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1 Diazonium Salts to Functionalize Benzene While we don’t often wish to prepare a nitro compound (unless our goal is to design explosives), the nitro group can be converted to a wide variety of different substituents via a three-step process: First, the nitro group is reduced to an amino group by hydrogenation Second, the amino group is converted to a diazonium salt (Ar-N 2 + X - ) Third, the diazonium salt is converted into the substituent CuCl/KCl gives Ar-Cl, ▪ H 3 PO 2 gives Ar-H CuBr/KBr gives Ar-Br ▪ HBF 4 /heat gives Ar-F CuCN/KCN gives Ar-CN ▪ H 2 O/heat gives Ar-OH KI gives Ar-I (use H 2 SO 4 instead of HCl when making Ar-N 2 + ) R NO 2 NH 2 R R N 2 + R X Cl HCl N aN O 2 Pd/C CH 3 CH 2 OH H 2 appropriate conditions 0-5 o C
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Diazonium Salts to Functionalize Benzene
While we don’t often wish to prepare a nitro compound (unless our goal is to design explosives), the nitro group can be converted to a wide variety of different substituents via a three-step process:
First, the nitro group is reduced to an amino group by hydrogenation
Second, the amino group is converted to a diazonium salt (Ar-N2
+X-) Third, the diazonium salt is converted into the substituent
CuCl/KCl gives Ar-Cl, ▪ H3PO2 gives Ar-H
CuBr/KBr gives Ar-Br ▪ HBF4/heat gives Ar-F CuCN/KCN gives Ar-CN ▪ H2O/heat gives Ar-OH KI gives Ar-I (use H2SO4 instead of
HCl when
making Ar-N2+)
R
NO2 NH2
R R
N2
+
R
XClHClNaNO2
Pd/C
CH3CH2OH
H2
appropriateconditions
0-5oC
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Diazonium Salts to Functionalize Benzene
How does the diazonium salt form? First, the NaNO2 deprotonates the acid, giving HNO2.
Second, more acid reacts with the HNO2 giving NO+ and water.
Finally, the aniline reacts with NO+ to give the diazonium salt and water:
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Diazonium Salts to Functionalize Benzene
N2 is an excellent leaving group (one of the best there is), so it’s not difficult to imagine it leaving, leaving behind a phenyl cation:
This is a gross oversimplification of the real mechanism (which likely proceeds via radical intermediates), but allows us to rationalize how a diazonium salt can be converted into an aryl halide, cyanide or phenol:
C
R
H
H
H
H
C
R
NH
H
H
H
N
N N
+
+
..
+ .. ..
C
R
H
H
H
H
C
R
NuH
H
H
H
+
+ .. Nu-
Be careful handling diazonium salts. They tend to be explosive! If you want to store a diazonium salt, it has to be at low temperature and the counterion has to be large (BF4
- or PF6-)
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Diazonium Salts to Functionalize Benzene
N2
H
F
Cl
Br
ICN
OH
CuCl, KCl
1. HBF4
2. heatH3PO2
+
heat
H2O CuBr, KBr
CuI, KICuCN, KCN
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Diazonium Salts to Functionalize Benzene
Why would you want to introduce a nitro group just to take it off again? (ArH ArNO2 ArNH2 ArN2
+ ArH)
Sometimes, NO2 is useful as a “blocking” group. Consider the following sequence of reactions:
This is the only way to prevent Cl from adding para to –OCH3.
H3CO
HClNaNO2
Pd/C
CH3CH2OH
H2
0-5oC
HNO3 H2SO4
low temp
2 Cl2, FeCl3
higher temp
H3PO2
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Reactions of Benzene (Oxidation)
Recall that when we discussed oxidizing agents, you were warned that potassium permanganate (KMnO4) had to be used cold and with care. At room temperature, KMnO4 can oxidize an alkyl chain right off a benzene ring!
Alternately, sodium dichromate (Na2Cr2O7) and sulfuric acid can be used in place of the KMnO4/hydroxide mixture.
These reactions work on any alkyl chain which has a benzylic hydrogen atom:
CO
O
COH
O
KMnO4, OH- H+
H2O
CR
H H
CR
H R
CH
H H
or or
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Reactions of Benzene (Oxidation)
What are the major organic products for the following reactions?
Cl
Na2Cr2O7
H2SO4
OH
Na2Cr2O7
H2SO4
O
OH
KMnO4, KOH
