Wittig modification of the Hofmann elimination reaction. Evidence for an .alpha.',.beta. mechanism
Wittig modification of the Hofmann elimination reaction. Evidence for an .alpha.',.beta. mechanism
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00779a069
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发表时间:
1972
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
D. Andrzejewski
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文献类型:
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作者:
R. D. Bach;K. Bair;D. Andrzejewski
“Reaction time was 5 hr. 6 All values are corrected for the isotopicpurity of the MWdimethylcyclooctylamines. Syntheses and deu-terium analyses were carried out as previously reported. 2 c This isotope effect should be corrected for amount of anti E2 elimination. d The amount of fra/w-cyclooctene is corrected for addition of RLi to the strained double bond. The trans olefin is notisomerized under the reaction conditions. volved initial formation of an ylide followed by intra-molecular proton abstraction from the/3-carbon atom with resultantolefin formation. The implicationof an', ß elimination was based principally upon the cis/trans olefin ratio. Convincing evidence for this mode of elimination was provided by the observation1 that treatment of bromomethyldimethylcyclooctylammonium bromide with methyllithium gave a 90/10 cis/trans olefin ratio. Substitution on nitrogen of an ac-tivating benzyl group2 also affords a 95/5 cis/trans olefin ratio. In addition, the Cope elimination of the amine oxide, 3 which proceeds by an intramolecular five-membered cyclic transition state, affords exclusively ciscyclooctene. In contrast, the normal Hofmann elim-ination via pyrolysis of the hydroxide3 and the KNH2 induced elimination1 of 1 in liquid ammonia afforded the trans olefin as the dominant product. In the latter examples, an E2 elimination was invoked. 1 Coke4 has recently excluded an ylide mechanism in the Hofmann elimination on the basis of deuterium labelingexperi-ments. However, we have recently established that elimination of dimethyl-n-butylcyclooctylammonium iodide (2) in liquid ammonia with KNH2 proceeds exclusively by an'ß elimination to afford both cis-and trans-cyclooctene in a ratio of 32: 68.2 In principle, the cis/trans ratio should be independent of the base used if an a'ß elimination is involved. The discrepancy in cis/trans ratios observed with phenyllithium and KNH2 prompted us to investigate the Wittig modification of the Hofmann elimination to establish the mechanism on the basis of deuterium labeling experiments. Recent reports5 on base ion-pairing in elimination