Halogen Bonding and Mechanochemistry Combined: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of N-Iodosaccharin Pyridine Complexes

15 September 2023, Version 1
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Abstract

Halogen-bonded complexes are utilized across a myriad of synthetic chemistry fields, with halogen(I) complexes such as Barluenga’s reagent ubiquitous with respect to halogenation reactions. Especially the preparation of Barluenga’s reagent requieres the use of heavy metal salts and vast amounts of chlorinated solvents. In line with a more modern, environmentally-conscious ethos, halogen bonded adducts and a halogen(I) complex similar to Barluenga’s reagent based on N-iodosaccharin were prepared by mechanochemical processes for the first time. The general absence of solvents or the use of vanishingly small amounts of ethyl acetate in a liquid-assisted grinding approach during the mechanochemical preparations, enabled the homoleptic [(DMAP)–I–(DMAP)]+ iodine(I) complex to be synthesized. The as prepared mechanochemically materials were used in the iodination of antipyrine, demonstrating their potential use as surrogates for for Barluenga’s reagent in both solution and solid-state synthesis.

Keywords

halogen bond
mechanochemistry
supramolecular chemistry
synthesis
X-ray structure

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