Arenes nucleophilic addition, substitution

Neutral (cyclohexadienyl)manganese complexes 71, generated by nucleophilic addition to (arene)Mn(CO)3+ cations 65, undergo ligand substitution with nitrosyl hexafluorophosphate to give the corresponding (cyclohexadienyl)Mn(CO)2NO+ cations 72 (Scheme 17)93. Attack by a wide variety of nucleophiles on cations 72... 

Arene Substitution via Nucleophilic Addition to Electron Deficient Arenes... 

This chapter covers reactions in which coordination of a transition metal to the ir-system of an arene ring activates the ring toward addition of nucleophiles, to give V-cyclohexadienyl-metal complexes (1 Scheme 1). If an electronegative atom is present in the ipso position, elimination of that atom (X in 1) leads to nucleophilic aromatic substitution (path a). Reaction of the intermediate with an electrophile (E+) can give disubstituted 1,3-cyclohexadiene derivatives (path b). If a hydrogen occupies the ipso posi-... 

While the potential for these species in nucleophile substitution for chloride has been demonstrated, the processes have not been fully developed nor applied. The two-stage process of addition-substitution for chloride and arene detachment is exemplified for the iron system in equation (21). 

C. Paradisi, Arene Substitution via Nucleophilic Addition to Electron Deficient Arenesin Comprehensive Organic Synthesis (B. M. Trost, I. Fleming, Eds.), Vol. 4, 423, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1991. 

Such a charge transfer from the ligated arene can lead to (a) nucleophilic addition or substitution, (b) electron transfer, and (c) proton elimination/transfer, thus revealing the dose relationship between all of these processes. The reactivity of the arene ligands towards nudeophiles in (arene)ML complexes depends on the electrophilidty of the metal fragments [MLn], this increasing in the order [Cr(CO)3] < [Mo(CO)3] [FeCp]+ < [Mn(CO)3]+ [2]. For example, in (arene)FeCp+, which is widely used for synthetic purposes, a chloro or nitro substituent on the arene is readily substituted by such nudeophiles as amides, eno-lates, thiolates, alkoxides, and carbanions [45]. 

Activation of aromatic compounds by transition-metal complexes was initially studied with Cr(CO)3 complexes. Nucleophilic addition of 2-lithio-l,3-dithianes to arene-chromium(O) complexes 185 followed usually by iodine-promoted decomplexation affords the corresponding 2-arylated 1,3-dithianes 186. The reaction of //-(toluene)- and (anisole)tricarbonylchromium (185) with compound 161 gave mixtures (52 46 and 10 90, respectively) of ortho and meta substituted derivatives (186) (Scheme 54)244. The meta directing effect was also observed (mainly better than 95%) with amino and fluoro substituted complexes245. 

The facility of arene reductive elimination underpins numerous C-C, C-O and C-N bond-forming reactions, which may be catalysed by late transition metals, in particular palladium (Figure 4.10). Although there are many variants, the general reaction scheme involves introduction of the aryl in electrophilic form via oxidative addition of an aryl halide (or sulfonate), substitution of the palladium halide by a nucleophile (which may also be carbon based) followed by reductive elimination. It is noteworthy that nucleophilic aromatic substitution in the absence of such catalysts can be difficult. 

Direct nucleophilic addition of potassium enolates derived from bis(trimethylsilyl)ketene acetals to aromatic chromium-complexed aromatic ethers affords meta substituted products (Scheme 124). A very high degree of asymmetric induction is obtained upon reaction of chiral arene chromium tricarbonyl complexes. For example, alkylation of complex (80)gave (81)afterdecomplexation(Scheme 125). ... 

There is an alternative mechanism for halide replacement, following the sequence of nucleophile addition, protonation, and elimination of HX. In this pathway, the addition of the nucleophile need not be at the ipso position it can be ortho to halide leading to cine substitution or it can be at the meta or para positions, leading to tele substitution. The processes depend on the formation of the cyclohexadienyl anion intermediates in a favorable equilibrium (carbon nucleophiles from carbon acids with P a > 22 or so), protonation (which can occur at low temperature with even weak acids such as acetic acid), and hydrogen shifts in the proposed diene-chromium intermediates. Hydrogen shifts lead to an isomer that allows elimination of HX and regeneration of an arene chromium complex, now with the carbanion unit indirectly substituted for X (Scheme 40). ... 

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