Alkenes polar mechanisms

The hydrostannation reaction can proceed either by a free-radical mechanism, or, with polar-substituted alkenes or alkynes, by a polar mechanism, respectively resulting in anti-Markownikoff or Markow-nikoff orientation. Both t3rpes of reaction are particularly suitable for preparing functionally substituted, organotin compounds. 

In addition to the polar mechanism already considered (p. 179), halogen addition to alkenes can proceed via radical intermediates. The former is favoured by polar solvents and by the presence of Lewis acid catalysts, the latter by non-polar solvents (or in the gas phase),... 

The best procedure to get the desired product is to generate the 1-alkene from the borane with 1-decene (Section 11-6C) and then add hydrogen bromide by a polar mechanism (Section 10-4). Incursion of radical-chain addition must... 

Reaction of aryl vinyl ethers, however, invariably gives mixtures of diazetidines and oxadiazines. The ratio is mainly dependent on the nature of the substituent on the phenyl group and, in part, on the nature of the alkyl group of the dialkyl diazenedicarboxylate and the solvent substituents which enhance the nucleophilicity of the alkene and the electrophilicity of the diazene, and polar solvents that favor a polar mechanism, result in concurrent formation of the diazetidine as the predominant product and vice versa15, l< Similarly, diazetidines 7 and oxadiazines 8 are formed in comparable yields in the reactions of vinyl sulfides with dimethyl diazenedicarboxylate, the ratio is principally dependent on the nature of the sulfur substituent (aryl, alkyl)17. 

The results confirm that It is the state of the arene which reacts with ground state alkene but do not allow any conclusion to be made about the intermediacy of an exciplex or any other species along the reaction path. Also in the same laboratory, the products of the meta photo-addition of cyclopentene with alkyl and alkoxy benzenes have been determined and the effect of increasing size of the alkyl or alkoxy group examined. The major product isolated is (80). although (81) and other isomers become more important for alkyl benzenes as the substituent s size is increased. The results are consistent with a polar mechanism involving the formation of (82) where the substituent stabilises the positive charge and steric interactions are avoided by the endo orientation of the cyclopentane. Also consistent with a polar intermediate are the meta adducts... 

We ve already seen several methods for preparing alkyl halides, including the reactions of HX and X2 with alkenes in electrophilic addition reactions (Sections 6.8 and 7.2). The hydrogen halides HCl, HBr, and HI react with alkenes by a polar mechanism to give the product of Markovnikov addition. Bromine and chlorine yield trans 3,2 dihalogenated addition products. 

The reactions of HTIB with alkenes (Scheme 3.73) can be rationalized by a polar addition-substitution mechanism similar to the one shown in Scheme 3.70. The first step in this mechanism involves electrophilic flnfi-addition of the reagent to the double bond and the second step is nucleophilic substitution of the iodonium fragment by tosylate anion with inversion of configuration. Such a polar mechanism also explains the skeletal rearrangements in the reactions of HTIB with polycyclic alkenes [227], the participation of external nucleophiles [228] and the intramolecular participation of a nucleophilic functional group with the formation of lactones and other cyclic products [229-231]. An analogous reactivity pattern is also typical of [hydroxy(methanesulfonyloxy)iodo]benzene [232] and other [hydroxy(organosulfonyloxy)iodo]arenes. 

The addition of fhe bromine afom to the alkene could occur at either C of the double bond, but it is dominated by addition that gives the more stable radical. In the mechanism just described, the two choices are the formation of a primary or tertiary radical. Because a tertiary carbon radical is more stable than a primary radical, the regiochemistry ends up as non-Markovnikov. Recall that the polar addition of HBr to an alkene is regioselective (Section 6.3A), with bromine adding to the more substituted carbon (Markovnikov addition). There is an important similarity between the polar mechanism (Section 6.3A) and the radical mechanism. The regiochemistry of each reaction is dominated by the reactions that proceed through the most stable reactive intermediates, which are in both cases tertiary, as shown below. This pair of alkene additions illustrates how the products of a reaction often can be altered by... 

The mechanism of the reaction is unknown. The stereospecificity observed with (E)- and (Z)-l-methyl-2-phenylethylene points to a one-step reaction. The very low Hammett constant, -0.43, determined with phenylethylenes substituted in the benzene ring, excludes polar intermediates. Yields of only a few percent are obtained in the reaction of aliphatic alkenes with (52). In the reaction of cyclohexene with (52), further amination of the aziridine to aminoaziridine (99) is observed. Instead of diphenylazirine, diphenylacetonitrile (100) is formed from diphenylacetylene by NH uptake from (52) and phenyl migration. 

The initial discussion in this chapter will focus on addition reactions. The discussion is restricted to reactions that involve polar or ionic mechanisms. There are other important classes of addition reactions which are discussed elsewhere these include concerted addition reactions proceeding through nonpolar transition states (Chapter 11), radical additions (Chapter 12), photochemical additions (Chapter 13), and nucleophilic addition to electrophilic alkenes (Part B, Chi iter 1, Section 1.10). 

There have also been relatively few mechanistic studies of the addition of iodine. One significant feature of iodination is that it is easily reversible, even in the presence of excess alkene. The addition is stereospecifically anti, but it is not entirely clear whether a polar or a radical mechanism is involved. ... 

In the El cb mechanism, the direction of elimination is governed by the kinetic acidity of the individual p protons, which, in turn, is determined by the polar and resonance effects of nearby substituents and by the degree of steric hindrance to approach of base to the proton. Alkyl substituents will tend to retard proton abstraction both electronically and sterically. Preferential proton abstraction from less substituted positions leads to the formation of the less substituted alkene. This regiochemistry is opposite to that of the El reaction. 

Before beginning a detailed discussion of alkene reactions, let s review briefly some conclusions from the previous chapter. We said in Section 5.5 that alkenes behave as nucleophiles (Lewis bases) in polar reactions. The carbon-carbon double bond is electron-rich and can donate a pair of electrons to an electrophile (Lewis acid), for example, reaction of 2-methylpropene with HBr yields 2-bromo-2-methylpropane. A careful study of this and similar reactions by Christopher Ingold and others in the 1930s led to the generally accepted mechanism shown in Figure 6.7 for electrophilic addition reactions. 

Although the actual reaction mechanism of hydrosilation is not very clear, it is very well established that the important variables include the catalyst type and concentration, structure of the olefinic compound, reaction temperature and the solvent. used 1,4, J). Chloroplatinic acid (H2PtCl6 6 H20) is the most frequently used catalyst, usually in the form of a solution in isopropyl alcohol mixed with a polar solvent, such as diglyme or tetrahydrofuran S2). Other catalysts include rhodium, palladium, ruthenium, nickel and cobalt complexes as well as various organic peroxides, UV and y radiation. The efficiency of the catalyst used usually depends on many factors, including ligands on the platinum, the type and nature of the silane (or siloxane) and the olefinic compound used. For example in the chloroplatinic acid catalyzed hydrosilation of olefinic compounds, the reactivity is often observed to be proportional to the electron density on the alkene. Steric hindrance usually decreases the rate of... 

It has been suggested that the kinetic preference for formation of (3,y-unsaturated ketones results from an intramolecular deprotonation, as shown in the mechanism above.51 The carbonyl-ene and alkene acylation reactions have several similarities. Both reactions occur most effectively in intramolecular circumstances and provide a useful method for ring closure. Although both reactions appear to occur through highly polarized TSs, there is a strong tendency toward specificity in the proton abstraction step. This specificity and other similarities in the reaction are consistent with a cyclic formulation of the mechanism. 

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