scholarly journals A Mechanistic Analysis of Trimethylanilinium Salt Degradation: Implications for Methylation and Cross-coupling Applications

Author(s):  
Jack B. Washington ◽  
Michele Assante ◽  
Chunhui Yan ◽  
David McKinney ◽  
Vanessa Juba ◽  
...  

<i>N,N,N</i>-trimethylanilinium salts are known to display dual reactivity through both the aryl group and the <i>N</i>-methyl groups. These salts have thus been widely applied in cross-coupling, aryl etherification, fluorine radiolabelling, phase-transfer catalysis, supramolecular recognition, polymer design, and (more recently) methylation. However, their application as electrophilic methylating reagents remains somewhat underexplored, and an understanding of their arylation versus methylation reactivities is lacking. This study presents a mechanistic degradation analysis of <i>N,N,N</i>-trimethylanilinium salts and highlights the implications for synthetic applications of this important class of salts. Kinetic degradation studies, in both solid state and solution phases, have delivered insights into the physical and chemical parameters affecting anilinium salt stability. <sup>1</sup>H NMR kinetic analysis of salt degradation has evidenced thermal degradation to methyl iodide and the parent aniline, consistent with a closed-shell S<sub>N</sub>2-centred degradative pathway, and methyl iodide being the key reactive species in applied methylation procedures. Furthermore, the effect of halide and non-nucleophilic counterions on salt degradation has been investigated, along with deuterium isotope and solvent effects. Finally, new mechanistic insights have enabled the investigation of the use of trimethylanilinium salts in O-methylation and in improved cross-coupling strategies.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack B. Washington ◽  
Michele Assante ◽  
Chunhui Yan ◽  
David McKinney ◽  
Vanessa Juba ◽  
...  

<i>N,N,N</i>-trimethylanilinium salts are known to display dual reactivity through both the aryl group and the <i>N</i>-methyl groups. These salts have thus been widely applied in cross-coupling, aryl etherification, fluorine radiolabelling, phase-transfer catalysis, supramolecular recognition, polymer design, and (more recently) methylation. However, their application as electrophilic methylating reagents remains somewhat underexplored, and an understanding of their arylation versus methylation reactivities is lacking. This study presents a mechanistic degradation analysis of <i>N,N,N</i>-trimethylanilinium salts and highlights the implications for synthetic applications of this important class of salts. Kinetic degradation studies, in both solid state and solution phases, have delivered insights into the physical and chemical parameters affecting anilinium salt stability. <sup>1</sup>H NMR kinetic analysis of salt degradation has evidenced thermal degradation to methyl iodide and the parent aniline, consistent with a closed-shell S<sub>N</sub>2-centred degradative pathway, and methyl iodide being the key reactive species in applied methylation procedures. Furthermore, the effect of halide and non-nucleophilic counterions on salt degradation has been investigated, along with deuterium isotope and solvent effects. Finally, new mechanistic insights have enabled the investigation of the use of trimethylanilinium salts in O-methylation and in improved cross-coupling strategies.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Brandon Washington ◽  
Michele Assante ◽  
Chunhui Yan ◽  
David R McKinney ◽  
Vanessa Juba ◽  
...  

Trialkylammonium (most notably N,N,N-trimethylanilinium) salts are known to display dual reactivity through both the aryl group and the N-methyl groups. These salts have thus been widely applied in cross-coupling, aryl...


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Zh. Nikoshvili ◽  
Nadezhda A. Nemygina ◽  
Tatiana E. Khudyakova ◽  
Irina Yu. Tiamina ◽  
Alexey V. Bykov ◽  
...  

This paper describes the synthesis of Pd-containing catalysts based on nonfunctionalized hypercrosslinked polystyrene via impregnation with Pd acetate. Developed Pd nanoparticulate catalyst allowed achieving conversion of aryl halide up to 90% in Suzuki cross-coupling reaction under mild conditions and at the absence of phase-transfer agents. During the selective hydrogenation of triple C-C bond of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol, up to 96% selectivity with respect to corresponding olefinic alcohol was found at 95% conversion. The influences of the procedure of catalyst synthesis like precursor decomposition and reductive activation method on Pd nanoparticle formation are discussed.


