Dichloromethyl methyl

Frontier orbital theory predicts that electrophilic substitution of pyrroles with soft electrophiles will be frontier controlled and occur at the 2-position, whereas electrophilic substitution with hard electrophiles will be charge controlled and occur at the 3-position. These predictions may be illustrated by the substitution behaviour of 1-benzenesulfonylpyr-role. Nitration and Friedel-Crafts acylation of this substrate occurs at the 3-position, whereas the softer electrophiles generated in the Mannich reaction (R2N=CH2), in formylation under Vilsmeier conditions (R2N=CHC1) or in formylation with dichloromethyl methyl ether and aluminum chloride (MeO=CHCl) effect substitution mainly in the 2-position (81TL4899, 81TL4901). Formylation of 2-methoxycarbonyl-l-methylpyrrole with... 

A solution of 72 g. (0.60 mole) of mesitylene in 375 ml. of dry methylene chloride is placed in a 1-1. three-necked flask equipped with a reflux condenser, a stirrer, and a dropping funnel. The solution is cooled in an ice bath, and 190 g. (110 ml., 1.0 mole) of titanium tetrachloride is added over a period of 3 minutes. While the solution is stirred and cooled, 57.5 g. (0.5 mole) of dichloromethyl methyl ether2 is added dropwise over a 25-... 

The preparation of mesitaldehyde is an example of a generally applicable method for the preparation of aromatic aldehydes by treatment of aromatic compounds with dichloromethyl methyl... 

Dichloromethyl methyl ether has been prepared by the chlorination of chlorodimethyl ether in the liquid5-4 or gas phase,5 by the reaction of chlorodimethyl ether with sulfuryl chloride and benzoyl peroxide,6 7 and by the treatment of methyl formate with phosphorus pentachloride.8-10... 

Dichloromethyl methyl ether may be employed preparatively in various ways. Thus it effects the replacement of carbonyl and hydroxyl oxygens by chlorine,11 and may be used in the preparation of a-acetochlorosugars 12 and acid chlorides, particularly those derived from acetylated monocarboxylic acid sugars 12 13... 

Dichloromethyl methyl ether, 47, 47 in preparation of aromatic aldehydes,... 

Phosphorus pentachlonde, for conver sion of d l 10 camphorsulfomc acid to acid chloride, 46,14 reaction with methyl formate to yield dichloromethyl methyl ether, 47, 47... 

Several chlorophyll derivatives have been prepared by electrophilic substitution, inter alia by formylation reactions. Adopting methods from corrin chemistry.50 alkylation with chloro-methyl methyl ether (caution toxic),32k chloromethyl methyl sulfide,51 and dichloromethyl methyl ether (caution toxic)52 in the presence of Lewis acids are the methods of choice to introduce carbon residues into the chlorin frame work. The compounds listed below have been prepared by these methods. 

As has been mentioned in an earlier section, aqueous chlorination of sulphoxides leads to sulphones. If excess reagents are used, sulphonyl chlorides may be formed directly from sulphoxides in good yields (equation 75)89,90,193. In order for this reaction to be synthetically useful, the sulphoxide used should be symmetrical. The product is presumably formed in a stepwise manner via the sulphinyl chloride [RS(0)C1] and the sulphinic acid [RS(0)0H]. In the case of chloromethyl dichloromethyl sulphoxide, the only sulphonyl chloride formed is chloromethanesulphonyl chloride (equation 76) and this may be readily separated from the other products by distillation90,193. Similarly, oxidation of dichloromethyl methyl sulphoxide and methyl trichloromethyl sulphoxide with chlorine in aqueous acetic acid leads to the formation of methanesulphonyl chloride in 75% and 86% yields respectively. Other species are also produced but these are much more volatile and thus easily removed (equations 77 and 78). In the absence of acetic acid the yields are somewhat reduced. 

Besides 11-15-11-17, several other formylation methods are known. In one of these, dichloromethyl methyl ether formylates aromatic rings with Friedel-Crafts catalysts.The Compound ArCHClOMe is probably an intermediate. Orthoformates have also been used. In another method, aromatic rings are formylated with... 

C, H2 Cl206P2 10596-22-2) see Clodronate disodium dichloromethyl methyl ether (C2H4CI2O 4885-02-3) see Clidanac... 

Another useful reagent for introduction of the carbonyl carbon is dichloromethyl methyl ether. In the presence of a hindered alkoxide base, it is deprotonated and acts as a nucleophile toward boron. Rearrangement then ensues with migration of two boron substituents. Oxidation gives a ketone. 

In this procedure, dichloromethyl methyl ether is used as the source of the carbonyl... 

Titanium tetrachloride induces reaction with dichloromethyl methyl ether to give a, (3-unsaturated aldehydes.127... 

Scheme 9.1 describes reactions with several lithiated compounds, including dichloromethane, dichloromethyl methyl ether, phenylthiomethyl methyl ether, and phenylthioacetals. Compare the structure of these reagents and the final products for these reactions. Develop a mechanistic outline that encompasses these reactions. Discuss the features that these reagents have in common with one another and with carbon monoxide. 

Titanium tetrachloride as catalyst for condensation of dichloromethyl methyl ether with mesitylene, 47,1... 

This reactivity enables t/tro-substitution to be carried out at a specific position in the ring, irrespective of the presence of other contra-directing groups, and it allows the reaction to be carried out under mild conditions, or with weak electrophiles such as diazonium ions.2 Recent additions to the extensive list of electrophiles that have been used are toluene />-sulfonylisocyanate and ethoxycarbonyl isocyanate (Equation (53)),176 sulfonyl chloride,177 arene178 and silane sulfonyl chlorides,179 and dichloromethyl methyl ether (Equation (54)).1... 

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