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Jung, Woncheol.Issue Date
1994Committee Chair
Glass, Richard S.
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The University of Arizona.Rights
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Ring opening of tetraaryl thiirane cation radical was studied. The cation radical of tetraaryl thiirane generated photochemically undergoes C-C bond cleavage driven by inherent ring strain. This ring cleavage occurs in a stereospecific conrotatory manner at low temperature. However, this stereospecificity is lost when the reaction is conducted at room temperature. In this photoreaction between tetraaryl thiirane and tetracyanoethylene, (3+2) cycloadducts are obtained as a result of electron transfer, ring opening, back electron transfer, and 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. A CIDNP experiment and γ-irradiation of 2,2-di-p-anisyl-3,3-diphenylthiirane were conducted to obtain more information about this reaction. Isomeric thiirane S-oxides were prepared to assign the structures of cis- and trans-2,3-di-p-anisyl-2,3-diphenylthiirane used in the stereochemical study of the ring opening reaction. These compounds readily decompose to the corresponding alkenes. This SO extrusion from thiirane S-oxide turns out to be a stereospecific elimination. Tetraaryl thiirane cation radical generated by anodic oxidation underwent C-S bond cleavage rather than C-C bond cleavage which resulted in production of the corresponding olefin. Further oxidation of this olefin under air produces two ketones resulting from C=C bond cleavage. In another approach to cleave the C-C bond of thiirane, ruthenium complexes of thiiranes were prepared but their decomposition did not occur with C-C bond cleavage of the thiirane ring.Type
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Ph.D.Degree Level
doctoralDegree Program
ChemistryGraduate College