Structure/Reactivity Relationships in the Benzo[c]phenanthrene Skeleton: Stable Ion and Electrophilic Substitution (Nitration, Bromination) Study of Substituted Analogues, Novel Carbocations and Substituted Derivatives
Autor: | Mahesh K. Lakshman, Cédric Brulé, Takao Okazaki, Kenneth K. Laali |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Models Molecular chemistry.chemical_classification Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Nitrates Stereochemistry Organic Chemistry Benzo(c)phenanthrene Chemistry Organic Nitro compound Epoxide Regioselectivity Protonation Phenanthrenes Carbocation Crystallography X-Ray Article Bromine Compounds Structure-Activity Relationship chemistry.chemical_compound Electrophilic substitution chemistry Nitration |
Zdroj: | The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 72:3232-3241 |
ISSN: | 1520-6904 0022-3263 |
Popis: | A series of novel carbocations were generated by low-temperature protonation of substituted benzo[c]phenanthrenes, B[c]Phs, and their charge delocalization pathways were elucidated by NMR on the basis of the magnitude of Deltadelta13C values. It has been shown that the protonation regioselectivity is strongly controlled by methoxy and hydroxyl substituents, whose directive effects override methyl substitution effects. Regiocontrol by -OMe and -OH substituents, and its stronger influence relative to methyl groups, was also observed in the nitration and bromination reactions. Charge distribution modes in the regioisomeric protonated carbocations formed via parent B[c]Ph as well as in the benzylic carbocation formed via fjord-region epoxide ring opening were deduced by gauge-invariant atomic orbital density functional theory (GIAO-DFT) and from the natural population analysis (NPA)-derived changes in charges over CHs. These patterns were compared with those derived from NMR experiments in the substituted derivatives. NMR-based charge delocalization mapping provided insight into structure/activity relationships in the methylated and fluorinated B[c]Phs. Regioselectivities observed in the nitration and bromination reactions in representative cases are the same as those via protonations. Among a group of novel nitro and bromo derivatives synthesized in this study are examples, where the nitro group is introduced into the fjord region, for which the X-ray structure could be obtained in one case. |
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