title: Cine Substitution in 2-Oxabicyclo[4.2.0]octanones and Subsequent Unusual Rearrangements(1).
abstract: Reaction of 2-chlorooxabicyclo[4.2.0]octanone 5 with several nucleophiles was examined and found to differ significantly from those of carbon analog 1. MeO(-) and PhS(-) led either to products of cine substitution 9 or of ring opening to cyclobutenones 8. With most enolates cine substitution occured via C-alkylation of the intermediate oxidoallyl cation in spite of formation of a new C-C bond between two quaternary carbons; with nitroalkanes O-alkylation was preferred. With azide as a nucleophile, further transformations occurred, among them an oxy-promoted electrocyclic cyclobutane opening, with incorporation of a phenyl triazole unit and final formation of the unusual product 19a. Evidence for a mechanism explaining formation of 19a was obtained by isolation of intermediates. Thermolysis or photolysis of 8e or9b led via electrocyclic ring opening to a vinyl ketene which was trapped by MeOH, alkenes, dienes, or oxygen to produce polyfunctional unsaturated esters 29 and 30 or 8-membered ring lactone 31, fused cyclobutanones 33 and 34, pyranone 38, or gamma-lactone 39, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassner
authors.forename: Simha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naidorf-Meir
authors.forename: Aryeh A.
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Frimer