Acetic propionic anhydride

Acid Anhydrides. Symmetrical anhydrides of monocarboxylic acids, when unsubstituted, are named by replacing the word acid by anhydride. Anhydrides of substituted monocarboxylic acids, if symmetrically substituted, are named by prefixing bis- to the name of the acid and replacing the word acid by anhydride. Mixed anhydrides are named by giving in alphabetical order the first part of the names of the two acids followed by the word anhydride, e.g., acetic propionic anhydride or acetic propanoic anhydride. Cyclic anhydrides of polycarboxylic acids, although possessing a... 

Although this is the classical method of anhydride formation it has been replaced to a large extent by the acylation of free carboxylic acids (method 341). The conditions employed and the solvents used in this reaction vary widely. Excellent directions are given for the preparations of nicotinic anhydride (89%) and acetic propionic anhydride (60%) from the respective potassium and sodium salts of the carboxylic acids. Silver salts of acids have also been used. The reaction has been extended to the preparation of mixed anhydrides of short- and long-chain fatty acidsbut has failed in the preparation of mixed anhydrides of substituted benzoic acids. ... 

Ethanoic propanoic anhydride (acetic propionic anhydride)... 

Liquid crystal polyesters are made by a different route. Because they are phenoHc esters, they cannot be made by direct ester exchange between a diphenol and a lower dialkyl ester due to unfavorable reactivities. The usual method is the so-called reverse ester exchange or acidolysis reaction (96) where the phenoHc hydroxyl groups are acylated with a lower aHphatic acid anhydride, eg, acetic or propionic anhydride, and the acetate or propionate ester is heated with an aromatic dicarboxyHc acid, sometimes in the presence of a catalyst. The phenoHc polyester forms readily as the volatile lower acid distills from the reaction mixture. Many Hquid crystal polymers are derived formally from hydroxyacids (97,98) and thein acetates readily undergo self-condensation in the melt, stoichiometric balance being automatically obtained. 

Acylation. Aromatic amines react with acids, acid chlorides, anhydrides, and esters to form amides. In general, acid chlorides give the best yield of the pure product. The reaction with acetic, propionic, butanoic, or benzoic acid can be catalyzed with phosphoms oxychloride or trichloride. 

Other mixed esters, eg, cellulose acetate valerate [55962-79-3] cellulose propionate valerate [67351-41-17, and cellulose butyrate valerate [53568-56-2] have been prepared by the conventional anhydride sulfuric acid methods (25). Cellulose acetate isobutyrate [67351-38-6] (44) and cellulose propionate isobutyrate [67351-40-0] (45) have been prepared with a 2inc chloride catalyst. Large amounts of catalyst and anhydride are required to provide a soluble product, and special methods of delayed anhydride addition are necessary to produce mixed esters containing the acetate moiety. Mixtures of sulfuric acid and perchloric acid are claimed to be effective catalysts for the preparation of cellulose acetate propionate in dichi oromethane solution at relatively low temperatures (46) however, such acid mixtures are considered too corrosive for large-scale productions. 

Coumarin formation proceeds via an intramolecular attack by enol ester 9 on the ketone to give 10. Dehydration of 10 then affords coumarin 11. It has been observed that coumarins are favored when higher order homologs of acetic anhydride and their corresponding salts such as propionic anhydride/sodium propionate and butyric anhydride/ sodium butyrate are used. 

The excess of N-chlorosuccinimide is destroyed by the addition of about 15 drops of allyl alcohol and 180 ml of water is then added with stirring. This mixture is held at 0°C for about one hour. The precipitated 16/3-methyl-1,4-pregnadiene-9o-chloro-11/3,17o,21-triol-3,20-dione-21-acetate is recovered by filtration. A solution of 250 mg of the chlorohydrin in 5 ml of 0.25N perchloric acid in methanol is stirred for about 18 hours at room temperature to produce 16/3-methyl-9o-chloro-11/3,17o,21-trihydroxy-1,4-pregnadiene-3,20-dione which is recovered by adding water to the reaction mixture and allowing the product to crystallize. Propionic anhydride is then used to convert this material to the dipropionate. 

A mixture of 50 grams of a-dl-1,2-diphenyl-2-hydroxy-3-methyl-4-dimethylaminobutane hydrochloride, 50 grams of propionic anhydride and 50 cc of pyridine was refluxed for about 5 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to 50°C and ethyl ether was added to the point of incipient precipitation. The hydrochloride salt of 0 -dl-l,2-diphenyl-2-propion-oxy-3-methyl-4-dimethylamlnobutane formed in the reaction precipitated upon cooling and was removed by filtration and washed with anhydrous ether. On recrystallization from a mixture of methanol and ethyl acetate, a-dl-l, 2-diphenyl-2-propionoxy-3-methyl-4-dimethyl amlnobutane hydrochloride melted at 170°-171°C. 

Acid anhydrides have been employed with, and without the use of a base catalyst. For example, acetates, propionates, butyrates, and their mixed esters, DS of 1 to ca. 3, have been obtained by reaction of activated cellulose with the corresponding anhydride, or two anhydrides, starting with the one with the smaller volume. In all cases, the distribution of both ester groups was almost statistic. Activation has been carried out by partial solvent distillation, and later by heat activation, under reduced pressure, of the native cellulose (bagasse, sisal), or the mercerized one (cotton linters). No catalyst has been employed the anhydride/AGU ratio was stoichiometric for microcrystalhne cellulose. Alternatively, 50% excess of anhydride (relative to targeted DS) has been employed for fibrous celluloses. In all cases, polymer degradation was minimum, and functionalization occurs preferentially at Ce ( C NMR spectroscopic analysis [52,56,57]). 

