Synthesis of biphenyl derivatives by coupling reaction of halobenzenes with organonickel (0) complexes

A study of the coupling reaction of substituted halobenzenes with a zero valent pyridine-nickel complex as catalyst, leading to biphenyl derivatives, has been made. Electron-releasing groups as substituents favor the formation of coupling products in low yields, while electron-withdrawing groups as substituents suppress the formation of dimers.

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Reactivity of allyl aryl ethers in diene condensation with hexachlorocyclopentadiene

The reactivity of allyl aryl ethers in the diene condensation with hexachlorocyclopentadiene was studied. The reactivity of aryl allyl ethers and product yield in this reaction significantly decreases when electron-withdrawing groups are introduced into the benzene ring. The reactivity is also influenced by the temperature, reaction time, and the molar ratio of the diene and dienophile.     

Iridium-catalyzed carbonyl allylation by allyl ethers with tin(II) chloride

3-Alkoxypropenes, namely allyl ethers such as allyl butyl ether, allyl 2-hydroxypropyl ether, and diallyl ether, serve as reagents for the allylation of aldehydes with tin(II) chloride in the presence of a catalytic amount of [IrCl(cod)]₂ in THF and H₂O at 50 °C to produce the corresponding homoallylic alcohols.     

F-alkylation of bis(allyl) polyoxyethylene ethers

Bis(3-F-alkylallyl) polyoxyethylene ethers were obtained via radical addition of F-alkyl iodides on bis(allyl) ethers CH₂CH(CH₂OCH₂)_nCHCH₂ followed by 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ne (DBU) dehydrohalogenation.     

Synthesis of n,n′-biquinolines by a coupling reaction of bromoquinolines using organonickel(0) complexes

Tris(triphenylphosphine)nickel(0) (A) and a zerovalent pyridine–nickel complex (B) have been used as reagents for the coupling reaction of 3-, 6- and 8-bromoquinolines: 3,3′-, 6-6′- and 8,8′- Biquinolines were obtained in quantitative yields when A was used as the coupling reagent. B gave always a mixture of the n,n′ -biquinoline and substitution products. A mechanism can be outlined to explain the coupling reaction of bromoquinolines using zerovalent nickel complexes.     

Reaction of organonickel σ complexes with p-tolyl isocyanide

Conclusions p-Tolyl isocyanide reacts with the cymantrenyl, phenyl, and mesityl complexes of nickel to give the products of inserting the isocyanide at the Ni-C bond and the simultaneous displacement of the triphenyl-phosphine ligand.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1656–1658, July, 1976.     

Palladium(II)-catalyzed claisen rearrangement of allyl vinyl ethers

The Claisen rearrangement of allyl vinyl ethers is catalyzed by PdCl₂(CH₃CN)₂, provided that alkyl substituents protect the vinyl ether double bond from coordination by the metal catalyst.     

Reactivity of Al(III) complexes with substituted phthalocyanines

The results of a study of reactivity of Al(III) complexes with acido ligands (Cl^?, OH^?) and substituted phthalocyanine, containing 4 and 8 substituents (Cl, Br, NO₂ or COOH) in different positions of annelated benzene residues, are reviewed. Reactivity of coordinated phthalocyanines is studied by quantum-chemical and spectrophotometric methods for acid-base reactions and reactivity of coordination core is estimated by chemical kinetics methods using reactions of dissociation at the Al-N bonds. The Hammett-Taft correlation equations are derived for mono-and diprotonated tetrasubstituted phthalocyanines of Al(III) with positive ρ values of 10.2 and 59.8, respectively     

Reactivity of olefin an acetylene complexes of platinum(0) towards tetrachloro-o-benzoquinone

Tetracloro-o-benzoquinone reacts with (diphenylacetylene)bis(tirphenylphosphine)platinum(0) to give the novel platinum(II) diphenylacetylene complex, Pt(C₆Cl₄O₂)PhCCPh)(PPh₃), (I), which reacts with hydrogen halides to give the compelexes cis-PtX₂(PhCCPh((PPh₃), (X = Cl or Br). Hydrogen chloride also readily removes the tetrachloro-o-benzoquinoneligand from the adducts Ni(C₆Cl₄O₂)(Ph₂PCH₂CH₂PPh₂) and M(C₆Cl₄O₂)(PPh₃)₂, (M = Pd or Pt) but it has no reaction upon Ir(Cl)(C₆Cl₄O₂)(CO)(PPh₃)₂ at room temperature. The acetylene in (1) is susceptible to nucleophilic attact and reaction with diethylamine gives the vinyl adduct Pt(C₆Cl₄O₂)(CPhCPh)NHEt₂)(PPh₃). Other reactions of (I) have also been studied. Attemps to prepare other olefin or acetylene complexes of platinum(II) by the action of tetrachlor-o-benzoquinone on the complexes Pt(L)(PPh₃)₂, (L = PhCCH,(Et)(Me)(HO)CCCC(OH)(Me)(Et), HOCH₂OH, CF₃CCCF₃, CF₂CF₂, CF₂CH₂ or trans-PhCHCHPh) are also described.     

