On the Reaction of ortho-Diphenoquinone Valence Isomers with Primary and Secondary Amines. X-Ray Structure Analysis of a 2,3-Dihydro-1H-azepinone and its Photochemical and Oxidative Conversion Products

Abstract

Single-crystal X-ray diffraction structure determinations are reported for three reaction products and photoisomers formed from reactions between an o-diphenoquinone valence isomer and primary and secondary amines, namely: 3,5-di-t-butyl-7-(3,5-di-t-butyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-azepin-2-one (8; R¹ = R² = Bu^t, R³ = Me), its photochemical isomerization product 4,6-di-t-butyl-1-(3,5-di-t-butyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methyl-2-azabicyclo[3,2,0]hept-6-en-3-one (9; R¹ = R² = Bu^t, R³ = Me) and 4',5,7-tri-t-butyl-3'-(2,2-dimethylpropionyl)-1'-methylspiro[benzofuran-3(2H)-2'- pyrrolidinel-2,5'-dione (12; R¹ = R² = Bu^t, R³ = Me).