Addition-elimination process

Dichlorotetrafluoro-2,5-dihydrothiophene is converted to the perfluoro-p-dithiin, probably by an addition-elimination process [i] (equation 3). 

In a somewhat similar vein, alkylation of the urea derivative 109 with methyl iodide affords the S-methyl ether 110. Condensation of that with taurine (111), leads to the guanidine 112, again by an addition elimination process. The product is the anthelmintic agent netobimin (112) [271. 

Isoquinoline 2-oxide was converted by bromine in acetic anhydride in the presence of sodium acetate into the 4-bromo 2-oxide, presumably via an addition-elimination process (84MI2). Metallic derivatives have been used occasionally to prepare bromoisoquinolines, as in the formaton of 79, a process accompanied by ring-opening [87JCS(PI)1865]. 

There are two general methods within this subcategory, involving one- or two-step mechanisms. Nitrenes and metalonitrenes thus add to alkenes by a direct azir-idination reaction, whereas nonmetallic nitrenoids usually react through an addition-elimination process (Scheme 4.6). 

The synthesis of aziridines through reactions between nitrenes or nitrenoids and alkenes involves the simultaneous (though often asynchronous vide supra) formation of two new C-N bonds. The most obvious other alternative synthetic analysis would be simultaneous formation of one C-N bond and one C-C bond (Scheme 4.26). Thus, reactions between carbenes or carbene equivalents and imines comprise an increasingly useful method for aziridination. In addition to carbenes and carbenoids, ylides have also been used to effect aziridinations of imines in all classes of this reaction type the mechanism frequently involves a stepwise, addition-elimination process, rather than a synchronous bond-forming event. 

In the case of electron-deficient monomers (e.g, acrylics) it is accepted that reaction occurs by initial addition of the sulfate radical anion to the monomer. Reactions of sulfate radical anion with acrylic acid derivatives have been shown to give rise to the sulfate adduct under neutral or basic conditions but under acidic conditions give the radical cation probahly by an addition-elimination process. 

Starnes et al.hl have also suggested that the head adduct may undergo p-scission to eliminate a chlorine atom which in turn adds VC to initiate a new polymer chain. Kinetic data suggest that the chlorine atom does not have discrete existence. This addition-elimination process is proposed to he the principal mechanism for transfer to monomer during VC polymerization and it accounts for the reaction being much more important than in other polymerizations. The reaction gives rise to terminal chloroallyl and 1,2-dichlorocthyl groups as shown in Scheme 4.8. 

An alternative to the above mechanism is that acetoxylation is an addition-elimination process involving N02 and OAc , leading to nitro and acetoxy products77, and it follows that this process would be less likely to occur, for example, with mesitylene and significantly perhaps, experiments seeking acetoxylation in mesitylene have failed78 on the other hand, mesitylene is a very reactive substrate so it could be that an alternative nitrating species is involved here. 

Sulfur-stabilized ylides underwent photodriven reaction with chromium alkoxy-carbenes to produce 2-acyl vinyl ethers as E/Z mixtures with the E isomer predominating (Table 22) [ 121-123]. The reaction is thought to proceed by nucleophilic attack of the ylide carbon at the chromium carbene carbon followed by elimination of (CO)5CrSMe2. The same reaction occurred thermally, but at a reduced rate. Sulfilimines underwent a similar addition/elimination process to produce imidates or their hydrolysis products (Table 23) [ 124,125]. Again the reaction also proceeded thermally but much more slowly. Less basic sulfilimines having acyl or sulfonyl groups on nitrogen failed to react. 

Racemization of some substrates can take place through reversible formation of the substrate via an addition/elimination process. The racemization can be acid or base catalyzed. In this section we vill discuss DKR of cyanohydrins and hemithioacetals. 

