Elemental fluorine. Part 19: Electrophilic fluorination of hexyl derivatives bearing electron withdrawing groups

Reaction of a series of model hexyl derivatives of the form C₆H₁₃-X (X=Cl, Br, I, CO₂Me, COMe, CHO) with both elemental fluorine and Selectfluor™ was studied in order to assess the impact of electron withdrawing functional groups upon fluorination of an alkyl chain. Fluorination generally occurs at secondary sites, with a slight preference for those that are furthest removed from the electron withdrawing group, consistent with an electrophilic substitution process, although mixtures of fluorinated products are obtained in most cases.     

Recent studies at Durham on direct fluorination

Developments in direct fluorination are described, which changed our perception of the viability of this methodology for selective introduction of carbon–fluorine bonds. Use of acids as solvent media is a valuable technique for electrophilic fluorination, especially with aromatic systems. Fluorinations of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds proceed well and techniques for promoting reactivity in other carbonyl derivatives are described. ‘In-situ’ formation of other reagents, e.g. by reaction of fluorine with other halogens and with water, provides convenient methodology for halogenation and oxidation.     

Selective fluorination of an aryl triazolinone herbicide intermediate

Fluoroaryl 1,2,4-triazolin-5-ones are an important class of herbicidal compounds useful in a variety of crop protection applications, primarily for the control of grassy and broad-leaf plant species. While a number of different synthetic strategies can be used for the step-wise preparation of these complex molecules, it is generally preferred to introduce fluorine later in the synthetic pathway, since the presence of fluorine and other halogens has a dominant effect on all subsequent synthetic steps. We have investigated the reactions that occur between aryl triazolinones and a variety of fluorination agents, including F₂/N₂, XeF₂, (CF₃SO₂)₂NF, Selectfluor^®, CF₂(OF)₂, CF₃OF, CH₃COOF, and CF₃COOF, and have used this knowledge to develop several alternative high-yielding routes to fluoroaryl 1,2,4-triazolin-5-ones. The fluorine introduction strategy and experimental results for a representative example of this important class of compounds are discussed herein.     

Elemental fluorine : Part 15. Selective direct fluorination of quinoline derivatives

Direct fluorination of various quinoline derivatives in acidic reaction media gives fluorinated quinoline products arising from electrophilic substitution processes.     

Synthesis of perfluorinated carboxylic acid membrane monomers by utilizing liquid-phase direct fluorination

A new synthetic procedure for the preparation of perfluorinated carboxylic acid membrane monomers from non-fluorinated compounds has been developed. A key step in the synthetic route is liquid-phase direct fluorination reaction with elemental fluorine. Direct fluorination of a partially fluorinated diester, which was prepared from a hydrocarbon diol and a perfluorinated acyl fluoride, followed by thermal elimination, gave a perfluorinated diacyl fluoride, which is a precursor of a perfluorinated carboxylic acid membrane monomer.     

Electrolytic partial fluorination of organic compounds: 89: Regioselective anodic fluorination of tetrazolyl sulfides

Anodic fluorination of five-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic sulfides like tetrazolyl sulfides was comparatively studied. The anodic fluorination of tetrazolyl sulfides having α-electron-withdrawing groups was successfully carried out to provide α-monofluorinated tetrazolyl derivatives in moderate yields. This is in sharp contrast to the low efficient anodic fluorination of triazolyl sulfides. Thus, it was found that the efficiency of anodic fluorination is greatly affected by the basicity of the heterocyclic groups of the starting heterocyclic sulfides.     

Elemental fluorine, Part 23: Direct fluorination of β-ketoesters as an approach to enantioselective fluorination

Attempts to develop a direct enantioselective fluorination protocol using elemental fluorine and an appropriate Lewis acid and chiral ligand system are described.     

Selective anodic fluorination of electrophilic alkenes

Anodic fluorination of some electrophilic alkenes (conjugated with electron-withdrawn groups), ethyl cinnamates, RC₆H₄CHCHCO₂Et (R = H, CH₃, CH₃O, F and CF₃), cinnamonitrile, C₆H₄CHCHCN, phenyl stryryl ketone, and t-butyl styryl ketone using ammonium fluorides as the fluorine source and supporting electrolyte, in CH₂Cl₂ as electrolytic solvent yields the expected vicinal difluoro compounds, as mixture of erythro and threo isomers. The anodic fluorination of phenyl 3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxystyryl ketone yields two monofluoro compounds. A possible reaction mechanism is discussed.     

