Bromobenzene, reaction with

Bromoacetyl fluoride, 46, 6 Bromobenzene, reaction with potassium f-butoxide, 46, 89... 

An interesting route to nitrobenzene begins with bromobenzene. Reaction with butyllithium gives phenyllithium, which reacts with an excess of N2O4 to give nitrobenzene. ... 

The synthesis of peripherally substituted octa-alkoxyphthalocyanines is straightforward (Scheme 49) [186]. Catechol is alkylated then brominated to give a dialkoxydi-bromobenzene. Reaction with copper cyanide in DMF affords the phthalonitrile, which can be converted to a phthalocyanine under standard cyclization conditions. The lithium alkoxide/alcohol method is usually avoided to prevent any possibility of transetherification. 

When allylic alcohols are used as an alkene component in the reaction with aryl halides, elimination of /3-hydrogen takes place from the oxygen-bearing carbon, and aldehydes or ketones are obtained, rather than y-arylated allylic alcohoIs[87,88]. The reaction of allyl alcohol with bromobenzene affords dihydrocinnamaldehyde. The reaction of methallyl alcohol (96) with aryl halides is a good synthetic method for dihydro-2-methylcinnamaldehyde (97). 

A similar substitution reaction occurs with other strong bases. Treatment of bromobenzene with potassium amide (KNH2) in liquid Nhh solvent, for instance, gives aniline. Curiously, though, when bromobenzene labeled with radioactive 14C at the Cl position is used, the substitution product has equal amounts of the label at both Cl and C2, implying the presence of a symmetrical reaction intermediate in which Cl and C2 are equivalent. 

Arenes are unsaturated but, unlike the alkenes, they are not very reactive. Whereas alkenes commonly take part in addition reactions, arenes undergo predominantly substitution reactions, with the TT-bonds of the ring left intact. For example, bromine immediately adds to a double bond of an alkene but reacts with benzene only in the presence of a catalyst—typically, iron(III) bromide—and it does not affect the bonding in the ring. Instead, one of the bromine atoms replaces a hydrogen atom to give bromobenzene, C H Br ... 

Our group suppressed (ref. 19) the deactivation by HBr by the addition of NaHC03 as a scavenger for HBr and zeolite KA for removal of water formed in the latter reaction. With these additives a p/o-selectivity of 97/3 was achieved in the bromination of bromobenzene over CeY. 

One 7i-bond of an aromatic ring can be converted to a cyclohexadiene 1,2-diol by reaction with enzymes associated with P. putida A variety of substituted aromatic compounds can be oxidized, including bromobenzene, chlorobenzene, " and toluene. In these latter cases, introduction of the hydroxyl groups generates a chiral molecule that can be used as a template for asymmetric syntheses. " ... 

For dihydrodiols derived from substituted benzenes, the key to their significance lies in the availability of two adjacent chiral centers with an established absolute stereochemistry. The dihydrodiol from benzene is, of conrse, the meso compound, although enantiomers produced by subsequent reaction with a chiral reagent are readily separated. There are useful reviews containing nnmerous applications (Carless 1992 Ribbons et al. 1989), many of which involve, in addition, the nse of di-flnoro-, di-chloro-, or di-bromobenzene-2,3-dihydrodiols. 

Bromobenzenes are converted into the corresponding chloro compounds on reaction with aqueous sodium hypochlorite in the presence of tetra-n-buty lammoni um hydrogen sulphate [40]. The reaction is pH dependent. At pH > 10, the bromobenzenes are effectively inert, but over the pH range 7.5-9, conversion occurs into the chlorobenzenes without any side reactions and the reaction appears to be light-induced. At more acidic levels (pH 4-5), bromobenzene is converted quantitatively into chlorobenzene within one hour. No reaction occurs in the absence of the catalyst and yields from light and dark reactions are comparable. Side reactions are observed, however, with substituted bromobenzenes under these low pH conditions. 

Yoshida et al. [63] applied microreaction technology for the sequential synthesis and the disubstitution of o-bromophenyUithiuni (Scheme 28). Lithiation of o-dibromobenzene in batch leads to the formation of the highly reactive benzyne and to the further creation of various side products thus this reaction needs to be conducted at 100°C and below to avoid this problem. This reaction was optimized under microreactor conditions for the production of o-bromophenyUithium and for its further reaction with methanol to determine the yield of bromobenzene. Microreactors were set up of stainless steel tubes with an internal diameter of 250-1,000 pm. 

As well as detoxication via reaction with GSH, the reactive 3,4-epoxide can be removed by hydration to form the dihydrodiol, a reaction that is catalyzed by epoxide hydrolase (also known as epoxide hydratase). This enzyme is induced by pretreatment of animals with the polycyclic hydrocarbon 3-methylcholanthrene, as can be seen from the increased excretion of 4-bromophenyldihydrodiol (Table 7.5). This induction of a detoxication pathway offers a partial explanation for the decreased hepatotoxicity of bromobenzene observed in such animals. A further explanation, also apparent from the urinary metabolites, is the induction of the form of cytochrome P-450 that catalyzes the formation of the 2,3-epoxide. This potentially reactive metabolite readily rearranges to 2-bromophenol, and hence there is increased excretion of 2-bromophenol in these pretreated animals (Table 7.5). 

In addition to being hepatotoxic, bromobenzene is also nephrotoxic because of the production of reactive polyphenolic GSH conjugates, covalent binding to protein, and the production of ROS. 2-Bromophenol and 2-bromohydroquinone are both nephrotoxic metabolites of bromobenzene. Quinones are both oxidants and electrophiles, undergoing both one and two electron reduction and reaction with sulfydryl groups such as GSH and... 

Thienylsodium has been prepared from thiophene by treatment with bromobenzene and sodium amalgam (63AHC(l)l). 2-Methylthiophene has also been metallated at position 5 with n-butylpotassium and n-butylcaesium subsequent reaction with C02 gave the carboxylic acid (75BSF1302). 

The 2- and 4-picolyl anions are phenylated or mesitylated on reaction with chlorobenzene, phenyltri-methylammonium ion and 2-bromomesitylene under stimulation by light or potassium metal. The mechanism of reaction with bromobenzene and iodobenzene is not certain, with die aryne mechanism almost certainly intruding, and with iodobenzene some diarylation of the picolinyl anion results. The reaction of the 2-picolyl anion with 2-bromomesitylene, where an aryne process is impossible, is shown in equation (44). Similar reactions take place between the 4-picolyl anion and 2- or 4-bromopyridine or 2-chloro-quinoline.134... 

Only one, six-carbon unit for chain lengthening has been studied. This is E-(N-2,5-hexadienyl)piperidine, prepared as described earlier in this chapter. This compound reacts with bromobenzene to give a 55% yield of the 6-phenyl derivative (8). The reaction with Z-... 

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