A novel 1,7-palladium migration-cyclization-dealkylation sequence for the regioselective synthesis of benzotriazoles has been developed. These reactions proceed in excellent yields with high regioselectivities. The mechanism of the reaction has also been investigated.
Defluorination of 1-fluoronaphthalene was catalyzed by CpTiCl3 and an alkyl Grignard reagent system.
The reaction of 1-fluoronaphthalene, however, with 3 equiv of phenethylmagnesium chloride in the
presence of a catalytic amount of transition metal catalysts afforded 1-(1-phenethyl)naphthalene in good
yield via isomerization of the phenethyl group. Among the examined catalysts, CpTiCl3 and TaCl5 showed
much higher activity than the others. The similar coupling reactions of phenethylmagnesium chloride
with substituted fluoroarenes proceeded with high regioselectivity at the para-position to produce the
corresponding 1-phenethylarenes in good yields.
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