Intramolecular Cooperative Reactions of 1,2-Bis(diazoketone)s. The First Syntheses of trans-Hydro-1H-2-inden-1-ones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00113a030

The intramolecular cooperative reactions of 1,2-bis(diazoketone)s initiated by the Wolff rearrangement of α-diazoketones have been investigated.Under thermal conditions, 1,2-bis(diazoketone)s are efficiently transformed into 2-cyclopenten-1-one derivatives with complete stereospecificity.Thus, a most extraordinary result is reported, that trans-hydro-2-inden-1-ones (1-3) were synthesized for the first time from trans-1,2-bis(diazoketone)s (5, 11, and 12), respectively.The unprecedented trans-hydroindenone structure was confirmed by X-ray analysis of 3 as well as 1H NMR analysis and was supported by ab initio molecular orbital calculations.The same reactions were also carried out under photochemical conditions and were applied to 1,3-bis(diazoketone)s, giving 2-cyclohexen-1-one derivatives.