Iodonium transfer reaction

A very mild and general method for the preparation of diaryl- and heteroaryliodonium triflates is based on iodonium transfer reactions of iodine(III) cyanides with the respective aryl- or heteroarylstannanes [146,148, 399-401]. Specifically, (dicyano)iodonium triflate (277), generated in situ from iodosyl triflate and MesSiCN, reacts with tributyltin derivatives of aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds to afford the corresponding symmetrical iodonium salts under very mild conditions (Scheme 2.80) [389,390]. 

A similar iodonium exchange reaction involves aryl(cyano)iodonium triflates 278 and stannylated aromatic precursors providing many kinds of diaryl or aryl(heteroaryl) iodonium salts [145,147,401], Tykwinski, Hinkle and coworkers have reported an application of such iodonium transfer reaction for obtaining of a series of mono- and bithienyl(aryl)iodonium triflates 279 with increasingly electron-withdrawing substituents on the aryl moiety (Scheme 2.81) [401], Thienyl and bithienyl iodonium salts prepared by iodonium transfer reaction using PhI(CN)OTf are potentially useful as nonlinear optical materials [402],... 

The most versatile method for preparing alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium triflates employs the iodonium transfer reaction between cyano(phenyl)iodonium triflate (348) and alkynylstannanes. The interaction of a large variety of readily available p-functionalized alkynylstannanes 349 with reagent 348 under very mild conditions provides ready access to diverse p-functionalized alkynyliodonium salts 350 in excellent yields (Scheme 2.100) [458,482,483]. This procedure is particularly useful for the preparation of various complex. 

Two structural types of cyanoiodonium salts are known (dicyano)iodonium triflate, (NC)2lOTf [399,400] and aryl(cyano)iodonium derivatives, Arl(CN)X [ 146,460,508,509]. (Dicyano)iodonium uiflate 277 can be prepared by the reaction of iodosyl triflate (375) (Section 2.1.1.2) with cyanotrimethylsilane in dichloromethane (Scheme 2.105). In the solid state, compound 277 is thermally unstable and air-sensitive it completely decomposes at room temperature in 2-5 min forming cyanogen iodine, ICN and explodes when exposed to air. However, it can be stored at -20 °C under nitrogen for several days [400]. Despite its low stability, cyanide 277 can be used in situ for the very mild and efficient preparation of various bis(heteroaryl)iodonium salts by an iodonium transfer reaction with the respective stannylated heteroarenes (Section 2.1.9.1.1). 

Diazocarbonyl compounds are optimum for these transformations, and they may be readily prepared by a variety of methods. The use of iodonium ylides (17) has also been developed, " but they exhibit no obvious advantage for selectivity in carbene-transfer reactions. Enantioselection is much higher with diazoacetates than with diazoacetoacetates (18). 

Charge transfer reactions involving excited arylmethyl and ketyl radicals have also been observed for a series of amines [97,101,104,106,116], 1-methyl-naphthalene [97], a variety of onium salt acceptors (diazonium, iodonium and sulfonium) [150], and with methylmethacrylate [101,112,116] as donors. 

The onium transfer reaction between alkynylphenyliodonium tetrafluoroborates and triphenylarsine afforded high yields of 1-alkynyltriphenylarsonium tetrafluoroborates.However, this reaction appeared to be mechanistically at variance with the generally admitted patterns of reactivity of alkynyliodonium salts. Reaction of phenyl(phenylethynyl-2- C)iodonium tetrafluoroborate (88) (99% enriched) led to the arsonium salts (89) with more than 95% of enrichment on the p>carbon atom. Although the Michael carbene pathway was not totally excluded, the ligand coupling pathway seemed therefore more important. 

Triplet sensitization of sulfonium salts proceeds exclusively by the homolytic pathway, and that the only arene escape product is benzene, not biphenyl or acetanilide. However, it is difficult to differentiate between the homolytic or heterolytic pathways for the cage reaction, formation of the isomeric halobiaryls. Our recent studies on photoinduced electron transfer reactions between naphthalene and sulfonium salts, have shown that no meta- rearrangement product product is obtained from the reaction of phenyl radical with diphenylsulfinyl radical cation. Similarly, it is expected that the 2- and 4-halobiaryl should be the preferred products from the homolytic fragments, the arene radical-haloarene radical cation pair. The heterolytic pathway generates the arene cation-haloarene pair, which should react less selectively and form the 3-halobiaryl, in addition to the other two isomers. The increased selectivity of 2-halobiaryl over 3-halobiaryl formation from photolysis of the diaryliodonium salts versus the bromonium or chloronium salts, suggests that homolytic cleavage is more favored for iodonium salts than bromonium or chloronium salts. This is also consistent with the observation that more of the escape aryl fragment is radical derived for diaryliodonium salts than for the other diarylhalonium salts. 

