Butyl bromide alkylation with

In many cases the more easily and more cheaply available open-chain S,S-acetals, such as H2C(SCH3)2 and H2C(SC2H5)2, can be used as starting compounds instead of 1,3-dithianes. We found that the abstractions of a methylene proton from 1,3-dithiane and H2C(SCH3)2 or H2C(SC2Hs)2 by BuLi and the subsequent reactions with butyl bromide proceeded with comparable rates. Differences arise, however, when the alkyl derivatives have to belithiated. Whereas the lithiation of 2-alkyl-1,3-dithianes by BuLi seems to proceed cleanly [1], the open-chain derivatives... 

Ethyl M-butylcyanoacetate has been prepared by alkylation of the sodium enolate of ethyl cyanoacetate with butyl bromide and by condensation of capronitrile with ethyl carbonate, in addition to the method given above. ... 

The real world of Sn reactions is not quite as simple as the discussion has so far suggested. The preceding treatment in terms of two clearly distinct mechanisms, SnI and Sn2, implies that all substitution reactions will follow one or the other of these mechanisms. This is an oversimplification. The strength of the dual mechanism hypothesis and its limitations are revealed by these relative rates of solvolysis of alkyl bromides in 80% ethanol methyl bromide, 2.51 ethyl bromide, 1.00 isopropyl bromide, 1.70 /er/-butyl bromide, 8600. Addition of lyate ions increases the rate for the methyl, ethyl, and isopropyl bromides, whereas the tert-butyl bromide solvolysis rate is unchanged. The reaction with lyate ions is overall second-order for methyl and ethyl, first-order for tert-butyl, and first- or second-order for the isopropyl member, depending upon the concentrations. Similar results are found in other solvents. These data show that the methyl and ethyl bromides solvolyze by the Sn2 mechanism, and tert-butyl bromide by the SnI mech-... 

The most thoroughly investigated compounds are the alkyl-pyridines. Coleman and Fuoss compared the reactions of pyridine, 4-picoline, and 4-isopropylpyridine with n-butyl bromide and found a steady increase in the rate in the order given the activation energies are 16.0,15.95, and 15.6 kcal per mole, respectively. Brown and Cahn carried out a detailed study of the reactions of 2-, 3-, and 4-alkyl-pyridines with methyl, ethyl, and isopropyl iodides in nitrobenzene the results are given in Table II. These data show the higher activation... 

A treatment of 2-butyltelluroaniline with an equimolar amount of bromoacetic acid results in spontaneous cyclization of the formed telluronium salt 31 to give 1-butylbenzotellurazinonium bromide 30. That the alkylation occurs at the tellurium and not at the nitrogen atom of 2-butyltelluroaniline has been proved by the isolation of the methyl ester of 31 in 60% yield when the amine was coupled with methyl bromoacetate under the same reaction conditions. Elimination of butyl bromide from 30 readily occurs on heating of its DMF solution leading to 2//-l,4-benzotellurazin-3(4//)-one 32 in 90% yield. 

As shovm above, the attachment of the aromatic ring to the carbon chain bearing the basic nitrogen may be accomplished through an ester or an amide configured in either direction. A simple ether linkage fulfills this function in yet another compound that exhibits local anesthetic activity. Thus, alkylation of the mono potassium salt of hydroquinone with butyl bromide affords the ether (77) alkylation of this with w-C3-chloropropyl)morpholine affords pramoxine (78)... 

Phenylacetonitrile is alkylated with secondary butyl bromide and the resultant nitrile is hydrolyzed to 3-methyl-2-phenylvaleric acid. The acid is converted to the acid chioride with thionyl chloride and the acid chloride is in turn reacted with 1-methyl-4-piperidinol. Finally dimethyl sulfate is reacted with the ester. 

The method described is successfully used for the alkylation and aralkylation of ethyl and /-butyl phenylacetate.3 The alkylation of ethyl phenylacetate with methyl iodide, M-butyl bromide, benzyl chloride, and a-phenylethyl chloride affords the corresponding pure monoalkylation products in 69%, 91%, 85%, and 70% (erythro isomer) yields, respectively. The alkylation of /-butyl phenylacetate with methyl iodide, M-butyl bromide, a-phenylethyl chloride, and /3-phenylethyl bromide gives the corresponding pure monoalkylated products in 83%, 86%, 72-73%, and 76% yields, respectively. 

Certain of the monoalkylated ethyl phenylacetates have been further alkylated with alkyl and aralkyl halides to produce the corresponding disuhstituted phenylacetic esters.4 Ethyl 2-phenyl-propanoate has been alkylated by methyl iodide to give pure ethyl 2-methyl-2-pheny]propanoate in 81% yield. Similarly, the alkylations of ethyl 2-phenylhexanoate with methyl iodide, M-butyl bromide, and benzyl chloride gave the corresponding pure dialkylated products in 73%, 92%, and 72% yields, respectively. 

