The hydrohalogenation reaction of 1,2-allenic carboxylic acids, esters, amides, nitriles, and diphenyl phosphine oxides with HX or MX (X = I, Br, Cl, M = Na, Li) in different solvents, such as HOAc, CF 3 CO 2 H, and CF 3 CO 2 H-HOAc (1:1) was studied. The reaction is a nucleophilic conjugate addition in nature and provides efficient entries to 3-halo-3-enoic acids, esters, amides, nitriles, and 2-haloallyl diphenyl phosphine oxides. The b,g-over a,b-selectivity and stereoselectivity depend on the solvent(s) and the temperature applied. In most cases, the Z-and E-isomers can be easily separated by chromatography on silica gel. The subsequent cross-coupling reaction with organometallic reagents and terminal alkynes showed the synthetic potential of these products.3-Alkenoic acids as well as their derivatives and 2-haloallyl phosphine oxides are classes of compounds with synthetic importance due to the uniquely located carboncarbon double bonds. Recently during the course of our study on the chemistry of allene, 1,2 we developed the hydrohalogenation reaction of electron-deficient allenes, 3 such as 1,2-allenyl ketones, 4,5 carboxylic acids, 4 esters, 4 sulfoxides, 6 and sulfones 7 to afford b-halo-b,g-unsaturated functionalized alkenes. A challenge encountered here is the potential migration of the C=C bond from the bhalo-b,g-position to the a,b-position, thus, affording a synthetically useless mixture of b,g-unsaturated products and a,b-unsaturated products. 4,5,8 In a preliminary communication 9 we have demonstrated that the hydrohalogenation reaction of 2-alkyl-2,3-dienoates with MX in CF 3 COOH-HOAc or CF 3 COOH afforded 2-alkyl-3-halo-3-alkenoates with a high selectivity. Here, the reaction medium is the key to avoid the formation of a mixture of b,g-unsaturated and a,b-unsaturated products. In this paper we wish to report our recent results of the hydrohalogenation reaction of differently substituted 2,3-dienoic acids, esters, amides, nitriles, and 1,2-allenyl phosphine oxides and the corresponding synthetic application of the b,g-unsaturated 3-halo-3-alkenoates, b,g-unsaturated 3-halo-2-alkenenitriles, and b,g-unsaturated 2-halo-2-propenyl diphenyl oxides.Hydrohalogenation Reaction of Substituted 1,2-Dienyl Carboxylic Acids. The results of the reaction of 2,3-octadienoic acid with NaI under different conditions are summarized in Scheme 1.
Scheme 1Scheme 1 shows that the reaction already occurs at room temperature but the stereoselectivity is higher at a higher reaction temperature. After 6.5 h under reflux the reaction afforded product 2 in 95 % yield with a Z/E ratio of 9.4:1; the products (E)-2aa and (Z)-2aa can be separated by column chromatography on silica gel, providing synthetically useful entries to both Z-and E-isomers of 3-iodo-2-alkenoic acids and derivatives.COOH n-C 4 H 9