Chlorination of various substrates in subcritical carbon tetrachloride

Various aliphatic hydrocarbons and the side chains of aromatic hydrocarbons were chlorinated in subcritical carbon tetrachloride. Chlorination of aromatic compounds including 1,4-disubstituted benzenes was investigated. Ketones and sulfones were stable under the employed conditions. Sulfoxides were converted into sulfides in a low to modest yields. The coupling adducts between olefins and carbon tetrachloride were obtained from the reactions of olefins.     

Interaction of VC14 with α-olefins. π-complex formation,with concomitant oligomerisation,isomerisation and methathesis reactions

Stable π-complexes of olefins with tervalent vanadium have been isolated from the reaction of olefins with vanadium tetrachloride at ?78°C. The isolation of such complexes is of considerable significance in relation to the frequently proposed formation of intermediate π-complexes in catalytic systems. At higher temperatures concomitant oligomerisation, isomerisation and methathesis reactions were observed, giving rise to a complex array of products whose analysis indicates that insertion into a labile VCl bond is a key step in the above catalytic activity.     

Preparation and new transformations of trichloromethyl-substituted aliphatic,aromatic, and heterocyclic compounds (review)

A summary is given for new syntheses of heterocycles starting with trichloromethylarenes and the readily available products of the addition of carbon tetrachloride to functional derivatives of olefins. Applications of the electrophilic trichloromethylation for benzene and thiophene compounds are considered. Information is given on the reactions of trichloromethylarenes with heteronucleophiles, in particular, leading to the synthesis of diaryl-1,2,4- and diaryl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles. The reaction of trichloromethylarenes and pyridines to give the corresponding aromatic aldehydes and N-(4-pyridyl)pyridinium dichloride is discussed.Dedicated to Professor A. R. Katritzky on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 980–990, July, 1993.     

Polymerization with Fischer-Tropsch olefins – a new challenge in polymer science

Co- and ter-polymerization of ethylene with Fischer-Tropsch derived olefins having odd carbon number and branched olefins are investigated. A method of preparation of a robust, high productivity Ziegler-Natta catalyst suitable for ethylene co-polymerization with Fischer Tropsch olefin is reviewed. In supporting titanium tetrachloride, an attempt was made to control the titanium oxidation state. The resulting experimental data were fitted to a sub-sites model that associates titanium oxidation state with catalyst activity.     

Aromatic chlorination of omega-phenylalkylamines and omega-phenylalkylamides in carbon tetrachloride and alpha,alpha,alpha-trifluorotoluene

The aromatic halogenation of simple alkylbenzenes with chlorine proceeds smoothly in acetic acid but is much less efficient in less polar solvents. By contrast chlorination of omega-phenylalkylamines, such as 3-phenylpropylamine, occurs readily in either acetic acid, carbon tetrachloride or alpha,alpha,alpha-trifluorotoluene, and in the latter solvents gives high proportions of ortho-chlorinated products. These effects are attributable to the involvement of N-chloroamines as reaction intermediates, with intramolecular delivery of the chlorine electrophile. Omega-phenylalkylamides, such as 3-phenylpropionamide, also easily undergo aromatic chlorination in carbon tetrachloride and alpha,alpha,alpha-trifluorotoluene. These reactions generally show a first-order dependence on the substrate concentration, but not on the amount of chlorine. With carbon tetrachloride, very similar reaction rates are observed with chlorine concentrations ranging from 0.1-1.5 M. In alpha,alpha,alpha-trifluorotoluene, the rates reach a plateau at a chlorine concentration of approximately 0.2 M. These features indicate that the reactions proceed via the formation of intermediates which evidence suggests may be the corresponding O-chloroimidates. Irrespective of the mechanistic details, the reactions are remarkably rapid, being faster than analogous reactions in acetic acid and three to four orders of magnitude more rapid than reactions of simple alkylbenzenes in carbon tetrachloride. Therefore, chlorination of the amines and amides may be accomplished without the need for highly polar solvents, added catalysts or large excesses of chlorine, which are often employed for electrophilic aromatic substitutions. Although the use of carbon tetrachloride is becoming increasingly impractical due to environmental concerns, the trifluorotoluene is a suitable alternative.     

