Alkylation using supported fluorides

DMF. The silyl acid support (SAC) 51 [217] has been used for peptide synthesis with cleavage being effected with either TEA or fluoride ion. It was shown that when using support 51 diketopiperazine formation and tryptophan alkylation are suppressed compared with construction of the same sequence of PAC resin. 

Silyl enol ethers are other ketone or aldehyde enolate equivalents and react with allyl carbonate to give allyl ketones or aldehydes 13,300. The transme-tallation of the 7r-allylpalladium methoxide, formed from allyl alkyl carbonate, with the silyl enol ether 464 forms the palladium enolate 465, which undergoes reductive elimination to afford the allyl ketone or aldehyde 466. For this reaction, neither fluoride anion nor a Lewis acid is necessary for the activation of silyl enol ethers. The reaction also proceed.s with metallic Pd supported on silica by a special method[301j. The ketene silyl acetal 467 derived from esters or lactones also reacts with allyl carbonates, affording allylated esters or lactones by using dppe as a ligand[302]... 

The base-catalysed addition of thiols to Jt-electron-deficient alkenes is an important aspect of synthetic organic chemistry. Particular use of Triton-B, in place of inorganic bases, has been made in the reaction of both aryl and alkyl thiols with 1-acyloxy-l-cyanoethene, which behaves as a formyl anion equivalent in the reaction [1], Tetra-n-butylammonium and benzyltriethylammonium fluoride also catalyse the Michael-type addition of thiols to a,P-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [2], The reaction is usually conducted under homogeneous conditions in telrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, acetone, or acetonitrile, to produce the thioethers in almost quantitative yields (Table 4.22). Use has also been made of polymer-supported qua-... 

The related manufacture of cumene (isopropylbenzene) through the alkylation of benzene with propylene is a further industrially important process, since cumene is used in the synthesis of phenol and acetone. Alkylation with propylene occurs more readily (at lower temperature) with catalysts (but also with hydrogen fluoride and acidic resins) similar to those used with ethylene, as well as with weaker acids, such as supported phosphoric acid (see further discussion in Section 5.5.3). 

Nitroalkanes282 288 as well as alkyl sulfones283 288 can serve as useful and general alkyli-dene transfer reagents for highly activated Michael acceptors such as alkylidenemalonic esters (equation 131), Alumina-supported potassium fluoride is an effective reagent for the reaction of nitroalkanes282. The alkylidene transfer from sulfones may be promoted by Ni(acac)2289. 

Much early work [21] involved the use of silver(I) fluoride, conveniently prepared from the oxide or carbonate with 40% hydrogen fluoride, for the exchange of single halogen atoms in alkyl halides [22] and other systems [23]. The use of calcium fluoride as a solid, inert support may increase the reactivity of silver fluoride [24] (Figure 3.1). 

Alkylation of j8-diketones using polymers as supports for the intermediate enolate anion has also been reported (Gelbard and Colonna, 1977). Reaction of several cyclohexyl j3-diketones with Amberlite IRA-9(K) formed a resin-linked j8-diketonate that could be readily alkylated. Similarly, it was shown that alkylation of phenoxide anions can be readily effected when the anions are supported via an ionic bond with the resin (Gelbard and Colonna, 1977). Alkylations of /3-diketones were also shown to occur if a fluoride-substituted, strongly basic resin (Amberlyst A26, A27, or Dowex MSA-1) is used (Miller et at., 1978). In this case, the presence of the fluoride ion was necessary before reaction would proceed. Considering the report on the use of Amberlite IRA-900— a very similar resin— the necessity for a fluoride ion is puzzling. In the same publication, the 0-alkylation of phenols, the sulfenylation of /3-diketones, and the Michael addition of a thiol to an ot,/8-unsaturated ketone were also investigated. 

Carbonate-based electrolytes are used in lithium-ion batteries. The main components of the SEI are Li2C03, lithium oxides, and lithium alkyl carbonate (R0C02Li). When a fluoride is used as supporting salt for the electrolyte, the SEI film usually contains LiF. If LiC104 is used, the SEI film will contain Cl. Their detailed SEI contents are related to the electrolyte composition. 

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