Cyclononatetraene
Names
IUPAC name
Cyclonona-1,3,5,7-tetraene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/C9H10/c1-2-4-6-8-9-7-5-3-1/h1-8H,9H2/b3-1-,4-2-,7-5-,8-6-
    Key: GORPVKZVZYAFSO-KZPCVFJPSA-N
  • C\1/C=C\C=C/C=C\C=C1
Properties
C9H10
Molar mass 118.179 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Cyclononatetraene is an organic compound with the formula C9H10. It was first prepared in 1969 by protonation of the corresponding aromatic anion (described below).[1] It is unstable and isomerizes with a half-life of 50 minutes at room temperature to 3a,7a-dihydro-1H-indene via a thermal 6π disrotatory electrocyclic ring closing.[2] Upon exposure to ultraviolet light, it undergoes a photochemical 8π electrocyclic ring closing to give bicyclo[6.1.0]nona-2,4,6-triene.[3]

Cyclononatetraenyl anion

Cyclononatetraenyl anion is a 10π aromatic system. Two isomers of the cyclononatetraenyl anion are known: the trans,cis,cis,cis isomer ("Pac-Man"-shaped) and the all-cis isomer (a convex enneagon). The former is less stable and isomerizes to the latter upon warming from –40 °C to room temperature.[4]

The all-cis isomer of C9H9− can be prepared by treatment of 9-chlorobicyclo[6.1.0]nona-2,4,6-triene (1) with lithium or potassium metal.[5] Despite the ring strain resulting from having C–C–C bond angles of 140° instead of the ideal 120° for sp2 carbon, this species is believed to be planar and to possess D9h symmetry. The lithium salt was found to be react with cyclopentadiene to give lithium cyclopentadienide, showing that cyclononatetraene is a weaker acid than cyclopentadiene.[6]

Cyclononatetraenyl cation

The computed ground-state conformation of C
9H+
9

Cyclononatetraenyl cation is an 8π system. Its intermediacy is implicated in the solvolysis of 1. The facile solvolysis of 1 suggests that the cation is stabilized. Computation and experimental evidence suggest that C9H9+ is a rare example of a ground state species that exhibits Möbius aromaticity.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Radlick, Phillip; Alford, Gary (November 1969). "Preparation and isolation of cis, cis, cis, cis-1,3,5,7-cyclononatetraene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91 (23): 6529–6530. doi:10.1021/ja01051a083. ISSN 0002-7863.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Radlick, Phillip; Gary Alford (1969), "Preparation and isolation of cis, cis, cis, cis-1,3,5,7-cyclononatetraene", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 91 (23): 6529–6530, doi:10.1021/ja01051a083
  3. ^ de Meijere, Armin, ed. (2014). Houben-Weyl Methods of Organic Chemistry Vol. E 17b, 4th Edition Supplement: Carbocyclic Three-Membered Ring Compounds, Cyclopropanes: Synthesis. Goettingen: Georg Thieme Verlag. p. 1226. ISBN 978-3131819543.
  4. ^ Radlick, Phillip; Gary Alford (1969), "trans,cis,cis,cis-Cyclononatetraenyl Anion, a New Aromatic 10 π System", Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 8 (12): 984, doi:10.1002/anie.196909841
  5. ^ Fray, G. I. (1978). The chemistry of cyclo-octatetraene and its derivatives. Saxton, Roy Gerald, 1945-. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521215803. OCLC 3033135.
  6. ^ Cram, Donald J. (1965). Fundamentals of Carbanion Chemistry. Burlington: Elsevier Science. ISBN 9780323162449. OCLC 843200178.
  7. ^ Thermal bicyclo[6.1.0]nonatrienyl chloride-dihydroindenyl chloride rearrangement Paul v. R. Schleyer, James C. Barborak, Tah Mun Su, Gernot Boche, and G. Schneider J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1971; 93(1) pp 279 - 281; doi:10.1021/ja00730a063
  8. ^ Topology in Chemistry: Designing Möbius Molecules Herges, R. Chem. Rev.; (Review); 2006; 106(12); 4820-4842.doi:10.1021/cr0505425
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