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Unprecedented Demonstration of Regioselective SEAr Reaction giving Unsymmetrical Regioregular Oligothiophenes
Moussallem, Chady,Olivier, Simon,Grolleau, Jérémie,Allain, Magali,Mallet, Charlotte,Savitha, Gurunathan,Gohier, Frédéric,Frère, Pierre
, p. 6510 - 6514 (2016)
Aromatization of 4-cyano-3-oxotetrahydrothiophene by sulfuryl chloride gives the new building block 4-cyano-3-pyrrolidylthiophene, which forms unsymmetrical regioregular oligothiophenes with a strict alternation of the donor and acceptor groups along the conjugated system. The self-coupling reactions that form the oligomers are shown to proceed by a regioselective electrophilic aromatic substitution mechanism involving a stabilized Wheland intermediate. First alternate: Regioregular oligothiophenes based on the 3-pyrrolidyl-4-cyanothiophene building block, with a strict alternation of the donor and acceptor groups along the conjugated backbone, have been prepared in one step. The mechanism of formation of the oligomers corresponds to a regioselective self-electrophilic aromatic substitution (self-SEAr) involving a stabilized Wheland intermediate.
A New Simple Synthesis of α-Substituted Acrylonitriles
Baraldi, P. G.,Pollini, G. P.,Zanirato, V.,Barco, A.,Benetti, S.
, p. 969 - 970 (2007/10/02)
An efficient preparation of α-substituted acrylonitriles 6 based on the utilization of 4-cyano-3-ketothiolane enolate anion (3) as a synthetic equivalent to α-acrylonitrile anion (1) is described.