Friedel-Crafts reaction with alcohols

Di(epoxyethyl)diphenyl was obtained from diphenyl by Friedel-Crafts reaction with chloracetyl chloride. Meerwein-Ponndorf reduction gave the dichlorohydrin, and treatment with alcoholic potassium hydroxide gave 97% of the theoretical yield of diepoxide, (f.p., 161 °C.). The stabilizing effect was about one-fourth that of dibutyltin laurate. 

Cations can be formed from alcohols, and they add to aromatic rings in the usual manner. Sulfuric acid is a common catalyst for alcohols, forming an alkyl sulfate that then reacts with the aromatic substrate. 120 Alcohols are more reactive than halides, although large quantities of the Lewis acid are usually required for Friedel-Crafts reactions.I2l Alcohols form a complex with aluminum chlorides [R(H)0— A1C13], and a complicating side reaction is loss of HCl and formation of an alkyl chloride.122 a full equivalent of the Lewis acid... 

MBH alcohols as electrophiles in a Friedel-Crafts reaction with benzene was initially reported by Foucaud et al., leading to allylic rearrangement products 91 in the presence of KIO montmorillonite. With phenols and ZnBr2-Si02 as catalyst, coumarin derivatives 92 were formed in moderate yields (Scheme 3.28). ... 

HfCU showed good activity for dehydroxylative Friedel-Crafts reaction of alcohols as shown below. Hf(OTf)4 supported on MCM-41 was used for a reaction of benzyl alcohol with benzene to afford diphenylmethane in good selectivity (Equation 23) [29]. Compared with other metal catalysts, selectivity for monoben-zylation product was much higher. 

Last isochormanic system drawn, l,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclo-penta-( )-2-benzopyran, which was developed in the middle 1960 (3) by Beets and Heer-inga from IFF is know also commercially as, e.g., Galaxolide, Abbalide. This molecule is S5mthesized as follows there is a condensation-cyclization stage of tert-smy alcohol and a-methyl styrene in acidic conditions to obtain the indane system, followed by a Friedel-Crafts reaction with propylene oxide to get the side chain. The side chain is finally closed to the isochromanic system using formaldehyde ... 

One of the most common uses of [ C]acetyl chloride is its Lewis acid- (AICI3, SnCLi) catalyzed Friedel-Crafts reaction with aromatic or heteroaromatic substrates to produce labeled aryl/heteroaryl methyl ketones. As these intermediates are subject to several types of transformations, they have been used as key intermediates for the synthesis of a wide variety of a,)8-functionalized aryl/heteroaryl alkyl target compounds. For example, aryl/ heteroaryl methyl ketones can be (a) halogenated in the methyl group to provide substrates for reaction with carbon or nitrogen nucleophiles, (b) deprotonated so as to react with appropriate electrophilic partners, (c) subjected to stereoselective carbonyl group reduction to alcohols, or (d) reduced to aryl/heteroaryl alkyls. Such transformations can be conducted sequentially in many combinations. 

Allenic sulphoxides ArSOCH=C==CR R are available through the reaction of sulphenyl halides with propargyl alcohols HC CCR R OH. Friedel-Crafts reactions with toluene>p-sulphinyl chloride in the presence of AICI3, SnCh, or SbCl, give aryl p-tolyl sulphoxides, and an analogous product is obtained unexpectedly, using toluene-p-sulphonyl chloride with isoquinoline as substrate in the presence of excess NaH. ... 

Acetophenone. Acetophenone [98-86-2] (methyl phenyl ketone) is a colorless Hquid that forms laminar crystals at low temperature (mp 20°C). It has a characteristic sweet orange blossom odor, and is soluble in alcohols and ethers. It is found in nature in oil of casatoreum, obtained from beavers oil of labdanum, recovered from plants and in buds of balsam poplar. It can be prepared by the Friedel-Crafts reaction (qv) of acetyl chloride with benzene in the presence of aluminum chloride however, this route is of Htde commercial significance. 

Friedel-Crafts reaction of ahyl alcohol with benzene or alkylbenzene yields many kinds of products, in which the reaction species and the product ratio depend on the type of catalyst. Zinc chloride is the most effective catalyst for producing ahyl compounds by this reaction (32). 

MSC undergoes reactions with alcohols, amines, active methylene compounds (in the presence of bases), and aromatic hydrocarbons (in the presence of Friedel-Crafts catalysts) to replace, generally, a hydrogen atom by a methanesulfonyl group (382—401). 

In one accident, benzyl bromide had been stored on zeolites. The bottle detonated after eight days because of the overpressure resulting from the formation of large quantities of hydrogen bromide. This accident was put down to the Friedel-Crafts reaction (see on p.256) of benzyl bromide, itself catalysed by zeolites. This is an identical behaviour to the one described with benzyl alcohol on p.256. 

Apart from the alkyl halide-Lewis acid combination, two other sources of carbo-cations are often used in Friedel-Crafts reactions. Alcohols can serve as carbocation precursors in strong acids such as sulfuric or phosphoric acid. Alkylation can also be effected by alcohols in combination with BF3 or A1C13.37 Alkenes can serve as alkylating agents when a protic acid, especially H2S04, H3P04, and HF, or a Lewis acid, such as BF3 and A1C13, is used as a catalyst.38... 

Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reactions can sometimes compete with organosil-icon hydride reductions of benzylic-type alcohols to cause formation of undesired products. An example is the attempted reduction of alcohol 26 to the corresponding hydrocarbon. When 26 is treated with triethylsilane in trifluoroacetic acid at room temperature for 15 hours, a mixture of the two fluorene isomers 27 and 28 is obtained in a combined yield of 45%. None of the hydrocarbon structurally related to the substrate alcohol 26 is obtained.171 Whether this problem could be circumvented by running the reduction at a lower temperature or with a different acid remains subject to experimentation. 

Numerous preparative methods have been reported for these acids and their salts and ester derivatives.1 4 Dithiophosphoric acids are accessible from the reaction of phosphorus pentasulfide with alcohols or phenols (Equation 18). Dithiophosphinic acids can be prepared from thiophosphinic chlorides and sodium hydrosulfide (Equation 19), although the phenyl derivative is better prepared using a modified Friedel-Crafts reaction in which phosphorus pentasulfide is reacted with benzene in the presence of anhydrous aluminium trichloride (Equation 20). 

The first systematic investigations of the catalytic Friedel-Crafts-type reaction with alcohols and olefines were performed by Yamamoto and colleagues. After reporting the development of a Pd-catalyzed method for the allylation of different naphthol derivatives [24], the authors used Mo(CO)g for the Friedel-Crafts-type alkylation of electron-rich arenes with allyl acetates [25], The same molybdenum catalyst was additionally used for a Friedel-Crafts-type alkylation of arenes using 1-phenylethanol and styrene as alkylating reagents [26], However, Mo(CO)g is toxic and must be handled under strictly inert conditions. Thus, more stable Lewis acids were necessary. 

Ricci and co-workers introduced a new class of amino- alcohol- based thiourea derivatives, which were easily accessible in a one-step coupling reaction in nearly quanitative yield from the commercially available chiral amino alcohols and 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl isothiocyanate or isocyanate, respectively (Figure 6.45) [307]. The screening of (thio)urea derivatives 137-140 in the enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of indole with trans-P-nitrostyrene at 20 °C in toluene demonstrated (lR,2S)-cis-l-amino-2-indanol-derived thiourea 139 to be the most active catalyst regarding conversion (95% conv./60h) as well as stereoinduction (35% ee), while the canditates 137, 138, and the urea derivative 140 displayed a lower accelerating effect and poorer asymmetric induction (Figure 6.45). The uncatalyzed reference reaction performed under otherwise identical conditions showed 17% conversion in 65 h reaction time. 

Because salicylic acid contains the deactivating meta-directing carboxyl group, Friedel-Crafts reactions are generally inhibited. This effect is somewhat offset by the presence of the activating hydroxyl group. Salicylic acid reacts with isobutyl or /-butyl alcohol in 80 wt % sulfuric acid at 75°C to yield 5-/-butylsalicylic acid [16094-31-8], In the case of isobutyl alcohol, the intermediate carbonium ion rearranges to (CH3)3C+. 

Friedel—Crafts Reaction of Benzene and Ethylene Oxide. In the presence of molar quantities of aluminum chloride, ethylene oxide reacts with benzene to give an addition product, which is hydrolyzed to phenethyl alcohol ... 

Problem 11.42 Explain the following observations, (a) A yellow color is obtained when Ph,COH (trityl alcohol) is reacted with concentrated H2SO4, or when PhjCCI is treated with AICI,. On adding HjO, the color disappears and a white solid is formed, (b) Ph,CCl is prepared by the Friedel-Crafts reaction of benzene and CCI4. It does not react with more benzene to form PhjC. (c) A deep-red solution appears when Ph,CH is added to a solution of NaNH in liquid NH3. The color disappears on adding water, (d) A red color appears when PhjCCl reacts with Zn in C H. Oj decolorizes the solution. ... 

Cope and Burrows414 have prepared a number of aminoalkylbenzo-[6]thiophenes with the general formula (195) by Friedel-Crafts reaction between benzo[6]thiophene and various amino tertiary alcohols. On treatment with formamide in formic acid, (3-benzo[6]-thienyl)acetone affords 3-(2-aminopropyl)benzo[6]thiophene [Eq. (11)].557 Recent patents535,570 describe how isocyanates with the... 

Aromatic compounds are usually readily alkylated or acylated by a Friedel-Crafts reaction.150 The combination of reagents used most commonly for aromatic alkylation is an alkyl halide with a strong Lewis acid (Equation 7.65). However, alkenes, alcohols, mercaptans, and a number of other types of organic... 

The reactions of nitrones with indoles have been applied to die formation of several A -hydroxylamines and symmetrical and unsymmetrical diindolylalkanes.56 Chiral auxiliaries, alcohols derived from (15)-(—)-/ -pinene (R OH), lead to an enantio-selective synthesis when R acetoacetate reacts with 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)mdole in the presence of, for example, BF3.Et20, forming (27).57 Methyl migration follows Friedel-Crafts reaction of (CH3)3SiCCl3 with benzene in the present of A1C13 and (28) is formed.58... 

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