Appel Reaction

The Appel reaction is an organic reaction that converts an alcohol into an alkyl chloride using triphenylphosphine and carbon tetrachloride.The use of carbon tetrabromide or bromine as a halide source will yield alkyl bromides, whereas using carbon tetraiodide, methyl iodide or iodine gives alkyl iodides. The reaction is credited to and named after Rolf Appel,it had however been described earlier. The use of this reaction is becoming less common, due to carbon tetrachloride being restricted under the Montreal protocol.
The Appel reaction
Drawbacks to the reaction are the use of toxic halogenating agents and the coproduction of organophosphorus product that must be separated from the organic product.The phosphorus reagent can be used in catalytic quantities.The corresponding alkyl bromide can also be synthesised by addition of lithium bromide as a source of bromide ions.
Catalytic Appel Reaction Scheme

Mechanism[edit]

The Appel reaction begins with the formation of the phosphonium salt 3, which is thought to exist as a tight ion pair with 4[7] and therefore is unable to undergo an alpha-elimination to give dichlorocarbene. Deprotonation of the alcohol, forming chloroform, yields an alkoxide 5. The nucleophilic displacement of the chloride by the alkoxide yields intermediate 7. With primary and secondary alcohols, the halide reacts in a SN2 process forming the alkyl halide 8 and triphenylphosphine oxide. Tertiary alcohols form the products 6 and 7 via a SN1 mechanism.
The driving force behind this and similar reactions is the formation of the strong PO double bond.[8] The reaction is somewhat similar to the Mitsunobu Reaction, where the combination of an organophosphine as an oxide acceptor, a diazo compound as a hydrogen acceptor reagent, and a nucleophile are used to convert alcohols to esters and other applications like this.[9]
The mechanism of the Appel reaction
Illustrative use of the Appel reaction is the chlorination of geraniol to geranyl chloride.[10]

Modifications[edit]

The Appel reaction is also effective on carboxylic acids; this has been used to convert them to oxazolines, oxazines and thiazolines.[11]
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    1. nilesh97.parmar@gmail.com9 March 2019 at 01:37

      Tertiary alcohols give apple rection ?

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    2. alfachemistry17 March 2019 at 07:54

      Products listed on our website are either in stock or can be resynthesized within a reasonable time frame. N-butylpyridinium bromide

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