Alkynes bromide

The only common synthons for alkynes are acetylide anions, which react as good nucleophiles with alkyl bromides (D.E. Ames, 1968) or carbonyl compounds (p. 52, 62f.). 

The stereospedfic and regioselective hydrobromination of alkynes with chlorobis(T -cyclopentadienyl)hydrozirconium and NBS produces ( )-vinylic bromides in good yields. The bromine atom usually adds regioselectively to the carbon atom that bears the smaller substituent and stereoselectively trans to the larger substituent (D.W. Hart, 1975 M. Nakatsuka,... 

Out first example is 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-octanone. 3-Octanone can be purchased, but it would be difficult to differentiate the two activated methylene groups in alkylation and oxidation reactions. Usual syntheses of acyloins are based upon addition of terminal alkynes to ketones (disconnection 1 see p. 52). For syntheses of unsymmetrical 1,2-difunctional compounds it is often advisable to look also for reactive starting materials, which do already contain the right substitution pattern. In the present case it turns out that 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone is an inexpensive commercial product. This molecule dictates disconnection 3. Another practical synthesis starts with acetone cyanohydrin and pentylmagnesium bromide (disconnection 2). Many 1,2-difunctional compounds are accessible via oxidation of C—C multiple bonds. In this case the target molecule may be obtained by simple permanganate oxidation of 2-methyl-2-octene, which may be synthesized by Wittig reaction (disconnection 1). 

Another feature of the Pd—C bonds is the excellent functional group tolerance. They are inert to many functional groups, except alkenes and alkynes and iodides and bromides attached to sp carbons, and not sensitive to H2O, ROH, and even RCO H. In this sense, they are very different from Grignard reagents, which react with carbonyl groups and are easily protonated. 

Numerous applications have been reported. A derivative of the (alkyn-1-yl)nucleosides 295. which have anticancer and antiviral activities, has been synthesized by this reaction. They are also used as chain-terminating nucleosides for DN.A. sequencing[l98,199]. In this reaction, use of DMF as the solvent is most important for successful operation[200]. Only the alkenyl bromide moiety in 2-bromo-3-aceto.xycycloheptene (296) reacts with alkynes without attacking the allylic acetate moiety[201]. 

The novel intramolecular reaction of the alkenyl bromide with the terminal alkyne in 328, followed by intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction, afforded the highly strained dynemicin A structure 329 in one stepf237]. 

Chlorobenzenes activated by coordination of Cr(CO)3 react with terminal alkynes[253). The 1-bromo-1,2-alkadiene 346 reacts with a terminal alkyne to afford the alka-l,2-dien-4-yne 347[254], Enol tritlates are used for the coupling with terminal alkynes. Formation of 348 in the syntheses of ginkgolide[255] and of vitamin D are examples[256] Aryl and alkenyl fluorides are inert. Only bromide or iodide is attacked when the fluoroiodoalkene 349 or fluoroiodoar-ene is subjected to the Pd-catalyzed coupling with alkynes[257-259]. 

Interesting formation of the fulvene 422 takes place by the reaction of the alkenyl bromide 421 with a disubstituted alkyne[288]. The indenone 425 is prepared by the reaction of o-iodobenzaldehyde (423) with internal alkyne. The intermediate 424 is formed by oxidative addition of the C—H bond of the aldehyde and its reductive elimination affords the enone 425(289,290]. 

The coupling of alkenylboranes with alkenyl halides is particularly useful for the stereoselective synthesis of conjugated dienes of the four possible double bond isomers[499]. The E and Z forms of vinylboron compounds can be prepared by hydroboration of alkynes and haloalkynes, and their reaction with ( ) or (Z)-vinyl iodides or bromides proceeds without isomerization, and the conjugated dienes of four possible isomeric forms can be prepared in high purity. 

The reaction of l,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)-l,3-butadiyne (174) with disilanes, followed by treatment with methylmagnesium bromide, produces i,l,4,4-tetra(-trimethylsilyl)-l,2,3-butatriene (175) as a major product[96]. The reaction of octaethyltetrasilylane (176) with DMAD proceeds by ring insertion to give the six-membered ring compounds 177 and 178[97], The l-sila-4-stannacyclohexa-2,5-diene 181 was obtained by a two-step reaction of two alkynes with the disilanylstannane 179 via the l-sila-2-stannacyclobutane 180[98],... 

Hydrogen bromide (but not hydrogen chloride or hydrogen iodide) adds to alkynes by a free radical mechanism when peroxides are present m the reaction mixture As m the free radical addition of hydrogen bromide to alkenes (Section 6 8) a regioselectiv ity opposite to Markovmkov s rule is observed... 

Assume that you need to prepare 4 methyl 2 pentyne and discover that the only alkynes on hand are acetylene and propyne You also have available methyl iodide isopropyl bromide and 1 1 dichloro 3 methylbutane Which of these compounds would you choose in order to perform your synthesis and how would you carry it out" ... 

The classification of hydrocarbons as aliphatic or aromatic took place m the 1860s when It was already apparent that there was something special about benzene toluene and their derivatives Their molecular formulas (benzene is CgHg toluene is C7Hj ) indicate that like alkenes and alkynes they are unsaturated and should undergo addition reac tions Under conditions m which bromine for example reacts rapidly with alkenes and alkynes however benzene proved to be inert Benzene does react with Bi2 m the pres ence of iron(III) bromide as a catalyst but even then addition isn t observed Substitu tion occurs instead ... 