2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 622-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fafu Yang ◽  
Yanhua Wang ◽  
Hongyu Guo ◽  
Jianwei Xie ◽  
Zhiqiang Liu

By reacting calix[4]-1,3-diethoxylaminoethyl derivative (2) with phenyl isothiocyanate, novel dendritic calix[4]arene derivative (3) with two different branched chains was synthesized in a yield of 78%. By reacting compound 2 with 1,6-diisocyanatohexane or N,N′-bis(2-chloracetamide)ethylene in a “1 + 1” intermolecular addition mode, novel lariat calix[4]-1,3-aza-crowns (4 and 5, respectively) with two branched ethoxyl chains were prepared in reasonable yields. The composition, structures, and conformations of all new compounds were confirmed by elemental analyses, IR, ESI-MS, 1H NMR, and so forth. The liquid–liquid extraction experiments showed that all new hosts possessed good extraction abilities towards soft and hard metal cations. The liquid membrane transport experiments suggested that they had good transport abilities for K+ and Ag+. The experiments of phase transfer catalysis indicated that they possessed excellent catalytic properties of aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction and benzyl nucleophilic substitution. The optimum yields of products in catalytic reaction were as high as approximately 100%.


2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 1607-1614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Xian Wang ◽  
Zhanxiang Liu ◽  
Yulai Hu ◽  
Bangguo Wei ◽  
Lin Bai

1978 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinhold Tacke ◽  
Roland Niedner

Abstract Organosilicon compounds 8, 9 and 10 with potential curare-like action and their precursors 5, 6 and 7 were synthesized for the first time. 5−10 were characterized by their physical and chemical properties, and their structures were confirmed by analyses, 1 H NMR and mass spectroscopy (only for 5−7). The pharmacological and toxicological data of 8, 9 and 10 are reported.


1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1444-1450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Schmidt ◽  
Erich Sametschek

Abstract The first examples of the hitherto unknown 1,2,4-Trithia-3,5-diborolanes with B-O-C-bonds have been synthesized and characterised. The diiodo substituted ring (2) reacts with 2,6-dimethylphenol, to form 3,5-bis-(2,6-dimethylphenyloxi)-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-di-borolane (3) and HI. 3,5-Diethoxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane, 5, and C2H5I are formed via the cleavage of diethylether by 2. From 2 and diisopropylether, the corresponding 3,5-diisopropyloxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane (6) is formed. The unsymmetrical ethers methyl-t-butylether and methylphenylether undergo reactions with 2 resulting in the formation of 3,5-dimethyloxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane (8) (besides t-C4H9I) and 3,5-diphenyloxi-1,2,4-trithia-3,5-diborolane (10) (besides CH3I). The thermal stability of the new compounds is increasing with increasing size of R in the -OR group and from aliphatic to aromatic R in this group. IR, Raman, 1H NMR and 11B NMR spectra of the compounds are reported as well as some physical and chemical properties.


2013 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 2834-2840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Fischer ◽  
Simon Millan ◽  
Helmut Ritter

N-alkylation of N,N'-(hexane-1,6-diyl)bis(4-methylbenzenesulfonamide) with allyl bromide and subsequent Prilezhaev reaction with m-chloroperbenzoic acid to give N,N'-(hexane-1,6-diyl)bis(4-methyl-N-(oxiran-2-ylmethyl)benzenesulfonamide) is described. This twofold alkylation was performed in aqueous solution, whereby α-, and randomly methylated β-cyclodextrin were used as adequate phase transfer catalysts and the cyclodextrin–guest complexes were characterized by 1H NMR and 2D NMR ROESY spectroscopy. Finally, the curing properties of the diepoxide with lysine-based α-amino-ε-caprolactam were analyzed by rheological measurements.


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