Aryl substituent

Aryl substituents enhance somewhat the reactivity of the ring atoms, the phenyl substituent being arylated in a proportion of 40 to 60% (396,406, 407). 

Arylamines contain two functional groups the amine group and the aromatic ring they are difunctional compounds The reactivity of the amine group is affected by its aryl substituent and the reactivity of the ring is affected by its amine substituent The same electron delocalization that reduces the basicity and the nucleophilicity of an arylamme nitrogen increases the electron density in the aromatic ring and makes arylamines extremely reactive toward electrophilic aromatic substitution... 

Primary amine (Section 22 1) An amine with a single alkyl or aryl substituent and two hydrogens an amine of the type RNH2 (pnmary alkylamine) or ArNH2 (primary aryl amine)... 

Tertiary amine (Section 22 1) Amine of the type R3N with any combination of three alkyl or aryl substituents on nitrogen Tertiary carbon (Section 2 13) A carbon that is directly at tached to three other carbons... 

C=C—H 3340-3270 (w-m) Alkyl substituents at higher frequencies unsaturated or aryl substituents at lower frequencies... 

Synthesis. The first hiUy alkyl/aryl-substituted polymers were reported in 1980 via a condensation—polymeri2ation route. The method involves, first, the synthesis of organophosphine-containing alkyl or aryl substituents, followed by the ready oxidation of the phosphine to a phosphorane with leaving groups suitable for a 1,2-elimination reaction. This phosphorane is then thermally condensed to polymers in which all phosphoms atoms bear alkyl or aryl substituents. This condensation synthesis is depicted in Eigure 2 (5—7,64). 

The synthesis of a new class of inorganic polymers (21) with a backbone consisting of alternating sulfur(VI) and nitrogen atoms, and with variable alkyl or aryl substituents as well as a fixed oxygen substituent on sulfur, has recentiy been accompHshed (83—85). These polymers are stmcturaHy analogous to poly(alk5l/arylphosphazenes). 

The triaLkoxy(aryloxy)boranes are typically monomeric, soluble in most organic solvents, and dissolve in water with hydrolysis to form boric acid and the corresponding alcohol and phenol. Although the rate of hydrolysis is usually very fast, it is dependent on the bulk of the alkyl or aryl substituent groups bonded to the boron atom. Secondary and tertiary alkyl esters are generally more stable than the primary alkyl esters. The boron atom in these compounds is in a trigonal coplanar state with bond hybridization. A vacantp orbital exists along the threefold axis perpendicular to the BO plane. 

It has been shown that aromatic rings of B-ttiaryl-A/-ttiaryl substituted rings are orientated perpendicular to the plane of the bota2iae ring (114,115). If the aryl rings are substituted it is possible to obtain mixtures of cis and trans isomers (atropisomerism) ia which the aryl substituents ate on the same or opposite sides of the plane of the bora2iae ring, respectively (115). 

The most important synthesis of pyrazolones involves the condensation of a hydrazine with a P-ketoester such as ethyl acetoacetate. Commercially important pyrazolones carry an aryl substituent at the 1-position, mainly because the hydrazine precursors are prepared from readily available and comparatively inexpensive diazonium salts by reduction. In the first step of the synthesis the hydrazine is condensed with the P-ketoester to give a hydrazone heating with sodium carbonate then effects cyclization to the pyrazolone. In practice the condensation and cyclization reactions are usually done in one pot without isolating the hydrazone intermediate. 

There are few reports on the reactivity of aryl substituents attached to pyrimidine or quinazoline. However, nitration may be carried out with some success. 

Amino groups are formed by reduction of nitro groups in aryl substituents and behave normally (62JCS1671), but when attached directly to the pyridopyridazine ring they may be removed by acid hydrolysis or treatment with nitrous acid, or replaced by hydrazine. 

Isoxazolines with alkyl substituents are also all liquids (or low melting solids) and incorporation of aryl substituents results in crystallinity. Introduction of carboxy substituents and endocyclic carbonyl or imino groups also has the anticipated effect, with crystalline products being isolated. These trends are illustrated by the data compiled in Table 2. 

