Radialene

Radialene

; 1999; 64(7) pp 2287 - 2292; (Article) DOI|10.1021/jo9818] . For some members the unsubstituted parent radialenes are elusive but many substituted derivatives are known.

Radialenes are related to open-chain dendralenes and also to compounds like butadiene and benzene which also consist of a ring of sp2 hydridized carbon atoms.

Radialenes are investigated in organic chemistry for their unusual properties and reactivity but have not ventured outside the laboratory. Reported uses are as experimental building blocks for novel organic conductors and ferromagnets "Planar [6] Radialenes: Structure, Synthesis, and Aromaticity ofBenzotriselenophene and Benzotrithiophene" Asit Patra, Yair H. Wijsboom, Linda J. W. Shimon, and Michael Bendikov Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8814 –8818 DOI|10.1002/anie.200703123] . The first radialene called "hexaethylidencyclohexane" was synthesised in 1961 [ de icon "Zur Kenntnis der Hexaalkylbenzole. 3. Mitteilung. Über einen neuen Kohlenwasserstoff C18H24 (Hexaäthylidencyclohexan)" Helvetica Chimica Acta Volume 44, Issue 2, Date: 1961, Pages: 380-386 H. Hopff, A. K. Wick] .

Conformation

[3] and [4] radialenes are expected to have a planar molecular geometry with all carbon atoms in the same plane. This is verified experimentally in "hexamethyl [3] radialene" and "cyclobutanetetraonetetrakis(hydrazone)". "Decamethyl [5] radialene" has a twist envelope geometry with C2 symmetry while a chair conformation is calculated for [6] radialene and found experimentally for "hexa-(ethylidene)cyclohexane"

Due to their specific pi-electron distributions, hydrocarbons such as perylene and triphenylene are not considered radialenes. One study describes a [6] radialene composed of thiophene units [Coupling reaction reagent bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel(0). Equal amount of tetramer formed ] :

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This compound is reported as planar with D3h symmetry (X-ray diffraction) but not aromatic: the carbon-carbon bond lengths are unusually long (145 pm vs. 140 pm for benzene) and the calculated NICS value is close to zero.

ynthesis & properties

The parent [3] , [4] , [5] and [6] radialenes polymerize when in contact with oxygen.

[4] Radialene

The unsubstituted [4] radialene has been prepared in an elimination reaction of "cis,trans,cis-tetra(bromomethyl)cyclobutane" with sodium methoxide in ethanol ["The Chemistry of Photodimers of Maleic and Fumaric Acid Derivatives. IV.1 Tetramethylenecyclobutane" Gary W. Griffin and Laurence I. Peterson J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1962; 84(17) pp 3398 - 3400; DOI|10.1021/ja00876a033]

Hydrogenation with platinum on carbon gives "cis,cis,cis-tetramethylcyclobutane" in accordance with the proposed structure. On standing in air at room temperature the compound accepts oxygen and polymerizes.

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