Photochemically Induced Aryl Azide Rearrangement: Solution NMR Spectroscopic Identification of the Rearrangement Product

J Org Chem. 2017 Feb 3;82(3):1812-1816. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02555. Epub 2017 Jan 23.

Abstract

Photolysis of ethyl 3-azido-4,6-difluorobenzoate at room temperature in the presence of oxygen results in the regioselective formation of ethyl 5,7-difluoro-4-azaspiro[2.4]hepta-1,4,6-triene-1-carboxylate, presumably via the corresponding ketenimine intermediate which undergoes a photochemical four-electron electrocyclization followed by a rearrangement. The photorearrangement product was identified by multinuclear solution NMR spectroscopic techniques supported by DFT calculations.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't