Abstract
The first crystal structure anal. of a 1,4-dihydroquinoxaline is described by example of the 1,4-bis(tert-butyldimethylsilyl) deriv. I. In the solid state, this mol. exhibits a nonplanar heterocycle with a dihedral angle of 156.3° along the N-N axis in the boat-shaped 8p electron ring system. The alkyl groups of the SiMe2CMe3 substituents are arranged so as to minimize steric repulsion. Despite the reduced p electron conjugation due to nonplanarity, the compd. is oxidized reversibly to an EPR detectable radical cation at -0.59 V vs. ferrocene in dichloromethane. However, the 2nd oxidn. to the fully arom. dication is electrochem. irreversible. A comparison with previously obtained results illustrates the structural flexibility of the nonarom. 1,4-dihydro-1,4-diazine ring system which is strongly affected by rather weak nonbonded interactions. [on SciFinder(R)]
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