A convenient method for preparing rigid-core ionic liquid crystals

• Julien Fouchet,
• Laurent Douce,
• Benoît Heinrich,
• Richard Welter and
• Alain Louati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.51

• -methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium mesogenic salts. Synthesis of the imidazole A. Reaction conditions: (i) aryl iodide (1.37 mmol), imidazole (1.69 mmol), K2CO3 (1.51 mmol), Cu(II)NaY (148 mg), 72 h at 180 °C in a sealed tube. Synthesis of methyl imidazolium 1a. Reaction conditions: (i) MeI in sealed tube, 54 h at

Reduction of arenediazonium salts by tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE): Efficient formation of products derived from aryl radicals

• Mohan Mahesh,
• John A. Murphy,
• Franck LeStrat and
• Hans Peter Wessel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 1, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.1

• arenediazonium cation) to the phenyl anion (+0.05 V vs SCE). Thus, it had long been noted that cyclic voltammetry of aryl halides, particularly iodides, can give rise to a single two-electron wave in the reductive part of the cycle. The first electron converts the aryl iodide to the corresponding aryl radical

m-Iodosylbenzoic acid – a convenient recyclable reagent for highly efficient aromatic iodinations

• Andreas Kirschning,
• Mekhman S. Yusubov,
• Roza Y. Yusubova,
• Ki-Whan Chi and
• Joo Y. Park

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 19, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-19

• . Separation of pure products is conveniently achieved by scavenging any aryl iodide by ion exchange with IRA-900 (hydroxide form). The reduced form of the reagent, m-iodobenzoic acid, can be easily recovered from the ion exchange resin or from the basic aqueous solution by simple acidification with HCl