- Chemoselective Homologation-Deoxygenation Strategy Enabling the Direct Conversion of Carbonyls into (n+1)-Halomethyl-Alkanes
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The sequential installation of a carbenoid and a hydride into a carbonyl, furnishing halomethyl alkyl derivatives, is reported. Despite the employment of carbenoids as nucleophiles in reactions with carbon-centered electrophiles, sp3-type alkyl halides remain elusive materials for selective one-carbon homologations. Our tactic levers on using carbonyls as starting materials and enables uniformly high yields and chemocontrol. The tactic is flexible and is not limited to carbenoids. Also, diverse carbanion-like species can act as nucleophiles, thus making it of general applicability.
- Citarella, Andrea,Holzer, Wolfgang,Ielo, Laura,Langer, Thierry,Miele, Margherita,Pace, Vittorio,Urban, Ernst,Zehl, Martin
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p. 7629 - 7634
(2020/10/12)
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- Flash vacuum pyrolysis over magnesium. Part 1 - Pyrolysis of benzylic, other aryl/alkyl and aliphatic halides
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Flash vacuum pyrolysis over a bed of freshly sublimed magnesium on glass wool results in efficient coupling of benzyl halides to give the corresponding bibenzyls. Where an ortho halogen substituent is present further dehalogenation gives some dihydroanthracene and anthracene. Efficient coupling is also observed for halomethylnaphthalenes and halodiphenylmethanes while chlorotriphenylmethane gives 4,4′-bis(diphenylmethyl)biphenyl. By using α,α′-dihalo-o-xylenes, benzocyclobutenes are obtained in good yield, while the isomeric α,α′-dihalo-p-xylenes give a range of high thermal stability polymers by polymerisation of the initially formed p-xylylenes. Other haloalkylbenzenes undergo largely dehydrohalogenation where this is possible, in some cases resulting in cyclisation. Deoxygenation is also observed with haloalkyl phenyl ketones to give phenylalkynes as well as other products. With simple alkyl halides there is efficient elimination of HCl or HBr to give alkenes. For aliphatic dihalides this also occurs to give dienes but there is also cyclisation to give cycloalkanes and dehalogenation with hydrogen atom transfer to give alkenes in some cases. For 5-bromopent-1-ene the products are those expected from a radical pathway but for 6-bromohex-1-ene they are clearly not. For 2,2-dichloropropane and 1,1-dichloropropane elimination of HCl occurs but for 1,1-dichlorobutane, -pentane and -hexane partial hydrolysis followed by elimination of HCl gives E, E-, E,Z- and Z,Z- isomers of the dialk-1-enyl ethers and fully assigned 13C NMR data are presented for these. With 6-chlorohex-1-yne and 7-chlorohept-1-yne there is cyclisation to give methylenecycloalkanes and -cycloalkynes. The behaviour of 1,2-dibromocyclohexane and 1,2-dichlorocyclooctane under these conditions is also examined. Various pieces of evidence are presented that suggest that these processes do not involve generation of free gas-phase radicals but rather surface-adsorbed organometallic species.
- Aitken, R. Alan,Hodgson, Philip K.G.,Morrison, John J.,Oyewale, Adebayo O.
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p. 402 - 415
(2007/10/03)
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- Mechanistic and synthetic aspects of stereoselective reactions of lithium derivatives of chiral phosphine oxides: X-ray crystal structure of (1R*,2S*,1′S*,2′R*)-1-(1′- diphenylphosphinoyl-2'-phenylpropyl)-2-phenylsulfanylcyclohexan-1-ol
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Lithiation of four different chiral phosphine oxides and reaction with seven different electrophiles has been carried out in order to discover what factors govern the sense and degree of asymmetric induction imparted by the resident chiral centre. Provided the groups at the chiral centre are significantly different in steric size (e.g. Ph and Me) and ketones, esters or Me3SiCl are used as the electrophile, surprisingly high levels of syn-diastereoselectivity are observed. Reactions with benzaldehyde or methyl iodide proved to be rather unselective. The stereochemistry of the reaction of lithiated 1-diphenylphosphinoyl-2-phenylpropane 9 with cyclohexanone was elucidated by conversion into(1R*,2S*,1′S*,2′R*)-1-(1′- diphenylphosphinoyl-2′-phenylpropyl)-2-phenylsulfanylcyclohexan-1-ol syn,syn,anti-39 and subsequent X-ray crystal structure analysis. The stereochemistry of the remainder of the compounds were determined by analogy and by using a reliable 13C NMR spectroscopy 3JPC coupling constant correlation. A detailed (and potentially general) mechanistic interpretation of the results which combines knowledge of the structure and configurational stability of lithiated phosphine oxides is discussed. In particular, it is suggested that a dynamic kinetic diastereoselection of rapidly equilibrating diastereomeric lithiated phosphine oxides explains the observed high levels of stereocontrol; a tentative transition state model is proposed to explain the syn-selectivity. Finally, the use of one of the addition products in the concise and stereoselective synthesis of an alkene with 1,4-disposed chiral centres is described.
