Abstract:The reaction rate and thermodynamic parameters in the reaction of phenylmagnesium bromide with phenyl tosylate in THF:toluene binary solvents and also in toluene were analyzed. The relative changes in the rate constants are strictly bound to changes in the equilibrium constant of complex formation between the sulfonate and the Grignard reagent by replacement of a donor THF molecule as well as the transfer rate of the carbanion to the sulfonate in the complex. These results provide another support for asynchron… Show more
A series of 2- and 3-pyridyl sulfonate and tosylate esters of primary and secondary alcohols were synthesized and evaluated in the bromination reaction with MgBr2·Et2O. The greater coordinating ability of the 2-pyridyl sulfonate esters accounted for its observed superior reactivity and selectivity. Reaction of neopentyl and phenyl 2-pyridyl sulfonates with a variety of aryl and heteroaryl Li reagents led to 2-substituted pyridines at temperatures as low as −78 °C via an SNAr process. Mechanistic considerations are discussed.
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