Anionic Thia-Fries Rearrangement at Ferrocene: A Computational and Experimental Study

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Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2100025
JournalHelvetica Chimica Acta
Volume104
Issue number4
Early online date11 Mar 2021
Publication statusPublished - 14 Apr 2021

Abstract

Ferrocenyl triflate (1) and 1,1′-ferrocenediyl ditriflate (5) undergo single and double anionic thia-Fries rearrangements at low temperatures in high yields with the latter forming exclusively the respective meso product. The detailed mechanisms of the anionic thia-Fries rearrangement of 1, as well as that of the double anionic thia-Fries rearrangement of 5, are examined with the aid of DFT calculations. Functionals, basis set and pseudopotentials applied were selected in accordance with a benchmark using the crystal structure analysis of the prime product 3 of the reaction of 1 before hydrolysis for comparison, which has so far not been reported. The unprecedented meso diastereoselectivity of the double anionic thia-Fries rearrangement of 5 is shown to be a result of a distinctive degree of chelation arising from two diastereomeric transition states.

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    anionic thia-Fries rearrangement, crystal structure analysis, density functional calculations, ferrocenyl triflates, reaction mechanisms

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Anionic Thia-Fries Rearrangement at Ferrocene: A Computational and Experimental Study. / Boston, Geanne M.R.; Frank, Irmgard; Butenschön, Holger.
In: Helvetica Chimica Acta, Vol. 104, No. 4, e2100025, 14.04.2021.

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Boston GMR, Frank I, Butenschön H. Anionic Thia-Fries Rearrangement at Ferrocene: A Computational and Experimental Study. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2021 Apr 14;104(4):e2100025. Epub 2021 Mar 11. doi: 10.1002/hlca.202100025
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