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DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34231
A Highly Active Ytterbium(III) Methide Complex for Truly Catalytic Friedel-Crafts Acylation Reactions
Publication History
Publication Date:
23 September 2002 (online)
Abstract
The Friedel-Crafts acylation of anisole with acetic anhydride using ytterbium(III) tri[tris(nonafluorobutanesulfonyl)methide] was studied with respect to catalyst loading. A strong inhibitory effect due to the product became apparent from doping experiments and from examination of the kinetic data. This understanding allowed catalyst loadings to be reduced to as little as 0.1 mol% for effective acylation under a suitable temperature and pressure regime.
Key words
Friedel-Crafts - acylation - catalytic - ytterbium(III) methide - inhibition
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the remaining time. The profiles are generated by following the
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General Experimental Procedure: A stirred solution of arene (0.6 mmol), anhydride (1.2 mL) and catalyst 1 (16 mg, 0.006 mmol) in PhCF3 (1.2 mL) was heated to 150 °C in a sealed tube for 20 h. The resulting mixture was allowed to cool, diluted with Et2O (10 mL), washed with water (2 × 10 mL), sat. aq sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (2 × 10 mL), sat. aq sodium chloride solution (2 × 10 mL), dried (MgSO4), concentrated in vacuo and chromatographed.
14IR and ¹ H NMR for Friedel-Crafts Acylation Products: 4-Methoxyacetophenone: IR (KBr): 1676 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.58 (s, 3 H), 3.84 (s, 3 H), 6.96 (d, 2 H, J = 9.0 Hz), 7.95 (d, 2 H, J = 9.0 Hz). 4-Methoxy-isobutyrophenone: IR (KBr): 1675 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 1.20 (d, 6 H, J = 7.0 Hz), 3.53 (septet, 1 H, J = 7.0 Hz), 3.87 (s, 3 H), 6.94 (d, 2 H, J = 8.5 Hz), 7.95 (d, 2 H, J = 8.5 Hz). 4-Methoxybenzophenone: IR (KBr): 1650 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 3.91 (s, 3 H), 6.98 (d, 2 H, J = 8.0 Hz), 7.47-7.59 (m, 3 H), 7.78 (d, 2 H, 7.0 Hz), 7.85 (d, 2 H, J = 8.0 Hz). 4-Thiomethylace-tophenone: IR (KBr): 1673 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.55 (s, 3 H), 2.59 (s, 3 H), 7.28 (d, 2 H, J = 8.0 Hz), 7.89 (d, 2 H, J = 8.0 Hz). 4-Thiomethyl-isobutyro-phenone: IR (KBr): 1670 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 1.21 (d, 6 H, J = 7.0 Hz), 2.53 (s, 3 H), 3.51 (septet, 1 H, J = 7.0 Hz), 7.27 (d, 2 H, J = 8.5 Hz), 7.87 (d, 2 H, J = 8.5 Hz). 4-Thiomethylbenzophenone: IR (KBr): 1649 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.56 (s, 3 H), 7.28-7.32 (2 H, m), 7.48-7.65 (3 H, m), 7.72-7.80 (m, 4 H). 2-Acetylthiophene: IR (KBr): 1662 cm-1. 1H NMR (270 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.59 (s, 3 H), 7.15 (1 H, t, J = 4.0 Hz) 7.65 (d, 1 H, J = 4.0 Hz), 7.71 (d, 1 H, J = 4.0 Hz). 2-Isobutyryl-thiophene: IR (KBr): 1662 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 1.27 (d, 6 H, J = 7.0 Hz), 3.41 (septet, 1 H, J = 7.0 Hz) 7.15 (t, 1 H, J = 4.5 Hz) 7.65 (d, 1 H, J = 5.0 Hz), 7.75 (d, 1 H, J = 4.5 Hz). 2-Benzoylthiophene: IR (KBr): 1632 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.19 (t, 1 H, J = 3.5 Hz), 7.52-7.68 (m, 6 H), 7.87 (d, 2 H, J = 3.0 Hz). 5-Acetyl-3-methylthiophene: IR (KBr): 1662 cm-1. 1H NMR (270 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.29 (s, 3 H), 2.53 (s, 3 H), 7.22 (d, 1 H, J = 1.0 Hz), 7.49 (d, 1 H, J = 1.0 Hz). 2-Acetyl-3-methylthiophene: IR (KBr): 1662 cm-1. 1H NMR (270 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.29 (s, 3 H), 2.55 (s, 3 H), 6.93 (d, 1 H, J = 5.0 Hz), 7.39 (d, 1 H, J = 5.0 Hz). 2- and 5-Isobutyryl-3-methylthiophene: IR (KBr): 1660 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 1.23 (d, 6 H, J = 7.0 Hz), 2.13 (s, 1.05 H), 2.59 (s, 1.95 H), 3.32 (m, 1 H), 6.97 (d, 0.65 H, J = 5.0 Hz), 7.38 (s, 0.35 H), 7.40 (d, 0.65 H, J = 5.0 Hz), 7.55 (s, 0.35 H). 2- and 5-Benzoyl-3-methylthiophene: IR (KBr): 1633 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.34 (s, 1.2 H), 2.51 (s, 1.8 H), 7.03 (d, 0.6 H, J = 5.0 Hz), 7.34 (s, 0.4 H), 7.46-7.61 (m, 4 H), 7.86 (m, 2 H). 9-Benzoylanthracene: IR (KBr): 1656 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.39-7.61 (m, 7 H), 7.74 (d, 2 H, J = 8.5 Hz), 7.84 (d, 2 H, J = 7.0 Hz), 8.09 (d, 2 H, J = 8.5 Hz), 8.56 (s, 1 H). α- and β- Benz-oylnaphthalene: IR (KBr): 1659 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.46-7.65 (m, 7 H), 7.88-8.05 (m, 4 H), 8.11 (d, 0.65 H, J = 7.5 Hz), 8.29 (s, 0.35 H). 2,4-Dimethyl-benzophenone: IR (KBr): 1662 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.35 (s, 3 H), 2.41 (s, 3 H), 7.07 (d, 1 H, J = 7.0 Hz), 7.13 (s, 1 H), 7.25 (d, 1 H, J = 7.5 Hz), 7.47 (m, 2 H), 7.58 (m, 1 H), 7.81 (d, 2 H, J = 7.0 Hz). 2- and 4-Methyl-benzophenone: IR (KBr): 1658 cm-1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.36 (s, 0.4 H, 2-CH3), 2.45 (s, 2.6 H, 4-CH3), 7.29-7.82 (m, 9 H).