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Studies on the Occurence of Hydrogen Transfer, 67. Enediol Diesters by Acylating Electroreductive Dimerization of Acyl Chlorides with Lithium Amalgam
Horner, Leopold,Dickerhof, Karlheinz
, p. 1603 - 1614 (2007/10/02)
Aromatic, aliphatic, and aromatic-aliphatic acyl chlorides (and anhydrides) are transformed by lithium amalgam (Li/Hg) to cis- and/or trans enediol diesters 1-10 (acylating reductive dimerization), mostly in ca. 70percent yields.The influence of the solvent on the reaction course is investigated.Starting from 2,2'-biphenyldicarbonyl dichloride, the phenanthrene 7 is formed; phthalide 8 is the reaction-product using phthaloyl dichloride as starting material.Diphenylphosphinyl chloride is reduced by Li/Hg to tetraphenyldiphosphane dioxide (15).A reaction mechanism for the acylating reductive dimerization is proposed on the basis of the halve-wave potentials determined for 12 acyl chlorides and four 1,2-diketones.The latter are intermediates in the acylating reductive dimerization of the acyl chlorides.Enediol diesters are obtained starting from 1,2-diketones and Li/Hg in the presence of acyl chlorides.Trimethylsilyl chloride is unsuitable as a trap for the enediols; it is preferentially reduced at the Li/Hg interface.Tetrahydrofuran as solvent is transformed to RC(O)O-4-Cl by a known ring-opening acylation reaction in the presence of Lewis acids (LiCl or ZnCl2) formed by the decomposition of Li/Hg and Zn/Hg.
