Halomethylation

If excess of acid chloride is employed, e.g., by adding the diazometliane solution slowly to the acid chloride, some halomethyl ketone is produced ... 

An important method for construction of functionalized 3-alkyl substituents involves introduction of a nucleophilic carbon synthon by displacement of an a-substituent. This corresponds to formation of a benzylic bond but the ability of the indole ring to act as an electron donor strongly influences the reaction pattern. Under many conditions displacement takes place by an elimination-addition sequence[l]. Substituents that are normally poor leaving groups, e.g. alkoxy or dialkylamino, exhibit a convenient level of reactivity. Conversely, the 3-(halomethyl)indoles are too reactive to be synthetically useful unless stabilized by a ring EW substituent. 3-(Dimethylaminomethyl)indoles (gramine derivatives) prepared by Mannich reactions or the derived quaternary salts are often the preferred starting material for the nucleophilic substitution reactions. 

Alkyl-2-arylthiazoles and 4,5-disubstituted-2-(p-aminophenyl thiazoles were simflarly prepared from arylamides and a-halomethyl-ketones in alcoholic (239, 392, 641, 792) or acetonic solution (638, 651). 

Activating Standard of comparison Deactivating —R —Ar —CH=CR —H —X (X = F Cl —CH2X (alkyl) (aryl) 2 (alkenyl) (hydrogen) (halogen) Br 1) (halomethyl) Ortho para directing Ortho para directing... 

The most frequentiy used halo alkylating agents are aldehydes and hydrogen haUdes, haloalkyl ethers, haloalkyl sulfides, acetals and hydrogen haUdes, di- and polyhaloalkanes, haloalkenes, haloalcohols, haloalkyl sulfates, haloalkyl -tosylates, and miscellaneous further haloalkyl esters. Haloalkylations include halomethylation, haloethylation, and miscellaneous higher haloalkylations. Under specific conditions, bis- and polyhaloalkylation can also be achieved. 

Furan, 3,4-diacetyl-2-(halomethyl)-5-methyl-synthesis, 4, 659 Furan, 2,5-dialkoxy-synthesis, 4, 654... 

N-alkylation, 4, 236 Pyrrole, 2-formyl-3,4-diiodo-synthesis, 4, 216 Pyrrole, 2-formyl-1-methyl-conformation, 4, 193 Pyrrole, 2-formyl-5-nitro-conformation, 4, 193 Pyrrole, furyl-rotamers, 4, 546 Pyrrole, 2-(2-furyl)-conformation, 4, 32 Pyrrole, 2-halo-reactions, 4, 78 Pyrrole, 3-halo-reactions, 4, 78 Pyrrole, 2-halomethyl-nucleophilic substitution, 4, 274 reactions, 4, 275 Pyrrole, hydroxy-synthesis, 4, 97 Pyrrole, 1-hydroxy-cycloaddition reactions, 4, 303 deoxygenation, 4, 304 synthesis, 4, 126, 363 tautomerism, 4, 35, 197 Pyrrole, 2-hydroxy-reactions, 4, 76 tautomerism, 4, 36, 198... 

Poulos, T.L., et al. Polypeptide halomethyl ketones bind to serine proteases as analogs of the tetrahedral intermediate. J. Biol. Chem. 251 1097-1103, 1976. 

These xylylene groups are typically available commercially , by halogenation of xylenes ", by halomethylation of an aromatic" or by conversion of a diester into its corresponding diol followed by halogen-hydroxyl interconversion . 

Other, closely related, nicotinic acid derivatives and the unsubstituted system itself have also been studied and undergo similar reactions. Moreover, the approach may be extended to 2,2 -bipyridyls. Newkome and his collaborators have used the 2,2 -bipyridyl unit 19) as an electrophile in which ortho-hr ommes served as leaving groups. They have also used halomethyl systems and formed the macrocycles from these systems . A compound derived from the latter starting material 20) is reported to form a cobalt complex, in which both nitrogens and only one of the oxygen atoms participate in the binding . The two precursor units are shown below as 79 and 20, respectively. 

