Vilsmeier–Haack reaction

Vilsmeier–Haack reaction
Named after Anton Vilsmeier
Albrecht Haack
Reaction type Substitution reaction
Identifiers
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The Vilsmeier–Haack reaction (also called the Vilsmeier reaction) is the chemical reaction of a substituted formamide (1) with phosphorus oxychloride and an electron-rich arene (3) to produce an aryl aldehyde or ketone (5):

RC(=O)NR′R″ + HArZ + POCl3 + H2O → RC(=O)ArZ + NR′R″H + HCl + H3PO4

The reaction is named after Anton Vilsmeier and Albrecht Haack.[1][2][3]

For example, benzanilide and dimethylaniline react with phosphorus oxychloride to produce an unsymmetrical diaryl ketone.[4] Similarly, anthracene is formylated at the 9-position.[5] The reaction of anthracene with N-methylformanilide, also using phosphorus oxychloride, gives 9-anthracenecarboxaldehyde:

Reaction mechanism

The reaction of a substituted amide with phosphorus oxychloride gives a substituted chloroiminium ion (2), also called the Vilsmeier reagent. The initial product is an iminium ion (4b), which is hydrolyzed to the corresponding ketone or aldehyde during workup.[6]

Used in

The Vilsmeier-Haack reaction is widely used in organic chemistry for the synthesis of various compounds and is particularly useful for introducing carbonyl groups into aromatic compounds.

See also

Further reading
  • Mallegol, T.; Gmouh, S.; Aït Amer Meziane, M.; Blanchard-Desce, M.; Mongin, O. (2005). "Practical and Efficient Synthesis of Tris(4-formylphenyl)amine, a Key Building Block in Materials Chemistry". Synthesis. 2005 (11): 1771–1774. doi:10.1055/s-2005-865336.
  • Bélanger, G.; Larouche-Gauthier, R.; Ménard, F.; Nantel, M.; Barabé, F. (2005). "Addition of Tethered Nonaromatic Carbon Nucleophiles to Chemoselectively Activated Amides". Org. Lett. 7 (20): 4431–4. doi:10.1021/ol0516519. hdl:11143/17289. PMID 16178551.
  • A widely-recommended procedure: doi:10.1055/sos-SD-213-00191

References
  1. Vilsmeier, Anton; Haack, Albrecht (1927). "Über die Einwirkung von Halogenphosphor auf Alkyl-formanilide. Eine neue Methode zur Darstellung sekundärer und tertiärer p-Alkylamino-benzaldehyde" [On the reaction of phosphorus halides with alkyl formanilides. A new method for the preparation of secondary and tertiary p-alkylaminobenzaldehydes]. Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin (in German). 60: 119–122. doi:10.1002/cber.19270600118.
  2. Meth-Cohn, O.; Stanforth, S. P. (1991). "The Vilsmeier–Haack Reaction (Review)". Compr. Org. Synth. 2: 777–794. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-052349-1.00049-4.
  3. Campaigne, E.; Archer, W. L. "Formylation of dimethylaniline". Organic Syntheses. 33: 27. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.033.0027; Collected Volumes, vol. 4, p. 331.
  4. Hurd, C. D.; Webb, C. N. (1927). "Vilsmeyer–Haack reaction of benzanilide and dimethylaniline". Organic Syntheses. 7: 24. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.007.0024.
  5. Fieser, F. L.; Hartwell, J. L.; Jones, J. E.; Wood, J. H.; Bost, R. W. (1940). "Formylation of anthracene". Organic Syntheses. 20: 11. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.020.0011.
  6. Jones, G.; Stanforth, S. P. (2000). "The Vilsmeier Reaction of Non-Aromatic Compounds". Org. React. 56 (2): 355–686. doi:10.1002/0471264180.or056.02.
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