Functionalization by directed metalation

The preparation of functionalized aryl boronic reagents can be achieved by directed metallation followed by a transmetallation of aryllithiums with organoboron compounds. Thus, Caron and Hawkins have described a directed ortho-metalla-tion of aryl neopentyl esters such as 1 for the synthesis of substituted ortho-horo-nyl neopentyl benzoates using lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) as the base and B(OiPr)3 as an in situ trap [3]. The crude boronic acids obtained by acidic hydrolysis were subsequently treated with ethanolamine and converted to stable diethanolamine complexes such as 2. This methodology allows the preparation of a new class of boronic acids with ortho-carbonyl substituents and other functionalities... 

The functionalized cadmium compound dialkoxyphosphinyldifluorometh-ylcadmium is readily prepared by direct reaction of bromodifluoromethanephos-phonates with cadmium metal [13 ] (equation 105). This cadmium reagent shows versatile chemical reactivity and reacts with a wide variety of electrophiles, as illustrated m equations 106-109 [139,140,141, 142]... 

The ease of formation of the carbene depends on the nucleophilicity of the anion associated with the imidazolium. For example, when Pd(OAc)2 is heated in the presence of [BMIM][Br], the formation of a mixture of Pd imidazolylidene complexes occurs. Palladium complexes have been shown to be active and stable catalysts for Heck and other C-C coupling reactions [34]. The highest activity and stability of palladium is observed in the ionic liquid [BMIM][Brj. Carbene complexes can be formed not only by deprotonation of the imidazolium cation but also by direct oxidative addition to metal(O) (Scheme 5.3-3). These heterocyclic carbene ligands can be functionalized with polar groups in order to increase their affinity for ionic liquids. While their donor properties can be compared to those of donor phosphines, they have the advantage over phosphines of being stable toward oxidation. 

As discussed in Section I.3(i), AX indicates the variation in the work function of a metal as an interface is created by bringing a solid and a liquid in contact. In principle, it should be possible to compare AX values with A values measured directly in gas phase experiments. This is the aim of UHV synthesis of the electrochemical double layer868 in which the electrode interface is created molecule by molecule, starting with the bare metal surface. It is thus possible to obtain evidence of ion-water interactions that can be envisaged from electrochemical measurements but that are not directly demonstrable. Wagner55 has given a recent comprehensive review of electrochemical UHV experiments. 

We have already referred to the Mo/Ru/S Chevrel phases and related catalysts which have long been under investigation for their oxygen reduction properties. Reeve et al. [19] evaluated the methanol tolerance, along with oxygen reduction activity, of a range of transition metal sulfide electrocatalysts, in a liquid-feed solid-polymer-electrolyte DMFC. The catalysts were prepared in high surface area by direct synthesis onto various surface-functionalized carbon blacks. The intrinsic... 

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