Benzo thiophenes, aryl reactions

Examples of the former two reaction types are illustrated. An early Heck cyclization of 2-carboxy-2 -iododiphenylamine to 1-carbazolecarboxylic acid (73% yield) [346] has been generally overlooked by subsequent investigators. A microwave method is useful for the synthesis of azaindoles from aminopyridines and ketones [347], and a variety of cyclopent[/ ]indolones and carbazolones are available using this Heck chemistry [348, 349]. The requisite enamines can also be generated in situ by the addition of 2-haloani-lines to alkynes with TiC [350]. The aryl Heck variation affords carbazoles [351-353] including novel indolo[3,2-/ ]benzo[/ ]thiophenes [353]. 

A review entitled thiophenes from Viktor Meyer to Poly (thiophene) some reactions and synthesis was published in a special issue of Phosphorus, Sulfur and the related elements (13PS287). Over 80 reaction schemes are presented outlining important discoveries in the chemistry of thiophenes. Another review generalized published data on the reactions of 4-(2-R-aryl)-1,2,3-thia- and selenadiazoles (13RJOC479). Special emphasis on the use of these selenadiazole for the synthesis of 1-benzothiophenes, 1-benzosele-ophenes, and their more complex derivatives was presented. A recent review on recent advances in the use of the Wfllgerodt-Kindler reaction in thiophene syntheses appeared this year (13CSV7870). Extensive reviews on selenium and tellurium chemistry from small molecules to biomolecules and materials (B-13M001) as well as data on the synthesis, reactions, crystal structures, and spectral characteristics of benzo[b]tellurophene, dibenzo[b,d]... 

Reaction at Sulphur.—The oxidation of benzo[6]thiophens to sulphoxides by t-butyl hypochlorite has been studied. In the presence of a ruthenium catalyst, dibenzothiophen was oxidized by oxygen to the sulphone. The reactions of benzo[ >]thiophen 1,1-dioxides with various reagents such as amines, amino-alcohols,3-aminopropylsilanes, and aromatic sulphonyl chlorides have been studied. Four detailed papers on the reaction of dibenzophenonium salts with aryl-lithiums have appeared in which the mechanism of ligand exchange was elucidated. " ... 

There are reports of an increasing number of palladium-assisted reactions, in some of which the palladium has a catalytic function. Thus furan and thiophene undergo facile palladium-assisted alkenylation giving 2-substituted products. Benzo[6 Jfuran and TV- acetyl-indole yield cyclization products, dibenzofurans and carbazoles respectively, in addition to alkenylated products (8UOC851). The arylation of pyrroles can be effected by treatment with palladium acetate and an arene (Scheme 86) (81CC254). 

Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-acetyl-3-hydroxy-synthesis, 4, 892 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-acyl-synthesis, 4, 918 Benzo[6]thiophene, 3-acyl-synthesis, 4, 918- 19 Benzo[6]thiophene, acylamino-synthesis, 4, 815 Benzo[6]thiophene, alkenyl-synthesis, 4, 917 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-alkoxy-synthesis, 4, 929 Benzo[6]thiophene, 3-alkoxy-synthesis, 4, 929 Benzo[6]thiophene, 4-alkoxy-synthesis, 4, 930 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-alkyl-synthesis, 4, 877-878 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-alkylthio-synthesis, 4, 931 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-amino-diazotization, 4, 810 reactivity, 4, 797 stability, 4, 810 synthesis, 4, 869, 924-925 tautomerism, 4, 38 Benzo[6]thiophene, 3-amino-cycloaddition reactions, 4, 68 synthesis, 4, 109, 881, 925 Benzo[6]thiophene, 4-amino-synthesis, 4, 925 Benzo[6]thiophene, 5-amino-synthesis, 4, 925 Benzo[6]thiophene, 7-amino-synthesis, 4, 925 Benzo[6]thiophene, 3-t-amyl-synthesis, 4, 915 Benzo[6]thiophene, 2-aryl-synthesis, 4, 881... 

Cyclization of a thiocarbonyl ylide with the C=C-bond of an aromatic ring was observed in the reaction of aryl biphenyl-2-yl ketones with di(tosyl)diazomethane in the presence of Rh2(OAc)4 (189). In the case where the aryl ring contains a 4-methoxy group, benzo[c]thiophene (164) was the only product formed. In contrast, when the aryl ring consists of a 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl group, compounds 165 and 166 were produced. It would seem that after 1,5-dipolar electrocyclization of the intermediate thiocarbonyl ylide occurs, aromatization then takes place by elimination of toluenesulfinic acid or methyl toluenesulfinate. 

