Aryl halide

Aryl halides have been used with moderate success as photoaffinity reagents and they react in a process initiated by homolytic fission at the carbon-halogen bond (Sharma and Kharash, 1968, Grimshaw and de Silva, 1981). 

The cyclopropyl halides are exceptional in that their behavior is much more like alkenyl halides than like secondary alkyl halides. Thus cyclopropyl chloride undergoes SN1 and SN2 reactions much less rapidly than isopropyl or cyclohexyl chlorides. A relationship between the reactivity of cyclopropyl chloride and chloroethene is not surprising in view of the general similarity between cyclopropane rings and double bonds (Section 12-5). This similarity extends to cyclopropylmethyl derivatives as well. Cyclopropylmethyl chloride is reactive in both SN-1 and SN2 reactions in much the same way as 3-chloropropene  

Aryl halides have a halogen directly bonded to a carbon of an aromatic ring. Examples are bromobenzene, fluorobenzene, and 2,4-dichloromethylbenzene  

Some of the methods by which alkyl halides are prepared do not work for aryl halides because it is difficult to form C-halogen bonds at aromatic ring carbons by nucleophilic displacement reactions. The most common ways 

Although the simple aryl halides are inert to the usual nucleophilic reagents, considerable activation is produced by strongly electron-attracting substituents provided these are located in either the ortho or para positions, or both. For example, the displacement of chloride ion from l-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene by dimethylamine occurs readily in ethanol solution at room temperature. Under the same conditions chlorobenzene completely fails to react thus the activating influence of the two nitro groups amounts to a factor of at least 

A related reaction is that of 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene with the amino groups of peptides and proteins, and this reaction provides a means for analysis of the N-terminal amino acids in polypeptide chains. (See Section 25-7B.) 

The aminations of aryl halides were the first to be studied in palladium-catalyzed C—N bond formations, and are thus well developed nowadays. As the oxidative addition of the C—X bond of the aryl halide often constitutes the rate-limiting step in catalytic aminations, a relative reactivity is usually observed that is comparable to that obtained in most transition metal-catalyzed cross-couphngs. Thus, due to the decreasing bond dissociation energies, the reactivity order for hahdes is as follows Ph-Cl Ph-Br Ph-I [149]. 

Arguably, protocols for aminations of aryl bromides are the best developed thus far, and the coupling of these electrophiles with the majority of amine nucleophiles has been reported [2]. Here, further developments mostly addressed the functional group compatibility, particularly when using milder bases [101, 150]. 

As in other transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions (see Chapter 2), the quest for efficient catalytic systems for the coupling of aryl chlorides has been one of the key motivations for further ligand development. Nowadays, different protocols exist for the aminations of aryl chlorides, even for reactions at ambient temperature. In general, highly active electron-rich phosphines, such as P(t-Bu)3 

Aryl iodides have not been used extensively in palladium-catalyzed aminations, mainly because they are unattractive from an economical point of view, and do not perform exceptionally well in amination reactions, with dehalogenation often being a significant competing side reaction [98,101,118,152,153], Rather, a recent report indicated that the greater proportion of aminations performed thus far has used aryl bromides and aryl chlorides as electrophiles [3]. 

The electron-transfer reduction of a large number of aromatic molecules involving an aryl carbon-heteroatom a-bond produces a frangible anion radical which decomposes to the corresponding aryl radical and an anion containing the heteroatom. The most widely investigated compounds in this 

The simplest way of generating and observing aryl halide anion radicals is to use an electrochemical technique such as cyclic voltammetry. With conventional microelectrodes (diameter in the millimetre range), the anion radical can be observed by means of its reoxidation wave down to lifetimes of 10 s. Under these conditions, it is possible to convert, upon raising the scan rate, the irreversible wave observed at low scan rates into a one-electron chemically reversible wave as shown schematically in Fig. 9. Although this does not provide any structural information about RX , besides the standard potential at which it is formed, it does constitute an unambiguous proof of its existence. Under these conditions, the standard potential of the RX/RX couple as well as the kinetics of the decay of RX- can be derived from the electrochemical data. Peak potential shifts (Fig. 9) can also be used 

