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SOME REACTIONS OF ARYLLITHIUMS WITH DIARYL SULFOXIDES

SANDRA YEAGER BAST

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DIARYL SULFOXIDES

by

SANDRA YEAGER BAST

B. A. Thiel College, 1960

M. S. University of New Hampshire, 1963

A THESIS

Submitted to the University of New Hampshire

In Partial Fulfillment of

The Requirements for the Degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Graduate School

Department of Chemistry

February 1968

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Thesis director, Kenneth K. Andersen Associate Professor of Chemistry

» V O l JJ Alexander R. Amell, Prof. of Chemistry

Q h j a L G L . ______Paul R. Jones, #rof. of Chemistry

Robert E. Lyle, Prof. of Chemistry

David H. Chittenden, Assistant Prof. of Electrical Engineering

h ic u c A . I 11^ t______Date

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The author wishes to express her sincere appreciation

to Dr. Kenneth K. Andersen for his encouragement and help in

the direction of this research. The author also wishes to

thank Dr. J. J. Uebel for his assistance with the gas 'ij ‘ chromatographic analyses and interpretation of the nuclear

magnetic resonance spectra which was of immeasurable help

during the absence of Dr. Andersen.

Thanks are expressed to Miss Anne Kohl and to

Dr. Charles M. Wheeler, whose friendship and understanding

were a constant source of encouragement throughout the

author’s stay at the University of New Hampshire. Thanks

are also due to Miss Kohl for the typing of this manuscript.

Financial assistance for this work from the National

Institutes of Health is gratefully acknowledged.

The author is' most indebted to her husband, John,

whose advice greatly furthered the completion of this work.

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LIST OF TABLES...... vi

S LIST OF FIGURES...... vii

ABSTRACT...... viii

I. INTRODUCTION...... 1

II. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION...... 12

A. Preparation of Symmetrical Diaryl Sulfoxides .. .12

B. The Reaction of jo-Tolyllithium with jo-Tolyl Sulfoxide...... 14

C. The Reaction of Mesityllithium with Mesityl Sulfoxide...... 22

III. EXPERIMENTAL...... 30

A. Preparation of Symmetrical Diaryl Sulfoxides and Derivatives...... 30

1. The Reaction of Grignard Reagents with N,N*-Thionyl di-imidazole...... 30

2. Oxidation of Sulfoxides to Sulfones...... 34

3. Reduction of Sulfoxides to Sulfides...... 35

B. Preparation of m,p’ -Bitolyl...... 35

1. Attempted Preparation by a Diazotization Reaction...... 35

2. The Reaction of £-Tolylmagnesium Bromide with 3-Methylcyclohexanone...... 36

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C. The Reaction of £-Tolyllithium with p-Tolyl Sulfoxide...... 37

D. The Reaction of p-Mesityllithium with Mesityl Sulfoxide...... 41

E. Gas Chromatographic Analyses...... 44

1. Purification of m-jp’ -Bitolyl...... 44

2. Product Analysis of the Reaction of p- Tolyllithium with £-Tolyl Sulfoxide...... 45

IV. SUMMARY...... 51

V. BIBLIOGRAPHY...... 65

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1. Substituted Diphenyl Sulfoxides and Derivatives...... 32

2. Determination of Weight Factors for Quantitative Gas Chromatographic Analysis...... 49

3. Product Analysis of the Reaction of p-Tolyllithium with £-Tolyl Sulfoxide...... T ...... 50

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1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum of ^

2. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum of C20H26SO...... 57

3. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum of m,p-Bitolyl....58

4. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum of Mesityl Sulfide...... 59

5. Infrared Spectrum of C27H32S...... 60

6. Infrared Spectrum of C20H26S^...... ^ 7. Infrared Spectrum of m,£! -Bitolyl...... 62

8. Infrared Spectrum of Mesityl Sulfide...... 63

9. Infrared Spectrum of Di(£-trifluoromethyl)biphenyl. .. .64

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SOME REACTIONS OF ARYLLITHIUMS WITH ARYL SULFOXIDES

by

SANDRA YEAGER BAST

The mechanism of the reaction of sulfoxides with

organolithium reagents is now known with certainty. Various

mechanisms have been invoked to explain the products ob­

served depending on whether the sulfoxide is dialkyl,

aralkyl or diaryl. Previous work by the author concerning

the reaction of phenyllithium with phenyl sulfoxide had

indicated that a sulfonium salt and benzyne were intermedi­

ates in the reaction. Other workers had argued in favor of

the formation of a tetracovalent intermediate which then

collapsed to products. The present work was carried out in

an attempt to clarify the mechanism of the reaction of

aryllithium reagents with aryl sulfoxides.

The same para substituent was used on both the aryl­

lithium reagent and on the diaryl sulfoxide. If the mechanism

follows a benzyne pathway, then a 4-substituted benzyne

would be expected to be formed and subsequent reaction of

Vlll• • •

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biaryls, £,£* -disubstituted and m,£’ -disubstituted. The

m,£’ -isomer could arise only from a 4-substituted benzyne

and not from collapse of a tetracovalent intermediate nor

by a direct nucleophilic displacement of the aryllithium

reagent on an intermediate sulfonium salt nor on the original

sulfoxide. Any of these latter mechanisms would give rise

to only the £,£' -isomer. Generation of a 4-substituted

benzyne was shown to occur in the reaction of £-tolyllithium

with £-tolylsulfoxide. The major products were toluene, £-

tolyl sulfide (98.97o), £,£’ -bitolyl (48.4-607o) and m,£'-

bitolyl (19.7-27.67o) . The formation of m,£'-bitolyl in

significant amounts indicates a predominate aryne mechanism

and excludes a tetracovalent intermediate or nucleophilic

displacement as the only pathway.

For reactions in the literature known to proceed

through an aryne mechanism, the isomer ratios for substitu­

tion of a given aryne are virtually constant. With 4-methyl-

benzyne, meta substitution is favored somewhat over para

substitution (58 meta/42 para). The fact that the isomer

ratio obtained in this study is 28 meta/72 para certainly

does not discredit a benzyne mechanism here as well. It,

instead, suggests that although a benzyne mechanism

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mechanism may also be taking place. These alternate possi­

bilities are discussed.

When there are no ortho-hydrogens on the sulfoxide

or on the lithium reagent, as in the case of mesityl sulfoxide

and mesityllithium, an aryne mechanism cannot occur and

completely different types of products are obtained. The

major products are mesitylene, C20H26SO an°* C27H32S * Gom" plete identification of the last two substances was not

achieved, but possible structures are suggested as well as

possible mechanisms for their formation. Failure to obtain

mesityl sulfide and bimesityl as products serves as evidence

against collapse of a tetracovalent intermediate or a nucleo­

philic displacement reaction on mesityl sulfoxide or on an

intermediate trimesityl sulfonium salt.

A new preparation of symmetrical diaryl sulfoxides

has been devised employing the reaction of a Grignard

reagent with N,N' -thionyldiimidazole. This method offers

a convenient synthesis of symmetrical diaryl sulfoxides,

provided the desired Grignard reagent can be made, and may

well be the method of choice for the preparation of some

sulfoxides heretofore unattainable.

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The reaction of organometallic reagents with sulfox­

ides has been shown to result in a variety of products

depending on the nature of the sulfoxide, the particular

organometallic reagent employed, and in some instances, on

the experimental conditions.

When diaryl sulfoxides are treated with sodium

reagents such as , benzylsodium, diphenylmethyl-

sodium, or anthracenyldisodium, the principal products are

those resulting from cleavage of the sulfoxide to a new 1 2 3 sulfoxide (eq. 1) or reduction * to the sulfide accompanied 3b by cleavage ofthe carbon-sulfur bond toform mercaptans ,

disulfides^a,c,c^, or sulfinic acids^c,c* (eq. 2).

0 0 0

W C6H5 + C6H5CH2Na * W C6E5 + C6V CH2C6H5 (1) 0 C6H5L 6H5 +

C.HLSH + C.HcSSC.Hc + C,H,.S0oH (2) 6 5 6565 652

Diphenyl sulfoxidewhen treated with sodium amide

undergoes cyclization as well as reduction to dibenzothio-

phene^’^ (eq. 3).

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+ N a ™ 2 ■* + c 6 " 5 n h 2

u s

(c 6h 5)2s + C6H5SSC6H5 + C6H5S02H ^

This concommitant reduction and cyclization is the same as 3a that observed by Fuchs and Gross when di-£-tolyl-sulfoxide

was treated with potassium metal resulting in dimethyldibenzo

thiophene. These same workers also observed molecular 3a complex formation between several diaryl sulfoxides and

tritylsodium.

