The acid-catalyzed addition of CH3 18OH to 2-methylene-adamantanes bearing a chlorine atom in the 4-equatorial (1e) or 4-axial (1a) position has been investigated in the gas phase, at 760 Torr, in the 40-120 C temperature range.Two different experimental approaches were employed: (1) by adding neutralCH3 18OH to the 2-methyl-4-Cl-adamant-2-yl cation, generated by protonation of the corresponding 2-methylene- 4-Cl-adamantane (the extracomplex reaction) and (2) by reaction of 2-methylene-4-Cl-adamantane with CH3 18OH2+, generated by methylation of H2 18O(the intracomplex reaction). The crucial role of the nature of the noncovalent intermediates involved along the reaction coordinates emerges from the difference between the results obtained in the extracomplex and intracomplex reactions for both substrates investigated. The kinetic and stereochemical results indicate that the 4-Cl substituent plays a different role depending on its equatorial or axial orientation. Examination of the experimental results in the light of MP2/6-31G* theoretical calculations provides important information about the intrinsic factors governing the facial diastereoselectivity of trigonal carbocations. The effects due to differential face solvation phenomena emerge from the comparison of the present gas-phase results with those obtained from strictly related studies in solution.

Gas-Phase Facial Diastereoselectivity of Equatorial and Axial 4-Chloro-Adamant-2-yl Cations.

MARCANTONI, Enrico;RENZI, Gabriele;ROSELLI, Graziella;MARCOLINI, MAURO
2009-01-01

Abstract

The acid-catalyzed addition of CH3 18OH to 2-methylene-adamantanes bearing a chlorine atom in the 4-equatorial (1e) or 4-axial (1a) position has been investigated in the gas phase, at 760 Torr, in the 40-120 C temperature range.Two different experimental approaches were employed: (1) by adding neutralCH3 18OH to the 2-methyl-4-Cl-adamant-2-yl cation, generated by protonation of the corresponding 2-methylene- 4-Cl-adamantane (the extracomplex reaction) and (2) by reaction of 2-methylene-4-Cl-adamantane with CH3 18OH2+, generated by methylation of H2 18O(the intracomplex reaction). The crucial role of the nature of the noncovalent intermediates involved along the reaction coordinates emerges from the difference between the results obtained in the extracomplex and intracomplex reactions for both substrates investigated. The kinetic and stereochemical results indicate that the 4-Cl substituent plays a different role depending on its equatorial or axial orientation. Examination of the experimental results in the light of MP2/6-31G* theoretical calculations provides important information about the intrinsic factors governing the facial diastereoselectivity of trigonal carbocations. The effects due to differential face solvation phenomena emerge from the comparison of the present gas-phase results with those obtained from strictly related studies in solution.
2009
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