2,6‐Dicyano‐4,8‐diphenylbarbaralane[1]
Conjugate addition of the phenylcuprate reagent, obtained from phenyllithium, copper(I) cyanide, and boron trifluoride–diethylether, to the bicyclo[3.3.1]nonadienedione 3 affords the diphenylbicyclo[3.3.1]nonanedione 4 in high yield. Catalyzed by the potassium cyanide/18‐crown‐6 complex, addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide produces a mixture of the diastereomeric bis[O‐(trimethylsilyl)cyanohydrins] exo,exo‐, exo,endo‐ and endo,endo‐5. The hydrogen fluoride – pyridine complex in phosphorus oxychloride as solvent and, subsequently, an excess of pyridine convert the diastereomers 5 into the unsaturated γ,γ′1‐diphenyldinirile 6. This is brominated by N1‐bromosuccinimide to yield the γ,γ′1‐dibromodinitriles exo‐ and endo‐ 7 (6:1). The predominant diastereomer exo‐7 is debrominated by the zinc‐copper couple to afford the orange‐red title compound 2 in 78% yield. More conveniently, the unsaturated dinitrile 6 is converted to 2 in a single step by treatment with hexachloroethane and concentrated aqueous sodium hydroxide in the presence of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide as phase‐transfer catalyst. Surprisingly, low yields of 2 are also obtained when the bis[O‐(trimethylsilyl)cyanohydrins] 5 or the unsaturated dinitrile 6 are treated with phosphorus oxychloride in boiling pyridine. – The structures of the new compounds are based on spectroscopic evidence and X‐ray diffraction analyses of 2, 4, and endo,endo‐5. The conformations of 4 and endo,endo‐5 in solution are inferred on the basis of vicinal proton coupling constants and a comparison with coupling constants calculated with the aid of the Karplus equation and torsional angles obtained by X‐ray diffraction analyses. – While the barbaralane 2 exists as a pair of very rapidly rearranging degenerate valence tautomers in solution, the degeneracy is lifted in the crystal lattice. As a result, the crystal consists of two rapidly rearranging but non‐equivalent valence tautomers in a ratio of 9:1 as estimated from the apparent atomic distance C2–C8 of 2 and the C2–C8 bond length of non‐rearranging barbaralanes. – The colour of 2 in the crystal and in solution results from a maximum at 436 nm which increases on heating of the solution to 450 K. Cooling to 77 K results in reversible fading and the disappearance of the maximum. Thus, 2 is a barbaralane like 1 which exhibits colour though it is lacking a classical long‐wavelength chromophore.
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