Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
We report here the development of very efficient sulfonate based leaving groups, termed Nucleophile Assisting Leaving Groups (NALGs), to accelerate the rate of nucleophilic substitution reactions involving poor nucleophiles and/or substrates traditionally considered too hindered to undergo nucleophilic attack. Indeed NALGs have shown exceptional ability in improving rate of nucleophilic substitution reactions. New very mild stereoretentive halogenations and azidation reactions have also been developed for secondary cyclic alcohols using NALGs involving titanium(IV) reagents. This reaction is particularly significant since the carbon-halogen bond is found widely in natural products and is used extensively as a synthesis intermediate. Azide is also a synthetically important functional group from which a variety of biologically important functional groups are conveniently obtained. Though stereoretentive chlorination and bromination reactions are known, we have developed, for the first time, a stereoretentive azidation reaction using titanium(IV) azide, a reagent not previously used in organic synthesis. During our development of stereoretentive reactions, we eventually developed very efficient, mild, two-step one-pot stereoretentive halogenations (chlorination and bromination) using titanium(IV) halides as catalysts or stoichiometric reagents. These reactions were found to be particularly efficient for cyclic alcohols. An efficient one pot stereoretentive amidation reaction for secondary cyclic alcohols is also reported. The important features of this reaction are that, for the first time, chlorosulfite (prepared in situ from alcohol using thionylchloride) has been used as a leaving group and titanium(IV) fluoride as an activator.
Extent
xii, 134 p. : ill.
Recommended Citation
Mondal, Deboprosad., "Development of Nucleophile Assisting Leaving Groups (NALGs) and new stereoselective reactions using titanium(IV) reagents" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 53.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/53
Identifier
FADT3159264
Comments
by Deboprosad Mondal.|Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010.|Includes bibliography.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.|by Deboprosad Mondal.