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Preparation of alpha-diazocarbonyl compounds from beta-lapachone derivatives and other 1,2-naphthoquinones: use of the 2D NMR 1H,15N and 1H,13C HMBC techniques in assigning regiochemistry.

Ferreira VF, Jorqueira A, Leal KZ, Pimentel HR, Seidl PR, da Silva MN, da Souza MC, Pinto AV, Wardell JL, Wardell SM

Universidade Federal Fluminense; Instituto de Química, Departamento de Química Orgânica, 24020-150 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. cegvito@vm.uff.br

The assignment of the diazo site in products of the reaction of p-toluenesulfonylhydrazine with beta-lapachone, 3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-naphtho[1,2-b]pyran-5,6-dione, and other 1,2-naphthoquinones in methanol solution at room temperature has been accomplished using 1H,13C HMBC and 1H,15N HMBC NMR experiments. Only one diazo-naphthalenone product was isolated in yields ranging from 50-100% from each reaction. The site of diazo substitution of beta-lapachone and derivatives is the 1-position, in contrast to substitution at the 2-position in 4-MeO-1,2-naphthoquinone. Steric factors, rather than electronic factors, control the reaction site. Along with 2-diazo-1(2H)-naphthalenone, an additional product isolated from the reaction of p-toluenesulfonylhydrazide with 1,2-naphthoquinone was 2-diazo-4-hydroxy-1(2H)-naphthalenone. Confirmation of the formation of 6-diazo-2,2-dimethyl-2,3,4,6-tetrahydro-2H-benzo[h]cromen-5-one, obtained from beta-lapachone, was achieved using single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Published 15 March 2006 in Magn Reson Chem, 44(4): 481-90.
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