S(RN)1 Reactions of 7-Iodobicyclo[4.1.0]heptane, 1-Iodoadamantane, and Neopentyl Iodide with Carbanions Induced by FeBr(2) in DMSO.
There was no reaction of 7-iodobicyclo[4.1.0]heptane (7-iodonorcarane, 1) (exo-endo ratio of ca. 1) with acetophenone enolate ions 2 in DMSO at 25 degrees C; however, with the addition of SmI(2) or FeBr(2) and under the same experimental conditions, the substitution product 3 was obtained in 9% and 72% yields, respectively, with an exo-endo ratio of ca. 16 similar to the product ratio from photostimulated reactions. Thus, it seems that 7-norcaranyl radicals are intermediates of these reactions. With FeBr(2) at 60 degrees C the yield of 3 was as high as 90%. Reactions of 1 with the enolate ion of 2-naphthyl methyl ketone 4 induced by FeBr(2) gave substitution product 5 in 60% yield (96% of it the exo isomer). In competition experiments, 4 was 1.7 times more reactive than 2, and the anion of nitromethane (7) was 6.5 times more reactive than 2 toward 7-norcaranyl radicals. The reactions of 1-iodoadamantane (9) and neopentyl iodide (11) with carbanion 2 induced by FeBr(2) gave the substitution products in 85% and 92% yields, respectively. These observations indicate that all these reactions induced by FeBr(2) occur by the S(RN)1 mechanism.
Nazareno
Mónica A.
MA
Departamento Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Suc.16, C. C.61, 5016 Córdoba, Argentina.
Rossi
Roberto A.
RA