Both ( )- and (Z)-l-halo-l-alkenes can be prepared by hydroboration of 1-alkynes or 1-halo-l-alkynes followed by halogenation of the intermediate boronic esters (244,245). Differences in the addition—elimination mechanisms operating in these reactions lead to the opposite configurations of iodides as compared to bromides and chlorides. 

An alternative synthesis of (Z)-l-halo-l-alkenes involves hydroboration of 1-halo-l-alkynes, followed by protonolysis (246,247). Disubstituted ( )-and (Z)-a1keny1 bromides can be prepared from ( )- and (Z)-a1keny1 boronic esters, respectively, by treatment with bromine followed by base (248). 

Fluoride ion attacks the sulfur atom in 2,3-diphenylthiirene 1,1-dioxide to give ck-1,2-diphenylethylenesulfonyl fluoride (23%) and diphenylacetylene (35%). Bromide or iodide ion does not react (80JOC2604). Treatment of S-alkylthiirenium salts with chloride ion gives products of carbon attack, but the possibility of sulfur attack followed by addition of the sulfenyl chloride so produced to the alkyne has not been excluded (79MI50600). In fact the methanesulfenyl chloride formed from l-methyl-2,3-di- -butylthiirenium tetrafluoroborate has been trapped by reaction with 2-butyne. A sulfurane intermediate may be indicated by NMR experiments in liquid sulfur dioxide. 

The stereochemistry of addition is usually anti for alkyl-substituted alkynes, whereas die addition to aryl-substituted compounds is not stereospecific. This suggests a termo-iecular mechanism in the alkyl case, as opposed to an aryl-stabilized vinyl cation mtermediate in the aryl case. Aryl-substituted alkynes can be shifted toward anti addition by including bromide salts in the reaction medium. Under these conditions, a species preceding the vinyl cation must be intercepted by bromide ion. This species can be presented as a complex of molecular bromine with the alkyne. An overall mechanistic summary is shown in the following scheme. 

With higher homologs e.g., propynyl, butynyl), 3j5-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one does not react well with the alkyne and potassium r-butoxide, or with the lithium alkyne in tetrahydrofuran. However, satisfactory results are obtained by use of the alkynylmagnesium bromide in tetrahydrofuran, ... 

The regio- and stereoselectivities of cycloadditions of trifluoroacetonitrile oxide, which is generated m situ by treatment of the tnfluoroacetohydroxamyl bromide etherate with tnethylamine in toluene (equation 31), have been determined in a senes of studies by Tanaka [55, 36, 37, 5 ]. The highly reactive nitnle oxide reacts regioselectively with a variety of activated terminal alkenes and alkynes (equations 32 and 33)... 

One way to generate carbanions is to combine an acidic molecule with one equivalent of a very strong base, such as n-butyl lithium (n-BuLi). For example, reaction of the alkyne shown below with n-BuLi leads to a carbanion of formula CsH, 02 , which then undergoes an Sn2 reaction with n-propyl bromide (n-PrBr),... 

The original Sonogashira reaction uses copper(l) iodide as a co-catalyst, which converts the alkyne in situ into a copper acetylide. In a subsequent transmeta-lation reaction, the copper is replaced by the palladium complex. The reaction mechanism, with respect to the catalytic cycle, largely corresponds to the Heck reaction.Besides the usual aryl and vinyl halides, i.e. bromides and iodides, trifluoromethanesulfonates (triflates) may be employed. The Sonogashira reaction is well-suited for the synthesis of unsymmetrical bis-2xy ethynes, e.g. 23, which can be prepared as outlined in the following scheme, in a one-pot reaction by applying the so-called sila-Sonogashira reaction ... 

Treatment of 10-bromodibenz[fe,/]oxepin with potassium rm-butoxide at 100 C in dioxane results in elimination of hydrogen bromide to give 10,11-didehydrodibenz[6,/ oxepin. This highly strained alkyne intermediate can be trapped with dienophiles, for example, with 2,5-dimethylfuran to give 4.160... 

Terminal alkynes can be converted readily into alkynylsilanes by reaction of the corresponding alkyne anion or its metalloid equivalent with a suitable chlorosilane (/). The reverse reaction, that of liberation of the alkyne, is quite facile, being effected by several reagent combinations, including hydroxide ion, methanolysis, fluoride anion, silver(i) followed by cyanide anion, and methyl lithium-lithium bromide (2). 

Sulfonyl bromides and iodides react similarly217-218-225 copper-salt catalysis in these cases facilitates the additions but is not absolutely necessary however, it influences the stereochemistry of the additions. Addition of sulfonyl iodides226 as well as the uncatalyzed thermal addition of sulfonyl bromides227 to alkynes leads to an exclusive trans-addition, whereas CuBr2 catalysis in the latter case causes the formation of cis-addition products to some extent (11 16%) correspondingly, copper-salt catalysis in sulfonyl chloride additions to alkynes leads to the formation of a mixture of Z,E-isomers228-229 (equation 40). 

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