title: Synthesis of aryl azides: a probe reaction to study the synergetic action of ultrasounds and ionic liquids.
abstract: The combined effect of ultrasounds and ionic liquids was used to perform the synthesis of aryl azides by nucleophilic aromatic substitution in ionic liquid/[1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium][N3] binary mixtures. The ultrasounds efficiency was analyzed as a function of the substrate and of the ionic liquid structure. In the first case, both 6π and 10π electrons aryl halides were considered. As far as the ionic liquid structure is concerned, both aromatic and aliphatic ionic liquids were taken into account. Among aromatic cations, the effects due to different ability in giving hydrogen bond or π-π interactions were considered. The use of a geminal ionic liquid having an aromatic spacer was examined too. On the whole, collected data evidence an activating effect on the target reaction by the combined use of ultrasounds and ionic liquids. The structural order degree of the ionic liquid seems to be the main factor affecting the ultrasounds efficiency. Furthermore, the effects due to changes in the anion structure seem to be more significant than those due to changes in the cation structure.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento STEMBIO, Sezione di Chimica Organica E. Paternò, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze-Parco d'Orleans II, 90128 Palermo, Italy. fdanna@unipa.it
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Anna
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marullo
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vitale
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Noto
mesh_terms: D001386:Azides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014465:Ultrasonics
chemical_list: D001386:Azides; D052578:Ionic Liquids