J 2006

Photochemistry of 2-Alkoxymethyl-5-methylphenacyl Chloride and Benzoate

PLÍŠTIL, Lukáš, Tomáš ŠOLOMEK, Jakob WIRZ, Dominik HEGER, Petr KLÁN et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Photochemistry of 2-Alkoxymethyl-5-methylphenacyl Chloride and Benzoate

Name in Czech

Fotochemie 2-alkoxynethyl-5-methylfenacyl chloridu a benzoatu

Authors

PLÍŠTIL, Lukáš (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš ŠOLOMEK (703 Slovakia), Jakob WIRZ (756 Switzerland), Dominik HEGER (203 Czech Republic) and Petr KLÁN (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Journal of Organic Chemistry, Columbus, OH, USA, the American Chemical Society, 2006, 0022-3263

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10401 Organic chemistry

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.790

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/06:00020996

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000241053000016

Keywords in English

Photochemistry; phenacyl group; photoenolization

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 23/6/2009 15:15, prof. RNDr. Petr Klán, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Irradiation of 2-(alkoxymethyl)-5-methyl--chloroacetophenones (1a-c) and 2-(methoxymethyl)-5-methylphenacyl benzoate (1d) in dry, nonnucleophilic solvents afforded 3-alkoxy-6-methylindan-1-ones (3a-c) in very high chemical yields. 3-Methylisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one (2) was, however, isolated as a major photoproduct in the presence of trace amounts of water. Quenching experiments and laser flash spectroscopy revealed that the indanone derivatives 3 are formed by 1,5-hydrogen migration from the lowest triplet excited state of the acetophenones 1 and cyclization of the resulting photoenols. In contrast, production of the lactone 2 in wet solvents was found to result from two consecutive photochemical transformations. The photoenols produced by photolysis of 1a-c add water as a nucleophile to form 2-acetyl-4-methylbenzaldehyde (4), which is further converted to 2 via a second, singlet state photoenolization process. Exhaustive photolysis of 1a in methanol produced the acetal 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5-methylacetophenone (7a) as the exclusive product. The remarkable selectivity of these photoreactions may well be useful in synthetic organic chemistry.

In Czech

Irradiation of 2-(alkoxymethyl)-5-methyl--chloroacetophenones (1a-c) and 2-(methoxymethyl)-5-methylphenacyl benzoate (1d) in dry, nonnucleophilic solvents afforded 3-alkoxy-6-methylindan-1-ones (3a-c) in very high chemical yields. 3-Methylisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one (2) was, however, isolated as a major photoproduct in the presence of trace amounts of water. Quenching experiments and laser flash spectroscopy revealed that the indanone derivatives 3 are formed by 1,5-hydrogen migration from the lowest triplet excited state of the acetophenones 1 and cyclization of the resulting photoenols. In contrast, production of the lactone 2 in wet solvents was found to result from two consecutive photochemical transformations. The photoenols produced by photolysis of 1a-c add water as a nucleophile to form 2-acetyl-4-methylbenzaldehyde (4), which is further converted to 2 via a second, singlet state photoenolization process. Exhaustive photolysis of 1a in methanol produced the acetal 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5-methylacetophenone (7a) as the exclusive product. The remarkable selectivity of these photoreactions may well be useful in synthetic organic chemistry.

Links

GA203/05/0641, research and development project
Name: Vývoj a aplikace fotolabilních chránících skupin
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Design and Applications of Photoremovable Protecting Groups
MSM0021622413, plan (intention)
Name: Proteiny v metabolismu a při interakci organismů s prostředím
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Proteins in metabolism and interaction of organisms with the environment