Halides preferential

The acid-catalyzed additions of bromide and chloride ion to thiiranes occurs readily, with halide preferentially but not exclusively attacking the most substituted carbon atom of the thiirane. The reaction of 1-substituted thiiranes with acetyl chloride shows a slight preference for halide attack at the less substituted carbon atom (80MI50601). For further discussion of electrophilic catalysis of halide ion attack see Section 5.06.3.3.2. The reaction of halogens with thiiranes involves electrophilic attack on sulfur (Section 5.06.3.3.6) followed by nucleophilic attack of halide ion on carbon. 

Alkyl halides preferentially alkylate the less basic pyridine nitrogen of nicotine this result is explained by the steric crowding around the more basic pyrrolidine nitrogen.N -alkyl-nicotinium salts (26) can however be prepared by treatment of N- benzyl-N1-alkylnicotinium dihalides (25) with triphenyl-phosphine. 44... 

Dimethylhalogenoformiminium halides Preferential replacement of hydroxyl by halogen... 

A conjugated terminal acetylene is an important intermediate in organic synthesis. The reaction of acetylene gas with organic halides preferentially gives only internal acetylenes because of the higher reactivity of monosubstituted acetylenes than that of acetylene gas. 

In a similar vein, allyUc and benzylic haUdes also present a problem. Here, these reactive, conjugated halides preferentially react with the Grignard reagent already formed rather than magnesium. In this way, coupling to produce dimer (much like the Wurtz reaction, vide supra) occurs (Equation 7.20). 

Formate is an excellent hydride source for the hydrogenolysis of aryl halides[682]. Ammonium or triethylammonium formate[683] and sodium formate are mostly used[684,685]. Dechlorination of the chloroarene 806 is carried out with ammonium formate using Pd charcoal as a catalyst[686]. By the treatment of 2,4,6-trichloroamline with formate, the chlorine atom at the /iiara-position is preferentially removed[687]. The dehalogenation of 2,4-diha-loestrogene is achieved with formic acid, KI, and ascorbic acid[688]. 

The mesomeric anion (157 Scheme 10) reacts readily with electrophilic reagents such as alkyl or acyl halides at N-2, C-4 and the exocyclic oxygen atom. The percentages of the different products formed are controlled by the HSAB principle. The acylium ion (hard) attacks preferentially at oxygen (hard), whilst the softer alkylating agents attack the nitrogen atom. 

In the case of indazoles the reaction of indazole, 5-nitroindazole or 6-nitroindazole with glycosyl halides and mercury(n) cyanide gives exclusively 2-glycosylindazoles (670), (673) and (675) (7QJHC1435). Similarly, the reaction of 1-trimethylsilyl derivatives of indazole, 3-cyanoindazole, 4-nitroindazole, 5-nitroindazole and 6-nitroindazole with 2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-D-ribofuranosyl bromide gives only, or preferentially, the 2-ribofuranosyl derivatives (670)-(674) 7QJHC117, 70JHC1329). 

We have previously seen (Scheme 2.9, enby 6), that the dehydrohalogenation of alkyl halides is a stereospecific reaction involving an anti orientation of the proton and the halide leaving group in the transition state. The elimination reaction is also moderately stereoselective (Scheme 2.10, enby 1) in the sense that the more stable of the two alkene isomers is formed preferentially. Both isomers are formed by anti elimination processes, but these processes involve stereochemically distinct hydrogens. Base-catalyzed elimination of 2-iodobutane affords three times as much -2-butene as Z-2-butene. 

For the performance of an enantioselective synthesis, it is of advantage when an asymmetric catalyst can be employed instead of a chiral reagent or auxiliary in stoichiometric amounts. The valuable enantiomerically pure substance is then required in small amounts only. For the Fleck reaction, catalytically active asymmetric substances have been developed. An illustrative example is the synthesis of the tricyclic compound 17, which represents a versatile synthetic intermediate for the synthesis of diterpenes. Instead of an aryl halide, a trifluoromethanesul-fonic acid arylester (ArOTf) 16 is used as the starting material. With the use of the / -enantiomer of 2,2 -Z7w-(diphenylphosphino)-l,F-binaphthyl ((R)-BINAP) as catalyst, the Heck reaction becomes regio- and face-selective. The reaction occurs preferentially at the trisubstituted double bond b, leading to the tricyclic product 17 with 95% ee. °... 

With alkali cyanides, a reaction via a SN2-mechanism takes place the alkyl halide is attacked by cyanide with the more nucleophilic carbon center rather than the nitrogen center, and the alkylnitrile is formed. In contrast, with silver cyanide the reaction proceeds by a SnI-mechanism, and an isonitrile is formed, since the carbenium intermediate reacts preferentially with the more electronegative center of the cyanide—i.e. the nitrogen (Kornblum s rule, HSAB concept). ... 

Electrochemical oxidation of 4-aryl-substituted thiane in aqueous organic solvents containing various halide salts as electrolytes gave selectively the trans-sulfoxide (lOe). Under acidic conditions a preferential formation of the cis-sulfoxide was attained328. The stereoselective potential of this method for the oxidation of cyclic sulfides139,329 is apparent (equation 123). 

Phenylsulfonyl)nitromethane is preferentially C-alkylated by benzylic halides and primary alkyl iodides, affording secondary a-nitrosulfones338. 

The reaction between alkyl halides and ammonia or primary amines is not usually a feasible method for the preparation of primary or secondary amines, since they are stronger bases than ammonia and preferentially attack the substrate. However, the... 

As usual, tertiary substrates do not give the reaction at all but undergo preferential elimination. However, tertiary (but not primary or secondary) halides R3CCI can be converted to primary amines R3CNH2 by treatment with NCI3 and AlCl3 in a reaction related to 10-53. 

Large concentrations of halide ions, preferably iodide, favour the formation of /ra/i5-stilbene from benzaldehyde and benzyltriphenylphosphonium halides in methanol with methoxide as base, whereas large concentrations of methoxide ions slightly favour formation of the m-isomer. These effects have been explained by the preferential solvation of P+ by halide ions, leading to greater reversibility of betaine formation. Methoxide ions, on the other hand, are preferentially solvated by methanol. 

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