Radical Reactions on Solid Support

Sibi, M P, Chandramouli, S V, Intermolecular free radical reactions on solid support, allylation of... 

Although a large variety of reactions were successfully transferred to the solid phase there are only a few examples of free radical reactions on solid phase [173,174]. The free allyl radical transfer was achieved when the carbohydrate auxiliary was linked to a noncross-linked polystyrene polymer (NCPS) [175]. The use of NCPS instead of cross-linked supports has several advantages, including complete solubility in many organic solvents [176]. The polymer 269 was obtained in a radical polymerization of two equivalents of styrene and one equivalent /7-chloromethylstyrene. The protected D-xylose 270 was covalently linked to the support by a Williamson synthesis generating compound 271 (Scheme 10.88). 

The Naito laboratory has investigated the applicability of radical reactions in solid-supported chemistry. A pronounced effect of the solid support on the stereochemical outcome of a radical reaction was reported for the addition of an alkyl radical onto the chiral oxime 139, delivering a-amino acid derivatives 140 in good yield and with high stereoselectivity (Scheme 6.32). Higher diastereoselectivities were observed with the substrate 139 immobilized on the solid support (>90% de), compared to comparable solution-phase reactions of 139 (72-85% de). This effect was rationalized based on the lower reactivity and reduced reaction rate of the immobilized oxime, inducing an enhanced selectivity. ... 

Clerici and Porta reported that phenyl, acetyl and methyl radicals add to the Ca atom of the iminium ion, PhN+Me=CHMe, formed in situ by the titanium-catalyzed condensation of /V-methylanilinc with acetaldehyde to give PhNMeCHMePh, PhNMeCHMeAc, and PhNMeCHMe2 in 80% overall yield.83 Recently, Miyabe and co-workers studied the addition of various alkyl radicals to imine derivatives. Alkyl radicals generated from alkyl iodide and triethylborane were added to imine derivatives such as oxime ethers, hydrazones, and nitrones in an aqueous medium.84 The reaction also proceeds on solid support.85 A-sulfonylimines are also effective under such reaction conditions.86 Indium is also effective as the mediator (Eq. 11.49).87 A tandem radical addition-cyclization reaction of oxime ether and hydrazone was also developed (Eq. 11.50).88 Li and co-workers reported the synthesis of a-amino acid derivatives and amines via the addition of simple alkyl halides to imines and enamides mediated by zinc in water (Eq. 11.51).89 The zinc-mediated radical reaction of the hydrazone bearing a chiral camphorsultam provided the corresponding alkylated products with good diastereoselectivities that can be converted into enantiomerically pure a-amino acids (Eq. 11.52).90... 

Until now, the chemistry of radicals on solid supports has been investigated mostly in respect to intramolecular radical cyclizations and radical chain reactions. One reason for refraining from free radical transformations is the chemical nature of the polystyrene with its abundance of benzylic positions that are prone to H-radical abstraction and oxidation. 

Comparing the results from radical release in solution and on solid support, it was determined that the amounts of recombined product were reduced significantly in the matrix-supported reaction even at higher concentrations (0.1 M solution 2.6%, 0.16 M polymer support 0.4%). On the other hand, in both solution and polymer gel experiments, the... 

Abstract This review covers recent advances in the field of radical chemistry on solid phase. Intermolecular processes using both immobilized radicals with solution-phase acceptors and immobilized acceptors with radicals in solution are discussed, as are radical cyclization reactions on polymer supports. Progress in the development of solid-phase asymmetric radical processes and the design of linkers cleaved by radical processes are also discussed. 

Radical reactions of heterocycles on solid support 01MI4. 

In an interesting development for combinatorial chemistry, Sm -promoted radical cyclizations have been adapted for use on solid support [27], The procedures developed have some inherent advantages over -Bu3SnH-mediated reactions and sometimes even to the corresponding solution phase SmE-promoted reactions. Unfortunately, they still appear to lack the consistency necessary for general use in the synthesis of chemical libraries. 

C-Alkylations have been performed with both support-bound carbon nucleophiles and support-bound carbon electrophiles. Benzyl, allyl, and aryl halides or triflates have generally been used as the carbon electrophiles. Suitable carbon nucleophiles are boranes, organozinc and organomagnesium compounds. C-Alkylations have also been accomplished by the addition of radicals to alkenes. Polystyrene can also be alkylated under harsh conditions, e.g. by Friedel-Crafts alkylation [11-16] in the presence of strong acids. This type of reaction is incompatible with most linkers and is generally only suitable for the preparation of functionalized supports. Few examples have been reported of the preparation of alkanes by C-C bond formation on solid phase, and general methodologies for such preparations are still scarce. 

Alkanes can be prepared by the addition of carbon radicals to C=C double bonds (Figure 5.4). The highest yields are usually obtained when electron-rich radicals (e.g. alkyl radicals or heteroatom-substituted radicals) add to acceptor-substituted alkenes, or when electron-poor radicals add to electron-rich double bonds. These reactions have also been performed on solid phase, and polystyrene-based supports seem to be particularly well suited for radical-mediated processes [39,40]. 

Carbon Monoxide Oxidation. Analysis of the carbon monoxide oxidation in the boundary layer of a char particle shows the possibility for the existence of multiple steady states (54-58). The importance of these at AFBC conditions is uncertain. From the theory one can also calculate that CO will bum near the surface of a particle for large particles but will react outside the boundary layer for small particles, in qualitative agreement with experimental observations. Quantitative agreement with theory would not be expected, since the theoretical calculations, are based on the use of global kinetics for CO oxidation. Hydroxyl radicals are the principal oxidant for carbon monoxide and it can be shown (73) that their concentration is lowered by radical recombination on surfaces within a fluidized bed. It is therefore expected that the CO oxidation rates in the dense phase of fluidized beds will be suppressed to levels considerably below those in the bubble phase. This expectation is supported by studies of combustion of propane in fluidized beds, where it was observed that ignition and combustion took place primarily in the bubble phase (74). More attention needs to be given to the effect of bed solids on gas phase reactions occuring in fluidized reactors. 

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