Elektrophile Additionen an das Bicyclo[1.1.0]butan‐System von Tricyclo[4.1.0.0 2,7 ]heptan‐Derivaten: Halogen‐Elektrophile

Electrophilic Additions to the Bicyclo[1.1.0]butane System of Tricyclo[4.1.0.0 2,7 ]heptane Derivatives: Halogen Electrophiles The known reactions of 8,8‐dibromotetracyclo[5.1.0.0 2,4 .0 3,5 ]octane ( 3a ) and homobenzvalene ( 7 ) with pyridinium bromide perbromide and iodine, respectively, were carried out in the presence of tetra‐ n ‐butylammonium chloride. The formation of the chloro‐substituted norpinane derivatives 6a and 9 is evidence for cationic intermediates. The same mechanism is operative in the reaction of pyridinium bromide perbromide with the dichlorotetracyclooctane 3b , which was prepared from 7 and dichlorocarbene. On exposure of tricyclo[4.1.0.0 2,7 ]heptane ( 1 ) to N ‐bromosuccinimide in acetone/water/triethylamine, the bromonorpinanol 22 , the bromonorcaranols 23 , and cyclohex‐1‐ene‐1‐carboxaldehyde ( 24 ) were obtained. On the basis of the steric course and thermodynamic considerations, the cationic intermediates generated in the above reactions by attack of the electrophiles at the bicyclobutane systems are assigned the halonium ion structure 38 and the nonclassical structures 34 and 35 , respectively. Elemental bromine and iodine converted the phenyltricycloheptane 10 into the respective diastereomeric norpinanes 11 and 12 , which were transformed smoothly into the diastereomeric methyl ethers 13 and 14 by treatment with sodium methoxide in methanol. The reactions of 10 with pyridinium bromide perbromide in pyridine, cyanogen bromide in the presence of aluminium trichloride, and N ‐bromosuccinimide in acetone/water gave rise to norpinane derivatives, i.e. the pyridinium salt 15 , the nitrile 16 , and the alcohol 18 , respectively. In the case of cyanogen iodide in acetonitrile, the solvent participated in the process to yield the 2‐(norpinylimino)propionitriles 17 . Corresponding to the configurations of the products, the attack of a halogen electrophile at 10 leads to classical 6‐phenyl‐6‐norpinyl cations 41 , which may be approached by nucleophiles from the two possible faces. As origin for the low tendency of the cations 33–35 and 41 to rearrange to norcaryl cations, the electronegativity of the halogen atoms is suggested. The reduced migratory aptitude of a CHHal relative to a CH 2 group results from its electron deficiency and from the decreased stability of 7‐halo‐2‐norcaryl relative to the parent 2‐norcaryl cations. The chlorophenyltricycloheptane 25 was prepared from 10 and treated with aqueous sulfuric acid to give the norpinanol 27 . Formed by protonation of the bicyclobutane system of 25 , the cationic precursor of 27 shows a behaviour similar to that of cations 41 .