Activating Standard of comparison Deactivating —R (alkyl) —Ar (aryl) —CH=CR2 (alkenyl) —H (hydrogen) —X (halogen) (X = F, Cl, Br, I) —CH2X (halomethyl) Ortho, para-directing Ortho, para-directing... 

Heating 6-bromo- and 6-chloro-2-halomethyl- (99JHC1065) and 6-bromo-, 6-chloro- and 6-fluoro-2-phenyl-4/f-pyrido[l, 2-u]pyrimidin-4-ones (00JMC2814) in phenyl ether at 220 °C for 10 min yielded the appropriate 7-halo-1,8-naphthyridin-4-ols. 6-Amino-2-trifluoromethyl-4//-pyrido[l, 2-a]-pyrimidin-4-one was transformed into 7-amino-2-trifluoromethyl-l,4-dihy-dro-l,8-naphthyridin-4-one in 90% yield (98EJM383). 

R = Ar) and cyclized tricyclic compound 240 (R = Ar) was obtained when 2-bromoacetophenones were reacted with 8-hydroxyquinolin-2(l//)-one under the above conditions. Presence of a 4-methoxy substituent shifted the equilibrium to the ring-opened product 241 (R = 4-MeOPh), while that of 4-nitro group gave only cyclized product 240 (R = N02). Similarly, mixtures of ring-opened and 2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-5//-pyrido[l,2,3- /e]-l,4-benzoxazin-5-one derivatives were formed in the reaction of 8-hydroxy-l,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolin-2-one and halomethyl ketones (00HCA349). 

Hydroxy group of 8-hyd oxy-2-cycloalkyl-2,3,4,6,ll,lla-hexahydro-l//-pyrazino[l,2-i]isoquinoline-l,4-diones was alkylated with allyl bromide, 2-(bromodifluoromethyl)pyridines, l-(bromodifluoromethyl)- and l-(bro-momethyl)benzenes, halomethyl derivatives of different heterocycles (pyridine, pyrazine, pyrazole, pyrrole, thiazole, thiophene) in the presence of CS2CO3 or K2CO3 (98MIP7). Hydroxy group of 8-hydroxy-2-cyclopentyl-... 

Davis has also employed a similar procedure for the synthesis of aziridine-2-phosphonoates, involving the addition of N-(2,4,6-trimethylphenylsulfinyl)imine to anions of diethyl a-halomethyl phosphonates (Scheme 1.29) [53, 54], Aziridines... 

The behavior of methyl and halomethyl radicals in their reactions with the fluoro-olefms (Table 1.2), can thus be rationalized in terms of a more dominant role of polar factors and the nucleophilic or electrophilic character of the radicals involved." Methyl radicals are usually considered to be slightly nucleophilic, trifluoromcthyl and triehloroincthyl radicals arc electrophilic (Tabic 1,4). 

E. Reduction of Halomethyl Phenyl Sulfones and Chloromethyl Phenyl... 

The polymerization of l,4-bis(halomethyl)benzenes to PPVs in the presence of a large excess of potassium f-butoxide is referred as the Gilch route [81]. The method was first described for the synthesis of unsubstituted PPV 60, but -unfortunately - this route produces the PPV as an intractable, insoluble powder. However, the adaptation of the Gilch route to the polymerization of l,4-bis(halo-methyl)benzenes possessing solubilizing side groups gives access to soluble PPV materials. 

Cyclic a-halomethyl or a-phenylselenenylmethyl (3-ketoesters undergo one-carbon ring expansion via transient cyclopropylalkoxy radicals.360... 

Wakselman, M. Hamon, J.-F. Vilkas, M. Lactones phenoliques halomethylees, inhibi-teurs bifonctionnels de proteases II. Preparation de derives halomethyles de la dihydro-3,4-coumarine et de la benzofuranone-2. Tetrahedron 1974, 30, 4069-4078. 

Bechet, J.-J. Dupaix, A. Blagoeva, I. Inactivation of a-chymotrypsin by new bifunctional reagents halomethylated derivatives of dihydrocoumarins. Biochimie 1977, 59, 231-239. 

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