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In chemistry, a nucleophilic substitution is a class of chemical reactions in which an electron-rich chemical species (known as a nucleophile) replaces a functional group within another electron-deficient molecule (known as the electrophile). The molecule that contains the electrophile and the leaving functional group is called the substrate.R. A. Rossi, R. H. de Rossi, Aromatic Substitution by the SRN1 Mechanism, ACS Monograph Series No. 178, American Chemical Society, 1983. . The most general form of the reaction may be given as the following: :\text{Nuc}\mathbf{:} + \ce{R-LG -> R-Nuc} + \text{LG}\mathbf{:} The electron pair (:) from the nucleophile (Nuc) attacks the substrate () and bonds with it. Simultaneously, the leaving group (LG) departs with an electron pair. The principal product in this case is . The nucleophile may be electrically neutral or negatively charged, whereas the substrate is typically neutral or positively charged. An example

Fluorine in an heteroaromatic context

Thierry Rausis

The organometallic approach to the functionalization of arenes and heteroarenes has recently been investigated by our group introducing modifications of the standard methods. This includes, in particular, the basicity-driven heavy halogen migration, which allows the introduction of a functional group at a not directly accessible position. Then, some attentions were reported toward nucleophilic aromatic substitution and especially to a regio-controlled attack at heteroarenes. Bulky trialkylsilyl groups were used to shield a given position by steric congestion against both electrophilic and nucleophilic attack. Using different electrophiles, commercially available 2,6-difluoropyridine was selected as substrate for a large proliferation of derivatives through organolithium intermediates. To allow for more regioflexibility, one can either rely on protective groups or introduce iodine which will be subsequently submitted to a basicity gradient-driven relocation and eventually a halogen/metal exchange. A systematic investigation was undertaken to explore the scope and the limitations of this latter option. Di-, tri- and tetrahalopyridines are used to explore the substituent effect in nucleophilic substitutions with the pyridine ring. An activating substituent as chlorine directed the nucleophilic substitution at the vicinal fluorine atom. Unprecedented was the finding that bulky 3-trialkylsilyl group effectively shielded the fluorine at the adjacent 2- and 4-positions, reorienting the nucleophilic substitution to the 6-position. To exploit the regioselectivity established by the "silyl trick", some halopyridines, such as 2,4,5-trifluoropyridine or 2,4-dichloro-6-hydrazinopyridine, were prepared for the fist time. Highly substituted derivatives isolated during nucleophilic substitutions were the starting point for the development of more complex structures such 2-amino-5-bromo-4-chloro-6-fluoro-3-nitropyridine obtained by using some of the developed techniques.

EPFL2005

Total Synthesis of Fijiolide A via an Atropselective Paracyclophane Formation

Christoph Heinz

The natural product fijiolide A is a secondary metabolite isolated from a marine-derived actinomycete of the genus Nocardiopsis. It displays inhibitory activity against TNF-Î±-induced activation of NFÎºB, an important transcription factor and a potential target for the treatment of different cancers and inflammation related diseases. Structurally, fijiolide A impresses by its highly complex molecular architecture, featuring a polychlorinated and rotationally restricted [2.6]paracyclophane core. The embedded highly unsaturated cyclopenta[a]indene framework is glycosylated with an amino ribopyranose unit. Fijiolide A is related to the Bergman cycloaromatization product of the C-1027 chromophore and is proposed to stem from a similar biosynthetic enediyne precursor. This thesis outlines a total synthesis of fijiolide A. Our synthetic approach features an intermolecular ruthenium-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition of three different alkynes to assemble the heavily substituted central arene core. Only 10 further steps were required to build up the strained [2.6]paracyclophane core of the fijiolide A aglycone. For this purpose we engineered an unprecedented macroetherification process that proceeds with remarkably high regio- and atropselectivity via a templated nucleophilic substitution. A late-stage glycosylation of the sterically encumbered tertiary alcohol enabled, for the first time, access to fijiolide A. Overall, the natural product fijiolide A was synthesized in a longest linear sequence of 18 steps from commercially available starting material.

EPFL2016

Rh-catalyzed C-H Bond Heteroarylation with Hypervalent Iodine Reagents and Pd-Catalyzed Tethered Functionalizations of Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds.

Ashis Kumar Das

Transition metal-catalyzed C-H activation is a powerful tool for the synthesis of organic building blocks, materials, and natural products. Over the last decade, directing-group-assisted metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization has attracted increasing interest as a means to target specific C-H bonds. Moreover, a large variety of electrophiles has been employed in this kind of processes. In this thesis, we describe a novel C-6 selective C-H heteroarylation of pyridine-2-ones using indoleBX reagents as coupling partners under Rh(I)-catalysis. The reaction worked efficiently also with other analogous heterocyclic substrates and with a quinoline-N-oxide. We were able to obtain 6-(indol-3-yl)pyridinone and 8-(indol-3-yl)quinolone after cleavage of the directing group or rearrangement of the N-oxide moiety. 1,2-Amino alcohols are important structural motifs in organic chemistry that can be observed in natural products, pharmaceutically and biologically active molecules. The palladium-catalyzed difunctionalization of C-C multiple bonds has been broadly investigated as an efficient strategy to access such substructures. This transformation has been reported using either Pd(0)/Pd(II) or Pd(II)/Pd(IV) catalytic cycles, in which the nucleophilic functionalization of a putative Pd(II)-alkyl intermediate is achieved prior to beta-hydride elimination. As a further topic of this thesis, we developed new methods for the synthesis of amino alcohols whereby the Pd-catalyzed difunctionalization of alkynes and alkenes was combined with the tethering approach previously established in our laboratories. We first investigated the Pd-catalyzed enantioselective hydroalkoxylation of propargylic amines. The latter were tethered in situ with a trifluoroacetaldehyde hemiacetal. Best results were obtained with commercially available DACH-Phenyl Trost ligand. Aryl iodides were required as an additive in catalytic amount for successful outcome. A large variety of chiral oxazolidines were obtained in good to excellent yields and ee, followed by a diastereoselective reduction to give protected enantioenriched amino alcohols. A possible mechanism for this transformation relies on a Pd(0)/Pd(II) catalytic cycle involving oxidative addition of aryl iodide with a subsequent oxypalladation/protodemetallation (or reductive elimination) reaction. This is necessary to generate the active complex, not as the start of a cross-coupling event. The use of a commercially available DACH-Ph Trost ligand to produce high enantioselectivity in an unprecedented DYKAT process was critical to success.The Pd-catalyzed amino acetoxylation of cinnamyl alcohols was next taken into consideration towards the synthesis of valuable amino diol derivatives. In this case, preformed substrates were used, where the alcohol moiety was tethered to N-nucleophilic groups. Conditions involving Pd(II)/Pd(IV) catalysis and employing PIDA as a strong oxidant were employed. The use of this hypervalent iodine reagent was key to the success of the transformation. Amino acetoxylated products were obtained in moderate to good yields and dr. The scope of this reaction remains mostly limited to cinnamyl derived substrates. The reaction conditions did not tolerate substituents on the alpha, beta, and gamma positions of the allylic chains. Alkyl chain containing unsaturated alcohols delivered Aza-Wacker-type products.

EPFL2022