Nucleophilic substitution aromaticity

Nuclear magnetic resonance, 236 Nucleophiles, 35, 44, 47 Nucleophilic displacement, 121 Nucleophilicity of bases. 121 Nucleophilic substitutions, aromatic, 215 Nylon 6 and 66, 360... 

Unimolecular nucleophilic substitution Bimolecular nucleophilic substitution Aromatic nucleophilic substitution Single-photon emission computed tomography... 

Taylor, R. "Nucleophilic Substitution." Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Chem., 2,271 (1974). 

The Pd—C cr-bond can be prepared from simple, unoxidized alkenes and aromatic compounds by the reaction of Pd(II) compounds. The following are typical examples. The first step of the reaction of a simple alkene with Pd(ll) and a nucleophile X or Y to form 19 is called palladation. Depending on the nucleophile, it is called oxypalladation, aminopalladation, carbopalladation, etc. The subsequent elimination of b-hydrogen produces the nucleophilic substitution product 20. The displacement of Pd with another nucleophile (X) affords the nucleophilic addition product 21 (see Chapter 3, Section 2). As an example, the oxypalladation of 4-pentenol with PdXi to afford furan 22 or 23 is shown. 

As is broadly true for aromatic compounds, the a- or benzylic position of alkyl substituents exhibits special reactivity. This includes susceptibility to radical reactions, because of the. stabilization provided the radical intermediates. In indole derivatives, the reactivity of a-substituents towards nucleophilic substitution is greatly enhanced by participation of the indole nitrogen. This effect is strongest at C3, but is also present at C2 and to some extent in the carbocyclic ring. The effect is enhanced by N-deprotonation. 

Aromatic nucleophilic substitution of 2- or 5-halogenotltia20les (146 and 148) by sulfinate affoiMs an alternative method of preparation of sulfones (147 and 149) (Scheme 76) (170, 354-356). 

Nitro substituted aromatic compounds that do not bear halide leaving groups react with nucleophiles according to the equation... 

The first step in this scheme is a classical aromatic nucleophilic substitution. Details of the method have been expounded (14—17). References 14 and 15 are concerned with the synthesis of the diaryl hahde intermediate whereas References 16 and 17 discuss the synthesis of the polymers, with emphasis on the polymerisation of PPSF by this route. 

Substitution Reactions. Aromatic heterocycHc A/-oxides undergo both electrophilic and nucleophilic substitution because the dipolar N-oxide group is both an electron donor and an electron acceptor, giving rise to the resonance stmctures ... 

Nucleophilic Substitutions of Benzene Derivatives. Benzene itself does not normally react with nucleophiles such as haUde ions, cyanide, hydroxide, or alkoxides (7). However, aromatic rings containing one or more electron-withdrawing groups, usually halogen, react with nucleophiles to give substitution products. An example of this type of reaction is the industrial conversion of chlorobenzene to phenol with sodium hydroxide at 400°C (8). 

A variation of the aromatic nucleophilic substitution process in which the leaving group is part of the entering nucleophile has been developed and is called vicarious nucleophilic aromatic substitution. 

Kinetic studies have shown that the enolate and phosphorus nucleophiles all react at about the same rate. This suggests that the only step directly involving the nucleophile (step 2 of the propagation sequence) occurs at essentially the diffusion-controlled rate so that there is little selectivity among the individual nucleophiles. The synthetic potential of the reaction lies in the fact that other substituents which activate the halide to substitution are not required in this reaction, in contrast to aromatic nucleophilic substitution which proceeds by an addition-elimination mechanism (see Seetion 10.5). 

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