Early workers 4 found both alkyl and aryl Grignard

reagents to be inert towards aromatic sulfoxides but found

them to cause reduction of aliphatic sulfoxides to the

/[ a sulfides with olefins formed as by-products (eq. 4).

0 C2H5L 2H5 + C2H5MgBr -» ( C ^ H ^ S + CH2=CH2 (4)

5 Later, Hepworth showed that sulfoxides in general

were capable of forming complexes with various Grignard

reagents and that the sulfoxides actually accelerated the

formation of Grignard reagent. Because these complexes

could not be obtained in crystalline form, their exact

structure is uncertain but is believed to be [ZR^SO’R'MgX].

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foxide, di-isoamylsulfide, and phenylbenzylsulfoxide to the

corresponding sulfides by methylmagnesiuiii iodide or phenyl-

magnesium bromide.

In the hope of observing a 1,4-addition of a Grignard

reagent to an a,p-unsaturated sulfoxide analogous to that

observed for a,p-unsaturated ketones, Kohler and Potter^

treated benzalmethyl-jD-tolyl sulfoxide with ethylmagnesium

bromide (eq. 5). They observed only reductive cleavage to

ethyl-£-tolyl sulfide, butane, and 1,4-diphenyl-1,3-buta­

diene .

0 2C6H5CH=CHSC7H7 + 3C2H5MgBr -> C4H10 + C7H7SC2H5 +

C6H5 ^ C6H5 (5)

0 II 2C6H5CH=CHSC7H7 + 3C6H5MgBr C6H5C6H5 + C ^ S C ^ +

0 n n (C6H5)3CCH2SC7H7 + C6H5 C6H5 (6)

With a small amount of 2,2,2-tri-

phenylethyl-£-tolyl sulfoxide was also obtained which con­

ceivably arose through the expected 1,4-addition product 2,2-

diphenylethyl-£-tolyl sulfoxide (eq. 6). When the p-position

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no addition of phenylmagnesium bromide occurs but rather

reduction and cleavage to £-tolylphenyl sulfide and 2,2-

diphenylethylene £-tolyl sulfide (eq. 7).

0 11 (C6Hs) 2C=CHSC7H7 + CgH^MgBr CgH^SC^ +

(C6H5)2C=CHSC7H7 (7)

The reduction of dialkyl or aralkyl sulfoxides to 9 10 11 sulfides by Grignard reagents * ’ appears to be a general

reaction in which the major products are sulfides derived

from the parent sulfoxide but where substitution of the

hydrocarbon radical of the Grignard reagent has occurred on

the carbon alpha to the sulfur (eq. 8).

0 RSCH3 + R'MgX RSCH2R' (8)

R = CH3, C6H5 , 2.-CH30C6H4 , or £-CH3C6H4

R> = alkyl, aryl or aralkyl

With dimethylsulfoxide and phenylmagnesium bromide,

Sekera et. al.^^a ’C have observed in addition to the expected

benzylmethyl sulfide, some cleavage to phenylmethyl sulfide

as well as rearranged products, phenylethyl sulfide and £-

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cleavage reaction is caused by impurities present in the 11c magnesium.

Their proposed mechanism for the cleavage reaction

involves an intermediate salt of a sulfenic acid, its con­

version to a disulfide and its subsequent reaction with

another mole of Grignard reagent (eq. 9 and 10).

0|| j. + j.+ - 2RSCEL + 2R' MgX -> 2R-S-CH0 -> 2R-S-CH0 + R'H (9) 3 ^ | \.\ 2 | 2 ,ii ? 0 M SX si\ \ .Mg-R' X

+ - 2R-S-CH2 -> 2CH2 + 2RS0MgX

0MgX I---- > RSSR — ' ^ X» RSR' + RSMgX (10)

This same mechanism would explain the formation of disulfides,

mercaptans, and sulfinic acids obtained by earlier

workers. 1-3 ’ 7 ’ 8 This mechanism, however, does not account

for the formation of phenylethyl sulfide or £-tolylmethyl

sulfide unless it is to be assumed that these arise through

an insertion of the carbene into a C-H bond.

When R is phenyl or £-anisyl, only sulfides described

by eq. 8 are reported. Their proposed mechanism to explain

this a-substitution includes a sulfonium ylid (eq. 11).

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intermediate in the reduction followed by a Stevens rearrange-

ment 12 to give the product sulfide, Manya 11 and co-workers

have shown this not to be the case by the failure of di-

methylphenylsulfonium tosylate to yield phenylbenzyl sulfide

when treated with phenylmagnesium bromide (eq. 12).

-r^ °Ts“ C,H.-S-CH3 + CgHjMgBr - / / - > CgHjSCH^Hj (12)

The addition of Grignard reagents to an aromatic 13 sulfoxide was successfully accomplished by Wildi using re-

fluxing butyl ether or benzene as solvent in the reaction of

arylmagnesium bromides with diphenyl sulfoxide to give triaryl-

sulfonium salts (eq. 13). When phenyllithium was used, how­

ever, the yield of sulfonium salt was almost negligible.

nII OtlTJi- + « ArMgBr + C ^ S C ^ — ArS (C g H ^ ,Br

Ar = C6H5, m-CH3C6H4, £-CH3C6H4, o,£-(CH^C^ (13)

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other organometallics, have resulted not only in reduction^ 1 / 1 C 1 /* to the sulfide but to a large extent in metalation * ’ lA'b d 6 16 and some cleavage. ’ ’ ’ From the reaction of thian- 14b threne-5-oxide with butyllithium followed by carbonation,

dibenzothiophene and its 1-carboxylic acid were isolated along

with thianthrene (eq. 14).

0 1) n-C4HgLi + 2) C0o + 3) H20,H

COOH COOH + d - o

(14) Under certain conditions some 2,2*-dicarboxydiphenyl sulfide

was isolated. It was shown that metalation must have pre­

ceded reduction since neither dibenzothiophene^a nor 1 A.£ thianthrene . is metalated by butyllithium. Similar

results were also obtained when phenoxanthin-10-oxide 1 ^ g c ’ d

was treated with butyllithium (eq. 15).

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COOH

3) H20,H

Q “ °“® + Q - ^ Q + C 6H50C6H5 + rnnw — — \ ' — LU(JH COOH COOH n-C^HgSH (15)

g Potter observed reduction and cleavage of 2,2-

diphenylethylene-jo-tolyl sulfoxide by phenyllithium to give

the same products he obtained from the reaction of this

sulfoxide with phenylmagnesium bromide, jo-tolylphenyl sulfide

and 2 ,2-diphenylethylene-jo-tolyl sulfide (eq. 7).

The treatment of optically active arylmethyl sul-

foxides with methyllithium16 by Mislow, resulted in recovery

of ra'cemic sulfoxide and aromatic hydrocarbon. The racemiza-

tion of the sulfoxides is explained by the initial formation

of an a-sulfinyl carbanion by the methyllithium, decomposition

of this carbanion to^sulfine and aryllithium, followed by re­

combination of the latter two (eq. 16). The initial anion

formation was demonstrated by both carbonation and hydrolysis

with deuterium oxide.

0 0 II .+ C6H5SCH3 + CH3Li -> C6H5-S-CH2 ,Li -* CgHjLi +

0 0 II II CH2=S: -» C6H5SCH3 (16)

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In the only reported instance of reaction of an 17 aryllithium reagent with a diaryl sulfoxide , Andersen has

obtained diphenyl sulfide and biphenyl in almost equal

amounts when diphenyl sulfoxide is treated with four to

five molar equivalents of phenyllithium in ethyl ether (eq.

17-19). The reaction is believed to involve a sulfonium

salt intermediate as shown by the reaction of triphenyl-

sulfonium bromide with phenyllithium to give the same

products and product ratios (eq. 18-19).

0 II + (C6H5)3S OLi“ (17) C.Hc-Li6 5 + C,H,-SC^Hn 6 5 6 5

1 h 2o * 6 5 6 5 + LiOH (19)

» C.H,SCcH, + LiOH 6 5 6 5 (2Q)

That benzyne was also an intermediate in the reaction was

shown by the isolation of 2-phenylbenzoic acid on carbona-

tion. It was also shown by the sharp increase in yield of

phenyl sulfide with a corresponding decrease in yield of bi-

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phenyl when the reaction was run in the presence of 1.2

molar equivalents of lithium thiophenoxide (eq. 20). The

lithium thiophenoxide successfully competes with phenyl-

lithium for the benzyne. 18 Further evidence 19 for the

benzyne as an intermediate was obtained by the isolation

of triptycene in 357> yield when the reaction was run in the

presence of anthracene (eq. 21). Triptycene 19 was also

isolated from the reaction of triphenylsulfonium bromide

with phenyllithium in the presence of anthracene.

