Dichlorocarbene, reaction with

One example of the reaction of dichlorocarbene with a tertiary amine under phase transfer conditions has been reported [20]. 5,7-Diphenyl-1,3-diazaadamantan-6-one is transformed into l,5-diphenyl-N,N-diformylbispidin-9-one in 23% yield. This unusual reaction may be rationalized as follows. Coordination of dichlorocarbene with a nitrogen lone pair yields a zwitterion (VI). Neighboring nitrogen assists fragmentation and the iminium zwitterion VII results. Protonation and hydrolysis of VII followed by dichlorocarbene reaction with the resulting secondary amine yields the bis-formamide VIII. The sequence is formulated in equation 3.13. 

Thus far, there is only one dichlorocarbene reaction with a thioether reported [25]. Dichlorocarbene reacts with the allylic sulfide to form an ylid which undergoes a facile [2, 3] sigmatropic rearrangement. The product obtained after hydrolysis and chromatography is a mixture of /3,7-unsaturated-S-phenyl esters according to equation 3.17. 

Benzal chloride can be manufactured in 70% yield by chlorination with 2.0—2.2 moles of chlorine per mole of toluene. The benzal chloride is purified by distillation. Benzal chloride is also formed by the reaction of dichlorocarbene ( CCl2) with benzene (49). 

Reaction with chloroform under basic conditions is a common test for primary amines, both aliphatic and aromatic, since isocyanides have very strong bad odors. The reaction probably proceeds by an SnIcB mechanism with dichlorocarbene as an intermediate ... 

This reaction can proceed by 1,1-proton abstraction to form a carbene radical anion, but can also occur by l,n-abstraction to form the negative ion of a diradical. Thus, reaction of O with methylene chloride results in the formation of CCI2 (Eq. S.Sa), reaction with ethylene gives vinylidene radical anion, H2CC (Eq. 5.8b), and the reaction with acetonitrile gives the radical anion of cyanomethylene, HCCN (Eq. 5.8c) Investigations of these ions have been used to determine the thermochemical properties of dichlorocarbene, CCI2, vinylidene, and cyanomethylene. ... 

The reactive intermediates under some conditions may be the carbenoid a-haloalkyllithium compounds or carbene-lithium halide complexes.158 In the case of the trichloromethyllithium to dichlorocarbene conversion, the equilibrium lies heavily to the side of trichloromethyllithium at — 100°C.159 The addition reaction with alkenes seems to involve dichlorocarbene, however, since the pattern of reactivity toward different alkenes is identical to that observed for the free carbene in the gas phase.160... 

A2EPIN-2 -ONE, 44, 41 Dihydropyran, purification of, 41, 77 reaction with dichlorocarbene, 41, 76 Dihydroresorcinol, 41,56 methylation of, 41, 56 reaction with ethanol to yield 3-ethoxy-2-cyclohexenone, 40, 41 Dihydroresorcinoi. monoethyl ether, 40,41... 

Compared with the classical procedures, which employ chloroform and dry potassium /ert-butoxide, Makosza s method is several magnitudes superior, in spite of the normally recognized requirements that the dichlorocarbene should be produced under totally anhydrous conditions. Several early reports of the reactions of dichlorocarbene, generated by Makosza s procedure, led to suggestions that the activity of the carbene was considerably greater than that of the classically produced carbenes. This assumption was based on the overall higher yields of dichlorocyclopropanes derived from the reaction with alkenes, and upon the observation that weakly activated alkenes reacted with Makosza carbenes, but not with the classically produced carbenes. A consideration of the mechanism of formation of the carbenes under phase-transfer catalytic conditions exposes the fallacies in the assumptions. 

As indicated in Chapter 1, the use of concentrated (50%) aqueous sodium hydroxide inhibits the transfer of water into the organic phase and optimal yields are generally attained when the ratio of sodium hydroxide to reactive substrate is ca. 4 1 [8], The use of solid sodium or potassium hydroxide enhances the rate of reaction with the reactive substrate [8, 9], but it has been suggested that, as the rate of hydrolysis of dichlorocarbene is also enhanced under the soliddiquid phase-transfer... 

As noted with the reactions between terpenes and dihalocarbenes, mono-insertion adducts at the more electron-rich sites can be isolated from the reaction of non-conju-gated acyclic and cyclic dienes although, depending on the reaction conditions, the bis-adducts may also be formed. Norbomadiene produces both 1,2-endo and 1,2-exo mono-insertion adducts with dichlorocarbene, as well as a 1,4-addition product (Scheme 7.4) [67]. The mono adduct produced from the reaction with dimethylvinylidene carbene rearranges thermally to yield the ring-expanded product (Scheme 7.4) [157] a similar ring-expanded product is produced with cyclo-hexylidene carbene [149]. 

