Chlorine reaction with aromatic compounds

Chirality center, 292 detection of, 292-293 Eischer projections and, 975-978 R,S configuration of, 297-300 Chitin, structure of, 1002 Chloral hydrate, structure of, 707 Chloramphenicol, structure of, 304 Chlorine, reaction with alkanes, 91-92,335-338 reaction with alkenes, 215-218 reaction with alkynes, 262-263 reaction with aromatic compounds, 550 Chloro group, directing effect of, 567-568... 

Chlorine and Bromine. Aromatic compounds can be brominated or chlorinated by treatment with bromine or chlorine in the presence of a catalyst, most often iron. However, the real catalyst is not the iron itself, but the ferric bromide or ferric chloride formed in small amounts from the reaction... 

In the case of alkylation using allylsilancs in the presence of aluminum chloride as a catalyst, allylsilanes containing one or more chlorine substituents on the silicon react with aromatic compounds at room temperature or below 0 C to give alkylated products. 2-aryl-1 -silylpropanes.- while allyltrimethylsilane did not give the alkylated product but instead dimerized to give the allylsilylation product.. S-itrimethylsilyli-d-itrimethylsilylrnethyl)- 1-pentene (Eq. (1 )). In the alkylation reaction, the reactivity of allylsilanes increased as the number of chlorine... 

Allylchlorosilanes undergo Friedel-Crafts alkylation with aromatic compounds such as benzene derivatives and ferrocene to give [p-(chlorosilyl)alkyl]arene compounds in the presence of Lewis acid catalyst. Allylsilanes containing two or more chlorine atoms on silicon react smoothly with benzene under mild conditions to give alkylation products in good yields [Eq. (15)]. In alkylations of benzene, the reactivity of the allylsilanes increases as the number of chlorine atoms on the silicon increases, but decreases as the number of methyl groups increases. Because the reactivity of allylsilanes is sensitive to the electronic nature of the substituents on the silicon atom, allylsilane selection is an important factor for alkylation reactions. 

Several classes of organic compounds can react with chlorine. While chlorine adds to an olefinic double bond (=C=C=) yielding addition products, reactions with aromatics and saturated hydrocarbons produce substitution products ... 

This type of duality of action is presumably present in other situations, such as the Fries rearrangement (78), the Friedel-Crafts reaction with acid chlorides (65) or acid anhydrides (21), and the catalytic chlorination of nitrobenzene (17). In these reactions it appears that the uncoordinated Lewis acid is the effective catalyst. The same situation is illustrated by recent work on aromatic amination (32, 33) and halogenation (57, 58, 71) and seems to be general feature of Lewis acid-catalyzed electrophilic reactions of aromatic compounds containing suitable donor groups. 

Radiolysis and photodecomposition of chlorite and chlorate have been studied in aqueous solution. Reaction schemes, rate constants, and quantum yields are reported.The first stage in the reaction of chlorine with phenol is the second-order formation of [CI2 PhOH], with a rate constant 2 = 2.3 x 10 lmol- s at 5 °C. This [Clg-PhOH] intermediate, whose properties are similar to those of known charge-transfer compounds of halogens with aromatic compounds, decomposes by three parallel pathways. Chlorine reacts more slowly with chlorophenols than with phenol itself. The reaction of chlorine dioxide with phenol follows a comparable rate law ... 

Aromatic compounds may be chlorinated with chlorine in the presence of a catalyst such as iron, ferric chloride, or other Lewis acids. The halogenation reaction involves electrophilic displacement of the aromatic hydrogen by halogen. Introduction of a second chlorine atom into the monochloro aromatic stmcture leads to ortho and para substitution. The presence of a Lewis acid favors polarization of the chlorine molecule, thereby increasing its electrophilic character. Because the polarization does not lead to complete ionization, the reaction should be represented as shown in equation 26. 

A chlorohydrin has been defined (1) as a compound containing both chloio and hydroxyl radicals, and chlorohydrins have been described as compounds having the chloro and the hydroxyl groups on adjacent carbon atoms (2). Common usage of the term appHes to aUphatic compounds and does not include aromatic compounds. Chlorohydrins are most easily prepared by the reaction of an alkene with chlorine and water, though other methods of preparation ate possible. The principal use of chlorohydrins has been as intermediates in the production of various oxitane compounds through dehydrochlorination. 

Oxidation of phenols with chlorine dioxide or chlorine produces chlorinated aromatic intermediates before ring rupture. Oxidation of phenols with either chlorine dioxide or ozone produces oxidized aromatic compounds as intermediates which undergo ring rupture upon treatment with more oxidant and/or longer reaction times. In many cases, the same nonchlorinated, ringruptured aliphatic products are produced using ozone or chlorine dioxide. 

Diuretic activity can be retained in the face of replacement of one of the sulfonamide groups by a carboxylic acid or amide. Reaction of the dichlorobenzoic acid, 174, with chlorsulfonic acid gives the sulfonyl chloride, 175 this is then converted to the amide (176). Reaction of that compound with furfuryl ine leads to nucleophilic aromatic displacement of the highly activated chlorine at the 2 position. There is thus obtained the very potent diuretic furosemide (177). ... 

The reactivity of Ce, C7, Cg aromatics is mainly associated with the benzene ring. Aromatic compounds in general are liable for electrophilic substitution. Most of the chemicals produced directly from benzene are obtained from its reactions with electrophilic reagents. Benzene could be alkylated, nitrated, or chlorinated to important chemicals that are precursors for many commercial products. 

---