Methanes, diaryl derivatives

An important side reaction is the formation of diaryl methane derivatives ArCHaAr. Moreover poly substituted products may be obtained as minor products. Aromatic compounds have been treated with formaldehyde and hydrogen bromide or hydrogen iodide instead of hydrogen chloride. The formaldehyde may be replaced by another aldehyde the term Blanc reaction however stands for the chloromethylation only. 

Lithiumalanat in siedendem Bis-[2-methoxy-athyl]-ather reduziert 1,1-Diaryl-athylene bei gleichzeitiger Me-thylierung durch das Losungsmittel5 (Diphenyl-methan-Derivate werden ebenfalls methyliert6). Natrium-bis-[2-methoxy-athoxy]-aluminiumhydrid reduziert und methyliert selbst 1,1-Diphenyl-athylen (in Kohlenwasser-stoff-Losung)7 und Arene8. 

Merriman and colleagues have reported the cydization of N-acyl-l,2-diaryl-l,2-ethanediamine derivatives, obtained by way of a solid-phase approach, to 4,5-diaryl-imidazolines by treatment with trimethylsilyl polyphosphate (TMS-PP) in dichloro-methane solution (Scheme 6.204) [367]. The best results were obtained by micro-... 

Diaryl- and triaryl-methane dyes also fall into this class [(124) is known as Michler s Hydrol Blue] and a number of the heterocyclic derivatives of these dyes are well known. Introduction of a sulfur bridge into Michler s Hydrol Blue (124) results in the dye Thiopyronine (125) which absorbs at 565 nm. The analogous dye with an oxygen bridge, Pyronine, absorbs at 545 nm and that with an —NH— bridge, Acridine Orange, absorbs at 490 nm (B-76MI11201). 

Direct irradiation of 2,5-dihydrofuran (175) results in the formation of furan, tetrahydrofuran, and the isomeric oxiran (176).146 Certain 2,5-dihydrothiophen derivatives are similarly converted to the corresponding vinylthiirans,147 whereas 5,5-diaryl-2,5-dihydrofurans are reported to undergo di-7i-methane rearrangement.148 An unexpected transannular phototransformation has been observed on irradiation of the l,3-dioxolen-2-one (177)... 

Arylmethyl(homobenzyl)ethylsulfonium salts are appropriate substrates for Suzuki-type coupling reactions. In this reaction, performed on a polymer-bound sulfonium tetrafluoroborate, the benzyl fragment on the sulfur atom was transferred to the boronic acid residue. The sulfonium salt was prepared from an al-kylthiol resin by alkylation with a substituted benzyl halide to give thioether 98 and subsequent alkylation with triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate. Reaction with a boronic acid derivative yielded diaryl methanes 99 [94] (Scheme 6.1.22). 

Acetic, succinic and malonic acids (Table 1) are reported (4) to derive from Ar-CHa, Ar(CH2)2Ar (including hydroaromatic) and Ar-CH2 Ar (Ar - aromatic ring) units respectively. Examination of the concentrations of these major aliphatic products suggests that the medium lithotypes contain the highest concentrations of aryl methyl and Ar(CH2)2Ar structures. Diaryl methane units are proposed to be most significant in the pale lithotype possibly reflecting a resin input. 

The anodic oxidation of 2,2-bis(ethylthio)propane producing acetone and an oxidation product of diethyl disulfide, claimed to be the corresponding disulfoxide, was reported many years ago [133]. A renewed interest in this reaction involving a C-S bond cleavage arose when bis(phenylthio)methane and some of its p-substituted ring derivatives were anodically oxidized in dry MeCN on Pt electrodes and afforded diaryl disulfides and formaldehyde, with the latter identified after aqueous workup [39, 134]. The same cleavage was observed when MeCN-H20 (9 1 v/v) was the solvent, but aryl benzenethiosulfonates were the main products [39] ... 

As alluded (vide supra), some confusion may arise with respect to this named reaction as there is reference in the literature to an alternative reaction with the same name. The Bradsher reaction forms aromatic rings but via an acid-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts-like process. Thus diaryl-methanes having a carbonyl group in the ortho position can undergo a cyclodehydration reaction to generate the corresponding anthracene derivatives. In this respect, the Bradsher reaction is related to the Elbs reaction, which involves the pyrolytic cyclization of diaryl ketones 6 having an ortho methyl or methylene substituent for the formation of polycyclic aromatics 7. 

Methane derivatives s. Diaryl-methanes, 3,3-Diindolyh methylpyridines... 

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