Facile O-deallylation of allyl ethers via S(N)2' reaction with tert-butyllithium

[reaction: see text] Allylic ethers are converted to the corresponding alcohol or phenol in virtually quantitative yield at temperatures below ambient simply by stirring a hydrocarbon solution of the ether with 1 molar equiv of tert-butyllithium. The reaction, which produces 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene as a coproduct, most likely involves an S(N)2' attack of the organolithium on the allyl ether.     

Palladium(0)-catalyzed rearrangement of allyl enol ethers to form chiral quaternary carbon centers via asymmetric allylic alkylation

Herein we report the first palladium(0)-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) of allyl enol ether via π-allylpalladium intermediate using Trost chiral diphosphine. This unprecedented reaction produced very rare α-aryl quaternary aldehydes with multi-functional groups. The main novelty in the chemistry demonstrates that enol ethers can be used as precursors for π-allylpalladium intermediates, an observation that is certainly rare and to the best of our knowledge, perhaps without prior precedent. Chiral ligand (R,R)-L3 was found to be optimal in this Pd-AAA reaction and provided good to excellent yield (80–95%) and enantioselectivity (70–90%) with a range of analogs.     

Reactivity of copper(II)-alkylperoxo complexes

Copper(II) complexes 1a and 1b, supported by tridentate ligand bpa [bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine] and tetradentate ligand tpa [tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine], respectively, react with cumene hydroperoxide (CmOOH) in the presence of triethylamine in CH(3)CN to provide the corresponding copper(II) cumylperoxo complexes 2a and 2b, the formation of which has been confirmed by resonance Raman and ESI-MS analyses using (18)O-labeled CmOOH. UV-vis and ESR spectra as well as DFT calculations indicate that 2a has a 5-coordinate square-pyramidal structure involving CmOO(-) at an equatorial position and one solvent molecule at an axial position at low temperature (-90 °C), whereas a 4-coordinate square-planar structure that has lost the axial solvent ligand is predominant at higher temperatures (above 0 °C). Complex 2b, on the other hand, has a typical trigonal bipyramidal structure with the tripodal tetradentate tpa ligand, where the cumylperoxo ligand occupies an axial position. Both cumylperoxo copper(II) complexes 2a and 2b are fairly stable at ambient temperature, but decompose at a higher temperature (60 °C) in CH(3)CN. Detailed product analyses and DFT studies indicate that the self-decomposition involves O-O bond homolytic cleavage of the peroxo moiety; concomitant hydrogen-atom abstraction from the solvent is partially involved. In the presence of 1,4-cyclohexadiene (CHD), the cumylperoxo complexes react smoothly at 30 °C to give benzene as one product. Detailed product analyses and DFT studies indicate that reaction with CHD involves concerted O-O bond homolytic cleavage and hydrogen-atom abstraction from the substrate, with the oxygen atom directly bonded to the copper(II) ion (proximal oxygen) involved in the C-H bond activation step.     

Reactivity of Schiff base rhenium(V) complexes with dimethylphenylphosphine

Summary The ReOX₂L(PPh₃) complexes (X = Cl or Br and L =N-methylsalicylideneiminate,N-phenylsalicylideneiminate, halfN,N-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminate) or 8-hydroxyquinolinate) react with dimethylphenylphosphine (PMe₂Ph) to give ReOX₂L(PMe₂Ph) initially by displacement of the phosphine ligand and then the ReX₂L(PMe₂Ph)₂ complexes with reduction of rhenium(V) to rhenium(III). The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility measurements and i.r. and¹H n.m.r. spectra.     

Pd(II)-catalyzed aliphatic Claisen rearrangements of acyclic allyl vinyl ethers

Palladium (II)-catalyzed [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of acyclic allyl vinyl ethers delivers 2,3-anti disubstituted pentenal Claisen adducts with high diastereoselectivity. Reaction conditions for circumventing allyl vinyl ether cleavage that had previously plagued catalyzed rearrangement of α-unsubstituted vinyl ether substrates are described. Merging Pd(II) catalysis with the facile access to the Claisen substrates afforded by Ir(I)-catalyzed olefin isomerization provides an expedient procedure for realizing asymmetric anti-selective Claisen rearrangements.     

