Bromination allylic methyl

Ziegler and coworkers 2 indicated that allylic methylene groups undergo bromine substitution more readily than allylic methyl groups. This has been shown 3 to be true, and the treatment of 2-heptene with N-bromosuccinimide gives rise to 4-bromo-2-heptene. 

Under standard conditions (N-bromosuccinimide [NBS] and AIBN [azo-bis(isobutyronitrile)] in refluxing CCI4), the desired brominated poly(TMSP) products were formed in high yield. Nearly quantitative yields were obtained up to bromination levels of 50%, on the basis of one Br substitution per monomer unit, but unexpectedly, the maximum attainable bromination level was only 60%, even when a large excess of NBS was used (Table I). We attributed this curious behavior to the extreme steric crowding at the allylic methyl groups in the polymer structure. The accessibility of the allylic sites apparently is so limited that monobromination is the exclusive reaction, and the presence of the bulky halogen decreases the likelihood of bromination at adjacent allylic sites. Similar results were obtained when benzoyl peroxide was used as the free-radical source. 

Corey and Posner discovered that lithium dimethylcuprate could replace iodine or bromine by methyl in a variety of compounds, including aryl and vinyl halides. This method of replacement of halide by alkyl is much more satisfactory and general than displacement by Grignard or lithium reagents. Allylic halides usually give... 

An asymmetric synthesis of estrone begins with an asymmetric Michael addition of lithium enolate (178) to the scalemic sulfoxide (179). Direct treatment of the cmde Michael adduct with y /i7-chloroperbenzoic acid to oxidize the sulfoxide to a sulfone, followed by reductive removal of the bromine affords (180, X = a and PH R = H) in over 90% yield. Similarly to the conversion of (175) to (176), base-catalyzed epimerization of (180) produces an 85% isolated yield of (181, X = /5H R = H). C8 and C14 of (181) have the same relative and absolute stereochemistry as that of the naturally occurring steroids. Methylation of (181) provides (182). A (CH2)2CuLi-induced reductive cleavage of sulfone (182) followed by stereoselective alkylation of the resultant enolate with an allyl bromide yields (183). Ozonolysis of (183) produces (184) (wherein the aldehydric oxygen is by isopropyUdene) in 68% yield. Compound (184) is the optically active form of Ziegler s intermediate (176), and is converted to (+)-estrone in 6.3% overall yield and >95% enantiomeric excess (200). 

Pyran-2-one, 5,6-dibromo-5,6-dihydro-reactions, 3, 735 Pyran-2-one, 5,6-dihydro-allylic bromination, 3, 799 dehydrogenation, 3, 724, 799 H NMR,3, 581 synthesis, 3, 841, 843 Pyran-2-one, 4,6-dimethyl-irradiation, 3, 677 photochemistry, 3, 678 Pyran-2-one, 5,6-dimethyl-chloromethylation, 3, 680 conformation, 3, 631 Pyran-2-one, 5-f ormyl-IR Spectra, 3, 595 Pyran-2-one, 6-formyl-IR spectra, 3, 595 Pyran-2-one, 5-halo-synthesis, 3, 799 Pyran-2-one, 3-hydroxy-IR spectra, 3, 595 Pyran-2-one, 4-hydroxy-methylation, 2, 57 3, 676 pyran-4-one synthesis from, 3, 816 reactions with phosphorus oxychloride, 2, 57 synthesis, 3, 792, 794, 795, 798 tautomerism, 2, 56 3, 642 Pyran-2-one, 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-methylation, 3, 692 reactions... 

Allylation of the 7-hydroxyquinoline derivative 242 with allyl bromide gave the corresponding 7-allyl ether 243 which underwent Claisen rearrangement to give the 8-allyl derivative 244. Acylation and subsequent bromination afforded the dibromopropyl derivative 245. Treatment of 245 with KOH/EtOH gave 8-hydroxypyrroloquinoline 246 that was methylated with methyl iodide to afford 247 (91JOC980) (Scheme 44). 

With the A-ring unit readily available, we directed our attention to the formation of the B-ring. At first, we duplicated the five step scheme reported in Sih s strigol synthesis involving 1) esterification of the acid 14, 2) allylic bromination with N-bromo 8 ucc i n imi d e (NBS) to 15, 3) condensation with the sodium salt of dimethyl malonate to 16, 4) alkylation with methyl bromoacetate to 17, and 5) acid catalyzed hydrolysis and decarboxylation to the acid 18. 

Methyl crotonate reacts with NBS and brominates is allylic position giving methyl 3-bromocrotonate, a valuable synthetic reagent used in Reformatsky reaction. 

Addition of the dicyanomethyl radical to propadiene (la) occurs exclusively at Q (not shown in Scheme 11.8) [60]. On the other hand, methyl-substituted allenes, e.g. Id, undergo /3-selective reactions with 2-bromomalodinitrile (15). The significant /3-selectivity has been associated with the steric demand of the incoming radical 16, which favors addition to the sterically least hindered site at the diene Id to provide allylic radical 17. However, it seems likely that a stabilization of an intermediate allylic radical, e.g. 17, by methyl substituents contributes significantly to the observed regioselectivity of product formation. Trapping of intermediate 17 with bromine atom donor 15 proceeds at the least substituted carbon to afford allylic bromide 18. 

When bromine, iodine, or allyl bromide electrophiles were used, 3-methyl-2-methoxypyridine (290) was isolated, a result that can be explained by a fast exchange between the RX reagent and MeLi followed by reaction of the resulting MeX with the 3-lithio species 288 (Scheme 87). 

In the photochemical procedure, addition product can be minimized in keeping the relative NBS concentration as small as possible. In addition, substrate concentrations should be optimized with regard to the exitance of the chosen light source to avoid secondary recombination reactions. Under these conditions 4-bromomethyl-5-methyl-l,3-dioxol-2-one can be prepared with only minor impurities (bromine addition and multiple allylic bromination reactions (Eq. 23)) [34]. 

Cyclohexadienol was prepared by Rickborn in 1970 from reaction of the epoxide of 1,4-cyclohexadiene with methyl lithium.100 A hydrate of naphthalene, 1-hydroxy-1,2-dihydro-naphthalene was prepared by Bamberger in 1895 by allylic bromination of O-acylated tetralol (1-hydroxy-l,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene) followed by reaction with base.101 Hydrates of naphthalene and other polycylic aromatics are also available from oxidative fermentation of dihydroaromatic molecules, which occurs particularly efficiently with a mutant strain (UV4) of Pseudomonas putida.102,103 The hydrates are alcohols and they undergo acid-catalyzed dehydration to form the aromatic molecule by the same mechanism as other alcohols, except that the thermodynamic driving force provided by the aromatic product makes deprotonation of the carbocation (arenonium ion) a fast reaction, so that in contrast to simple alcohols, formation of the carbocation is rate-determining (Scheme 6).104,105... 

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