Abstract
A series of fluoroalkyl-substituted enyne-allenes have been synthesized by a new route with the aim of elucidating the possibility of a fluoro-ene reaction via an intermediate fulvenyl diradical generated in the thermal C2–C6 (Schmittel) cyclization reaction. As a result of the strong C–F bond, fluorine atom transfer was not observed. Instead, 1H-cyclobuta[a]indenes were formed in good yields despite the high strain energy. DFT calculations at the B3LYP level of theory indicated that although the fluoro-ene reaction is the most exothermic reaction available, cyclobutene formation is kinetically favored over the [1,5]-fluorine shift by 5–15 kcal mol–1 in various model compounds.
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