Carbene nucleophile

All synthetic methods described up to now (ligand displacement, acac or halo-methyl precursors, metal-bonded carbene + nucleophile, metal-bonded nucleophile + carbene) result in a metal-bonded ylide through the Ca atom. The reactivity of ylides toward metallic systems is, however, greater than anticipated and other reaction pathways could compete with simple C-bonding. 

The stability of azole carbenes can be attributed to electronic factors which operate in both the Tran d CT-frameworks (92JA5530). In the TT-framework, electron donation into the carbene out-of-plane p-orbital by the electron-rich system moderates the typical electrophilic reactivity of carbenes. In the o-framework, additional stability for the carbene electron pair may be gained from the o-electron-withdrawal effects on the carbene center by the more electronegative nitrogens, which moderates the carbene nucleophilic reactivity. The combination of these a- and TT-effects serves to increase the singlet-triplet gap and stabilize the singlet carbene over the more reactive triplet state. For carbenes with bulky substituents (tert-butyl, 1-adamantyl, etc.) steric effects provide additional stabilization. 

Oxiranes as Precursors to Carbenes/Nucleophiles. 3.6 Reductions. 3.7 Deoxygenations. 3.8 Oxidations... 

The reaction of carbenes with CO2 under the conditions of matrix isolation allows to qualitatively estimate the philicity of carbenes. [36] The initial step of this reaction is the nucleophilic attack of the carbene at the CO2 carbon atom. The primary adduct subsequently rearranges to give an a-lactone which is easily identified by IR spectroscopy. [36] Since carbenes act as a nucleophile in this reaction, the reactivity increases with increasing carbene nucleophilicity, and electrophilic carbenes like 2a (R = H), despite being of very high reactivity towards a variety of reactants (see below), can not be carboxylated. We thus... 

Other carbenes which exhibit nucleophilic behavior include benzocyclo-butenylidene (13), [49] bicyclo[3.2.1]octa-2,6-dien-4-ylidene (14), [50] and bicyclo [3.2.1]octa-2-en-4-ylidene (15), [50] with reported p values (vs. a) of +1.57, +0.25, and +0.68, respectively. In all cases, computations suggest either an excess of negative charge on the carbenic center or a high-lying HOMO (essentially the carbene lone pair), which account for the carbenes nucleophilicity toward styrenes. 

In general, electrophilicity is favored by a low-lying HOMO or a orbital, which makes electron donation by the carbene unfavorable, and by a low-lying, accessible LUMO or p acceptor orbital. Conversely, carbenic nucleophilicity is favored by a high-lying HOMO, for efficient electron donation, and a high-lying inaccessible LUMO. [66]... 

Base-catalyzed hydrogen exchange occurs at the 3- and 5-positions of 1,2-dimethyl-pyrazolium salts. 2-Unsubstituted 1,3-dithiolylium salts are easily deprotonated by nucleophilic attack of hydrogen. The intermediate carbene easily undergoes dimerization. Hydrogen exchange can also occur (Scheme 23) (80AHC(27)15l). 

The photolysis of the diazopyrazolone (369 X = N2, R = Me) in methanol yields two isomeric forms of methyl 3-phenylazo-2-butenoate (394) (80CC1263). The azo esters may arise via protonation of the carbene (395) with a concurrent opening of the ring by the nucleophilic solvent. 

The reaction of oxiranes with base can follow several paths, giving products of type (34-38 Scheme 27). (a) Formation of an oxiranyl anion (34) is rare (Section 5.05.3.5). (b) Nucleophilic ring opening to give (35) is common with unhindered bases (Section 5.05.3.4). (c) a-Elimination to give a carbene or carbenoid (36) is favored by alkyllithium bases and... 

Contents Introduction and Principles. - The Reaction of Dichlorocarbene With Olefins. - Reactions of Dichlorocarbene With Non-Olefinic Substrates. -Dibromocarbene and Other Carbenes. - Synthesis of Ethers. - Synthesis of Esters. - Reactions of Cyanide Ion. - Reactions of Superoxide Ions. - Reactions of Other Nucleophiles. - Alkylation Reactions. - Oxidation Reactions. - Reduction Techniques. - Preparation and Reactions of Sulfur Containing Substrates. -Ylids. - Altered Reactivity. - Addendum Recent Developments in Phase Transfer Catalysis. 

The reactivities of the substrate and the nucleophilic reagent change vyhen fluorine atoms are introduced into their structures This perturbation becomes more impor tant when the number of atoms of this element increases A striking example is the reactivity of alkyl halides S l and mechanisms operate when few fluorine atoms are incorporated in the aliphatic chain, but perfluoroalkyl halides are usually resistant to these classical processes However, formal substitution at carbon can arise from other mecharasms For example nucleophilic attack at chlorine, bromine, or iodine (halogenophilic reaction, occurring either by a direct electron-pair transfer or by two successive one-electron transfers) gives carbanions These intermediates can then decompose to carbenes or olefins, which react further (see equations 15 and 47) Single-electron transfer (SET) from the nucleophile to the halide can produce intermediate radicals that react by an SrnI process (see equation 57) When these chain mechanisms can occur, they allow reactions that were previously unknown Perfluoroalkylation, which used to be very rare, can now be accomplished by new methods (see for example equations 48-56, 65-70, 79, 107-108, 110, 113-135, 138-141, and 145-146)... 

The third volume of this series covers three specific groups of compounds the carbolines (reviewed by R. A. Abramovitch and I. D. Spenser), the thiatriazoles (K. A. Jensen and C. Pedersen), and the pentazoles (I. Ugi). The remaining four chapters deal with topics of general chemical interest from the heterocyclic viewpoint the quaternization of heterocyclics (G. F. Duffin), carbene reactions (C. W. Rees and C. E. Smithen), applications of the Hammett equation (H. H. Jaffe and H. Lloyd Jones), and some aspects of the nucleophilic substitution of heterocyclic azines (G. Rluminati). 

The triazole 76, which is more accurately portrayed as the nucleophilic carbene structure 76a, acts as a formyl anion equivalent by reaction with alkyl halides and subsequent reductive cleavage to give aldehydes as shown (75TL1889). The benzoin reaction may be considered as resulting in the net addition of a benzoyl anion to a benzaldehyde, and the chiral triazolium salt 77 has been reported to be an efficient asymmetric catalyst for this, giving the products (/ )-ArCH(OH)COAr, in up to 86% e.e. (96HCA1217). In the closely related intramolecular Stetter reaction e.e.s of up to 74% were obtained (96HCA1899). 

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