Regioselectivity of the ortho- and para-semidine, and diphenyline rearrangements

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• 作者：Zhanhui Yang^a ; ^&dagger ; ; Shili Hou^a ; ^&dagger ; ; Wei He^a ; Baoxiang Cheng^a ; Peng Jiao^b ; ^{pjiao@bnu.edu.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Jiaxi Xu^a ; ^{jxxu@mail.buct.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Regioselectivity ; N[1 ; 3]-Sigmatropic shift ; Semidine ; Rearrangement ; Diphenyline
• 刊名：Tetrahedron
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：28 April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：72
• 期：17
• 页码：2186-2195
• 全文大小：867 K

文摘

The regioselectivity of the o-semidine, p-semidine, and diphenyline rearrangements of unsymmetrical N,N′-diarylhydrazines was studied experimentally. The results indicate that their electron-rich nitrogen atom is first protonated and then the electron-poor non-protonated nitrogen atom undergoes an N[1,3]-sigmatropic shift to the ortho-position of the electron-rich aryl rings, generating key intermediates. The intermediates can undergo (1) a direct proton transfer to give o-semidines, (2) a second N[1,3]-shift of the electron-poor nitrogen atom and then proton transfer to furnish p-semidines, and (3) a [3,3]-sigmatropic shift and subsequent proton transfer to yield diphenylines. It is the first N[1,3]-sigmatropic shift step that plays an important role in controlling the regioselectivity in the three rearrangements, further determining the structures of o-semidines, p-semidines, and diphenylines. The current results provide new insights into the o/p-semidine and diphenyline rearrangements and useful information for controlling and predicting the structures of the rearrangement products.