Acetic anhydride Propionic anhydride Butyric anhydride Maleic anhydride Phthalic anhydride Acetyl chloride Propionyi chloride Butyryl chloride Hexonyl chloride Benzoyl chloride Oxalyl chloride Chloroacetyl chloride Dichloroacetyl chloride Trichloroacteyl dtloride... 

Various chromogenic reagents have been used for the spectrophotometric determination of boron in seawater. These include curcumin [108,109], nile blue [110], and more recently 3,5 di-tert butylcatechol and ethyl violet [111]. Uppstroem [108] added anhydrous acetic acid (1 ml) and propionic anhydride (3 ml) to the aqueous sample (0.5 ml) containing up to 5 mg of boron per litre as H3BO3 in a polyethylene beaker. After mixing and the dropwise addition of oxalyl chloride (0.25 ml) to catalyse the removal of water, the mixture is set aside for 15-30 minutes and cooled to room temperature. Subsequently, concentrated sulfuric-anhydrous acetic acid (1 1) (3 ml) and curcumin reagent (125 mg curcumin in 100 ml anhydrous acetic acid) (3 ml) are added, and the mixed solution is set aside for at least 30 minutes. Finally 20 ml standard buffer solution (90 ml of 96% ethanol, 180 g ammonium acetate - to destroy excess of protonated curcumin - and 135 ml anhydrous acetic acid diluted to 1 litre... 

The first examples of a homogeneous reduction of this type were reported in 1971. Cobalt carbonyl was found to reduce anhydrides such as acetic anhydride, succinic anhydride and propionic anhydride to mixtures of aldehydes and acids. However, scant experimental details were recorded [94]. In 1975, Lyons reported that [Ru(PPh3)3Cl2] catalyzes the reduction of succinic and phthalic anhydrides to the lactones y-bulyrolaclone and phthalide, respectively [95], The proposed reaction sequence for phthalic anhydride is shown in Scheme 15.15. Conversion of phthalic anhydride was complete in 21 h at 90 °C, but yielded an equal mixture of the lactone, phthalide (TON = 100 TOF 5) and o-phthalic acid, which is presumably formed by hydrolysis of the anhydride by water during lactoniza-tion. Neither acid or lactone were further hydrogenated to any extent using this catalyst system, under these conditions. 

Cellulose acetate isobutyrate, 5 421 Cellulose acetate propionate, 5 419, 420 acetic anhydride used in production of, 1 157... 

The acylation of diethyl /V-ethyl-N-(2-thienyl)aminomethylenemalonate with acetic anhydride and propionic anhydride in the presence of A1C13 in methylene chloride gave the 5-acyl-2-thienyl derivatives in 35% and 40% yields, respectively (88M112). 

Suttie etal. (1997, 1998) tested wood samples modified with acetic, propionic or butyric anhydride in EN113 tests, and in vermiculate overlay tests based upon BS 1982. 

Li etal. (2000b) investigated the reaction of wood with acetic, propionic, butyric, isobutyric or hexanoic anhydrides. The pre-extracted samples were vacuum impregnated... 

Li etal. (2000a, 2001b) smdied the flammability of wood modified with acetic or propionic anhydrides, finding that this parameter, as determined by limiting oxygen index (LOI), was the same as that found for unmodified wood. Samples were also prepared which were impregnated with sodium silicate prior to anhydride modification. The latter treatment resulted in a decrease in flammability, as shown by an increase in the LOI of the wood. 

Rate constants and Arrhenius parameters for the reaction of Et3Si radicals with various carbonyl compounds are available. Some data are collected in Table 5.2 [49]. The ease of addition of EtsSi radicals was found to decrease in the order 1,4-benzoquinone > cyclic diaryl ketones, benzaldehyde, benzil, perfluoro propionic anhydride > benzophenone alkyl aryl ketone, alkyl aldehyde > oxalate > benzoate, trifluoroacetate, anhydride > cyclic dialkyl ketone > acyclic dialkyl ketone > formate > acetate [49,50]. This order of reactivity was rationalized in terms of bond energy differences, stabilization of the radical formed, polar effects, and steric factors. Thus, a phenyl or acyl group adjacent to the carbonyl will stabilize the radical adduct whereas a perfluoroalkyl or acyloxy group next to the carbonyl moiety will enhance the contribution given by the canonical structure with a charge separation to the transition state (Equation 5.24). 

Acetic and propionic anhydrides furnish compound of type RCH(TeCl3)C02H (R=H, Me)... 

A series of oxovanadium(iv) carboxylates V0(RC02)2 (RCO2 = acetate, propionate, butyrate, isobutyrate, valerate, pivalate, phenylacetate, benzoate, or w-chlorobenzoate) have been prepared by the reaction of freshly prepared hydrated V2O4 with a mixture of the corresponding acid and anhydride in toluene or DMF solution, and/or by the reaction of VOCI2 and the corresponding carboxylic acid in aqueous solution. I.r., electronic, and e.s.r. spectra... 

Ring closure of 167 to thiazolo[3,2-b][l,2,4]triazoles can also be effected by acid anhydride, but the course of the reaction depends on the starting materials. Refluxing 167 with acetic or propionic anhydride (3-4 h) leads directly to 176. With pentafluoropropionic, heptafluorobutanic, and benzoic anhydride only diacetylated products 177 were produced (further details [76JHC(13)1225]). 

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