Transesterification of trialkyl phosphates from alkyl bromides

The treatment of trialkyl phosphate with different alkyl bromides provides facile access to mixed phosphate esters. The presence of substoichiometric amounts of lithium bromide was found to be critical to this transesterification process, supporting a mechanism involving initial generation of phosphate anion, followed by its nucleophilic attack on alkyl bromide.     

γ－芳基取代烯丙醇菊酯的合成及杀虫活性

γ－芳基取代烯丙醇菊酯的合成及杀虫活性陈亚娟，黄润秋，马军安（南开大学元素有机化学研究所，天津，３０００７１）关键词γ－芳基取代烯丙醇，拟除虫菊酯，杀虫活性第一个人工合成除虫菊酯烯丙菊酯保留了天然除虫菊酯醇部分的环戊烯醇酮结构，至今仍广泛用作卫生杀虫...     

A novel class of amide-derived air-stable P,O-ligands for Suzuki cross-coupling at low catalyst loading

The benzamide-derived P,O-ligands efficiently promoted the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reactions of aryl bromides with phenylboronic acid at 0.01 mol % of Pd loading at 60-80 °C to form biaryls in excellent yields. A sterically hindered arylboronic acid gave a quantitative yield of the coupling product at 110 °C with 1 mol % Pd.     

Synthetic applications of aryl radical building blocks for cyclisation onto azoles

2-(2-Bromophenyl)ethyl groups have been used as building blocks in radical cyclisation reactions onto azoles to synthesise tri- and tetra-cyclic heterocycles. 2-(2-Bromophenyl)ethyl methanesulfonate was used to alkylate azoles (imidazoles, pyrroles, indoles and pyrazoles) for the synthesis of the radical precursors. Cyclisations of the intermediate aryl radicals yield new 6-membered rings attached to the azoles. The aryl radicals undergo intramolecular homolytic aromatic substitution onto the azole rings. Tributylgermanium hydride has been used with success to replace the toxic and troublesome tributyltin hydride. Initial studies show that the protocol can be used on solid phase resins. The molecular and crystal structures of methyl 5,6-dihydroimidazo[5,1-a]iso-quinoline-1-carboxylate and methyl 5,6-dihydroimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-3-carboxylate were determined by X-ray crystallography.     

On the reaction of 4-substituted trimethyltin aromatics with perchlorylfluoride

To evaluate the suitability of [¹⁸F]perchorylfluoride [¹⁸F]FClO₃ as an electrophilic fluorination agent for the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals, the reactivity non-radioactive FClO₃ towards 4-substituted trimethyltin aromatic compounds was studied. Contrary to the expectation, an electrophilic fluorination of the aromatic nucleus did not occur. The reaction of perchlorylfluoride with aromatic trimethylstannyl compounds resulted in the formation of trimethyltin fluoride and the respective destannylated aromatics in variable yields.     

Copper-catalyzed coupling of aryl halides and nitrite salts: a mild Ullmann-type synthesis of aromatic nitro compounds

Nitration of aromatic halides proceeded smoothly in the presence of catalytic amounts of Cu bronze and N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine. Sodium nitrite-18-crown-6, or tetra-n-butylammonium nitrite (n-Bu₄NNO₂) turned out to be efficient nitrating agents. The aromatic nitro compounds were synthesized under essentially neutral conditions.     

Copper(I) iodide-catalysed arylation of acetoacetate to yield 2-arylacetic acid esters

The C-C coupling reaction between ethyl acetoacetate and aryl halides in the presence of CuI is described. The effects of solvent, ligands such as vicinal diamines and amino acids, base and temperature are reported. The arylated acetoacetate ester is deacylated under the reaction conditions resulting in the generation of 2-arylacetic acid esters, constituting a mild alternative to direct arylation of carboxylate esters.     

Polymer-supported DABCO–palladium complex as a stable and reusable catalyst for room temperature Suzuki–Miyaura cross-couplings of aryl bromides

Polymer-supported DABCO–palladium complex was observed as to be efficient and reusable catalytic system for the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. In the presence of 0.25 mol % of the polymer-supported DABCO–palladium complex, a variety of aryl bromides were coupled with arylboronic acids efficiently in an aqueous ethanol at room temperature under air. Moreover, the reaction was very rapid, and the catalyst could be recovered readily from the reaction by simple filtration and could be reused at least five times.     

Facile synthesis of symmetrical functionalized biaryls from aryl halides catalyzed by commercial zinc dust using ammonium formate

Reductive homocoupling of aryl halides in the presence of commercial zinc dust and ammonium formate in methanol produces biaryls in good to excellent yields. Aryl halides having either electron-donating or electron-withdrawing groups underwent smooth coupling to afford the corresponding symmetrical biaryls. Addition of 1 equiv of sodium hydroxide enhanced the coupling reaction rate. Commercial zinc dust is inexpensive, widely available and can be used without any auxiliary catalysts such as Pd(0) and/or Ni(0).     

Synthetic protocols and building blocks for molecular electronics

Simple and readily accessible aryl bromides are useful building blocks for thiol end-capped molecular wires. Thus, 4-bromophenyl tert-butyl sulfide and 1-bromo-4-(methoxymethyl)benzene serve as precursors for a variety of oligo(phenylenevinylene) and oligo(phenyleneethynylene) wires via efficient synthetic transformations as presented in this paper.