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Atropisomeric (R,R)-2,2'-bi([2]paracyclo[2](5,8)quinolinophane) [(R,R)-1] and (R,R)-1,1'-bi([2]paracyclo[2](5,8)isoquinolinophane) [(R,R)-2] have been prepared in moderate overall yield (17 and 9%, respectively) by a four-step sequence starting from (R)-(-)-4-amino[2.2]paracyclophane and (R)-(-)-4-carboxy[2.2]paracyclophane, respectively. The structures have been determined on the basis of NOE (1)H NMR analysis and molecular mechanics (MM) calculations performed with a Spartan02 program, using the MMF94s force field. A preliminary, qualitative analysis of the chiroptical properties of these two compounds has also been attempted. The main spectral data can be interpreted in terms of an almost planar 2,2'-bisquinoline chromophore inserted in a paracyclophane structure in the case of (R,R)-1, while in the case of (R,R)-2, the main role is played by a distorted 1,1'-bisisoquinoline chromophore. On the basis of the above structural results, a hypothesis about the enantioselection capability of these two molecules has also been formulated.

Tetraethyl vinylidenebis(phosphonate) (VBP) reacts smoothly with substituted 1,3-dienes at 90-110 degrees C without solvent to give the corresponding cyclohex-3-ene-1,1-bis(phosphonates) in good yields (60-85%). With nonsymmetrically substituted dienes, mixtures of regioisomers are obtained, the regioisomeric ratio being exclusively controlled by electronic effects. Danishefsky's diene allows tetraethyl 4-oxocyclohex-2-ene-1,1-bis(phosphonate) to be obtained in an 81% overall yield after the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the Diels-Alder cycloadduct. With 2,3-dimethoxy-1,3-butadiene, a mixture of regioisomeric dimethoxycyclohexene-1,1-bis(phosphonates) is formed by the VBP-catalyzed isomerization of the normal Diels-Alder cycloadduct. The mixture converges into tetraethyl 3,4-dimethoxycyclohex-2-ene-1,1-bis(phosphonate) at prolonged reaction times.

(+)-(R)-[2.2]Paracyclophane[4,5-d]-1,3-oxazol-2(3H)-one exhibiting planar chirality has been used as a chiral auxiliary in asymmetric Diels-Alder, Michael, and aldol reactions of alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxy and enolate imides, respectively. The endo-exo- and face-diastereoselectivity is good and is controlled by the spatial relationship between the prochiral center and the C9-C10 ethylene bridge of the [2.2]paracyclophane moiety. The chiral auxiliary is easily removed and quantitatively recovered.

(R)-4-Hydroxy-, -4-fluoro-, -4-bromo-, and -4-iodo[2.2]paracyclophanes have been prepared and their absolute configuration assigned on the basis of chemical correlations. Different relationships between the specific optical rotation and the group polarizability have been found depending on the ability of the substituents to conjugate with the aromatic ring. At least for 4,7-disubstituted [2.2]paracyclophanes, the effects of the substituents on the specific rotation seem to be additive, independent of the wavelength used. An equation has been derived which allows to predict, to a satisfactory approximation, the [α] values of 4-X-7-methyl[2.2]paracyclophanes whenever the group polarizability of the substituents is known.

The addition reactions of 1,3-dicarbonylalkyl radicals to ring-substituted styrenes have been kinetically investigated in MeOH and/or MeCN. It ha^ been observed that the rate effect of ring substituenta ie nearly identical in the reactions of MeCOCHCOMe (11, MeOCOCHCOMe (2) and MeOCOCHCOOMe (4, the p value, in MeOH being 4.96, -1.01 and -1.06, respectively. Since the three radicals are relatively strong oxidants and have similar reduction potentials, an important contribution of the charge transfer structure RCOCHCORCH&HAf+ to the addition transition state is suggested. It has also be found that in the reactions of 1 and 4 with a-alkyl-substituted styrenes the rate of addition is strongly influenced by the nature of the alkyl group, decreasing in the order: Me > Et > 'Pr > tBu. The observed effecta are much larger than those reported for the corresponding reactions of the nucleophilic cyclohexyl radical. It is suggested that the a-alkyl substituents exert an effect of steric inhibition of resonance thereby ring delocalization of the charge and/or unpaired electron in the transition state is significantly reduced. Delocalization may be more important in the reactions of 1 and 4 than in those of the cyclohexyl radical since it is possible that the former utilizes a transition state occurring later along the reaction coordinate and/or characterized by a larger extent of charge transfer.

The relative rates for the addition reactions of the malonyl radical to substituted styrenes induced by cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN) and tributyltin hydride have been determined. The two processes exhibit practically identical ρ + values (−1.05 and 1.06), thus suggesting that the coordination between the metal and the radical does not play a significant role in the CAN-promoted oxidative additions

Les reactions du titre sont realisees sous diverses conditions: a) reaction avec le nitrate d'ammonium cerique (CAN) dans l'acide acetique et l'acetonitrile aqueux ; b) oxydation electrochimique dans l'acetone aqueuse et dans AcOH−CH 3 CN ; c) autooxydation photochimique en presence d'anthracenedicarbonitrile-9,10 ou CAN dans CH 3 CN ; d) oxydation photochimique par CAN dans CH 3 CN

Etude cinetique et etude des produits de l'elimination a partir des meso-dichloro-1,2 diphenyl-1,2 ethane, erythro-chloro-1 fluoro-2 diphenyl-1,2 ethane et meso-difluoro-1,2 diphenyl-1,2 ethane par t-BuOK dans t-BuOH en presence et en l'absence de 18-crown-6.