Zinc chloride, supported

Into a 1-litre three-necked flask, equipped with a reflux (double surface) condenser, a mechanical stirrer (preferably of the Hershberg type. Fig. II, 7, 8) and a gas lead-in tube extending to near the bottom of the flask, place 200 g. (227 ml.) of dry benzene, 20 g. of paraformaldehyde (1) and 20 g. of finely-pulverised, anhydrous zinc chloride. Support the flask on a water bath so arranged that the level of the water in it is about... 

In support of the theory that the intermediate formation of alkyl esters occurs when dilute adds are used is the fact that olefins readily form addition compounds, because of thdr unsaturated nature, with certain substances and the claims that have been made for the hydrolysis of ethyl esters to ethanol. Almost 100 per cent yields of ethanol are daimed for the interaction of a mixture composed of 1 part of ethyl chloride and 10 parts of water by weight at 250° C. in the presence of catalysts composed of zinc, copper or cadmium sulfate or zinc chloride supported on active charcoal.58 In such processes as this, high yields can only be obtained by redrculation of the unconverted alkyl halide, or by the use of abnormally long times of contact at the low temperature, with removal of hydrochloric add. 

The preparation and use of indium trichloride, gallium trichloride, and zinc chloride supported on MCM-41 as Lewis acids in the Friedel-Crafts acylation of aromatics with acyl chlorides was investigated. The support itself shows no catalytic activity in the benzoylation of benzene with BC, whereas the highest activity is showed by the supported indium trichloride. The order for acylation activity of the supported metal chloride (indium trichloride > gallium trichloride zinc chloride) is quite similar to that of the redox potential of the metals [E , +/, (-0.34 V) > E°Ga /Ga ( 0.53 V) > E 2n +/zn ( 0.74 V)] and confirms a possible relationship between the redox potential and the catalytic activity of the supported metal chloride. The reaction can be efficiently applied to a variety of aromatic compounds, including toluene, para-xylene, mesitylene, anisole, and 2-MN (70%-90% yield), confirming the moisture insensitivity of the catalyst. ... 

Resorcinol Derivatives. Aminophenols (qv) are important intermediates for the syntheses of dyes or active molecules for agrochemistry and pharmacy. Syntheses have been described involving resorcinol reacting with amines (91). For these reactions, a number of catalysts have been used / -toluene sulfonic acid (92), zinc chloride (93), zeoHtes and clays (94), and oxides supported on siUca (95). In particular, catalysts performing the condensation of ammonia with resorcinol have been described gadolinium oxide on siUca (96), nickel, or zinc phosphates (97), and iron phosphate (98). 

This study suggests a radically new explanation for the nature of Lewis acid activation in the Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation. The five-centered migration of the halide ion from the chloromethylzinc group to zinc chloride as shown in TS2 and TS4 has never been considered in the discussion of a mechanism for this reaction. It remains to be seen if some experimental support can be found for this unconventional hypothesis. The small energy differences between all these competing transition states demand caution in declaring any concrete conclusions. 

Zinc chloride was used as a catalyst in the Friedel Crafts benzylation of benzenes in the presence of polar solvents, such as primary alcohols, ketones, and water.639 Friedel-Crafts catalysis has also been carried out using a supported zinc chloride reagent. Mesoporous silicas with zinc chloride incorporated have been synthesized with a high level of available catalyst. Variation in reaction conditions and relation of catalytic activity to pore size and volume were studied.640 Other supported catalytic systems include a zinc bromide catalyst that is fast, efficient, selective, and reusable in the /wa-bromination of aromatic substrates.641... 

A simple montmorillonite K 10 clay surface is one among numerous acidic supports that have been explored for the Beckmann rearrangement of oximes (Scheme 6.27) [54]. However, the conditions are not adaptable for the aldoximes that are readily dehydrated to the corresponding nitriles under solventless conditions. Zinc chloride has been used in the above rearrangement for benzaldehyde and 2-hydroxyacetophe-none, the later being adapted for the synthesis of benzoxazoles. 

Zinc chloride-doped natural phosphate was shown to have catalytic behavior in the 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nucleoside acetylenes with azides to form triazolonucleosides <99SC1057>. A soluble polymer-supported 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of carbohydrate-derived 1,2,3-triazoles has been reported <99H(51)1807>. 2-Styrylchromones and sodium azide were employed in the synthesis of 4(5)-aryl-5(4)-(2-chromonyl)-1,2,3-triazoles <99H(51)481>. Lead(IV) acetate oxidation of mixed bis-aroyl hydrazones of biacetyl led to l-(a-aroyloxyarylideneamino)-3,5-dimethyl-l,2,3-triazoles <99H(51)599>. Reaction of 1-amino-3-methylbenzimidazolium chloride with lead(fV) acetate afforded l-methyl-l/f-benzotriazole <99BML961>. Hydrogenation reactions of some [l,2,3]triazolo[l,5-a]pyridines, [l,2,3]triazolo[l,5-a]quinolines, and [l,2,3]triazolo[l,5-a]isoquinolines were studied <99T12881>. 

