Diphenylketene

Diphenylketene
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2,2-Diphenylethen-1-one
Other names
Diphenylethenone
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/C14H10O/c15-11-14(12-7-3-1-4-8-12)13-9-5-2-6-10-13/h1-10H checkY
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  • InChI=1/C14H10O/c15-11-14(12-7-3-1-4-8-12)13-9-5-2-6-10-13/h1-10H
    Key: ZWJPCOALBPMBIC-UHFFFAOYAQ
  • C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=C=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
  • O=C=C(c1ccccc1)c2ccccc2
Properties
C14H10O
Molar mass 194.233 g·mol−1
Appearance Red-orange oil
Melting point 8 to 9 °C (46 to 48 °F; 281 to 282 K)
Boiling point 118 to 120 at 1mmHg
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Diphenylketene is a chemical substance of the ketene family. Diphenylketene, like most stable disubstituted ketenes, is a red-orange oil at room temperature and pressure. Due to the successive double bonds in the ketene structure R1R2C=C=O, diphenyl ketene is a heterocumulene. The most important reaction of diphenyl ketene is the [2+2] cycloaddition at C-C, C-N, C-O, and C-S multiple bonds.[1]

History

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Diphenyl ketene was first isolated by Hermann Staudinger in 1905 and identified as the first example of the exceptionally reactive class of ketenes[2] with the general formula R1R2C=C=O (R1=R2=phenyl group).[3]

Preparation

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The first synthesis by H. Staudinger was based on 2-chlorodiphenylacetyl chloride (prepared from benzilic acid and thionyl chloride[4]) from which two chlorine atoms are cleaved with zinc in a dehalogenation reaction:[2]

Syntheis of diphenylketene by Staudinger
Syntheis of diphenylketene by Staudinger

An early synthesis uses benzilmonohydrazone (from Diphenylethanedione and hydrazine hydrate[5]), which is oxidized with mercury(II)oxide and calcium sulfate to form mono-diazoketone, and is then converted into the diphenylketene at 100 °C under nitrogen elimination in 58% yield:[6]

Synthesis of diphenylketene from benzilmonohydrazone
Synthesis of diphenylketene from benzilmonohydrazone

A further early diphenylketene synthesis originates from Eduard Wedekind, who had already obtained diphenyl ketene in 1901 by the dehydrohalogenation of diphenylacetyl chloride with triethylamine, without isolation and characterization though.[7] This variant was also described in 1911 by H. Staudinger.[8]

Synthesis of diphenylketene from diphenylacetate
Synthesis of diphenylketene from diphenylacetate

A standard laboratory protocol is based on the Staudinger method and yields diphenyl ketene as an orange oil in yields of 53 to 57%.[9] In a more recent process, 2-bromo-2,2-diphenylacetyl bromide is reacted with triphenylphosphine to give diphenyl ketene in yields up to 81%.[10]

Synthesis of diphenylketene by debromination
Synthesis of diphenylketene by debromination

Recently, a synthesis of diphenyl ketene from diphenylacetic acid and the Hendrickson reagent (triphenylphosphonium anhydride-trifluoromethanesulfonate)[11] with water elimination in 72% yield has been reported.[12]

Synthesis of diphenylketene using the Hendrickson reagent
Synthesis of diphenylketene using the Hendrickson reagent

Properties

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Diphenyl ketene is at room temperature an orange-colored to red oil (with the color of concentrated potassium dichromate solution[2]) which is miscible with nonpolar organic solvents (such as diethyl ether, acetone, benzene, tetrahydrofuran, chloroform)[13] and solidifies in the cold forming yellow crystals.[2] The compound is easily oxidized by air but can be stored in tightly closed containers at 0 °C for several weeks without decomposition[9] or in a nitrogen atmosphere with the addition of a small amount of hydroquinone as a polymerization inhibitor.[6]

Reactivity

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Diphenylketene can undergo attack from a host of nucleophiles, including alcohols, amines, and enolates with fairly slow rates. These rates can be increased in the presence of catalysts. At present the mechanism of attack is unknown, but work is underway to determine the exact mechanism.

The high reactivity of the diphenyl ketene is also evident in the formation of three dimers:[14]

  • the cyclic diketone 2,2,4,4-tetraphenylcyclobutane-1,3-dione (I) by heating with quinoline
  • the β-lactone 4-(diphenylmethylene)-3,3-diphenyloxetan-2-one (II) by heating with sodium methoxide and
  • the tetraline derivative 2,2,4-triphenylnaphthalene-1,3-(2H,4H)-dione (III) by heating with benzoyl chloride
Dimers of diphenylketene
Dimers of diphenylketene

and oligomers produced therefrom.

Application

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Ketenes (of the general formula R1R2C=C=O) have many parallels to isocyanates (of the general formula R-N=C=O) in their constitution as well as in their reactivity.

Diphenyl ketene reacts with water in an addition reaction to form diphenylacetic acid, with ethanol to diphenyl acetic ethyl ester or with ammonia to the corresponding amide.[2] Carboxylic acids produce mixed anhydrides of diphenylacetic acid, which can be used to activate protected amino acids for peptide linkage.

