Benzo thiophenes, alkyl

Hatanaka, S. Yamada, M., and Sadakane, O., HDS of Catalytic Cracked Gasoline. 1. Inhibiting Effects of Olefins on HDS of Alkyl(Benzo)Thiophenes Contained in Catalytic Cracked Gasoline. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 1997. 36 p. 1519. 

Benzo[h]thiophene itself reacts slowly under ionic hydrogenation conditions to give 2,3-dihydrobenzo[h]thiophene, whereas 2-alkyl or 3-alkyl benzo[( ]thiophenes are readily reduced. As shown in Table 3, the ionic hydrogenation of... 

Silica gel is an effective catalyst for the t-butylation of thiophene and benzo[/ ]thiophene using t-butyl bromide. 2,5-Di-r-butylthiophene and 3-f-butylbenzo[b]thiophene can be prepared easily by this procedure (84JOC4161). Alkylation of thiophene with f-butyl chloride, isopropyl chloride or ethyl chloride at - 70°C in the presence of A1C13 produced a-complexes under kinetic control. On thermal equilibration, migration of alkyl from position 3 to position 2, as well as disproportionation to dialkyl-and trialkyl thiophenes can occur (86T759). 

This synthesis of benzo[6]thiophenes is probably the most widely exploited single method for such syntheses since its introduction about 1950 by a variety of workers. It is applicable to a great number of highly substituted benzo[6]thiophenes, and intermediates are generally readily available. In 1949 Werner (49RTC509) reported the synthesis of several 3-alkyl- and 2,3-dialkyl-benzo[( ]thiophenes by cyclodehydration of arylthioacetones (99) with phosphorus pentoxide or anhydrous zinc chloride. Arylthioacetaldehydes (99 R = H, R1=H, R2 = Me, Et or Ph) have been cyclized in 65-80% yields with phosphorus pentoxide. In 1950 Tilak (50PIA(A)(32)390) introduced the polyphosphoric acid-promoted cyclization of... 

The use of modern physical methods (NMR, UV, and IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and gas-liquid (GLC) and thin-layer (TLC) chromatography is becoming increasingly noticeable. By 19522 few systematic studies of the preparation of derivatives of benzo [6]thiophene had been undertaken, no attempt had been made to alkylate benzo[6]thiophene by means of the Friedel-Crafts reaction, and Friedel-Crafts acylation had been little studied. Halogenation of benzo[6]thiophene had only been superficially investigated and... 

Attempts to correlate the position of the substituent with the UV spectrum have been largely unsuccessful, but some general comments may be made. The spectra of most monosubstituted derivatives resemble that of benzo [6]thiophene and the three distinct zones usually remain. Methyl or halo substituents cause an overall bathochromic shift relative to benzo [6]thiophene—zone B is most affected by 3-, 5-, or 6-substituents zone C by 5-substituents.134,159,162 3-Alkyl-benzo[6]thiophenes are characterized by zone-B bands of lower intensity than those of benzo [6]thiophene and its other alkyl derivatives.134 The UV spectra of 2-methylbenzo[6]thiophene and its selenium analog have been compared.182... 

Long progressions of alkyl benzo- and dibenzothiophenes have been detected in the aromatic fraction of Athabasca oil sand bitumen, along with some higher aromatic thiophenes. 

Figure 20. SIR-CJC/MS fragmentograms for the n-alkyl benzo[b]thiophenes (mJz = 147 Daltons, upper panel) and the monomethyl benzo[b]thiophenes (mlz = 161 Daltons, lower panel). The numbers above the peaks indicate the number of carbon atoms in the n-alkyl side chain. Each fragmentogram is normalized to the most abundant peak. (Reproduced with permission from Ref. 26. Copyright 1988, Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority.)...

Several benzologs of furan and thiophene are conveniently formed by procedures of ring closure over dehydrogenation catalysts. o-Ethylphenol is cyclized at 620° over a palladium catalyst to benzofuran (11%). Chromium oxide on alumina at 450° converts o-ethylthiophenol to benzo-thiophene (42%). Alkyl groups in the alpha and beta positions are obtained by suitable variation of structure in the alkyl side chain. For the... 

Pharmacologically Active Compounds. - 2-Aryl-3-alkoxybenzo[Z)]thiophens have been shown to possess hypolipidemic activity. Alkyl and poly-halophenyl esters of benzo[ ] thiophen-3-carbamic acid show antibacterial and antifungal activities. Benzo[Z ]thiophen-3-sulphonamides show herbicidal activity. Derivatives of 2-cyano-3-hydroxybenzo[Z>] thiophen show sympatholytic activity. ... 

