A -Alkyl compounds

Such A-alkyl compounds are not known to be of any current application although fibres from a partially A-alkylated derivative of nylon 610 have been described. 

Addition reactions such as A-alkylation do not occur readily, and trimethylsilylmethylation of 3,4-diphenyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole 8 with trimethylsilylmethyl trifluoromethanesulfonate at 80°C occurred at N-2 < 1999J(P1) 1709>. The electron-rich 3-hydroxy-l,2,5-thiadiazole can be preferentially methylated on N-2 using trimethyl orthoacetate in toluene to afford the 2-methyl-l,2,5-thiadiazol-3-one in 69% yield <2002EJ01763>, although a mixture of 3-hydroxythiadiazole and neat trimethyl orthoacetate showed a 20 80 ratio of N- versus 0-alkylation products by H NMR. Treatment of 3-hydroxy-l,2,5-thiadiazole with /-butyl acetate under acid catalysis (Amberlyst 15) gave almost exclusively the A-alkylated compound <2002BMC2259>. 

A-Alkylates 54 or 93 and ring-alkylate 55 and dialkylate 94 were isolated. Polymer-incorporated species arise with macroalkyls. A -Alkylated compounds like 54 or 93 are thermolabile [4], The alkyl group is split-off over 120°C or in the presence of an acid catalyst in the form of an olefin. The respective parent 11 and ring-substituted 55 are regenerated. 

The orientation of reaction of aminopyridazines with electrophiles, and further reaction of the intermediates is illustrated by a study with 4-amino-5-aroylpyridazines. Acylation and sulfonylation occurs on the amino nitrogen, while alkylation occurs, as expected, at N-1 the acylamino derivatives are relatively unstable, but the toluenesulfonamide is quite stable to acid and to base. Methylation of the toluenesulfonamide gives a mixture of ring and amino alkylated products with the latter predominating. Hydrolysis of the ring A-alkylated compounds gives 4(l//)-pyridazinones (Scheme 57). Selective amino-alkylation of the 4-amino-5-aroylpyridazines is achieved via the imidate by reduction and subsequent oxidation of the alcohol <85H(23)265l>. 

Primary a-halogenated amides - absorb at higher frequencies than the corresponding alkyl compound, up to about 1750 cm (5.71 gm), and may, in fact, have two carbonyl bands due to the presence of rotational isomerism. The carbonyl band of A -halogen secondary amides also occurs at higher frequencies than that of the corresponding A -alkyl compound. 

Another similar example concerns the alkylation of enamines. This reaction works well with reactive a-halocarbonyl compounds (frames 175ff) but simple alkyl hahdes often react on nitrogen ... 

The carbonylation of some alkyl halides such as iodocyclohexane (911) can be carried out under neutral conditions in the presence of N,N,N.N-tetre,-methylurea (TMU), which is a neutral compound, but catches generated hydrogen halide. Molecular sieves (MS-4A) are used for the same pur-pose[768]. Very reactive ethyl 3-iodobutyrate (912) is carbonylated to give ethyl methylsuccinate (913) in the presence of TMU. The expected elimination of HI to form crotonate, followed by carbonylation, does not occur. 

Diazomethane alkylation of A-4-thiazoline-2-ones (36, 214) or the Williamson reaction of 2-halogenothiazoles (6. 287-300) provide good yields of 2-alkoxythiazole otherwise obtained by reaction between O-esters of monothiocarbamic acid with a-halocarbonyl compounds (see Chapter II). 

The reaction of a thioamide with a-halocarbonyl compounds has been applied extensively, and many thiazoles (10) with alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, or heteroaryl functional groups at the three 2-, 4-, or 5-positions have been reported (Scheme 6). 

This method, initiated by Marchesini in 1893 (26, 29), consists in the condensation of an a-halocarbony] compound with ammonium thiocarba-mate (157), R, = NH4 or its esters (157), R, = alkyl (Scheme 80). 

The detergent range alcohols and their derivatives have a wide variety of uses ia consumer and iadustrial products either because of surface-active properties, or as a means of iatroduciag a long chain moiety iato a chemical compound. The major use is as surfactants (qv) ia detergents and cleaning products. Only a small amount of the alcohol is used as-is rather most is used as derivatives such as the poly(oxyethylene) ethers and the sulfated ethers, the alkyl sulfates, and the esters of other acids, eg, phosphoric acid and monocarboxyhc and dicarboxyhc acids. Major use areas are given ia Table 11. 

OC-All lation of Carbonyl Compounds and Derivatives. The organoborate iatermediates generated by the reaction of alkylboranes with carbanions derived from a-halocarbonyl compounds and a-halonitriles rearrange to give a-alkylated products. 

The solvent is 28 CC-olefins recycled from the fractionation section. Effluent from the reactors includes product a-olefins, unreacted ethylene, aluminum alkyls of the same carbon number distribution as the product olefins, and polymer. The effluent is flashed to remove ethylene, filtered to remove polyethylene, and treated to reduce the aluminum alkyls in the stream. In the original plant operation, these aluminum alkyls were not removed, resulting in the formation of paraffins (- 1.4%) when the reactor effluent was treated with caustic to kill the catalyst. In the new plant, however, it is likely that these aluminum alkyls are transalkylated with ethylene by adding a catalyst such as 60 ppm of a nickel compound, eg, nickel octanoate (6). The new plant contains a caustic wash section and the product olefins still contain some paraffins ( 0.5%). After treatment with caustic, cmde olefins are sent to a water wash to remove sodium and aluminum salts. 

Products are contaminated with more highly alkylated compounds, but less so than without the active metal. The phosphide can be generated from a Grignard or organolithium reagent. 

I itro-DisplacementPolymerization. The facile nucleophilic displacement of a nitro group on a phthalimide by an oxyanion has been used to prepare polyetherimides by heating bisphenoxides with bisnitrophthalimides (91). For example with 4,4 -dinitro monomers, a polymer with the Ultem backbone is prepared as follows (92). Because of the high reactivity of the nitro phthalimides, the polymerkation can be carried out at temperatures below 75°C. Relative reactivities are nitro compounds over halogens, Ai-aryl imides over A/-alkyl imides, and 3-substituents over 4-substituents. Solvents are usually dipolar aprotic Hquids such as dimethyl sulfoxide, and sometimes an aromatic Hquid is used, in addition. 

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