A very mild and selective approach to aryl- and hetaryliodonium chlorides 282 is based on the reaction of aryllithium 280 (generated in situ from bromoarenes and butyllithium) with ( )-chlorovinyliodine(in) dichloride (18) (Scheme 2.82) [71,88,89,403,404]. Tlie iodonium transfer reagent 18 is prepared by the reaction of iodine trichloride with acetylene in concentrated hydrochloric acid (Scheme 2.8 in Section 2.1.3.2) [403] caution this compound is highly unstable and should be handled and stored with proper safety precautions [71]. However, the iodonium transfer procedure with reagent 18 is particularly useful for the preparation of bis(hetaryl)iodonium chlorides 283 from the appropriate nitrogen heterocycles 282 (Scheme 2.82) [71]. 

A similar approach to aryl- and heteroaryl(phenyl)iodonium triflates 285 involves the ligand-transfer reaction between vinyliodonium salt 284 with aryllithiums (Scheme 2.83) [405]. Likewise, the reaction of ( )-[(3-(trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy)ethenyl](aryl)iodonium triflates 286 with aryllithiums or alkynyllithiums can be used for a selective preparation of the respective diaryl- or alkynyl(aryl)iodonium triflates in high yields [406]. 

A very general and mild procedure for the stereospecific synthesis of aIkenyl(aryl)iodonium triflates 309 involves aryl(cyano)iodonium triflates 308 as iodonium transfer reagents in reactions with stannylated alkenes 307 (Scheme 2.89) [367,443,444], This method was also applied to the preparation of the parent vinyliodonium triflate from tributyl(vinyl)tin [445],... 

This system is claimed to possess good thermal stability and high photochemical driving force. Upon irradiation, an electron transfer reaction between excited dye and iodonium salt leads to photo bleaching of the squarylium dye and generation of active radicals. The results obtained indicate that squarylium dye and iodonium salt systems will effectively initiate visible light photopolymerization and photocrosslinking of acrylic esters. ... 

The concept was based upon the ability to control the reactivity of thioethyl and selenophenyl glycosyl donors by careful choice of anomeric substituent and hydroxyl protecting groups. Selenoglycosides are more reactive than their sulfur analogs and therefore four different levels of reactivity can be attained using only one promoter system (NIS/TfOH) (Fig. 4). As iodonium transfer to the sulfur or selenium atom is rapid and reversible under the conditions of the reaction, only the most reactive glycosyl donor in the mixture is activated when one equivalent of NIS is used. Sequential addition of NIS and acceptor units thus allows the rapid, controlled synthesis of complex carbohydrate structures. 

Photopolymerization reactions are widely used for printing and photoresist appHcations (55). Spectral sensitization of cationic polymerization has utilized electron transfer from heteroaromatics, ketones, or dyes to initiators like iodonium or sulfonium salts (60). However, sensitized free-radical polymerization has been the main technology of choice (55). Spectral sensitizers over the wavelength region 300—700 nm are effective. AcryUc monomer polymerization, for example, is sensitized by xanthene, thiazine, acridine, cyanine, and merocyanine dyes. The required free-radical formation via these dyes may be achieved by hydrogen atom-transfer, electron-transfer, or exciplex formation with other initiator components of the photopolymer system. 

The initiating radicals are assumed to be SCN, ONO or N3 free radicals. Tris oxalate-ferrate-amine anion salt complexes have been studied as photoinitiators (A = 436 nm) of acrylamide polymer [48]. In this initiating system it is proposed that the CO2 radical anion found in the primary photolytic process reacts with iodonium salt (usually diphenyl iodonium chloride salt) by an electron transfer mechanism to give photoactive initiating phenyl radicals by the following reaction machanism ... 

Under more basic conditions, a-elimination predominates and insertion of the carbene 40 to the solvent gives racemic 22. Non-basic and poorly nucleophilic conditions allow neighboring group participation to form the rearranged substitution product 23 with complete chirality transfer. The participation can be considered as an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution, and does occur only when it is preferable to the external reactions. Under slightly basic conditions with bases in HFIP, participation is allowed, and the weak base can react with the more electrophilic vinylic cation 21 (but not with the iodonium ion 19). A suitably controlled basicity can result in the formation of cycloalkyne 39, which is symmetrical and leads to racemization. These reactivities are illustrated in Scheme 6. 

It was reported that Pd(0)-catalyzed coupling reactions of allenic alcohols, amines and acids with hypervalent iodonium salts afforded cyclized heterocyclic tetrahydrofurans, tetrahydropyrans, pyrrolidines, piperidines, or lactones under mild conditions <99SL324>. Intramolecular 1,5-hydrogen atom transfer radical cyclization reaction of pyrrolidine derivatives was examined. Reaction of 3,4-dialiyloxy-JV-(0-bromobenzyl)pyrtolidine gave hexahydro-... 

