Cyclic ketones reacted with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) catalysed by NH(4)OAc in Et(2)O at 25 degrees C to give the corresponding alpha-brominated ketones in good yields, while acyclic ketones were efficiently brominated in CCl(4) at 80 degrees C.
An efficient and mild method for the halogenation of aromatic compounds using N-chloro-, N-bromo-, and N-iodosuccinimide in the presence of NH4NO3 or FeCl3 in acetonitrile was developed.
The Cadogan reaction, a widely accepted route for the synthesis of nitrogen containing heterocycles, is modified by using microwave radiation as the source of heat instead of the conventional heating by reflux in a nitrogen atmosphere for several hours. Appropriate starting materials were mixed with triethyl phosphite or triphenylphosphine and irradiated with microwaves for several minutes at a specific power to give the desired products. The indazoles were prepared by irradiating N‐(2‐nitrobenzylidene) anilines with triethyl phosphite at 200 W for 12–14 min to give 85–92% product yields. Irradiation of the mixture of N‐benzylidene‐2‐nitroanilines and triphenylphosphine at 200 W for 3–5 min yielded 93–96% of the benzimidazoles. The carbonylindoles were obtained in 61–68% yields by irradiating 2‐nitrochalcone or alkyl 2‐nitrocinnamates and triphenylphosphine with microwaves at 80–200 W for 8–11 min. The mixture of 2‐nitrobiphenyl and triphenylphosphine yielded 96% of carbazole when irradiated with microwaves at 200 W for 2 min while 75% of phenazine was obtained by irradiating the mixture of 2‐nitrodiphenylamine and triphenylphosphine with microwaves at 200 W for 3.5 min. These results show that microwave‐assisted Cadogan reactions gave better product yields at shorter reaction times. J. Heterocyclic Chem., (2009).
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