Reactions of triethylgermylpentafluorobenzene with some electrophilic agents

Triethylgermylpentafluorobenzene C₆F₅GeEt₃ reacts with CF₃SO₃H, HSO₃Cl, Me₃SiOSO₂Cl, chlorine, bromine, Cl₂/AlCl₃, or Br₂/AlBr₃ with cleavage of the C_aryl Ge bond. Cesium fluoride promotes electrophilic degermylation of C₆F₅GeEt₃, possibly via the intermediate formation of a tetraorganylfluorogermanate.     

Reactions of substituted pyridines with electrophilic boranes

The lutidine derivative (2,6-Me(2))(4-Bpin)C(5)H(2)N when combined with B(C(6)F(5))(3) yields a frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) which reacts with H(2) to give the salt [(2,6-Me(2))(4-Bpin)C(5)H(2)NH][HB(C(6)F(5))(3)] (1). Similarly 2,2'-(C(5)H(2)(4,6-Me(2))N)(2) and (4,4'-(C(5)H(2)(4,6-Me(2))N)(2) were also combined with B(C(6)F(5))(3) and exposed to H(2) to give [(2,2'-HN(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(4,6-Me(2))N][HB(C(6)F(5))(3)] (2) and [(4,4'-HN(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(2,6-Me(2))N] [HB(C(6)F(5))(3)] (3), respectively. The mono-pyridine-N-oxide 4,4'-N(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(2,6-Me(2))NO formed the adduct (4,4'-N(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(2,6-Me(2))NO)(B(C(6)F(5))(3)) (4) which reacts further with B(C(6)F(5))(3) and H(2) to give [(4,4'-HN(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(2,6-Me(2))NO)B(C(6)F(5))(3)] [HB(C(6)F(5))(3)] (5). In a related sense, 2-amino-6-CF(3)-C(5)H(3)N reacts with B(C(6)F(5))(3) to give (C(5)H(3)(6-CF(3))NH)(2-NH(B(C(6)F(5))(3))) (6). Similarly, the species, 2-amino-quinoline, 8-amino-quinoline and 2-hydroxy-6-methyl-pyridine were reacted with B(C(6)F(5))(3) to give the products as (C(9)H(6)NH)(2-NHB(C(6)F(5))(3)) (7), (C(9)H(6)N)(8-NH(2)B(C(6)F(5))(3)) (8) and (C(5)H(3)(6-Me)NH)(2-OB(C(6)F(5))(3)) (9), respectively; while 2-amino-6-picoline, 2-amino-6-CF(3)-pyridine, 2-amino-quinoline, 8-amino-quinoline and 2-hydroxy-6-methyl-pyridine react with ClB(C(6)F(5))(2) to give the species (C(5)H(3)(6-R)NH)(2-NH(ClB(C(6)F(5))(2))) (R = Me (10), R = CF(3) (11)) (C(9)H(6)NH)(2-NH(ClB(C(6)F(5))(2))) (12), (C(9)H(6)N)(8-NH(2)ClB(C(6)F(5))(2)) (13) and (C(5)H(3)(6-Me)NH)(2-OClB(C(6)F(5))(2)) (14), respectively. In a similar manner, 2-amino-6-picoline and 2-amino-quinoline react with B(C(6)F(5))(2)H to give (C(5)H(3)(6-Me)NH)(2-NH(HB(C(6)F(5))(2))) (15) and (C(9)H(6)NH)(2-NH(HB(C(6)F(5))(2))) (16). The corresponding reaction of 8-amino-quinoline yields (C(9)H(6)N)(8-NHB(C(6)F(5))(2)) (17). In a similar fashion, reaction of 2-amino-6-CF(3)-pyridine resulted in the formation of (18) formulated as (C(5)H(3)(6-CF(3))N)(2-NH(B(C(6)F(5))(2)). Finally, treatment of 15 with iPrMgCl gave (C(9)H(6)N)(2-NH(B(C(6)F(5))(2))) (19). Crystallographic studies of 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 15 are reported.     