+ (21) O

Franzen 20 et aT. have presented evidence that tri­

phenylsulfonium bromide and tri(2-methoxyphenyl)sulfonium

chloride react with phenyllithium to give the corresponding

arynes, but in poor yields. They state that the principal

reaction is the formation of an unstable intermediate involv- 21 ing tetravalent sulfur and an exchange reaction (eq. 22)

of the aryl groups of the sulfonium salt with the aryl­

lithium.

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+ + (o -CH30C6H4) 3S + C6H5LiS=± (o-CHgOCgH^SC^ +

o-CH3OC6H4Li (22)

Other workers have also postulated a similar tetra­

covalent sulfur intermediate^C ’^,■^a,'^,^, but all these

are not concerned with the reaction in question, namely the

reaction of sulfoxides with organometallic reagents. Manya lib has shown that the reaction of a Grignard reagent with

sulfoxides probably does not involve a tetracovalent inter­

mediate (eq. 9, 10, 11). The only definitive work on the

mechanism of sulfoxides with lithium reagents has been

carried out by Andersen^, and his results do not support

this conclusion. The present work was carried out in an

effort to clarify the mechanism of the reaction of aryl­

lithium reagents with diaryl sulfoxides.

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DISCUSSION

Preparation of Sulfoxides

A variety of methods exist for the preparation of 23 symmetrical diaryl sulfoxides. Oxidation of a diaryl 24 sulfide to the corresponding sulfoxide has been carried 25 out using nitric acid , hydrogen peroxide in glacial acetic 26 27 28 29 29 acid y , ozone , sodium metaperiodate , iodosobenzene , 27 31 potassium permanganate , and N-bromosuccinimide. The

oxidation method depends primarily on the availability of

the desired sulfide and on the absence of other functional

groups which might be readily oxidized as well as the sulfur.

Sulfides have been made from the reaction of a Grignard 32 33 reagent with a disulfide or with a sulfenyl halide } and 3 / other workers have utilized the reaction of a sodium

thiophenolate with an aryl halide. The latter method re­

quires refluxing for long periods of time giving only poor

to moderate yields and again depends on the availability of

the desired .

The Friedel-Crafts synthesis of sulfoxides has been

used extensively by earlier workers using an aromatic hydro­

carbon, aluminum chloride and either thionyl chloride or

sulfur dioxide.^325a,27,35,36 some cases the

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sulfide^>25a,35,36d^ sulfonic salt^^, or sulfinic acid"^^

in addition to or rather than the sulfoxide is obtained.

The action of a Grignard reagent with thionyl , 4,37,38 -t , 6,37 37,38,39 chloride , sulfonyl chlorides * , or sulfites

has also led to the production of sulfoxides. Again sulfides

are frequently obtained as by-products.

Because none of these methods were found to be

wholly satisfactory, a new synthesis was devised using N,N’- 40 thionyl-di-imidazole, an intermediate described by Staab ,

which affords reasonable to good yields of sulfoxide when

treated with aryl Grignard reagents (eq. 23).

Neither the Grignard reagent nor the N,N*-thionyl-

di-imidazole requires isolation or further purification but

can be used directly in solution. Because of this, in com­

parison with other syntheses of diaryl sulfoxides, the method

offers a greater ease of work-up and an overall decrease in

the time required to obtain product. In most cases merely

washing the crude product with cold chloroform or ether gave

pure product eliminating the necessity of recrystallization.

Seven para substituted diaryl sulfoxides have been made, but

the method appears to be generally applicable to the prepara­

tion of symmetrical diaryl sulfoxides. The only requirement

is that the desired aryl halide be capable of forming a

Grignard reagent and that the resulting sulfoxide will not

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aliphatic sulfoxides. The sulfoxides prepared by this method

are listed in Table I.

N = \ N = \ ? / = N 0 | N — S-N__ + 2 ArMgBr -> Ar&Ar +2 NMgBr

(23)

The Reaction of £-Tolyllithium with jj-Tolyl Sulfoxide

The reaction of aryllithium reagents with diaryl

sulfoxides was carried out using a para substituent on both

the sulfoxide and the aryllithium reagent. The stoichiometry

of the reaction is considered to be the same as in the unsub­

stituted case, namely, phenyl sulfoxide and phenyllithium,

where three equivalents of phenyllithium are required for

one equivalent of phenyl sulfoxide. Under these conditions,

a substituted benzyne is produced and two isomeric biphenyls

result from the reaction of lithium reagent with the aryne

(eq. 24 and 25).

R

+ (24)

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Li ■> R + R «c k >

(25)

For the reaction of £-tolyllithium with £-tolyl

sulfoxide, preliminary studies showed the best method of

analysis to be gas chromatography. In order to establish

clearly the identity of the products, it was necessary to

synthesize the expected products for comparison of glpc

retention times. £-Tolyl sulfide was prepared from the 41 known sulfoxide by iodide reduction. E jE* -Bitolyl*

was commercially available and m,£f -bitolyl was synthesized

by the reaction of £-tolylmagnesium bromide with 3-methyl-

cyclohexanone followed by dehydration and dehydrogenation

(eq. 26).

(26) *The Chemical Abstracts nomenclature for the bitolyls is 4,4’- dimethyldiphenyl and 3,4'-dimethyldiphenyl.

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The yields of products were obtained by glpc on

Apiezon L using the method of area to weight ratios obtained

from known mixtures. With £-tolyllithium and £-tolyl sul­

foxide, based on the amount of sulfoxide used, £-tolyl

sulfide was obtained in 86-98.57. yield, £,£’ -bitolyl in 55-

67.87. yield, and m,£'-bitolyl in 19.7-27.67. yield. It was

found by hydrolyzing an aliquot of £-tolyllithium, that as

much as 11% £,£’ -bitolyl is formed in the preparation of the

lithium reagent. Correction of the yields of £,£* -bitolyl

for this amount decreases the value of the £,£’ -bitolyl

actually formed by the reaction to 48.4-60% yield.

The formation of m,£' -bitolyl could only have arisen

through reaction of the lithium reagent with 4-methylbenzyne,

thus giving conclusive evidence for the formation of 4-

methylbenzyne and definitely excluding a tetracovalent inter­

mediate as the only pathway. The latter intermediate would

have given rise to toluene, £-tolyl sulfide and £,£’ -bitolyl

and not m,£’-bitolyl.

The predominance of para substitution of the lithium

reagent on the aryne, 70-76% para: 24-307. meta or 2.7 £/m,

(for corrected yields of £,£> -bitolyl, 69-747. para: 26-317.

meta, 2.4 £/m) is not paralled in studies where the same

aryne was generated from a £-tolyl halide and amide ion in 43 44 liquid ammonia or piperdide ion in piperdine-ether ; the'

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and ^st 55 meta: « 45 para for piperdide ion case depending

somewhat on the particular halide leaving group. Similar

ratios of higher meta to para substitution (55 meta: 45

para) were observed for the reaction of 4-methylbenzyne 45 46 with or ethanol , where the aryne was

generated from a substituted 1,2,3-benzothiadiazole-l,1-

dioxide or a substituted arylazoderivative. With potassium

phenylacetylide 18 or potassium phenolate 47 the ratio of

meta to para substitution is 57:43 and with potassium 48 anilide the ratio is 53 meta: 47 para. Potassium tert-

butoxide with jo-tolyl bromide 49 gives a ratio 51 meta: 49

para. The silver salt of 2-chloro-4-methylbenzoic acid

reacts with the 4-methylbenzyne derived from it giving an

isomer ratio of 62 para: 38 meta The 5-methyl derivative

gives the same isomer ratio as well. When various tolyl 51 halides are treated with aqueous sodium hydroxide , the

reaction mechanism varies from complete Sn^ to exclusive

benzyne depending on the halide leaving group, the concentra­

tion of hydroxide ion, and the temperature employed. The

most favorable case for benzyne formation for para substi­

tuted halides gives an isomer ratio of 54.5 meta: 45.5 para.

