Copper chloride halogenation

A copper-mediated cyclization of metallated thiophenes has been utilized to prepare polycyclic thiophenes and thiophene cyclophanes. Treatment of dibromide 106 in succession with M-butyllithium (halogen-metal exchange), zinc chloride (transmetallation), and copper chloride gave 7//-cyclopcnta[ 1,2-fc 4,3-6 dithiophene (107) <00H(52)761>. This conversion has also been achieved using a palladium-mediated cyclization performed in the presence of hexamethylditin . Copper-mediated cyclizations have also been applied to the syntheses of cyclopenta[2,l-6 3,4-A ]dithiophen-4-one (108) (three steps from 73) <00S1253> and cyclophane 109 <00CC2329>. 

Surprisingly, palladium(II) salts supported on NaY zeolite produce DMC, even without halogens. The preferred support seems to be active carbon compared to zeolites because of higher DMC selectivities based on both MN and carbon monoxide, >95% in the case of active carbon and 80-90% in the case of zeolites. Palladium chloride/copper chloride on active carbon is likely used as a catalytic system in the industrial process. Because the carbonylation of MN to DMC occurs without water coproduction, the use of palladium salts as catalysts does not adversely affect selectivity. In the carbonylation reactor outlet some amount of methyl-chloroformate is present, as expected because it is known that palladium(II) chloride supported on alumina or silica catalyzes the reaction between MN, CO, and HCl to give methylchloroformate. " The presence of halide ions in the catalytic system and the methylchloroformate generation likely raise some corrosiveness issues. 

Iodides react best with copper chlorides react only when a substituent such as a benzoyl207 or a nitro group eases removal of the halogen from the ring for example, 2,2 -dinitrobiphenyl is readily obtained from o-chloronitro-benzene.353 At the opposite extreme, the reaction with copper may become explosive when the halogen atom is particularly activated and in such cases a diluent must be used.353 The following exemplifies the technique ... 

Halogenation— This reaction incorporates one of the halogen elements, usually chlorine or fluorine into a compound. Halogen gas can be used, as in the addition of chlorine to benzene to form chlorobenzene. Copper chloride on various supports are also used to add CI2 or HC to olefins. Fluorine or HF can be added to olefins. 

Dkect synthesis is the preparative method that ultimately accounts for most of the commercial siUcon hydride production. This is the synthesis of halosilanes by the dkect reaction of a halogen or haUde with siUcon metal, siUcon dioxide, siUcon carbide, or metal sihcide without an intervening chemical step or reagent. Trichlorosilane is produced by the reaction of hydrogen chloride and siUcon, ferrosiUcon, or calcium sihcide with or without a copper catalyst (82,83). Standard purity is produced in a static bed at 400—900°C. 

Halogenation—Hydrohalogenation. The most important iatermediate is ethylene dichloride [107-06-2] (EDC) which is produced from ethylene either by direct chlorination or by oxychloriaation. Direct chlorination is carried out ia the Hquid or vapor phase over catalysts of iron, alumiaum, copper, or antimony chlorides, and at conditions of 60°C. Oxychloriaation is carried out ia a fixed or fluidized bed at 220°C with a suitable soHd chloride catalyst. 

Halogenation and dehalogenation are catalyzed by substances that exist in more than one valence state and are able to donate and accept halogens freely. Silver and copper hahdes are used for gas-phase reactions, and ferric chloride commonly for hquid phase. Hydrochlorination (the absoration of HCl) is promoted by BiCb or SbCl3 and hydrofluorination by sodium fluoride or chromia catalysts that form fluorides under reaction conditions. Mercuric chloride promotes addition of HCl to acetylene to make vinyl chloride. Oxychlori-nation in the Stauffer process for vinyl chloride from ethylene is catalyzed by CuCL with some KCl to retard its vaporization. 

The Ullman reaction has long been known as a method for the synthesis of aromatic ethers by the reaction of a phenol with an aromatic halide in the presence of a copper compound as a catalyst. It is a variation on the nucleophilic substitution reaction since a phenolic salt reacts with the halide. Nonactivated aromatic halides can be used in the synthesis of poly(arylene edier)s, dius providing a way of obtaining structures not available by the conventional nucleophilic route. The ease of halogen displacement was found to be the reverse of that observed for activated nucleophilic substitution reaction, that is, I > Br > Cl F. The polymerizations are conducted in benzophenone with a cuprous chloride-pyridine complex as a catalyst. Bromine compounds are the favored reactants.53,124 127 Poly(arylene ether)s have been prepared by Ullman coupling of bisphenols and... 

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