As represented in Fig. 9, the irreversible reduction of aryl halides at low scan rate is a two electron per molecule process, at least in poor H-atom donor solvents such as liquid ammonia (Amatore et al., 919 Saveant and Thiebault, 1978). This is due to the fact that aryl radicals, produced upon cleavage of RX-, are very easy to reduce, around —0.3 V vs SCE (Jaun et al., 1980), much more than the starting aryl halides (from about — 1 to — 2.8V vs SCE). It follows that R-, as soon as produced in (47), is immediately reduced into the corresponding carbanion, R (71 and/or 72), which is eventually protonated (73) by the strongest acid present in the 

Electron transfer pathway. H-atom transfer pathway  

An example of such a third competing step is the reaction of the intermediate aryl radical with H-atom donors present in the reaction medium, possibly the solvent itself. Indeed, aryl radicals are good H-atom scavengers and reduction of aryl halides is often carried out in organic solvents such as acetonitrile (ACN), lV,Af-dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO), and ethers, that are good H-atom donors 

The value of alkyl halides as starting materials for the preparation of a variety of organic functional groups has been stressed many times. In our earlier discussions, we noted that aryl halides are normally much less reactive than alkyl halides in reactions that involve carbon-halogen bond cleavage. In the present chapter you will see that aryl halides can exhibit their own patterns of chemical reactivity, and that these reactions are novel, useful, and mechanistically interesting. 

Aryl halides are compounds in which a halogen substituent is attached directly to an aromatic ring. Representative aryl halides include 

The carbon-halogen bonds of aryl halides are both shorter and stronger than the carbon-halogen bonds of alkyl halides, and in this respect as well as in their chemical behavior, they resemble vinyl halides more than alkyl halides. A hybridization effect 

TABLE 23.1 Carbon-Hydrogen and Carbon-Chlorine Bond Dissociation Energies of Selected Compounds  

PROBLEM 23.1 Consider all the isomers of C7H7CI containing a benzene ring and write the structure of the one that has the weakest carbon-chlorine bond as measured by its bond dissociation energy. 

X deactivates and directs ortho, para in electrophilic aromatic substitution. 

1 There are four isomers of C7H7C1 that contain a benzene ring, namely, o, m, and p-chlorotoluene and benzyl chloride. 

Of this group only benzyl chloride is not an aryl halide its halogen is not attached to the aromatic ring but to an. v/r -hybridized carbon. Benzyl chloride has the weakest carbon-halogen bond, its measured carbon-chlorine bond dissociation energy being only 293 kJ/mol (70 kcal/mol). Homolytic cleavage of this bond produces a resonance-stabilized benzyl radical. 

3 The most stable resonance structure for the cyclohexadienyl anion formed by reaction of methox-ide ion with o-fluoron i t n ben/ene involves the nitro group and has the negative charge on oxygen. 

4 The positions that are activated toward nucleophilic attack are those that are ortho and para to the nitro group. Among the carbons that bear a bromine leaving group in l,2,3-tribromo-5-nitrobenzene, only C-2 satisfies this requirement. 

5 Nucleophilic addition occurs in the rate-determining step at one of the six equivalent carbons of hexafluorobenzene to give the cyclohexadienyl anion intermediate. 

No Name Melting point, c Boiling point, c Nitro denvative Sulfonamide Miscellaneous 

From the dry alcohol with phenylisocyanate without solvent. 

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Rough estimates of the branching ratios in C2H3I and n-CsH were consistent with population inversions, but in iso-C3H7l, where laser action has not been observed, the translational spectrum was very much broader and could not be resolved into fast and slow components.  

Chloroethylenes and Giloroacetylene.—The discovery of the photochemical laser based on the elimination 

12th International Symposium on Free Radicals, Laguna Beach, California, 1976. M. Kawasaki, S. J. Lee, and R. Bersohn, J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 63, 809. 

