Competition between vinylic substitution and conjugate addition in the reactions of vinyl selenoxides and vinyl selenones with nucleophiles in DMF

Vinyl selenoxides and vinyl selenones present a different reactivity towards thiolate or alkoxide anions in DMF. In the case of selenoxides the addition of the nucleophiles regioselectively occurs at the α-carbon leading to the formation of the vinylic substitution products with complete retention of configuration. These reactions occur under very mild conditions indicating that the seleninyl group markedly enhances nucleophilic vinylic substitution rates. The results obtained with vinyl selenones are consistent with competitive nucleophilic attack at the α- and at the β-carbon. The former yields irreversibly the vinylic substitution products, whereas attack at the β-carbon leads to the reversible formation of selenonyl stabilized carbanions. The fate of these intermediates depends upon the nucleophilic reagent employed. With thiolate anions the vinyl selenones are rapidly subtracted from the equilibrium and the carbanion does not give any other product. With methoxide anions, on the contrary, the vinylic substitution is a slow process and the carbanion can give rise to conjugate addition products also. Malonate anions react only at the β-carbon of vinyl selenones and the resulting carbanions suffer proton transfer and intramolecular displacement of the selenonyl group to afford cyclopropane derivatives.     

Reactions of Nucleophiles with Nitroarenes: Multifacial and Versatile Electrophiles

In this overview, it is shown that there are many initial reactions between nitroarenes and nucleophiles: addition to the electron‐deficient ring at positions occupied by halogen and hydrogen atoms, addition to the nitro group, single‐electron transfer (SET), and other types of initial reactions. The resulting intermediates react further in a variety of ways to form products of nucleophilic substitution of a halogen atom (S_NAr), a hydrogen atom (S_NArH), and others. Many variants of these processes are briefly discussed, particularly in relation of rates of the initial reactions and further transformations.     

Novel Route to β-Chloro Vinyl Sulfones via the Action of Phosphorus Pentachloride on Phenacyl Aryl Sulfones in Chloroform

Since our interest is in studying the kinetics and mechanisms of nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions of halo olefins^1–3 so the aim of this work is to prepare compounds of the type C₆H₅CCI=CHSO₂ and to study their behaviour towards elimination and substitution reactions. Earlier preparation of these sulfones by thermal or copper-catalyzed addition of aryl sulfonyl bromides and chlorides to phenylacetylene reported a mixture of E- and Z- β-halovinyl sulfones or exclusively E-isomer^4–7. The reaction of phosphorus pentachloride with phenacyl aryl sulfones is investigated as a possible route to prepare β-chlorovinyl sulfones.     

Reactivity of quinoline- and isoquinoline-based heteroaromatic substrates in palladium(0)-catalyzed benzylic nucleophilic substitution

[reaction: see text] Quinolylmethyl, 1-(isoquinolyl)ethyl, and 1-(quinolyl)ethyl acetates reacted with dimethylmalonate anion in the presence of a Pd(0) catalyst to give products of nucleophilic substitution and/or byproducts, depending upon the substitution pattern. The observed side reactions were reduction in the case of primary acetates and elimination or elimination/Michael-type addition sequence for secondary substrates.     

Gas-Phase Chemistry of Benzyl Cations in Dissociation of <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">N</Emphasis>-Benzylammonium and <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">N</Emphasis>-Benzyliminium Ions Studied by Mass Spectrometry

In this study, the fragmentation reactions of various N-benzylammonium and N-benzyliminium ions were investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. In general, the dissociation of N-benzylated cations generates benzyl cations easily. Formation of ion/neutral complex intermediates consisting of the benzyl cations and the neutral fragments was observed. The intra-complex reactions included electrophilic aromatic substitution, hydride transfer, electron transfer, proton transfer, and nucleophilic aromatic substitution. These five types of reactions almost covered all the potential reactivities of benzyl cations in chemical reactions. Benzyl cations are well-known as Lewis acid and electrophile in reactions, but the present study showed that the gas-phase reactivities of some suitably ring-substituted benzyl cations were far richer. The 4-methylbenzyl cation was found to react as a Brønsted acid, benzyl cations bearing a strong electron-withdrawing group were found to react as electron acceptors, and para-halogen-substituted benzyl cations could react as substrates for nucleophilic attack at the phenyl ring. The reactions of benzyl cations were also related to the neutral counterparts. For example, in electron transfer reaction, the neutral counterpart should have low ionization energy and in nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction, the neutral counterpart should be piperazine or analogues. This study provided a panoramic view of the reactions of benzyl cations with neutral N-containing species in the gas phase.     