They have developed direct asymmetric synthesis of quaternary carbon centers via addition-elimination process. The reactions of chiral nitroenamines with zinc enolates of a-substituted-8-lactones afford a,a-disubstituted-6-lactones with a high ee through addition-elimination process, in which (5)-(+)-2-(methoxy methy l)pyrrolidine (SMP) is used as a chiral leaving group (Eq. 4.96).119 Application of this method to other substrates such as a-substituted ketones, esters, and amides has failed to yield high ee. 

A chiral sulfoxide can be used as a leaving group for the asymmetric induction via addition-elimination process. 6-Lactam enolates are converted into the corresponding nitroalkenes substituted with lactams (Eq. 4.101).127... 

Application of catalysts allows sometimes executing this addition/elimination process even with alkenes without any electron-deficient substituent attached. Such case is illustrated by an example in Scheme 15. In the presence of mercury-(n) acetate and trifluoroacetic acid, 1,2,3-triazoles 146 react with vinyl acetate at 70 °G to give vinyl derivatives 148 in good yields (70-88%) <2002RJ01056>. Adducts 147 are presumed to be intermediates in this process. 

The use of transition metals for the facilitation of substitution reactions on vinylic carbon has proven to be quite successful. For example, vinylic chlorides in the presence of nickel(II) chloride react with trialkyl phosphites to substitute phosphorus for the halide (Figure 6.17j.71-72 While reminiscent of a direct Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction, including final dealkylation by a chloride ion, the reaction actually involves an addition-elimination process. It appears that chloride provides a more facile reaction than bromide, a characteristic noted in several reaction systems. 

Pyrimidinyl halides are not only precursors for Pd-catalyzed reactions, but also important pharmaceuticals in their own right. One of the most frequently employed approaches for halopyrimidine synthesis is direct halogenation. When pyrimidinium hydrochloride and 2-aminopyrimidine were treated with bromine, 5-bromopyrimidine and 2-amino-5-bromopyrimidine were obtained, respectively, via an addition-elimination process instead of an aromatic electrophilic substitution [4, 5], Analogously, 2-chloro-5-bromopyrimidine (1) was generated from direct halogenation of 2-hydroxypyrimidine [6], Treating 1 with HI then gave to 2-iodo-5-bromopyrimidine (2). In the preparation of 5-bromo-4,6-dimethoxypyrimidine (4), N-bromosuccinimide was found to be superior to bromine for the bromination of 4,6-dimethoxypyrimidine (3) [7]. 

The isomerization catalysts are hydride complexes, and they can convert the unconjugated dienes or polyenes to conjugated systems through double-bond migration. This process occurs by an M—H addition-elimination process. 

As in 74/75 no decrease of the content has been found, the intermediacy of (77) is less likely. So, based on this result it is postulated that 74 is obtained by ring closure of 76 and that 75 is formed by the classical addition-elimination process at C-4. 

The Michael addition of nucleophiles to coumarins catalyzed by solid bases provides an interesting approach to the synthesis of 4-substituted 3,4-dihydrocumarins, because with the conventional Michael catalysts the alkaline hydrolysis of the 8-lactone predominates (Scheme 44). Results were obtained when the Michael addition of diethyl malonate to coumarin was catalyzed by the activated Ba(OH)2 292). An unusual 1,2-addition-elimination process at the C = 0 bond was observed. The mechanism of this reaction was explained on the basis of the microcrystalline structure of the catalyst. It was suggested that the rigid coumarin molecule interacts with the Ba ions through the lone-pair electrons of both oxygen atoms of the... 

Along the same line, the reactions of vinyl fluorides with nucleophiles often involve addition-elimination processes. The addition reaction generates a carban-ion, and this latter induces the loss of a fluoride. As the loss of a fluoride ion is irreversible, the equilibrium is displaced toward the formation of the carbanion and, consequently, the reaction is very efficient. These reactions are often concerted ones (Figure 1.11). 

Vinyl fluorides can also be prepared starting from difluorovinyl compounds via the loss of a fluorine atom by an addition-elimination process, as illustrated in Figure 2.9." ... 

Addition-elimination processes of a vinylic fluorine, from gem-difluoroalkenes." ... 

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