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Organic Syntheses via Transition Metal Complexes, 60. - Novel Type of Benzoannelation with Carbene Complexes and Alkynes. - 2-Oxybenzoannelation of Cycloheptatriene via (Cycloheptatrienylmethyl)carbene Complexes of Chromium and Tungsten
Aumann, Rudolf
, p. 1861 - 1864 (2007/10/02)
We report on a three-step procedure for the regiospecific 2-oxybenzoannelation to cycloheptatriene by means of Fischer carbene complexes and alkynes.The first step involves the formation of (cycloheptatrienylmethyl)carbene complexes LnM=C(OEt)-CH2-c-C7H7 nM = Cr(CO)5 (a), W(CO)5 (b)> from the corresponding methylcarbene complexes and a tropylium salt. 1 reacts with the alkyne Et2N-CC-Me (2) to give the (E)- and (Z)-1-amino(1-alkenyl)carbene comlexes LnM=C(NEt2)-C(Me)=C(OEt)-CH2-c-C7J7 (3 and 4 resp.).Thermolysis of 3b n = W(CO)5, 100 deg C, 5 h> finally leads to elimination of W(CO)5(Et2NH) (6b) and the regiospecific formation of ethoxybenzocycloheptatrienes 5, 7, and 8 in 92percent total yield.The reaction is kinetically controlled and yields an isomeric ratio of 5:7:8 = 60:12:20percent with the thermodynamically less stable isomer 5 predominating. Key Words: Carbene complexes, cycloaddition reactions of / Carbene complexes, reactions with alkynes / Benzocycloheptatrienes / 2-Oxybenzannelation / (Cycloheptatrienylmethyl)carbene complexes of chromium and tungsten