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Part I. Diels-Alder cycloadditions of 1,2,3,4,9,9-hexachloro-1α,4α,4aα,8aβ-tetrahydro-l,4-methanonaphthalene (32) and 1,2,3,4,9,9-hexachloro-lα,4α,6,7- tetrahydro-l,4-methanonaphthalene (33) to 4-methyl- and 4-phenyl-l,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione [MTAD and PTAD, respectively] and to N-methylmaleimide (NMM) have been studied. The structures of several of the resulting cycloadducts were determined by X-ray crystallographic methods. The observed stereoselectivity of each of these Diels-Alder reactions was further investigated via application of theoretical methods. Thus, semiempirical (AMI) and ab initio molecular orbital calculations were used to calculate relative energies. Ab initio calculations were employed to perform frontier molecular orbital analyses of diene-dienophile interactions.

It is the purpose of this work to prepare a series of these chalcones containing the thiophene ring. The compounds were prepared by the condensation of a series of benzaldehydes with acetylthiophene dissolved in dry ethylacetate and saturated with dry HCl. The benzaldehyde compounds were benzaldehyde, m-hydroxybenzaldehyde, o-hydroxybenzaldehyde, O-p-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and vanillin. To prevent the oxidation of the hydroxy groups of the benzaldehydes, the compounds were benzolated with benzoylchloride. The condensed products were debenzoylated with NaOH solution in an atmosphere of nitrogen to prevent oxidation during the debenzoylation process.

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When subjected to ultraviolet radiation in the presence of an alkene, s-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine (STP) undergoes an unusual 3 + 2 photocycloaddition wherein the alkene adds to the 1 and 8 positions of STP with concommitant N4-N5 bond cleavage yielding 5,6-disubstituted-6,7-dihydro-7-methylene (and 7-cyanomethyl)-5H-pyrrolo[1,2-b]-s-triazoles. Amides and esters of indole-3-carboxylic acid have been synthesized by a novel reaction employing the ultraviolet irradiation of 3-diazo-4-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinoline (QDA) in the presence of amines or alcohols respectively. QDA, when irradiated, is postulated to undergo an internal Wolff Rearrangement to Indole-3-ketene which can add any amine or alcohol to form the corresponding amide or ester in modest to good yield.

An investigation of the application of nucleophilic aromatic substitution by the SRN 1 mechanism of halobenzenesulfonamides and related compounds towards the synthesis of 1,2-benzothiazine I,I-dioxides is reported. 3-Substituted and 3,4- disubstituted 2<i>H</i>-l,2-benzothiazine l,l-dioxides were prepared in moderate to good yields via the photostimulated reaction of 2-halobenzenesulfonamides with ketone enolates. It was observed that with certain ketone enolates reduction to yield benzene sulfonamide competed with the substitution reaction. The presence of β-hydrogen atoms was a common structural feature of ketones used in reactions in which reduction competed with substitution. It was also observed that the amount of reduction product isolated increased as a function of the number of β-hydrogen atoms present on the ketone enolate. It was found that 2-bromo and 2-iodobenzenesulfonamide exhibit comparable reactivity with ketone enolates that do not possess β-hydrogen atoms. However, a marked decrease in the reactivity of 2-bromobenzenesulfonamide was observed when β-hydrogen atoms were present on the ketone enolate. / Ph. D.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2004. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.