Halophenol Rearrangement in Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Conditions: Evidence of Competitive Initial Protonation and Acylation

Halogen rearrangement was observed during the Lewis acid-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts reaction of phthalic anhydride with bromophenols or bromoanisole. Further investigation revealed that 2-, 3-, and 4-bromophenols undergo rearrangement into other isomers under these reaction conditions. Product distrib...

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Main Authors: Koushik, Saha, Lajis, Md Nordin, Abas, Faridah, Ali Naji, Nabil, Hamzah, A. Sazali, Shaari, Khozirah
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Published: CSIRO Publishing 2008
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author Koushik, Saha
Lajis, Md Nordin
Abas, Faridah
Ali Naji, Nabil
Hamzah, A. Sazali
Shaari, Khozirah
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Lajis, Md Nordin
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Ali Naji, Nabil
Hamzah, A. Sazali
Shaari, Khozirah
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description Halogen rearrangement was observed during the Lewis acid-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts reaction of phthalic anhydride with bromophenols or bromoanisole. Further investigation revealed that 2-, 3-, and 4-bromophenols undergo rearrangement into other isomers under these reaction conditions. Product distribution from these reactions suggested that halogen rearrangement takes place during the s-complex intermediate of the condensation step. Furthermore, iodophenol undergoes hydrodeiodination rapidly rather than rearrangement, whereas chlorophenol does not undergo rearrangement at all.
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spelling upm-60212015-09-28T07:56:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6021/ Halophenol Rearrangement in Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Conditions: Evidence of Competitive Initial Protonation and Acylation Koushik, Saha Lajis, Md Nordin Abas, Faridah Ali Naji, Nabil Hamzah, A. Sazali Shaari, Khozirah Halogen rearrangement was observed during the Lewis acid-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts reaction of phthalic anhydride with bromophenols or bromoanisole. Further investigation revealed that 2-, 3-, and 4-bromophenols undergo rearrangement into other isomers under these reaction conditions. Product distribution from these reactions suggested that halogen rearrangement takes place during the s-complex intermediate of the condensation step. Furthermore, iodophenol undergoes hydrodeiodination rapidly rather than rearrangement, whereas chlorophenol does not undergo rearrangement at all. CSIRO Publishing 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6021/1/Halophenol%20Rearrangement%20in%20Lewis%20Acid.pdf Koushik, Saha and Lajis, Md Nordin and Abas, Faridah and Ali Naji, Nabil and Hamzah, A. Sazali and Shaari, Khozirah (2008) Halophenol Rearrangement in Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Conditions: Evidence of Competitive Initial Protonation and Acylation. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 61 (10). pp. 821-825. ISSN 0004-9425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH08084 10.1071/CH08084 English
spellingShingle Koushik, Saha
Lajis, Md Nordin
Abas, Faridah
Ali Naji, Nabil
Hamzah, A. Sazali
Shaari, Khozirah
Halophenol Rearrangement in Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Conditions: Evidence of Competitive Initial Protonation and Acylation
title Halophenol Rearrangement in Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Conditions: Evidence of Competitive Initial Protonation and Acylation
title_full Halophenol Rearrangement in Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Conditions: Evidence of Competitive Initial Protonation and Acylation
title_fullStr Halophenol Rearrangement in Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Conditions: Evidence of Competitive Initial Protonation and Acylation
title_full_unstemmed Halophenol Rearrangement in Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Conditions: Evidence of Competitive Initial Protonation and Acylation
title_short Halophenol Rearrangement in Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Conditions: Evidence of Competitive Initial Protonation and Acylation
title_sort halophenol rearrangement in lewis acid-catalyzed friedel–crafts conditions: evidence of competitive initial protonation and acylation
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6021/1/Halophenol%20Rearrangement%20in%20Lewis%20Acid.pdf