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Norpinyl-Norbornyl Rearrangements: Bicycloheptane, 4-Methyl- and 6-Methylbicycloheptane Derivatives
Kirmse, Wolfgang,Siegfried, Rainer,Wroblowsky, Heinz-Juergen
, p. 1880 - 1896 (2007/10/02)
Norpinyl-norbornyl rearrangements have been induced by solvolysis of the 2-norpinyl nitrobenzoates 15b, c and by decomposition of norpinane-, 4-methylnorpinane-, and 6-methylnorpinane-2-diazonium ions (19, 49, 64, 65).No fragmentation to monocyclic cations was observed.The yield of norpinyl products was minimal in water (s processes).With 64 and 65, migration of the bridge trans to the leaving group predominated strongly.The rearrangements afforded exo-2- and endo-2-norbornyl products in comparable quantities.The exo/endo rates depended on the nucleophilicity of the solvent but were little effected by methyl substitution at the migrating carbon.We propose the 7-bridged norbornyl cation (21) as the endo-selective intermediate which rearranges to the exo-selective 6-bridged (or rapidly equilibrating) norbornyl cation (22, 23) in competition with solvent capture.Ion-pair collapse (cf. 15b) accentuates the endo-selectivity.However, ion pairing cannot be the only source of endo-2-norbornyl products, as shown by the deamination reactions in water.
2-Norbornanediazonium Ions Revisited
Kirmse, Wolfgang,Siegfried, Rainer
, p. 950 - 956 (2007/10/02)
The reactions of 2-norbornanediazonium ions have been reinvestigated with the aid of optically active and deuterium-labeled precursors.Enantiomeric purities were determined by direct VPC methods, and deuterium distributions by 2H NMR spectroscopy.The product pattern is strongly affected by the polarity of the solvent. exo-Diazonium ions 13 in water yield racemic exo alcohol (s,kΔ) of the norbornadiazonium ions.Optically active exo products are typical of nonpolar solvents and originate most probably from assymetric ion pairs.Model studies with optically active bicyclooct-3-en-2-amine (36) provide conclusive evidence that ion-pair colapse may lead to optically active products even in the case of delocalized achiral carbocations.
