Abstract
Friedel-Crafts acyl rearrangements in PPA of diacetylpyrenes (80–120 °C), dibenzoylpyrenes (80–200 °C), and bis(4-flurobenzoyl)pyrenes (80–120 °C) and Scholl reactions in AlCl3/NaCl of dibenzoylpyrenes (140–200 °C) have been studied. The substrates were 1-AcPY, 2-AcPY, 1,3-Ac2PY, 1,6-Ac2PY, 1,8-Ac2PY, 2,7-Ac2PY, 1-BzPY, 1,6-Bz2PY, 1,8-Bz2PY, 1-4FBzPY, 1,6-4FBz2PY, 1,8-4FBz2PY. The mixtures of pyrene, 1-AcPY, 2-AcPY, 1,3-Ac2PY, 1,6-Ac2PY, 1,8-Ac2PY, and 2,7-Ac2PY were separated by HPLC. The following reversible intermolecular isomerizations were established: 1,6-Ac2PY ⇌ 1,8-Ac2PY, 1,6-Bz2PY ⇌ 1,8-Bz2PY, and 1,6-4'FBz2PY ⇌ 1,8-4'FBz2PY, albeit not in high yields. The results substantiate Gore’s 1955 proposition that “The Friedel–Crafts acylation reaction of reactive aromatic hydrocarbons is a reversible process.” The isomerizations reported here differ from the few previously reported completely reversible intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acyl rearrangements. At ≥ 140 °C, in PPA and in AlCl3/NaCl, 1,6-Bz2PY and 1,8-Bz2PY underwent a highly regioselective double Scholl reaction to give pyranthrone (3) and deacylations to 1-BzPy (and pyrene), followed by mono-Scholl reactions to give 8H-dibenzo[def,qr]chrysen-8-one (1), and 11H-indeno[2,1-a]pyren-11-one (2). The formation of 3 and not the expected tribenzo[a,ghi,o]perylene-7,16-dione (4) from 1,8-Bz2PY indicates that 1,8-Bz2PY has first undergone isomerization to 1,6-Bz2PY. The present study confirms the linkage between Friedel-Crafts acyl rearrangements and the Scholl reaction.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 47-60 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Structural Chemistry |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Feb 2020 |
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Keywords
- Both-direction reaction
- Dibenzoylpyrenes
- Pyranthrone
- Regioselectivity
- Reversible process
- Scholl reaction