Radical cation-nucleophile combination reactions. Displacement of halogen during ipso attack on haloanthracene radical cations
摘要:
Second-order rate constants for the reactions of radical cations of a number of haloanthracenes with pyridine and 2-substituted pyridines were determined in acetonitrile and dichloromethane using electrochemical techniques. Attack at the ipso positions was observed to be less favorable than attack at positions bearing hydrogen. The halo-substituents were observed to exert opposing electronic and steric effects on the second-order rate constants. The 10-positions of 9-haloanthracene radical cations were observed to be nearly 2 orders of magnitude more susceptible to nucleophilic attack by pyridine than the 9,10-positions of the parent radical cation.
Protolytic defluorination of trifluoromethyl-substituted arenes
作者:Anila Kethe、Adam F. Tracy、Douglas A. Klumpp
DOI:10.1039/c0ob01276a
日期:——
Bronsted superacids. The products from these reactions suggest the formation of reactive electrophiles, such as carbocations, acylium cations or equivalent electrophilic species. As such, Friedel-Crafts-type reactions occur between these species and arene nucleophiles. NMRstudies were done, and the results suggest the formation of an acyl group from the trifluoromethyl groups in the superacid.