Reactions of 1,1-difluoro-1-olefins with electrophilic reagents

1,1-Difluoro-1-olefins react smoothly with electrophilic reagents such as bromine and acid chloride-Lewis acid at room temperature producing the addition products.     

Reactions of 3-hydroxytetrahydropyrimidin-4-ones with electrophilic reagents

The reactions of nonsubstituted or 2-aryl-substituted 3-hydroxytetrahydropyrimidin-4-ones (HTHP) with carboxylic acid chlorides, tosyl chloride, or aryl isocyanates afford mainlyN,O-diacylated,N,O-ditosylated, orN,O-diarylcarbamoylated HTHP, respectively.N,O-Diacylated HTHP are also formed in the reactions of acid chlorides with Schiff's bases based on β-aminopropionohydroxamic acid.N-Acylated HTHP can be obtained by treatingN,O-diacylated HTHP with ammonia. The reactions of 2,2-dialkyl(alkylene)-substituted HTHP with acid chlorides or phenyl isocyanate giveN,O-diacylated orN,O-diphenyl-carbamoylated β-aminopropionohydroxamic acid, respectively. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2327–2332, December, 1999.     

Organic and polymer chemistry of electrophilic tri‐ and tetrasubstituted ethylenes

A survey of the spontaneous reactions of electrophilic olefins and nucleophilic olefins is presented as an area in which organic chemistry merges with polymer chemistry. The products include both small molecules and polymers, arising via tetramethylene biradical zwitterions that can cyclize or initiate polymerizations. Electrophilic tri‐ and tetrasubstituted olefins are particularly useful in delineating the transition from radical chemistry to ionic chemistry. A periodic table embodying these results enables predictions. Charge‐transfer complexes, although observed in many of these reactions, play no significant role. Various aspects arising from these investigations include new cationic initiators, Lewis acid catalysis, quinodimethane chemistry, and photochemistry. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 2845–2858, 2004     

Reactions of highly electrophilic polyfluorocarbonyl compounds with primary arylamines

C-Hydroxyalkylation of primary arylamines by highly electrophilic polyfluorocarbonyl compounds results from the direct reaction of the initial reagents and is competitively inhibited by equilibrium N-hydroxyalkylation. The presence of steric hindrances to the formation of N-hydroxyalkylation products and an increase in the ring C-nucleophilicity facilitate the C-hydroxyalkylation reaction.Deceased.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 383–389, February, 1990.     

Reactions of 4-methyl-7-diethylaminocoumarin with electrophilic reagents

The reactions of 4-methyl-7-diethylaminocoumarin with various electrophilic reagents — acetic anhydride, complexes of unsaturated compounds (styrene, dihydropyran, phenylacetylene) with Lewis acids, and copper halides — were used to synthesize 3-, 6-, and 8-substituted coumarins. It was shown that the selectivity of reactions involving substitution in the 3 position increases with an increase in the softness of the Lewis acid.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1324–1332, October, 1987.     

Reactions of highly electrophilic polyfluoro unsaturated compounds with pyrazole derivatives

Pyrazole derivatives were hydroxyalkylated at the C⁴ atom by hexafluoroacetate and methyl trifluoropyruvate. The products of the hydroxyalkylation were dehydrated to the corresponding alkylidene derivatives which were reacted with nucleophiles. Dicyanoethylenes, obtained from polyfluorocarbonyl compounds, alkylated pyrazol-5-ones with the formation of pyrazolopyran derivatives.A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute for Organometallic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813 Moscow. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2617–2623, November, 1992.     

Reactions ofN-methoxydiazen-N′-oxidoacetic acid derivatives with electrophilic reagents

Bromination, methylation, and nitration ofN-methoxydiazen-N′-oxidoacetic acid derivatives were investigated. The results of the reactions depended significantly on both the type of the starting compound and the electrophilic reagent.     

