Acetyls production acetaldehyde

Production of Eastman s entire acetic anhydride requirement from coal allows a reduction of 190,000 m /yr (1.2 million barrels/yr) in the amount of petroleum used for production of Eastman chemicals. Now virtually all of Eastman s acetyl products are made in part from coal-based feedstocks. Before the technology was introduced, these chemicals had been made from petroleum-based acetaldehyde. Reduced dependence on petroleum, much of which must be obtained from foreign sources, is important to maintain a strong domestic chemical industry. 

Oxidative addition of methyl iodide to the coordinalively unsaturated cobalt (I) species (1) gives the methyl complex (2) which undergoes CO insertion, probably via methyl migration. Elimination of iodine from the acetyl complex (3) and oxidative addition of hydrogen gives (5). Reductive elimination of the primary product acetaldehyde leads to the unsaturaied complex (6) which oxidatively adds iodine. The catalytic cycle is closed by the elimination of hydrogen iodide from (7), which is consumed by reaction with methanol to give methyl iodide. 

Irradiation of acetoxystyrene (8) in hexane solution affords acetophenone (one of the products of a-fission presumably the other product, acetaldehyde is also present) and the diketone (9) (formed by what is formally a [l,3]-acetyl migration) as the primary photoproducts.Continued irradiation of the reaction mixture brings about cleavage of this diketone (9) into radical pairs (10, 11) which can either reform starting material [from radical pair (10)] or produce acetophenone as well as yielding isopropenyl benzoate (12) and benzoic acid [from radical pair (11)]. 

The period from 1970 to 1985 saw radical changes in the production of acetic acid and acetic anhydride. By 1985, both products would be generated not from ethylene, but from synthesis gas which in turn could be generated fi om abundant resources such as coal, natural gas, and in the future, biomass. At the end of this period, acetaldehyde became a very small contributor to the total acetyl product stream since it was no longer required to make acetic acid or acetic anhydride and ethylene would only be required to produce vinyl acetate and to meet a much diminished acetaldehyde market. These advances were the result of two significant process breakthroughs - the Monsanto Acetic Acid Process and the Eastman Chemical Company Acetic Anhydride Process which will be discussed below. 

A -(2 2-Diethoxyethyl)anilines are potential precursors of 2,3-unsubstituted indoles. A fair yield of 1-methylindole was obtained by cyclization of N-inethyl-M-(2,2-diethoxyethyl)aniline with BFj, but the procedure failed for indole itself[2], Nordlander and co-workers alkylated anilines with bromo-acetaldehyde diethyl acetal and then converted the products to N-trifliioro-acetyl derivatives[3]. These could be cyclized to l-(trifluoroacetyl)indoles in a mixture of trifluoroacetic acid and trifluoroacetic anhydride. Sundberg and... 

Isobutyl isobutyrate, the Tischenko condensation product of two molecules of isobutyraldehyde, is a slow evaporating ester solvent that has been promoted as a replacement for ethoxyethyl acetate. Although produced primarily by the acetylation of isobutyl alcohol, some isobutyl acetate is produced commercially by the crossed Tischenko condensation of isobutyraldehyde and acetaldehyde. Isobutyl acetate [110-19-0] is employed mainly as a solvent, particularly for nitrocellulose coatings. 

Clerici and Porta reported that phenyl, acetyl and methyl radicals add to the Ca atom of the iminium ion, PhN+Me=CHMe, formed in situ by the titanium-catalyzed condensation of /V-methylanilinc with acetaldehyde to give PhNMeCHMePh, PhNMeCHMeAc, and PhNMeCHMe2 in 80% overall yield.83 Recently, Miyabe and co-workers studied the addition of various alkyl radicals to imine derivatives. Alkyl radicals generated from alkyl iodide and triethylborane were added to imine derivatives such as oxime ethers, hydrazones, and nitrones in an aqueous medium.84 The reaction also proceeds on solid support.85 A-sulfonylimines are also effective under such reaction conditions.86 Indium is also effective as the mediator (Eq. 11.49).87 A tandem radical addition-cyclization reaction of oxime ether and hydrazone was also developed (Eq. 11.50).88 Li and co-workers reported the synthesis of a-amino acid derivatives and amines via the addition of simple alkyl halides to imines and enamides mediated by zinc in water (Eq. 11.51).89 The zinc-mediated radical reaction of the hydrazone bearing a chiral camphorsultam provided the corresponding alkylated products with good diastereoselectivities that can be converted into enantiomerically pure a-amino acids (Eq. 11.52).90... 

