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Despite this overwhelming body of evidence, two-step mechanisms have been suggested for the Diels-Alder reaction, probably inspired by special cases, where highly substituted dienes and/or dienophiles have been found to react through zwitterionic or biradicalintermediates (Scheme 1.2). 

It can be concluded, as already stated above, that the diminution in intermolecular selectivity observed in these nitrations with nitronium salts in organic solvents does not of itself require any special mechanistic considerations as regards the process of substitution. 

Note for highly substituted allenes containing silicon, gernanium or tin we observed deviations of the calculated chemical shifts from the measured values, and one should therefore treat these particular cases with special care. 

Naturally occurring porphyrins are usually symmetrically substituted about the 15-methine bridge. These porphyrins can be synthesized by the condensation of two dipyrroiic intermediates. Typical dipyrroiic intermediates in current use arc the dipyrromethanes and the dipyrromethenes. Both methods will shortly be described. This again is a highly specialized... 

Dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) (125) is a very special alkyne and undergoes interesting cyclotrimerization and co-cyclization reactions of its own using the poorly soluble polymeric palladacyclopentadiene complex (TCPC) 75 and its diazadiene stabilized complex 123 as precursors of Pd(0) catalysts, Cyclotrimerization of DMAD is catalyzed by 123[60], In addition to the hexa-substituted benzene 126, the cyclooctatetraene derivative 127 was obtained by the co-cyclization of trimethylsilylpropargyl alcohol with an excess of DMAD (125)[6l], Co-cyclization is possible with various alkenes. The naphthalene-tetracarboxylate 129 was obtained by the reaction of methoxyallene (128) with an excess of DMAD using the catalyst 123[62],... 

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. 

Chapters 9, 10 and 11 describe methods for substitution directly on the ring with successive attention to Nl, C2 and C3. Chapters 12 and 13 are devoted to substituent modification as C3. Chapter 12 is a general discussion of these methods, while Chapter 13 covers the important special cases of the synthesis of 2-aminoethyl (tryptaminc) and 2-aminopropanoic acid (tryptophan) side-chains. Chapter 14 deals with methods for effecting carbo cyclic substitution. Chapter 15 describes synthetically important oxidation and reduction reactions which are characteristic of indoles. Chapter 16 illustrates methods for elaboration of indoles via cycloaddition reactions. 

A-4-Thiazoline-2-ones and ring substituted derivatives are usually prepared by the general ring-closure methods described in Chapter II. Some special methods where the thiazole ring is already formed have been used, however. An original synthesis of 4- 2-carboxyphenyl)-A-4-thiazoline-2-one (18) starting from 2-thiocyanato-2-halophenyl-l-3-indandione (19) has been proposed (Scheme 8) (20, 21). Reaction of bicyclic quaternary salts (20) may provide 3-substituted A-4-thiazoline-2-one derivatives (21) (Scheme 9) (22). Sykes et al. (23) report the formation of A-4-thiazoline-2-ones (24) by treatment ef 2-bromo (22) or 2-dimethylaminothiazole (23) quaternary salts with base (Scheme 10). 

Substitution can take place by the S l or the 8 2 mechanism elimination by El or E2 How can we predict whether substitution or elimination will be the principal reac tion observed with a particular combination of reactants The two most important fac tors are the structure of the alkyl halide and the basicity of the anion It is useful to approach the question from the premise that the characteristic reaction of alkyl halides with Lewis bases is elimination and that substitution predominates only under certain special circumstances In a typical reaction a typical secondary alkyl halide such as iso propyl bromide reacts with a typical Lewis base such as sodium ethoxide mainly by elimination... 

As crowding at the carbon that bears the leaving group decreases the rate of nude ophilic attack by the Lewis base increases A low level of steric hindrance to approach of the nucleophile is one of the special circumstances that permit substitution to pre dominate and primary alkyl halides react with alkoxide bases by an 8 2 mechanism m preference to E2... 

The most common types of aryl halides m nucleophilic aromatic substitutions are those that bear o ox p nitro substituents Among other classes of reactive aryl halides a few merit special consideration One class includes highly fluormated aromatic compounds such as hexafluorobenzene which undergoes substitution of one of its fluorines on reac tion with nucleophiles such as sodium methoxide... 

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Because of the special stabiHty of the hexafluoroarsenate ion, there are a number of appHcations of hexafluoroarsenates. For example, onium hexafluoroarsenates (33) have been described as photoinitiators in the hardening of epoxy resins (qv). Lithium hexafluoroarsenate [29935-35-1] has been used as an electrolyte in lithium batteries (qv). Hexafluoroarsenates, especially alkaH and alkaline-earth metal salts or substituted ammonium salts, have been reported (34) to be effective as herbicides (qv). Potassium hexafluoroarsenate [17029-22-0] has been reported (35) to be particularly effective against prickly pear. However, environmental and regulatory concerns have severely limited these appHcations. 

The basic stmcture of a naphthalocyanine dye can be seen in Figure 6 (12). By varying the central atom Y, the organic (polymeric) group at the central atom, and the substituents and X, an adjustment to the desired property profile, especially improved solubihty, can be achieved. Naphthalocyanines with sihcon as central atom evoke special interest, eg, the biaxiahy substituted silicon—naphthalocyanine (13) wherein the central Si bears... 

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