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Cooperative effect of carborane and in the reaction of carboranyl with SOCl2 : versus oxidation Vincent Terrasson, Jose Giner Planas, Damien Prim, Clara Vinas, Francesc Teixidor, Mark E Light, Michael B Hursthouse

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Vincent Terrasson, Jose Giner Planas, Damien Prim, Clara Vinas, Francesc Teixidor, et al.. Coopera- tive effect of carborane and pyridine in the reaction of carboranyl alcohols with SOCl2 : halogenation versus oxidation. IMEBoron, 2008, Platja d’Aro, Spain. ￿hal-02913342￿

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carboranyl alcohols with SOCl 2: halogenation versus oxidation.

V. Terrasson, a,b J. G. Planas, a D. Prim, b C. Viñas, a F. Teixidor, a M.E. Light, c M.B. Hursthouse. c

a Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC), Campus de la U.A.B, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. bInstitut Lavoisier UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles, France. cSchool of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.

Organic are key compounds in organic synthesis since they serve as intermediates in a wide variety of reactions.[1] These molecules are commonly obtained by the reaction of an with thionyl , one of the most employed halogenating reagents.[2] With the aim to synthesize new o-carborane derivatives for material science and catalytic applications, [3] we have prepared new carboranyl alcohols and carried out their reactions with thionyl chloride. If alcohols bearing a phenyl substituent gave the expected chlorinated compounds in good yields, those substituted with a pyridine ring surprisingly afforded the ketones as the only products under the same reaction conditions.[4] Figure 2 Following an adaptation to known procedures, [5] we have prepared the series of Chlorides 3 a-b and ketones 4 four new carboranyl methylalcohols bearing a phenyl 1a-b or a pyridine a-b have been unambiguously substituent 2a-b (Scheme 1). characterized by spectroscopic OH methods. Molecular structures Li 1a, R = Me, Ar = Ph, 95 % for 3a and 4a have been THF 1b, R = Ph, Ar = Ph, 90 % R + Ar-CHO Ar determined by X-ray structure -78 C, 1h R analysis (Figure 2). X-ray structure of 3a X-ray structure of 4a 2a, R = Me, Ar = 2-Pyridyl, 87 % Scheme 1 2b, R = Ph, Ar = 2-Pyridyl, 81 % Oxidation of the alcohols 2 a-b to the ketones 4 a-b is clearly affected by both These alcohols were obtained in good to excellent yields (Table 1) and fully the pyridine and carborane moities in the same molecule since either 1 a-b or the characterized by spectroscopic methods. organic counterpart (2-pyridyl)phenylmethanol 5 exclusively afford the chloride products (Schemes 2 and 4). Molecular structures for 1a and 2a have been determined by X-ray structure analysis (Figure 1). OH Cl Scheme 4

N N SOCl2

CH Cl 2 2 99 % 5 reflux, 16 h

Figure 1 Scheme 5 The usual reaction pathway of ClOS the halogenation using SOCl 2 is O the formation of the intermediate X-ray structure of 1a X-ray structure of 2a SOCl2 ∆∆∆ 1a-b 3a-b C2B10H10 I. The latter affords the Whereas no intramolecular contacts are found in 1a, there is a clear intramolecular H corresponding chloride by a I nucleophilic addition of Cl - O-H…N hydrogen bond in 2a. Cl Nucleophilic Attack (Scheme 5).

Reactions of the phenylmethylalcohol derivatives 1 a-b with an excess of SOCl 2 When the reaction of 2a with Scheme 6 under reflux conditions afforded the expected chlorides 3 a-b in excellent yields SOCl was monitored by NMR, (Scheme 2). 2 the complete conversion of the ClOS Cl OH alcohol to the intermediate II was O H observed within 5 min at room SOCl2 N ∆∆∆ SOCl2 2a-b 4a-b C2B10H10 R 3a, R = Me, 97 % temperature. rt R 3b, R = Ph, 90 % fast H CH2Cl2 Further transformation according 1 a-b reflux, 16 h II to Scheme 6 was only obtained Scheme 2 Proton Abstraction by heating the reaction medium. Base Surprisingly, the pyridylmethyl alcohols 2 a-b did not afford the expected chlorides under the same conditions but gave the ketones 4 a-b (Scheme 3). Halogenation versus oxidation in these compounds can be interpreted as a competition between nucleophilic addition of Cl - versus proton abstraction at O OH the benzylic position (Schemes 5 and 6). NMR data of the intermediate II N clearly show that the benzylic proton is more acidic than that for the starting N SOCl2 R 4a, R = Me, 88 % alcohol 2a (δ = 7.29 ppm compared to 5.11 ppm). This is probably due to the R CH2Cl2 4b, R = Ph, 91 % positive charge at the pyridine ring in II . This charge effect (making the 2 a-b reflux, 16 h benzylic proton more acidic) combined with the bulkiness of the carboranyl Scheme 3 fragment hindering the nucleophilic attack of Cl - could explain this unusual oxidation reaction. References [1] R. Bohlmann In Comprehensive Organic Synthesis ; B.M. Trost, I. Fleming, Eds.; Pergamon: Oxford, [4] V. Terrasson, J.G. Planas, D. Prim, C. Viñas, F. Teixidor, M.E. Light, M.B. Husrthouse, J. Org. 1991; Vol. 6, p 203. Chem. 2008 , accepted . [2] a) R.A. Moss, X. Fu, R.R. Sauers, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2007 , 20 , 1. b) S.P. Marsden, Contemp. Org. [5] H. Nakamura, K. Aoyagi, Y. Yamamoto, J. Org. Chem. 1997 , 62 , 780. Synth. 1997 , 4, 118. [3] a) J.G. Planas, F. Teixidor, C. Viñas, M.E. Light, M.B. Hursthouse, Chem. Eur. J. 2007 , 13 , 2493. b) We thank CICYT (Project MAT2006-05339), Generalitat de Catalunya J.G. Planas, C. Viñas, F. Teixidor, M.E. Light, M.B. Hursthouse, CrystEngComm 2007 , 9, 888. c) V. (2005/SGR/00709), Spanish Government (RyC to J.G.P.), MENRT-France (grant to Terrasson, S. Marque, M. Georgy, J.-M. Campagne, D. Prim, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2006 , 348 , 2063. d) V. V.T.), CNRS, Université de Versailles and UK EPSRC for financial support. Terrasson, D. Prim, J. Marrot, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008 , 2739.