SYNTHESB AND PRELIMINARY SOLVOLYTTC STUDIES OF DERWATIVES 0F BICYCLOI3.2. 1}OCT-6-EN-3-0L Thesis for the Degree of M. S. MICHTGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ROBERT E. BOTTO 1970 L I B R A R Y Michigan Stats sity Univcr 9' “ ‘= BINDTNG BY ‘ nuns & suns! ‘ SYNTHESIS AND PRELIMINARY SOLVOLYTIC STUDIES OF DERIVATIVES 0F BICYCLO[3.2.I]0CT-6-EN-3-OL by Robert E. Botto A THESIS Submitted to: Michigan State University in partiaT fuTTfiTTment of the requirements fer the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Department of Chemistry 1970 ABSTRACT SYNTHESIS AND PRELIMINARY SOLVOLYTIC STUDIES OF DERIVATIVES OF BICYCLO[3.2.T]0CT-6-EN-3-0L By Robert E. Botto The synthesis and characterization of gi§;endo-2,4-diphenyl- bicyclo[3.2.l]oct-6-en-endo-3-ol (XVIII) and giérendo-2,4-diphenyl- bicyclo[3.2.l]oct-6-en-g§9:3-ol (XXII), and derivatives thereof are reported. / Ph Ph Ph Ph OH (XVIII) (XXII) These alcohols are obtained via bicyclic ketone (XVI). Lithium aluminum hydride reduction of the ketone produces the gnggfalcohol (XVIII) as the only reduction product, whereas Bouveault-Blanc reduction results in the isolation of the g§Q:alcohol (XXII) along with its epimer, 3523532,4-diphenylbicyclo[3.2.l]oct-6-en-g§g:3-ol (XXIII). ./ ’h Ph Ph 15" . Ph (xv1) 0” (XXIII) Solvolyses of the endo and g§g_methanesulfonates (compounds (X) and (XI) respectively) show that the reaction mixtures contain predominately elimination product, diene (XXVII). /' Ph /’ .h Ph P osozcu cn3ozso 00 (XI) 3 Ph 'h (XXVII) ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author would like to express both his thanks and appreciation to: ... Dr. Donald G. Farnum for his guidance and understanding throughout the course of this project - whose friendship is cherished - whose excellence as a chemist is surpassed only by his idealism - and whose ping-pong playing is atrocious. ... my fellow graduate students: Glennie, Raghu, Rog, Big Al, Bill, and last, but least, Gabone ( and Myrn). . a nobleman second class, Lord Eric. ... Local Board #4 without whose undying effort this thesis would never have been written. to my parents, this is more theirs than it is mine TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION. . . . . . .................. 1 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ................... 13 EXPERIMENTAL. . . . . . . . . ..... . ......... 31 Part 1: Synthesis ......... . . . . . . . . . 32 Cis-endo- 2 ,4-diphenylbicyclo[3. 2. l]oct-6-en-3-one TXVI) ........ . . . . ...... . 32 Cis-endo- 2 ,4- diphenylbicyclo[3. 2. l]oct- 6-en-endo- S-ol (XVIII). Lithium Aluminum Hydride Reduction . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . 32 2331:3223.°;-e—:::;¢1;:?:I.5:2{e Jig-23%: (XIX). Method A - Acetic Acid. . . . . . . . . . 33 Method B - Toluenesulfonic Acid ......... 33 Method C - 30% Sulfuric Acid. . ......... 34 Sodium-Alcohol Reduction of Ketone (XVI). . . . . 34 Preparation of the p:Nitrobenzoates (XX) and (XXI) . . . ...... . ......... 35 Qig;endo-2,4-diphenyloct-G-en-55933-ol (XXII) . . 37 Chromium Trioxide-Di yridinium Complex Oxidation of exo-Alcohol (XXII . . . . .......... 37 Trans- 2 ,4 diphenylbicyclo[3. 2. l]oct-6- -en-exo- -3- 0| (XXIII). o o o o o o o o oooooooooo 38 Chromium Trioxide - Dipyridinium Complex Oxidation of trans-Diphen l-exo-Alcohol. Trans- 2 ,4 Diphenylbicyclo[3. 2. lfiocE331en-3-one (XXIV) . 39 Part TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Sulfuric Acid Treatment of Alcohols (XXII) and (XXIII) ................ . . . Cis-endo-2,4-diphenylbic clo[3.2.l]oct-6-en-g§9; 3:;1 methanesulfonate(x). . . ......... Cis-endo-Z,4-diphenylbicyclo[3.2.l]oct-6-en-endo- 3-yl methanesulfonate (XI) ........... Epimerization of Bicyclic Ketone (XVI) with Sodium Methoxide ................ Diimide Reduction. Cis-endo-2,4-diphenylbicyclo- [3.2.l]octan-3-one (XXVII) ........... Cis-endo-Z,4-diphenylbicyclo[3.2.l]octan-endo- 3-ol (XVIII) ....... . ....... . . . Attempted Mesylation of Saturated-endo Alcohol (XXVIII) .................... Cis-endo-Z,4-diphenylbicyclo[3.2.l]octane-endo- 3-yl methanesulfonate (XV) ........... Cis-endo-2,4-diphenylbic clo[3.2.l]oct-25273- yT-metfianesulfonate (XIV) ............ Lithium Aluminum Hydride Reduction of Endo- mesylate (XI). 2-Phenyl-endo-4-phenylBicyclo- [3.2.l]octa-2,6-diene (XXVII) .......... Catalytic Hydrogenation of Diene (XXVII). Cis-endo-2,4-diphenylbicyclo[3.2.l]octane TXXVIII') . . . . . ............. II: Solvolysis ....... . ......... Acetic Acid ................... Formic Acid ............ . ...... ii Page 39 39 4O 4T 4T 42 43 43 44 44 46 47 47 47 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page Trifluoroacetic Acid ............... 48 Ethanol: Hater ................. 48 Dioxane: Hater ................. 49 Dimethylformamide (IMF) ............. 49 REFERENCES ......................... Sl APPENDIX - NMR Spectra ................... 53 iii LIST OF TABLES TABLE Page I Ultraviolet Absorptions (Carbonyl Chromophore) of Ketones (XVI) and (XXIV). . . .......... 22 II Results of NMR Decoupling on Diene (XXVII) ..... 27 iv FIGURE 10 ll LIST OF FIGURES Energy Profile For a Diels-Alder Reaction. . . . . Symmetric Approach of Butadiene and Ethylene in the Diels-Alder Reaction. . ......... Correlation Diagram for the Diels-Alder Reaction of Butadiene with Ethylene ....... Symmetric Approach of Cyclopropanone and Cyclopentadiene. . . . . . . . . . . ..... Classical Fragmentation Pathway (Thermally Allowed) ..... . . . . . ..... . . . Transition State fer Concerted Fragmentation of Exg Mesylate (X) (X = OSOZCH3) . . . . . . . . . Energy Diagram for Solvolysis of Compounds (X) and (XI). With Concerted Fragmentation. . . . Reaction Path Without Fragmentation ....... Energy Profile Without Fragmentation ...... Approach of Metal Hydride in the Reduction of Ketone (XVI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distorted Conformation of Epimerized prNitrobenzoate (XXI). . . ........... . 5 10 . lO . ll . l6 . 20 INTRODUCTION Cycloadditions of conjugated dienes have claimed the interest of synthetic and mechanistic chemists for nearly forty years. However, isolated examples of diene additions have been found as early as the turn of the century. In l893 Zincke correctly explained the formation of perchloro- indenone (II) in the pyrolysis of l-hydroxyperchlorocyclapent-B-ene carboxylic acid (I) suggesting perchlorocyclopentadienone as an intermediatel. C1 C12 A5 0 .H ‘3 CDH 12 (I) <11) In the years following, controversy arose as to the actual structures of the adducts formed. Staudinger and Albrecht proposed structures involving cyclobutane rings, but these later proved to require revision. It was not until some thirty years later, when Diels and Alder elucidated the structure of the l:l adduct (III) of p;benzoquinone and cyclopentadienez, that the nature of the reaction became evident. I This introduced the fruitful preparative and mechanistic investigations of these authors. The structure of the l:l addition compound (TV) from cyclopentadiene and diethyl azodicarboxylate3 illustrated the diversity of this reaction type. N/COZEt N/C02Et - u -—e T EtOZC/ \COZEt (IV) Indeed, the literature contains a wealth of examples concerning this one step reaction, and the wide variation in reactants allows access to many important classes of compounds“. A The history of the retro-diene reaction is as old and diversified as the cycloaddition itself. In 1929 Diels and Alder demonstrated that an adduct of furan and maleic anhydride (V) decomposed into its addends at its melting 0point of 125°5. 1. __.__> 9 +041. \ (v) ‘ Many examples have been reported in the literature since this discovery5. It is also important to note that the reverse process most often occurs at similar or higher temperatures than the forward process. This is a direct consequence of enhanced thermodynamic stability of the adduct over that of the starting materials since forward and reverse processes have identical transition states (Figure I). Energy (E ) ar VI! (5,), ———-—reaction coordinate———{;> FIGURE I. Energy Profile For a Diels-Alder Reaction where (Ea)f 8 activation energy for forward process (Ea)n = activation energy for reverse process [T.S.]