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Specific ortho effect in acylation of o-carboranediol
Shashkova,Koval'chuk,Zapadinskii
, p. 225 - 234 (2007/10/03)
o-Carboranediol is acylated fast and in a high yield with glycol chloroformates under conditions of the Schotten-Baumann reaction catalyzed by tertiary amines (general basic catalysis) through formation of a complex of the diol with the triethylamne catalyst, detected by 1H NMR spectroscopy. For m-carboranediol the nucleophilic mechanism of catalysis is preferable, through a complex of pyridine catalyst with chloroformate. The complex of the catalyst with o-carboranediol involves both OH groups of the diol (1 : 1 complex), owing to their ortho arrangement, that is, a specific ortho effect takes place. The ortho effect is responsible for different reactivities of two HO groups of o-carboranediol: Under mild conditions, only one OH group enters the reaction. The "phenolic" character of o-carboranediol is manifested in the acid-catalyzed esterification with carboxylic acids or anhydrides.