W. Adam et al., THE CHELETROPIC TRAPPING OF NITRIC-OXIDE BY THE BIS-KETENE 1,2-DICARBONYLCYCLOHEXA-3,5-DIENE AND THE DIENE 3,4-DIPHENYL-2,5-DIMETHYL-2,4-HEXADIENE, Tetrahedron letters, 37(12), 1996, pp. 2113-2116
We report the first example of the cheletropic trapping of nitric oxid
e with a bis-ketene. In the presence of nitric oxide the bis-ketene 12
-dicarbonylcyclohexa-3,5-diene (1), generated from photolysis of benzo
cyclobutenedione, gave N-hydroxyphthalimide (5) and phthalic anhydride
(7); additionally, cheletropic NO trapping with 3,4-diphenyl-2,5-dime
thyl-2,4-hexadiene (3) gave strong persistent ESR signals, the nature
of which was dependent on the purity of the NO.