Bromo-aromatics

Halex [Halogen exchange] A process for making fluoro-aromatic compounds by reacting the corresponding chloro- or bromo-aromatic comounds with an inorganic fluoride, usually potassium fluoride. Widely used for the manufacture of fluoro-intermediates. 

Pinhey, J. T., Rigby, R. D.G., Photoreduction of Chloro and Bromo aromatic Compounds,... 

As exemplified by equation (2), the Perkin condensation of o-hydroxybenzaldehydes is an important method for the synthesis of substituted coumarins. An interesting variation on this procedure has been reported recently. Heating a mixture of o-fluorobenzaldehyde, 2-thiopheneacetic acid, acetic anhydride and triethylamine affords directly the coumarin (20 equation 13) instead of the expected cinnamic acid (21). The reaction proceeds similarly with several arylacetic acids. The reaction presumably proceeds through the cinnamic acids (21). The observed product can conceivably arise by direct nucleophilic displacement involving the carboxylate or by an elimination/addition (benzyne) mechanism. The authors note that when 2-fluorobenzaldehyde is replaced by its 2-bromo analog in this reaction, the substituted cinnamic acid (22) is the major product and the corresponding coumarin (20) is obtained only in low yield. It is suggested that since it is known that fluoride is displaced more rapidly in nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions, while bromo aromatic compounds form benzynes more rapidly, this result is consistent with a nucleophilic displacement mechanism. 

On the other hand, for the preparation of an indole from o-halo A-allylaniline, the iodo aromatics usually give good yields of indole in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 and Et3N in CH3CN at 110°C for 72 h. However, due to the deactivation of the palladium catalyst, it is necessary to add fresh catalyst periodically. For instance, during 72 h of reaction, better results are obtained by adding one third of the catalyst each day than the reactions using same amount of catalyst in one portion. However, for the less reactive bromo aromatics, 2 equivalents of tris(o-tolyl)phosphine per Pd is necessary for an acceptable yield. ... 

In acetic acid the rates of nitration of chlorobenzene and bromo-benzene were fairly close to being first order in the concentration of aromatic, and nitration fully according to a first-order law was observed with O, m-, and/i-dichlorobenzene, ethyl benzoate and 1,2,4-trichloro-benzene. 

First-order nitrations. The kinetics of nitrations in solutions of acetyl nitrate in acetic anhydride were first investigated by Wibaut. He obtained evidence for a second-order rate law, but this was subsequently disproved. A more detailed study was made using benzene, toluene, chloro- and bromo-benzene. The rate of nitration of benzene was found to be of the first order in the concentration of aromatic and third order in the concentration of acetyl nitrate the latter conclusion disagrees with later work (see below). Nitration in solutions containing similar concentrations of acetyl nitrate in acetic acid was too slow to measure, but was accelerated slightly by the addition of more acetic anhydride. Similar solutions in carbon tetrachloride nitrated benzene too quickly, and the concentration of acetyl nitrate had to be reduced from 0-7 to o-i mol 1 to permit the observation of a rate similar to that which the more concentrated solution yields in acetic anhydride. 

Bromo 1 3 dimethylbenzene is inert to nucleophilic aromatic substitution on treatment with sodium amide in liquid ammonia It is recovered unchanged even after extended contact with the reagent Suggest an explanation for this lack of reactivity... 

Fluorochloro, fluorobromo, and fluoroiodoalkanes react selectively with aromatics under boron trifluoride catalysis to provide chloro-, bromo- and iodoalkylated products (48). The higher reactivity of the C—F bond over C—Cl, C—Br, and C—I bonds under Lewis acid catalysis results in the observed products. 

A Methylanthrapyridone and Its Derivatives. 6-Bromo-3-methylanthrapyridone [81-85-6] (75) is an important iatermediate for manufacturiag dyes soluble ia organic solvents. These solvent dyes are prepared by replacing the bromine atom with various kiads of aromatic amines. 6-Bromo-3-methylanthrapyridone is prepared from 1-methyl amino-4-bromoanthra quin one (43) by acetylation with acetic anhydride followed by ring closure ia alkaU. The startiag material of this route is anthraquiaoae-l-sulfonic acid (16). 

Substitutions that displace electrons toward the carboxyl group of aromatic acids diminish the rate of the reaction (16). The substitution of fluoromethoxy or ethoxy groups in the ortho position has an accelerating action, whereas iodo, bromo, nitro, or methyl groups produce retardation. The influence of groups in the meta and para positions is not nearly so marked (17). 

Benzo[b]furan, 2-aryl-2,3-dihydro- H NMR, 4, 570 Benzo[b]furan, 2-bromo-nitration, 4, 604 Benzo[b]furan, 5-cinnamoyl-properties, 4, 708 Benzo[b]furan, 2-cyano-photochemical reactions, 4, 636 Benzo[b]furan, 2,3-dialkyl-synthesis, 4, 710 Benzo[b]furan, 2,3-dihydro-aromaticity... 

Bromo-l,3,2-benzodioxaborole, CH2CI2 (cat. BF3 Et20), 25°, 0.5-36 h, 95-98% yield. Aryl benzyl ethers, methyl esters, and aromatic benzoates are also cleaved. ... 

In general, imines are too reactive to be used to protect carbonyl groups. In a synthesis of juncusol, however, a bromo- and an iodocyclohexylimine of two identical aromatic aldehydes were coupled by an Ullman coupling reaction modi-fied by Ziegler. The imines were cleaved by acidic hydrolysis (aq. oxalic acid, THF, 20°, 1 h, 95% yield). Imines of aromatic aldehydes have also been prepared... 

Aromatic enamines were prepared by dehydroha logenation of /3-bromo-amines with strong base. While trans enamines were thus formed, one obtained mostly cis enamines from rearrangement of the corresponding allylic amines under similar reaction conditions (646). Vicinal endiamines were obtained from S-dichloroamines and lithium amides (647). 

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