REARRANGEMENTS OF 1-CYCLOHEXENYLMETHYLENES AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE MECHANISM OF THE PHENYLCARBENE REARRANGEMENT

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MILLER, PC [1 ]
GASPAR, PP [1 ]
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[1] WASHINGTON UNIV,DEPT CHEM,ST LOUIS,MO 63130
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10.1021/jo00017a021
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
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Gas-phase pyrolysis of 1-cyclohexenyldiazomethane (17) and (2-methyl-1-cyclohexenyl)diazomethane (36) leads to the generation of cyclohexenylmethylenes, 13 and 27, respectively, whose intramolecular rearrangement mechanisms can be inferred from the stable end products. These substituted vinylmethylenes undergo intramolecular pi-addition, but apparently do not participate in an all-carbon Wolff rearrangement. The relevance of these results to the mechanism of the phenylcarbene rearrangement is discussed, and it is suggested that a pi-route with a bicycloheptatriene-like transition state may operate. An attempt to generate 1,3-cyclohexadienylmethylene is described.
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