Enantioselective and diastereoselective synthesis of fluorinated dipeptides by late electrophilic fluorination

A series of optically enriched monofluorinated dipeptides incorporating an α-fluoro-α-amino acid were prepared by enantio- and diastereoselective electrophilic fluorination. This previously unsuccessful approach to fluorinated dipeptides can now be achieved with up to 73:27 enantiomeric ratio and high >98:2 diastereomeric ratio.     

Optimization of HDPE direct fluorination conditions by XPS studies

A fluorination reactor was designed and built in the laboratory. The optimal conditions of fluorination within the reactor were selected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis of fluorinated surfaces of a film and a plaque of pure high-density polyethylene (HDPE). This reactor was used to post-mould fluorinate plaques and films of a range of mixtures of virgin and recycled HDPE with and without (re)introduction of additives. The ability to be fluorinated has shown no dependence on the composition virgin/recycled HDPE.Comparison of in-line and post-mould fluorinated samples showed that fluorine concentration profile in depth is thinner in the in-line fluorinated sample when compared with the post-mould fluorinated sample, though the fluorination degree in the extreme surface is larger in the in-line fluorinated sample. This is attributed to a migration of lower surface energy chain blocks towards the surface in the material at high temperatures, which is the case in the in-line fluorination, hindered in the post-mould fluorination where maximum temperature is below the melting point to keep the macroscopic shape. The additives played a minor role in the ability of the surface to be fluorinated.     

RP-HPLC determination of lipophilicity in series of quinoline derivatives

In the present paper we describe results on the synthesis and lipophilicity determination of a series of biologically active compounds based on their heterocyclic structure. For synthesis of styrylquinoline-based compounds we applied microwave irradiation and solid phase techniques. The correlation between RP-HPLC retention parameter log k (the logarithm of retention factor k) and log P data calculated in various ways is discussed, as well as, the relationships between the lipophilicity and the chemical structure of the studied compounds.      

Elemental fluorine. Part 24.[1]: Fluorination of ethers by fluorine and Selectfluor

Reactions of dialkyl ethers with either fluorine or Selectfluor™ led to the formation of unusual difluorinated polyether products in modest yields. A mechanism involving initial fluorination of the site adjacent to ether oxygen followed by elimination of hydrogen fluoride, reaction of the generated enol system with a further equivalent of fluorinating agent giving an oxonium system which reacts with water during aqueous work-up to lead eventually to the products observed, is suggested.     

Microwave-assisted rapid electrophilic fluorination of 1,3-dicarbonyl derivatives with Selectfluor

A microwave-assisted fluorination method for 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds using Selectfluor^® has been developed. 2-Monofluorinated products can be obtained in high yield in neutral reaction conditions with addition of 1 eq. of Selectfluor^®. Treatment of 1,3-dicarbonyls with 3 eq. of Selectfluor^® in the presence of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAH) as the base results in the formation of 2,2-difluorinated derivatives only.     

亲电氟化反应的新进展

介绍了自八十年代以来亲电氟化反应的最新进展, 其中包括众多的N-F类电氟化试剂的制备, 它们和各种底物的反应以及此类亲电氟化反应可能的机理。     

Medium effects on the ionization constants of some quinoline derivatives

Summary The deprotonation and acid ionization constants of some quinoline derivatives in aqueous organic solvents were determined. The organic solvents used include methanol and ethanol as amphiprotic solvents andDMF andDMSO as dipolar aprotic solvents. The obtainedpK ₁ andpK ₂ values are discussed with respect to the nature and the amount of the organic component. The high stabilization of the non-protonated form by dispersion forces and of the proton by its interaction with the solvent are the main factors responsible for the increase in the ionization constants of the protonated forms of the quinolines under investigation. On the other hand, H-bonding interactions (in addition to the electrostatic effect) seem to play the major role in determining the second acid-base equilibrium of 8-hydroxyquinoline. The deprotonation constants of the examined quinolines are correlated with their experimentally determined lone-pair ionization potential values.

