ACTION OF POTASSIUM FLUORIDE ON 5-BENZENSULFONYL-5,10-DIHYDRO-10-TRIMETHYLSILYLINDENO[1,2-B]INDOLE - ATTEMPTED SYNTHESIS OF DIBENZO[B,F-1]AZAPENTALENE
ACTION OF POTASSIUM FLUORIDE ON 5-BENZENSULFONYL-5,10-DIHYDRO-10-TRIMETHYLSILYLINDENO[1,2-B]INDOLE - ATTEMPTED SYNTHESIS OF DIBENZO[B,F-1]AZAPENTALENE
复制标题
DOI:
10.1007/bf00808753
复制
发表时间:
1989-02-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
ABRAHAM, T
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
ABRAHAM, T
Mild and neutral experimental conditions were employed in order to maximize the chance of success in the isolation of dibenzo[b,f-l]azapentalene (3), a compound expected to exhibit antiaromatic character, from a precursor. Thus, 5-benzensulfonyl-5, 10-dihydro-10-trimethylsilylindeno[1,2-b]indole (7) was allowed to react with potassium fluoride at room temperature. The outcome of the reaction was complex, but the major product was identified as 5,5'',10,10''-tetrahydro-10,10''-biindeno[1,2-b]indolylidene (15). Apparently, the anion 8 that was generated by the action potassium fluoride on 7, did not suffer direct elimination of the benzensulfenate anion. Instead, presumably due to the antiaromacitity of 3, the benzensulfenate anion was eliminated only after a series of electron transfer reactions, resulting in 15. Also, unexpectedly, dibenzo[b,f-1]azapentalene dianion (5) was silylated exclusively at the 10-carbon in preference to silylation at nitrogen. Experimental data indicated that the 10-carbon of 5 was silylated directly with chlorotrimethylsilane.