Amine anions azides

The yellow [S4N5] anion (5.26) was first reported in 1975 from the methanolysis of Me3SiNSNSiMc3. It can also be prepared by the treatment of S4N4 with certain nucleophiles, e.g., secondary amines or azide salts of small alkali metal cations (Eq. 5.16). The reaction of (NSC1)3 with dry liquid ammonia at -78°C also generates [NH4][S4N5] in ca. 50% yield." ... 

Ethyl 3-azido-l-methyl-177-indole-2-carboxylate 361 is prepared in 70% yield by diazotization of amine 360 followed by substitution of the created diazonium group with sodium azide. In cycloadditions with nitrile anions, azide 361 forms triazole intermediates 362. However, under the reaction conditions, cyclocondensation of the amino and ethoxycarbonyl groups in 362 results in formation of an additional ring. This domino process provides efficiently 4/7-indolo[2,3-i ]l,2,3-triazolo[l,5- ]pyrimidines 363 in 70-80% yield (Scheme 57) <2006TL2187>. 

A novel azide synthesis using p-toluenesulfonyl azide and amine anions... 

Table 17. Azides from reaction of N2O and amine anions"...

Reactions of this type were first studied by Curtius and co-workers . For example, diethyl malonate and /(-toluenesulphonyl azide reacted in the presence of cold sodium ethoxide to give the sodium salt of the 5-hydroxytrizizole (296) . Acidification gave the 5-triazolone (297) which isomerized to the diazo compound (298) (overall yield 90%). (The same product could be obtained in 85% yield without base by heating the azide and malonate at 100° and a pressure of 20 mm) . This reaction provided the basis for the so-called diazo-transfer reaction, an extremely useful method of synthesizing diazo compounds, which has been reviewed. The reaction has been formulated as shown in equation (134), and has been extended to the synthesis of azides by a diazo transfer to amine anions/i-Toluenesulphonyl azide reacts with hydrazone... 

A variety of nucleophiles can be used in the substitution reactions, including halides, alkoxides, amines, phosphines, azides, cyanide, acetylides, and enolate anions. 

Most 8 2 reactions are faster in aprotic solvents and slower in protic solvents. Water tends to promote ionization. In pro-tic media, particularly aqueous media, ionization of tertiary halides occurs to give a carbocation intermediate (more slowly with secondary halides) 9,10,11,12,49, 55,69, 70, 77,86. Carbocation intermediates can be trapped by nucleophiles in what is known at an 8 1 reaction. An 8 1 reaction proceeds by ionization to a planar carbocation containing an sp hybridized carbon, follows first-order kinetics, and proceeds with racem-ization of a chiral center. Carbocations are subject to rearrangement to a more stable cation via 1,2 hydrogen or alkyl shifts 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 50, 65, 67, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85,87,88, 89. A variety of nucleophiles can be used in the substitution reactions, including halides, alkoxides, amines, phosphines, azides, cyanide, acetylides, and enolate anions 2,3,13,14,36,62,63,88, 89,105. 

Other PT processes reported recently include the phosphorylation of amines " or alcohols, and the conversion of aromatic amines to azides by diazo transfer (Equation 8) to the amine anion. An interesting recent development is the use of PTC in organometallic chemistry, notably the conversion of aryl halides to carboxylic acids mediated by a Pd complex (Equation 9). 

Solvent for Displacement Reactions. As the most polar of the common aprotic solvents, DMSO is a favored solvent for displacement reactions because of its high dielectric constant and because anions are less solvated in it (87). Rates for these reactions are sometimes a thousand times faster in DMSO than in alcohols. Suitable nucleophiles include acetyUde ion, alkoxide ion, hydroxide ion, azide ion, carbanions, carboxylate ions, cyanide ion, hahde ions, mercaptide ions, phenoxide ions, nitrite ions, and thiocyanate ions (31). Rates of displacement by amides or amines are also greater in DMSO than in alcohol or aqueous solutions. Dimethyl sulfoxide is used as the reaction solvent in the manufacture of high performance, polyaryl ether polymers by reaction of bis(4,4 -chlorophenyl) sulfone with the disodium salts of dihydroxyphenols, eg, bisphenol A or 4,4 -sulfonylbisphenol (88). These and related reactions are made more economical by efficient recycling of DMSO (89). Nucleophilic displacement of activated aromatic nitro groups with aryloxy anion in DMSO is a versatile and useful reaction for the synthesis of aromatic ethers and polyethers (90). 

Other approaches to tetrazoles were also recently published. Primary and secondary amines 195 were reacted with isothiocyanates to afford thioureas 196, which underwent mercury(II)-promoted attack of azide anion, to provide 5-aminotetrazoles 197 . A modified Ugi reaction of substituted methylisocyanoacetates 198, ketones, primary amines, and trimethylsilyldiazomethane afforded the one-pot solution phase preparation of fused tetrazole-ketopiperazines 200 via intermediate 199 <00TL8729>. Microwave-assisted preparation of aryl cyanides, prepared from aryl bromides 201, with sodium azide afforded aryl tetrazoles 202 . 

Azide anion (N3 ) is an excellent nucleophile which has important synthetic application in converting alkyl halides to amines, e.g. 

It seems clear therefore that more reactive cations than those for which Ritchie s N+ relationship was developed, show a distinct dependence of selectivity between nucleophiles upon the stability and reactivity of the carbocation. Richard has confirmed that for a very stable benzylic carbocation, represented by the bis-trifluoromethyl quinone methide 57, the N+ regime is restored and that a plot of log k against N+ for reactions of nucleophiles, including amines, oxygen and sulfur anions, the azide ion, and a-effect nucleophiles, shows a good correlation with N+.219... 

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