2370-13-0Relevant articles and documents
Convincing Evidence, Not Involving Cyclizable Radical Probes, That the Reaction of LiAlH4 with Hindered Alkyl Iodides Proceeds Predominantly by a Single Electron Transfer Pathway
Ashby,Welder, Catherine O.
, p. 3542 - 3551 (1997)
Previous workers have maintained that evidence for the radical nature of the reaction of LiAlH4 with sterically hindered alkyl iodides is due to radical initiation by impurities followed by a halogen atom radical chain process involving the cyclizable alkyl iodide probe and that the reduction of the C-I bond actually proceeds by an SN2 pathway. In order to resolve the validity of this explanation, 1-iodo-2,2-dimethylhexane (the saturated counterpart of the cyclizable probe), which is not capable of this halogen atom radical chain process, was allowed to react with LiAlD4. The reduction product, 2,2-dimethylhexane, contained only 4-76% deuterium depending on the conditions of the reaction. This result is consistent with the reaction proceeding by a SET process via a radical intermediate and is inconsistent with an SN2 pathway. We have determined the influence of the nature of the reaction on the type of reactor surface (Pyrex, Teflon, stainless steel, and quartz) used in the reaction. We have also studied the influence of AlD3 (a byproduct in the reduction) in the mechanistic evaluation of this reaction.
Ruthenium-Catalyzed Deaminative Hydrogenation of Aliphatic and Aromatic Nitriles to Primary Alcohols
Molnár, István Gábor,Calleja, Pilar,Ernst, Martin,Hashmi, A. Stephen K.,Schaub, Thomas
, p. 4175 - 4178 (2017/10/09)
The deaminative hydrogenation of nitriles towards alcohols is a useful reaction to transform nitriles into alcohols with NH3 as the sole byproduct. Using the simple and robust RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 complex as a catalyst, at low H2 pressures a series of aliphatic and aromatic nitriles could be transformed into the corresponding alcohols. Suitable solvent systems for these reactions were 1,4-dioxane/water and EtOH/water mixtures. In most cases, the selectivity for the alcohols was excellent, and the corresponding amines were formed only in trace amounts.
Alkane Functionalization on a Preparative Scale by Mercury-Photosensitized Cross-Dehydrodimerization
Brown, Stephen H.,Crabtree, Robert H.
, p. 2946 - 2953 (2007/10/02)
Alkanes can be functionalized with high conversions and in high chemical and quantum yields on a multigram scale by mercury-photosensitized reaction between an alkane and alcohols, ethers, or silanes to give homodimers and cross-dehydrodimers.The separation of the product mixtures is often particulary easy because of a great difference in polarity of the homodimers and cross-dimers.It is also possible to bias the product composition when the ratio of the components in the vapor phase is adjusted by altering the liquid composition.This is useful either to maximize chemical yield or to ease separation by favoring the formation of the most easily separated pair of compounds.The mechanistic basis of the reaction is discussed and a number of specific types of syntheses, for example of 2,2-disubstituted carbinols, are described in detail.The selectivity of cross-dimerization is shown to exceed that for homodimerization and reasons are discussed.Relative reactivities of different compounds and classes of compound are MeOHp-dioxanecyclohexane1,3,5-trioxacyclohexaneethanolisobutaneTHFEt3SiH.The observed selectivities generally parallel those for homodimerization, reported in the preceding paper, but certain differences are noted, and reasons for the differences are proposed.The bond-dissociation energy of Et3SiH is estimated from the reactivity data to be 90 kcal/mol.Eleven new carbinols are synthesized.
Conformational Analysis and Stereodynamics of Primary Acyclic Alkyl Radicals by EPR Spectroscopy
Ingold, K. U.,Nonhebel, D. C.,Walton, J. C.
, p. 2859 - 2869 (2007/10/02)
The EPR spectra of n-alkyl, 2-methylalkyl, 2,2-dimethylalkyl, 2,2,3-trimethylbutyl, and 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutyl radicals indicate that at 90 K they exist in "rigid" conformations with respect to rotation about the Cβ-Cγ bonds.The preferred conformations about the Cα-Cβ and Cβ-Cγ bonds were deduced by analysis of the β- and γ-H hyperfine splittings (hfs). 2,2,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl radicals, the only radicals with a CH3 group approximately all-trans with respect to the semioccupied p-orbital, were also the only radicals to show resolved δ-hfs.The barriers to internal rotation of the methyl groups in n-propyl, isobutyl, neopentyl, 2,2-bis(trideuteriomethyl)butyl, and 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutyl radicals were obtained by line shape analysis; the ethyl rotation barrier in 2,2-bis(trideuteriomethyl)butyl and the tert-butyl rotation barrier in 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutyl radicals were estimated in a similar way.The experimental hfs of trans γ-hydrogens were shown to fit a relationship of the form aHγ = 0.1 +7.9 cos2 Φ, where Φ is the dihedral angle between the SOMO and the plane through Cα, Cβ, and Cγ.Trends in the internal rotation barriers of the alkyl groups were adequately accounted for in terms of steric effects.