Polymerization of allyl(vinyl phenyl) ethers and reactions of the resulting polymers

Solution polymerizations of allyl(o-vinyl phenyl)ether and allyl(p-vinyl phenyl)ether with cationic and radical initiators were investigated. Soluble polymers were formed in polymerizations with boron trifluoride etherate and with benzoyl peroxide. In polymerization with azobisisobutyronitrile the polymerization in dilute solution gave a soluble polymer, whereas that in concentrated solution gave a crosslinked, insoluble one. For informationon the polymerization behavior some infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopic investigations of the soluble polymers were made. From these results it appears that polymers with pendant allyl groups are formed in polymerization with boron trifluoride etherate at low temperature, and polymers containing pendant vinyl groups and allyl groups are obtained with the two types of radical initiator. Copolymerizations of these monomers with ethyl vinyl ether and styrene with the use of boron trifluoride etherate were sucessfully effected. Such reactions as Claisen rearrangement, crosslinking induced with radical initiators, and epoxidation with perbenzoic acid were examined for the polymers prepared in the polymerization with boron trifluoride etherate. Good results were obtained for the former two reactions. However, the latter was unsuccessful.     

Hydrosilylation of cyclohexene and allyl chloride with trichloro-, dichloro(methyl)-, and chlorodimethylsilanes in the presence of Pt(0) complexes

Hydrosilylation of cyclohexene and allyl chloride in the presence of Pt(0) complexes with tetramethyldivinyldisiloxane (Karstedt catalyst) and hexavinyldisiloxane was studied. It was shown that these catalysts are much more active in the hydrosilylation of cyclohexene with trichloro-, dichloro(methyl)-, and chlorodimethylsilane than the Pt(II)-containing Speier catalyst. In the hydrosilylation of allyl chloride in the presence of Pt(0) complexes, the ratio of the fraction of addition products to the fraction of reduction products increases from 5.7 (Speier catalyst) to 10–16. Quantum-chemical calculations showed that Pt(0) complexes are more active than Pt(II) complexes on the stage of formation of platinum silicon hydride complexes.     

Lone-pair activity in lead(II) complexes with unsymmetrical lariat ethers

We have carried out a study about the structural effect of the lone-pair activity in lead(II) complexes with the unsymmetrical lariat ethers L(7), L(8), (L(8)-H)-, (L(9)-H)-, and (L(10)-H)-. All these ligands are octadentate and differ by the aromatic unit present in their backbones: pyridine, phenol, phenolate, thiophenolate, and pyrrolate, respectively. In these lead(II) complexes, the receptor may adopt two possible syn conformations, depending on the disposition of the pendant arms over the crown moiety fragment. The conformation where the pendant arm holding the imine group is placed above the macrocyclic chain containing two ether oxygen atoms has been denoted as I, whereas the term II refers to the conformation in which such pendant arm is placed above the macrocyclic chain containing the single oxygen atom. Compounds of formula [Pb(L(7))](ClO4)2 (1) and [Pb(L(8)-H)](ClO4) (2) were isolated and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction analyses. The crystal structure of 1 adopts conformation I and shows the lead(II) ion bound to the eight available donor atoms of the bibracchial lariat ether in a holodirected geometry, whereas the geometry of 2 is best described as hemidirected, with the receptor adopting conformation II. The five systems [Pb(L(7))]2+, [Pb(L(8))]2+, [Pb(L(8)-H)]+, [Pb(L(9)-H)]+, and [Pb(L(10)-H)]+ were characterized by means of density functional theory calculations (DFT) performed by using the B3LYP model. An analysis of the natural bond orbitals (NBOs) indicates that the Pb(II) lone-pair orbital remains almost entirely s in character in the [Pb(L(7))]2+ complexes, whereas in [Pb(L(8)-H)]+, the Pb(II) lone pair is polarized by a certain 6p contribution. The reasons for the different roles of the Pb(II) lone pair in compounds 1 and 2 as well as in the related model compounds are discussed. Our results point to the presence of a charged donor atom in the ligand (such as a phenolate oxygen atom, pyrrolate nitrogen atom, or even thiophenolate sulfur atom) favoring hemidirected geometries.     

A novel synthesis of allyl vinyl ethers

Base-promoted reaction of dimethyl diazomethylphosphonate ($\text{2}$) with aliphatic ketones in the presence of allylic alcohols affords aldehydic allyl vinyl ethers ($\text{3}$).     

Rearrangement of allyl homoallyl ethers to gamma,delta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds catalyzed by iridium complexes

Iridium complexes were found to promote the conversion of allyl homoallyl ethers to gamma,delta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. For example, treatment of 1-allyl-1-allyloxycyclohexane in the presence of catalytic amounts of [Ir(cod)Cl](2), PCy(3), and Cs(2)CO(3) in toluene at 100 degrees C afforded 4-cyclohexyliden-2, 3-dimethylbutanal in 74% yield. The reaction presumably proceeds through double bond migration to allyl vinyl ethers, which then undergo the Claisen rearrangement.