Azide ion, displacement

Halogen atoms on benzazole rings can be activated toward nucleophilic displacement by electron-withdrawing groups. Thus azide ion displaces chlorine from 5-chloro-4-nitro- and 4-chloro-7-nitro-benzofuroxan (65JCS5958). 

Several examples of nucleophilic displacement of nitro-activated leaving groups have been recorded. 5,6-Dinitrobenzofuroxan with aniline and p-bromoandine gives the corresponding substitution product (50). Azide ion displaces chloride from both 5-chloro-4-nitro- and 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofuroxan (51 and 52) the product from the former loses nitrogen spontaneously to give furoxanobenzo-furoxan (benzobisfuroxan, 17), which is also formed, although in poor... 

Where acid chlorides are difficult to obtain, Weinstock s method of using mixed carboxylic-carbonic acid anhydrides can be helpful. The acid to be converted into its azide is treated with ethyl chlorofor-mate and base, the ethyl carbonate moiety is then displaced by azide ion. The method has been used in the penicillin field . It is not general, however when the alkanoyl part of the mixed anhydride is sterically hindered, the azide ion displaces it instead of the carbonate moiety, and ethyl azidoformate is produced Cyclic anhydrides can be opened by azide ion, to give the salts of omega-azidocarbonyl acids, such as Na+ "OOCCHaCHaCONa . 

Further, azide ion displacement of 1,2,4-T allowed the preparation of 107 <97JOC7267> and the kinetic effects of alkylammonium bromides on the neutral hydrolysis of 1-benzoyl-... 

Nucleophilic azide ion displacements are enhanced by polar, aprotic solvents (e.g. DMSO) with which high yield, aryl halide displacement to form even mononitrophenyl azides can occur. Phase-transfer catalysis (permitting the use of less polar solvents) or ultrasonication (for activated primary halides) has also been used. Under such conditions, 8 2 inversion of configuration occurs and this has been observed also for alcohols under Mit-sunobu conditions (Triphenylphosphine, Diethyl Azodicarboxy-late, HN3). Retention is possible where a neighboring group is present. ... 

Dimethyl-1,2-dioxetane is decomposed by nucleophiles. Kinetic and product analyses indicate that azide ion displaces the peroxy group from carbon (80), whereas the bromide ion directly attacks the soft oxygen (81). 

The benzo-crown ether 22 and its ntq>htho-analogue were synthesized from the corresponding 6-bromo-6-deoxy-derivatives by azide ion displacement. They are able to sequester dopamine presumably with the assistance of hydrogen bonding between the 6-amino-group and the phenolic hydroxyl functions on dopamine. ... 

Diazido-4,4 -dideoxy-ga/acto-trehalose was synthesized from a known partially benzoylated trehalose derivative by formation and azide ion displacement of a 4,4 -ditriflate, and was claimed to have antimicrobial properties. ... 

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). 

The 3-substituents in 3-nitro- and 3-phenylsulfonyl-2-isoxazolines were displaced by a variety of nucleophiles including thiolate, cyanide and azide ions, ammonia, hydride ions and alkoxides. The reaction is pictured as an addition-elimination sequence (Scheme 54) (72MI41605, 79JA1319, 78JOC2020). 

An example with the characteristics of the coupled displacement is the reaction of azide ion with substituted 1-phenylethyl chlorides. Although the reaction exhibits second-order kinetics, it has a substantially negative p value, indicative of an electron deficiency at the transition state. The physical description of this type of activated complex is the exploded S 2 transition state. 

Neopentyl (2,2-dimethylpropyl) systems are resistant to nucleo diilic substitution reactions. They are primary and do not form caibocation intermediates, but the /-butyl substituent efiTectively hinders back-side attack. The rate of reaction of neopent>i bromide with iodide ion is 470 times slower than that of n-butyl bromide. Usually, tiie ner rentyl system reacts with rearrangement to the /-pentyl system, aldiough use of good nucleophiles in polar aprotic solvents permits direct displacement to occur. Entry 2 shows that such a reaction with azide ion as the nucleophile proceeds with complete inversion of configuration. The primary beiuyl system in entry 3 exhibits high, but not complete, inversiotL This is attributed to racemization of the reactant by ionization and internal return. 

The effect of a substituent may be substantially modified by fast, concurrent, reversible addition of the nucleophile to an electrophilic center in the substituent. Ortho- and para-CS.0 and pam-CN groups have been found by Miller and co-workers to have a much reduced activating effect on the displacement of halogen in 2-nitrohaloben-zenes with methoxide ion [reversible formation of hemiacetal (143) and imido ester anions (144)] than with azide ion (less interaction) or thiocyanate (little, if any, interaction). Formation of 0-acyl derivatives of 0x0 derivatives or of A-oxides, hydrogen bonding to these moieties, and ionization of substituents are other examples of reversible and often relatively complete modifications under reaction conditions. If the interaction is irreversible, such as hydrolysis of a... 

The syntheses were effected by selective mesylation of one or two hydroxyl groups and displacement of each mesyloxy group by an azido group, which was reduced to amino. Although attempted SN2 displacement of cyclohexane substituents is often unsuccessful, the powerfully nucleophilic azide ion is usually able to displace an alkylsulfonoxy group, and this route has been exploited in several recent cyclitol syntheses. 

The 1-mesyloxy intermediate (6) was similarly prepared via the equatorial monobenzoate, and it reacted with azide ion by a single SN2 displacement, since no anchimeric effect was possible here. The scyllo... 

DL-Valiolamine (205) was synthesized from the exo-alkene (247) derived from 51 with silver fluoride in pyridine. Compound 247 was treated with a peroxy acid, to give a single spiro epoxide (248, 89%) which was cleaved by way of anchimeric reaction in the presence of acetate ion to give, after acetylation, the tetraacetate 249. The bromo group was directly displaced with azide ion, the product was hydrogenated, and the amine acety-lated, to give the penta-A, 0-acetyl derivative (250,50%). On the other hand. 

The nucleophilic displacement of the halogen from 2,4-dinitrohalobenzenes by azide ion is catalysed by macrotricyclic ammonium salts [69], Kinetic studies indicate that the azide ion is entrapped and transported within the macrocyclic cage. The highly explosive tetra-azido-p-benzoquinone is obtained when the tetrachloro-quinone is reacted with an excess of sodium azide under phase-transfer catalytic conditions [70]. When only a twofold excess of the azide is used, the 2,5-diazido-3,6-dichloro compound is obtained. 

Sodium azide also adds to olefins of this t3rpe to give w-triazoles in fairly good yields. A mechanism involving nucleophilic displacement of the substituent X by azide, followed by cyclization of the vinyl azide in the presence of azide ions, has been suggested. An alternative mechanism involves conjugate addition of azide to the double bond, cyclization of the resulting anion, and aromatization. 

The 3-(4-chloro-2-nitrophenyl)triazole derivative (110) undergoes nucleophilic displacement of chloride by azide ion <89JCS(P2)1425>. The thermal and photochemical decomposition of 3-nitro-triazolone have been shown to occur via radical cations <9UPC5509>. 

Chlorooxadiazoles (82) react with amino compounds R NH2 (R = NH2, NHPh, alkyl, or aryl), secondary amines R R NH and azide ion to give products of nucleophilic displacement (76e), (76b), and (54i) respectively <84Mi 406-03, 90AP(323)595>. Reaction with anthranilic acid resulted in nucleophilic displacement with subsequent cyclization to oxadiazoloquinazolone (83) <84JIC436>. 

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