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These reactions follow first-order kinetics and proceed with racemisalion if the reaction site is an optically active centre. For alkyl halides nucleophilic substitution proceeds easily primary halides favour Sn2 mechanisms and tertiary halides favour S 1 mechanisms. Aryl halides undergo nucleophilic substitution with difficulty and sometimes involve aryne intermediates. 

Ullman reaction The synthesis of diaryls by the condensation of aromatic halides with themselves or other aromatic halides, with the concomitant removal of halogens by a metal, e.g. copper powder thus bromobenzene gives diphenyl. The reaction may be extended to the preparation of diaryl ethers and diaryl thio-ethers by coupling a metal phenolate with an aryl halide. 

Since Grignard reagents can easily be obtained from aryl halides, they are of special value in the s nthesis of many aromatic compounds, particularly as, for reasons already stated (pp. 270, 276), aromatic compounds cannot generally be prepared by means of ethyl acetoacetate and ethyl malonate. 

Alkyl halides Aryl halides Anhydrous calcium chloride anhydrous sodium, magnesium or calcium sulphate phosphorus pentoxide. 

Wurtz - Fittig reaction. The interaction of an aryl halide, alkyl hahde and sodium gives a reasonable yield of an alkyl aryl hydrocarbon, for example ... 

The products from a mixture of alkyl and aryl halides may be represented by the following scheme ... 

An interesting reaetion, which is particularly valuable for the preparation of diphenyl derivatives, consists in heating copper powder or, better, copper bronze with an aryl halide (Ullmann reaction), for example ... 

The following give abnormal results when treated with chlorosulphonio acid alone, preferably at 50° for 30-60 minutes —fluobenzene (4 4 -difluorodiplienyl-sulphone, m.p. 98°) j iodobenzene (4 4 -di-iododiphenylsulplione, m.p. 202°) o-diclilorobenzene (3 4 3. -4 -tetrachlorodiphenylsulphone, m.p. 176°) and o-dibromobenzene (3 4 3 4 -tetrabromodiphenylsulphone, m.p. 176-177°). The resulting sulphones may be crystallised from glacial acetic acid, benzene or alcohol, and are satisfactory for identification of the original aryl halide. In some cases sulphones accompany the sulphonyl chloride they are readily separated from the final sulphonamide by their insolubility in cold 6N sodium hydroxide solution the sulphonamides dissolve readily and are reprecipitated by 6iV hydrochloric acid. 

By the hydrolysis of nitriles. The nitriles may be easily prepared either from amines by the Sandmeyer reaction (Section IV,66) or by the action of cuprous cyanide upon aryl halides (compare Section IV,163). Benzyl cyanide... 

The alkyl- or aryl-halogenosilanes are prepared commercially by passing the vapour of an alkyl or an aryl halide over a heated intimate mixture of powdered sihcoii and either copper or silver. 

Acid chlorides and bromides, allyl halides, a-halo-ketones, esters, amides and nitriles react at 25° within 3 minutes. Vinyl and aryl halides are inert. 

Carbon-oxygen bonds are formed by the Ullmann reaction (- coupling of aryl halides with copper) which has been varied in alkaloid chemistry to produce diaryl ethers instead of biaryls. This is achieved by the use of CuO in basic media (T. Kametani, 1969 R.W. Dos-kotch, 1971). 

The reactions of the second class are carried out by the reaction of oxidized forms[l] of alkenes and aromatic compounds (typically their halides) with Pd(0) complexes, and the reactions proceed catalytically. The oxidative addition of alkenyl and aryl halides to Pd(0) generates Pd(II)—C a-hondi (27 and 28), which undergo several further transformations. 

