4489-84-3Relevant articles and documents
Straightforward conversion of alcohols into dibenzenesulfonimides
Giovanelli, Emerson,Doris, Eric,Rousseau, Bernard
, p. 8457 - 8458 (2006)
The reaction of various alcohols with N-fluorodibenzenesulfonimide and triphenylphosphine leads to the corresponding dibenzenesulfonylated amines in high yields.
Dehydroxylative Fluorination of Tertiary Alcohols
Zhang, Wei,Gu, Yu-Cheng,Lin, Jin-Hong,Xiao, Ji-Chang
supporting information, p. 6642 - 6646 (2020/09/02)
A large number of fluorination methods have been developed, but the construction of a tertiary C-F bond remains challenging. Herein, we describe an efficient dehydroxylative fluorination of tertiary alcohols with Selectfluor via the activation of a hydroxyl group by a Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2/ICH2CH2I system. Although the reagents appear to be not compatible (Selectfluor with the phosphine and I- generated in situ), the reactions occur rapidly to give the desired products in moderate to high yields. This work may present a new discovery in fluorination of alcohols since the reported methods are mainly limited to primary and secondary alcohols.
Lewis Base Catalysis Enables the Activation of Alcohols by means of Chloroformates as Phosgene Substitutes
Zoller, Ben,Stach, Tanja,Huy, Peter H.
, p. 5637 - 5643 (2020/09/21)
Nucleophilic substitutions (SN) are typically promoted by acid chlorides as sacrificial reagents to improve the thermodynamic driving force and lower kinetic barriers. However, the cheapest acid chloride phosgene (COCl2) is a highly toxic gas. Against this background, phenyl chloroformate (PCF) was discovered as inherently safer phosgene substitute for the SN-type formation of C?Cl and C?Br bonds using alcohols. Thereby, application of the Lewis bases 1-formylpyrroldine (FPyr) and diethylcyclopropenone (DEC) as catalysts turned out to be pivotal to shift the chemoselectivity in favor of halo alkane generation. Primary, secondary and tertiary, benzylic, allylic and aliphatic alcohols are appropriate starting materials. A variety of functional groups are tolerated, which includes even acid labile moieties such as tert-butyl esters and acetals. Since the by-product phenol can be isolated, a recycling to PCF with inexpensive phosgene would be feasible on a technical scale. Eventually, a thorough competitive study demonstrated that PCF is indeed superior to phosgene and other substitutes.