Synthesis and Reactions of Haloazodienes. A New and General Synthesis of Substituted Pyridazines.

The reaction of dihalohydrazones with Hünig's base gives 1-carbethoxy-3-phenyl-4-haloazodienes in-situ, which were found to combine with a variety of electron rich olefins to yield halo-substituted tetrahydropyridazines (Scheme 2 and Table 1 ). These haloazodiene cyclizations are best characterized as inverse electron demand, 4 + 2 hetero Diels-Alder reactions that maintain a high degree of regio- and stereochemical control (Schemes 5 and 6). The chloro-substituted tetrahydropyridazines that are formed give high yields of substituted pyridazines upon treatment with base (Table 1). The sequence of a chloroazodiene cyclization to a tetrahydropyridazine followed by an aromatization constitutes a new and general synthesis of substituted pyridazines. In contrast to the haloazodiene cyclizations, the novel cyclization reactions of the in-situ generated 1-carbethoxy-3-phenyl-4,4-dichloroazodiene were found to give N-aminopyrroles and pyridazines when combined with acyclic enamines (Table 3 ). However, reactions with cyclic enamines gave the N-aminopyrroles, pyridazines, a dihydropyridazine as products as well as the noncyclized enamine intermediates (Table 4 ). The noncyclized enamines could be converted to the N-aminopyrroles simply upon heating to higher temperatures, indicating a stepwise mechanism (Schemes 8 and 9). The examples described here are the first reported cyclization reactions for dichloroazodienes.

Iron Sulfido Derivatives of the Fullerenes C(60) and C(70).

Toluene solutions of C(60) react upon UV irradiation with Fe(2)S(2)(CO)(6) to give C(60)[S(2)Fe(2)(CO)(6)](n)() where n = 1-6. C(60)[S(2)Fe(2)(CO)(6)](n)() where n = 1-3 have been isolated and characterized. Crystallographic studies of C(60)S(2)Fe(2)(CO)(6) show that the S-S bond of the Fe(2) reagent is cleaved to give a dithiolate with idealized C(2)(v)() symmetry. The addition occurred at a 6,6 fusion, and the metrical details show that the Fe(2) portion of the molecule resembles C(2)H(4)S(2)Fe(2)(CO)(6). IR spectroscopic measurements indicate that the Fe(2)(CO)(6) subunits in the multiple-addition species (n > 1) interact only weakly. UV-vis spectra of the adducts show a shift to shorter wavelength with addition of each S(2)Fe(2)(CO)(6) unit. Photoaddition of the phosphine complex Fe(2)S(2)(CO)(5)(PPh(3)) to C(60) gave C(60)[S(2)Fe(2)(CO)(5)(PPh(3))](n)(), where n = 1-3. (31)P{(1)H} NMR studies show that the double adduct consists of multiple isomers. Photoaddition of Fe(2)S(2)(CO)(6) to C(70) gave a series of adducts C(70)[S(2)Fe(2)(CO)(6)](n)() where n = 1-4. HPLC analyses show one, four, and three isomers for the adducts, respectively.