A new approach to 3-nitro-2-substituted thiophenes has been developed. Exposure of commercially available 1,4-dithane-2,5-diol to nitroalkenes in the presence of 20% triethylamine results in a tandem Michael-intramolecular Henry reaction to form the corresponding tetrahydrothiophene. Subsequent microwave irradiation on acidic alumina in the presence of chloranil effects the solvent free dehydration and aromatization to form 3-nitro-2-substituted thiophenes cleanly and rapidly. A simple workup procedure removes the requirement for purification by chromatography in most cases.
Reactions of n-decene with ozone and subsequent quenching of the formed ozonides were carried out under flow conditions using the standard Vapourtec flow system equipped with a cooled flow cell. The reactions were performed continuously and in the annular flow regime within the circular cross-section channels. Typical flow rates were 0.25À1 mL min À1 for liquid and 25À100 mL min À1 for gas, reactor volumes were 0.07À10 mL formed of 1 mm ID PFA tubing. The reaction temperature was À10°C. The flow was not always smooth, while waves in the liquid film and droplets in the gas core were observed. Liquid residence times were found to be independent of gas flow rates and increasing with decreasing liquid flow rates. Substrate residence times in the ozonolysis reactor ranged between 1 and 80 s, and complete conversion could be achieved at ∼1 s residence time. Two common reductants, triethylphosphite and triphenylphosphine, were examined as to their suitability under flow conditions. Triphenylphosphine achieved faster reduction of the intermediate ozonides, resulting in a greater than 10:1 selectivity for the aldehyde over the corresponding acid. The cooling system provided a safe and efficient control of the highly exothermic reaction system. The configuration of the system allowed the production of chemically significant amounts (1.8 g h À1 at 1.3 ozone equivalents), with minimal amounts of ozonides present at any time. ' INTRODUCTIONOzone is an oxidant that has been used for decades in organic synthesis 1 and in the purification/deodorisation of water. 2 Ozonolysis is the addition of ozone to a substance, resulting initially in a primary ozonide which then usually rearranges to a more stable secondary ozonide in the case of alkenes. 3 The most common substrates for ozonolysis are unsaturated species containing either double or triple carbonÀcarbon bonds, which result usually in aldehydes/ketones and acids. This transformation has great utility in synthesis both in a research and an industrial setting. Ozone can also be used to oxidise phosphorus 1,4 and sulphur 1,5 compounds as well as organometallics 6 and other inorganic species. 6 The advantages of using ozone over other oxidants is the low cost and toxicity of the byproduct, i.e. DMSO from DMS, Ph 3 PO from PPh 3 as compared with high oxidation level metallic oxidants, e.g. chromium. Some of the drawbacks of using ozone at scale are the high exotherms associated with the initial reaction of substrates with ozone. 7 Also the intermediate ozonides are unstable (although some can be isolated at room temperature) and are an explosion risk due to the instability of the OÀO single bond; the build-up of these materials must be avoided. The use of continuous flow can alleviate both the exotherm problem and the build-up of potentially explosive materials (if suitable reagents are used to quench them in flow).Microreactors have shown several benefits in the past years. Microstructured devices provide short diffusion pathways, improved heat and mass transfer rates, and increa...
2-Halophenylalkyl-2-oxazolines with alkyl chain spacers of two to six C atoms (n = 0-4) were prepared and their SRN1-type reactions with several base systems examined. The best conditions to promote cyclo-coupling to the corresponding benzocycloalkane derivatives involved use of LDA in THF. The precursors with 3-C-atom and 4-C-atom spacers gave good yields of 2-(1'-phenylindan-1'-yl)-2-oxazolines and 2-(1-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl)-2-oxazoline, respectively. The major products from the precursor with a 5-C-atom spacer were derivatives of benzocycloheptane in which the oxazoline group had undergone a novel areneotropic migration from the end of the spacer to the benzo ring. The product from reaction of the corresponding 2-C-atom precursor was a 9-oxazolinophenanthrene derivative. EPR spectroscopy showed the intermediates of the LDA-promoted reactions to be radical anions of the product benzocycloalkanes. This supported an SRN1-type chain mechanism involving initial production of aryl radicals connected to azaenolate ions via the spacer groups. Intramolecular radical to carbanion coupling then generated ring-closed benzocycloalkane radical anions that transferred an electron to more precursor. Diastereoselective radical to carbanion cyclo-coupling reactions were carried out with 2-bromophenylpropyl precursors containing chiral 2-oxazolines. The diastereoselectivity achievable was modest, but the product diastereoisomeric Indane derivatives were easily separable by chromatography.
2-Dimethylalkylammonium pyridinium and 2-dimethylalkylammonium pyrimidinium ditriflate salts are very powerful methylating agents toward phosphorus (triphenylphosphine) and nitrogen (triethylamine) nucleophiles. In competition experiments with triethylamine as nucleophile, these N-methyl disalts are more reactive methylating agents than dimethyl sulfate. Reaction of the pyridinium dications with water as an oxygen nucleophile leads to attack at the 2-position of the heteroaromatic ring and displacement of an ammonium group; 2-hydroxypyridinium compounds are formed in the first instance, which are easily converted to 2-pyridones. Extending the scope of the reactions, a tricationic 2,6-bis(dimethylalkylammonium)pyridinium salt has also been prepared and characterized and its reactivity as a methylating agent assessed in comparison with that of the dications.
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