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reaction with sodium hydrazide or sodium methylhydrazide, 52 almost exclusive para substitution results. In these

cases it appears that an addition-elimination mechanism is

operating rather than an aryne mechanism. With sodium 1,1-

dimethylhydrazide, however, the results support an aryne

mechanism and again meta substitution is favored over para

substitution, 58:42. An aryne mechanism does occur when

these hydrazides undergo reaction with £-tolylbromide or

£-tolyl chloride with an isomer ratio of 62 para: 38 meta.

Although for a benzyne mechanism the isomer ratios

are almost constant and essentially independent of the

nature of the leaving group, the fact that the isomer ratios

obtained for the reaction under study are in essence the

reverse of that quoted in the literature does not discredit

a benzyne mechanism operating here as well. It instead

suggests that although a benzyne mechanism predominates, an

alternate mechanism may also be taking place. Assuming that

more than one mechanism is taking place, a comparison of

our isomer ratios with the average literature value for the

isomer ratio of products obtained from nucleophilic substi­

tution of 4-methylbenzyne (58 meta: 42 para) indicates a

217, yield of £,£’ -bitolyl arising from a benzyne. This

suggests that at least 507, of the £,£* -bitolyl is formed by

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a benzyne mechanism. An alternate mechanism would most

likely involve a nucleophilic attack of £-tolyllithium on

the sulfoxide directly or on the intermediate sulfonium salt.

Collapse of a tetracovalent intermediate also cannot be ex­

cluded. The latter two intermediates would both give all the

products observed except m,£'-bitolyl.

Attack of £-tolyllithium on a carbon adjacent to the

electron-withdrawing sulfoxide or sulfonium group is not un­

reasonable since £-tolyllithium is a good nucleophile as

well as a strong base. A direct substitution of the aryl-

lithium reagent on the sulfoxide would lead to a sulfenate

anion. Since sulfenic acids are too unstable to be isolated,

the resulting products might be in the form of the disulfide,

CH 3 - C M ^ O > ™ 3 L 1 > c h 3 ^ Q H O >~C H 3 + (27)

'o' C H s ^ - r «-» CH3-- S- O' '

thiol, sulfinic acid, thiosulfonate ester, thiosulfinate 53 ester or sulfonic acid. None of these compounds were

obtained.

Attack of the aryllithium reagent on a tri-£-tolyl-

sulfonium salt could lead to a tetracovalent intermediate

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sulfide and £,£’ -bitolyl (eq. 28).

It could also be expected that a direct nucleophilic attack

of £-tolyllithium on an intermediate sulfonium salt displac­

ing the neutral £-tolyl sulfide and forming £,£’ -bitolyl

(eq. 29) could compete with abstraction of an ortho hydrogen

by the aryllithium reagent from the same sulfonium salt inter­

mediate which leads to the expected aryne (eq. 24 and 25).

p 3

P ci CH He (29)

£-tolyl Li + c h ?<0 ^ Several workers have reported the reaction of dimethyl

5 3 c/. sulfoxide with benzyne to give 2-dimethylsulfoniophenoxide, a

(isolated as the picrate), (eq. 30) or £-methylmercaptophenol

and £-methylmercaptophenyl ether (eq. 31).

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sulfoxides other than dimethyl sulfoxide, no products of

this type were observed from the reaction of £-tolyllithium

with £-tolyl sulfoxide. It appears quite reasonable that

£-tolyllithium would react much faster than £-tolyl sulfox­

ide with the methylbenzyne formed in the reaction. Also,

in no case was unreacted £-tolyl sulfoxide isolated.

It .was originally intended to carry out the general

reaction indicated by eq. 24 and 25 using both electron-

withdrawing (CF^-) and other electron-donating [(CHg^N- ,CHgO

substituents as well as using a heterocyclic sulfoxide (3-

pyridyl). Unfortunately, the original difficulties en­

countered in the sulfoxide syntheses and the problems in­

volved in the analysis of the reaction mixtures precluded

this study. Since virtually all of the expected biaryls

and some of the sulfides are unknown, authentic samples of

all these compounds would have had to be synthesized.

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The Reaction of Mesityllithium with Mesityl Sulfoxide

The reaction was carried out using a sulfoxide,

mesityl sulfoxide, in which a benzyne mechanism could not

operate, and it was hoped that the reaction might proceed

only as far as formation of a trimesitylsulfonium salt.

This was found not to be the case as no sulfonium salt was

isolated nor could be detected by the cobalt test for sul-

fonium salts. 55 Here, the stoichiometry of the reaction was

not actually determined; however, five molar equivalents of

mesityllithium were used for each equivalent of sulfoxide.

Column chromatography on alumina of the crude reac­

tion mixture gave three major fractions, mesitylene and two

white solids, C2yH22S(I) an^ ^20H2 6 ^ * Fraction I from the nmr (Fig. 1) and ir spectra

(Fig. 5) as well as osmometric molecular weight determination.

(390) , is believed to have the structure 3_. As in the

mechanism proposed for the reaction indicated by eq. 24 and

25, it is possible that Fraction I from the mesityl reaction

could have arisen from a sulfonium salt intermediate as

well. A Smiles rearrangement^^ of the betaine 2_ would lead

to 3. (eq. 32) .

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CH CH mesityl L\ CH CH CH3

1 2

CH CHo (32)

CH, CH

3

Unfortunately, a trimesitylsulfonium salt has not

been reported in the literature, and we were unsuccessful in

synthesizing a trimesitylsulfonium salt from mesityl sulfox­ 36d ide and mesitylene using phosphorus pentoxide. Attempts

at preparing a dimesitylsulfonium salt from dimesitylethoxy- 57 sulfonium salt and phenylmagnesium bromide (eq. 33) by

other workers 5 8 in this lab resulted in recovery of starting

materials. This does not mean that a trimesitylsulfonium

salt is incapable of being synthesized nor that it cannot

appear as a transitory intermediate during the course of the

reaction. Since lithium reagents in their reactions differ

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CH CH CHS + CH s —CH 3 + 0MgBr --- > rH3 \ Q ) — S-0 tHa/2

(33)

somewhat from the behavior of Grignard reagents, it is

quite possible that such a salt could have been formed and

rapidly disappeared to products, thus escaping detection.

Another possible mechanism for the formation of 3_

would involve the sulfoxide directly (eq. 34 and 35).

CHol CH mesityl mesityl Li sulfoxide ‘CH,

CH CH CH

(34)

ch3° ch3 mesityl Li OTT 5 1-----> CH^ - S -<0)-CH3

(35)

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The presumed initial anion formation (4) on one of

the ortho methyl groups of mesityl sulfoxide is quite

reasonable in light of the electron-withdrawing nature of

the sulfoxide group. Oae et al.59 found that deuterium

was incorporated in the para methyl group of £-tolylmethyl

sulfoxide when it was treated with sodium ethoxide in

ethanol (OD) or potassium tert-butyl alcohol (OD), eq. 36.

OK

That the hydrogens on an ortho methyl group are more

acidic than those of a para methyl group is to be expected

and is supported by the work of Truce 60 who presumed such

ortho carbanion formation when certain mesityl sulfones

were treated with n-butyllithium. A Smiles rearrangement^^

follows to give a sulfinic acid (eq. 37).

S-£-Tolyl O)— frR'Tolyl <37>

IH2-£-Tolyl

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Although the sulfone group is considerably more

electron-withdrawing than the sulfoxide, anion formation is

certainly possible for the sulfoxide as well (eq. 34) and is

even greater if a sulfonium salt is the intermediate (eq.

32). In the case of dimesityl sulfoxide with mesityllithium,

no analogous sulfenic acid was observed. Since sulfenic

acids are too unstable to be isolated, the resulting products

might be in the form of the disulfide, thiol, sulfinic acid, 53 thiosulfonate ester, thiosulfinate ester or sulfonic acid.

None of these compounds were found upon analysis of the

organic layer of the hydrolyzed reaction mixture, although

small amounts of oils (total 0.07 g) were obtained which

were not characterized. The aqueous layer on acidification

with hydrochloric acid produced a small amount of tarry

substance and the filtrate had a definite "sulfur compound"

odor. No products other than the two white solids previously

named were able to be identified from the reaction mixture.

The identity of Fraction II is discussed later.

With reference to the second mechanism postulated

for the formation of 3^ (eq. 34 and 35), resonance stabiliza­

tion of the anion 4 is conceivable involving structure jj.

The product can then be explained by attack of a second

molecule of mesityllithium on the intermediate with subse­

quent loss of the sulfoxide oxygen. Just how this oxygen

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authors who suggest a mechanism for the loss of oxygen from

sulfoxides when treated with Grignard reagents^^a,^> (eq. 9,

10, 11 and 38).

