Allyl system bonding

Draw bond order and free valency index diagrams for the butadienyl system. Write a counter into program MOBAS to detemiine how many iterations are executed in solving for the allyl system. The number is not the same for all computers or operating systems. Change the convergence criterion (statement 300) to several different values and determine the number of iterations for each. 

Reactions of allylic systems that yield products m which double bond migration has occurred are said to have proceeded with allylic rearrangement, or by way of an allylic shift... 

The carbocations formed as intermediates when allylic halides undergo Stvfl reactions have their positive charge shared by the two end carbons of the allylic system and may be attacked by nucleophiles at either site Products may be formed with the same pattern of bonds as the starting allylic halide or with allylic rearrangement... 

Substituted allylic halides give mixtures of products resulting from bond formation at both C-1 and C-3 of the allylic system, with the product ratio favoring the product formed by reaction at the less substituted site. The portion of the product formed by reaction at C-1 in allylic systems may result from direct substitution, but it has also been suggested that a... 

Both conjugated and isolated dienes are usually accessible by extension of the methods suitable for mono-olefins. Allylic functions for ehmination may be produced by double bond introduction a to a functional group or by allylic substitution of an olefin. Both reduction of allylic systems to mono-olefins and elimination to give dienes, may involve rearrangement. 

The reduction of allylic systems is frequently used to generate isolated double bonds. Suitable systems are obtained from oe,jS-unsaturated ketones via allylic alcohols (ref. 185, p. 256 ref. 283, 284) for example, the preparation of A" -cholestene (135). 

CC bond distances in localized allylic systems have been held at 1. 5A and 1.3A (typical of CC single and double bond lengths, respectively), and at 1.4A for delocalized systems. 

Homoallylic systems may isomerize under hydrogenation conditions to allylic systems, causing hydrogenolysis to occur when it would not have been expected (39b,45a-45c). In these cases, if hydrogenolysis is unwanted, it is best to avoid those catalysts and conditions that favor isomerization. Double-bond migration to an allylic position may occur even if the double bond is required to leave a tetrasubstituted position (26a). 

Unsaturation at the p Carbon. The SnI rates are increased when there is a double bond in the P position, so that allylic and benzylic substrates react rapidly (Table 10.5). The reason is that allylic (p. 221) and benzylic (p. 222) cations are stabilized by resonance. As shown in Table 10.5, a second and a third phenyl group increase the rate still more, because these carbocations are more stable yet. It should be remembered that allylic rearrangements are possible with allylic systems. 

If you see a double bond near the LG and you are not sure if it is a benzylic or allylic system, just draw the carbocation you would get and see if there are any resonance structures. 

Trifluoromethanesulfonates of alkyl and allylic alcohols can be prepared by reaction with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride in halogenated solvents in the presence of pyridine.3 Since the preparation of sulfonate esters does not disturb the C—O bond, problems of rearrangement or racemization do not arise in the ester formation step. However, sensitive sulfonate esters, such as allylic systems, may be subject to reversible ionization reactions, so appropriate precautions must be taken to ensure structural and stereochemical integrity. Tertiary alkyl sulfonates are neither as easily prepared nor as stable as those from primary and secondary alcohols. Under the standard preparative conditions, tertiary alcohols are likely to be converted to the corresponding alkene. 

For unsymmetrical allylic systems both the regiochemistry and stereochemistry of the substitution are critical issues. The palladium normally bonds anti to the acetate leaving group. The same products are obtained from 2-acetoxy-4-phenyl-3-butene and 1 -acetoxy-l-phenyl-2-butene, indicating a common intermediate. The same product mixture is also obtained from the Z-reactants, indicating rapid ,Z-equilibration in the allylpalladium intermediate.118... 

An alternative mechanism for double bond migration has recently been proposed by Smith (Fig. 2.12).113 It is based in part on theoretical calculations,114 in part on the recent surface science work suggesting that hydrogen occupies threefold hollows,115 and in part on the experimental observation that during hydrogenation an allylic deuterium moves 1-3 across the bottom of an adsorbed allylic system without being exchanged.116... 

In contrast to the allyl system, where the reduction of an isolated double bond is investigated, the reduction of extensively delocalized aromatic systems has been in the focus of interest for some time. Reduction of the systems with alkali metals in aprotic solvents under addition of effective cation-solvation agents affords initially radical anions that have found extensive use as reducing agents in synthetic chemistry. Further reduction is possible under formation of dianions, etc. Like many of the compounds mentioned in this article, the anions are extremely reactive, and their intensive studies were made possible by the advancement of low temperature X-ray crystallographic methods (including crystal mounting techniques) and advanced synthetic capabilities. 

According to this mechanism, the first formed ion pair is 19a. Owing to dispersal of charge in the allylic system, the bond between halogen and C(2) is weakened so that an open carbenium ion (19c) readily forms, allowing for the possibility of front-side attack by the anion with the resulting formation of syn 1,2-adducts. This intermediate explains the formation of the cis-],2-adducts by chlorine addition to cyclic systems. However, syn 1,2-dichlorides can also result from linear dienes by rotation around the C(l)—C(2) bond in 19c to produce 19d, followed by back-side attack by the anion with respect to its position in 19d. Syn 1,4-adducts should instead arise by attack of the anion on C(4) in either 19a, 19c or 19d. Formation of anti dichlorides (1,2- or 1,4-) can only occur when there is appreciable translocation in the ion pair 19a to give 19b. Attack by the anion at C(2) in 19b yields anti 1,2-dichloride and attack at C(4) yields anti 1,4-dichloride. 

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