* a transition state The theory of concerted transformations has been refined and extended by the contributions of Woodward and Hoffmann’. Their molecular orbital approach has helped inmenely in understanding the structure-selectivity of the Diels-Alder and related addition reactions. It is from them that we learn that conservation of orbital symmetry dictates a reaction pathway. If we consider the [4 + 2] cycloaddition of butadiene to ethylene, then a reasonable approach is characterized by a single plane of symmetry bisecting the two components. This can be justified for the following reasons. First it is the most sterically accessible approach for the FIGURE 2. Symmetric Approach of Butadiene and Ethylene in the Diels-Alder Reaction. two molecules. And second, it allows maximum u-overlap of the approaching orbitals leading to the transition state. There are six essential levels involved in the reaction which can be illustrated in the the following correlation diagram (Figure 3). Delocalized a-bond combinations and u-bond combinations must be constructed for both product and reactants, respectively. Every bonding level of reactants correlates with a bonding product level; there is no correlation between bonding and antibonding orbitals. The transformation is a symmetry allowed ground state process and, therefore, thermally allowed. As already noted, there have been many examples of [4 + 2] cyclo- additions, but none so intriguing as those involving ionic components. The first example of this novel transformation has been observed by Fort, gt,gl,°. r 0 2,6 lutidin X\ l? " ./[[)/\ DMF ; FIGURE 3. Correlation Diagram for the Diels-Alder Reaction of Butadiene with Ethylene. It has been suggested that the reaction actually involves the isomeric dipolar form of cyclopropanone (VI), although there is some question as to whether cyclopropanone itself reacts9. P Ph G) G) __> / \ ‘:_—- P h <%"_—T> P h a m °® {Since orbital symmetry dictates the number of electrons, not the total number of orbitals,the ionic component in the above reaction is treated as though it were a simple Zu-electron moiety. Here again, a reasonable approach is a plane bisecting the two components (Figure 4). FIGURE 4: Symmetric Approach of Cyclopropanone and Cyclopentadiene. However, substituent n-interaction with the conjugated diene may help to lower the transition state energy and must therefore be considered. This would account for the stereOSpecificity of the product. More recently, Hoffman reported the first direct combination of a simple allyl cation with cyclopentadiene10. A2 C1 3cco 2A9 > @ @ liq SO2 2CC(Cl)3 (mixture of egg. and endo) Retrodiene cleavage concerted with ionization is possible during solvolysis provided orbital symmetry is conserved and bond reorganization is not accompanied by excessive strain energy. Electrocyclic trans- formations during solvolysis are well established. Cristol, 35,31,11, have demonstrated that gyg;7-chlorocarane (VII) undergoes solvolysis readily at 125°, whereas its epimer (VIII) remains unchanged after prolonged treatment with acetic acid at 2l0°. C Wk H CI N20“ 2\°° (VIII) These results can be interpreted in terms of a concerted disrotatory opening of the 1,6 bond which becomes available for backside displacement of the leaving group. When the leaving group is ag51_to the ring system, rotation would lead to a trans, trag§;allyl cation which is severly strained. Whitham has shown that the solvolysis of 359:8-bromobicyclo- [5.l.0]octane12 gives the expected tggg§;cyclooctenol (Ix) clearly establishing the concertedness of the reaction. H ,Br I A / (IX) It seems likely, therefore, that a concerted ionic [4 + 2] fragmentation is plausible. We have chosen to study the solvolysis of g§9_and gngg_bicyclo[3.2.l]octenyl mesylates (compounds (X) and (XI), respectively) to investigate this possibility. / Ph / Ph Ph P (x) "5 (x1) "5 These particular systems have two distinct advantages: the steric influence of the phenyl substituents hinders nucleophilic attack at the cationic center, and fragmentation would lead to an energetically favorable species, namely the l,3-diphenylpropenyl cation (XII) shown below (Figure 5). __' “‘ Ph 69 a Q L__ h .._L T products <: solvent pn/g2\é79\\xph (XII) FIGURE 