0 OMgBr CH3S0 + CH30H II CH3SCH3 + 0MgBr -> CH3-S-CH3 (38) A CH3SCH3 + 0OH

The only explanation to be offered by any of the authors is

the possible formation of a lithium salt or of mesitol.

Yet a third mechanism similar to that described by fi 0 Truce (eq. 37) could be invoked to explain the formation

of 2 (e9 • 39).

ch3 ch3 CH - CH, OLi CH,

CH

6

mesityl Li (39)

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Initial anion formation 4, is reasonable as previously

explained and it is also quite reasonable that mesityllithium

would react with the sulfenic acid salt 6_ to give 3^ This

last step is analogous to the displacement of halide or

alkoxide from sulfenyl compounds by nucleophiles. 53

Alternate structures for Fraction I can also be

postulated.

ch3 ch3 CH

CHr

8 chI ^ cHc

CH CH

— s— c: CH CH CH

CH

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The nmr spectrum of Fraction I indicates three aromatic

methyl peaks 2.24,15; & 2.13,3; & 1.99,6), a benzyl peak

(S 3.98,2), and two aromatic peaks ( S 6.79,5; S 6.09,1). Compounds 8^ and 9_ can be ruled out since they contain four

and one benzyl protons respectively. Comparison of methyl

peak positions for mesityl sulfide [ortho ( S 2.17) and para

( & 2.22)], mesitylene (^> 2.22) and ditolylmethane (S 2.27)

would lead one to expect only two methyl peaks in the nmr

spectrum for compound ]_. On the basis of the data obtained,

structure 3_ is favored.

Fraction II from the reaction was not able to be

characterized other than it is a sulfoxide having the elemen­

tal analysis given and a molecular weight of 314 (mass spec­

trum) . Because of the large number of alkyl protons shown

in the nmr spectrum (Fig. 2), the possibility of reduction of

an aromatic ring may be indicated.

The products obtained from the reaction clearly in­

dicate that a tetracovalent intermediate is not operating

here as this intermediate would lead to mesityl sulfide and

bimesityl, neither of which were found. It is also clear

from the structures of the reactants that a benzyne mecha­

nism cannot occur. With certainty this reaction must follow

an altogether different course of reaction and further work

is necessary to determine the mechanism.

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EXPERIMENTAL

The infrared absorption spectra were obtained using

a Perkin-Elmer Model 337 grating infrared spectrophotometer.

The nuclear magnetic resonance spectra were obtained using

a Varian Model A-60 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer.

Microanalyses were determined by M-H-W Laboratories, Garden

City, Michigan. The boiling points and melting points are

in degrees centrigrade and are uncorrected.

Gas chromatographic data are listed separately under

that section.

Preparation of Symmetrical Diaryl Sulfoxides

All of the sulfoxides in Table I were prepared by

the addition of a solution of N,N’-thionyl-di-imidazole to

a previously prepared solution of the desired Grignard

reagent according to the following general directions.

Thionyl chloride (12 g, 0.10 mole) was added drop-

wise with stirring and cooling in an ice bath to a solution

of imidazole (28 g, 0.41 mole) in 250 ml of anhydrous tetra- 40 hydrofuran. A white precipitate formed immediately.

After cooling for several minutes, the reaction mixture was

rapidly filtered by suction under a nitrogen atmosphere.

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period at room temperature to a Grignard solution made from

magnesium (9 g, 0.38 g at) in 50 ml of anhydrous tetrahydro-

furan and 0.33 moles of the desired aromatic halide in 100

ml of anhydrous . The reaction mixture was

stirred at room temperature for an hour and then hydrolyzed

by pouring into 400-ml of an ice-dilute hydrochloric acid

mixture. The organic and aqueous layers were separated and

the aqueous layer extracted with three 100 ml portions of

diethyl ether or chloroform. The combined extracts were

washed with 100-ml of saturated sodium bicarbonate solution,

separated, and again washed with 100 ml of water. The

organic solution was dried (MgSO^) and the solvent removed

using a rotary evaporator. The residue crystallized on

cooling and, in most cases, merely washing with cold ether

yielded pure product. Recrystallization solvents are in­

cluded in Table I.

Nmr and ir spectra and melting points were consistent

for all the compounds listed. The sulfoxides were oxidized

to the known sulfones using hydrogen peroxide in acetic 64 acid and reduced to the known sulfides using sodium iodide 41 in hydrochloric acid solution. The sulfoxides prepared by

this method, their derivatives, and melting points are listed

in Table I.

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Recrystal­ Recrystal­ Recrystal­ Diaryl % Mp lization Sulfone lization Sulfide lization Solvent MP?°Ca ,_ Solvent Solvent Sulfoxide Yield °Ca Mp.,°Ca .

Phenyl 35 69.5-70.5 ether 124.5-127 EtOH (70.5)36a (125)67 j)-Tolyl 40 94-95 ligroin 157-158 CCl, 56-57 MeOH 36b,68 (92)36b (159) (56)36b

£-Anisyl 60 97-98.5 acetone 128-129 EtOH 43.5-44 EtOH (96)25a (129)36d (46)25a’34b

Mesityl 84 153.5-154 acetone 201-202.5 EtOH 91.5-92.3 EtOH 36h 60a (153.5-154) (203.5-205) (91-92)60a

acetone b b £-N,N-Di- 50 162 36c methyl- (151-152) aminophenyl

3-pyridyl 2 oil

£-Trifluoro- 4 oil methyl- phenyl a) Literature mp are given in parentheses. b) The sulfoxide decomposes in acid solution to sulfur dioxide and N,N-dimethyl aniline. With £-trifluoromethylphenyl sulfoxide and 3-

pyridyl sulfoxide, the Grignard reagent was prepared using

a modification of the entrainment method described by

Overhoff and Proost.^ Ethylene dibromide was used instead

of ethyl bromide. Evidence of product formation was obtained

for these two sulfoxides; 3-pyridyl sulfoxide Showed a band

for sulfoxide (1060 cm in the ir spectrum. (For £-tri-

fluoromethylphenyl sulfoxide, the trifluoromethyl absorption

occurs in the same region of the ir spectrum as the sulfoxide

absorption). Both sulfoxides gave a positive test with

Dragendorff solution. 66 It should be noted that Dragendorff

solution also gives a positive test with 3-bromopyridine and

other amines (pyridine, £-bromo-N,N*-dimethylaniline). Con­

sequently, only the ir spectrum is conclusive for the 3-

pyridyl sulfoxide. These sulfoxides could not be obtained

pure from contaminating oils either by distillation under

reduced pressure or recrystallization from a variety of

solvents.

Column chromatography on alumina of the crude £-

trifluoromethylphenyl sulfoxide gave four fractions. Frac­

tion I, mp 91-93 (methanol), gave a negative test for

sulfoxide with Dragendorff solution 66 and was shown to be

£,£* -ditrifluoromethyldiphenyl, presumably formed during

preparation of £-trifluoromethylmagnesiumbromide. Nmr

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39.3%. Found: C, 58.66%; H, 2.81%.

Fraction II (mp 85-91) gave an amorphous powder on

attempted recrystallization. The test with Dragendorff

solution 66 was negative indicating the absence of sulfoxide.

Further identification was not carried out.

Fraction III was a yellow oil which could not be

obtained solid but which did give a positive test with <

Dragendorff solution indicating it was the sulfoxide.

Fraction IV produced a water soluble white solid (mp 330°)

which gave a negative test for sulfonium salt with cobalt

solution.

64 Oxidation of Sulfoxides to Sulfones

To 0.007 mole sulfoxide dissolved in glacial acetic

acid was added 10 ml 30% hydrogen peroxide and the mixture

was heated until the volume was reduced to one-half its

original volume or to 50 ml, whichever was the smaller

volume,. Water was added to precipitate the sulfone which on

recrystallization from the appropriate solvent (listed in

Table I) gave pure product.

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To 0.015 mole sulfoxide in 30 ml glacial acetic acid

and 10 ml concentrated hydrochloric acid was added sodium

iodide (9 g, 0.06 mole). The mixture was stirred at 100°C

for four hours, cooled, and decolorized with a saturated

sodium metabisulfite solution. The sulfides reported were

all recrystallized from ethanol.