Reactions of spirocyclopropane-containing 1- and 2-pyrazolines with electrophilic reagents

Hydrochlorination of spiro(1-pyrazoline-3,1′-cyclopropanes) proceeds regioselectively at the azocyclopropane group to form 3-(2-haloethyl)pyrazoline derivatives. If the latter contain a halogen atom in the heterocycle, they are readily converted into (2-haloethyl)pyrazole hydrohalides. Bromination of 3-cyanospiro(2-pyrazoline-5,1′-cyclopropane) withN-bromosuccinimide at 20°C proceeds with retention of the cyclopropane ring to form 3-bromo-3-cyanospiro(1-pyrazoline-5,1′-cyclopropane), which is converted into (2-bromoethyl)cyanopyrazole in ∼60% yield at ∼20°C after 3–4 days.     

Reactions of (pyrrol-1-yl)furazans with electrophilic reagents

The behavior of (pyrrol-1-yl)furazans in electrophilic substitution reactions (halogenation, nitration, and acylation) was studied. The presence of the furazan ring substantially did not affect the regioselectivity of the reactions but it prevented replacement of all the hydrogen atoms in the pyrrole ring by electrophiles. Dedicated to Academician V. A. Tartakovsky on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1516–1520, August, 2007.     

Reactions of electron-withdrawing thiophene 1,1-dioxides with furans. A novel reaction pathway

Reactions of thiophene dioxides containing electron-withdrawing substituents with furans were studied. The reactions with unsubstituted furan followed the inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder mechanism. Subsequent elimination of sulfur dioxide from the adduct afforded products of the tetrahydrobenzofuran series. The reactions with substituted furans gave benzylcarbonyl compounds in high yields. The observed regiochemistry of the reaction was explained in terms of the frontier orbital theory using the calculated orbital coefficients. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 687–692, April, 2006.     

Symmetry-dependent solvation of donor-substituted triarylboranes

Donor-substituted triarylboranes are investigated by femtosecond absorption spectroscopy to study the influence of molecular symmetry on solvation. In solvents of varying polarity and differently fast solvation response, the solvation dynamics of a highly symmetric triple carbazole-substituted triarylborane (TCB) is compared to a single carbazole-substituted triarylborane (CB). The decomposition of the transient absorption spectra allows us to measure the solvation time by means of the time-dependent solvatochromic shift of the excited-state absorption (ESA) and the stimulated emission (SE). For all polar solvents under study we find an accelerated solvation process for TCB compared to the less symmetric CB. The difference is particularly large for solvents with a slow response. In order to explain these findings we propose that the electronic excitation is mobile in the symmetric molecule and can change between the three carbazole chromophores probably by a hopping mechanism. The excited-state dipole moment of TCB can thereby respond to the solvent relaxation and changes its direction according to the local field of the solvation shell. Thus, in a symmetric solute the possibility of an intramolecular charge delocalization over equivalent sites accelerates the approach of the minimum-energy configuration.     

Synthesis and electrophilic substitution reactions of 2-aryl-3,4-bis(carbomethoxy)furans

The thermal decomposition of the products of hydrogenation of the adducts obtained from arylfurans and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate leads to the formation of 2-aryl-3,4-bis(carbomethoxy)furans. The bromination of these compounds takes place in the 5 position of the furan ring; depending on the concentration of the nitric acid used, nitration leads to the formation of products of nitration in both the furan and the benzene rings.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 453–456, April, 1982.     

Intramolecular electrophilic rearrangements in saturated acyclic systems. Reactions of bis-carbanions with isocyanates

The reactions of mono- and bis-isocyanates with bis-carbanions whose COOAlk groups at the anionic centers do not contain acidic hydrogen atoms proceed unusually to form bis-carbamates (including oligomeric carbamates) due to migration of the alkoxycarbonyl groups from the carbon to the nitrogen atom.     

Alumina supported potassium fluoride promoted reaction of nitroalkanes with electrophilic alkenes : synthesis of 4,5-dihydro furans and isoxazoline n-oxides

The reaction of secondary nitro alkanes 1 with α,β-unsaturated ketones 2 in the presence of alumina-supported potassium fluoride in acetonitrile gave 4,5-dihydrofurans 3 in high yields ; 1-nitropropane reacted with 2 to give a mixture of 4,5-dihydrofurans and furans. Nitroalkenes 17 reacted with nitroalkanes to give isoxazoline N-oxides 18 and 19 in good overall yields.