Pyridine fluorination

The formation of a solid, isolated by bubbling fluorine diluted with nitrogen into a solution of pyridine in trichlorofluoromethane at — 80 °C followed by filtering at low temperature, has been noted.30 The solid is considered to be a pyridine/fluorine compound with polar character however, spectral or other data on the structure of the pyridine/fluorine compound are presently not available, probably due to its explosive nature. This compound has been used for the fluorination of uracil and some chloroalkenes,30,31 but the adduct is of little use because of its violent decomposition above — 2CC. 

Ring fluorination of pyridine and its benzo derivatives is suggested to occur through nucleophilic attack of fluoride ion on an initial pyridine fluorine complex (87TL255, 91BCJ1081, 93AHC(58)29l). In electron-deficient pyridines and their benzo derivatives, fluorination on the pyridine ring is kinetically competitive with annular and side chain fluorination. 

The use of fluorine, a pyridine-fluorine complex, or trifluoromethyl hypofluorite for the preparation of 5-fluorouracil and related compounds has already been mentioned (see p. 262, particularly ref. 357). Electrochemical fluorination (Simons process) of uracil also gives 5-fluorouracil, > and trifluoromethyl hypofluorite has been applied to the preparation of l-(tetra-hydro-2-furanyl)-5-fluorouracil (Ftorafur) (Scheme 49), which is claimed to have a greater activity towards cancer of the breast and the gastrointestinal tract than 5-fluorouracil, while being considerably less toxic. 6-Fluoro-thyamine (245) has been prepared from 2,4,6-trifluoro-5-methylpyrimidine... 

Since the submission of this manuscript several publications of importance to its topic have appeared. The [N - Cl - N] and [N - F—N]" halogen bonds of [bis (pyridine)chlorine] and bis(pyridine)fluorine] that were previously only studied... 

Iodine Acetaldehyde, acetylene, aluminum, ammonia (aqueous or anhydrous), antimony, bromine pentafluoride, carbides, cesium oxide, chlorine, ethanol, fluorine, formamide, lithium, magnesium, phosphorus, pyridine, silver azide, sulfur trioxide... 

TiF is a colorless, very hygroscopic soHd and is classified as a soft fluorinating reagent (4), fluorinating chlorosilanes to fluorosilanes at 100°C. It also forms adducts, some of them quite stable, with ammonia, pyridine, and ethanol. TiF sublimes at 285.5°C, and melts at temperatures >400° C. It is soluble in water, alcohol, and pyridine, hydroly2ing in the former, and has a density of 2.79 g/mL. 

Other applications of zirconium tetrafluoride are in molten salt reactor experiments as a catalyst for the fluorination of chloroacetone to chlorofluoroacetone (17,18) as a catalyst for olefin polymerization (19) as a catalyst for the conversion of a mixture of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and ammonia (in the ratio of 1 1 3 3) to pyridine (20) as an inhibitor for the combustion of NH CIO (21) in rechargeable electrochemical cells (22) and in dental applications (23) (see Dentalmaterials). 

Metahation of 2-fluoropyridine with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) gives 2-fluoro-3-hthiopyridine, thereby providing entry to 3-substituted pyridines (388). This technique has been used to make fluorine analogues of the antitumor eUipticines (389). 

The discovery of new broad spectmm antibiotics has been accompanied by the development of processes for fluorinated feedstocks ring-fluorinated aromatics for those quinolones containing a fluorobenzopyridone group, and fluorinated pyridine precursors for those antibiotics containing a naphthyridine nucleus (enoxacin, tosufloxacin) (see Table 14). 

It is more reactive than perchloryl fluoride and therefore not without danger. It forms, for instance, a highly explosive product with pyridine. Like perchloryl fluoride it reacts with enol ethers, esters and enamines, but at lower temperature (—78°) to yield the fluorinated ketones as well as addition... 

Fluorinatton of graphite with fluorine gives graphite fluorides that have interesting properties, as recently reviewed [63]. Pyridine and its derivatives add elemental fluorine to form unstable N-fluoro adducts [14, 26, 64, 65]. These may decompose to 2-fluoropyndines [65] or be stabilized by treatment with inflate salts to form useful electrophilic fluonnating agents [64]... 

Selective fluonnation in polar solvents has proved commercially successful in the synthesis of 5 fluorouracil and its pyrimidine relatives, an extensive subject that will be discussed in another section Selective fluonnation of enolates [47], enols [48], and silyl enol ethers [49] resulted in preparation of a/phn-fluoro ketones, fieto-diketones, heta-ketoesters, and aldehydes The reactions of fluorine with these functionalities is most probably an addition to the ene followed by elimination of fluonde ion or hydrogen fluoride rather than a simple substitution In a similar vein, selective fluonnation of pyridmes to give 2-fluoropyridines was shown to proceed through pyridine difluondes [50]... 

Similarly complex is the fluorination of the Ihtes methylpyridines (a-, ()-, and 7-picolmes) with cesium tetrafluorocobaltate. 2-Methylpyridme was fluorinated at 270 °C for 180-200 mm, 3- and 4-methylpyridmes were fluorinated at 330 to 340 °C for 150 min All of them afforded the respective polyjluorinated pyridines and perfiuoro-1,2-, 1,3-dimethyl-, and 1-ethylpyrrolidine In addition, perfluoro-2-aza-2-hexene and bis(tnfluoromethyl)amine were isolated m variable yields [27] All the isolated products of the fluorination of 3-methylpyridme (3-picoline) are shown in equation 9. 

