Acetic acid substituted acidity

CF3CO2H. Colourless liquid, b.p. 72-5 C, fumes in air. Trifluoroacetic acid is the most important halogen-substituted acetic acid. It is a very strong acid (pK = o y) and used extensively for acid catalysed reactions, especially ester cleavage in peptide synthesis. 

Acidic Hydrolysis. Hot concentrated caustic alkalis first hydrolyse off the ethyl group, and then split the molecule to give one equivalent of acetic acid and one equivalent of the mono- or di-substituted acetic acid (as their alkali salts). 

In brief, suitable hydrolysis of ethyl acetoacetate derivatives will give mono-or di-alkyl substituted acetones or acetic acids. Tri-substituted acetones or acetic acids cannot be obtained moreover, the di-substituted acetones must... 

It follows therefore that ethyl malonate can be used (just as ethyl aceto- acetate) to prepare any mono or di-substituted acetic acid the limitations are identical, namely the substituents must necessarily be alkyl groups (or aryl-alkyl groups such as CjHjCHj), and tri-substituted acetic acids cannot be prepared. Ethyl malonate undergoes no reaction equivalent to the ketonic hydrolysis of ethyl acetoacetate, and the concentration of the alkali used for the hydrolysis is therefore not important. 

Formation of a Quinoxaline. Heat together for 5 minutes under reflux 0 2 g. of phenanthraquinone dissolved in i ml. of glacial acetic acid and 0-2 g. of O -phenylene diamine also dissolved in i ml, of glacial acetic acid. The yellow substituted quinoxaline (p. 305) separates rapidly. Cool, filter and recrystallise from benzene m.p. 225 . 

The alkylidene dimethone (dimedone) (I) upon boiling with glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, hydrochloric acid and other reagents frequently loses water and passes into a substituted octahydroxanthene or the anhydride (II), which often serves as another derivative. The derivatives (I) are soluble in dilute alkali and the resulting solutions give colourations with ferric chloride solution on the other hand, the anhydrides (II) are insoluble in dilute alkali and hence can easily be distinguished from the alkylidene dimedones (I). 

Dissolve 0 5 g. of the primary amine and 0-5 g. of pure phthaUc anhydride in 5 ml. of glacial acetic acid and reflux for 20-30 minutes. (If the amine salt is used, add 1 g. of sodium acetate.) The N-substituted phthaUmide separates out on cooling. Recrystallise it from alcohol or from glacial acetic acid. 

With concentrated alkali, fission occurs at the position adjacent to the carbonyl group to give acetic acid and a mono-substituted acetic acid the process is termed acid hydrolysis. 

Alkylation of the sodio derivative affords the C-substituted cyanoacetic ester, which when heated with dilute acid gives the mono-substitut acetic acid. 

The catalysed nitration of phenol gives chiefly 0- and />-nitrophenol, (< 0-1% of w-nitrophenol is formed), with small quantities of dinitrated compound and condensed products. The ortho para ratio is very dependent on the conditions of reaction and the concentration of nitrous acid. Thus, in aqueous solution containing sulphuric acid (i 75 mol 1 ) and nitric acid (0-5 mol 1 ), the proportion of oriha-substitution decreases from 73 % to 9 % as the concentration of nitrous acid is varied from o-i mol l i. However, when acetic acid is the solvent the proportion of ortAo-substitution changes from 44 % to 74 % on the introduction of dinitrogen tetroxide (4-5 mol 1 ). 

In solutions of acetyl nitrate in acetic anhydride, prepared from purified nitric acid, the 0 -ratio increases slightly with increasing concentrations of acetyl nitrate (table 5.7, expts. 11,13,16). The use of fuming nitric acid in the preparation of the acetyl nitrate considerably accelerates the rates of reaction and also increases the proportion of o-substitution (table 5.7, expts. 12, 15, 18). These effects resemble, but are much stronger than the corresponding effects in nitrations with solutions of nitric acid in acetic acid contaimng dinitrogen tetroxide. 

The heats of formation of Tt-complexes are small thus, — A//2soc for complexes of benzene and mesitylene with iodine in carbon tetrachloride are 5-5 and i2-o kj mol , respectively. Although substituent effects which increase the rates of electrophilic substitutions also increase the stabilities of the 7r-complexes, these effects are very much weaker in the latter circumstances than in the former the heats of formation just quoted should be compared with the relative rates of chlorination and bromination of benzene and mesitylene (i 3 o6 x 10 and i a-Sq x 10 , respectively, in acetic acid at 25 °C). 

Another way would be to generate ones own HBr gas. If you were to take a look in the Crystallization section of this book one would see that the apparatus used is essentially an HCI gas generator. Substituting the commercially available 48% aq. HBr instead of HCI will give one dry HBr gas instead That gas can be channeled directly into acetic acid just like above. 

METHOD 2 [89]--1M MDA or benzedrine and 1M benzaldehyde is dissolved in 95% ethanol (Everclear), stirred, the solvent removed by distillation then the oil vacuum distilled to give 95% yellow oil which is a Schiff base intermediate. 1M of this intermediate, plus 1M iodomethane, is sealed in a pipe bomb that s dumped in boiling water for 5 hours giving an orangy-red heavy oil. The oil is taken up in methanol, 1/8 its volume of dH20 is added and the solution refluxed for 30 minutes. Next, an equal volume of water is added and the whole solution boiled openly until no more odor of benzaldehyde is detected (smells like almond extract). The solution is acidified with acetic acid, washed with ether (discard ether), the MDMA or meth freebase liberated with NaOH and extracted with ether to afford a yield of 90% for meth and 65% for MDMA. That s not a bad conversion but what s with having to use benzaldehyde (a List chemical) Strike wonders if another aldehyde can substitute. 