The homolytic acylation of protonated heteroaromatic bases is, as with alkylation, characterized by high selectivity. Only the positions a and y to the heterocyclic nitrogen are attacked. Attack in the position or in the benzene ring of polynuclear heteroaromatics has never been observed, even after careful GLC analysis of the reaction products. Quinoline is attacked only in positions 2 and 4 the ratio 4-acyl- to 2-acylquinoline was 1.3 with the acetyl radical from acetaldehyde, 1.7 with the acetyl radical from pyruvic acid, and 2.8 with the benzoyl radical from benzaldehyde. 

The second method of making sulfamethizole consists of reacting 4-acetylaminobenzenesulfonyl chloride with thiosemicarbazone of acetaldehyde, and subsequent oxidative cyclization of the product (33.1.16) to the substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazole in the presence of potassium ferricyanide in base, along with the simultaneous removal of the protective acetyl group [16,17],... 

Much of the acetaldehyde formed from alcohol is oxidized in the liver in a reaction catalyzed by mitochondrial NAD-dependent aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). The product of this reaction is acetate (Figure 23-1), which can be further metabolized to C02 and water, or used to form acetyl-CoA. 

A detailed study of the CO insertion, or methyl migration, observing formation and decomposition of the transients, was performed so far only for one Cu(I) model system (93). It was reported that methyl radicals form transient complexes containing metal carbon -bonds with carbonmonoxide (n = 1, 3, 4) complexes of Cu(I). These complexes decompose yielding Cu(II) and acetaldehyde as final products via an copper acetyl intermediate formed by insertion of /migration of CH3 as described in Scheme 4. 

The products of the selective electrochemical fluorination of butadiene with platinum electrodes in amine/ HF mixtures, particularly Et,N 3HF, were 3,4-difluorobut-1-cnc and 1,4-difluorobut-2-ene in a ratio of 1 2, 2.3-dimethyIbut-2-enc gave 2.3-difluoro-2,3-dimelhylbutane (yield 22%), while 2-mcthylbut-2-ene gave 2,3-difluoro-2-methyIbutanc (yield 23%) and 2,2-difluoro-3-methylbutane (yield 11 %). Oct-1-ene could not be fluorinated instead, the solvent degraded. Volatile degradation products were acetaldehyde, acetyl fluoride and fluorocthane. 

In studying the reaction of oxygen atoms with CH3CHO by using the photochemical method, at a pressure of 100 mm. Hg and with sensitization by mercury, Cvetanovi664 came to another conclusion, namely, that the reaction of oxygen atoms with acetaldehyde yielded mainly hydroxyl and the CH3CO radical. The hydroxyl formed reacted with an acetaldehyde molecule to form water, and acetyl yields diacetyl. The main reaction products were found to be water and biacetyl. 

Oxidation of Acetaldehyde. When using cobalt or manganese acetate the main role of the metal ion (beside the initiation) is to catalyze the reaction of peracetic acid with acetaldehyde so effectively that it becomes the main route to acetic acid and can also account for the majority of by-products. Small discrepancies between acetic acid efficiencies in this reaction and those obtained in acetaldehyde oxidation can be attributed to the degradation of peracetoxy radicals—a peracetic acid precursor— by Reactions 14 and 16. The catalytic decomposition of peracetic acid is too slow (relative to the reaction of acetaldehyde with peracetic acid) to be significant. The oxidation of acetyl radical by the metal ion in the 3+ oxidation state as in Reaction 24 is a possible side reaction. Its importance will depend on the competition between the metal ion and oxygen for the acetyl radical. 

