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Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1977 The yS nthesis of Azulenes by the (6+4) Cycloadditions of 6-Aminofulvenes to Thiophene- S,s-Dioxides. Stephen Elliott Reiter Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Reiter, Stephen Elliott, "The yS nthesis of Azulenes by the (6+4) Cycloadditions of 6-Aminofulvenes to Thiophene-S,s-Dioxides." (1977). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 3164. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/3164 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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University Microfilms International 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 USA St. John’s Road, Tyler's Green High Wycombe, Bucks, England HP10 8HR 78-7555 REITER, Stephen Elliott, 1950- THE SYNTHESIS OF AZULENES BY THE [6+4] CYCLOADDITIONS OF 6-AMINOFULVENES TO THIOPHENE-S,S-DIOXIDES. The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Ph.D., 1977 Chemistry, organic University Microfilms Internationalt Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 THE SYNTHESIS OF AZULENES BY THE [6+4] CYCLOADDITIONS OF 6-AMINOFULVENES TO THIOPHENE-S,S-DIOXIDES A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Chemistry by Stephen Elliott Reiter B.S., University of Florida, 1972 December, 1977 to Diane ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The author is grateful for the opportunity to have studied under the direction of Dr. Kendall N. Houk, whose tireless guidance, encouragement and tutelage have been instrumental to the execu tion and completion of this work. Gratitude is expressed for the many warm and lasting friend ships formed while at Louisiana State University. They have made graduate study an enjoyable experience. Many thanks. Financial support from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health-Institution of General Medical Sciences, the Cities Service Research and Development Company, and the Dr. Charles E. Coates Memorial Fund of the Louisiana State University Foundation donated by George H. Coates is gratefully acknowledged. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Acknowledgement ..................................................... iii List of Tables ....................................................... vii List of Figures ...................................................... viii A b s t r a c t .............................................................. ix I. Introduction .................................................... 1 A. Azulenes ........................................ 2 B. Thiophene Dioxides ......................................... 19 1. Synthesis ............................................... 19 2. Reactions ........................ 21 C. Fulvenes ................................................... 24 1. Theoretical Rationales of Periselectivity ........... 24 2. Synthesis of Arainofulvenes ........................... 28 3. Reactions of Aminofulvenes ........................... 29 II. Results and Discussion ........................................ 32 A. Preparation of Thiophene Dioxides ....................... 33 1. The Diene-Sulfur Dioxide Reaction ................. 33 2. Bromination of Sulfones ............................ 36 3. Dehydrobromination of 3,4-Dibromotetrahydro- thiophene Dioxides .................................... 38 B. Preparation of Aminofulvenes ............................. 41 C. Reactions of Thiophene Dioxides and Aminofulvenes . 45 1. Symmetrical Thiophene Dioxides ...................... 45 2. 3-Substituted Thiophene Dioxides .................... 62 3. 2-Substituted Thiophene Dioxides .................... 73 lv Page 4. 2,4-Dimethyl thiophene D i o x i d e ...................... 77 5. Reactions of Fulvene 5 ................... 81 6. Discussion ............................................ 90 a. Mechanism of Reaction .......................... 90 b. Reactivity ....................................... 94 c. Regioselectivity................................. 98 D. Conclusions ................................................ 102 III. Experimental .................................................. 104 A. Introduction ........................................ 104 B. Starting Materials .................................... 105 1. Syntheses of Thiophene Dioxides .................... 105 2. Syntheses of 3,4-Dibromotetrahydrothiophene Dioxides .................... ...... 105 3. Syntheses of 2 ,5-Dihydrothiophene Dioxides .... 106 4. Syntheses of Aminofulvenes ...........................110 C. Cycloadditions of Aminofulvenes and Thiophene D i o x i d e s .................................................. 112 1. Cycloaddition Reactions of 6-Dimethylamino- f u l v e n e ................................................ 113 2. Cycloaddition Reactions of 6-Methyl-6-dimethyl- aminofulvene ........................................ 115 3. Cycloaddition Reactions of Bis-6,6(dimethylamino) f u l v e n e . ; .............................................. 117 4. Cycloaddition Reactions of 3,6-Dimethyl-6- dimethylaminofulvene (5 ) .............................. 120 v Page 5. Attempted Cycloadditions of 6-Phenyl-6-dimethyl- aminofulvene ........................................ 125 6 . Attempted Cycloadditions of Fulvene 4 ............... 125 R e f e r e n c e s .............................................................126 A p p e n d i x ............................................................... 135 V i t a ................................................................... 140 vi LIST OF TABLES Table Number Page I 100 MHz nmr data for substituted azulenes .............. 48 II Calculated and observed shifts in the visible spectra of alkylsubstituted azulenes ........................... 53 III Calculated and observed shifts in the visible spectra of heterosubstituted azulenes . 54 IV Uv/vis data for substituted azulenes in hexane, V Summary of cycloaddition reactions carried out in this s t u d y ................................................. 103 VI Preparation of dibromotetrahydrothiophene dioxides from dienes ................................................. 107 VII Analytical data for new starting materials .............. 109 VIII Aminofulvene preparations ................................ Ill IX Cycloaddition reactions of 6-dimethylaminofulvene and thiophene dioxides .................................. 114 X Cycloaddition reactions of 6-methyl-6-dimethylamino- fulvene and thiophene dioxides ......................... 116 XI Cycloaddition reactions of 6,6-bis(dimethylamino) fulvene and thiophene dioxides ......................... 119 XII Cycloaddition reactions of 3,6-dimethyl-6-dimethyl- aminofulvene and thiophene dioxides .................... 121 XIII Elemental analyses of new azulenes ....................... 122 XIV Principal infrared absorptions of new azulenes .... 123 vii LIST OF FIGURES Figure Number Page 1 Bicyclo[5,3.0]decanones from elaborated cyclo- pentane and cycloheptane ............................. 5 2 Ziegler-Hafner synthesis of azulene .................. 6 3 Preparation of 4-substituted azulenes ................ 8 4 Preparation of thiophene-S,S-dioxide ................ 19 5 Dimerization of thiophene dioxides .................