The protected dipeptide Z-Leu-Phe-OEt (N-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine ethyl ester) is thus obtained in 59% yield via the activation of Z-leucine with diphenyl ketene and subsequent reaction with phenylalanine ethyl ester.[15]

Diphenyl ketene is prone to autoxidation, in which the corresponding polyester is formed at temperatures above 60 °C via an intermediate diphenyl acetolactone.[16]

Autoxidation and polymerisation of diphenylketene
Autoxidation and polymerisation of diphenylketene

In a Wittig reaction, allenes can be prepared from diphenyl ketene.[17]

Formation of tetraphenylallene from diphenylketene
Formation of tetraphenylallene from diphenylketene

With triphenylphosphine diphenylmethylene and diphenyl ketene, at e. g. 140 °C and under pressure tetraphenyl allenes are formed in 70% yield.[18]

The synthetically most interesting reactions of diphenyl ketene are [2+2]cycloadditions, e.g. the reaction with cyclopentadiene yielding a Diels-Alder adduct.[19]

Addition of diphenylketen to cyclopentadiene
Addition of diphenylketen to cyclopentadiene

Imines such as benzalaniline form β-lactams with diphenyl ketene.

β-lactam formation from diphenylketene
β-lactam formation from diphenylketene

With carbonyl compounds β-lactones are formed analogously.[19]

The [2+2]cycloaddition of diphenyl ketene with phenylacetylene leads first to a cyclobutenone which thermally aromatizes to a phenyl vinyl ketene and cyclizes in a [4+2]cycloaddition to 3,4-diphenyl-1-naphthol in 81% yield.[20]

Cycloaddition of diphenylketene to diphenylnaphthol
Cycloaddition of diphenylketene to diphenylnaphthol

From this so-called Smith-Hoehn reaction a general synthesis method for substituted phenols and quinones has been developed.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ulrich, H. (1967), Cycloaddition Reactions of Heterocumulenes, New York: Academic Press, p. 374
  2. ^ a b c d e Staudinger, H. (1905). "Ketene, eine neue Körperklasse". Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. (in German). 38 (2): 1735–1739. doi:10.1002/cber.19050380283.
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  5. ^ Curtius, T.; Thun, K. (1891), "Einwirkung von Hydrazinhydrat auf Monoketone und Orthodiketone", J. Prakt. Chem., vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 161–186, doi:10.1002/prac.18910440121
  6. ^ a b Smith, L.I.; Hoehn, H.H. (1940). "Diphenylketene [Ketene, diphenyl-]". Organic Syntheses. 20: 47. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.020.0047; Collected Volumes, vol. 3, p. 356.
  7. ^ Wedekind, E. (1901), "Ueber die Gewinnung von Säureanhydriden mit Hülfe von tertiären Aminen", Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 2070–2077, doi:10.1002/cber.190103402122
  8. ^ Staudinger, H. (1911), "Über Ketene.XIX. Über Bildung und Darstellung des Diphenylketens", Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 1619–1623, doi:10.1002/cber.19110440258
  9. ^ a b Taylor, E.C.; McKillop, A; Hawks, G.H. (1972). "Diphenylketene [Ethenone, diphenyl-]". Organic Syntheses. 52: 36. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.052.0036; Collected Volumes, vol. 6, p. 549.
  10. ^ Darling, S.D.; Kidwell, R.L. (1968), "Diphenylketene. Triphenylphosphine dehalogenation of .alpha.-bromodiphenylacetyl bromide", J. Org. Chem., vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 3974–3975, doi:10.1021/jo01274a074
  11. ^ McCauley, J.I. (2012), "Hendrickson reagent (triphenylphosphonium anhydride trifluormethane sulfonate", Synlett, vol. 23, no. 20, pp. 2999–3000, doi:10.1055/s-0032-1317486
  12. ^ Moussa, Z. (2012), "The Hendrickson 'POP' reagent and analogues thereof: synthesis, structure, and application in organic synthesis", Arkivoc, 2012 (1): 432–490, doi:10.3998/ark.5550190.0013.111, hdl:2027/spo.5550190.0013.111
  13. ^ Leahy, J.W. (2001). "Diphenylketene". Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rd421. ISBN 0471936235.
  14. ^ Das, H.; Kooyman, E. C. (1965). "Oligomers of diphenylketene". Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas. 84 (8): 965–978. doi:10.1002/recl.19650840802.
  15. ^ Losse, G.; Demuth, E. (1961), "Diphenylketen als Reagens zur Knüpfung von Peptidbindungen", Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. (in German), vol. 94, no. 7, pp. 1762–1766, doi:10.1002/cber.19610940713
  16. ^ Staudinger, H.; Dyckerhoff, K.; Klever, H.W.; Ruzicka, L. (1925), "Über Autoxidation organischer Verbindungen. IV.: Über Autoxidation der Ketene", Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. (in German), vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 1079–1087, doi:10.1002/cber.19250580618
  17. ^ Wittig, G.; Haag, A. (1963), "Über Phosphin-alkylene als olefinbildende Reagenzien, VIII. Allelderivate aus Ketenen", Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. (in German), vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 1535–1543, doi:10.1002/cber.19630960609
  18. ^ Lüscher, G. (1922). Beitrag zur Konstitution der aliphatischen Diazokörper und Hydrazone. Neue organische Phosphorverbindungen (PDF) (Doctoral Thesis) (in German). Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-000096667. hdl:20.500.11850/134328.
  19. ^ a b Staudinger, H. (1907), "Zur Kenntnis der Ketene. Diphenylketen", Liebigs Ann. Chem. (in German), vol. 356, no. 1–2, pp. 51–123, doi:10.1002/jlac.19073560106
  20. ^ Smith, L.I.; Hoehn, H.H. (1939), "The reaction of diphenylketene and phenylacetylene", J. Am. Chem. Soc., vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 2619–2624, doi:10.1021/ja01265a015
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