The naphthalenechromium tricarbonyl-catalyzed addition of carbon tetrachloride to olefins at ambient temperatures

Naphthalenechromium tricarbonyl is an effective catalyst for the addition reaction of carbon tetrachloride to olefins to form 1,1,1,3-tetrachloroalkanes. Mechanistic aspects of this reaction are discussed.     

Microwave-enhanced ruthenium-catalysed atom transfer radical additions

The first monomode microwave-assisted atom transfer radical additions (ATRA) of carbon tetrachloride to various olefins were successfully performed, affording the adducts with almost quantitative yields in less than 10 min at 160 °C.     

Hydration of alkenes and cycloalkenes in the presence of chromium and copper complexes

Chromium and copper complexes catalyzed hydration of acyclic and cyclic olefins in the presence of carbon tetrachloride at 110–160°C (4–12 h) with formation of the corresponding alcohols.     

9, 10-DICYANOANTHRACENE-SENSITIZED PHOTOOXYGENATION OF α,α'-DIMETHYLSTILBENES. MECHANISM AND KINETICS OF THE COMPETING SINGLET OXYGEN AND ELECTRON TRANSFER PHOTOOXYGENATION REACTIONS

Abstract— The 9, lodicyanoanthracene-sensitized photooxygenation of 2-methyl-2-butene and (+)-limonene proceeds via the singlet oxygen pathway in carbon tetrachloride as well as in acetonitrile, although the fluorescence of the sensitizer in acetonitrile is quenched by these olefins in an electron transfer quenching mechanism. The 9, 10-dicyanoanthracene-sensitized photooxygenation of cis- and trans-ä, ä′-dimethylstilbenes occurs exclusively via the singlet oxygen pathway in carbon tetrachloride; in acetonitrile, however, singlet oxygen and electron transfer photooxygenation reactions compete with one another. Addition of tetra-n-butyl ammonium bromide and increasing oxygen concentrations favor the formation of the singlet oxygen product, whereas addition of anisole, increasing substrate concentrations and decreasing oxygen concentrations favor the electron transfer photooxygenation products. In carbon tetrachloride, exciplexes of the sensitizer and the dimethylstilbenes are formed which give rise to cidrrans-isomerization of the substrates. In acetonitrile, neither exciplex formation nor cisltrans-isomerization are observed. A mechanism is proposed which allows us to calculate product distributions of the competing singlet oxygen/electron transfer photooxygenation reactions and thus to determine the efficiencies with which encounters between the singlet excited sensitizer and the substrates finally result in electron transfer photooxygenation products. Using (I) these efficiencies, (2) the β-value obtained from singlet oxygen photooxygenation sensitized by rose bengal, and (3) the appropriate k-values determined from fluorescence quenching of 9, 10-dicyanoanthracene in MeCN by oxygen and the stilbene, allows the calculation of the quantum yield of oxygen consumption by this stilbene. The quantum yield thus calculated is strictly proportional to the rate of oxygen consumption experimentally obtained; this result is considered as convincing evidence for the mechanism proposed.     

利用ESR技术研究α-蒎烯,β-蒎烯光敏氧化反应机理

本文主要利用电子顺磁共振(ESR)自旋捕获技术研究9,10 二氰基蒽(DCA)敏化α-蒎烯(αP),β-蒎烯(βP)光氧化反应.提供了在乙腈中α-蒎烯和β-蒎烯的光氧化反应过程中存在超氧负离子基(O₂^-)和单重态氧(¹O₂)的直接证据;在四氯化碳溶剂中只捕获到¹O₂;在正己烷中没有捕获到O₂^-或¹O₂.ESR实验结果进一步证明在乙腈中光敏氧化反应的¹O₂可能来自O₂^-和反应底物α、β-蒎烯正离子自由基之间的电荷复合(CR).     

