Reactivity of Singlet and Triplet Arylnitrenes: Temperature-Dependent Photodecomposition of 1-(2-Azidophenyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazole
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Abstract
At >200 K photolysis of 1-(2-azidophenyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazole (5) gives 1,3-dimethylpyrazolobenzotriazole (6, by electrophilic cyclization of singlet nitrene 14) or, in the presence of diethylamine, aminoazepine 8 (by addition of the nucleophile and rearrangement). At lower temperatures, the yield of these products decreases and the azo derivative 9 (from the dimerization of triplet nitrene 34) as well as products from intramolecular radical cyclization (again via 34) is obtained, to become the only products at <100 K. Differential thermodynamic parameters for the reactions of 14 and 34 are determined by analysis of the temperature dependence of products distribution (ΔΔH⧧ = −10 kJ mol-1 and ΔΔS⧧ = 34 J mol-1 K-1 in ethanol). Addition of the amine may require previous ring enlargement to give the dehydroazepine 12; there is no indication that this is an intermediate of any stability, however, and if formed, this is in equilibrium with 14. Triplet nitrene 34 is characterized in matrix by UV spectroscopy, and its photoreactions (to give mainly intramolecular hydrogen abstraction) are separately studied.
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