Sodium alkyl halide reduction

Disulfides, such as the diallyl disulfide shown in Rgure 8.24, can be obtained by the reaction of sodium disulfide (NaiSi), itself prepared by the dissolution of an equivalent of sulfur in a concenctrated sodium sulfide (Na2S) solution, with the corresponding alkyl halide. Reduction of the disulfide (e.g., with zinc dust in acetic acid) results in cleavage of the sulfur-sulfur bond and thiol formation (Scheme 8.105). Alternatively, as might be expected, thiols are rather easily oxidized (e.g., by hypohalites [NaOCl]) and the products are disulfides (Equation 8.60). 

Notable examples of general synthetic procedures in Volume 47 include the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes (from dichloro-methyl methyl ether), aliphatic aldehydes (from alkyl halides and trimethylamine oxide and by oxidation of alcohols using dimethyl sulfoxide, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, and pyridinum trifluoro-acetate the latter method is particularly useful since the conditions are so mild), carbethoxycycloalkanones (from sodium hydride, diethyl carbonate, and the cycloalkanone), m-dialkylbenzenes (from the />-isomer by isomerization with hydrogen fluoride and boron trifluoride), and the deamination of amines (by conversion to the nitrosoamide and thermolysis to the ester). Other general methods are represented by the synthesis of 1 J-difluoroolefins (from sodium chlorodifluoroacetate, triphenyl phosphine, and an aldehyde or ketone), the nitration of aromatic rings (with ni-tronium tetrafluoroborate), the reductive methylation of aromatic nitro compounds (with formaldehyde and hydrogen), the synthesis of dialkyl ketones (from carboxylic acids and iron powder), and the preparation of 1-substituted cyclopropanols (from the condensation of a 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol derivative and ethyl-... 

REDUCTION OF ALKYL HALIDES AND TOSYLATES WITH SODIUM CYANOBOROHYDRIDE IN HEXAMETHYL-PHOSPHORAMIDE (HMPA) A. 1-IODODECANE TO n—DECANE B. 1-DODECYL TOSYLATE TO n-DODECANE, 53, 107 REDUCTION OF KETONES BY USE OF TOSYLHYDRAZONE DERIVATIVES ANDROSTAN-17 0—OL, 52, 122 REDUCTIVE AMINATION WITH SO-... 

An alternative route to sulphones utilizes the reaction of the appropriate activated halide with sodium dithionite or sodium hydroxymethanesulphinite [6], This procedure is limited to the preparation of symmetrical dialkyl sulphones and, although as a one-step reaction from the alkyl halide it is superior to the two-step oxidative route from the dialkyl sulphides, the overall yields tend to be moderately low (the best yield of 62% for dibenzyl sulphoxide using sodium dithionite is obtained after 20 hours at 120°C). The mechanism proposed for the reaction of sodium hydroxymethanesulphinite is shown in Scheme 4.20. The reaction is promoted by the addition of base and the best yield is obtained using Aliquat in the presence of potassium carbonate. It is noteworthy, however, that a comparable yield can be obtained in the absence of the catalyst. The reaction of phenacyl halides with sodium hydroxy-methane sulphinite leads to reductive dehalogenation [7]. 

REDUCTION OF ALKYL HALIDES AND TOSYLATES WITH SODIUM CYANOBOROHYDRIDE IN HEXAMETHYLPHOS-PHORAMEDE (HMPA) ... 

These preparations that illustrate the use of sodium cyanoborohydride in hexamethylphosphoramide as an effective, selective, and convenient procedure for the reduction of alkyl halides and tosylates is essentially the same as previously described.8 The very mild reducing ability of sodium cyanoborohydride makes the method particularly valuable when other functional groups are present in the molecule... 

The classical procedure for the reaction involves heating the alkyl halide (usually the chloride or bromide) with sodium or potassium cyanide in metha-nolic or ethanolic solution. The method is clearly of value for the extension of the carbon chain by one carbon atom, since the cyano group may be converted into a carboxyl group by hydrolysis (Section 5.11.2, p. 671) or into an amino-methyl group (—CH2-NH2) by reduction (Section 5.16.1, p. 771), or into a formyl group by controlled reduction to the imine followed by hydrolysis (Section 5.7.4, p. 594). ... 

A one-pot PTC reaction procedure for the overall conversion of an alkyl halide into a primary amine via an azide is particularly illustrative.204 Thus the reduction of the azide is effected by the addition of sodium borohydride to a reaction mixture arising from the PTC displacement reaction of an alkyl halide with sodium azide (the preparation of 1-octylamine, Expt 5.193). The reaction appears to be applicable to primary and secondary alkyl halides, alkyl methane-sulphonates and benzylic halides. 

These reductions were carried out in the presence of an alkyl halide that reacted with the sodium tellurolate. The expected unsymmetrical diorgano tellurium derivatives were isolated. 

Tetralelluride anions were generated by cathodic reduction of tellurium at — 1.4 V in a cell consisting of a tellurium cathode and a platinum-net anode. AIM solution of dry sodium perchlorate in dimethylformamide served as the catholy te. The tetratelluride ions were then reacted with alkyl halides to yield the corresponding dialkyl ditellurium5. 

Cathodic reduction of tellurium in the presence of methyl iodide in a 1.0 M solution of sodium perchlorate in anhydrous dimethylformamide produced trimethyl telluronium iodide in 80% yield1. This reaction does not appear to proceed with other alkyl halides. 

Reduction with sodium naphthalene of easily obtained diazadiene ruthenium ) complexes of type 65 (X = Cl) affords (rj6-arene)Ru(0) complexes 64. The latter are very reactive and undergo oxidative addition with iodine or alkyl halides to produce complexes 65 (X = I and X = CH2R, respectively) (51) [Eq. (26)]. Other ruthenium(O) complexes have been... 

Debromination is formally a reduction because a molecule of Br2 (an oxidizing agent) is removed. The reaction with iodide takes place by the E2 mechanism, with the same geometric constraints as the E2 dehydrohalogenation. Elimination usually takes place through an anti-coplanar arrangement, as shown in Mechanism 7-3. Acetone serves as a convenient solvent that dissolves most alkyl halides and sodium iodide. 

Red-Al [sodium bis(2-methoxyethoxy)aluminium hydride] reduces aliphatic halides and aromatic halides to hydrocarbons. Reductive dehalogenation of alkyl halides is most commonly carried out with super hydride. Epoxide ring can also be opened by super hydride. 

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