Deuteration additions

When n-hexane is irradiated in the presence of a reactive deuterated additive compound, one observes not only CH3CH2CHDCH3 and (CH3)3CD formed in reactions (33) and (34) of the sec-butyl and t-butyl ions, respectively, but also a small amount of an n-butane product labeled at the primary position ... 

In 1961, Yang and Rivas discovered that some o-tolyl and o-benzylphenyl ketones undergo y-hydrogen abstraction to form o-xylylenes that are trapped by dienophiles to form benzocyclohexenols. In CH3OD, the benzylic carbon of the starting ketone is deuterated, additional evidence that a dienol intermediate (an o-xylylenol) is involved. 

Selectivities to various isomers are more difficult to predict when metal oxides are used as catalysts. ZnO preferentially produced 79% 1-butene and several percent of i7j -2-butene [624-64-6] (75). CdO catalyst produced 55% 1-butene and 45% i7j -2-butene. It was also reported that while interconversion between 1-butene and i7j -2-butene was quite facile on CdO, cis—trans isomeri2ation was slow. This was attributed to the presence of a TT-aHyl anion intermediate (76). High i7j -2-butene selectivities were obtained with molybdenum carbonyl encapsulated in 2eohtes (77). On the other hand, deuteration using H1O2 catalyst produced predominantly the 1,4-addition product, trans-2-huX.en.e-d2 with no isotope scrambling (78). 

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This process accounts for most of the observations relating to product stereochemistry, double bond isomerism, deuterium exchange and other features encountered in the hydrogenation and deuteration of olefins. 140-142,144 addition of hydrogen to the double bond proceeds in... 

The 5a-isomer is obtained from hydrogenation of A -7-keto steroids over platinum or palladium. In the latter case the addition of pyridine to the reaction mixture greatly increases the amount of 5a- product formedd a Attack also takes place on hydrogenation (deuteration or tritiation )... 

During the course of base-catalyzed exchange in O-deuterated alcohols, the vinylic hydrogen in the a position to the ketone is replaced by deuterium, in addition to the hydrogens activated by enolization. Thus, under these conditions the exchange of androst-l-en-3-one (16, R = H) gives a trideuterio derivative (18) instead of the expected 4,4-d2 analog (16, R = D). " (For other examples see compounds 13, 19, 21, 23, 26 and 27.) Incorporation of this deuterium is due to rapidly reversible alcohol addition (16 -+17) and elimination (17 18) which competes with the enolization step. " ... 

A large number of examples have been reported in the literature for the deuteration or tritiation of double bonds and for the hydrogenation of enones labeled at an allylic position. The following list of substrates, in addition to those already discussed, provides a representative cross section ... 

This reaction sequence proceeds by cis addition of deuterium and the reduction products usually exhibit high isotopic purity. For example, 5a-cholest-2-ene (136), which is known to give a product of very unsatisfactory isotopic purity when deuterated with heterogeneous catalysts (see section V-A), gives 2<, 3 -d2-5a-cholestane (137) with better than 95% isotopic purity in homogeneous solution. ... 

The recovered dg-dimethyl sulfoxide may be recycled to prepare additional deuteriomethyl iodide or purified for use as a reagent by gentle warming with a little solid sodium thiosulfate followed by distillation from barium oxide. Both products show 99% deuteration. ... 

The reaction has been applied to more complex enamines 13) and to dienamines 19). The reduction may be rationalized by initial protonation at the enamine carbon and subsequent decarboxylation of formate ion and addition of the hydride ion to the iminium cation. This mechanism has been given support by the reaction of the enamine (205) with deuterated formic acid 143) to give the corresponding amines. The formation of 206 on reaction with DCOOH clearly indicates that protonation at the enamine carbon is the initial step. 

One useful feature of this reducing system is its apparent ability to allow deuteration of double bonds without scrambling. Although the precise stereochemistry of the addition remains to be established, the incorporation of only two deuterium atoms per double bond has been clearly demonstrated (7). 