In Grignard reactions, Mg(0) metal reacts with organic halides of. sp carbons (alkyl halides) more easily than halides of sp carbons (aryl and alkenyl halides). On the other hand. Pd(0) complexes react more easily with halides of carbons. In other words, alkenyl and aryl halides undergo facile oxidative additions to Pd(0) to form complexes 1 which have a Pd—C tr-bond as an initial step. Then mainly two transformations of these intermediate complexes are possible insertion and transmetallation. Unsaturated compounds such as alkenes. conjugated dienes, alkynes, and CO insert into the Pd—C bond. The final step of the reactions is reductive elimination or elimination of /J-hydro-gen. At the same time, the Pd(0) catalytic species is regenerated to start a new catalytic cycle. The transmetallation takes place with organometallic compounds of Li, Mg, Zn, B, Al, Sn, Si, Hg, etc., and the reaction terminates by reductive elimination. 

Success of the reactions depends considerably on the substrates and reaction Conditions. Rate enhancement in the coupling reaction was observed under high pressure (10 kbar)[l 1[. The oxidative addition of aryl halides to Pd(0) is a highly disfavored step when powerful electron donors such as OH and NHt reside on aromatic rings. Iodides react smoothly even in the absence of a... 

In the reaction of Q,/3-unsaturated ketones and esters, sometimes simple Michael-type addition (insertion and hydrogenolysis, or hydroarylation, and hydroalkenylation) of alkenes is observed[53,54]. For example, a simple addition product 56 to methyl vinyl ketone was obtained by the reaction of the heteroaromatic iodide 55[S5]. The corresponding bromide affords the usual insertion-elimination product. Saturated ketones are obtained cleanly by hydroarylation of o,/3l-unsaturated ketones with aryl halides in the presence of sodium formate, which hydrogenolyses the R—Pd—I intermediate to R— Pd—H[56]. Intramolecular hydroarylation is a useful reaction. The diiodide 57 reacts smoothly with sodium formate to give a model compound for the afla-toxin 58. (see Section 1.1.6)[57]. Use of triethylammonium formate and BU4NCI gives better results. 

An Q-arylalkanoate is prepared by the reaction of aryl halide or triflate with the ketene silyl acetal 74 as an alkene component. However, the reaction is explained by transmetallation of Ph - Pd—Br with 74 to generate the Pd eno-late 75, which gives the a-arylalkanoate by reductive elimination[76]. 

When allylic alcohols are used as an alkene component in the reaction with aryl halides, elimination of /3-hydrogen takes place from the oxygen-bearing carbon, and aldehydes or ketones are obtained, rather than y-arylated allylic alcohoIs[87,88]. The reaction of allyl alcohol with bromobenzene affords dihydrocinnamaldehyde. The reaction of methallyl alcohol (96) with aryl halides is a good synthetic method for dihydro-2-methylcinnamaldehyde (97). 

Allylic amines are coupled to halides giving either allylic amines or enamines depending on the reaction condition. Reaction of steroidal dienyl triflate with Boc-diprotected allylamine affords allylamine. Use of AcOK as a base is crucial for the clean coupling[102]. The tert-allylic amine 123 reacts with an aryl halide to give the enamine 125 in DMF and allylic amine 124 in nonpolar solvents[103]. 

The unconjugated alkenyl oxirane 133 reacts with aryl halides to afford the arylated allylic alcohol 134. The reaction is explained by the migration of the Pd via the elimination and readdition of H—Pd—1[107]. 

An efficient carboannulation proceeds by the reaction of vinylcyclopropane (135) or vinylcyclobutane with aryl halides. The multi-step reaction is explained by insertion of alkene, ring opening, diene formation, formation of the TT-allylpalladium 136 by the readdition of H—Pd—I, and its intramolecular reaction with the nucleophile to give the cyclized product 137[I08]. 

The diazonium salts 145 are another source of arylpalladium com-plexes[114]. They are the most reactive source of arylpalladium species and the reaction can be carried out at room temperature. In addition, they can be used for alkene insertion in the absence of a phosphine ligand using Pd2(dba)3 as a catalyst. This reaction consists of the indirect substitution reaction of an aromatic nitro group with an alkene. The use of diazonium salts is more convenient and synthetically useful than the use of aryl halides, because many aryl halides are prepared from diazonium salts. Diazotization of the aniline derivative 146 in aqueous solution and subsequent insertion of acrylate catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2 by the addition of MeOH are carried out as a one-pot reaction, affording the cinnamate 147 in good yield[115]. The A-nitroso-jV-arylacetamide 148 is prepared from acetanilides and used as another precursor of arylpalladium intermediate. It is more reactive than aryl iodides and bromides and reacts with alkenes at 40 °C without addition of a phosphine ligandfl 16]. 

