Interannular Communication in the Radical Anions of Bis-cyclooctatetraene Systems

Autor: Steven J. Peters, Richard C. Reiter, Cheryl D. Stevenson
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Organic Letters. 5:937-940
ISSN: 1523-7052
1523-7060
DOI: 10.1021/ol034120y
Popis: [reaction: see text] The room-temperature potassium reduction of 1,2-bis-cyclooctatetraeneoxypropane yields two different regio-spin isomer anion radicals in equilibrium (COT-O-C(Me)HCH(2)CH(2)-O-COT(*)(-) = (*)(-)COT-O-C(Me)HCH(2)CH(2)-O-COT) that is shifted far to the right. The presence of the unreduced ring perturbs the spin density on the reduced ring. Addition of more electrons generates the diradical dianion ((*)(-)COT-O-C(Me)HCH(2)CH(2)-O-COT(*)(-)), and the anion radical on the secondary side splits the degeneracy of the psuedo-ortho protons of the anion radical on the primary side.
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