The reaction of aromatic ethers with benzyltrimethylammonium dichloroiodate(1-) in acetic acid in the presence of zinc chloride at room temperature gave iodo-substituted aromatic ethers in good yields.
Iodination of Methylated Anisoles: Unusual Aryl Methyl Replacements and Oxidations
作者:Charles A. Panetta、Zheng Fang、Daniell L. Mattern
DOI:10.1021/jo00129a041
日期:1995.12
The treatment of methylated anisoles with iodine, periodic acid, sulfuric acid, and aqueous acetic acid has resulted in iododemethylations and/or aryl methyl oxidations in addition to the expected mono- and diiodinations of the aromatic ring. Four dimethylanisoles and o-methylanisole were treated under identical conditions. Iododemethylations were observed in three of the four dimethylanisoles and aryl methyl oxidations to benzaldehydes occurred with o-methylanisole and two of the dimethylanisoles. No precedence could be found for either of these reactions under the experimental conditions employed. Several possible mechanisms are discussed for these transformations. Some experimental evidence suggests that methyl oxidation to a benzaldehyde could be a prerequisite for an iododemethylation via an iodonium ion-assisted reverse Gatterman-Koch reaction; single-electron-transfer or classical electrophilic mechanisms are also consistent with the iododemethylations.