When acetaldehyde is oxidized in the presence of copper (II), the noncatalytic reaction between acetaldehyde and peracetic acid may be the main route to acetic acid. Since this reaction is slow, one would expect the presence of a significant concentration of peroxide in the reactor product, and we have confirmed this experimentally. Acetic acid can also be produced by oxidizing acetyl radicals by copper (II) the copper(I) formed could be easily reoxidized by oxygen. The by-products when using copper (II) acetates must be produced mainly by degradation of peracetoxy radicals by Reaction 14 and 16 since peracetic acid decomposition is negligible and the reaction of acetaldehyde with peracetic acid produces essentially only acetic acid. 

The synthesis of the (i) 4-hydroxy-6-methoxytetrahydrofuro[2,3-6]-benzofuran ring (116), a degradation product of natural substances of the sterigmatocystin series, is similar,318 as is the synthesis of the dihydro derivative (117) from the o-acetylated acetaldehyde (118), a nonisolated intermediate which is ring-closed to 119 and then heated in toluene to give 117. The last is the starting point for the synthesis of aflatoxin M4 (49).153... 

Intermediates of this type have the necessary chemical reactivity for cleaving the bonds indicated in figure 10.1b and c. The decarboxylated product of the pyruvate adduct shown in equation (2) is resonance-stabilized by the thiazolium ring (fig. 10.2a). This intermediate may be protonated to a-hydroxyethyl thiamine pyrophosphate (fig. I0.2d) alternatively, it may react with other electrophiles, such as the carbonyl groups of acetaldehyde or pyruvate, to form the species in figure 10.2b and c or it may be oxidized to acetyl-thiamine pyrophosphate (fig. 10.2e). The fate of the intermediate depends on the reaction specificity of the enzyme with which the coenzyme is associated. 

Mechanism of thiamine pyrophosphate action. Intermediate (a) is represented as a resonance-stabilized species. It arises from the decarboxylation of the pyruvate-thiamine pyrophosphate addition compound shown at the left of (a) and in equation (2). It can react as a carbanion with acetaldehyde, pyruvate, or H+ to form (b), (c), or (d), depending on the specificity of the enzyme. It can also be oxidized to acetyl-thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) (e) by other enzymes, such as pyruvate oxidase. The intermediates (b) through (e) are further transformed to the products shown by the actions of specific enzymes. 

In this case the final dehydrogenation of 1,2-dihydroquinaldine to quinaldine is effected by anils formed by the condensation of aniline with either acetaldehyde or crotonaldehyde during the course of the reaction. This yields secondary amines as by-products these together with excess aniline are separated from the quinaldine by acetylation of the reaction mixture. The acetylated primary and secondary amines thus formed are less steam volatile than quinaldine which forms the basis of the isolation of the latter. 

Co-ozonolysis of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene with formaldehyde, acetyl cyanide (pyruvonitrile), benzoyl cyanide, or acetaldehyde afforded an ozonide attached to a benzaldehyde group 89 and none of the isomeric ozonide with a propionaldehyde group. This indicates the preference for scission of the molozonide so as to favor conjugation between the aromatic ring and the aldehyde group rather than with the carbonyl oxide group. Subsequent co-ozonolysis of products 89 with vinyl acetate produced diozonides 90, as shown in Scheme 26 and Table 11. 

In addition, considerable quantities of carbon dioxide are found and, since these are not normally found in large quantities in the oxidation of methyl radicals, one can assume that they originate from the oxidation of acetyl radicals. The oxidation of acetyl radicals is a very surface-dependent reaction (McDowell and Sharpies82) and in the presence of a readily abstractable hydrogen atom at room temperature (e.g., in acetaldehyde) the main product appears to be peracetic acid. 

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