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Exploring the Photocyclization Pathways of Styrylthiophenes in the Synthesis of Thiahelicenes: When the Theory and Experiment Meet
[Image: see text] The introduction of thiophene rings to the helical structure of carbohelicenes has electronic effects that may be used advantageously in organic electronics. The performance of these devices is highly dependent on the sulfur atom topology, so a precise knowledge of the synthetic ro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33769823 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00147 |
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author | Baciu, Bianca C. Vergés, José Antonio Guijarro, Albert |
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description | [Image: see text] The introduction of thiophene rings to the helical structure of carbohelicenes has electronic effects that may be used advantageously in organic electronics. The performance of these devices is highly dependent on the sulfur atom topology, so a precise knowledge of the synthetic routes that may afford isomeric structures is necessary. We have studied the photocyclization pathway of both 2- and 3-styrylthiophenes on their way to thiahelicenes by experiment and theory. To begin with, the synthesis of stereochemically well-defined 2- and 3-styrylthiophenes allowed us to register first, and simulate later, the UV–vis electronic spectra of these precursors. This information gave us access through time-dependent density functional theory calculations to the very nature of the excited states involved in the photocyclization step and from there to the regio- and stereochemical outcome of the reaction. For the widely known case of a 2-styrylthiophene derivative, the expected naphtho[2,1-b]thiophene type of ring fusion was predicted and experimentally observed by synthesis. On the contrary, 3-styrylthiophene derivatives have been seldom used in synthetic photocyclizations. Among the two possible structural outcomes, only the naphtho[1,2-b]thiophene type of ring fusion was found to be mechanistically sound, and this was actually the only compound observed by synthesis. |
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spelling | pubmed-84594512021-09-24 Exploring the Photocyclization Pathways of Styrylthiophenes in the Synthesis of Thiahelicenes: When the Theory and Experiment Meet Baciu, Bianca C. Vergés, José Antonio Guijarro, Albert J Org Chem [Image: see text] The introduction of thiophene rings to the helical structure of carbohelicenes has electronic effects that may be used advantageously in organic electronics. The performance of these devices is highly dependent on the sulfur atom topology, so a precise knowledge of the synthetic routes that may afford isomeric structures is necessary. We have studied the photocyclization pathway of both 2- and 3-styrylthiophenes on their way to thiahelicenes by experiment and theory. To begin with, the synthesis of stereochemically well-defined 2- and 3-styrylthiophenes allowed us to register first, and simulate later, the UV–vis electronic spectra of these precursors. This information gave us access through time-dependent density functional theory calculations to the very nature of the excited states involved in the photocyclization step and from there to the regio- and stereochemical outcome of the reaction. For the widely known case of a 2-styrylthiophene derivative, the expected naphtho[2,1-b]thiophene type of ring fusion was predicted and experimentally observed by synthesis. On the contrary, 3-styrylthiophene derivatives have been seldom used in synthetic photocyclizations. Among the two possible structural outcomes, only the naphtho[1,2-b]thiophene type of ring fusion was found to be mechanistically sound, and this was actually the only compound observed by synthesis. American Chemical Society 2021-03-26 2021-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8459451/ /pubmed/33769823 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00147 Text en © 2021 American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Permits the broadest form of re-use including for commercial purposes, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Baciu, Bianca C. Vergés, José Antonio Guijarro, Albert Exploring the Photocyclization Pathways of Styrylthiophenes in the Synthesis of Thiahelicenes: When the Theory and Experiment Meet |
title | Exploring the Photocyclization
Pathways of Styrylthiophenes
in the Synthesis of Thiahelicenes: When the Theory and Experiment
Meet |
title_full | Exploring the Photocyclization
Pathways of Styrylthiophenes
in the Synthesis of Thiahelicenes: When the Theory and Experiment
Meet |
title_fullStr | Exploring the Photocyclization
Pathways of Styrylthiophenes
in the Synthesis of Thiahelicenes: When the Theory and Experiment
Meet |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Photocyclization
Pathways of Styrylthiophenes
in the Synthesis of Thiahelicenes: When the Theory and Experiment
Meet |
title_short | Exploring the Photocyclization
Pathways of Styrylthiophenes
in the Synthesis of Thiahelicenes: When the Theory and Experiment
Meet |
title_sort | exploring the photocyclization
pathways of styrylthiophenes
in the synthesis of thiahelicenes: when the theory and experiment
meet |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33769823 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00147 |
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