Issue 35, 2024

“Cation Pool” generated from DMSO and 1,2-dihaloethanes and their application in organic synthesis

Abstract

Conventionally, carbenium and onium ions are prepared in the presence of nucleophiles due to their instability and transient nature. The nucleophiles that are unstable or inert to the reaction media cannot be used for reaction with the cationic species to access the desired compounds. To overcome these limitations, developing methods for generating organic cations irreversibly in the absence of nucleophiles is essential. The “cation pool” method developed by Yoshida and co-workers stands out as a reliable strategy to generate and accumulate the reactive cations in solution in the absence of nucleophiles. The cation pool method involves the electrolysis of the substrate in the absence of nucleophiles, usually at low temperature. Moreover, the generation of halogen and chalcogen cations through electrolysis needs extra care because of their low stability. This review covers our effort in generating and accumulating halogen cations as “cation pools”, most importantly by simply heating a mixture of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and 1,2-dihaloethane (DXE, X = Cl, Br, I), and their use in the halogenation reactions. Furthermore, condition-dependent Pummerer-type fragmentations of DMSO-stabilized halogen cations to methyl(methylene)sulfonium ions and chlorodimethylsulfonium ions for synthetic applications are described.

Graphical abstract: “Cation Pool” generated from DMSO and 1,2-dihaloethanes and their application in organic synthesis

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
07 May 2024
Accepted
12 Aug 2024
First published
13 Aug 2024

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024,22, 7103-7110

“Cation Pool” generated from DMSO and 1,2-dihaloethanes and their application in organic synthesis

N. Panda, K. Palit and S. Mohapatra, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22, 7103 DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00740A

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