Acetonitrile oxide Acetylene

Dipolar cycloaddition reaction of trimethylstannylacetylene with nitrile oxides yielded 3-substituted 5-(trimethylstannyl)isoxazoles 221. Similar reactions of (trimethylstannyl)phenylacetylene, l-(trimethylstannyl)-l-hexyne, and bis (trimethylsilyl)acetylene give the corresponding 3,5-disubstituted 4-(trimethyl-stannyl)isoxazoles 222, almost regioselectively (379). The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of bis(tributylstannyl)acetylene with acetonitrile oxide, followed by treatment with aqueous ammonia in ethanol in a sealed tube, gives 3-methyl-4-(tributylstannyl)isoxazole 223. The palladium catalyzed cross coupling reaction of... 

Tetracyanoethylene oxide [3189-43-3] (8), oxiranetetracarbonitnle, is the most notable member of the class of oxacyanocarbons (57). It is made by treating TCNE with hydrogen peroxide in acetonitrile. In reactions unprecedented for olefin oxides, it adds to olefins to form 2,2,5,5-tetracyanotetrahydrofuran [3041-31-4] in the case of ethylene, acetylenes, and aromatic hydrocarbons via cleavage of the ring C—C bond. The benzene adduct (9) is 3t ,7t -dihydro-l,l,3,3-phthalantetracarbonitrile [3041-36-9], C22HgN O. 

Dehydrochlorination of bis(tnfluoromethylthio)acetyl chloride with calcium oxide gives bis(trifluoromethylthio)ketene [5] (equation 6) Elimination of hydrogen chloride or hydrogen bromide by means of tetrabutylammonium or potassium fluoride from vinylic chlorides or bromides leads to acetylenes or allenes [6 (equation 7) Addition of dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 ether raises the yields of potassium fluoride-promoted elimination of hydrogen bromide from (Z)-P-bromo-p-ni-trostyrene in acetonitrile from 0 to 53-71 % In dimethyl formamide, yields increase from 28-35% to 58-68%... 

Hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodobenzene 2014 reacts with phenyltrimethylsilane 81 in boiling acetonitrile to give diphenyliodonium tosylate 2015 and trimethylsilanol 4 or HMDSO 7 [184, 185]. Likewise, treatment of 2,5-bis(trimethylsilyl)furan 2016 with 2014 in boiling acetonitrile/methanol affords 78% iodonium tosylate 2017 and trimethylsilanol 4 [185]. In the presence of Bp3-OEt2 iodosobenzene oxidizes allyl-trimethylsilanes such as 2018 to unsaturated aldehydes such as 2019 in 63% yield, with formation of iodobenzene and trimethylsilanol 4 [186]. Analogously, vinyltrimethylsilanes such as (Z)-l-trimethylsilyl-2-phenylethylene 2020 afford, via 2021, acetylenes such as phenylacetylene in 61% yield and iodobenzene and trimethylsilanol 4 [187] (Scheme 12.54). 

Acetonitrile can be obtained in 50-90% yield on passing mixtures of NH3 and acetylene at 300-500°C over mixtures of oxides or nitrates of thorium and zinc on... 

Nearly quantitative yields of acetonitrile can be obtained by passing mixtures of NH3 and acetylene over zircon at 400-500°C [225], over CviOy on Y-alumina at 360°C [226] or by passing mixtures of NH, acetylene and hydrogen at 400-420°C over a mixture of zinc and thorium oxides on silica [227] or at 300-450°C over zinc oxide or zinc sulfate or zinc chloride on silica [228, 229], In such reactions, the role of traces of water has often been questioned. However, acetonitrile could be obtained under rigorously anhydrous conditions, thus demonstrating the direct amination of acetylene with NH,. It was also reported that ethyUdeneimine can be obtained in up to 26% yield [225], However, in the Ught of more recent work [230, 231] the product was most probably 2,4,6-trimethyl-l,3,5-hexahydrotriazine. 

It was later shown that aziridine reacts over mixtures of zinc and chromium oxides on alumina at 400°C to give the same products as those obtained from mixtures of NH3 and acetylene [221]. Aziridine, which would form by addition of NH3 to acetylene followed by IH (Scheme 4-8), was thus postulated to be an intermediate in the formation of acetonitrile (by dehydrogenation), monoethylamine (by hydrogenation) and all other heterocyclic bases (by ammonolysis and subsequent reactions) [221]. 

Indium Iodine Acetonitrile, nitrogen dioxide, mercury(II) bromide, sulfur Acetaldehyde, acetylene, aluminum, ammonia (aqueous or anhydrous), antimony, bromine pentafluoride, carbides, cesium oxide, chlorine, ethanol, fluorine, formamide, lithium, magnesium, phosphorus, pyridine, silver azide, sulfur trioxide... 

