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Theoretical Prediction and Explanation of Reaction Site Selectivity in the Addition of a Phenoxy Group to Perfluoropyrimidine, Perfluoropyridazine, and Perfluoropyrazine

Perfluoroaromatics, such as perfluoropyridine and perfluorobenzene, are privileged synthetic scaffolds in organofluorine methodology, undergoing a series of regioselective substitution reactions with a variety of nucleophiles. This unique chemical behavior allows for the synthesis of many perfluoroa...

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Autores principales: Fuhrer, Timothy J., Houck, Matthew, Chapman, Rachel M., Iacono, Scott T.
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8705331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34946720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26247637
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Houck, Matthew
Chapman, Rachel M.
Iacono, Scott T.
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description Perfluoroaromatics, such as perfluoropyridine and perfluorobenzene, are privileged synthetic scaffolds in organofluorine methodology, undergoing a series of regioselective substitution reactions with a variety of nucleophiles. This unique chemical behavior allows for the synthesis of many perfluoroaromatic derived molecules with unique and diverse architectures. Recently, it has been demonstrated that perfluoropyridine and perfluorobenzene can be utilized as precursors for a variety of materials, ranging from high performance polyaryl ethers to promising drug scaffolds. In this work, using density functional theory, we investigate the possibility of perfluoropyrimidine, perfluoropyridazine, and perfluoropyrazine participating in similar substitution reactions. We have found that the first nucleophilic addition of a phenoxide group substitution on perfluoropyrimidine and on perfluoropyridazine would happen at a site para to one of the nitrogen atoms. While previous literature points to mesomeric effects as the primary cause of this phenomenon, our work demonstrates that this effect is enhanced by the fact that the transition states for these reactions result in bond angles that allow the phenoxide to π-complex with the electron-deficient diazine ring. The second substitution on perfluoropyrimidine and on perfluoropyridazine is most likely to happen at the site para to the other nitrogen. The second substitution on perfluoropyrazine is most likely to happen at the site para to the first substitution. The activation energies for these reactions are in line with those reported for perfluoropyridine and suggest that these platforms may also be worth investigation in the lab as possible monomers for high performance polymers.
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spelling pubmed-87053312021-12-25 Theoretical Prediction and Explanation of Reaction Site Selectivity in the Addition of a Phenoxy Group to Perfluoropyrimidine, Perfluoropyridazine, and Perfluoropyrazine Fuhrer, Timothy J. Houck, Matthew Chapman, Rachel M. Iacono, Scott T. Molecules Article Perfluoroaromatics, such as perfluoropyridine and perfluorobenzene, are privileged synthetic scaffolds in organofluorine methodology, undergoing a series of regioselective substitution reactions with a variety of nucleophiles. This unique chemical behavior allows for the synthesis of many perfluoroaromatic derived molecules with unique and diverse architectures. Recently, it has been demonstrated that perfluoropyridine and perfluorobenzene can be utilized as precursors for a variety of materials, ranging from high performance polyaryl ethers to promising drug scaffolds. In this work, using density functional theory, we investigate the possibility of perfluoropyrimidine, perfluoropyridazine, and perfluoropyrazine participating in similar substitution reactions. We have found that the first nucleophilic addition of a phenoxide group substitution on perfluoropyrimidine and on perfluoropyridazine would happen at a site para to one of the nitrogen atoms. While previous literature points to mesomeric effects as the primary cause of this phenomenon, our work demonstrates that this effect is enhanced by the fact that the transition states for these reactions result in bond angles that allow the phenoxide to π-complex with the electron-deficient diazine ring. The second substitution on perfluoropyrimidine and on perfluoropyridazine is most likely to happen at the site para to the other nitrogen. The second substitution on perfluoropyrazine is most likely to happen at the site para to the first substitution. The activation energies for these reactions are in line with those reported for perfluoropyridine and suggest that these platforms may also be worth investigation in the lab as possible monomers for high performance polymers. MDPI 2021-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8705331/ /pubmed/34946720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26247637 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Theoretical Prediction and Explanation of Reaction Site Selectivity in the Addition of a Phenoxy Group to Perfluoropyrimidine, Perfluoropyridazine, and Perfluoropyrazine
title Theoretical Prediction and Explanation of Reaction Site Selectivity in the Addition of a Phenoxy Group to Perfluoropyrimidine, Perfluoropyridazine, and Perfluoropyrazine
title_full Theoretical Prediction and Explanation of Reaction Site Selectivity in the Addition of a Phenoxy Group to Perfluoropyrimidine, Perfluoropyridazine, and Perfluoropyrazine
title_fullStr Theoretical Prediction and Explanation of Reaction Site Selectivity in the Addition of a Phenoxy Group to Perfluoropyrimidine, Perfluoropyridazine, and Perfluoropyrazine
title_full_unstemmed Theoretical Prediction and Explanation of Reaction Site Selectivity in the Addition of a Phenoxy Group to Perfluoropyrimidine, Perfluoropyridazine, and Perfluoropyrazine
title_short Theoretical Prediction and Explanation of Reaction Site Selectivity in the Addition of a Phenoxy Group to Perfluoropyrimidine, Perfluoropyridazine, and Perfluoropyrazine
title_sort theoretical prediction and explanation of reaction site selectivity in the addition of a phenoxy group to perfluoropyrimidine, perfluoropyridazine, and perfluoropyrazine
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8705331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34946720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26247637
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