluded from the addition reactions to the double bondin VIII that the thiophene dioxide ring was not aromatic but behaved more like an,/3-unsaturated sulfone. Also since the present work was presented, 1 Backer and Melles10 reported the synthesis of two derivatives of II.