Preparation of m,£' -Bitolyl

An attempt to prepare m.,2/ -bitolyl by a diazonium

coupling reaction was made using the method of Gomberg and 69 Pernert. m-Toluidine (13.5 g, 0.125 mole) dissolved in

32 ml concentrated hydrochloric acid and 32 ml water was

cooled to 0-5°C by the addition of ice. A solution of

sodium nitrite (9.3 g, 0.135 mole) in 20 ml water was slowly

added to this. This solution was added all at once to

toluene (90.3 ml, 78 g, 0.85 mole) in 35 ml 10 M sodium

hydroxide. The temperature was kept at 0-5°C for one hour;

then the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hrs.

The organic and aqueous layers were separated and the organic

layer was steam distilled. The organic and aqueous layers

of the distillate were separated, the organic layer dried

(MgSO^) and distilled under reduced pressure. No clear

separation was obtained. Glpc on 207o carbowax 20 M showed

at least two distinct materials to be present. It was later

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found using authentic samples of -bitolyl and £,£' -

bitolyl, that these two bitolyls cannot be separated on a

207c carbowax 20 M column. Density measurements and refrac-

tive indices 70 of fractions collected did not provide a

distinction between m,£'-bitolyl and n^m'-bitolyl. Glpc

on 207. SE-30 column also gave 2 major peaks.

The reaction was repeated using £-toluidine and

again no good separation and identification of products

could be obtained.

An unambiguous synthesis of m,£’ -bitolyl was carried 42 out according to the method of Ito and Hey.

3-Methylcyclohexanone (16.4 g, 0.146 mole) in an

equal volume of anhydrous ether was added dropwise to a

solution of £-tolylmagnesium bromide made from £-tolyl-

bromide (25 g, 0.145 mole) and magnesium (3.6 g, 0.15 mole)

in 200 ml of anhydrous ether. The reaction mixture was"

heated on a steam bath for one-half hour and then hydrolyzed

with 150 ml of 6 M sulfuric acid. The layers were separated,

the organic layer dried (MgSO^), and the solvent removed

using a rotary evaporator. Vacuum distillation of the

residue gave 16 g of the cyclohexene derivative (bp 130-

144/3.5 mm, 0.087 mole, 59.67o yield). The appearance of a

vinyl proton in the nmr indicated dehydration to have

already occurred. The derivative was heated with sulfur

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for 2 hrs, then the mixture was hydrolyzed with 150 ml 1 M

sulfuric acid. The hydrolyzed mixture was extracted with

five 100-ml portions of ether and the extracts washed with

100 ml of 1 M sulfuric acid followed by 100 ml of water. The

organic extracts were dried (MgSO^) and the solvent removed

using a rotary evaporator. The residue was distilled under

reduced pressure three times and a fourth time at atmospheric

pressure. The fraction boiling at 260-263° was further

purified by preparative glpc using a 20* x 3/8" 207. carbowax

20 M on Chromsorb W (80/100) column. For details see the

section on gas chromatographic analyses. The yield of m,£'-

bitolyl was 2.17 g (0.012 mole, 27.67.); n ^ 1.5900 (lit.

value n ^ 1.5968)^; uv max (95% C2H^0H) 253 rn^i (£ 20400);

ir (neat) 1780 (meta), 780 (meta) and 822 cm ^ (para) (Fig.

7); nmr (CCl^) & 7.2 (m,8) and h 2.28 ppm (s,6) with a

shoulder at S 2.25 ppm (Fig. 3).

The Reaction of £-Tolyllithium with £-Tolyl Sulfoxide

The preparation of £-tolyllithium was carried out 71 according to the procedure described by Vogel. Lithium

wire (1.6 g, 0.232 mole) cut in small pieces was added to

35 ml of anhydrous ether in a 250-ml three-neck round bottom

flask fitted with a dropping funnel, stirrer and condenser.

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A solution of freshly distilled 4-bromotoluene (17.9 g,

0.105 mole) in 35 ml of anhydrous ether was added dropwise;

the mixture was heated at reflux for 45 min after the

addition. The flask was cooled to room temperature and £-

tolyl sulfoxide (4.8 g, 0.021 mole) in 150 ml of anhydrous

ether was added over a half-hour period. The reaction

mixture was refluxed for an additional half hour, then

hydrolyzed by pouring into 300 ml of an ice water mixture.

The organic and aqueous layers were separated and the

aqueous layer extracted with three 100-ml portions of ether.

The extracts were dried (MgSO^) and the solvent removed

using a rotary evaporator. Vacuum distillation afforded

no clear separation of products. Column chromatography on

alumina also gave mixtures of products. Tolyl sulfide and

£,£’-bitolyl were separated and collected by preparative glpc

using a 5’ x 1/4" column (207> SE-30) . See the section on

gas chromatographic analyses for details.

Fraction I contained a small amount of liquid which

could not be characterized. It was later shown to be m,2.’ -

bitolyl using a 20' x 1/4" column (5% Apiezon L). Fraction

II (mp 115-119°) after recrystallization from methanol (mp

119-120°) was identified as £,£« -bitolyl; mixed melting

point with an authentic sample, 119-120°. Fraction II (mp

43-53°) was partially contaminated with Fraction II because of

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159-160°, lit. mp 159.^ Programming from 150-200° (10°/min),

did not give a better separation of Fraction I from solvent.

Repetition of the above gave 7.8 g product. Glpc on

Apiezon L showed the mixture to consist of 53.3% tolyl

sulfide (4.15 g, 0.018 mole, 86%), 33.2% £,£'-bitolyl (2.59

g, 0.0142 mole, 67.8%) and 13.5%, m,^-bitolyl (1.05 g,

0.0058 mole, 27.6%, yield). The final yields are based on

sulfoxide reacted. Subsequent runs were made using lithium

dispersion (200 ji) instead of lithium wire. The exact amount

of lithium used in each case was not; known; however, an

excess was always used as shown by the presence of unreacted

lithium. A third run gave 7.9 g of product. Glpc on Apiezon

L indicated 60.4%, of tolyl sulfide (4.77 g, 0.021 mole, 98.9%,),

30.3%, £,£’ -bitolyl (2.4 g, 0.013 mole, 63%) and 9.3% m,£'-

bitolyl (0.75 g, 0.004 mole, 19.7%, yield).

Runs 4 and 5 were carried out as previously described

using half-molar quantities of reagents with the same quantity

of solvent. Analysis of 4 (3.6 g) by glpc on Apiezon L

showed 59%, tolyl sulfide (2.32 g, 0.010 mole, 97.2%, yield)

29.4% £,£' -bitolyl (1.04 g, 0.0057 mole, 55% yield) and 11.6%

m,^-bitolyl (0.42 g, 0.0023 mole, 22.1%, yield).

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The reaction mixture from run 5 was sublimed to give

a partial separation. Both tolyl sulfide and £,£* -bitolyl

sublimed and the sublimate also contained a small amount of

m,]}’ -bitolyl. The sublimate (1.05 g) was analyzed by glpc

on Apiezon L and was shown to contain 60.4% tolyl sulfide

(0.63 g, 0.0027 mole, 26.5%, yield) and 39.67. £,£' -bitolyl

(0.42 g, 0.0023 mole, 22% yield). The residue was identified

as m,£' -bitolyl from its ir spectrum (0.08 g, 0.0004 mole,

4.23% yield).

On hydrolyzing an aliquot of £-tolyllithium, as much

as 11% £ , £ ’ -bitolyl was formed in the preparation of the

lithium reagent. Corrected yields of £,£* -bitolyl are

listed in Table III.

The results from run 5 are not as reliable as those

from runs 2 through 4 because of greater possibility of

material loss through multiple operations. Consequently

only runs 2 through 4 were considered in determining the

ratio of addition of £-tolyllithium to 1-methyl-3,4-benzyne.

Substitution in the 4 position is favored over the 3 position

2.7 to 1 or 70-76% 4 substitution to 24-30% 3 substitution.

The corrected ratio is 2.4 or 69-74%, 4 substitution to 26-31%,

3 substitution.

All these results are collected in Table III in the

section on gas chromatographic analyses.

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The Reaction of Mesityllithium with Mesityl Sulfoxide

The same apparatus and general procedure as used for

the reaction of jo-tolyllithium with £-tolyl sulfoxid£ were

employed. Mesityl sulfoxide (6.0 g, 0.021 mole) in 100 ml

anhydrous ether and 50 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran was

added dropwise over a half-hour period to an ether solution

of mesityllithium made from freshly distilled mesityl bromide

(20.9 g, 0.105 mole) in 35 ml of anhydrous ether and excess

lithium dispersion in 35 ml of anhydrous ether. The solu­

tion immediately turned red-orange. The reaction mixture

was stirred at room temperature for two hours and then

hydrolyzed by pouring into 400 ml of an ice-water mixture.

