Copper with alkyl halides

Halophosphines are produced by reactions of phosphorus with alkyl chlorides, alkyl bromides, or aryl bromides in solution (12) and by reaction of red phosphorus in tlie presence of copper with alkyl halides in tlie vapor phase (13). Both methods require temperatures in excess of 2 )0°. The preparation of halopliosphines in solution is illustrated by the results of uncatalyzed white phosphorus reactions summarized in Table I (12). Alkyl dihalopliosphiues are the predominant products under these conditions, but appreciable yields of dialkylmonohalophos-phines are also obtained. The reaction temperature requirement de-... 

Table 5.1 Reactions of activated copper with alkyl halides.

Activation rate constants (k) in ATRP/ATRA are typically determined from model studies in which copper complex is reacted with alkyl halide in the presence of radical trapping agents such as TEMPO [127,128,129], Rates are determined by monitoring the rate of disappearance of alkyl halide in the presence of large excess of the activator (Cu X/L) and TEMPO. Under such pseudo-first order conditions, the activation rate constant can be calculated ln([RX]0/[RX]() vs.t plots (slope =-k) Cu C/... 

Reactions with cyclopropene.11 Lithium organocuprates react with the cyclo-propenone ketal 1 (12, 152-154) to form a copper species (a) that behaves as an enolate of a cyclopropanone. Thus it reacts with alkyl halides to form cis-2,3-disubstituted derivatives of 1. 

The resulting triazoles can be N-alkylated by treatment with alkyl halides (0.25 mol/L, 30 equiv., DMF, NaOH), but mixtures of the 1-alkylated and 2-alkylated triazoles are obtained [255]. 1,2,4-Triazoles have also been prepared from N-amino-amidines (amidohydrazones Entry 4, Table 15.20), which were prepared from resin-bound thioamides by S-alkylation with methyl triflate followed by treatment with hydrazine [256]. 1,2,4-Tri azoles undergo Michael addition to polystyrene-bound a-acetamido acrylates to yield triazole-derived a-amino acids (Entry 7, Table 15.20). Benzotriazoles have been N-arylated on insoluble supports by treatment with aryl-boronic acids in the presence of catalytic amounts of copper salts (Entry 8, Table... 

Coupling of alkyllithium and Grignard reagents with alkyl halides gives poor yields and if possible tends to produce mixtures of regio-and stereoisomers. However, effective procedures have been developed involving stoichiometric or catalytic use of Cu(I) salts.10 Thus, the copper-catalyzed substitution of iodide 7 by methallylmagnesium chloride 26 proceeds smoothly in 98 % yield. 

Anyway, it is doubtful whether Letts and Collie thought about zinc as the catalyst of the reaction of tin with alkyl halides (in spite of their demonstration) since this fact was established considerably later. The authors also found that the reaction of EtI with a Sn—Zn alloy (33-50%) containing 5% of Cu gave a maximum yield of E Sn. Thus, long before Rochows s finding the catalytic influence of copper in the direct synthesis of organometallic compounds was observed636. 

A noticeable feature of the majority of reactions of diorganocuprates with alkyl halides (Table VI) is that molar ratios of up to 5 1, respectively, are employed for most effective coupling. However, good yields of coupled products can be obtained when molar equivalents of the reactants are used, a useful procedure for the more exotic copper... 

The tosylate group can be displaced from alkyl tosylates by dialkyl-cuprates 256, 297, 301), presumably by attack at carbon by the d electrons of copper. A transient copper(III) intermediate may be formed [Eq. (87)], as suggested for similar reactions with alkyl halides. An analogous reaction was reported between a copper(I) carboxylate and an alkyl tosylate 185). (Carboxyethyl)methylcopper, C2H5O2CCH2CU, failed to react with butyl tosylate in THF 181). However, copper compounds of the type RCu are generally less reactive than the cuprates. 

With PCI3, Cu atoms yielded smaller amounts of product. Copper also proved useful in dehalogenation reactions with alkyl halides ... 

It was thought originally that in these complexes, the main bond was that formed between the copper atom and the carboxylate ion, the bonds existing with the amino group being auxiliary. It is now considered, however, that all the bonds, whether to oxygen or nitrogen atoms, are identical. This is evident since the reaction of the silver salts of the amino acids with alkyl halides results in the formation not only of the ester but also of the N-alkyl compound,... 

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