Electrophilic additions with halogens

The stoichiometric equivalents of halogen fluorides, i.e. chlorine monofluoride, bromine monofluoride and iodine monofluoride, have found a wide application in addition reactions to double bonds. The equivalents are obtained by reacting A -haloamides or free halogens in combination with hydrogen fluoride or its salts as the source of fluoride ions. The reactions proceed under mild conditions at — 80 to 20 "C in anhydrous hydrofluoric acid or diethyl ether, tetrahydro-furan, dichloromethane or chloroform mainly by electrophilic addition with Markovnikov-type regioselectivity (anti addition).26-28... 

The reaction of either the enol or the enolate anion (Equations 17-2 or 17-3) with Br2 resembles the first step in the electrophilic addition of halogens to carbon-carbon multiple bonds (Section 10-3A). However, the second step,... 

In contrast to the free radical substitution observed when halogens react with alkanes halogens normally react with alkenes by electrophilic addition... 

Additions of halogen fluorides to the more electrophilic perfluonnated olefins generally require different conditions Reactions of iodine fluoride, generated in situ from iodine and iodine pentafluoride [62 102 103, /05] or iodine, hydrogen fluoride, and parapeiiodic aud [104], with fluormated olefins (equations 8-10) are especially well studied because the perfluoroalkyl iodide products are useful precursors of surfactants and other fluorochemicals Somewhat higher temperatures are required compared with reactions with hydrocarbon olefins Additions of bromine fluoride, from bromine and bromine trifluonde, to perfluonnated olefins are also known [lOti]... 

Electrophilic addition of hydrogen bromide to alkenes follows Markovnikov s rule, leading to the product with halogen on the more-substituted position. However, trace amounts of hydroperoxides (among other impurities ) may initiate a reaction that gives rise to the anti-Markovnikov product, with bromine in the less-substituted position. 

HC1, HBr, and HI add to alkenes by a two-step electrophilic addition mechanism. Initial reaction of the nucleophilic double bond with H+ gives a carbo-cation intermediate, which then reacts with halide ion. Bromine and chlorine add to alkenes via three-membered-ring bromonium ion or chloronium ion intermediates to give addition products having anti stereochemistry. If water is present during the halogen addition reaction, a halohydrin is formed. 

Although the reaction of ketones and other carbonyl compounds with electrophiles such as bromine leads to substitution rather than addition, the mechanism of the reaction is closely related to electrophilic additions to alkenes. An enol, enolate, or enolate equivalent derived from the carbonyl compound is the nucleophile, and the electrophilic attack by the halogen is analogous to that on alkenes. The reaction is completed by restoration of the carbonyl bond, rather than by addition of a nucleophile. The acid- and base-catalyzed halogenation of ketones, which is discussed briefly in Section 6.4 of Part A, provide the most-studied examples of the reaction from a mechanistic perspective. 

Figure 1.11 Tyrosine residues are subject to nucleophilic and electrophilic reactions. The unprotonated phe-nolate ion may be alkylated or acylated using a variety of bioconjugate reagents. Its aromatic ring also may undergo electrophilic addition using diazonium chemistry or Mannich condensation, or be halogenated with radioactive isotopes such as 12iI.

It is concluded that the selectivities of electrophilic additions are not directly related to the reactivities but to the transition-state positions. Extensive comparison with similar data on the bromination and hydration of other ethylenic compounds bearing a conjugated group shows that this unexpected reactivity-selectivity behaviour can arise from an imbalance between polar and resonance effects (Ruasse, 1985). Increasing resonance in the ground state would make the transition state earlier and attenuate the kinetic selectivity more strongly than it enhances the reactivity. Hydration and halogenation probably respond differently to this imbalance. 

The reactions of halogens and hydrogen halides with alkenes are electrophilic addition reactions. This means that the initial attack on the organic molecule is by an electron-deficient species that accepts a lone pair of electrons to form a covalent bond. This species is called an electrophile. In the case of the reaction with hydrogen bromide, the mechanism for the reaction is as shown. 

Addition reactions at the alkyne bonds are dealt with in the section on alkenylstannanes that are produced. The alkynyl-tin bond is more readily cleaved by both electrophiles and nucleophiles than is the alkenyl- or alkyl-tin bond. Strong electrophiles such as halogens or halogen acids attack at the z/Mzi-position of the triple bond to give a /3-stannyl cation that is stabilized by C-Sn hyperconjugation, but this is followed by cleavage of the C-Sn bond (Equation (83)). 

Sulfenyl chlorides and halogens react with 1,2-alkadienylphosphonic acids to afford phosphorus-containing heterocydes [72], However, the electrophilic addition of dialkyl 4-methyl-2,3,5-hexatrien-2-yl phosphonates with sulfenyl or selenyl chloride afforded 2-thienyl methylphosphonates or the seleno analogues [73, 74]. The conjugate addition of sulfenyl or selenyl chloride with the 2,4-diene moiety in the starting allene leads to the formation of the five-membered skeleton (Scheme 10.69). 

The gaseous dichlorocarbene radical cation reacted with alkyl halides via a fast electrophilic addition to form a covalently bonded intermediate (CI2C—X—R)+ in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. This intermediate fragments either homolytically or heterolytically to produce net halogen atom or halogen ion transfer product. Addition of carbonyls to the carbene ion is followed by homolytic cleavage of the C-O bond to yield a new carbene radical cation. 

The reaction of 5-alkylidene-l,3-dioxanes with electrophiles has been investigated in two different fields. Most importantly, additions of halogen and other electrophiles have been studied with respect to the stereo- and regiochemical outcome of the reaction and the role of the endocyclic heteroatoms <1998J(P2)1129, 1998J(P2)1139>. 

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