Epoxides bromination

Further papers in this section include the hydrosilylation of a-pinene and of j8-pinene, ° thiocyanation and selenocyanation of a-pinene, ° cationic polymerization of a- and /3-pinene epoxides,bromination of ( )-c/s-pinonic acid with dioxan dibromide, and straightforward myrtenol (224 R=CH20H) ° and tetrahydroperillyl alcohol syntheses from -pinene epoxide. 

I erences in the bromination of benzyl alkyl ketones depending on addition of cyclohexene epoxide as scavenger for the HBr formed. In this case irradiation is necessary for complete reaction and only benzylic bromination is observed. Uromination in the absence of light and scavenger leads to substitution at both possible positions. Apparently, in the presence of the epoxide, bromination does not involve the enolate, but involves a free-radical mechanism. 

Definition Epoxidized brominated neopentyl glycol Properties Clear liq. dens. 1.504 m.p. 254 C flash pt. 235 F ref. index 1.5120... 

Crystallization of cis—1,4-polyisoprene from solution at -65 C has been carried out it is therefore possible that block copolymer preparation by epoxidation, bromination or some other reaction could be accomplished with lamellas of this polymer. Lamellar crystallization of cellulose, of amylose and of polyacrylic acid have been reported substitution reactions such as acetylation or ether formation with the hydroxyl groups and esterfication of the acid groups are possible reactions to carry out with lamellas of those polymers. The use of nonaqueous systems may be better suited to prevent swelling, and therefore, attack of the crystalline regions. It should also be possible to react poly(vinylalcohol) lamellas in suspension with acids or anhydrides to form vinyl-alcohol-vinyl ester block copolymers or with phosgene to obtain chloroformate groups which can undergo further reactions. 

Olefin inversion via epoxides is reported by two groups of workers. One sequence involves epoxidation with peracid, which occurs with retention of stereochemistry, followed by deoxygenation with hexamethyldisilane and potassium methoxide in HMPT at 65 °C. The alternative procedure utilizes reaction of the episode with triphenylphosphine dihalides to give vicinal dihalides. Zinc reduction of the dihalides is specifically trans, and thus the sequence epoxidation-bromination-reduction gives overall inversion of olefin configuration. ... 

Bromine is used in the manufacture of many important organic compounds including 1,2-dibromoethane (ethylene dibromide), added to petrol to prevent lead deposition which occurs by decomposition of the anti-knock —lead tetraethyl bromomethane (methyl bromide), a fumigating agent, and several compounds used to reduce flammability of polyester plastics and epoxide resins. Silver(I) bromide is used extensively in the photographic industry... 

A commonly used alternative to the direct bromination of ketones is the halogenation of enol acetates. This can be carried out under basic conditions if necessary. Sodium acetate, pyridine or an epoxide is usually added to buffer the reaction mixture. The direction of enolization is again dependent upon considerations of thermodynamic and kinetic control therefore, the proportion of enol acetates formed can vary markedly with the reaction conditions. Furthermore, halogenation via enol acetates does not necessarily give the same products as direct halogenation of ketones 3. 23... 

Acid-catalyzed epoxide opening takes place by protonation of the epoxide to increase its reactivity, followed by nucleophilic addition of water. This nucleophilic addition is analogous to the final step of alkene bromination, in which a cyclic bromonium ion is opened by a nucleophile (Section 7.2). That is,... 

Starting from cydohexa- 1,4-diene the order of the reactions epoxidation and bromination can be reversed if appropriate substituents are located at one of the two C-C double bonds, giving products 9 and IQ.34,155... 

The 5,10-epoxy[10]annulene system readily undergoes addition of bromine with formation of an epoxide across the central bond. By dehydrohalogenation the annulene structure can be restored. For example, the dibromo and tetrabromo adducts of 5,10-epoxy[10]annulene can be converted with potassium rm-butoxide to l-bromo-5,10-epoxy[10]annulene (13) and 1,6-dibromo-5,10-epoxy[10]annulene (14), respectively.159... 

The influence of 1,2-asymmctric induction on the exchange of diastereotopic bromine atoms has also been investigated22,23. Thus, treatment of the / -silyloxydibromo compound 15 with butyllithium at — 110°C in the presence of 2-methylpropana led to products 17-19 after the reaction mixture was warmed to 20 °C. The distribution of the products indicates that the diastereomeric lithium compounds 16 A and 16B were formed in a ratio of 84 16, with 16A being kinetically favored by 1,2-asymmetric induction. Formation of the m-configurated epoxide (cis,anti-18) was slowed to such an extent that its formation was incomplete and a substantial amount of the parent bromohydrin 17 remained. The analogous m.yyn-configurat-ed epoxide was not observed. Presumably for sterie reasons, the parent bromohydrin did not cyclize to the epoxide but instead led to the ketone 1923. 

The first step in this preparation, the epoxidation of 1,4,5,8-tetra-hydronaphthalene, exemplifies the well-known selectivity exerted by peracids in their reaction with alkenes possessing double bonds that differ in the degree of alkyl substitution.12 As regards the method of aromatization employed in the conversion of ll-oxatricyclo[4.4.1.01-6]-undeca-3,8-diene to l,6-oxido[10]annulene, the two-step bromination-dehydrobromination sequence is given preference to the one-step DDQ-dehydrogenation, which was advantageously applied in the synthesis of l,6-metliano[10]annulene,2,9 since it affords the product in higher yield and purity. 

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