50375-10-5Relevant articles and documents
Halogenated volatiles from the fungus Geniculosporium and the actinomycete Streptomyces chartreusis
Wang, Tao,Rabe, Patrick,Citron, Christian A.,Dickschat, Jeroen S.
supporting information, p. 2767 - 2777 (2014/01/06)
Two unidentified chlorinated volatiles X and Y were detected in headspace extracts of the fungus Geniculosporium. Their mass spectra pointed to the structures of a chlorodimethoxybenzene for X and a dichlorodimethoxybenzene for Y. The mass spectra of some constitutional isomers for X and Y were included in our databases and proved to be very similar, thus preventing a full structural assignment. For unambiguous structure elucidation all possible constitutional isomers for X and Y were obtained by synthesis or from commercial suppliers. Comparison of mass spectra and GC retention times rigorously established the structures of the two chlorinated volatiles. Chlorinated volatiles are not very widespread, but brominated or even iodinated volatiles are even more rare. Surprisingly, headspace extracts from Streptomyces chartreusis contained methyl 2-iodobenzoate, a new natural product that adds to the small family of iodinated natural products.
Nucleophilic Displacement in Polyhalogenoaromatic Compounds. Part 11. Kinetics of Protiodeiodination of Iodoarenes in Dimethyl Sulphoxide-Methanol
Bolton, Roger,Moore, Clive,Sandall, John P.B.
, p. 1593 - 1598 (2007/10/02)
The rates of methoxide-ion induced protiodeiodination of a number of polychloroiodobenzenes and their derivatives have been measured in dimethyl sulphoxide-methanol (9:1 v/v; 323.2 K).The true reagent under these conditions appears to be the dimethyl sulphoxide anion, and the rates of reaction in some cases appear to approach that expected of a diffusion controlled process.This corresponds to a major decrease in the efficacy of further activating substituents in the aromatic system, altough deactivating groups such as p-OMe still show large effects.Chlorine promotes protiodeiodination in the order of efficiency o-Cl > m-Cl > p-Cl; the trifluoromethyl group activates displacement in the order o-CF3 > p-CF3 > m-CF3, although with much less difference between isomeric sites. o-Nitro-groups promote protiodeiodination whereas the p-nitro-group encourages methoxydeiodination.No evidence of methoxydeiodination was found in attack of the polychloroiodobenzenes, although the rates of methoxydechlorination of the corresponding polychlorobenzenes suggest that in some cases this might occur.Evidence rejecting the possible SRN1 mechanism and supporting nucleophilic attack by a carbanionic species upon iodine is presented.
