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style="width: 30%; background: #ACE1AF; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Fries rearrangement </th></tr> <tr> <td>Named after </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Theophil_Fries" title="Karl Theophil Fries">Karl Theophil Fries</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Reaction type </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rearrangement_reaction" title="Rearrangement reaction">Rearrangement reaction</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width: 30%; background: #ACE1AF; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Identifiers </th></tr> <tr> <td>Organic Chemistry Portal </td> <td><span class="reflink plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreactions/fries-rearrangement.shtm">fries-rearrangement</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Chemistry" title="Royal Society of Chemistry">RSC</a> ontology ID </td> <td><span class="reflink plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols/ontologies/rxno/terms?iri=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.obolibrary.org%2Fobo%2FRXNO_0000444">RXNO:0000444</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; background: #ACE1AF; text-align: center;" colspan="2"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>Fries rearrangement</b>, named for the German chemist <a href="/wiki/Karl_Theophil_Fries" title="Karl Theophil Fries">Karl Theophil Fries</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/Rearrangement_reaction" title="Rearrangement reaction">rearrangement reaction</a> of a phenolic ester to a <a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydroxyl">hydroxy</a> <a href="/wiki/Aryl" class="mw-redirect" title="Aryl">aryl</a> <a href="/wiki/Ketone" title="Ketone">ketone</a> by <a href="/wiki/Catalysis" title="Catalysis">catalysis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lewis_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis acid">Lewis acids</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It involves migration of an <a href="/wiki/Acyl" class="mw-redirect" title="Acyl">acyl</a> group of <a href="/wiki/Phenol" title="Phenol">phenol</a> ester to the <a href="/wiki/Aryl" class="mw-redirect" title="Aryl">aryl</a> ring. The reaction is <a href="/wiki/Arene_substitution_patterns" class="mw-redirect" title="Arene substitution patterns">ortho and para selective</a> and one of the two products can be favoured by changing reaction conditions, such as <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperature</a> and <a href="/wiki/Solvent" title="Solvent">solvent</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mechanism">Mechanism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fries_rearrangement&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mechanism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite many efforts, a definitive <a href="/wiki/Reaction_mechanism" title="Reaction mechanism">reaction mechanism</a> for the Fries rearrangement has not been determined. Evidence for inter- and <a href="/wiki/Intramolecular_reaction" title="Intramolecular reaction">intramolecular</a> mechanisms have been obtained by <a href="/wiki/Crossover_experiment_(chemistry)" title="Crossover experiment (chemistry)">crossover experiments</a> with mixed reactants.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>The reaction progress is not dependent on <a href="/wiki/Solvent" title="Solvent">solvent</a> or <a href="/wiki/Substrate_(chemistry)" title="Substrate (chemistry)">substrate</a>. A widely accepted mechanism involves a <a href="/wiki/Carbocation" title="Carbocation">carbocation</a> intermediate. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fries_rearrangement.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Fries rearrangement"><img alt="The Fries rearrangement" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Fries_rearrangement.svg/600px-Fries_rearrangement.svg.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Fries_rearrangement.svg/900px-Fries_rearrangement.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Fries_rearrangement.svg/1200px-Fries_rearrangement.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3974" data-file-height="1454" /></a><figcaption>The Fries rearrangement</figcaption></figure> <p>In the first reaction step a <a href="/wiki/Lewis_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis acid">Lewis acid</a> for instance <a href="/wiki/Aluminium_chloride" title="Aluminium chloride">aluminium chloride</a> <span class="chemf nowrap">AlCl<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">3</sub></span></span></span> co-ordinates to the <a href="/wiki/Carbonyl" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbonyl">carbonyl</a> oxygen atom of the <a href="/wiki/Acyl" class="mw-redirect" title="Acyl">acyl</a> group. This oxygen atom is more <a href="/wiki/Electron" title="Electron">electron</a> rich than the <a href="/wiki/Phenol" title="Phenol">phenolic</a> oxygen atom and is the preferred <a href="/wiki/Lewis_base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis base">Lewis base</a>. This interaction <a href="/wiki/Chemical_polarity" title="Chemical polarity">polarizes</a> the <a href="/wiki/Covalent_bond" title="Covalent bond">bond</a> between the acyl residue and the phenolic oxygen atom and the aluminium chloride group rearranges to the phenolic oxygen atom. This generates a free <a href="/wiki/Acylium" class="mw-redirect" title="Acylium">acylium</a> <a href="/wiki/Carbocation" title="Carbocation">carbocation</a> which reacts in a classical <a href="/wiki/Electrophilic_aromatic_substitution" title="Electrophilic aromatic substitution">electrophilic aromatic substitution</a> with the aromatic ring. The abstracted proton is released as <a href="/wiki/Hydrochloric_acid" title="Hydrochloric acid">hydrochloric acid</a> where the chlorine is derived from aluminium chloride. The orientation of the substitution reaction is temperature dependent. A low reaction temperature favors <a href="/wiki/Arene_substitution_patterns" class="mw-redirect" title="Arene substitution patterns">para substitution</a> and with high temperatures the <a href="/wiki/Arene_substitution_patterns" class="mw-redirect" title="Arene substitution patterns">ortho</a> product prevails, this can be rationalised as exhibiting classic <a href="/wiki/Thermodynamic_versus_kinetic_reaction_control" title="Thermodynamic versus kinetic reaction control">thermodynamic versus kinetic reaction control</a> as the ortho product can form a more stable bidentate complex with the aluminium.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Formation of the ortho product is also favoured in non-polar solvents; as the solvent polarity increases, the ratio of the para product also increases.