Unsubstituted oxepin reacts with methyllithium to give ew-6-methylcyclohexa-2,4-dien-l-ol216 and traces of the /runs-product,12 whereas the reaction with dimethylmagnesium gives a mixture of cis- and /rani-isomers in a ratio of 37 63.216 By using deuterated starting material it has been shown that a 1,6-addition takes place.216,217... 

Unlike the parent system, 5-methyl-5//-dibenz[c,e]azepine (1, R1 = Me R2 = H) on treatment with lithium diisopropyl amide fails to yield the tautomeric phenanthridine-imine (see Section 3.2.1.5.4.2.), but forms the 5-carbanion, which on quenching with deuterium oxide furnishes 5-methyl-[5-2H,]-5//-dibenz[e,e]azepine (l).83 5,7-Diphenyl-5//-dibenz[r,e]azepine (1. R1 = R2 = Ph) behaves similarly. In contrast, however, 5,7-dimethyl-5//-dibcnz[c,e]azepine (1, R1 = R2 = Me) yields theazaallyl anion 3, which on addition of deuterium oxide deuterates regiospecifically at the 7-methyl group to give derivative 4. 

Shono et al. (1979) describe a method for hydro-de-diazoniations which is simple, gives excellent yields, and is claimed to show no unfavorable substituent effects (14 examples). It consists of the addition of thiophenol (7 equiv.) to a suspension of an arenediazonium tetrafluoroborate in a mixture of water and pentane (10 1) at room temperature. After the completion of N2 evolution, excess thiophenol is removed by addition of Na2C03. The usual work-up gave the corresponding hydrocarbon in 84-100% yield and diphenylsulfide. The deuterated compounds are obtained if one uses C6H5SD and D20. 

Blackley548 measured the rates of deuteration of biphenylene, fluorene, tri-phenylene, and phenanthrene relative to o-xylene as 6.15 5.85 1.08 1.32, which is in very good agreement with the values of 8.80 7.00 - 1.14 which may be deduced from the detritiation data in Table 159, obtained using anhydrous trifluoroacetic acid. Aqueous trifluoroacetic acid (with the addition in some cases of benzene to assist solubility) was used by Rice550, who found that triptycene was 0.1 times as reactive per aromatic ring as o-xylene (cf. 0.13 derivable from Table 159) whereas the compound (XXXI) was 0.9 times as reactive as o-xylene. An exactly comparable measure is not available from Table 158, but dihydroanthracene (XXXII), which is similar, was 0.51 times as reactive as o-xylene and... 

As a result of the conclusions reached in these studies, a simple competition method was devised 12, 32) to determine relative rates of hydride transfer reactions rather accurately. For example, to obtain relative reaction rates of ethyl ions with various additives, a suitable source of fully deuterated ethyl ions such as C3D8 or iso-C4Di0 was irradiated in the presence of a perprotonated additive (RH), leading to the formation of C2D6 and C2D5H by Reactions 2 and 3. 

Such is not the case, and furthermore, the presence of NHS does not alter product ratios in favor of the more highly deuterated species as it does in the methane systems. The additional observation that C2D6 is untouched in TD/D2 C2H6/C2D6 mixtures (Table III, System III) makes the evidence against ethanium ion-ethane proton transfer conclusive. 

What concerns us here are three topics addressing the fates of bromonium ions in solution and details of the mechanism for the addition reaction. In what follows, we will discuss the x-ray structure of the world s only known stable bromonium ion, that of adamantylideneadamantane, (Ad-Ad, 1) and show that it is capable of an extremely rapid degenerate transfer of Br+ in solution to an acceptor olefin. Second, we will discuss the use of secondary a-deuterium kinetic isotope effects (DKie) in mechanistic studies of the addition of Br2 to various deuterated cyclohexenes 2,2. Finally, we will explore the possibility of whether a bromonium ion, generated in solution from the solvolysis of traAU -2-bromo-l-[(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)oxy]cyclohexane 4, can be captured by Br on the Br+ of the bromonium ion, thereby generating olefin and Br2. This process would be... 

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