Di- and trisubstituted alkenes. A few years ago Zweifel and coworkers1 reported a stereospecific synthesis of cis-alkenes by treatment of the adduct of a 1-atkyne and a dialkylborane with I, and NaOH (equation I). The reaction is believed to involve an iodonium ion, transfer of one of the R groups, and trans-elimination of I - and BROH. 

Iodonium ylides (136), generated in situ with bisacetoxyiodobenzene, are converted to allyl- or benzyl-substituted oxonium or sulfonium ylides (137) via rhodium- or copper-catalysed carbene transfer.115 Such ylides undergo [1,2]- or [2,3]-rearrangement to the corresponding 2-substituted heterocycles (138). An example of the rhodium-catalysed reaction is reported in Scheme 36. 

Apart from the above two major general reaction pathways, there are some further possibilities for instance, [bis(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]benzene reacts as an ambident electrophile and is attacked by hard nucleophiles at its carbonyl carbon, whereas iodylarenes may react similarly from carbon rather than iodine. Alkynyl iodonium salts are actually tetraphilic electrophiles, whereas iodosylbenzene reacts also as a nucleophile from oxygen. Diaryl iodonium salts serve as arylating reagents, mostly homolytically other iodonium salts transfer groups such as perfluoroalkyl, vinyl, alkynyl or cyano to several nucleophiles in various ways. 

Iodonium salts are excellent reagents for C-arylation of a variety of keto compounds. These reactions proceed homolytically through radical-chain or radical non-chain processes, starting either by one-electron transfer to form radical pairs or by formation of iodanes as illustrated in a simplified way ... 

Iodonium salts readily transfer one of their aryl groups to a heteroatom substrates successfully arylated range from simple halide anions to complex natural products. The plethora of such reactions leaves no doubt that the use of iodonium salts is the best choice for arylations. 

The arylation of nitrite and azide anions as well as some amines can be of synthetic interest in some instances for example, difuryl, dithienyl and diselenophyl iodonium salts were useful substrates for the preparation of the corresponding nitro heterocycles [61]. Diphenyliodonium 2-carboxylate transferred its carboxy-late-bearing ring with high specificity to several anilines in a reaction especially suitable for the preparation of weakly basic and sterically hindered A-arylanthranilic acids. 

The exceptional nucleofugality of the phenyliodonio group has been determined in an alkenyl salt and it is about 106 times greater than that of triflate [30]. This remarkable property makes alkenyl iodonium salts excellent vinyl cation equivalents in nucleophilic substitutions. The chemistry of alkenyl iodonium salts is dominated by the transfer of their aliphatic moiety to a variety of nucleophiles other important reactions involve Michael-type addition and alkylidenecarbene generation, along with elimination to alkynes which is actually an undesirable side-reaction. 

Equally good yields were also obtained from alkynyl iodonium triflates without phase transfer catalysis [65]. With arenesulphinic acids in methanol the reaction stopped at the stage of Z-/J-sulphonylalkenyl iodonium salt [41]. 

Several iodonium ylides, thermally or photochemically, transferred their carbene moiety to alkenes which were converted into cyclopropane derivatives. The thermal decomposition of ylides was usually catalysed by copper or rhodium salts and was most efficient in intramolecular cyclopropanation. Reactions of PhI=C(C02Me)2 with styrenes, allylbenzene and phenylacetylene have established the intermediacy of carbenes in the presence of a chiral catalyst, intramolecular cyclopropanation resulted in the preparation of a product in 67% enantiomeric excess [12]. 

In some ylides photolytic conditions were necessary for their transylidation [30]. The conversion of iodonium ylides into a-halogeno derivatives of the parent carbonyl compound (or other precursor) with hydrogen halides is normally effected directly, without isolation of their iodonium salts. A similar reaction with halogens leads to the formation of a,a-bis halogenated products [31]. The reaction of pyridines with the non-isolable PhI=C(CN)2 is of interest, since it permits the ready transfer of the C(CN)2 functionality to the nitrogen of pyridine, quinoline, etc. the yields here were generally moderate but in some cases the products could not be obtained using other dicyanocarbene precursors [32],... 

The current concept of the catalytic mechanism of the type I iodothyronine deiodinase is presented in Fig. 3. The iodine is removed from the substrate in the form of the iodonium (I+) ion and transferred to an enzyme SH group (E-SH). The resultant enzyme SI (E-SI) intermediate represents an oxidized form of the deiodinase from which native enzyme is regenerated by reduction with cofactor. The latter reaction is inhibited by PTU which reacts with E-Sl under formation of a stable enzyme-PTU mixed disulfide. 

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