Both benzo[ >]thiophenes and benzo[ >]furans can be obtained from the thiophenol or phenol respectively, by S-/0-alkylation with bromoacetaldehyde acetal and then acid-catalysed ring closure involving intramolecular electrophilic attack on the ring. 

The alkylation of thiophene and benzo[6]thiophene to form 1-alkylthiophenium and 1-alkyl-benzo[i]thiophenium salts was discussed in CHEC-1 <84CHEC-l(4)765>. l-Methylbenzo[6]-thiophenium fluoborate has been obtained also by methyl transfer from 0-methyldibenzofuranium... 

Reaction at Sulphur.— The kinetics of the oxidation of benzo[/>]thiophen and its 3-substituted derivatives by perbenzoic acid in dichloromethane at 30 °C have been studied. The rate constants obtained for the first step, the oxidation to the sulphoxide, have been correlated with values, whereas the rate constants for the second step, of oxidation to the sulphone, have been correlated with values. A number of benzo[ft]thiophen and dibenzothiophen derivatives and their sulphoxides have been S- and O-alkylated, respectively, with silver perchlorate and alkyl halides. 5-Methoxydibenzothiophenium perchlorate reacted with amines to give 5-aminosulphonium salts, and with certain carbanions to give zwitterionic compounds such as (394). 

Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-acetyl-3-hydroxy-synthesis, 4, 892 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-acyl-synthesis, 4, 918 Benzo[6]thiophene, 3-acyl-synthesis, 4, 918- 19 Benzo[6]thiophene, acylamino-synthesis, 4, 815 Benzo[6]thiophene, alkenyl-synthesis, 4, 917 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-alkoxy-synthesis, 4, 929 Benzo[6]thiophene, 3-alkoxy-synthesis, 4, 929 Benzo[6]thiophene, 4-alkoxy-synthesis, 4, 930 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-alkyl-synthesis, 4, 877-878 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-alkylthio-synthesis, 4, 931 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-amino-diazotization, 4, 810 reactivity, 4, 797 stability, 4, 810 synthesis, 4, 869, 924-925 tautomerism, 4, 38 Benzo[6]thiophene, 3-amino-cycloaddition reactions, 4, 68 synthesis, 4, 109, 881, 925 Benzo[6]thiophene, 4-amino-synthesis, 4, 925 Benzo[6]thiophene, 5-amino-synthesis, 4, 925 Benzo[6]thiophene, 7-amino-synthesis, 4, 925 Benzo[6]thiophene, 3-t-amyl-synthesis, 4, 915 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-aryl-synthesis, 4, 881... 

Benzo[b]thiophene, 3-mercapto-2-methyl-synthesis, 4, 931 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-methoxy-lithiation, 4, 773 synthesis, 4, 929 Benzo[6]thiophene, 3-methoxy-alkylation, 4, 765 synthesis, 4, 929 Benzo[6]thiophene, 4-methoxy-anodic oxidation, 4, 798 Benzo[6]thiophene, 5-methoxy-synthesis, 4, 929 Benzo[6]thiophene, 6-methoxy-synthesis, 4, 929 Benzo[6]thiophene, 7-methoxy-synthesis, 4, 929-930... 

The two principal categories of compounds studied have been diaryl or aryl alkyl sulphones (not dialkyl sulphones, which are polarographically not reducible) and S-dioxides of certain heterocyclic compounds, such as thiophene (also benzo- and dibenzothiophenes) and phenothiazines. The first named have half-wave potentials in the region of — 2.0 V, the thiophene dioxides near — 1.0 V. Some examples of each category may be given. 

The synthetic utility of o-quinodimethane generated by cheletropic elimination of S02 has been amply demonstrated by Oppolzer and Nicolaou, who have conducted an intramolecular cycloaddition coupled with the alkylation of 1,3-dihydrobenzo[c]thiophene 2,2-dioxide122. When 1,3-dihydro-l-(4-pentenyl)benzo[c]thiophene 2,2-dioxide (201) prepared from 1,3-dihydrobenzo[c]thiophene 2,2-dioxide and 4-pentenyl bromide is heated in di-n-butyl... 

Similarly, benzo[6]thiophene also yields mixtures of 2- and 3-alkyl derivatives on alkylation with alkenes or alkanols in the presence of acids <70AHC(11)177). Thus with isopropyl chloride, isopropanol or propene, mixtures of 2- and 3-isopropyl derivatives are formed. Alkylation by 2-methylpropene in the presence of PPA gives 2-7-butyl- (22%) and 3-7-butyl-(71%) benzo[6]thiophenes with 7-butanol and cone. H2S04, the yields are 2-7-butyl (6%) and 3-7-butyl (89%) (72JCS(Pl)414). 

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