Rediscovering the double Friedel-Crafts acylation : an expedient entry to phenanthrene-9,10-diones

The double Friedel–Crafts acylation of readily accessible biaryls with oxalyl chloride delivers the respective phenanthrene-9,10-diones, providing an alternative to the traditional methods, which require harsh oxidizing conditions and multistep sequences. This simple method allows the synthesis of various symmetrical and non-symmetrical targets, and is even effective for the synthesis of the parent ring system from (unactivated) biphenyl.

Ionic Liquids and Microwaves in Promotion of Organic Synthesis : Friedel-Crafts reaction, deuterolabelling and O-Demethylation

The use of ionic liquids in chemical research has gained considerable interest and activity in recent years. Due to their unique and varied physicochemical properties, in comparison to molecular solvents, the potential applications for ionic liquids are enormous. The use of microwave irradiation, as a powerful dielectric heating technique, in synthetic organic chemistry has been known since 1986. Since then, it has gained significant recognition for its research and application in both academia and industry. The use of either ionic liquids or microwave irradiation in synthetic organic chemistry has been known to afford improved, alternative or complimentary selectivities, in comparison to traditional processes. In this study, the use of ionic liquids as solvents, co-solvents and catalytic media was explored in Friedel-Crafts, deuterolabelling and O-demethylation reactions. Alternative methods for the production of a variety of aromatic ketones using the Friedel-Crafts acylation methodology were investigated using ionic liquid catalyst or ionic liquid acidic additive systems. The disclosed methods, i.e. metal bistriflamides and chloroindate ionic liquids systems, possessed good catalytic activity in the synthesis of typical benzophenones. These catalytic systems were also recyclable. Microwave irradiation was found to be useful in the synthesis of various polyhydroxydeoxybenzoins and arylpropanones as synthetic precursors to naturally occurring or potentially bioactive compounds. Under optimized condition, the reaction occurred in only four minutes using systems such as [bmim][NTf2]/HNTf2 and [bmim][BF4]/BF3·OEt2. Naturally occurring polyphenols, such as isoflavones, can possess various types of biological or pharmacological activity. In particular, some are noted for their beneficial effects on human health. Isotopically labelled analogues of polyphenols are valuable as analytical standards in the quantification of these compounds from biological matrices. A new strategy for deuterolabelling of polyphenols was developed using ionic liquids as co-solvents and 35% DCl/D2O, as a cheap deuterium source, under microwave irradiation. Under these conditions, perdeuterated compounds were achieved in short reaction times, in high isotopic purity and in excellent yields. An O-demethylation reaction was developed, using an ionic liquid reaction medium with BBr3 for the deprotection of a variety methyl protected polyphenolic compounds, such as isoflavons and lignans. This deprotection procedure was found to be very practical as the reaction occurred under mild reaction conditions and in short reaction times. The isolation and purification steps were particularly straightforward and high yielding, in comparison to traditional methods.

Friedel-crafts condensation of ethyl allylmalonate with anisole

Chemical and spectroscopic data, has shown that the major product from Friedel-Crafts condensation of anisole with ethyl allylmalonate, followed by saponification and decarylation is γ-(o-anisyl)valeric acid and not thepara-isomer, as concluded earlier by different groups of workers.

Synthesis of ethyl arylacetates by means of Friedel-Crafts reactions of aromatic compounds with ethyl alpha-chloro-alpha-(ethylthio)acetate catalysed by ytterbium triflate

An efficient Friedel-Crafts alkylation of aromatic compounds with ethyl alpha -chloro-alpha-(ethylthio)acetate catalysed by ytterbium triflate, followed by desulfurisation of the product provides a convenient methodology for the synthesis of ethyl arylacetates of aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

A novel double friedel-crafts reaction: A new entry into bicyclo[3.2.2]nonane system

A novel synthesis of dibenzobicyclo[3.2.2]nonane systems is described through a double Friedel-Crafts reaction.