Pyrylium Mediated Transformations of Primary Amino Groups into Other Functional Groups. New Synthetic Methods (41)

The first pyrylium salt was isolated some 80 years ago, yet up to the 1950s only moderate interest was taken in the preparation, properties and uses of such salts. However, the past thirty years has seen a phenomenal growth in the literature pertinent to this area of chemistry: the importance of pyrylium salts as intermediates has been realized. They are readily prepared by a variety of generally applicable routes, and they are highly reactive towards nucleophiles. Together, this enables the convenient synthesis of a great variety of acyclic and heterocyclic compounds. We have used highly substituted pyrylium salts for the two-step conversion of the amino group in alkylamines RNH₂ into numerous other functionalities. In the first step, the pyrylium salts are converted with the amines into N-substituted pyridinium salts, which, in the second step, react with Nu^? to give the desired products RNu. In some cases the R moiety is also changed, e.g. by elimination. Studies of the reactions of these pyridinium salts have allowed interesting insights into the mechanisms of nucleophilic substitution, in addition to rendering aliphatic amines important synthetic intermediates. Thus, the method complements the diazotization procedure for the transformation of arylamines.     

Reaction of nickel(II) xanthates with amines and carbon monoxide: Formation of thiourethanes and nickel tetracarbonyl

Summary Nickel(II) xanthates react with amines to form nickel(II) dithiocarbamates and thiourethanes, both products of nucleophilic substitution at the sp² carbon atom. If the reaction is conducted under carbon monoxide the nickel and sulphur-containing byproduct of thiourethane formation is transformed partly into Ni(CO)₄.     

Mimicking the silicon surface: reactivity of silyl radical cations toward nucleophiles

Radical cations of selected low molecular-weight silicon model compounds were obtained by photoinduced electron transfer. These radical cations react readily with a variety of nucleophiles, regularly used in monolayer fabrication onto hydrogen-terminated silicon. From time-resolved kinetics, it was concluded that the reactions proceed via a bimolecular nucleophilic attack to the radical cation. A secondary kinetic isotope effect indicated that the central Si-H bond is not cleaved in the rate-determining step. Apart from substitution products, also hydrosilylation products were identified in the product mixtures. Observation of the substitution products, combined with the kinetic data, point to an bimolecular reaction mechanism involving Si-Si bond cleavage. The products of this nucleophilic substitution can initiate radical chain reactions leading to hydrosilylation products, which can independently also be initiated by dissociation of the radical cations. Application of these data to the attachment of organic monolayers onto hydrogen-terminated Si surfaces via hydrosilylation leads to the conclusion that the delocalized Si radical cation (a surface-localized hole) can initiate the hydrosilylation chain reaction at the Si surface. Comparison to monolayer experiments shows that this reaction only plays a significant role in the initiation, and not in the propagation steps of Si-C bond making monolayer formation.     

Reactivity and enantioselectivity in the reactions of scalemic stereogenic alpha-(N-carbamoyl)alkylcuprates

Stereogenic 2-(N-carbamoyl)pyrrolidinylcuprates prepared from scalemic (i.e., enantioenriched) N-Boc-2-lithiopyrrolidine and THF soluble CuCN.2LiCl react with vinyl iodides, vinyl triflates, beta-iodo-alpha,beta-enoates, propargyl mesylates, and allyl bromide to afford the substitution products with excellent enantioselectivity. Excellent enantiomeric ratios are obtained in the conjugate addition reactions with methyl vinyl ketone while low enantiomeric ratios can be achieved with acrylate esters using HMPA/TMSCl activation. Enantiomeric ratios vary with substrate substitution patterns and the observed enantioselectivities appear to be more a function of cuprate-electrophile reactivities than of the reaction type (e.g., substitution, conjugate addition). Low enantiomeric ratios are obtained with the alpha-(N-carbamoyl)benzylcuprates. The lithium-copper transmetalation and cuprate vinylation reactions proceed with retention of configuration.     

