Acidic permanganate, toluene

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Aluminum foil, Iodine powder. Carbon disulfide, 1,4,6,9-Tetrabromodiamantane, Sodium bisulfite. Hydrochloric acid. Methanol, Acetonitrile, Acetone, Sodium hydroxide. Magnesium sulfate. Potassium permanganate. Toluene Methylene chloride, 2-Bromomethanol, Trioxane, Aluminum chloride. Magnesium sulfate, Nitroform, Acetone, Sodium bicarbonate. Hexane, Silver nitrate. Acetonitrile 1,2-Dichloroethane, HexamethyldisUane, Iodine, Cyclohexane, 1,3-Dioxolane, Nitroform, Methylene chloride, Dimethylformamide, Sodium sulfate. Hydrochloric acid. Magnesium sulfate. Nitric acid. Sulfuric acid Sulfuryl chloride. Acetic anhydride. Nitric acid. Sodium bicarbonate. Sodium sulfate Nitric acid. Sulfuric acid, Malonamide Nitric acid. Sulfuric acid, Cyanoacetic acid Sulfuric acid, Acetasalicyclic acid. Potassium nitrate Nitroform, Diethyl ether, 1-Bromo-l-nitroethane, Sodium sulfuate... 

TNT, Sodium hypochlorite, Tetrahydrofuran, Methanol, Hydrochloric acid Aluminum foil. Iodine powder. Carbon disulfide, 1,4,6,9-Tetrabromodiamantane, Sodium bisulfite. Hydrochloric acid. Methanol, Acetonitrile, Acetone, Sodium hydroxide. Magnesium sulfate. Potassium permanganate. Toluene... 

Oxidation of a side chain by alkaline permanganate. Aromatic hydrocarbons containing side chains may be oxidised to the corresponding acids the results are generally satisfactory for compounds with one side chain e.g., toluene or ethylbenzene -> benzoic acid nitrotoluene -> nitrobenzoic acid) or with two side chains e.g., o-xylene -> phthalic acid). 

Oxidation of side chains. The oxidation of halogenated toluenes and similar compounds and of compounds with side chains of the type —CHjCl and —CH OH proceeds comparatively smoothly with alkaline permanganate solution (for experimental details, see under AromcUic Hydrocarbons, Section IV.9,6 or under Aromatic Ethers, Section IV,106). The resulting acid may be identified by a m.p. determination and by other teats (see Section IV,175). 

Saccharin (imide of o-sulphobenzoic acid). Upon oxidising o toluene-sulphonamide with potassium permanganate in alkaline solution, the sodium salt of o-sulphonamidobenzoic acid is formed, which upon acidifying with concentrated hydrochloric acid or warming passes spontaneously into the cyclic imide of o-sulphobenzoic acid or saccharin ... 

Ketones are more stable to oxidation than aldehydes and can be purified from oxidisable impurities by refluxing with potassium permanganate until the colour persists, followed by shaking with sodium carbonate (to remove acidic impurities) and distilling. Traces of water can be removed with type 4A Linde molecular sieves. Ketones which are solids can be purified by crystallisation from alcohol, toluene, or petroleum ether, and are usually sufficiently volatile for sublimation in vacuum. Ketones can be further purified via their bisulfite, semicarbazone or oxime derivatives (vide supra). The bisulfite addition compounds are formed only by aldehydes and methyl ketones but they are readily hydrolysed in dilute acid or alkali. 

In an earlier series of experiments, Cullis and Ladbury examined the kinetics of the permanganate oxidation of hydrocarbons in acetic acid solution. Initial attack on toluene occurs at the methyl group and a total order of two was found. Electron-withdrawing agents reduced the rate of oxidation. However, the effects of added salts were complex and the authors believe that lower oxidation states of manganese are responsible for the oxidation. The oxidation of ethylbenzene produced acetophenone, the process being second-order with... 

The permanganate oxidation of phenols is complicated by the intervention of lower oxidation states of manganese, (c/. the oxidation of toluene, p. 298). For example, the oxidation of 2,6-dinitrophenol in weakly acidic solution displays an induction period, following second-order kinetics thereafter. However, addition of potassium fluoride inhibits reaction almost completely, but manganous ions strongly accelerate it. 

Oxidation of malonic acid by Cr(VI) has been noted briefly by Snethlage and later by Kemp and Waters . The kinetics are simple second-order but the acidity dependence is complex. Heckner et a/. find the alkaline permanganate oxidation of malonic acid (and also of o- and p-toluic acids and of p-toluene-sulphonic acid) to be retarded by added Mn(VI), viz. 

The sweetening agent saccharin is also derived from a sulphonamide it is prepared from toluene-o-sulphonamide by oxidising the CHs-group to carboxyl with permanganate ring closure is subsequently brought about by the action of concentrated hydrochloric acid ... 

The best preparative method of obtaining terephthalic acid is to oxidise the sodium salt of p-toluic acid with permanganate at the temperature of the water bath. In the same way toluene can be converted into benzoic acid, and an important technical example of this reaction is the oxidation, of o-tolylsulphonamide to saccharin. 

Solvents Water (purified water or water-for-injection grade) toluene, methanol, ethanol, ether, acetate, dimethyl sulfoxide, tetrahydrofuran, hexane, cyclohexane, dichloromethane, acetonitrile, acetone Oxidizing Agents Hydrogen peroxide, chromic acid, potassium permanganate, manganese dioxide, ozone... 

Piroxicam Piroxicam, 1,1 -dioxid-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-iV-2-pyradyl-2//-1,2-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (3.2.78), is synthesized from saccharin (3.2.70). Two methods for saccharin synthesis are described. It usually comes from toluene, which is sulfonated by chlorosulfonic acid, forming isomeric 4- and 2-toluenesulfonyl chlorides. The isomeric products are separated by freezing (chilling). The liquid part, 2-toluenesulfonyl chloride (3.2.68) is separated from the crystallized 4-toluenesulfochloride and reacted with ammonia, giving 2-toluenesul-fonylamide (3.2.69). Oxidation of the product with sodium permanganate or chromium (VI) oxide in sulfuric acid gives saccharin—o-sulfobenzoic acid imide (3.2.70) [123-126]. 

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