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The far-ultraviolet photochemistry of alkylcyclopropenes in solution
Fahie, Brian J.,Leigh, William J.
, p. 1859 - 1867 (2007/10/02)
The photochemistry of 1,3,3-trimethylcyclopropene and 1-tert-butyl-3,3-dimethylcyclopropene has been investigated in hydrocarbon, methanol, and 1-hexene solution with far-ultraviolet (185-228 nm) light.Direct photolysis of the two compounds affords allene, alkyne, and 1,3-diene derivatives, formally as a result of initial bond cleavage to yield vinylcarbene intermediates.Products derived from cleavage of the most substituted (C1-C3) cyclopropene bond account for 60-80percent of the observed mixture in each case.Results from the photolysis of 1,3,3-trimethylcyclopropene-1-13C suggest a second pathway for formation of alkyne products in cyclopropene photochemistry, which occurs in competition with (or by exclusion of) the vinylcarbene -hydrogen migration pathway.The data are consistent with the intermediacy of a vinylidene species, formed by -hydrogen migration/ring opening, although attempts to chemically trap this intermediate with methanol or alkene were unsuccessful.Key words: cyclopropene, photolysis, vinylmethylene, propenylidene, far-UV.