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Lösungsmitteleffekte auf die Ionisationskonstanten einiger Chinolinderivate

Zusammenfassung Die Deprotonierungs- und Ionisationskonstanten einiger Chinolinderivate wurden in wäßrigen organischen Medien, darunter Methanol und Ethanol als amphiprotische undDMF undDMSO als dipolare aprotische Lösungsmittel, bestimmt. Die gemessenenpK ₁- undpK ₂-Werte werden im Hinblick auf die Art und Menge der organische Komponente diskutiert. Die hohe Stabilisierung der nichtprotonierten Form durch Dispersionskräfte und des Protons durch Wechselwirkungen mit dem Lösungsmittel sind die wesentlichen Faktoren, die für den Anstieg der Ionisationskonstanten der protonierten Formen der untersuchten Chinoline verantwortlich sind. Andererseits scheinen Wasserstoffbrückenbindungen — zusätzlich zum elektrostatischen Effekt — das zweite Säure-Basen-Gleichgewicht von 8-Hydroxychinolin entscheidend zu beeinflussen. Die Deprotonierungskonstanten aller untersuchten Chinoline werden mit ihren experimentell bestimmtenlone-pair-Ionisationspotentialen korreliert.

     

Surface modification of several carbon-based materials: comparison between CF4 rf plasma and direct F2-gas fluorination routes

Due to their extreme reactivity, fluorine and fluorinated gases may be used to modify the surface properties of numerous materials. In the following, the surface fluorination of some carbon-based compounds (graphite, graphitised carbon fibres, carbon blacks and elastomers) using CF₄ rf plasma technique and direct F₂-gas fluorination is proposed. From XPS studies, the different types of CF bonding obtained in the materials after treatment have been correlated either to the physico-chemical characteristics of the pristine material or to the experimental parameters of the fluorination. Reaction mechanisms are proposed.     

Electrolytic partial fluorination of organic compounds. Part 78: Regioselective anodic fluorination of 2-oxazolidinones

Various 2-oxazolidinones were galvanostatically electrooxidized in the presence of various fluoride salts. It was found that a fluorine atom was introduced to the α-position of the nitrogen atom of N-acyl- and N-alkoxycarbonyl-2-oxazolidinones to provide the corresponding α-fluorinated products in moderate to good yields. In the case of N-phenoxycarbonyl derivative, fluorination took place on the phenyl group selectively.     

电化学氟化的新进展

电化学氟化是利用电极反应将氟直接引入有机或无机物的一种重要方法。有机物的电化学氟化方法有两种: 一是Simons于1941年发明的, 用镍作阳极, 在无水氟化氢溶液中, 电解制备全氟化合物的方法。此方法在近年来有不少改进。另一是1970年Rozhkov提出的, 以有机溶剂(如含Et3N.3HF的MeCN)为介质, 在铂阳极上,氧化得到单氟化产物的方法。本文全面地综述了这两种方法, 并着重于最新民发展。     

Regiocontrolled fluorination of 2-hydroxyalkyl dihydropyrans and carbonyl derivatives

Reaction of polysubstituted 2-hydroxyalkyldihydropyrans with DAST led regiospecifically to fluorination at the exocyclic position, except for primary alcohols. Difluorination of carbonylated analogues with deoxo-fluor™ occurred also regioselectively. The unexpected stability and synthetic potential of these new allylic fluorides are discussed.     

Modification of surface properties of carbon-based and polymeric materials through fluorination routes: From fundamental research to industrial applications

The outstanding characteristics of fluorine gas, e.g., extreme reactivity and oxidizing power, and the utmost electronegativity of F⁻ ion, lead to very strong bonds between fluorine and most of the other elements of the periodical table. Treatments involving F₂, fluorinated gases and rf plasma-enhanced fluorination (PEF) constitute exceptional tools for modifying the surface properties of materials. Many advantages of these techniques can be indeed outlined, when compared to more conventional methods: low-temperature reactions (even at room temperature), chemical modifications limited to surface only without changing the bulk properties, possible non-equilibrium reactions. Depending on the type of starting materials and employed techniques, the improved properties may concern wettability, adhesion, chemical stability, barrier properties, biocompatibility, grafting, mechanical behavior. Several examples of surface fluorination will be given on various types of carbon-based materials, elastomers and polymers.