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Oxidation of Alkyl Phenyl Selenides, Tellurides, and Telluroxides with meta-Chloroperbenzoic Acid for a Facile and Novel Transformation of C-Se and C-Te Bonds to C-O Bonds
Uemura, Sakae,Fukuzawa, Shin-ichi
, p. 471 - 480 (2007/10/02)
In sharp contrast to the well-known selenoxide elimination leading to olefins, the treatment of alkyl phenyl selenides (PhSeR) with an excess of meta-chloroperbenzoic acid (MCPBA; 2-5 equiv. to a selenide) in alcohol at room temperature affords the corresponding dialkyl ethers by the substitution of a phenylselenium (PhSe) moiety with an alkoxy group.A similar reaction proceeds by using alkyl phenyl tellurides (PhTeR) and telluroxides , a facile substitution of PhTe or PhTe(O) moiety by an alkoxy group being observed.Methanol is the most appropriate solvent for these oxidations and alkyl methyl ethers are formed in excellent yields.The reaction is accompanied by phenyl migration when applied to some selenides, tellurides, and telluroxides having a phenyl group at a vicinal position to the PhSe, PhTe, or PhTe(O) moiety.Application to the methoxyselenation and methoxytelluration products of cyclohexene and cycloheptene results in a ring-contraction to afford the dimethyl acetals of cyclopentane- and cyclohexane-carbaldehyde, respectively.In case of an allylic phenyl selenide, a sigmatropic rearrangement giving a rearranged allylic alcohol occurs in much preference to the substitution by the methoxy group.Other oxidizing agents than MCPBA such as NaIO4, H2O2, t-BuOOH, and ozone are generally ineffective under similar conditions.It is proposed that the reaction mainly takes place as follows.Alkyl phenyl selenone, alkyl phenyl tellurone, or the MCPBA addition product to them is formed as a reactive intermediate in which an alkyl C-Se or alkyl C-Te bond fission occurs heterolytically by a nucleophilic attack of alcohol, sometimes accompanied by a 1,2-shift of the β-substituent, i.e., phenyl migration and ring-contraction.
New Aspects of the Telluroxide Elimination. A Facile Elimination of sec-Alkyl Phenyl Telluroxide Leading to Olefins, Allylic Alcohols, and Allylic Ethers
Uemura, Sakae,Fukuzawa, Shin-ichi
, p. 2748 - 2752 (2007/10/02)
The utility of the telluroxide for olefin synthesis, a reaction which previously appeared to be of little value, is described.Treatment of sec-alkylphenyltellurium dibromides, except for the cyclohexyl system, with aqueous NaOH at room temperature affords olefins, allylic alcohols, and/or allylic ethers in high yields presumably via the formation of sec-alkyl phenyl telluroxides and their facile telluroxide elimination.As to the formation of linear olefins, more preference for elimination toward the less substituted carbon was observed than the selenoxide and sulfoxide eliminations.In the cyclododecyl case only trans-cyclododecene was formed as an olefin component in a sharp contrast to the selenoxide elimination that affords a 1:1 mixture of cis and trans isomers.On the contrary, in the n-alkyl and cyclohexyl cases the corresponding telluroxides are stable compounds that afford similar elimination products including vinylic ethers only by neat pyrolysis at temperatures above 200 deg C.
OLEFIN SYNTHESIS BY REACTION OF ALKYL PHENYL TELLURIDES WITH CHLORAMINE-T
Otsubo, Tetsuo,Ogura, Fumio,Yamaguchi, Hachiro,Higuchi, Hiroyuki,Sakata, Yoshiteru,Misumi, Soichi
, p. 447 - 448 (2007/10/02)
Alkyl phenyl tellurides reacted with chloramine-T in refluxing tetrahydrofuran to give olefins in high yields.
