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SERP course A. Mickiewicz University, Based on Poznań 2016 internal Organic Chemistry Jan Milecki 5th Edition for Paula Yurkanis Bruice Neighboring group participation

Some reactions proceed just too easy!

6 only O Cl Reacts with Nu: 10 x faster then Cl

Cl Cl Hydrolyses 600x fasteuser then S

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Reacts with AcOH 1011 faster then internal What is the reason? for Oxygen atom lone pair „pushes away” chloride ion, creating resonance-stabilized cation

HO R R O O Cl onlyO O

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Lone pair on the sulfur atom (strong nucleophile)use expels chloride ion giving rise to three-membered cyclic cation

Cl O Ph HO R Ph S Ph S S R internal This mechanism is responsible for alkylating Cl Cl S activity (and hencefor toxicity) of mustard gas! Other examples of the lone pair assistance:

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O O OAc O O OAc = only

OTs OTs OAc AusecOH Retention of configuration in the SN2 substitution indicates the neighboring group assistance!

Assisting electrons do not have to come from the lone pair – p orbital assistance

TsO AcO AcOH internal +

Appropriate for structure O LUMO Ts

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Rearrangements use What happens, when the participating group becomes trapped and remains in the place, which was the aim of electron attack? In this case isomeric product is formed – result of REARRANGEMENT

„Simple” substitution:

Cl OH NEt2 NaOH, H2O Et N 2 internalEt2N HO Expected product Real product (57% yield) . for Cl NEt2 Me Et2N Et2N HO Me Me

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Cl Good . Good nucleophile, only bad leaving group Et N 2 Secondary reaction center - slow Me substitution by an external nucleophile. group can migrate too use Me Me Me Me Me Me I Me AgNO3, Me I X OH H2O Me Me Me Me Toocrowded for SN2 Primary cation, too unstable for SN1 H = H Me Me H C Me Ag Me Ag Me I I Me + Me Me Me internal Me Me H2O Transition state, rather than intermediate OH Me for Me Me H Me

Molecule rearranges to form Me H more stable cation Me onlyMe Secondary Tertiary

LUMO empty p orbital HOMO H H use H H Me H H Me H H LUMO Me H migrates =_ H Me H H Me H migrates Me H H HOMO filled Me H H H orbital H internal for rearrange easily!

How to produce a ?

1. Dissociation of halogenides (promoted by silver ions) RX AgonlyR AgX

2. Protonatiion of alcohols use

CH3 CH3 H2 HONO +N + 2H O 3. Nitrosation of amines H3C C C NH2 H3C C CH2 2 2 (aliphatic) CH CH internal3 3 for only Aryl amines – dissociation only (stable salts) use

H 4. Protonation of alkenesinternal H for How to predict the direction of rearrangement?

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H C C CH Ph shift only3 2 Ph Ph C4H9 CH3 shift

C CH2 CH3 H3C C CH2 Ph C H C H 4 9 4 9 C H shift H3C C CH2 C4H9 use4 9

Migration of phenyl group – very stable intermediate (benzil and tertiary carbon atoms in the three H3C  H membered ring, charge spread over phenyl ring). internalFavors this direction of migration C4H9 H for Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement

The rearrangement was first discovered in bicyclic terpenes for example the conversion of isoborneol to camphene only

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The story of the rearrangement reveals that many scientists were puzzled with this and related reactions and its close relationship to the discovery of carbocations as internalintermediates for Rearrangement of camphenilol to santene

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Cl Ring strain release can be a driving HCl force for rearrangement internal

Four-membered ring Five-membered for ring Pinacol Rearrangement

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In the conversion that gave its name to this reaction, the acid-catalyzed elimination of water from pinacol gives t-butyl methyl internal for Mechanism of the Pinacol Rearrangement

This reaction occurs with a variety of fully substituted 1,2-, and can be understood to involve the formation of a carbonium ion intermediate that subsequently undergoes a rearrangement. The first generated intermediate, an α-hydroxycarbonium ion, rearranges through a 1,2-alkyl shift to produce the carbonyl compound. If two onlyof the substituents form a ring, the Pinacol Rearrangement can constitute a ring-expansion or ring-contraction reaction. use

internal for CH CH3 3 OH CH3 CH3 H H only O OH O CH3 CH3 trans group migrates use