Electrochemistry as a correlation tool with the catalytic activities in [RuCl2(p-cymene)(PAr3)]-catalysed Kharasch additions

[RuCl₂(p-cymene)] complexes containing triarylphosphine ligands with various substituents at the para position were used to catalyse the atom transfer radical addition of carbon tetrachloride to various olefins, and their catalytic activities were nicely correlated with their electrochemical parameters.     

Homolytic displacement at carbon: XI. Intramolecular homolytic displacement as a route to cyclopentane and tetrahydrofuran derivatives from hex-5-enyl- andhex-3-oxo-5-enylcobaloximes

5-Methylhex-5-enylcobaloxime reacts with carbon tetrachloride and with fluorotrichloromethane at 80–100°C to give substantially pure 1-methyl-1-(β,β,β-trichloroethyl)- and 1-methyl-1-β-fluoro-β,β-dichloroethyl)-cyclopentane. Hex-5-enylco-baloxime also gives trichloroethylcyclopentane from carbon tetrachloride, but the yield is dependent on the concentration of carbon tetrachloride. Similar cyclisation to give trichloroethyl- or fluorodichloroethyltetrahydrofuran is observed in the reactions of hex-3-oxo-5-enylcobaloxime with carbon tetrachloride and fluorotrichloromethane. However, no cyclisation was observed in the reactions of the ester, hex-2-one-3-oxo-5-enylcobaloxime, with carbon tetrachloride. These reactions are believed to take place by attack of a polyhalogenomethyl radical at the terminal unsaturated carbon of the organic ligand, followed either by an intramolecular homolytic displacement in which the carbon radical at position-5 attacks carbon-1 with displacement of cobaloxime(II), or by a halogen atom abstraction.     

Reactions of tert-Butyl Phosphoramidites with Carbon Tetrachloride and Chloroform

The reactions of 2-tert-butoxy-3-phenyl-1,3,2-oxazaphospholane and di-tert-butyl diethylphosphoramidite with carbon tetrachloride and chloroform were studied. These reactions proceed via formation of an intermediate quasiphosphonium compound. In the process, carbon tetrachloride acts as a source of positively charged halogen, and chloroform, as a C-H acid.     

The reaction of aldrin,photoaldrin and isodrin with phthaloyl peroxide

The reactions of aldrin and photoaldrin with phthaloyl peroxide in carbon tetrachloride provided the respective carbon tetrachloride adducts, epoxides and cyclic phthalates of the corresponding cis-diols.Under the same conditions isodrin yielded the half-cage ketone (14), the cyclic phthalate (17) and the novel half-cage adduct (15).     

Mechanism of radiation-induced addition reaction of carbon tetrachloride onto liquid 1,2-polybutadiene accompanied by cyclization

Effects of irradiation conditions were investigated in the γ-ray-induced addition reaction of carbon tetrachloride onto liquid 1,2-polybutadiene. The rate of addition reaction was proportional to the dose rate, and its apparent activation energy was 1.4 kcal/mole in the range of ca. 20–80°C; the G values for the addition of carbon tetrachloride and vinyl consumption were high. The addition reactions of methyl isobutylate, isopropyl amine, and bromotrichloromethane to liquid 1,2-polybutadiene by γ rays were studied to compare with carbon tetrachloride. Methyl isobutylate and isopropyl amine were added much more slowly. On the other hand, in bromotrichloromethane the rate of addition reaction was much faster but cyclization was less pronounced than in carbon tetrachloride. On the basis of these results a mechanism of a radical chain reaction which includes the addition of carbon tetrachloride, cyclization, and crosslinking, is proposed.     