The closely related N- arylazoaziridine system (278) decomposes in refluxing benzene to give aryl azides and alkenes, again stereospecifically (70T3245). However, biaryls, arenes and other products typical of homolytic processes are also formed in a competing reaction, although this pathway can be suppressed by the use of a polar solvent and electron withdrawing aryl substituents. 

The N—CO distance of 1.38 A in (58) is rather greater than that of a normal amide (ca. 1.32 A) this has been attributed to ring strain and to inhibition of normal amide resonance by interaction with the N-aryl substituent. This inhibition of resonance is more pronounced in the N-tosyl-4-thioxoazetidin-2-one (59), which exhibits very short C=0 and C=S distances as well as the unusually long C—N bonds (80TL4247). NMR investigations... 

How do you interpret the values of p and r in these equations Which system is more sensitive to the aryl substituent How would you explain this difference in sensitivity Sketch the resonance, field and hyperconjugative interactions which you believe would contribute to these substituent effects. What, if any, geometric constraints would these interactions place on the ions ... 

The C-NMR chemical shift of the trivalent carbon is a sensitive indicator of carbocation structure. Given below are the data for three carbocations with varying aryl substituents. Generally, the larger the chemical shift, the lower is the electron density at the carbon atom. 

A significant modification in the stereochemistry is observed when the double bond is conjugated with a group that can stabilize a carbocation intermediate. Most of the specific cases involve an aryl substituent. Examples of alkenes that give primarily syn addition are Z- and -l-phenylpropene, Z- and - -<-butylstyrene, l-phenyl-4-/-butylcyclohex-ene, and indene. The mechanism proposed for these additions features an ion pair as the key intermediate. Because of the greater stability of the carbocations in these molecules, concerted attack by halide ion is not required for complete carbon-hydrogen bond formation. If the ion pair formed by alkene protonation collapses to product faster than reorientation takes place, the result will be syn addition, since the proton and halide ion are initially on the same side of the molecule. 

This scheme represents an alkyne-bromine complex as an intermediate in all alkyne brominations. This is analogous to the case of alkenes. The complex may dissociate to a inyl cation when the cation is sufficiently stable, as is the case when there is an aryl substituent. It may collapse to a bridged bromonium ion or undergo reaction with a nucleophile. The latta is the dominant reaction for alkyl-substituted alkynes and leads to stereospecific anti addition. Reactions proceeding through vinyl cations are expected to be nonstereospecific. 

In the bromination of styrene, a po-+ plot is noticeably curved. If the extremes of the curves are taken to represent straight lines, the curve can be resolved into two Hammett relationships with p = —2.8 for electron-attracting substituents and p = —4.4 for electron-releasing substituents. When the corresponding -methylstyrenes are examined, a similarly curved ap plot is obtained. Furthermore, the stereospecificity of the reaction in the case of the -methylstyrenes varies with the aryl substituents. The reaction is a stereoespecific anti addition for strongly electron-attracting substituents but becomes only weakly stereoselective for electron-releasing substituents, e.g., 63% anti, 37% syn, forp-methoxy. Discuss the possible mechanistic basis for the Hammett plot curvature and its relationship to the stereochemical results. 

The Stability of the resulting neutral species is increased by substituent groups that can help to stabilize the electron-rich carbon. Phosphonium ions with acylmethyl substituents, tor example, are quite acidic. A series of aroylmethyl phosphonium ions have pAT values of 4-7, with the precise value depending on the aryl substituents ... 

Aryl substituents stabilize carbocation Aryl stabilization and relief of steric strain... 

For cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, and cycloheptanone, the K values for addition are 48, 1000, and 8 M , respectively. For aromatic aldehydes, the equilibria are affected by the electronic nature of the aryl substituent. Electron donors disfavor addition by stabilizing the aldehyde whereas electron-accepting substituents have the opposite effect. 

When an aryl substituent is placed at C-5 of a 4-substituted cyclohexenone, a new product type containing a cyclobutanone ring is formed. 

The reaction products are the same for both direct irradiation and acetophenone sensitization. When the reactant B is used in homochiral form, the product D is nearly racemic (6% e.e.). Relate the formation of the cyclobutanones to the more normal products of type E and E Why does the 5-aryl substituent favor formation of the cyclobutanones Give a complete mechanism for formation of D which is consistent with the stereochemical result. 

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