Hydrogen, nucleophilic aromatic substitution

Nucleophilic aromatic substitutions involving loss of hydrogen are known. The reaction usually occurs with oxidation of the intermediate either intramoleculady or by an added oxidizing agent such as air or iodine. A noteworthy example is the formation of 6-methoxy-2-nitrobenzonitrile from reaction of 1,3-dinitrobenzene with a methanol solution of potassium cyanide. In this reaction it appears that the nitro compound itself functions as the oxidizing agent (10). 

Nakamura, Takagi and Ueno have also utilized 4 -nitrobenzo-l 5-crown-5 as a starting material Their goal was the formation of a colored crown which could be utilized in transport studies. They have prepared 4 -picrylaminobenzo-l 5-crown-5 for this purpose in the following way. 4 -Nitrobenzo-l 5-crown-5 was hydrogenated and then picryl chloride was added. Nucleophilic aromatic substitution apparently ensued (deep red color) and the product was th n isolated by standard techniques as a yellow solid (mp 155°, max 395 nm) in 72% yield as shown in Eq. (3.17). 

Nucleophilic aromatic substitution of hydrogen in heteroaromatic compounds, reactivity and reaction mechanisms 94MI2. 

O. N. Chupakhin, V. N. Charushin, and H. van der Plas, Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution of Hydrogen, Academic Press, San Diego, 1994. 

Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution of Hydrogen, Academic Press, San Diego, California, 1994. 

Aromatic nitro compounds undergo nucleophilic aromatic substitutions with various nucleophiles. In 1991 Terrier s book covered (1) SNAr reactions, mechanistic aspects (2) structure and reactivity of anionic o-complexes (3) synthetic aspects of intermolecular SNAr substitutions (4) intramolecular SNAr reactions (5) vicarious nucleophilic substitutions of hydrogen (VNS) (6) nucleophilic aromatic photo-substitutions and (7) radical nucleophilic aromatic substitutions. This chapter describes the recent development in synthetic application of SNAr and especially VNS. The environmentally friendly chemical processes are highly required in modem chemical industry. VNS reaction is an ideal process to introduce functional groups into aromatic rings because hydrogen can be substituted by nucleophiles without the need of metal catalysts. 

Amination of aromatic nitro compounds is a very important process in both industry and laboratory. A simple synthesis of 4-aminodiphenyl amine (4-ADPA) has been achieved by utilizing a nucleophilic aromatic substitution. 4-ADPA is a key intermediate in the rubber chemical family of antioxidants. By means of a nucleophibc attack of the anilide anion on a nitrobenzene, a o-complex is formed first, which is then converted into 4-nitrosodiphenylamine and 4-nitrodiphenylamine by intra- and intermolecular oxidation. Catalytic hydrogenation finally affords 4-ADPA. Azobenzene, which is formed as a by-product, can be hydrogenated to aniline and thus recycled into the process. Switching this new atom-economy route allows for a dramatic reduction of chemical waste (Scheme 9.9).73 The United States Environmental Protection Agency gave the Green Chemistry Award for this process in 1998.74... 

In recent years, the importance of aliphatic nitro compounds has greatly increased, due to the discovery of new selective transformations. These topics are discussed in the following chapters Stereoselective Henry reaction (chapter 3.3), Asymmetric Micheal additions (chapter 4.4), use of nitroalkenes as heterodienes in tandem [4+2]/[3+2] cycloadditions (chapter 8) and radical denitration (chapter 7.2). These reactions discovered in recent years constitute important tools in organic synthesis. They are discussed in more detail than the conventional reactions such as the Nef reaction, reduction to amines, synthesis of nitro sugars, alkylation and acylation (chapter 5). Concerning aromatic nitro chemistry, the preparation of substituted aromatic compounds via the SNAr reaction and nucleophilic aromatic substitution of hydrogen (VNS) are discussed (chapter 9). Preparation of heterocycles such as indoles, are covered (chapter 10). 

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A number of syntheses of pioglitazone have been disclosed (Arita and Mizuno, 1992 Fischer et al., 2005 Les et al., 2004 Meguro and Fujita, 1986, 1987 Momose et al., 1991 Prous and Castaner, 1990 Saito et al., 1998). Two related syntheses (Fischer et al., 2005 Les et al., 2004) of pioglitazone hydrochloride are described in Scheme 8.2. The tosylate of 2-(5-ethylpyridin-2-yl)ethanol (16), formed in situ with tosyl chloride, was displaced by 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (17) by means of benzyltributylammonium chloride and NaOH to give 4-[2-(5-ethylpyridin-2-yl)ethoxy]benzaldehyde (20). Condensation of 20 with thiazolidine-2,4-dione in basic medium afforded 5-[-4-[2-(5-ethylpyridin-2-yl)ethoxy]benzylidene]thiazolidine-2,4-dione (21). Finally, this compound was hydrogenated to provide pioglitazone (2). Alternatively, a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction... 

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