- Gueguen, Catherine,O'Brien, Peter,Powell, Harold R.,Raithby, Paul R.,Warren, Stuart
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p. 3405 - 3417
(2007/10/03)
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- Conjugative interaction in styrenes
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Conjugative interactions of the carbon-carbon double bond are fundamental in organic chemistry. In this work, equilibria are established among conjugated and unconjugated isomers of two β-substituted styrenes, 1-phenylbut-1-ene and 1-phenyl-3-methylbut-1-ene, and one α,β-disubstituted styrene, 2-phenyl-5-methylhex-2-ene, over a range of temperatures (the van't Hoff method) in hexamethylphosphoric triamide and potassium tert-butoxide. From the trans styrenes of the first two sets, an enthalpy of conjugative interaction of phenyl vis-a-vis alkyl (ΔΔH(ConjInter/Alk)) = -2.5 ± 0.2 kcal/mol [-5.1 kcal/mol defined as phenyl vis-a-vis hydrogen (ΔΔH(ConjInter/H))] is observed, while the cis styrenes reveal an attenuated ΔΔH(ConjInter/Alk) of -1.1 kcal/mol (ΔΔH(ConjInter/H)) = -2.7 kcal/ mol). The α-methyl group in the third set also leads to a reduced conjugative interaction. Entropy plays an important role in determining positions of equilibrium. Free energies of conjugation are reported for several sterically hindered o-methyl-substituted styrenes.
- Von Doering,Benkhoff, Johannes,Carleton, Peter Smart,Pagnotta, Marco
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p. 10947 - 10955
(2007/10/03)
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- Hydroalumination of alkenes by the LiAlH4*3AlBr3 system
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The hydroalumination of a series of alkenes and some fused aromatic hydrocarbons by the LiAlH4*3AlBr3 system in low-polar solvents was studied.Alkenes with mono-, di-, tri-, and tetraalkyl substituted, mono- and diaryl substituted double bonds and anthracene react at room temperature to give the corresponding dibromoaluminoalkanes in high yields.Benzylidenefluorene, tetraphenylethylene, naphthalene, and phenanthrene do not undergo hydroalumination under these conditions.Camphene, bicyclooct-2-ene, and norbornene afford the corresponding organoaluminum compounds with high stereoselectivity.Oxidation and halo- and acyldemetallation of the resulting alkyl- and arylalanes were carried out.
- Gorobets, E. V.,Shitikova, O. V.,Lomakina, S. I.,Tolstikov, G. A.,Kuchin, A. V.
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p. 1573 - 1578
(2007/10/02)
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- Chiral sulfur-reagents for the preparation of optically active epoxides
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Acyclic chiral sulfides which could be easily synthesized in both enantiomeric forms leading to poor yields and/or to racemic epoxides, Eliel's oxathiane reagent was used and proved to provide chiral trans diarylepoxides in high yield (70-80%) and enantiomeric purities up to 70-100%, with no rearrangement problems. It was also found that phase-transfer conditions were the easiest and the most efficient for these reactions.
- Solladie-Cavallo,Adib
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p. 2453 - 2464
(2007/10/02)
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- Conformational interactions between a phenyl ring and a side-chain halide substituent: a 1H NMR and molecular mechanics study of some 2-aryl-1-halopropanes
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1H NMR data are reported for a series of 2-aryl-1-halopropanes.Vicinal coupling constants in the CH2-CH-fragment show that the rotamer populations about the C-C bond are sensitive to para substituents.The ratio of anti-gauche aryl/halide conformers is greatest when the para substituent is the electron-donating ethyl group and least when it is the strongly electron-withdrawing nitro group.This points to a non-steric conformational interaction involving the ring and the sidechain heteroatom.Comparison of the empirical results with conformational preferences predictedfrom molecular mechanics calculations using the COSMIC force field suggests that the interaction serves to enhance the population of the anti arrangement.
