THEORETICAL-ANALYSIS OF SELECTIVITY IN THE CATION-RADICAL DIELS-ALDER
THEORETICAL-ANALYSIS OF SELECTIVITY IN THE CATION-RADICAL DIELS-ALDER
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00349a038
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
GARDNER, SA
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作者:
BELLVILLE, DJ;BAULD, NL;GARDNER, SA
Chemo-and regioselectivities in the cation-radical Diels-Alder reaction are interpreted theoretically using a charge-denisty analysis and also PMO theory. Diene cation radicals acting as Diels-Alder dienophiles tend to react at the position of highest positive charge density, but steric effects and product character development are also significant factors. The position of highest negative charge density in the neutral diene tends to combine with themost reactive site in the dienophile cation radical. A PMO theory appropriate to cation-radical pericyclic reactions is also developed andsuccessfully applied to the predictionof these same selectivity elements. The extremely high endo stereoselection observed in some cation-radical Diels-Alder reactions is interpreted, via PMO theory, in terms of secondary interactions.The tactic of enhancing the dienophilicityof neutral or elec-tron-rich dienophilesby converting them, via electron transfer, to highly electron-deficient cation radicals has proved enormously successful. 1· 2 The resulting cation-radical-catalyzed Diels-Alder reaction is characterized by exceptionally high reaction rates, suprafacial stereospecificity, and an impressive arrayof stereo-selectivities which, in some instances, approaches exclusivity. Conjugated dienes, styrenes, and electron-rich alkenes, among others, can function as potent dienophiles when converted to cation radicals by triarylaminium salts or by photosensitized electron transfer. The stereospecificity of the reaction has been rationalized on the basis of orbital correlation diagrams, which reveal it to be allowed. Moreover, the cycloaddition is role selective, being allowed for the addition of an ionized dienophile to a neutral diene component, but forbidden for the addition of a neutral dienophile to an ionized diene component. The profound effect of dienophile ionization on the Diels-Alder reaction rate has been interpreted theoretically and extended to other types of cation-radical pericyclic reactions. 3 The focus of the present paper is the exceptional selectivity profileof the cation-radicalDiels-Alder, which has previously been commented on only rather briefly. 2 The theoretical analysis to be presented provides the necessary basis for ration-alizing and predicting the endo/exo-, regio-, and chemoselection patterns observed for the cation-radicalDiels-Alder.