5. Classical Fragmentation Pathway (Thermally Allowed) Fragmentation could be concerted with ionization if there is a traggyagtlrparallel relationship of the two neighboring carbon-carbon bonds and the carbon-oxygen bond. In the transition state of (X) the leaving group (designated by Y) does attain this anti_relationship (Figure 6). As X leaves, the developing positive charge could become stabilized by the developing p-orbitals in the alpha-positions, i.e., the p-orbitals produced from the concerted fragmentation of the 1,2 and 4,5 aébonds become available for backside displacement of the leaving group. There might also be a bonding contribution from the u-orbitals at carbons 6 and 7. FIGURE 6. Transition State for Concerted Fragmentation of §§Q_Mesylate (X) (Y = 0502CH3) note: substituents omitted for simplicity However, this mode of ionization is impossible for the eggg_isomer (XI) which must ionize without such participation. Thus, one might predict a lower transition state energy fOr the gxg_compound (X). The implications for the energetics of the reaction are depicted below (Figure 7). Fragmentation need not occur in order to observe rate acceleration. Thus ionization of the gxgrisomer (X) might proceed to delocalized non-classical cation (XIII), which could react with solvent without fragmentation to give bicyclic products. This would lead to a TO [1.s]* Energy [T-S]* bicyclic cation “959. ——reaction coordinate—9 FIGURE 7. Energy Diagram for Solvolysis of Compounds (X) and (XI). With Concerted Fragmentation. transition state in which the developing positive charge is delocalized (aver a much larger precentage of the molecule and should be stabilized try such a charge distribution (Figure 8). 1 "T.S h "——‘€3’ Afiiighi’ Ph P 5- (D (X) r— fi T.52 fl (XIII) / Ph 35 - s 1\/ P Ph MsO L.. P" Products 6" ’5'? _ (XI) "50” Figure 8. Reaction Path Without Fragmentation ll 1: etc. [T.S]*2 T [1.5]"‘1 cation (XIII) Energy endo exo -————-reaction coordinate———+> Figure 9. Energy Profile Without Fragmentation The cations resulting from ionization of (X) and (XI) are subject to the same nonclassical resonance, hence, these intermediates are identical in energy. The difference occurs in the transition state - the delocalization inherent in the intermediate is reflected in the transition state of the gxg_species only. Assuming that the ground state energy difference between compounds (X) and (X1) is negligible, delocalization should lower the energy of the gxg_transition state and, consequently, must lower the energy of activation (Figure 9) necessary to achieve it. 12 Steric acceleration to ionization in compound (X1)is an important factor which should not be overlooked. The eggg_leaving group is not only situated under the ring system but gi§_to both phenyl moieties. This should appreciably enhance the rate of (XI) relative to (X). Since two opposing factors are in operation a kinetic study would prove meaningless. Only by comparing the rates of the saturated analogues, (XIV) and (XV), can we estimate steric rate acceleration in the absence of delocalization. Furthermore, comparing the rates of (X) and (XIV) (x1v) 0M5 "50 (XV) should establish the rate enhancement due to participation since it seems very unlikely that the transition state resulting from ionization of (XIV) is subject to the same delocalization as its unsaturated analogue - ionization of (XIV) should lead to a classical secondary cation. Thus, compound (X) should solvolyze faster than (XIV). This thesis describes the synthesis and preliminary solvolytic study of (X), (XI), (XIV), and (XV). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION A reasonable synthetic approach to compounds (X) and (XI) seemed to be via bicyclic ketone (XVI) which had previously been prepared by two different methods. Fort and coworkers treated benzyl-a-chlorobenzyl ketone with 2,6-lutidine in the presence of cyclopentadienee. Although the specific reaction conditions were not given Cookson's preparation // Ph // PM P Ph OMS OMS 0‘) (X1) Br Br Ph h (XVI) (XVII) of the same adduct involved reduction of dibromide (XVII) with sodium iodide in acetone9. The later method seemed the more attractive in view of the milder conditions required. 