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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Merging shuttle reactions and paired electrolysis for reversible vicinal dihalogenations

Vicinal dibromides and dichlorides are important commodity chemicals and indispensable synthetic intermediates in modern chemistry that are traditionally synthesized using hazardous elemental chlorine and bromine. Meanwhile, the environmental persistence of halogenated pollutants necessitates improved approaches to accelerate their remediation. Here, we introduce an electrochemically assisted shuttle (e-shuttle) paradigm for the facile and scalable interconversion of alkenes and vicinal dihalides, a class of reactions that can be used both to synthesize useful dihalogenated molecules from simple alkenes and to recycle waste material through retro-dihalogenation. The reaction is demonstrated using 1,2-dibromoethane, as well as 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane or 1,2-dichloroethane, to dibrominate or dichlorinate, respectively, a wide range of alkenes in a simple setup with inexpensive graphite electrodes. Conversely, the hexachlorinated persistent pollutant lindane could be fully dechlorinated to benzene in soil samples using simple alkene acceptors.

Dichlorination of olefins with diphenyl sulfoxide/oxalyl chloride

The combination of diphenyl sulfoxide and oxalyl chloride was used to accomplish the dichlorination of olefins, in which chlorodiphenylsulfonium salt generated in situ was proposed to be the real active species as a chloronium ion source.

Electrocatalytic Radical Dichlorination of Alkenes with Nucleophilic Chlorine Sources

We report a Mn-catalyzed electrochemical dichlorination of alkenes with MgCl2 as the chlorine source. This method provides operationally simple, sustainable, and efficient access to a variety of vicinally dichlorinated compounds. In particular, alkenes with oxidatively labile functional groups, such as alcohols, aldehydes, sulfides, and amines, were transformed into the desired vicinal dichlorides with high chemoselectivity. Mechanistic data are consistent with metal-mediated Cl atom transfer as the predominant pathway enabling dual C-Cl bond formation and contradict an alternative pathway involving electrochemical evolution of chlorine gas followed by Cl2-mediated electrophilic dichlorination.

Cross-Linked Artificial Enzyme Crystals as Heterogeneous Catalysts for Oxidation Reactions

Designing systems that merge the advantages of heterogeneous catalysis, enzymology, and molecular catalysis represents the next major goal for sustainable chemistry. Cross-linked enzyme crystals display most of these essential assets (well-designed mesoporous support, protein selectivity, and molecular recognition of substrates). Nevertheless, a lack of reaction diversity, particularly in the field of oxidation, remains a constraint for their increased use in the field. Here, thanks to the design of cross-linked artificial nonheme iron oxygenase crystals, we filled this gap by developing biobased heterogeneous catalysts capable of oxidizing carbon-carbon double bonds. First, reductive O2 activation induces selective oxidative cleavage, revealing the indestructible character of the solid catalyst (at least 30 000 turnover numbers without any loss of activity). Second, the use of 2-electron oxidants allows selective and high-efficiency hydroxychlorination with thousands of turnover numbers. This new technology by far outperforms catalysis using the inorganic complexes alone, or even the artificial enzymes in solution. The combination of easy catalyst synthesis, the improvement of "omic" technologies, and automation of protein crystallization makes this strategy a real opportunity for the future of (bio)catalysis.

Vicinal dichlorination of olefins using NH4Cl and oxone

A mild and efficient protocol for the preparation of 1,2-dichloroalkane derivatives from olefins using NH4Cl and Oxone at room temperature is described. A variety of terminal, internal, and cyclic alkenes reacted smoothly to give the corresponding dichlorinated products in good to excellent yields. Moreover, 1,2-disubstituted symmetrical and unsymmetrical olefins dichlorinated with moderate to excellent diastereoselectivity. This method precludes the use of acidic additives and transition metals in the synthesis of vicinal dichlorides.

The α-halogenation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyls and dihalogenation of alkenes using bisacetoxyiodobenzene/pyridine hydrohalides

A procedure for the α-chlorination or bromination of a number of α,β-unsaturated carbonyls, and the dichlorination or bromination of alkenes, is developed using bisacetoxyiodobenzene (BAIB) and the HCl or HBr salt of pyridine. The reaction proceeds in an

Use of a fluorous bridge for diffusion controlled uptake of molecular chlorine in chlorine addition to alkenes

Fluorous solvent was used for passive transport of molecular chlorine from one side of the U-tube to the other, where addition of chlorine to alkenes was quantitative and diffusion controlled.

Reaction of Aromatic and Unsaturated Compounds with the Potassium Permanganate/HCI (HBr) Acetonitrile Reagent

Addition of hydrochloric or hydrobromic acid to a solution of potassium permanganate in acetonitrile produced a homogeneous mixture, which is suitable for laboratory chlorination or bromination, respectively. Aromatic compounds more reactive than alkylbenzenes can be chlorinated or brominated without additional catalyst. Alkenes and alkynes give the corresponding vicinal dihaloalkanes and vinyl halides. All reactions complete within two hours under mild condition (25-60 °C) with excellent to moderate yields.

ROLE OF THE POLYMER BACKBONE ON THE REACTIVITY OF POLYMER-SUPPORTED (DICHLOROIODO)BENZENE

Chlorination of iodinated crosslinked polystyrene with Cl2 gave polyaryliododichloride containing 1.1 mmol of active chlorine per gram of resin, while fluorination of the same iodinated resin with XeF2 gave polyaryliododifluoride, co