Selective nucleophilic substitution reactions on poly(epichlorohydrin) using aromatic and aliphatic thiol compounds

Poly(epichlorohydrin) has been modified chemically using aromatic and aliphatic thiol compounds. The reactivity and kinetics of these modifiers with respect to substitution and elimination was studied. Therefore, the chemical structure of the reaction products was analysed using ¹³C NMR, ¹H NMR and ¹³C-DEPT spectroscopies. It is shown that both, aromatic as well as aliphatic thiols, are highly selective with respect to nucleophilic substitution as reaction conditions can be found which allow one to achieve degrees of modification of up to 90% without any elimination side-reaction. As a consequence no degradative chain-scission takes place what has been confirmed by GPC analysis.A comparison between both types of thiol modifiers shows that aromatic ones react faster and that higher degrees of modification are reached than with their aliphatic homologues.     

丙烯与HBr/Br·发生自由基加成和取代反应的机理和竞争

含有α-H的烯烃可以与溴自由基发生自由基加成和自由基取代反应。本文以丙烯为例,论述了自由基加成和取代反应的机理和竞争关系,从而帮助读者更好地理解反应条件对优势反应及产物的影响。     

Nuclcophilic substitution reactions of 5-acetoxymethyl-and 5-p-nitrophenoxymethyluraeils

The synthesis of a number of 5-acetoxymethyl- and 5-p-nitrophenoxymethyluracils and their nucleophilic substitution reactions with sodium methoxide and sodium borohydride are reported. These reactions all appear to involve intermediates with carbonium ion character, the formation of which are dependent upon structural features of the heterocycle. Most facile reactions occur when the 1-position of the heterocycle can accommodate a negative charge to assist in the formation of highly reactive 5-methenyluracil (VII) intermediates. Where ionization is precluded, as with 1-methyl derivatives (IVb, VIb) displacements are retarded but may be assisted by addition of a nucleophilc to the 6-position of the heterocycle. Analogous 1,3-dialkylpyrimidines may react with nucleophiles at the 4-carbonyl group to give anomalous products. Biological connotations of these reactions are discussed.     

Polybromoaromatic Compounds: X. Reactions of Polybromobenzenes with Primary and Secondary Amines

Polybromobenzenes C₆Br₅X (X = Br, F, CN, NO₂) react with primary amines (methylamine and cyclohexylamine) to give nucleophilic substitution products; reactions of the same substrates with secondary amines (dimethylamine, diethylamine, piperidine, and morpholine) are accompanied by hydrodebromination processes.     

SNH-Reactions of triazolo[4,3-b]- and tetrazolo[1,5-b]-1,2,4-triazines with methylene-active carbonyl compounds

Unsubstituted triazolo[4,3-b]- and tetrazolo[1,5-b]-1,2,4-triazines react with carbanions generated from dimedone and barbituric acid to give adducts of a C-nucleophile with the heterocyclic system through the C=N double bond. The adducts can be oxidized under mild conditions into products of nucleophilic hydrogen substitution. Analogous adducts with carbanions produced in the reactions of ethyl cyanoacetate and ethyl malonate with Bu^tOK proved to be unstable; in this case, the title azolotriazines immediately yield products of nucleophilic hydrogen substitution in position 7. Tautomerism of the S _N ^H products obtained is discussed.     

Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate by Organometallic Compounds. V. Dark Stoichiometric and Polymerization Reactions between Trialkylaluminums and Methyl Methacrylate

The stoichiometric reaction products of the reaction of triethylaluminum and methyl methacrylate (MMA) derive from a different complex to that responsible for the photosensitized, radical polymerization. The stoichiometric products are the result of nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl group of MMA (1,2 addition). No 3,4 nucleophilic adducts are found and it is questioned whether the one product usually believed to be the result of conjugate (1,4) attack does so arise. The reactions have been followed, in situ, using 60 MHz NMR and mechanisms are discussed. The nucleophilic addition reactions do not develop into an anionic polymerization chain. The equilibrium constants governing MMA-triethylaluminium complex formation are such that the 1:1 complex, the precursor of radical polymerization, prevails overwhelmingly in MMA-rich mixtures and the precursor of stoichiometric, nucleophilic, addition reactions prevails in A1-rich mixtures. The validity of diagnostic tests for polymerization mechanism based on the nature of concomitant, low molecular weight products is discussed.