13 14 Using the procedure outlined in the experimental section (ngg_ infra) we were able to obtain optimum yields of 73% on large quantities of material following Cookson's suggestions. The spectral properties of our compound were in complete agreement with those reported in the literature. The simplicity of the nmr spectrum suggested that a plane of symmetry existed through the carbonyl moiety. The very weak n + n* absorption for the carbon-oxygen double bond demonstrated that the two phenyl substituents assume an equatorial positon13. Since the orientation of the benzylic hydrogens had been established, we could determine the conformation of the six-membered ring system on the basis of coupling (observed: J - 4 cps) between the benzylic hydrogen atoms (Hc) and the bridgehead hydrogens (Hb). If the six-membered ring assumes a boat configuration the dihedral angle between HD and Hc would be 93, 90°; ' consequently, the coupling constant between them should be zero. On the other hand, if configuration (XVI) is assumed the dihedral angle becomes approximately 45°, and the estimated coupling is in accord with that observed experimentally. The spectroscopic evidence agreed with the conviction that the adduct (XVI) arises from eggg_addition of the cyclopropanone - like intermediate to cyclopentadiene. Treatment of ketone (XVI) with lithium aluminum hydride in refluxing ethyl ether afforded gigfgnggrdiphenylbicyclo[3.2.l]oct-6-en-gngg;3-ol (XVIII) as the only reduction product in 65% yield. The unreacted starting material was mechanically separated from the alcohol since recrystallization from hexane afforded two distinct crystal forms which were quite easily recognized. 15 (XVIII) Compound (XVIII) exhibited only free hydroxyl absorption in the infrared at 2.8l u (sharp) which is characteristic of a sterically hindered alcohol. That a plane of symmetry still existed was verified by the simplicity of both the phenyl and olefinic regions of the nmr spectrum. The retention of the chair confbrmation during reduction was born out by the coupling between Ha and Hb in the product (J = 1.8 cps). If the six-membered ring assumed a boat conformation the dihedral angle between the two protons should be nearly 0°, hence the coupling between them would be large. The rather small coupling constant showed that, in fact, the dihedral angle increased over that of ketone (XVI) due to changes in hybridization at C-3. The coupling (J - 4.5 cps) between the methine proton (He) and the benzylic hydrogens (Hb) was consistent with £1§;coupling in similar systemsl“. Consequently, the hydroxyl moiety must be gyg_to the two-carbon bridge. Shaking the sample with deuterium oxide resulted in the disappearance of the signal located at T 8.55. The mass spectrum of alcohol (XVIII) exhibited a parent peak at m/e 276 (calcd: 276). Analysis confirmed the molecular fermula C20H200° 16 The fOrmation of only the endo-isomer is quite easily rationalized. The attack of the metal hydride must occur approximately perpendicular to the plane of the carbonyl double bond (Figure 9) designated by axis C15. Figure 1). Approach of Metal Hydride in the Reduction of Ketone (XVI). By far the less sterically favorable approach of the large metal hydride is from the underside of the molecule. Here the reducing agent encounters steric repulsion from both the two-carbon bridge and the large equatorial phenyl substituents. Attack from the top involves only two alphafhydrogen repulsions. Internal cyclization can occur only if the hydroxyl moiety is §y2_ to the double bond and the six-membered ring assumes a chair conformation. It is reasonable that protonation of the double bond would lead directly to oxonium ion (XIXa), that is, concerted oxygen participation would occur during protonation (Scheme 1). Subsequent loss of a proton would result in the fOrmation of (XIX). Such neighboring group participation I7 is well established in the literature especially if it occurs via a favorable 5-membered transition state15. Scheme I [— fins * h H” —--> Ph Ho L /°,, _ H (XVIII) V/ H __ Ph ~H+ 'h