1689-79-8Relevant articles and documents
ALKYLATION OF FURAN AND THIOPHENE WITH tert-BUTANOL IN THE PRESENCE OF THE STRONGLY ACID CATION EXCHANGER AMBERLYST 15
Lukevits, E. Ya.,Ignatovich, L. M.,Gol'dberg, Yu. Sh.,Shimanskaya, M. V.
, p. 678 - 679 (2007/10/02)
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Gas-phase Heteroaromatic Substitution. Part 4. Electrophilic Attack of t-Butyl Cation on Pyrrole, N-Methylpyrrole, Furan, and Thiophene
Margonelli, Andrea,Speranza, Maurizio
, p. 1491 - 1498 (2007/10/02)
t-Butyl cation, obtained in the gas state from the γ-radiolysis of neopentane has been allowed to react with pyrrole (1), N-methylpyrrole (2), furan (3), and thiophene (4).Experiments have been carried out in the pressure range 50-760 Torr and in the presence of variable concentrations of a gaseous base (NMe3).The reactivity of simple heteroaromatic compounds relative to toluene in competition experiments is found to depend markedly upon the composition of the gaseous reaction environment.The apparent kS/kT ratios decrease slightly with increasing pressure.At atmospheric pressure, these ratios increase with the NMe3 concentration levelling off to a value of 1.0 (1), 2.2 (2), 2.6 (3), and 0.6 (4), at the highest base concentration (PNMe3=10 Torr).Under the same conditions, predominant β substitution occurs in the pyrroles , whereas α-attack is favoured in the case of furan (β:α=9:91) and thiophene (β:α=20:80).The gaseous elecrophile appears rather unselective between the n- and the ?-type centres of furan (O:ring=50:50) and thiophene (S:ring=40:60), while it displays no or very limited substitution on the heteroatom of pyrroles.A mechanism based upon reversible addition of the t-butyl cation to the heteroaromatic nucleus, involving premilinary formation of an electrostatic adduct, is used to account for the formation of the t-butylated products and their isomeric composition.It is concluded that the gas-phase t-butyl alkylation of simple five-membered heteroaromatic compounds is regulated by electrostatic interactions established within the encounter pair.A close correspondence exists between this rationalization of the present gas-phase results and recent theoretical and experimental evidence concerning related alkylation processes.