It is confirmed that triethylaluminium does not initiate MMA polymerization in the dark over the temperatures 233-333°K. We find diisobutylalumin-ium hydride inert, in dark or light, at 298 and 333°K. Triisobutylaluminium only initiates MMA when illuminated at 298°K, but at 333°K there is also a significant dark rate. Preliminary copolymerization experiments, devised to elucidate the mechanism of this dark polymerization, suggest that, as in the case of the photo-sensitized, triethylaluminium-initiated, radical polymerization, it proceeds from a 1:1 MMA: trialkylaluminium complex.     

Recent progress on direct catalytic asymmetric vinylogous reactions

Direct catalytic asymmetric vinylogous reaction serves as a powerful tool to introduce stereocenter(s) at the γ- or/and even more remote position(s) of the vinylogous products in an atom-economical and efficient way. A variety of direct catalytic asymmetric vinylogous reactions with broad substrate scope and mild reaction conditions has been developed. Both metal catalysis and organocatalysis contributed in this field and led to the vinylogous products in high stereoselectivity. These vinylogous reactions provided efficient pathways for the synthesis of highly functionalized optically pure compounds, especially these with potential biological activity and pharmacological activity. This digest paper mainly focuses on the most recent developments in this field, including both nucleophilic addition and nucleophilic substitution.     

Cleavage of ethereal bond : IX. The reducing action of Grignard reagents on 1,3-benzoxathiole and 1,3-benzodioxole derivatives

Some reactions of 1,3-benzoxathioles and 1,3-benzodioxoles with Grignard reagents were examined in order to verify whether or not reduction products were present in addition to the substitution and elimination products previously observed. The reaction mixtures contain reduction products whenever the Grignard reagent has β-hydrogen atoms, in which case the reagent is likely to act as a hydride transfer agent. The product distribution also depends on steric hindrance by the halogen. 1,3-Benzodioxoles react with isopropylmagnesium bromide to give mixtures of alkanes and alkenes, the former arising from a double hydride ion migration, and the latter from a reduction and elimination process.     

Density functional theory gas- and solution-phase study of nucleophilic substitution at di- and trisulfides

 Density functional calculations indicate that nucleophilic substitution in the thiolate–disulfide and thiolate–trisulfide exchange reactions proceeds by an addition–elimination pathway. Solution calculations were performed using B3LYP/6-31+G* and the polarized continuum method. These solution-phase calculations indicate that for the reactions where the sulfur under attack bears a hydrogen atom, the substitution proceeds via an addition–elimination mechanism; however, when a methyl group is attached to the sulfur under attack, the S_N2 mechanism is predicted. Received: 12 October 2001 / Accepted: 28 November 2001 / Published online: 8 April 2002     

Dynamic Covalent Chemistry of Nucleophilic Substitution Component Exchange of Quaternary Ammonium Salts

Dynamic covalent libraries (DCLs) of quaternary ammonium cations were set up by reversible nucleophilic substitution (S_N2′ and S_N2) exchange reactions of ammonium salts and tertiary amines. The reactions were conducted at 60 °C to generate thermodynamically and kinetically controlled mixtures of quaternary ammonium compounds and tertiary amines, and were accelerated by using iodide as a nucleophilic catalyst. Microwave irradiation was used to assist the exchange reaction between the pyridinium salts and pyridine derivatives. Finally, experiments towards the generation of dynamic ionic liquids were performed. The results of this study pave the way for the extension of dynamic combinatorial chemistry to nucleophilic substitution reactions.     

Reactions of carbanions derived from α-substituted-methyl tolyl sulfones with quinone methides as Michael acceptors

Nucleophilic addition of α-halo-4-tolylsulfonyl methyl anions to quinone methides and subsequent reactions were studied. Three kinds of consecutive reaction products were isolated, depending on the substrate structures and reaction conditions. Two of them were identified as rearrangement products and one as the vicarious nucleophilic substitution (VNS) product. An unexpected 1,2-migration of the tosyl group was observed. The mechanism of the reactions is briefly discussed.