Adsorption of a specific probe molecule on a catalyst induces changes in the vibrational spectra of surface groups and the adsorbed molecules used to characterize the nature and strength of the basic sites. The analysis of IR spectra of surface species formed by adsorption of probe molecules (e.g., CO, CO2, SO2, pyrrole, chloroform, acetonitrile, alcohols, thiols, boric acid trimethyl ether, acetylenes, ammonia, and pyridine) was reviewed critically by Lavalley (50), who concluded that there is no universally suitable probe molecule for the characterization of basic sites. This limitation results because most of the probe molecules interact with surface sites to form strongly bound complexes, which can cause irreversible changes of the surface. In this section, we review work with some of the probe molecules that are commonly used for characterizing alkaline earth metal oxides. 

Novel practical methods using various reagents, such as [Co(OAc)Br],1355 sulfur trioxide,1356 or ds-dioxoruthenium complexes,1357 were developed to transform alkynes to 1,2-diketones. Radical-catalyzed aerobic oxidation using A-hydro-xyphthalimide combined with a transition metal (Co, Cu, or Mn) affords a,P-acetylenic ketones in good yields.1358 Oxidation by the HOF. acetonitrile complex yields diketones, ketoepoxides, or cleavage products.1359 Ozonolysis of acetylenes combined with trapping techniques affords to isolate various derivatives.1360,1361 New information for the ozonolysis of acetylene was acquired by quantum-chemical investigatons.1362... 

Organic constituents that may be found in ppb levels in WP/F smoke include methane, ethylene, carbonyl sulfide, acetylene, 1,4-dicyanobenzene, 1,3-dicyanobenzene, 1,2-dicyanobenzene, acetonitrile, and acrylonitrile (Tolle et al. 1988). Since white phosphorus contains boron, silicon, calcium, aluminum, iron, and arsenic in excess of 10 ppm as impurities (Berkowitz et al. 1981), WP/F smoke also contains these elements and possibly their oxidation products. The physical properties of a few major compounds that may be important for determining the fate of WP/F smoke in the environment are given in Table 3-3. 

The treatment of [bis(phenyliodonium)]ethyne ditriflate with triphenylphosphine has also been investigated40,41. The products depend on the stoichiometric ratios of the reactants. Thus, with one equivalent of triphenylphosphine, a monoiodonium-monophos-phonium derivative of acetylene is obtained, but with two equivalents of the phosphine, [bis(triphenylphosphonium)]ethyne ditriflate is produced (equation 72). When three equivalents of triphenylphosphine are employed in acetonitrile spiked with H20 or D20, a fram -alkenediyl bisphosphonium salt is generated (equation 73)41. The reduction of the triple bond and formation of triphenylphosphine oxide in this reaction is thought to proceed at the bisphosphonium alkyne stage41. 

On anodic oxidation of 3,6-diisobutylpiperazine-2,5-dione in acetonitrile a compound was obtained that was suggested to be l,6-diisopropyl-3,8-dimethyl-5i/,107ir-dii-midazo[l,5- l 5 -(/lpyrazine-5,10-dione, formed by 1,3-cycloaddition of the primary oxidation product to solvent [142]. Another example of inclusion of MeCN during the formation of heterocycles is the electrolysis of acetylenes in MeCN in the presence of a Co complex to pyridines [143]. 

Dehydrohalogenation Benzyltrimethylammonium mcsitoate. r-Butylamine. Calcium carbonate. j Uidine. Diazabicyclo[3.4.0]nonene-5. N.N-Dimethylaniline (see also Ethoxy-acetylene, preparation). N,N-Dimelhylformamide. Dimethyl sulfoxide-Potassium r-but-oxide. Dimethyl sulfoxide-Sodium bicarbonate. 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine. Ethoxy-carbonylhydrazine. Ethyldicyclohexylamine. Ethyidiisopropylamine. Ion-exchange resins. Lithium. Lithium carbonate. Lithium carbonate-Lithium bromide. Lithium chloride. Methanolic KOH (see DimethylTormamide). N-PhenylmorphoKne. Potassium amide. Potassium r-butoxide. Pyridine. Quinoline. Rhodium-Alumina. Silver oxide. Sodium acetate-Acetonitrile (see Tetrachlorocyclopentadienone, preparation). Sodium amide. Sodium 2-butylcyclohexoxide. Sodium ethoxide (see l-Ethoxybutene-l-yne-3, preparation). Sodium hydride. Sodium iodide in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (see Tetrachlorocyclopentadienone, alternative preparation) Tetraethylammonium chloride. Tri-n-butylamine. Triethylamine. Tri-methyiamine (see Boron trichloride). Trimethyl phosphite. 

A mixture of propylene oxide, (trimethylsilyl)manganese pentacarbonyl, and methyl acrylate in ether allowed to react for 24-96 h in a polypropylene syringe pressurized at 5 kbar intermediate siloxymanganese carbonyl complex (Y 82%), in acetonitrile irradiated (350 nm) at room temp, for 1-12 h, then hydrolyzed with water product (Y 53%). Acetylene derivs. furnished enones which were converted to cyclopent-2-enones. F.e. and stereoselectivity s. P. DeShong, D.R. Sidler, J. Org. Chem. 53, 4892-4 (1988). 

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