OH OH2 CH3 CH3 CH3 H CH CH CH OH 3 O 3 O 3 H H H O CH3 CH3 internal for OH OH2 H C CH 3 H 3 CH3 CH3 CH CH OH2 3 3 O O H CH3 OH OH CH3 H onlyCH 3 H O Ring contraction use CH3

H OH OH OH OH2 O H -H2O

O internal H Ring expansion for Epoxides undergo similar rearrangement (pinacol-type)

MgBr H MgBr O 2 O Ph O Ph Ph Ph Ph onlyPh

Grignard reagents not always open epoxides in desired way!

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O OH O MgBr RMgBr O MgBr internal H R for Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation

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BF3 BF O BF3 3 O O

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BF3 O O O O O BF O BF3 3 R' R useR' R R R R' O O + R R H O O -H O O H H O O O BF -RCOO O O BF3 3 -BF3 R' R R' + R R O O O O R R R O internal Order of migration:for R= tertiary alkyl >secondary alkyl >aryl >primary alkyl >methyl Benzilic Acid Rearrangement

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1,2-Diketones undergo a rearrangement in theuse presence of strong to yield α-hydroxycarboxylic acids. The best yields are obtained when the subject diketones do not have enolizable protons. The reaction of a cyclic diketone leads to an interesting ring contraction:

Ketoaldehydes do not react in the same manner, where a hydride shift is preferred (see Cannizzarointernal Reaction) for Mechanism of Benzilic Acid Rearrangement

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This of non-enolizable aldehydesuse to carboxylic acids and alcohols is conducted in concentrated base. α-Keto give the product of an intramolecular disproportionation in excellent yields.

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The Cannizzaro Reactioninternal should be kept in mind as a source of potential side products when aldehydes are treated under basic conditions. for Favorskii Rearrangement

Alpha-halogeno

O O O EtO O onlyOEt O Br EtO Br : OEt use

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R R O R R H2O NH NaOH, X2 C 1 2 N C O 1 R X=Cl, Br R N OH -CO R1 NH R1 H 2 2 O only use

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O X O O O R X H2O R O onlyR X Na R H OH N N N N 1 R1 H R H -H R1 R1 H

O use -X O C -X O N R X N R 1 N R R R1 H R1 Intermediate internal Nitrene for are versatile starting materials:

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Isocyanates are also of high interest as monomers for polymerization work and in the derivatisation of biomacromolecules. internal for Beckmann Rearrangement

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An acid-induced rearrangement of to give . This reaction is related to the Hofmann and Schmidt Reactions and the , in that an electropositive nitrogen is formed that initiates internalan alkyl migration. for Mechanism of the Beckmann Rearrangement

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Oximes generally haveinternal a high barrier to inversion, and accordingly this reaction is envisioned to proceed by protonation of the hydroxyl, followed by migration of the alkyl substituent "trans" to nitrogen. The N-O bond is simultaneously cleaved withfor the expulsion of water, so that formation of a free nitrene is avoided.

Claisen Rearrangement

The aliphatic Claisen Rearrangement is a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement in which an allyl vinyl ether is converted thermally to an unsaturated carbonyl compound. The aromatic Claisen Rearrangement is accompaniedonly by a rearomatization:

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The etherification of alcohols or phenols and their subsequent Claisen Rearrangement under thermal conditions makes possible an extension of the carbon chain of the molecule. internal for Mechanism of the Claisen Rearrangement The Claisen Rearrangement may be viewed as the oxa-variant of the Cope Rearrangement only

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internal Mechanism of the Claisen Rearrangement for The aromatic Claisen Rearrangement is followed by a rearomatization:

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use When the ortho-position is substituted, rearomatization cannot take place. The allyl group must first undergo a Cope Rearrangement to the para-position before tautomerization is possible.

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