Friedel Crafts with isocyanates

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. 

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... 

A few examples will show the importance of these reactions in synthetic organic chemistry. If X is an alkoxide ion, equation (1) describes the Williamson ether synthesis (2). If X is a cyanide ion, (1) describes a standard nitrile preparation (3). If X is an aromatic nucleus, and the departure of the leaving group is facilitated by A1C13, then (1) describes the Friedel-Crafts alkylation (4). With X as the cyanate ion, (1) describes the preparation of isocyanates (5) and if it is ammonia, (1) describes a common method of preparation of amines (6). In addition, nucleophilic transmethylation is a very... 

An enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of pyrroles with /V-acylimincs has been reported <070L4065>. The reactions were run in the presence of chiral phosphoric acids. A novel C-H bond activation procedure was developed for the preparation of heteroarylamides including pyrrole-3-carboxamides <07CL872>. The reactions involved imine-substituted pyrroles, isocyanate electrophiles, and a rhenium catalyst. 

It is a general rule that imidazoles and benzimidazoles are resistant to Friedel-Crafts reactions. This is not surprising since such basic compounds must be markedly deactivated in the presence of Lewis acids. Imidazolin-2-ones appear to be an exception and apparently possess sufficient activation to react. Reactions between imidazoles and Af-methylfor-manilide and phosphoryl chloride are also unproductive. With 4,5-diphenylimidazole, phenyl isocyanate at 80 °C gives products of both N- and C-substitution, but in boiling nitrobenzene only the latter (86) is formed. 2-Methyl-4-phenylimidazole gives (87) under the same conditions, and 1,3-diphenylimidazolium perchlorate is transformed by potassium t-butoxide into a ylide which reacts at C-2 with phenyl isothiocyanate. Sufficient activation is present in l-methyl-2-phenyl-4-phenylaminoimidazole for it to react by substitution at C-5 with acetic anhydride (71JOC3368). 

Spirocyclic pyrido-l,3-oxazin-2-ones (277) can be obtained by the reactions of 2-amino-3-(l-hydroxycycloalkanyl)pyridines (276) with butyllithium and diethyl carbonate (Equation (26)) <89JHC113>, and l,4-dihydro-3,l-benzoxazin-2-ones (279) are available through the reactions of 2-benzoylphenyl isocyanates (278) with alcohols. The former are prepared by Friedel-Crafts acylation of benzene by 2-isocyanatobenzoyl chloride in the presence of aluminum(III) chloride (Scheme 81) and the whole process can be run as a one pot reaction <87JCR(S)96>. 

Preparation of Acyl Isocyanates. Isocyanatotrimethylsilane has been used to convert trifluoroacetyl chloride to trifluoroacetyl isocyanate. In the reaction with 1-naphthalenecarbonyl chloride, cyclization of the intermediate acyl isocyanate provides the imide through an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction (eq 3). ... 

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