In quinoline and isoquinoline, the benzene ring is more receptive to fluorma-tion, its double bonds being saturated and the hydrogen atoms replaced in preference to those in the pyridine ring As with pyridine and its homologues, ring contraction takes place during fluorination with cesium tetrafluorocobaltate at... 

The fluoraza reagents consist of two types of compounds one in which a fluorine atom is bound to the nitrogen atom of an amide or, more often, a sulfonamide and one in which a fluorine atom is bound to the nitrogen atom of a tertiary amine such as pyridine, quinuclidine, or triethylenediamine 1,4-diaza-bicyclo[2 2.2]octane. The positive charge on the nitrogen is counterbalanced by a non-nucleophilic anion such as triflate or tetrafluoroborate. 

In contrast to pyridine-hydrogen fluoride, which is acidic and acts as a protonating agent, in alkylamine-hydrogen fluoride complexes, fluorine is a nucleophile. The difference of the nature of these two types of reagents has been... 

Reactions of alcohols with sulfur tetrafluoride, because of decomposition and/or polymerization, usually do not give fluorinated products However, in the presence of a hydrogen fluoride scavenger like triethylamine or pyridine, even such sensitive substrates as benzylic alcohols [555], 2-phenylethanol, and 2-furylmethanol [554] can be fluorinated to give the expected fluoro derivatives (equation 73)... 

A variety of media have been used for the Wallach fluorination reaction anhydrous hydrogen fluoride alone or with cosolvents such as methylene chloride, benzene, or tetrahydrofuran and hydrogen fluoride-pyridine alone or with co solvents such as benzene, glyme, or acetic acid [42,43, 46 50] Solutions of cesium fluoride, tetraethylammonium fluoride, or tetrabutylammonium fluoride in strong acids such as methanesulfonic acid or trifiuoroacetic acid with numerous cosolvents have also been studied [48, 49]... 

A recently discovered variant of the Wallach technique is the silver ion cata lyzed fluorination of aryl diazo sulfides in hydrogen fluonde-pyridine-toluene solvent [57] (equation 12) Electron withdrawing substituents such as acetyl give higher yields of aryl fluoride (71%) than electron donating groups (butyl 39%, methoxy, 2-14%), reductive dediazoniation competes with fluorination... 

Vinylic fluorines offluoralkenes are replaced with chlorine or bromine when treated with lithium halide salts in methoxyethanol, dimethylformamide, and pyridine [77]. 

With pyridine and its alkyl derivatives, and in contrast to chlorination, substantial nuclear fluorination occurred before the side chain was attacked (87TL255). Direct fluorination of isoquinoline was unsuccessful but 2-methylcarbostyril gave the 4-fluoroderivative in 54% yield (82H429). 

Fluorination of pyridine (90TL775), uracil (90T3093), and octaethyl-porphyrin [88JCS(P1)1735] has been described using cesium fluorooxysulfate. The outcome of the former was strongly dependent on the solvent. For example, with pyridine in methanol no fluorination was observed and 2-methoxypyridine was obtained. 2-Fluoropyridine was isolated when cyclohexane was the solvent (90TL775). 

The Balz-Schiemann reaction continues to attract attention, with much of it generated by the interest in fluoroquinolones, e.g., (7), which is a potential antibacterial. Two approaches to its synthesis are possible—introduction of fluorine prior to or post ring construction. Decomposition of the tetrafluoroborate salt was unsuccessful, whereas the PF6 salt (8) gave only a poor yield (84JMC292). A more successful approach was the introduction of F into the pyridine nucleus prior to formation of the 1,8-naphthyridine ring (84JHC673). A comparison of decomposition media showed that cyclohexane was the best with regard to yield and time. 

High-valency metal fluoride fluorination of pyridine [82JFC(21)171], quinoline [82JFC(21)413], and 2-methylfurans [91 JFC(51)179] has been reported. With 2-methylfuran a complex mixture of stereoisomers of partially fluorinated oxolans was obtained. These can be dehydrofluorinated to fluorooxolens and no furans have been observed. Conformation and structural group were found to influence the direction and readiness toward dehydrofluorination [91 JFC(52) 165]. 

The mechanism of attack of 1,3-dipolar reagents on fluoroalkenes can be considered to be either stepwise or concerted. Heteroaromatic N-imines react by a stepwise 1,3 addition to perfluoroalkenes and -alkynes to give fluorinated pyrazolo[l,5-a]pyridines [82JCS(P1)1593]. Pyridinium /-butoxycarbonylmethylide with fluoroalkenes gave pyrrolo[l,2-a]pyri-dines [86JCS(P 1) 1769] and indolizines (22) are obtained with pyridinium phenacylide [91JFC(51)407]. 

Fluorinated heterocycles have many uses and the following are some typical examples. Trifluoromethyl pyridines are useful building blocks for agrochemicals (91MI1). Fluorinated quinolones have evoked considerable interest in the last 10 years as antibacterial agents (90MI1, 90MI2). The... 

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