When allene derivatives are treated with aryl halides in the presence of Pd(0), the aryl group is introduced to the central carbon by insertion of one of the allenic bonds to form the 7r-allylpalladium intermediate 271, which is attacked further by amine to give the allylic amine 272. A good ligand for the reaction is dppe[182]. Intramolecular reaction of the 7-aminoallene 273 affords the pyrrolidine derivative 274[183]. 

Alkynes with EWGs are poor substrates for the coupling with halides. Therefore, instead of the inactive propynoate, triethyl orthopropynoate (350) is used for the coupling with aryl halides to prepare the arylpropynoate 351. The coupling product 353 of 3,3-dicthoxy-l-propyne (352) with an aryl halide is the precursor of an alkynal[260]. The coupling of ethoxy) tributylstan-nyl)acetylene (354) with aryl halides is a good synthetic method for the aryl-acetate 355[261]. 

Many examples of insertions of internal alkynes are known. Internal alkynes react with aryl halides in the presence of formate to afford the trisubstituted alkenes[271,272]. In the reaction of the terminal alkyne 388 with two molecules of iodobenzene. the first step is the formation of the phenylacetylene 389. Then the internal alkyne bond, thus produced, inserts into the phenyl-Pd bond to give 390. Finally, hydrogenolysis with formic acid yields the trisubstituted alkene 391(273,274], This sequence of reactions is a good preparative method for trisubstituted alkenes from terminal alkynes. 

The carbonylation of aryl halides under mild conditions in the presence of CsF afford.s the acid fluoride 490 in good yields. Unlike acyl chlorides, acyl fluorides are inert toward Pd(0) catalyst[345]. Benzenesulfonyl chloride (491) undergoes desulfonylation-carbonylation to give the benzoate 492 in the presence of titanium tetralkoxide at 160 °C[346]. 

The o-keto ester 513 is formed from a bulky secondary alcohol using tricy-clohexylphosphine or triarylphosphine, but the selectivity is low[367-369]. Alkenyl bromides are less reactive than aryl halides for double carbonyla-tion[367], a-Keto amides are obtained from aryl and alkenyl bromides, but a-keto esters are not obtained by their carbonylation in alcohol[370]. A mechanism for the double carbonylation was proposed[371,372],... 

The 2-substituted 3-acylindoles 579 are prepared by carbonylative cycliza-tion of the 2-alkynyltrifluoroacetanilides 576 with aryl halides or alkenyl tri-flates. The reaction can be understood by the aminopalladation of the alkyne with the acylpalladium intermediate as shown by 577 to generate 578, followed by reductive elimination to give 579[425]. 

Aryl halides react with a wide variety of aryl-, alkenyl- and alkylstan-nanes[548-550]. Coupling of an aryl tritlate with an arylstannane is a good preparative method for diaryls such as 688. The coupling of alkenylstannanes with alkenyl halides proceeds stereospecifically to give conjugated dienes 689. The allylstannane 690 is used for allylation[397,546,551-553]. Aryl and enol triflates react with organostannanes smoothly in the presence of LiCl[554]. 

The cross-coupling of aromatic and heteroaromatic rings has been carried out extensively[555]. Tin compounds of heterocycles such as oxazo-lines[556,557], thiophene[558,559], furans[558], pyridines[558], and seleno-phenes [560] can be coupled with aryl halides. The syntheses of the phenylo.xazoline 691[552], dithiophenopyridine 692[56l] and 3-(2-pyridyl)qui-noline 693[562] are typical examples. 

The reaction of the 1- and (2-ethoxyvinyl)tributylstannanes (721) and (723) as masked carbonyls with aryl halides proceeds smoothly and the products 722 and 724 are used for further reactions[592,593]. 

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