Electrophilic substitution, aryl from

This homoenolate methodology has been extended to the use of nitrones 170 as electrophiles [72]. Scheldt and co-workers have shown that enantiomerically enriched y-amino esters 172 can be prepared with excellent levels of stereocontrol from an enal 27 and a nitrone 170 using the NHC derived from triazolium salt 164 (Scheme 12.37). The oxazinone product 171, formally a result of a [3-1-3] cycloaddition, is cleaved to afford the y-amino ester product 172. The reaction shows broad substrate scope, as a range of substituted aryl nitrones containing electron donating and withdrawing substituents are tolerated, while the enal component is tolerant of both alkyl and aryl substituents. 

Other electrophilic substitution reactions on aromatic and heteroaromatic systems are summarized in Scheme 6.143. Friedel-Crafts alkylation of N,N-dimethyl-aniline with squaric acid dichloride was accomplished by heating the two components in dichloromethane at 120 °C in the absence of a Lewis acid catalyst to provide a 23% yield of the 2-aryl-l-chlorocydobut-l-ene-3,4-dione product (Scheme 6.143 a) [281]. Hydrolysis of the monochloride provided a 2-aryl-l-hydroxycyclobut-l-ene-3,4-dione, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatases [281], Formylation of 4-chloro-3-nitrophenol with hexamethylenetetramine and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) at 115 °C for 5 h furnished the corresponding benzaldehyde in 43% yield, which was further manipulated into a benzofuran derivative (Scheme 6.143b) [282]. 4-Chloro-5-bromo-pyrazolopyrimidine is an important intermediate in the synthesis of pyrazolopyrimi-dine derivatives showing activity against multiple kinase subfamilies (see also Scheme 6.20) and can be rapidly prepared from 4-chloropyrazolopyrimidine and N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) by microwave irradiation in acetonitrile (Scheme... 

To be really satisfactory, a Friedel-Crafts alkylation requires one relatively stable secondary or tertiary carbocation to be formed from the alkyl halide by interaction with the Lewis acid, i.e. cases where there is not going to be any chance of rearrangement. Note also that we are unable to generate carboca-tions from an aryl halide - aryl cations (also vinyl cations, see Section 8.1.3) are unfavourable - so that we cannot nse the Friedel-Crafts reaction to join aromatic gronps. There is also one further difficulty, as we shall see below. This is the fact that introduction of an alkyl substitnent on to an aromatic ring activates the ring towards fnrther electrophilic substitution. The result is that the initial product from Friedel-Crafts alkylations is more reactive than the... 

The electrophilic substitution of the 3-aryl compounds (265, R = Ar, R = H) exemplified by the formation of 5-bromo- (265, R = Ar, R = Br) and 5-nitro derivatives (265, R = Ar, R = NOj) has been put forward as evidence against the meso-ionic formulation 265. lliis approach is unacceptable since ground state charge distribution cannot be deduced from reaction products. The aluminum-amalgam reduction of meso-ionic l,2,3-thiadiazol-4-ones (265) yields either N-mercaptoacetyl-A-arylhydrazines or Ar-acyl-A-arylbydrazines. Triethyl-oxonium tetrafluoroborate and meso-ionic l,2,3-thiadiazol-4-ones (265) yield 1,2,3-thiadiazolium tetrafluoroborates (267). The effect of solvent on the ultraviolet spectra of meso-ionic l,2,3-thiadiazol-4-ones (265) has been reported. ... 

From a eonsideration of the further substitution of C-substituted car-bazoles, a straightforward picture emerges, in so far as results are available (see Section II,D for examples and references). An alkyl or aryl group on carbazole nitrogen does not alter the strong tendency for 3-electrophilic substitution, but reactions are slower. 

Shkurko and Mamaev50,408 have studied the l//-benzothieno[3,2-6]-pyrrole system 391 extensively. Electrophilic substitution (e.g., Mannich reaction, acetylation, diazonium coupling) takes place at C-2, as predicted by MO calculations.4080 If position 2 is occupied, substitution occurs at C-3.44 The Vilsmeier reaction on the 2-aryl derivative gave the expected product, but bromination of the parent system 391 failed. A 3-bromo derivative was successfully obtained from the N-methyl compound 392 with bromine in chloroform.44... 

The intermediate 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds of type 24 (Scheme 1) can be constructed not only on the basis of meta-alkoxy-substituted benzyl ketones (C4 + Ci synthesis, Section II,C), but also under definite conditions starting from aryl ketones (C2 + C3 synthesis). Thus, in a molecule of acylveratrole derivatives of type 79, the excess of 7r-electron density due to the presence of two ortho-methoxy groups allows such compounds to be involved in electrophilic substitutions with benzoin (73URP2 74KGS1575). 

Treatment of aryl silane 10 with the iodonium source IC1 in an iododesilylation reaction yields compound 44, which proceeds by an ipso substitution mechanism.9 Activation towards electrophilic attack arises from stabilization of resonance form 45 by Si. Silicon is arranged / to the positive charge and the carbon-silicon bond can overlap with the empty Jt orbital (hyperconjugation). 

This route is particularly valuable for substituents that cannot easily be added by electrophilic substitution such as OH or CN. Table 2.2 gives you a selection of reagents. For the addition of CN, Cl or Br, copper (I) derivatives usually give the best results. So the aryl nitrile 46 might come from amine 47 via a diazonium salt and routine disconnections lead us back to toluene. 

Lead(IV) trifluoroacetate in TFAH is a very reactive electrophile that is capable of plumbylating less electron-rich arenes. Nonetheless, the use of trifluoroacetate anions in the plumbylation reactions should be avoided, because aryllead(IV) tri-fluoroacetates are unstable compounds that readily decompose to the corresponding aryl trifluoroacetates and biaryls [34—37, 40, 41]. It has been reported [41] that 4-FC6H4ArPb(TFA)3 is reasonably stable and can be isolated from the reaction of Pb(TFA)4/TFAH with fluorobenzene. A mechanistic study [41] indicated an electrophilic substitution path for the plumbylation reaction, which seemed to be substantially more para-selective than mercuration and thallation. For example, the plumbylation of toluene with Pb(OAc)4 in dichloroacetic acid has been reported [41] to occur with >90 % para-selectivity. 

We suggest that electron transfer and electrophilic substitutions are, in general, competing processes in arene oxidations. Whether the product is formed from the radical cation (electron transfer) or from the aryl-metal species (electrophilic substitution) is dependent on the nature of both the metal oxidant and the aromatic substrate. With hard metal ions, such as Co(III), Mn(III), and Ce(IV),289 reaction via electron transfer is preferred because of the low stability of the arylmetal bond. With soft metal ions, such as Pb(IV) and Tl(III), and Pd(II) (see later), reaction via an arylmetal intermediate is predominant (more stable arylmetal bond). For the latter group of oxidants, electron transfer becomes important only with electron-rich arenes that form radical cations more readily. In accordance with this postulate, the oxidation of several electron-rich arenes by lead(IV)281 289 and thallium(III)287 in TFA involve radical cation formation via electron transfer. Indeed, electrophilic aromatic substitutions, in general, may involve initial charge transfer, and the role of radical cations as discrete intermediates may depend on how fast any subsequent steps involving bond formation takes place. 

Electrophilic Substitution Reactions in Aryl Grignard and Aryllithium Compounds That Are Accessible from Aryl Halides... 

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