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Evidence of transannular bonding interaction between two sulfur atoms on photolysis of naphtho[1,8-ef][1,4]dithiepins
Fujii, Takayoshi,Takahashi, Ohgi,Furukawa, Naomichi
, p. 6233 - 6239 (1996)
Naphtho[1,8-ef][1,4]dithiepins 5 were prepared by the reaction of naphtho[1,8-de]-1,3-dithiins 3 with diethyl diazomalonate in the presence of copper acetylacetonate. The X-ray crystallographic analysis of 2,3-dihydro-2,2-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)-3-phenylnaphtho[1,8-ef][1,4]dithie pin (5a) revealed that the S···S distance is shorter than the sum of their van der Waals radii, indicating that compounds 5 have a strong through-space interaction between the two sulfur atoms. Direct irradiation of 5 with a 500 W high-pressure mercury lamp (313 nm) at room temperature gave the corresponding olefins 6 and naphtho[1,8-cd]-1,2-dithiole (1) quantitatively. The quantum yields of the consumption of 5a and the formation of 6a and 1 were 0.34. The mechanism of this reaction was investigated by examining the effect of sensitization and light intensity. The results indicate that the reaction may proceed by a one-photon process from an excited singlet state. Ab initio calculations were carried out on model compound 7, and it was shown that the excitation to the S1 state causes a bonding interaction between the two sulfur atoms, making the reaction possible.
