ArticleThe Journal of organic chemistry2025
Mechanistic Insights into the Propagation Cycle of the Hofmann-Löffler-Freytag Reaction: Halogen vs Hydrogen Atom Transfer.
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- Continuous-Wave Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Pharmaceutical Research: Current Applications and Emerging Opportunities.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Photochemical Catalyst-Free Synthesis of Pyrrolidines via a Hofmann-Loffler-Freytag Reaction.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
The Hofmann-Löffler-Freytag (HLF) reaction is a method that employs N-chlorinated precursors in radical-mediated rearrangement cycles to synthesize pyrrolidine rings and C-H functionalized products. This study aims to elucidate the mechanism of the propagation cycle, identify the rate-limiting step, and uncover the factors influencing the regioselectivity of the HLF reaction. Combining experimental techniques─laser flash photolysis (LFP), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)─with computational density functional theory (DFT) calculations and kinetic modeling, we challenge the previous assumption that the hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) step was rate-limiting and regioselectivity was under both thermodynamic and kinetic control. We have identified that the halogen atom transfer (XAT) step in the propagation cycle of the HLF reaction follows pseudo-first-order kinetics and has the largest transition-state barrier. Additionally, we observed that regioselectivity is exclusively controlled by the intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer kinetics, while no thermodynamic preference exists in the formation of C
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