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dc.contributor.authorSenadheera, Sanjeewa N.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Anthony S.
dc.contributor.authorToscano, John P.
dc.contributor.authorGivens, Richard S.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-27T20:53:29Z
dc.date.available2017-06-27T20:53:29Z
dc.date.issued2014-02
dc.identifier.citationSenadheera, S. N., Evans, A. S., Toscano, J. P., & Givens, R. S. (2014). 2-Diazo-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone: A Versatile Photochemical and Synthetic Reagent. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences : Official Journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 13(2), 324–341. http://doi.org/10.1039/c3pp50305den_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/24673
dc.description.abstractα-Diazo arylketones are well-known substrates for Wolff rearrangement to phenylacetic acids through a ketene intermediate by either thermal or photochemical activation. Likewise, α-substituted p-hydroxyphenacyl (pHP) esters are substrates for photo-Favorskii rerrangements to phenylacetic acids by a different pathway that purportedly involves a cyclopropanone intermediate. In this paper, we show that the photolysis of a series of α-diazo-p-hydroxyacetophenones and p-hydroxyphenacyl (pHP) α-esters both generate the identical rearranged phenylacetates as major products. Since α-diazo-p-hydroxyacetophenone (1a, pHP N2) contains all the necessary functionalities for either Wolff or Favorskii rearrangement, we were prompted to probe this intriguing mechanistic dichotomy under conditions favorable to the photo-Favorskii reangement, i.e., photolysis in hydroxylic media. An investigation of the mechanism for conversion of 1a to p-hydroxyphenyl acetic acid (4a) using time-resolved infrared (TRIR) spectroscopy clearly demonstrates the formation of a ketene intermediate that is subsequently trapped by solvent or nucleophiles. The photoreaction of 1a is quenched by oxygen and sensitized by triplet sensitizers and the quantum yields for 1a–c range from 0.19 to a robust 0.25. The lifetime of the triplet, determined by Stern-Volmer quenching, is 15 ns with a rate for appearance of 4a of k = 7,1 × 106 s−1 in aq. acetonitrile (1:1 v:v). These studies establish that the primary rearrangement pathway for 1a involves ketene formation in accordance with the photo-Wolff rearrangement. Furthermore we have also demonstrated the synthetic utility of 1a as an esterification and etherification reagent with a variety of substituted α-diazo-p-hydroxyacetophenones, using them as synthons for efficiently coupling it to acids and phenols to produce pHP protect substrates.en_US
dc.publisherRoyal Society of Chemistryen_US
dc.subjectPhotoremovable protecting groupsen_US
dc.subjectPhotoreleaseen_US
dc.subjectSubstituentsen_US
dc.subjectPhoto Favorskii rearrangementen_US
dc.subjectWolff rearrangementen_US
dc.title2-Diazo-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone: A Versatile Photochemical and Synthetic Reagenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorSenadheera, Sanjeewa N.
kusw.kuauthorGivens, Richard S.
kusw.kudepartmentChemistryen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/c3pp50305den_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscripten_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC3939782en_US
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