Unsymmetrically substituted dipyrromethanes are obtained from n-unsubstitued pyrroles and fl(-(bromomethyl)pyiToIes in hot acetic acid within a few minutes. These reaction conditions are relatively mild and the o-unsubstituted pyrrole may even bear an electron withdrawing carboxylic ester function. It is still sufficiently nucleophilic to substitute bromine or acetoxy groups on an a-pyrrolic methyl group. Hetero atoms in this position are extremely reactive leaving groups since the a-pyrrolylmethenium( = azafulvenium ) cation formed as an intermediate is highly resonance-stabilized. 

A mild procedure which does not involve strong adds, has to be used in the synthesis of pure isomers of unsymmetrically substituted porphyrins from dipyrromethanes. The best procedure having been applied, e.g. in unequivocal syntheses of uroporphyrins II, III, and IV (see p. 251f.), is the condensation of 5,5 -diformyldipyrromethanes with 5,5 -unsubstituted dipyrromethanes in a very dilute solution of hydriodic add in acetic acid (A.H. Jackson, 1973). The electron-withdrawing formyl groups disfavor protonation of the pyrrole and therefore isomerization. The porphodimethene that is formed during short reaction times isomerizes only very slowly, since the pyrrole units are part of a dipyrromethene chromophore (see below). Furthermore, it can be oxidized immediately after its synthesis to give stable porphyrins. 

Reactions of the 2-amino-4,5-substituted thiazole (52) in acetic acid with ethylene oxide has been reported to give the N-exocyclic disubstitution product (S3) (201) in a 40% yield (Scheme 38). The reactive species in this reaction is probably the carbocation generated in acetic acid by ethvlene oxide. 

Phenyl-5-thiazolyl)acetic acids variously substituted in the 2-position give the corresponding naphtho[l,2]thiazoles in the presence of acetic anhydride and sodium acetate (397, 426, 857). 

Solvolysis of 1 2 dimethylpropyl p toluenesulfonate in acetic acid (75°C) yields five differ ent products three are alkenes and two are substitution products Suggest reasonable structures for these five products... 

Reaction of benzamhde (C6H5NHCC6H5) with chlorine in acetic acid yields a mixture of two monochloro denvatives formed by electrophilic aromatic substitution Suggest reasonable structures for these two isomers... 

A considerable body of data is available on the acidity of substituted benzoic acids Ben zoic acid Itself is a somewhat stronger acid than acetic acid Its carboxyl group is attached to an sp hybridized carbon and ionizes to a greater extent than one that is attached to an sp hybridized carbon Remember carbon becomes more electron withdrawing as its s character increases... 

Halogen exchange with KF is not successful ia acetic acid (10). Hydrogen bonding of the acid hydrogen with the fluoride ion was postulated to cause acetate substitution for the haUde however, the products of dissolved KF ia acetic acid are potassium acetate and potassium bifluoride (11). Thus KF acts as a base rather than as a fluorinating agent ia acetic acid. 

Fluoronaphthalene [321-38-0] is prepared from 1-naphthylamine by the Balz-Schiemaim reaction in 52% yield or by diazotization in anhydrous hydrogen fluoride in 82% yield. Electrophilic substitution occurs at the 4-position, eg, nitration with fuming nitric acid in acetic acid gave 88% yield of l-fluoro-4-nitro-naphthalene [341 -92-4]. 

Reactions. Heating an aqueous solution of malonic acid above 70°C results in its decomposition to acetic acid and carbon dioxide. Malonic acid is a useful tool for synthesizing a-unsaturated carboxyUc acids because of its abiUty to undergo decarboxylation and condensation with aldehydes or ketones at the methylene group. Cinnamic acids are formed from the reaction of malonic acid and benzaldehyde derivatives (1). If aUphatic aldehydes are used acryhc acids result (2). Similarly this facile decarboxylation combined with the condensation with an activated double bond yields a-substituted acetic acid derivatives. For example, 4-thiazohdine acetic acids (2) are readily prepared from 2,5-dihydro-l,3-thiazoles (3). A further feature of malonic acid is that it does not form an anhydride when heated with phosphorous pentoxide [1314-56-3] but rather carbon suboxide [504-64-3] [0=C=C=0], a toxic gas that reacts with water to reform malonic acid. 

In addition to the conventional mixed acids commonly used to produce DNT, a mixture of NO2 and H2SO4 (8), a mixture of NO2 and oxygen (9), and just HNO (10) can also be used. TerephthaUc acid and certain substituted aromatics are more amenable to nitrations using HNO, as compared to those using mixed acids. For compounds that are easily nitratable, acetic acid and acetic anhydride are sometimes added to nitric acid (qv). Acetyl nitrate, which is a nitrating agent, is produced as an intermediate as follows ... 

In many instances, beginning a synthesis with quinoline N-oxide [1613-37-2] faciHtates the preparation of difficult compounds. Quinoline is converted to the N-oxide using hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid, and later reduced to the substituted quinoline. Warm mixed acid gives 4-rutroquinoline... 

The analogous reaction between anhydrides and alkoxysilanes also produces acyloxysilanes. The direct reaction of acids with chlorosilanes does not cleanly lead to full substitution. Commercial production of methyltriacetoxysilane direcdy from methyltrichlorosilane and acetic acid has been made possible by the addition of small amounts of acetic anhydride or EDTA, or acceptance of dimethyltetraacetoxydisiloxane in the final room temperature vulcanising (RTV) appHcation (41—43). A reaction that leads to the formation of acyloxysilanes is the interaction of acid chlorides with silylamides. 

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