烯烃在催化裂化催化剂上反应机理的初步研究

在自制的微反-色谱装置上,进行了单体烯烃和催化裂化汽油在不同条件下的催化裂化反应实验。对单体烯烃的裂化反应规律和汽油中的烯烃在半再生催化剂和待生催化剂上的催化裂化反应规律进行对比分析。结果表明,单体烯烃反应中,C6及C6以下的烯烃主要发生骨架异构和双键异构反应,氢转移和直接裂化反应发生的较少。C7以上的烯烃95%以上发生转化,高温下直接裂化生成C3、C4,氢转移和异构化比率较大。汽油中的烯烃转化主要集中在C7以上,烯烃之间存在一定的交互作用,单体烯烃的催化裂化反应规律可以初步预测汽油中烯烃的转化。催化剂上的结焦类型对汽油中的烯烃的转化方式没有影响。     

Regioselectivity and equilibrium thermodynamics for addition of Rh-OH to olefins in water

Rhodium(III) tetra(p-sulfonato phenyl) porphyrin ((TSPP)Rh) aquo and hydroxo complexes react with a series of olefins in water to form beta-hydroxyalkyl complexes. Addition reactions of (TSPP)Rh-OH to unactivated terminal alkenes invariably occur with both kinetic and thermodynamic preferences to place rhodium on the terminal carbon to form (TSPP)Rh-CH(2)CH(OH)R complexes. Acrylic and styrenic olefins initially react to place rhodium on the terminal carbon to form Rh-CH(2)CH(OH)X as the kinetically preferred isomer but subsequently proceed to an equilibrium distribution of regioisomers where Rh-CH(CH(2)OH)X is the predominant thermodynamic product. Equilibrium constants for reactions of the diaquo rhodium(III) compound ([(TSPP)Rh(III)(H(2)O)(2)](-3)) in water with a series of terminal olefins that form beta-hydroxyalkyl complexes were directly evaluated and used in deriving thermodynamic values for addition of the Rh-OH unit to olefins. The DeltaG degrees for reactions of the Rh-OH unit with olefins in water is approximately 3 kcal mol(-1) less favorable than the comparable Rh-H reactions in water. Comparisons of the regioisomers and thermodynamics for addition reactions of olefins with Rh-H and Rh-OH units in water are presented and discussed.     

Synthesis of naphthalenecarboxylic and naphthalenedicarboxylic acids from naphthalene,carbon tetrachloride,and alcohols in the presence of iron catalysts

Alkyl naphthalenecarboxylates and dialkyl naphthalenedicarboxylates have been synthesized by reactions of naphthalene and its derivatives with alcohols and carbon tetrachloride in the presence of iron catalysts.     

挥发性有机物的气相光解及光催化降解研究

研究了三氯乙烯、丙酮、苯、甲苯、二氯甲烷、三氯甲烷、四氯化碳的气相光解及光催化反应,对反应过程中反应物及CO2的浓度进行了定量监测。结果表明,在253.7nm的紫外灯光照射下,三氯乙烯可迅速被光解,反应产生CO2;甲苯和丙酮蒸气也可以被光解,但不产生CO2;在空气介质中,除CCl4外,其它几种有机物均可被光催化降解。     

Single-isomer tetrasubstituted olefins from regioselective and stereospecific palladium-catalyzed coupling of beta-chloro-alpha-iodo-alpha,beta-unsaturated esters

The efficient regioselective and stereospecific synthesis of tetrasubstituted olefins using a mild and convenient method is disclosed. 2-Alkynyl esters are selectively converted to E-beta-chloro-alpha-iodo-alpha,beta-unsaturated esters by exposure to Bu4NI in refluxing dichloroethane. These products are produced cleanly, regio- and stereoselectively, and in high yields. Single-isomer tetrasubstituted olefins bearing four different carbon substituents are then synthesized by sequential palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions. Selectivity results from reactivity differences in the intermediate substrates.