- Cook, Michael J.,Howe, Trevor J.
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p. 957 - 965
(2007/10/02)
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- ORGANOBORANES FOR SYNTHESIS. 10. THE BASE-INDUCED REACTION OF BROMINE WITH ORGANOBORNES. A CONVENIENT PROCEDURE FOR THE CONVERSION OF ALKENES INTO ALKYL BROMIDES VIA HYDROBORATION
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The reaction of trialkylboranes with bromine is greatly accelerated by base.Bromination in the presence of sodium hydroxide provides alkyl bromide along with a large amount of the corresponding alcohol.The use of sodium methoxide as a base eliminates this undesirable side reaction and provides an improved yield of alkyl bromide.Consequently, hydroboration, followed by bromination in the presence of sodium methoxide, provides a convenient new procedure for the conversion of alkenes into alkyl bromides.The organoboranes, obtained via hydroboration of terminal alkenes, react with the utilization of all three alkyl groups attached to boron, providing nearly quantitative yields of alkyl bromides. This procedure also accommodates common organic functional groups, as demonstrated by the preparation of methyl 11-bromoundecanoate and 11-bromoundecyl acetate from the corresponding functionally substituted alkenes.Under these conditions, secondary and bulky primary alkyl groups react more sluggishly.However, a procedure involving simultaneous addition of bromine and methanolic sodium methoxide provides improved results for such derivatives.Surprisingly, the base-induced bromination of tri-exo-nobornylborane results in an inversion of configuration at the reaction center to give predominantly endo-2-bromonorbornane.A mechanism is proposed to account for this remarkable inversion.
- Brown, Herbert C.,Lane, Clinton F.
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p. 2763 - 2772
(2007/10/02)
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- RELATIONSHIP GOVERNING THE ALKYLATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS WITH ALLYL CHLORIDE AND BROMIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF SULFURIC ACID
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The kinetic relationships governing the alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons by allyl chloride and allyl bromide in the presence of sulfuric acid were studied.It was established that the reactivity of the aromatic hydrocarbons varies in relation to the "activity" of the allyl halides in the order allyl chloride > allyl bromide > propylene.
- Magerramov, M. N.
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p. 1485 - 1488
(2007/10/02)
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- Organofluorosilicates in Organic Synthesis. XVI. Synthesis of Organopentafluorosilicates via the Diels-Alder, Ene, and Friedel-Crafts Reaction. Their Transformations to Organic Halides and Alcohols
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Described herein are several representative examples of cleavage reactions of otherwise hardly accessible organopentafluorosilicates which are obtainable via the Diels-Alder reaction, ene reaction, and the Friedel-Crafts reaction of vinyl-, ethynyl-, or allyl-trichlorosilanes.The Diels-Alder reaction between vinyltrichlorosilane and o-xylylene generated in situ by debromination of α,α'-dibromo-o-xylene afforded (1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-naphthyl)-trichlorosilane which was converted to the corresponding silicate.The silicate reacted with NBS and MCPBA to give the respective bromide and alcohol.The Diels-Alder reaction between ethynyltrichlorosilane and methyl coumalate gave a mixture of meta and para isomers of methyl (trichlorosilyl)benzoate in the ratio of 55/45, the silicate of which reacted with NBS to give two positional isomers of methyl bromobenzoate.The electronic effect of the methoxycarbonyl group on the Si-C bond cleavage was small.The silicate derived from 4-octenyltrichlorosilane which was obtained by the ene reaction between vinyltrichlorosilane and 1-hexene afforded, upon treatment with NBS, 4-octenyl bromide in the ratio of E/Z=83/17.The sterically crowded neophylsilicate obtainable via the Friedel-Crafts reaction of 2-methyl-1-propenyltrichlorosilane with benzene underwent the cleavage reaction with NBS in methanol.Neophyl bromide was formed with CuBr2 in a low yield, no product being formed arising from rearrangement of the neophyl radical.
- Tamao, Kohei,Yoshida, Jun-ichi,Akita, Munetaka,Sugihara, Yoshihiro,Iwahara, Takahisa,Kumada, Makoto
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p. 255 - 260
(2007/10/02)
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