Triethylaluminum- or triethylborane-induced free radical reaction of alkyl iodides and alpha,beta-unsaturated compounds.
A series of alpha,beta-unsaturated compounds, 1a-c, 9, 13, and 17, were used as reactants in free radical conjugate addition reactions with different radicals generated from alkyl iodides such as 3, 4, or 5 in the presence of triethylborane-oxygen in air or via the use of triethylaluminum-benzoyl peroxide as a free radical initiator. When the reactions were carried out using triethylborane-air, the products, in most cases, were clean and were easily purified. However, higher yields of the 1,4-adducts and less side reactions occurred when less reactive substrates were used as Michael acceptors in reactions with triethylaluminum-benzoyl peroxide and alkyl iodide under similar conditions. A mechanism for this is proposed in Scheme 1.
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, Section 4, Tingchow Road, Taipei, Taiwan 116, ROC.
Jing-Yuan
JY
Liu
Yoeng-Jiunn
YJ
Jang
Wen-Wei
WW
Lin
Ju-Tsung
JT
Liu
Ching-Fa
CF
Yao