Carbanions heteroaromatic

Tlie interest in the preparation and use of dithiolium salts in connection with the synthesis of TTF derivatives led to the development of a new uses of heteroaromatic cations in organic synthesis. Based on that, a new carbonyl olefination for the synthesis of numerous heterofulvalenes was developed (77S861). For example, 2-dimethoxyphosphinyl-l,3-benzodithiole was deprotonated with butyllithium in THF at -78°C and the resulting phosphonate carbanion reacted with 9-alkyl-acridones to give the dithia-azafulvalenes of type 45 (78BCJ2674) (Scheme 15). 

The formation of jp -carbanions adjacent to pyridine-like nitrogen in 6-membered heteroaromatic rings is complicated by the fact that with alkyl and aryllithiums, 1,2-nucleophilic addition to the azomethine double bond (Scheme 103) normally occurs in preference to metalation [88H2659, 88MI2 88T1 90H(31)1155 91AHC(52)187]. 

Compounds with a high HOMO and LUMO (Figure 5.5c) tend to be stable to selfreaction but are chemically reactive as Lewis bases and nucleophiles. The higher the HOMO, the more reactive. Carbanions, with HOMO near a, are the most powerful bases and nucleophiles, followed by amides and alkoxides. The neutral nitrogen (amines, heteroaromatics) and oxygen bases (water, alcohols, ethers, and carbonyls) will only react with relatively strong Lewis acids. Extensive tabulations of gas-phase basicities or proton affinities (i.e., —AG° of protonation) exist [109, 110]. These will be discussed in subsequent chapters. 

Photoassisted heteroaromatic nucleophilic substitution reactions of various carbanion nucleophiles with 2-bromopyridine, iodobenzene, bromobenzene, bromomesitylene, and 2-chloroquinoline in KNH2-liquid NH3 have also been compared.27... 

The most systematically investigated acyl anion equivalents have been the IMS ethers of aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehyde cyanohydrins, TBDMS-protected cyanohydrins, benzoyl-protected cyanohydrins, alkoxycarbonyl-protected cyanohydrins, THP-protected cyanohydrins, ethoxyethyl-protected cyanohydrins, a-(dialkylamino)nitriles, cyanophosphates, diethyl l-(trimethylsiloxy)-phenylmethyl phosphonate and dithioacetals. Deprotonation of these masked acyl anions under the action of strong base, usually LDA, followed by treatment with a wide variety of electrophiles is of great synthetic value. If the electrophile is another aldehyde, a-hydroxy ketones or benzoins are formed. More recently, the acyl carbanion equivalents formed by electroreduction of oxazolium salts were found to be useful for the formation of ketones, aldehydes or a-hydroxy ketones (Scheme 4). a-Methoxyvinyl-lithium also can act as an acyl anion equivalent and can be used for the formation of a-hydroxy ketones, a-diketones, ketones, y-diketones and silyl ketones. - ... 

Lithium, magnesium, cerium, and cobalt derivatives of diethyl difluoromethylphosphonate readily react with a large variety of carbonyl compounds to give 2-hydroxy-1,1-difluoroalkyIphosphonates in good yields (46-99%, Scheme 3.79) after acidic workup. Aliphatic, 77,40i,528-53i matic,2 5 ° 5 2-5 " heteroaromatic, 277.61" oc,P-unsaturated227,535 aldehydes as well as cyclic, oc,P-unsaturated,525,536 gnd ethoxycarbonyl-substitutcd" " ketones have been used successfully. The presence of lithium salts in the solution increases the stability of the difluorinated carbanion.277... 

Condensation reactions can be grouped into two categories. The first category involves pyrazol-3-ones with formyl, acyl, nitroso, a,jS-unsaturated oxo, 3-oxo-2-azobutyric acid ethyl ester or acetonitrile substituents at position 4 or formyl substituents at position 5 and their reaction with carbanions, heterocyclic methylcarbenium salts, primary and secondary amines, diamines, heterocyclic perchlorates, hydroxylamine, hydrazines, urea or thiosemicarbazide. The second category involves pyrazol-3-ones with amino, hydrazino, heteroaromatic amino, acetyl or acetonitiilo groups at position 4 and their reaction with aryl or heteroaromatic aldehydes or cyclic ketones. 

A wide range of nucleophilic substrates of different reactivity were trifluoromethylated with these reagents. The substrates include carbanions, activated aromatics, heteroaromatics, enol silyl ethers, enamines, phosphines, thiolate ions and iodide anions. " (Scheme 3.8) The least reactive substrates, such as triphenylphosphine, aniline and phenols, require the use of the most reactive dinitro derivative. Most of the reactions can be conveniently performed with the unsubstituted 5-trifluoromethyl dibenzothiophenium salt (35). The least reactive sulfonium salts are the acyclic sulfonium compounds which reacted only with the sodium thiolates.55,59... 

In a so-called vicarious nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen,75 2,3-diphenylpyrido[2,3-6]-pyrazine is alkylated in the 8-position by [(chloromethyl)sulfonyl]benzene. This reaction proceeds by addition of the carbanion to the electron-deficient ring position of a nitroarene or electrophilic heteroaromatic system, followed by base-induced -elimination of the corresponding hydrogen halide.76,77 As with quinoxalines and naphthyridines, the reaction with pyrido[2,3-6]pyrazines also affords products bisannulated at the pyrazine or the pyridine moiety, depending on the kind of 2/3-substitution (cf. Section 7.2.3.1.2.2.2.). 

In a so-called vicarious nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen, the carbanion of an arene halomethyl sulfone adds to the electron-deficient ring position of a nitroarene or electrophilic heteroaromatic system such as quinoxalines and naphthyridines, followed by base-induced //-elimination of the corresponding hydrogen halide.75... 

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