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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Cope Rearrangement in Bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-diene and its Mono- and Di-Hetero Analogues: A DFT Study

Priya Yadav A , Shilpa Yadav A , Asha Gurjar B and Raj K. Bansal A C
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A Department of Chemistry, The IIS University, Jaipur 302020, India.

B Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302004, India.

C Corresponding author. Email: bansal56@gmail.com

Australian Journal of Chemistry 70(6) 683-690 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH16488
Submitted: 27 August 2016  Accepted: 23 September 2016   Published: 24 October 2016

Abstract

The Cope rearrangements of bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-diene and its 4-hetero-(aza/oxa/phospha) and 4,8-dihetero analogues were investigated using density functional theory at the B3LYP/6–31+G* level in gas phase. The rearrangements of bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-diene and its symmetrical 4,8-dihetero analogues followed a concerted mechanism involving synchronous transition states. In other cases, although a concerted mechanism was observed, asynchronous transition states were involved. In the case of bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-diene, a degenerate Cope rearrangement was expected to occur at room temperature (25°C) due to a low free activation energy (ΔG = 14.46 kcal mol–1). However, under similar conditions, the rearrangement of 4,8-dioxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-diene was much slower (ΔG = 23.85 kcal mol–1) and the 4,8-diaza- and diphospha analogues did not undergo Cope rearrangement. The Cope rearrangements of 4-phospha-, 8-aza-, 8-aza-4-oxa-, 8-aza-4-phospha-, and 8-oxa-4-phospha-bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-dienes were exergonic and were expected to occur spontaneously to form the corresponding products. In contrast, rearrangement of 8-oxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-diene, though exergonic, was accompanied by a decrease in entropy, due to which Cope rearrangement would occur much more slowly and a mixture of both valence isomers would be formed. The Cope rearrangements of 4-aza-, 4-oxa-, 4-aza-8-oxa-, 8-phospha-, 4-aza-8-phospha-, 4-oxa-8-phospha-, and 4,8-diphospha-bicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,5-dienes were endergonic; consequently either no Cope rearrangement would take place or it would occur sluggishly.


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