Luft Jennifer A R, Winkler Tammo, Kessabi Fiona M, Houk K N
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA.
J Org Chem. 2008 Nov 7;73(21):8175-81. doi: 10.1021/jo800923a. Epub 2008 Oct 9.
The rearrangement of a substituted cyclohexyl radical to a cyclopentylmethyl radical on the skeleton of avermectin B1 has been investigated using density functional (UB3LYP/6-31G(d)) and G3MP2B3 computational methods. The rearrangement is preferred when highly radical stabilizing groups are present at the 2- and 3-positions of the cyclohexyl radical. A substituent on the 3-position of the cyclohexyl radical enables ring-cleavage of the cyclohexyl radical, while a radical stabilizing substituent on the 2-position of the cyclohexyl radical stabilizes the final cyclopentylmethyl radical, enabling the overall rearrangement and reversing the normal thermodynamic preference for the hexenyl radical ring closure.
已使用密度泛函(UB3LYP/6-31G(d))和G3MP2B3计算方法研究了阿维菌素B1骨架上取代环己基自由基重排为环戊基甲基自由基的过程。当环己基自由基的2位和3位存在高度稳定自由基的基团时,重排更易发生。环己基自由基3位上的取代基能使环己基自由基发生开环,而环己基自由基2位上的稳定自由基取代基则能稳定最终的环戊基甲基自由基,从而实现整体重排,并逆转己烯基自由基环化的正常热力学偏好。