The organic and aqueous layers were separated and extracted

with two 100 ml portions of ether and two 100-ml portions of

chloroform. The combined organic layers were dried (MgSO^)

and the solvent removed using a rotary evaporator to give

17.9 g of a yellow oil. The cobalt test for sulfonium

salts 55 was negative for both the aqueous layer and the

yellow oil.

The residual oil was chromatographed on 250 g of

neutral alumina. Rinsing the flask with acetone caused the

formation of a yellow precipitate (mp 200°) which was shown

to contain sulfur by a sodium fusion test. Infrared and nmr

spectra indicated the presence of aromatic protons ( b 6.84

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ppm) and aromatic methyl groups ( & 2.25 ppm) but further

identification could not be made. Tic on alumina G (chloro­

form) of both the yellow precipitate and the residual oil

(three spots each) clearly indicated the absence of mesityl

sulfide and mesityl sulfoxide. Attempts to recrystallize

the yellow solid using various solvents failed.

Column chromatography of the oil gave two distinct

fractions and varying amounts of oils. Fraction I (8.9 g)

was shown by comparison of retention times with knowns

using glpc (20* x 1/4" 5% Apiezon L on Chromsorb W 80/100,

column temperature, 160°) to contain mesitylbromide, mesi-

tylene and small amounts of n-hexane, the eluent- Fraction

II gave 1.01 g of white solid, mp 155.5-159°. After two

recrystallizations from acetone, the mp was 160-161°;

osmometric molecular weight determination in toluene, 390

(calcd. 388).

Anal. calcd. for C27H22S: C, 83.51; H, 8.25, S,

8.25. Found: C, 83.50; H, 8.42, S, 7.98.

The ir spectrum (Fig. 5) (CCl^) showed no sulfoxide

or sulfone absorption. Oxidation of a small portion with

hydrogen peroxide-glacial acetic acid gave the sulfone [ir

(CC14) 1330 cm-1 and 1140 cm"1 ( > S02); mp 142-166°] thus

indicating the initial presence of a sulfide. The nmr (Fig.

1) (CCl^) spectrum gave six peaks: & 2.24 (s,15), k 2.13 (s,3)

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The above reaction was repeated using one-half the

molar quantities and adding the sulfoxide to the mesityl-

lithium as a slurry in 100 ml of ether. Three fractions as

well as small amounts of oil were obtained after column

chromatography on 200 g of neutral alumina. Fraction I was

shown to be mesitylene with some n-hexane by glpc, yield

5.53 g. Fraction II gave 0.64 g of the white solid des­

cribed above, mp 160°, (0.0017 mole, 15.77o yield). Fraction

III contained 0.21 g of a white solid, mp 133.5-134.5°. The

nmr spectrum (Fig. 2) indicated several different kinds of

alkyl protons in the ratio of 10 alkyl to 1 aryl proton.

The ir spectrum (Fig. 6) indicated the presence of a mesityl

group ir (CC14) 2000, 1720, 1270, 1250, 1070, 1030, 850 and

700 cm ■*") and possible sulfoxide or ether linkage (1070 and

1030 cm ). A positive sulfoxide test was obtained with

Dragendorff solution. 66 From the relative intensities and

positive sulfoxide test the 1070 cm ^ band in the ir spectrum -1 must be due to the mesityl group and the 1030 cm band due

to the sulfoxide group.

Anal, calcd. for C2QH26SO: C, 76.43; H, 8.28; S,

10.18; 0, 5.09. Found: C, 76.57; H, 8.17. Mol. wt. (mass

spectrum) 314.

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although a possible structure for II is suggested.

72 Gas Chromatographic Analyses

All glpc analyses were carried out using an Aerograph

A90-P3 gas chromatograph with helium carried gas at a

pressure of 65 lb/in. Because of the rather high boiling

points of all the compounds analyzed, it was necessary to

employ high injector and detector temperatures to prevent

condensation of these compounds. In preparative work, on-

column injection of the samples was used. Fractions were

collected using no additional cooling other than air cool­

ing as an ice bath or Dry Ice-acetone bath caused aerosol

formation. For comparison of retention times for identifi­

cation, known £,£’ -bitolyl was commercially available, and

£-tolyl sulfide and m,£’-bitolyl were synthesized as des­

cribed in earlier sections.

Purification of m , £ ’ -Bitolyl

Repeated distillation of m , £ ’ -bitolyl, prepared as

described in an earlier section, failed to give a single

product. Preparative scale glpc of the fraction boiling

260-263° on a 20' x 3/8" column packed with 207o Carbowax

20 M on Chromsorb W (80/100) afforded pure material. The

conditions employed were:

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Injector 260°C, Detector 285°C, Column 200°C

Collector 245°C, Flow rate 300 ml/min, Current 190 ma,

Attenuator 32, Sample size 300 p i

The adjusted retention time of m,£J-bitolyl was 90 minutes.

Product Analysis of the Reaction of Tolyllithium with Tolyl

Sulfoxide

Difficulty was encountered in finding a column

suitable for both qualitative and quantitative work. At

best only partial separation of m.,2 * -bitolyl and £,£’ -

bitolyl could be obtained. Using several columns, the

reaction products were identified and the yields of each

were obtained. In analyzing product mixtures, sufficient

toluene was added to dissolve the solid residue.

Work on an analytical scale with a 5’ x 1/8" column

packed with 20% carbowax 20 M on Chromsorb W (80/100) gave a

good separation into two major peaks when manually programmed

from 150°C to 200°C (10°/min). On a preparative scale (20*

x 3/8" or 10» x 1/4") however, the long retention time (2 hr.

45 min) seemed prohibitive. By comparison of retention

times with knowns, the latter peak was shown to be £-tolyl

sulfide. Since m,^-bitolyl and £,£' -bitolyl have identical

retention times under the conditions used, the identity of

the earlier peak could not be determined.

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It is important to note that for a known mixture of

m,£’ -bitolyl, £,£» -bitolyl and £-tolyl sulfide, the sulfide

has a smaller area to weight ratio than the bitolyls necessi­

tating either a larger quantity of sulfide in the mixture or

a larger sample size to ensure its appearance on the chromat­

ogram.

More positive identification of the products was

obtained using a 5’ x 1/4" column (20% SE-30 on Chromsorb W

(60/80). The following conditions were used: Injector

320°C, Detector 355°C, Column 230°C, Collector 310°C, Flow

rate 60 ml/min, Current 180 ma, Attenuator 128, Sample size

200 j i l . Preparative scale gave three major fractions:

adjusted retention times - 6 min, 10 min, and 18 min. The

first fraction was a colorless liquid which could not be

efficiently collected. It was also highly contaminated with

toluene used as solvent. The other two fractions were

collected and identified by melting point, infrared and nmr

spectra. Tolyl sulfide was also converted to the sulfone.

The second fraction was the £,£’ -bitolyl and the

last fraction the £-tolyl sulfide.

In an attempt to prove the identity of m,£'-bitolyl

and to find a column which would separate all three compo­

nents and thus allow for quantitative analysis of the reac­

tion mixtures, several columns were tried. Virtually no

separation was obtained using a 10> x 1/4" column packed

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with 107o Bentone 34 on Chromsorb W (60/80) employing a

variety of conditions and it appeared that some material

remained on the column. This may have been due in part to

the lower column temperature necessitated by the column

substrate (max temp. 200°C). The maximum temperature used

was 180°.

Only partial separation and very long retention

times were obtained using a 10’ x 1/4" column packed with

107. Apiezon M on Chromsorb W (60/80) .

The isomeric bitolyls were not completely resolved

but were separated sufficiently from each other and from

tolyl sulfide to allow identification and yield analysis

using a 20' x 1/4" Column packed with 57o Apiezon L on

Chromsorb W (80/100). Conditions: Injector 325°C,

Detector 345°, Column 220°, Flow rate 125 ml/min, Current

180 ma, Attenuator 2, Sample size 1 j i l . Adjusted retention

times: m,]}' -bitolyl 21.2 min, £,£’ -bitolyl 22.2 min, £-

tolyl sulfide 47.8 min. Positive identification was shown

by comparison of retention times with knowns. Quantitative

analyses of the reaction mixtures were carried out using the

method of area to weight ratios and employing correction

factors, K, predetermined from knowns.

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An TJe -r- = K rrr- where A = area of component Ab Wb r W = weight of compound s = sulfide standard b = bitolyl

Peak areas were measured by height times the half-height

width. Normalization gave the weight precentage of each

component. The results are summarized in Tables II and

III.