Aromatic, microporous polymer networks with high surface area generated in Friedel-Crafts-type polycondensations

A series of novel, microporous polymer networks (MPNs) have been generated in a simple, acid catalysed Friedel-Crafts-type self-condensation of A(2)B(2)- and A(2)B(4)-type fluorenone monomers. Two A2B4-type monomers with 2,7-bis(N, N-diphenylamino) A or 2,7-bis [4-(N, N-diphenylamino) phenyl] D substitution of the fluorenone cores lead to MPNs with high S(BET) surface areas of up to 1400 m(2) g(-1). Two MPNs made of binary monomer mixtures showed the highest Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface areas S(BET) of our series (SBET of up to 1800 m(2) g(-1)) after washing the powdery samples with supercritical carbon dioxide. Total pore volumes of up to 1.6 cm(3) g(-1) have been detected. It is observed that the substitution pattern of the monomers is strongly influencing the resulting physicochemical properties of the microporous polymer networks (MPNs).

A metal-free and a solvent-free synthesis of thio-amides and amides: an efficient Friedel-Crafts arylation of isothiocyanates and isocyanates

A rapid, metal-free and solvent-free (very low loading of solvent in few cases) reaction conditions for synthesizing thioamides and amides using a Bronsted super acid such as triflic acid has been developed. This method shows a broad substrate scope with a variety of electron-rich arenes including thiophene derivatives. The reaction works well for both aromatic as well as aliphatic isothiocyanates. Most of the thioamides are obtained in excellent yields in short reaction times and in most of the examples, a simple work up procedure has been developed which does not require further purification.

Friedel-Crafts Arylation of a-Hydroxy Ketones: Synthesis of 1,2,2,2-Tetraarylethanones

Friedel-Crafts arylation of a-hydroxy ketones such as 2-hydroxy- 1,2,2-triarylethanones has been achieved with a variety of arenes and heteroarenes in the presence of Lewis or Bronsted acids. Both sterically hindered and unhindered 1,2,2,2-tetrarylethanones are formed in good to excellent yields by using a stoichiometric amount of triflic acid. The intermediacy of an a-keto carbenium ion has been proposed.

