Generation of Cycloheptyne during the Solvolysis of Cyclohexylidenemethyliodonium Salt in the Presence of Base

Solvolysis of 4-methylcyclohexylidenemethyl(phenyl)iodonium tetrafluoroborate (1) and its R isomer (69% ee) was carried out in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) and 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-ol (HFP) in the presence of bases such as acetate, pyridine, triethylamine, and alkoxide. The reaction is much faster in TFE than in HFP. Products in TFE include solely un-rearranged (racemized) enol ether 2 together with iodobenzene, while the main product in HFP is ring-expanded (partially racemized) 1-alkoxycycloheptene 3. Results show that 2 is formed via α-elimination with alkylidenecarbene as an intermediate, while the reaction in HFP to give 3 involves a cycloheptyne intermediate that is mostly derived from an intermediate cyclohept-1-enyl cation via the E1-type pathway.

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