Issue 4, 2014

Effect of configuration of 2-vinyldiazocarbonyl compounds on their reactivity: experimental and computational study

Abstract

Non-fluorinated vinyldiazo compounds with trans-configuration irrespective of the nature of 3-R1-substituent (R1 = H, Me, TBSO) even under ambient conditions easily cyclize to produce pyrazoles, while cis-stereoisomers undergo similar ring closure only at elevated temperatures or decompose to produce vinyloxocarbene reaction products. The 3-CF3-substituted analogues with cis- or trans-configuration do not produce pyrazoles at all, but on heating furnish only vinylcarbene derived products. DFT calculations of theoretical energy barriers adequately explain the different experimental reactivity found for stereoisomeric vinyldiazocarbonyl compounds, and a new model for their interconversion through the corresponding pyrazoles has been suggested.

Graphical abstract: Effect of configuration of 2-vinyldiazocarbonyl compounds on their reactivity: experimental and computational study

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Oct 2013
Accepted
11 Nov 2013
First published
03 Dec 2013

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 682-689

Effect of configuration of 2-vinyldiazocarbonyl compounds on their reactivity: experimental and computational study

M. B. Supurgibekov, D. Cantillo, C. O. Kappe, G. K. Surya Prakash and V. A. Nikolaev, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 682 DOI: 10.1039/C3OB42102C

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