A concerted elimination-cyclization mechansim, involving a sulfenyl halide in a 1,3-butadiene-1-thio system, is the most probable mechanism for the formation of benzo[6 Jthiophenes from cinnamic acids or 4-aryl-2-butanones by treatment with thionyl chloride. The reactions shown in Scheme 5 have been carefully worked out, and the intermediates isolated (75JOC3037). The unique aspect of this synthesis is the reduction of the sulfinyl chloride (a) by thionyl chloride to form the sulfenyl chloride (b). The intermediate (b) was isolated and converted in pyridine to the 3-chlorobenzo[6]thiophene-2-carbonyl chloride in 36% yield (73TL125). The reaction is probably initiated by a sulfenyl ion attack on the aromatic ring, since it is promoted by electron-releasing groups para to the site of ring closure. For example, when X in (36) was N02, a 23% yield of (37), a mixture of 5-and 7-nitro derivatives, was obtained, but when X in (36) was OMe, a 54% yield of (37) was obtained, contaminated with some 3,4-dichloro-5-methoxybenzo[6]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid. 

Thiobenzophenone can also serve as a C3S intermediate in the synthesis of some benzo[c]thiophenes. The carbon source in this case is carbon monoxide. Reaction of various thiobenzophenones with diiron enneacarbonyl in benzene at room temperature produced a complex, Ar2CSFe2(CO)6, which could be oxidized to form 2-hydroxy-5-aryl-benzo[c]thiophenes (226e) in 60-80% yield (73JA4905). 

The synthesis of benzo[6]thiophenes by the PPA-promoted cyclization of (arylthio)acetaldehyde dimethyl or diethyl acetals [Eq. (4)] was introduced by Tilak287, 288 in 1950 and improved in 1951.289 The acetals are readily prepared from aryl mercaptans and bromo-acetaldehyde dimethyl (or diethyl) acetal in the presence of sodium ethoxide, or by reaction of an aryllithium compound with [(MeO)2CHCH2S]2.290 Diethyl acetal as starting material sometimes gives better yields of product than the corresponding dimethyl acetal.291 Optimum yields of benzo[6]thiophenes are obtained when cyclization of the acetals is carried out under reduced pressure so that the lower boiling benzo[6]thiophenes distill as soon as they are formed. Experimental conditions for obtaining optimum yields vary from case... 

In 1949, Werner187 announced the synthesis of several 3-alkyl- and 2,3-dialkylbenzo[6]thiophenes by the cyclodehydration of (arylthio)-acetones with phosphorus pentoxide or zinc chloride [Eq. (5)]. The reaction has since been widely used to synthesize alkyl- and aryl-substituted benzo[6]thiophenes (Table IV). Cyclodehydration proceeds most conveniently with PPA,297 298 but concentrated sulfuric acid,299,300 hydrofluoric acid, 299 aluminum chloride in benzene301 or chlorobenzene,302 zinc chloride and hydrochloric acid,303 a melt of aluminum and sodium chlorides,304 and phosphorus pentoxide in boiling o-dichlorobenzene 305 have been less widely used. 

The 2,3-double bond in benzo[6]thiophene-1,1-dioxides undergoes addition reactions with nucleophiles in a manner comparable to that of other a,/9-unsaturated sulfones no aromatic properties are detectable in this way for the thiophene ring.718-723 For example, thiophenol and p-thiocresol give the adducts (340 R = H or Me) in the presence of base.723 However, if the aryl mercaptan and the sulfone are heated together, a radical reaction occurs to give the corresponding 2-substituted compound.723 In contrast to the behavior of aryl mercap-... 

Dinitro-6-phenyliodonium phenolate (146) is a stable iodonium zwitterion484. It reacts under photolytic conditions with various alkenes, alkynes and aromatic compounds to afford 2,3-dihydrobenzo[ ]furans, benzo[6]furans and 6-aryl-2,4-dinitrophenols. The mechanism involves hypervalent iodine compounds (iodinanes, 147) and is illustrated for the reaction with an aromatic compound (equation 127). Compounds 148 are the major products when ArH = PhH, PhOCH3 or 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. With furan and thiophene, 149 is the principal product. The reaction does not proceed with chlorobenzene and nitrobenzene. 

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