A variety of both protic and Lewis acids have been used to effect Fischer cyclizations. Hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid in aqueous, alcohol or acetic acid solution are frequently used. Polyphosphoric acid and BF3 in acetic acid have also been employed[10]. Zinc chloride is the most frequently used of the common Lewis acids. This choice is supported by comparative studies with FeCI3, AICI3, CoCI2 and NiCl2, which found ZnCl2 to be the most effective catalyst[l 1]. Zinc chloride can be used either as a solid mixture with the hydrazone reactant or in ethanol or acetic acid solution[12]. 

The support originally used for solid-phase synthesis was partially chloromethy-lated cross-linked polystyrene, which was prepared by chloromethylation of cross-linked polystyrene with chloromethyl methyl ether and tin(IV) chloride [1-3] or zinc chloride [4] (Figure 6.1). Haloalkylations of this type are usually only used for the functionalization of supports, and not for selective transformation of support-bound intermediates. Because of the mutagenicity of a-haloethers, other methods have been developed for the preparation of chloromethyl polystyrene. These include the chlorination of methoxymethyl polystyrene (Figure 6.1 [5]), the use of a mixture of dimethoxymethane, sulfuryl chloride, and chlorosulfonic acid instead of chloromethyl methyl ether [6], the chlorination of hydroxymethyl polystyrene [7], and the chlorination of cross-linked 4-methylstyrene-styrene copolymer with sodium hypochlorite [8], sulfuryl chloride [8], or cobalt(III) acetate/lithium chloride [9] (Figure 6.1, Table 6.1). 

This simple hydration theory cannot explain all the known phenomena, as, for example, the opposite effects of calcium chloride and zinc chloride on the colours. Engel2 therefore assumed that the observed colours were due to certain double salts present in the solutions. In the case of pure cobalt chloride, hydrolysis was supposed to occur on heating the solution, the hydrochloric acid liberated uniting with unchanged cobalt chloride and as an explanation of the colour change this is almost certainly incorrect. Ostwald 3 suggested a simple ionic explanation, namely, that the red colour is that of the cobalt cation, and the blue that of the undissociated salt. This is certainly not a complete explanation, and seems to necessitate a very marked decrease in ionisation with rise of temperature, which experiment, so far, does not support.4... 

Clays or acid-treated clays are also effective supports for Lewis acids such as ZnCl2 or FeCl3 [23]. Montmorillonite-supported zinc chloride, known as Clayzic, has been extensively studied as a catalyst for e.g. Friedel-Crafts alkylations [24, 25] (see Fig. 2.2). 

Enholm [26] has reported the first examples of asymmetric radical cy-clizations on soluble polymer supports. The stereocontrol element employed consists of a (+)-isosorbide group attached by a 4-carbon chain to each subunit of a soluble succinimide-derived ROMP backbone. Treatment of the radical cychzation substrate 162 with tributyltin hydride in the presence of zinc chloride followed by hydrolysis of the resulting polymer-supported ester 163 gave the desired product 164 in 80% yield and > 90% ee (Scheme 38). The use of alternative Lewis acids, such as magnesium bromide etherate and ytterbiiun (III) triflate, resulted in lower enantioselectivities, 84% and 72% respectively. No such decrease in selectivity was observed in analogous reactions carried out off-support [27], suggesting that the polymer backbone is somehow responsible for this phenomenon. 

Montmorillonite supported zinc chloride, called Clayzic, has become an important solid acid catalyst. This material has both the Bronsted acidity associated with the clay as well as Lewis acidity from the zinc ions. Thermal activation at 275°C gave a catalyst that promoted the benzylation of cumene at 40°C in near quantitative yield. ... 

The validity of the approach was first demonstrated by the synthesis of a linear tetrasaccharide [22] and a hexasaccharide 13 [23] as outlined in Scheme 3. Polymer-bound galactal 5 was converted to the 1,2-anhydro sugar 6 by epoxidation with 3,3-dimethyldioxirane [24], Polymer-bound 6 acted as a glycosyl donor when reacted with a solution of 7 in the presence of zinc chloride, resulting in the formation of disaccharide 8a. Upon repetition, this glycosylation procedure accommodated the secondary alcohol glycosyl acceptor 10 as well as disaccharide acceptor 12. Huor-idolysis with tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) was used to cleave the desired products from the polymeric support and furnish hexasaccharide 13 in 29% overall yield from 5 [16]. 

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