Hypervalent alkenes arylation

Treatment of aryl-substituted alkenes with hypervalent iodine compounds can lead to the formation of phenyliodinated intermediates, which can be stabilized by the aryl substituent via the formation of phenonium ions. Subsequent nucleophilic attack might then lead to rearranged products. This behavior can be nicely seen by comparing the unsaturated carboxylic acids 78 in their reaction with (diacetoxyiodo)benzene 3. The substrate 78a without the phenyl substituent is cyclized to the phenyliodinated intermediate 79, which is then attacked by the acetate under the formation of lactone 81 [142]. Substrate 78b is, however, then stabilized by the formation of an intermediate phenonium ion 80 and attack by the acetate is accompanied by a 1,2-phenyl migration and 82 is generated, Scheme 35 [143]. 

Dinitro-6-phenyliodonium phenolate (146) is a stable iodonium zwitterion484. It reacts under photolytic conditions with various alkenes, alkynes and aromatic compounds to afford 2,3-dihydrobenzo[ ]furans, benzo[6]furans and 6-aryl-2,4-dinitrophenols. The mechanism involves hypervalent iodine compounds (iodinanes, 147) and is illustrated for the reaction with an aromatic compound (equation 127). Compounds 148 are the major products when ArH = PhH, PhOCH3 or 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. With furan and thiophene, 149 is the principal product. The reaction does not proceed with chlorobenzene and nitrobenzene. 

A radical cation is involved in the direct synthesis of chromans by an intramolecular oxidative cyclisation of 3-arylpropanols 32 brought about by a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent <04TL2293> and iodonium species catalyse the intramolecular arylation of alkenes which yields iodo-substituted chromans 33 <04JA3416>. 3-Allenylchroman-4-ols result from a one-pot reaction between salicylaldehydes and 1,4-dibromobut-2-yne in which the intramolecular cyclisation of the intermediate ether is mediated by In metal <04SL45>... 

A possible solution for functionalization of allylic acetates involves the application of hypervalent iodones (21) as aryl source in the presence of a weak base (NaHCOj) and pincer complex (la) catalysis (Figure 4.12) [49]. Under these conditions, a regioselective arylation of the alkene takes place without altering the allylic acetate functionality. 

C-H borylation is a widely used methodology for the synthesis of organoboronates [63-65]. Most of the applications have been presented for the synthesis of aryl-boronates. However, functionalization of alkenes has also attracted much interest [66, 67]. In most applications, iridium catalysis was used. However, in case of alkenes, borohydride forms as a side product of the C-H borylation, which undergoes hydroboration with alkenes. This side reaction can be avoided using palladium catalysis under oxidative conditions. In a practically useful implementation of this reaction, pincer-complex catalysis (Ig) was appHed (Figure 4.17) [51]. The reaction can be carried out under mild reaction conditions at room temperature using the neat aUcene 34 as solvent. In this reaction, hypervalent iodine 36, the TFA analog of 29, was employed. In the absence of 36, borylation reaction did not occur. 

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