The regiochcmistry for stoichiometric alkylation with butyl(cyano)copper magnesium bromide is the same as that for the copper cyanide catalyzed reaction. The regiochemistry with dibutyl-copper magnesium bromide is also very similar to that of the copper(I) bromide catalyzed reaction. Lithium cuprates do not exhibit y regioselectivity in this biased system. 

The lower reaction rates obtained with this catalyst permitted measurements of the reaction rates of benzene and toluene with a range of alkyl halides including /-propyl and /-butyl bromides, the rate being followed in some cases by the... 

Polarization also occurs in coupling and disproportionation reactions of Grignard reagents with alkyl halides. The vinyl protons of isobutene produced in the reaction of t-butylmagnesium chloride with t-butyl bromide show A/E polarization as do the methyl protons of isobutane (Ward et al., 1970). Similar results arise in the reaction of diethyl-magnesium with organic halides (Kasukhin et al., 1972). 

The reduction ofsec-, and /-butyl bromide, of tnins-1,2-dibromocyclohexane and other vicinal dibromides by low oxidation state iron porphyrins has been used as a mechanistic probe for investigating specific details of electron transfer I .v. 5n2 mechanisms, redox catalysis v.v chemical catalysis and inner sphere v.v outer sphere electron transfer processes7 The reaction of reduced iron porphyrins with alkyl-containing supporting electrolytes used in electrochemistry has also been observed, in which the electrolyte (tetraalkyl ammonium ions) can act as the source of the R group in electrogenerated Fe(Por)R. ... 

The rate of alkylation of enolate ions is strongly dependent on the solvent in which the reaction is carried out.41 The relative rates of reaction of the sodium enolate of diethyl n-butylmalonate with n-butyl bromide are shown in Table 1.3. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and iV,Ai-dimethylformamide (DMF) are particularly effective in enhancing the reactivity of enolate ions. Both of these are polar aprotic solvents. Other... 

The assumption that tertiary alkyl cations are not stable in solvents other than super-acids is widespread and was apparently well founded on many experiments by different workers over many years [20, 24]. For this reason the stability of our polymerised solutions was astonishing and it seemed at first unlikely that the cation of the electrolyte could be a simple tertiary ion the tert-butyl cation in the experiment with tert-butyl bromide and the ions 2-4 in the polymerised solutions. This was because we did not know then that Cesca,... 

The analogue, t-butyl methyl iminodicarboxylate 25, is obtained by the reaction of methanol with t-butyl oxamate (24) in the presence of lead tetraacetate. Its stable non-hygroscopic potassium salt is converted into alkyl derivatives 26 by the action of alkyl halides such as butyl bromide, allyl bromide, propargyl bromide and ethyl bromoacetate. The products are hydrolysed by trifluoroacetic acid to salts of primary amines, whereas... 

ControUed-potential oxidations of a number of primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl bromides at platinum electrodes in acetonitrile have been investigated [10]. For compounds such as 2-bromopropane, 2-bromobutane, tert-butyl bromide, and neopentyl bromide, a single Ai-alkylacetamide is produced. On the other hand, for 1-bromobutane, 1-bromopentane, 1-bromohexane, 1-bromo-3-methylbutane, and 3-bromohexane, a mixture of amides arises. It was proposed that one electron is removed from each molecule of starting material and that the resulting cation radical (RBr+ ) decomposes to yield a carbocation (R" "). Once formed, the carbocation can react (either directly or after rearrangement) with acetonitrile eventually to form an Al-alkylacetamide, as described above for alkyl iodides. In later work, Becker [11] studied the oxidation of 1-bromoalkanes ranging from methyl to heptyl bromide. He observed that, as the carbon-chain length is increased, the coulombic yield of amides decreases as the number of different amides increases. 

Lund and coworkers [131] pioneered the use of aromatic anion radicals as mediators in a study of the catalytic reduction of bromobenzene by the electrogenerated anion radical of chrysene. Other early investigations involved the catalytic reduction of 1-bromo- and 1-chlorobutane by the anion radicals of trans-stilhene and anthracene [132], of 1-chlorohexane and 6-chloro-l-hexene by the naphthalene anion radical [133], and of 1-chlorooctane by the phenanthrene anion radical [134]. Simonet and coworkers [135] pointed out that a catalytically formed alkyl radical can react with an aromatic anion radical to form an alkylated aromatic hydrocarbon. Additional, comparatively recent work has centered on electron transfer between aromatic anion radicals and l,2-dichloro-l,2-diphenylethane [136], on reductive coupling of tert-butyl bromide with azobenzene, quinoxaline, and anthracene [137], and on the reactions of aromatic anion radicals with substituted benzyl chlorides [138], with... 

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