2-Naphthol arylation

Bismuth.— The bismuth reagent, Ph3BiC03, converts ketones into a,a-diaryl-ketones, and arylates naphthols, as does PhsBi. " Use of the diphenyl-bismuthyl moiety as a potential new auxiliary group in organic synthesis has been reported. ... 

Alkyl and aryl-alkyl halides form 2-naphthyl ethers with 2-naphthol. 

The enone 807 is converted into the dienol triflatc 808 and then the conjugated diene 809 by the hydrogenolysis with tributylammonium for-mate[689,690]. Naphthol can be converted into naphthalene by the hydrogenolysis of its triflate 810[691-693] or sulfonates using dppp or dppf as a ligand[694]. Aryl tetrazoyl ether 811 is cleaved with formic acid using Pd on carbon as a catalyst[695]. 

Naphthol is mainly used in the manufacture of the insecticide carbaryl (59), l-naphthyl A/-methyicarbamate/ iJ-2j5 - (Sevin) (22), which is produced by the reaction of 1-naphthol with methyl isocyanate. Methyl isocyanate is usually prepared by treating methylamine with phosgene. Methyl isocyanate is a very toxic Hquid, boiling at 38°C, and should not be stored for long periods of time (Bhopal accident, India). India has developed a process for the preparation of aryl esters of A/-alkyl carbamic acids. Thus l-naphthyl methylcarbamate is prepared by refluxing 1-naphthol with ethyl methylcarbamate and POCl in toluene (60). In 1992, carbaryl production totaled > 11.4 x 10 t(35). Rhc ne-Poulenc, at its Institute, W. Va., facihty is the only carbaryl producer in United States. 

Sulfation by sulfamic acid has been used ia the preparation of detergents from dodecyl, oleyl, and other higher alcohols. It is also used ia sulfating phenols and phenol—ethylene oxide condensation products. Secondary alcohols react ia the presence of an amide catalyst, eg, acetamide or urea (24). Pyridine has also been used. Tertiary alcohols do not react. Reactions with phenols yield phenyl ammonium sulfates. These reactions iaclude those of naphthols, cresol, anisole, anethole, pyrocatechol, and hydroquinone. Ammonium aryl sulfates are formed as iatermediates and sulfonates are formed by subsequent rearrangement (25,26). 

An unusual domino process was observed by Biehl and coworkers [69] in the reaction of 2-bromo-l-naphthol 4-196 with arylacetonitriles in the presence of LDA or LiTMP by employing 3-thienylacetonitrile 4-197, the tetracyclic compound 4-200 was obtained in 57% yield (Scheme 4.43). The reaction probably includes the formation of an aryne and a ketenimine which undergo [2+2] cycloaddition to give 4-198, followed by rearrangement and allylic addition to the intermediately formed aryl cyano compound 4-199. 

The palladium-catalyzed arylation of 2-phenylphenols and naphthols shows an interesting feature of arylation of C-H bonds, leading to the formation of an (aryl)(aryloxy)palladium(n) intermediate.65,65a,65b The phenolates are suitable as precoordinating groups. The reaction of 2-hydroxybiphenyl with an excess of iodobenzene occurs regioselectively at the two ortho-positions of phenyl group under palladium catalysis (Equation (57)). In the case of 1-naphthol, the peri-position is phenylated (Equation (58)). 

A heterobimetallic BINOL-Ga/Li complex 53 has been developed for the enantioselective ARO of meso-cpoxides (BINOL = l,T-bi(2-naphthol)).278 Using />-methoxyphenol as the nucleophile, this etherification reaction was observed to take place with a high level of asymmetric induction. An improved catalyst 54 has also been reported that exhibits greater stability under the reaction conditions and delivers higher yields and ee s (Equation (78)).279 A simple catalyst derived from Sc(OTf)3 and the chiral bipyridine ligand 52 has been shown to be effective for the ARO of aryl-substituted /// -epoxides with aliphatic alcohols to give high ee s (Equation (79)).280... 

Condensation of a diphenylmethanol derivative, such as Michler s hydrol (6.159), with a reactive aryl component under acid conditions (the hydrol synthesis) also provides a leuco base. The dye 6.163 (Cl Acid Green 50) is made by reacting Michler s hydrol with R acid (2-naphthol-3,6-disulphonic acid) and oxidising the resulting leuco compound (Scheme 6.30). 

These pigments are obtained by coupling substituted aryl diazonium salts with ary-lides of 2-hydroxy-3-naphthoic acid (2-hydroxy-3-naphthoic acid anilide = Naph-tol AS). They provide a broad range of colors from yellowish and medium red to bordeaux, carmine, brown, and violet their solvent fastness and migration resistance are only marginal. Naphthol AS pigments are used mainly in printing inks and paints. 

Method A The glucopyranosyl bromide (1 mmol) in CH2C12 (10 ml) and HzO (10 ml) is added to the phenol (3 mmol) and TEBA-C1 or Adogen (0.2 mmol) in aqueous KOH or NaOH (25 mmol) and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 8-60 h. The organic phase is separated, washed with H20, dried (MgS04), and evaporated to yield the O-aryl derivative (68% from phenol 60% from 2-cresol 53% from 3-chlorophenoI, 54% from 4-methoxyphenol 56% from 4-nitrophenol 57% from 1-naphthol 44% from thio-phenol 36% from 8-hydroxyquinoline). 

The Dotz reaction was first reported2 for an aryl carbene of the type 8, and the resulting benzannulation may be summarized conveniently as shown in Scheme 3. The major product of the reaction is usually the naphthol 9, the result of a formal [3 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition.10 In cases where CO insertion does not take place, five-membered rings (10) may also be formed. 

Arene(alkoxy)carbene chromium complexes react with aryl-, alkyl-, terminal, or internal alkynes in ethers or acetonitrile to yield 4-alkoxy-1-naphthols, with the sterically more demanding substituent of the alkyne (Rl Figure 2.24) ortho to the hydroxy group. Acceptor-substituted alkynes can also be used in this reaction (Entry 4, Table 2.17) [331]. Donor-substituted alkynes can however lead to the formation of other products [191,192]. Also (diarylcarbene)pentacarbonyl chromium complexes can react with alkynes to yield phenols [332]. 

Carbazoles from naphthols and aryl hydrazines promoted by sodium bisulfite. 

The alkenylation of phenols also proceeds smoothly in the presence of TMG (Scheme 6). The major products are not aryl alkenyl ethers but a-alkenylated cyclohexa-2,4-dienones. That is, C-alkenylation occurs exclusively at the ortho position of phenols. When 2-naphthol reacts with two equivalents of the alkenylbismuthonium salt, a,a-dialkenyl ketone is obtained in good yield as the sole alkenylated product. 

V,A,iV, Ai -Tetraethyl-l,l -bi-2-naphthol-3,3 -dicarboxamide (20) has been shown by KatsuTi and coworkers to be quite effective as a stoichiometric additive in the cyclopropanation of allylic alcohols (equation 89) . The best enantioselectivities were obtained with aryl-substituted allylic alcohols however, 6 equivalents of diethylzme were needed. 

DNBLeu (covalent).5 Chiral phases S-Asp-artyl-S-phenylalanine methyl ester, N.N- Di-propyl-S-alanine cupric acetate. Phosphonates, aryl-sulphoxides, nitrogen heterocycles, di-B-naphthols. 

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