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Synthesis of phenols and aryl silyl ethers via arylation of complementary hydroxide surrogates

Two transition-metal-free methods to access substituted phenols via the arylation of silanols or hydrogen peroxide with diaryliodonium salts are presented. The complementary reactivity of the two nucleophiles allows synthesis of a broad range of phenols without competing aryne formation, as illustrated by the synthesis of the anesthetic Propofol. Furthermore, silyl-protected phenols can easily be obtained, which are suitable for further transformations.

CYCLIC PEROXIDE OXIDATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUND PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF

The present invention provides a method for converting an aromatic hydrocarbon to a phenol by providing an aromatic hydrocarbon comprising one or more aromatic C-H bonds and one or more activated C-H bonds in a solvent; adding a phthaloyl peroxide to the solvent; converting the phthaloyl peroxide to a di-radical; contacting the di-radical with the one or more aromatic C-H bonds; oxidizing selectively one of the one or more aromatic C-H bonds in preference to the one or more activated C-H bonds; adding a hydroxyl group to the one of the one or more aromatic C-H bonds to form one or more phenols; and purifying the one or more phenols.

Metal-free oxidation of aromatic carbon-hydrogen bonds through a reverse-rebound mechanism

Methods for carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bond oxidation have a fundamental role in synthetic organic chemistry, providing functionality that is required in the final target molecule or facilitating subsequent chemical transformations. Several approaches to oxidizing aliphatic C-H bonds have been described, drastically simplifying the synthesis of complex molecules. However, the selective oxidation of aromatic C-H bonds under mild conditions, especially in the context of substituted arenes with diverse functional groups, remains a challenge. The direct hydroxylation of arenes was initially achieved through the use of strong Bronsted or Lewis acids to mediate electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions with super-stoichiometric equivalents of oxidants, significantly limiting the scope of the reaction. Because the products of these reactions are more reactive than the starting materials, over-oxidation is frequently a competitive process. Transition-metal-catalysed C-H oxidation of arenes with or without directing groups has been developed, improving on the acid-mediated process; however, precious metals are required. Here we demonstrate that phthaloyl peroxide functions as a selective oxidant for the transformation of arenes to phenols under mild conditions. Although the reaction proceeds through a radical mechanism, aromatic C-H bonds are selectively oxidized in preference to activated-H bonds. Notably, a wide array of functional groups are compatible with this reaction, and this method is therefore well suited for late-stage transformations of advanced synthetic intermediates. Quantum mechanical calculations indicate that this transformation proceeds through a novel addition-abstraction mechanism, a kind of 'reverse-rebound' mechanism as distinct from the common oxygen-rebound mechanism observed for metal-oxo oxidants. These calculations also identify the origins of the experimentally observed aryl selectivity.

Bromide ions and methyltrioxorhenium as cocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide oxidations and brominations

Oxidation of alcohols by hydrogen peroxide is negligible; even when catalyzed by methyltrioxorhenium (MTO), the process requires a long reaction time. The addition of a catalytic quantity of bromide ions, as HBr or NaBr, greatly enhances the rate. Some of the reactions were carried out on a larger scale in glacial acetic acid, and others at kinetic concentrations. The data establish that Br2 is the active oxidizing agent in the system, because the catalytic rates under suitable circumstances match those for the independently measured Br2 reaction with alcohol (benzyl alcohol, in particular). At much lower levels of MTO, however, Br2 formation plays a role in the kinetics. Certain other reluctant transformations are conveniently carried out with the MTO/H2O2/Br- combination: aldehydes to methyl esters; 1,3-dioxolanes to glycol monoesters; and ethers (with cleavage) to ketones (mostly), but in fair yield only. When Br- was used in stoichiometric quantity, certain bromination reactions occur. Thus, phenyl acetylenes (PhC2R, R = H, Me, Ph) are converted to dibromoalkenes that are entirely or largely formed as the trans isomer, and phenols are brominated. The latter reaction shows the preference para > ortho > meta. Kinetic studies of benzyl alcohol oxidation with MTO/H2O2Br- were carried out in aqueous solution. With sufficient (normal) levels of MTO, the rate constant for the formation of benzaldehyde agreed with the independently determined value for Br2 + PhCH2OH, k = 4.3 x 10-3 L mol-1 s-1 at 25.0 °C; for sec- phenethyl alcohol, k = (9.8 ± 0.4) x 10-3 L mol-1 s-1. Bromine is formed from the known oxidation of Br- with H2O2, catalyzed by MTO. This reaction results in BrO-/HBOr, which is then rapidly converted to Br2. However, with substantially lower concentrations of MTO, the buildup of benzaldehyde is ca. 4-fold slower, reflecting the diminished rate of Br- oxidation.

SELECTIVE MONOBROMINATION OF PHENOLS

A method is proposed for the selective monobromination of the hydroxy derivatives of benzene with bis(dimethylacetamide)hydrogen tribromide in aprotic media as brominating agent.

ipso Halogenation. II. Bromination of phenols, isomerisation and disproportionation of bromophenols, and dione-phenol rearrangement of bromodienones

Bromination of p-cresol, bromo-p-cresol, 3,4-dimethylphenol, and mesitol in trifluoromethanesulfonic acid gices as the main product the bromo derivative with bromine meta to hydroxyl, a result attributed to the intermediate formation of a bromodienone and its rearrangement.Phenols does not give m-bromophenol in trifluoromethanesulfonic acid. 4-Bromo-2,4,6-trimethylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone rearranges to 3-bromomesitol in trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and, similarly, 2,4,6-tribromo-4-methylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone rearranges to 3-bromomesitol in trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and, similarly, 2,4,6-tribromo-4-methylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone rearranges to 2,3,6-tribromo-4-methylphenol.Under appropriate conditions debromination of bromodienones is competitive with rearrangement.Tetramethylammonium bromide in trifluoromethanesulfonic acid is an effective reagent for isomerization and disproportionation of bromophenols.Tetramethylammonium iodide in trifluoromethanesulfonic acid is an effective reagent for selective debromination of bromophenols at the ortho and para position.