Substituent Effects in the Thermal Isomerization of 1,2-Dicarbonyl Derivatives of 3,6-Bridged 1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridazines
The Diels–Alder adducts of cyclopentadiene and azodiacyls or azodiaroyls isomerize to 1,3,4-oxadiazines at rates which show a trend qualitatively related to the rotation rates of the corresponding N,N-dimethylamides. The isomerizations probably occur by a cyclic concerted mechanism.The ring substituents in the adducts of 1,4-dimethyl-2,3-diphenylcyclopentadiene and azodibenzoyl or azodiacetyl accelerate the isomerization; the kinetic evidence supports a cyclic intermediate in the reaction in isooctane as solvent but is more consistent with a dipolar intermediate in aqueous ethanol.Some generalizations about the effect of substituents on the isomerization are presented on the basis of these and earlier experiments.