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scope">Scope</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fries_rearrangement&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Scope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Phenol" title="Phenol">Phenols</a> react to form <a href="/wiki/Ester" title="Ester">esters</a> instead of hydroxyarylketones when reacted with <a href="/wiki/Acyl_halide" title="Acyl halide">acyl halides</a> under <a href="/wiki/Friedel-Crafts_acylation" class="mw-redirect" title="Friedel-Crafts acylation">Friedel-Crafts acylation</a> conditions. Therefore, this reaction is of industrial importance for the synthesis of hydroxyarylketones, which are important intermediates for several pharmaceuticals. As an alternative to <a href="/wiki/Aluminium_chloride" title="Aluminium chloride">aluminium chloride</a>, other <a href="/wiki/Lewis_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis acid">Lewis acids</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Boron_trifluoride" title="Boron trifluoride">boron trifluoride</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bismuth" title="Bismuth">bismuth</a> <a href="/wiki/Triflate" title="Triflate">triflate</a> or strong protic acids such as <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_fluoride" title="Hydrogen fluoride">hydrogen fluoride</a> and <a href="/wiki/Methanesulfonic_acid" title="Methanesulfonic acid">methanesulfonic acid</a> can also be used. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In order to avoid the use of these corrosive and environmentally unfriendly <a href="/wiki/Catalyst" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalyst">catalysts</a> altogether research into alternative <a href="/wiki/Heterogeneous_catalysis" title="Heterogeneous catalysis">heterogeneous</a> catalysts is actively pursued. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Limits">Limits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fries_rearrangement&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Limits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In all instances only <a href="/wiki/Ester" title="Ester">esters</a> can be used with stable acyl components that can withstand the harsh conditions of the Fries rearrangement. If the aromatic or the acyl component is heavily substituted then the <a href="/wiki/Chemical_yield" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemical yield">chemical yield</a> will drop due to <a href="/wiki/Steric_hindrance" class="mw-redirect" title="Steric hindrance">steric</a> constraints. Deactivating meta-directing groups on the benzene group will also have an adverse effect as can be expected for a <a href="/wiki/Friedel-Crafts_reaction" class="mw-redirect" title="Friedel-Crafts reaction">Friedel–Crafts acylation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Photo-Fries_rearrangement">Photo-Fries rearrangement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fries_rearrangement&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Photo-Fries rearrangement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the ordinary thermal phenyl ester reaction a <a href="/wiki/Photochemical" class="mw-redirect" title="Photochemical">photochemical</a> variant is possible. The <b>photo-Fries rearrangement</b> can likewise give [1,3] and [1,5] products,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which involves a <a href="/wiki/Radical_(chemistry)" title="Radical (chemistry)">radical</a> <a href="/wiki/Reaction_mechanism" title="Reaction mechanism">reaction mechanism</a>. This reaction is also possible with deactivating <a href="/wiki/Substituent" title="Substituent">substituents</a> on the aromatic group. Because the yields are low this procedure is not used in commercial production. However, photo-Fries rearrangement may occur naturally, for example when a plastic object made of aromatic <a href="/wiki/Polycarbonate" title="Polycarbonate">polycarbonate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polyester" title="Polyester">polyester</a> or <a href="/wiki/Polyurethane" title="Polyurethane">polyurethane</a>, is exposed to the sun (aliphatic carbonyls undergo <a href="/wiki/Norrish_reaction" title="Norrish reaction">Norrish reactions</a>, which are somewhat similar). In this case, <a href="/wiki/Photodissociation" title="Photodissociation">photolysis</a> of the ester groups would lead to leaching of phthalate from the plastic.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fries_rearrangement_(photo).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Photo Fries rearrangement"><img alt="Photo Fries rearrangement" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Fries_rearrangement_%28photo%29.svg/600px-Fries_rearrangement_%28photo%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Fries_rearrangement_%28photo%29.svg/900px-Fries_rearrangement_%28photo%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Fries_rearrangement_%28photo%29.svg/1200px-Fries_rearrangement_%28photo%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="4549" data-file-height="838" /></a><figcaption>Photo Fries rearrangement</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anionic_Fries_rearrangement">Anionic Fries rearrangement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fries_rearrangement&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Anionic Fries rearrangement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the anionic Fries rearrangement <a href="/wiki/Ortho-metalation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ortho-metalation">ortho-metalation</a> of aryl esters, <a href="/wiki/Carbamates" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbamates">carbamates</a> and carbonates with a strong base results in a rearrangement to give ortho-carbonyl species.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anion_Fries_Rearrangement.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Anion_Fries_Rearrangement.png/220px-Anion_Fries_Rearrangement.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Anion_Fries_Rearrangement.png/330px-Anion_Fries_Rearrangement.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Anion_Fries_Rearrangement.png/440px-Anion_Fries_Rearrangement.png 2x" data-file-width="2041" data-file-height="561" /></a><figcaption>Mechanism of Anion Fries Rearrangement</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fries_rearrangement&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friedel%E2%80%93Crafts_alkylation" class="mw-redirect" title="Friedel–Crafts alkylation">Friedel–Crafts alkylation</a>-like reactions: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hofmann%E2%80%93Martius_rearrangement" title="Hofmann–Martius rearrangement">Hofmann–Martius rearrangement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Hepp_rearrangement" title="Fischer–Hepp rearrangement">Fischer–Hepp rearrangement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duff_reaction" title="Duff reaction">Duff reaction</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fries_rearrangement&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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