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Table II. Determination of Weight Factor co Ptt •rl rP C +J £ o 4-1 rH cd u o o co 4-1 U

ov O m o iH CO r-l CO 00 k 0 ai P-J 1 • O n

as CO o . 1

00 CM 0 cM 1 rv oo vo i—i •H S pq 4-1 cd OJ P cM cM 0 to 1 n

CTv •H pq 4-1 CM 0 ai 1 n 49 ) 4 . 2 ( (2.18) (2.79) Substi- (2.18) (4.6) 2.7 27.6% 27.6% 2.5 19.7% 19.7% 3.2 22.1% 22.1% 2.5 4.23% 5.2 13.5%(1.05g) 13.5%(1.05g) 9.3%(0.75g) 9.3%(0.75g) 11.6%(0.42g) 11.6%(0.42g) 0.08g (60%) (55.3%) (48.4%) 67.8% 67.8% mole 0.0058 (19.4%) 63% 63% mole 0.004 55% 55% mole 0.0023 . 22% 22% mole 0.004 4 mole) through 2 0.0020 (0.0126 mole) (0.0126 (0.0116 mole) (0.0116 33.2%(2.59g) 0.0142 mole 0.0142 (0.0051 mole) (0.0051 0.013 mole 0.013 ( 30.3%(2.4g) 30.3%(2.4g) 0.0057 mole 0.0057 29.4%(1.04g) 29.4%(1.04g) 39.6%(0.42g) 39.6%(0.42g) mole 0.0023 h h tution^ % 86 Yield £,£r-Bitolyl Yield0 nbp*-Bitolyl Yield Ratios p/m 0.018 mole 0.018 0.021 mole 0.021 98.9% 0.010 mole 0.010 97.2% 0.0027 mole 0.0027 26.5% Table III. Product Analysis jo-Tolyllithium. with jo-Tolyl Sulfoxide withjo-Tolyl Table III. Analysis jo-Tolyllithium. Product Total Total £-Tolyl 7.8 g 7.8 53.3%C4.15g) 7.9 g 7.9 60.4%(4.77g) Yield Sulfide3 3.6 3.6 g 59%(2.32g) 1.05 g 1.05 60.4%(0.63g) Run Ratio of para substitution to meta substitution: meta Ratio para substitution to substitution: of corrected ; (70-76%)p/(24-30%)m (69-74)p/(26-31)m mixture, Weight glpc a) percent in present component each of £-tolyl- preparation in the formed of -bitolyl the Yields based b) on reacted, sulfoxide £,£* are Yields corrected c) parentheses in for lithium. -bitolyl. £,£r Ratios yields are corrected parentheses in of Order d) e) for sample; some m,£’-bitolyl may well have been lost on standing, well may have werem,£’-bitolyl been some on standing, lost -bitolyl £-Tolyl £,£* and f) sulfide mixture. reaction the fromsublimed was analyzed Only by sublimate the glpc. of Because loss Meanvalue ratios of encountered through multiple operations and possible loss of m,£’ -bitolyl during the sublimation, during sublimation, the -bitolyl multiple m,£’ and possible encountered operations through of loss these yields not are yields as considered as reliable these

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SUMMARY

During the course of this study of the reaction of

aryllithium reagents with diaryl sulfoxides, because many of

the starting sulfoxides were unavailable or not readily ob­

tainable from existing synthetic methods, a new preparation

for symmetrical diaryl sulfoxides was devised employing the

reaction of a Grignard reagent with N,N’-thionyl-di-imidazole.

This method offers a convenient synthesis of symmetrical

diaryl sulfoxides, provided the desired Grignard reagent can

be made, and may well be the method of choice for the prep­

aration of some sulfoxides heretofore unattainable.

Although it was not possible to elucidate completely

the mechanism of the reaction of aryllithium reagents with

diaryl sulfoxides, considerable groundwork has been laid for

further work on this question. It is clear that an aryne

mechanism, although perhaps not exclusive, predominates when

there are ortho hydrogens available on the sulfoxide. The

fact that mesityllithium with mesityl sulfoxide, which

cannot undergo a benzyne mechanism, gives altogether differ­

ent types of products further supports this finding. From

the isomer ratios of substituted biphenyls obtained from the

reaction of £-tolyllithium with £-tolylsulfoxide, a substitu­

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tion of aryllithium on an intermediate sulfonium salt or the

involvement of a tetracovalent intermediate can, at most,

play only a small part in the reaction. A direct substitu­

tion of the aryllithium reagent on the sulfoxide has been

logically ruled out.

This method of generating arynes may prove quite

useful synthetically especially since it has the added

advantage that one of the products, the diaryl sulfide, can

be readily oxidized back to starting material. This reac­

tion would be of particular value in Diels-Alder type reac­

tions in which the possibility of isomer formation is less

than that for a substitution reaction. 49 Except for one reported case where substituted 6 X triptycenes have been made using an aryne mechanism,

benzyne and substituted anthracenes have always been used.

For certain substituents and particular substitution patterns,

it may well be more convenient to use a substituted benzyne

instead of a substituted anthracene. This is the method

Cadogen has used 49 , however, his yields of substituted

triptycenes are low.

Perhaps the only easier synthesis of benzyne is

through the diazotization of anthranilic acid and subsequent

decomposition of the benzenediazonium carboxylate; however,

little work has been done using substituted anthranilic acids.

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more readily obtainable than the desired anthranilic acids.

It is evident that the reaction of mesityllithium

with mesityl sulfoxide follows neither a benzyne nor tetra-

covalent intermediate mechanism. Several possible mechanisms

are suggested to explain the observed products. Further

work is necessary to establish the mechanisms of this reac­

tion.

Suggestions for further work in this area:

1. The reaction could be run with the other sul­

foxides originally intended to be studied and the isomer

ratios obtained compared with those in the literature. For

analysis of these reactions the expected biaryls would have

to be synthesized. Presumably the same method as used for

the preparation of m,£’ -bitolyl could also be used. In some

cases it would also be necessary to synthesize the desired

substituted cyclohexanones. An alternate method for the

preparation of the unsymmetrical biaryls using a monoether

of dihydroresorcinol might be more convenient for the 62 preparation of some m,]!’ -disubstituted biphenyls (eq. 40).

OEt 5% R-M 0 r 2m > (40) 9 * R 1 Ri

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2. The reaction of £-tolyllithium with a tri-£-

tolylsulfonium salt would serve as a further check on the

appearance of a sulfonium salt intermediate in the reaction

of £-tolyllithium with £-tolyl sulfoxide. If the same

isomer ratio of bitolyls is produced in each case, then if

a mechanism other than an aryne mechanism is operating, it

must occur past the sulfonium salt stage. If different

ratios are obtained, then the possibility of a second mechan­

ism operating in the sulfoxide case must occur before the

sulfonium salt stage or may indicate that a sulfonium salt

may not be an intermediate in the reaction.

3. The extent to which an aryne mechanism operates

in the reaction of aryllithium with diaryl sulfoxides could

be shown by trapping the aryne as a Diels-Alder adduct. Both

furan and 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran are known to be better 63 trapping agents than anthracene for benzyne. The adducts

with furan could readily be converted to substituted

and the isobenzofuran adducts to substituted

anthracenes. Host of these products should be known or

readily identified.

4. For the reaction of mesityllithium with mesityl

sulfoxide, a complete product analysis should be made in­

cluding those products not previously isolated from the

acidified aqueous layer.

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5. The reaction of phenyllithium with mesityl

sulfoxide could conceivably shed light on the reaction

mechanism. If a sulfonium salt is formed, it would now be

possible for a benzyne mechanism to occur and the major

expected products would be benzene, mesityl sulfide, ~

bitolyl and m,£’ -bitolyl. Because of possible exchange of

aryl groups of the phenyllithium with the dimesitylphenyl-

sulfonium salt, it might also be expected that mesitylene,

mesitylphenyl sulfide, diphenyl sulfide, and mesitylbenzene

would be formed. If no exchange occurs before the reaction

takes place, analysis of the reaction mixture should pose no

particular problem. If exchange does occur, then the wider

variety of products may make the product analysis difficult

to carry out. There is the advantage that all of these

products are known.

6 . A check for initial anion formation when dimesityl

sulfoxide is treated with mesityllithium could be made by

hydrolyzing the reaction after a very short reaction time

with deuterium oxide. The position of deuteration could be

determined by nmr spectroscopy.

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