Spiegelsymmetrische Hexahydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazine aus Pyrazolidon-(3)-N,N-betainen – ein Beitrag zur „thermischen Dimerisierung”︁ von 1,3-Dipolen

Mirror-symmetric Hexahydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazines from Pyrazolidine-3-one-N,N-betaines—a Contribution to the „Thermal Dimerization”︁ of 1,3-Dipoles Chemical reactions, i.r., ¹H-n.m.r., and ¹³C-n.m.r. data show that the “thermal dimers” of pyrazolidine-3-one azomethinimines 2 , which till now accidentally formed during the synthesis of 2 from pyrazolidine-3-ones 5 and aldehydes 6 , are 5,11-diaryl-perhydro-dipyrazolo1,2-a; 1′,2′-d]1,2,4,5]-tetrazine-1,9-diones 3 , i.e. mirror-symmetric hexahydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazines with (C-5) and (C-11) placed on the mirror plane. From DREIDING models and from the nonequivalence, concerning ¹³C-n.m.r., of the pairs of carbon atoms in the o- resp. m-positions of the aryl substituent I at (C-5) of the “dimers” 3 is derived that the rotation of I is sterically hindered (ΔG = 16,3 kcal/mole for 3b ), and that the preferred arrangement of I is perpendicular to the plane of the hexahydrotetrazine ring. The “thermal dimerization” of the 1,3-dipoles 2 is a complex series of two addition and elimination steps proceeding in the presence of catalytical amounts of pyrazolidine-3-one 5 and of H^⊕. The mechanism is rationalized, consequences are suggested concerning known “dimerizations” of 1,3-dipoles.