Pseudohalogens reaction with

The Reaction of Pseudohalogen Halides with Triphenylphosphine and Triphenylarsine... 

Disulfonyl disulfides possess pseudohalogen properties (86), and the tri-and tetrasulfides in reactions with nucleophilic reagents behave as sulfur... 

Iodine isocyanate was used to synthesize the first steroidal aziridine, 2, 3 -iminocholestane (95). from 5a-cholest-2-ene (91). This reaction sequence which is believed to proceed through a three-membered ring iodonium ion (92) illustrates the limitation of pseudohalogen additions for the synthesis of -aziridines. The iodonium complex forms from the least hindered side (usually alpha) and is opened tmK5-diaxially to give a -oriented nitrogen function. The 3a-iodo-2 -isocyanate (93) is converted by treatment with... 

Bis [(trifluoromethyl)thio] acetaldehyde (83a) has been prepared from an enam-ine precursor (84), although refluxing in aqueous ethanolic HCl is required to effect this reaction.The aldehyde is less stable than its enol tautomer (83b), and many reactions typical of aldehydes fail. For example, addition of aqueous silver nitrate immediately yields the silver salt of (83b), rather than giving precipitation of (elemental) silver. The (trifluoromethyl)thio substituent has pseudohalogenic character and, together with the hydroxy group, stabilizes the alkene tautomer in the manner of a push-pull alkene. The enol-aldehyde equilibrium mixture in acetonitrile shows an apparent of 2.6 when titrated with aqueous hydroxide. 

There are three common approaches to the displacement of amine substituents from purines. First, diazotization and dediazoniation have been used to replace amine substituents, primarily with hydrogen or hydroxyl, carboxyl, and halide functionalities. Second, the S Ar reactions of quaternary ammonium substituents have provided useful synthetic adjuncts to the displacement reactions of halopurines. Finally, of increasing importance has been the conversion of aminopurines (or oxopurines) to N-linked 1,2,4-triazoles (and other azoles), which function as pseudohalogens and can be displaced by nucleophiles or take part in transition metal-catalyzed reactions. 

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