Alkynes tend to be much less reactive than alkenes. For example, 1,2-diphenylethyne produces only 23% of the dichlorocyclopropene from its reaction with dichlorocarbene, compared with 96% of the dichlorocyclopropane obtained from rrans-stilbene under analogous conditions [4]. Conjugated eneynes react preferentially at the C=C bond with dihalocarbenes [18-20, 22, 38] and with dimethylvinylidene carbene [158],... 

Although the C=C bond of allyl alcohols is frequently less susceptible to reaction with dihalocarbenes, insertion of the carbene into the C=C bond invariably occurs (Table 7.4) to the exclusion of reaction at the hydroxyl group (see Section 7.5) [98]. A complex mixture of products is obtained from the reaction of dichlorocarbene with allyl alcohol, but the cyclopropane can be obtained in high overall yield (>70%) via... 

Addition of carbenes to Jt-electron excessive aromatic compounds, or those which possess a high degree of bond fixation, is well established. Dihalocarbenes react with naphthalenes with ring expansion to produce benztropylium systems (Scheme 7.8). Loss of hydrogen halide from the initially formed product leads to an alkene which reacts with a second equivalent of the carbene to yield the spirocyclopropyl derivatives in high yield (>95%) [14, 50]. Insertion into the alkyl side chain (see Section 7.2) also occurs, but to a lesser extent [14]. Not unexpectedly, dichlorocarbene adds to phenanthrenes across the 9,10-bond [9, 10, 14], but it is remarkable that the three possible isomeric spiro compounds could be isolated (in an overall yield of 0.05% ) from the corresponding reaction with toluene [14]. 

When the reaction with substituted benzaldehydes is conducted in the presence of ammonia, the a-amino carboxylic acids are formed [11], The corresponding reaction involving bromoform is less effective and, for optimum yields, the addition of lithium chloride, which enhances the activity of the carbonyl group, is required. In its absence, the overall yields are halved. The reaction of dichlorocarbene with ketones or aryl aldehydes in the presence of secondary amines produces a-aminoacetamides [12, 13] (see Section 7.6). 

When a carbonyl group and an amino group are present within the same molecule, reaction with dichlorocarbene favours, somewhat unexpectedly, electrophilic attack on the carbonyl group [ 14, 15]. Although no confirmatory evidence is available, such a reaction pathway (Scheme 7.17) would explain the formation of the ring... 

Conjugated ketones and esters generally react with chloroform under basic conditions by Michael-type addition of the trichloromethyl anion to the C=C bond or by insertion of dichlorocarbene into the C=C bond, depending on the substitution pattern of the conjugated system (see Sections 6.4 and 7.3). The corresponding reaction with bromoform under basic conditions produces 1,1-dibromocyclopropanes. 

Dichlorocarbene reacts with oxiranes to produce dichlorocyclopropanes [18] via an initial deoxygenation reaction (Scheme 7.22). 

When ketones are reacted with dichlorocarbene in the presence of secondary amines, a-aminoacetamides are obtained via the ring opening of the intermediate oxiranes by the amine [19]. Similar products are obtained from the corresponding reactions with aniline and also with aldehydes (see Section 7.4). 

Reaction of the azophosphoranes (Scheme 7.32) with dichlorocarbene follows an interesting pathway to produce l-aryl-5-chloropyrazole-3-carboxylic esters. The initial displacement of the phosphine (probably as the oxide) has been confirmed by the isolation of the 3,3-dichloropropenic ester under mild conditions. Subsequent conversion into the pyrazole appears to involve reaction with a trichloromethyl anion followed by attack by a second dichlorocarbene, although evidence for the mechanism of these steps is circumstantial [40],... 

Aldoximes are normally dehydrated by reaction with dichlorocarbene, produced under soliddiquid two-phase conditions, to yield nitriles in high yield [41, 42], whereas a-hydroxy ketoximes are cleaved with the simultaneous formation of a nitrile and either an aldehyde or ketone (Scheme 7.33). Yields are generally >70% and, in the case of cyclic hydroxy ketoximes, the products are acyclic oxo nitriles [43],... 

Amides [41,44], thioamides [41 ] and amidines [45] are converted into nitriles by the reaction with dichlorocarbenes generated by Makosza s procedure (Table 7.16). Under similar conditions, monosubstituted and A.A-disubstituted ureas are converted into cyanamides (Table 7.17) JV,(V -disubstituted ureas produce carbodi-imides in low yield [41,46,47]. /V-Carbamoyl derivatives of dibenzo[/ /]diazepines and the related 10, l l-oxirane derivatives are converted into the corresponding... 

Methylisoquinol-l-one behaves as an enamine with dichlorocarbene to produce the dichlorocyclopropane derivative (83%). The corresponding reaction with dibromocarbene produces a thermally labile compound, which is assumed to have an analogous structure. Rearrangement of the dichloro compound under basic conditions leads to the isoindole derivative (96%), whereas controlled thermolysis... 

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