Friedel-crafts反应合成芳香环状齐聚物与开环聚合

芳香环状低聚物的合成是二十世纪八十年代末发展起来的研究领域，其特有的环状结构和可进行可控的开环聚合决定了芳香环状低聚物具有广阔的应用前景。本文从研究单体结构与成环反应的关系出发，开拓了一种合成芳香环状聚醚酮的新方法—改进的Friedel-Crafte反应法，采用该方法成功地合成了一系列新型结构的大环化合物，并首次利用流变仪对开环聚合过程中的流变行为进行了较为系统的观测。根据acoson-Stockmayer环化理论，应用基质辅助激光解吸离子化飞行时间质谱（MAIDL-TOF MS），对一系列芳香环状低聚物组分分布进行分析，研究了芳香环状低聚物的产率、组分分布与单体结构的关系。结果表明：芳香聚醋、聚麟酸醋及芳香聚醚环状低聚物系列中，InCn与1nn呈良好的线性关系，符合J-S理论分布。环状齐聚物的产率与组分分布受单体的中心键角影响，单体的中心键角在100°～120°范围内，其中心键角愈小，γ值愈大。γ值愈大，反应产物中小环化合物的含量越高，而小环化合物的含量的增加是高产率地合成环状齐聚物的前提之一。在此理论的指导下，通过对单体结构的模拟，高选择性地合成了一种新型结构的芳香环状聚硫醋二聚体，对其结构进行了精确的表征，在不同溶剂中得到了该环状二聚体的单晶，单晶X闪ray衍射表明该二聚体为环张力极小的大环化合物。基于上述理论，以有利于成环的邻苯二酞氯为酞基化试剂，对Friedel-Crafts酞基化反应在合成芳香环状齐聚物中的应用进行了系统研究，开拓了一种合成芳香环状预聚体的新方法—改进的Friedel-Crafts酞基化反应法。发现反应体系中Lewis碱的存在有利于选择性地形成环状产物。并进一步确定反应最佳条件为： Lewis碱和催化剂Alcl3与富电单体的摩尔比分别为1.2和3.4; 1,2-二氯乙烷为本反应的最佳溶剂；等当量的反应单体要求缓慢滴加到形成“假高稀”的溶剂体系中；Lewis碱NMP，DMF等都适用于本反应体系。在此优化条件下，以邻苯二酞氯和间苯二酞氯为酞基化试剂，室温下，合成了一系列芳香环状聚醚酮酮、聚醚酮、聚醚矾酮等新型结构的环状齐聚物，利用MALDI-TOF-MS，NMR，GPC，FTIR，DSC，元素分析等手段对环状结构进行了精确的表征；DSC分析表明含邻苯二拨基结构的环状齐聚物为无定型材料；部分产物的产率高达90％。在阴离子引发剂联苯双酚钾存在下，制备的环状齐聚物成功进行了熔融开环聚合，得到了相应结构的高分子量的线性开环聚合产物。其中，含邻苯二拨基结构的环状聚醚酮酮、环状聚醚酮矾的开环聚合产物的比浓粘度分别达到0.42dL／g，0.36 dL／g（0.5％的DMF溶液，25士0.1℃）；四种含间苯二锁基结构的环状齐聚物的开环聚合产物的Tg与常规亲电沉淀反应合成的线性高聚物的Tg相同。含侧甲基的开环聚合产物的Tg比对应的开环聚合的产物的Tg高约5℃。研究结果表明用亲电缩聚方法制备芳香环状聚醚酮与亲核缩聚法相比较，具有成本低廉、反应条件温和丫产率高、易于大规模制备等优势，开拓了一种制备环状化合物的方法。自从美国G.E.公司利用环状聚碳酸酷的开环聚合制备线性聚碳酸醋以来，对芳香环状低聚物的开环聚合过程的研究仅局限在由GPC监测反应某一时刻的产物的分子量，而缺乏对与应用更为接近的开环聚合中的粘度的变化的研究。本文以界面缩聚反应高产率地合成芳香环状双酚A聚酷二聚体为对象，研究了流变仪在开环聚合中的应用。利用流变仪对环状二聚体开环聚合过程进行了较为系统的观测，研究了不同条件下的开环聚合中的流变行为，结果表明，开环聚合存在引发期，而且在引发期，熔融体的粘度低于10Pa·S，超过引发期，粘度呈指数级增长。引发期的长短可以通过引发剂的种类、浓度、开环聚合的温度等条件进行有效地控制。芳香环状聚酷二聚体与环状聚碳酸醋的开环共聚合的流变行为的研究结果表明：开环共聚合可以降低开环聚合的温度，调整引发期，是提高聚合产物的分子量的有效途径。用流变仪对以改进的Friedel-Crafts反应合成的芳香环酮齐聚物的开环聚合中的流变行为进行了监控。在330℃，剪切速率为0.05S-l下，熔融的环状齐聚物的粘度为2.0Pa·S。通过对开环聚合的反应条件的控制，同样实现了开环聚合的可控，通过改变其开环聚合的引发期的长短及粘度的变化规律，可、适应不。条一定为加工设计与成型加工提供理论指导和模型设计，必将进一步推进开环聚合工 艺向应用方向的发展。

Synthesis of novel functional polyolefin containing carboxylic acid via Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction

The strong polar group, carboxylic acid, has triumphantly been introduced into ethylene and allylbenzene copolymers without obvious degradation or crosslinking via Friedel-Crafts (F-C) acylation reaction with glutaric anhydride (GA), succinic anhydride (SA) and phthalic anhydride (PA) in the presence of anhydrous aluminum chloride in carbon disulfide. Some important reaction parameters were examined in order to optimize the acylation process. In the optimum reaction conditions, almost all of the phenyls can be acylated with any anhydride. The microstructure of acylated copolymer was characterized by Fr-IR, H-1 NMR and H-1-H-1 COSY. All the peaks of acylated copolymers can be accurately attributed, which indicates that all the acylation reactions occur only at the para-positions of the substituent of the aromatic rings. The thermal behavior was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), showing that the melting temperatures (T(m)s) of acylated copolymers with GA firstly decrease slowly and then increase significantly with the increase of the amount of carboxyl acid groups.