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Ethers result from the selective addition of methanol or ethanol to the isobutene contained in C4 olefin fractions. Ethers are used as components in gasoline because of their high octane blending value (RON and MON). 

Oxidation of ethylene in alcohol with PdCl2 in the presence of a base gives an acetal and vinyl ether[106,107], The reaction of alkenes with alcohols mediated by PdCl2 affords acetals 64 as major products and vinyl ethers 65 as minor products. No deuterium incorporation was observed in the acetal formed from ethylene and MeOD, indicating that hydride shift takes place and the acetal is not formed by the addition of methanol to methyl vinyl etherjlOS], The reaction can be carried out catalytically using CuClj under oxygen[28]. 

Methyl glycosides of 2 deoxy sugars have been prepared by the acid catalyzed addition of methanol to unsaturated sugars known as glycals... 

The production of many high value chemicals requires maximizing separation from a relatively dilute solution. It is common in such instances to use a combination of methods to reduce solute solubiHty in the feed solution. Figure 5, for example, illustrates that the addition of methanol to a saturated aqueous solution of L-serine can reduce solubiHty by more than an order of magnitude. 

There is a scattered body of data in the literature on ordinary photochemical reactions in the pyrimidine and quinazoline series in most cases the mechanisms are unclear. For example, UV irradiation of 4-aminopyrimidine-5-carbonitrile (109 R=H) in methanolic hydrogen chloride gives the 2,6-dimethyl derivative (109 R = Me) in good yield the 5-aminomethyl analogue is made similarly (68T5861). Another random example is the irradiation of 4,6-diphenylpyrimidine 1-oxide in methanol to give 2-methoxy-4,6-diphenyl-pyrimidine, probably by addition of methanol to an intermediate oxaziridine (110) followed by dehydration (76JCS(P1)1202). 

Azirines react with alcohols in the presence of alkoxides to give alkoxyaziridines (67JA4456). Further treatment with alcohol and alkoxide results in the formation of amino ketone acetals. Alkoxyaziridines are not isolated in general from the acid-catalyzed addition of methanol to azirines. Azirines are also known to react with amines (66JOC1423). Frequently the initially produced adducts undergo subsequent transformations. 

Solvents mentioned include hexane, benzene, liquid sulphur dioxide, chloroform, methylene dichloride and ethyl bromide. Where chlorinated solvents are employed the polymer is separated by addition of methanol, filtered, washed with methanol and the product dried in vacuo at 60°C. 

A detailed procedure for the use of MCPBA recently appeared in Reagents for Organic Synthesis by Fieser and Fieser. The commercially available MCPBA (Aldrich) is 85% pure the contaminant, m-chlorobenzoic acid, can be removed by washing with a phosphate buffer of pH 7.5. The epoxidation is usually performed as follows a solution of 3 -acetoxy-5a-androst-16-ene (2.06 g, 6.53 mmoles) in 25 ml of chloroform (or methylene dichloride) is chilled to 0° in a flask fitted with a condenser and drierite tube and treated with a solution of commercial MCPBA (1.74 g, 20% excess) in 25 ml chloroform precooled to the same temperature. The mixture is stirred and allowed to warm to room temperature. After 23 hr (or until TLC shows reaction is complete) the solution is diluted with 100 ml chloroform and washed in sequence with 100 ml of 10% sodium sulfite or sodium iodide followed by sodium thiosulfate, 200 ml of 1 M sodium bicarbonate and 200 ml water. The chloroform extract is dried (MgS04) and evaporated in vacuo to a volume of ca. 10 ml. Addition of methanol (10 ml) followed by cooling of the mixture to —10° yields 0.8 gof 16a,17a-epoxide mp 109.5-110°. Additional product can be obtained by concentration of the mother liquor (total yield 80-90%). 

Cationic, hydrophilic, and hydrophobic Chitosan, poly-2-vinyl pyridine 0.3-1.0 M salt/buffer, pH 2-7 with the addition of methanol for more hydrophobic polymers... 

Is addition of methanol (a model for the enzyme) to the penicillin model (leading to penicillin+enzyme model) exothermic or endothermic Rationalize your result. 

Swain and Eddy have queried the wide applicability of the S l and Sif2 mechanisms and favored a push-pull termolecular process for the reaction of pyridine with methyl bromide in benzene solution for example, they have suggested that the effects observed on the addition of methanol, phenol, p-nitrophenol, and mercuric bromide to the reaction mixture can be explained by an intermediate of type 168. ... 

In 1970, Hiraoka reported that 2-cyanopyrrole, irradiated in methanol with a low-pressure mercury arc for 20 h, gave a mixture of 3-cyanopyrrole and pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde [70JCS(CC)1306]. l-Methyl-2-cyanopyrrole (38) also gave this reaction (Scheme 15) [71JCS(CC)1610]. In this case, the author isolated the product of the isomerization 39, the product of the shift in C-2 of the IV-methy 1 group 40, and a third product that was assumed to be derived from the addition of methanol to the Dewar pyrrole 41. The reaction depends on the temperature used in fact, no reaction occurred when the reaction was performed at -68°C. This result is in agreement with the presence of a thermal-activated step [78JCS(CC)131]. More... 

A five-step synthesis of ethyl ester of eyelie hydrazonie aeid 314 used in the synthesis of natural produets has been deseribed [94JCA(CC)1867]. The eonden-sation of methoxybutenone with EtCOaCN (t-BuOK, THF, —78°C) is eompleted with the formation of ketoester 310 in 72% yield. The addition of methanol to the latter (Triton B, MeOH, room temperature, 88%) and the reduetion with NaBH4 (EtOH, —78°C) leads to the aleohol 312, yield 90%. The dianion of 312 (EDA, THE, -78°C) reaets with t-butylazodiearboxylate (t-BuOaC—N=N—COaBu-t) to form adduet 313, the treatment of whieh with trifluoroaeetie aeid affords the ester 314 in 55% yield [94JCA(CC)1867]. 

Fig. 11-1. Effect of the addition of methanol on the enantiomeric separation of terbutaline using 2 % sulfated cyclodextrin in 25 mM phosphate buffer (pH 3).

On irradiation in methanol, 2,1-benzisoxazolesl lacking a 7-substituent, ring open to2-nitreno-acylbenzenes which undergo ring expansion with addition of methanol to give 2-methoxy-3//-... 

In the presence of aqueous acetic acid the 4//-azepi ne 9 yields the hydroxy derivative 10 a. Addition of methanol, in the presence of Sephadex LH20, and cyanide ion in the presence of palladium(II) acetate, are also successful and yield 4,5-dihydro-l //-azepines 10b and 10c, respectively.113... 

However, under the same conditions, 6-azidoquinazoline (32) yields the acid-sensitive 5.7-dimethoxy-8,9-dihydro-5//-pyrimido[5,4-c]azcpine (34 16%) by a 1,4-addition of methanol to the initially formed 7-methoxy-9//-pyrimido[5,4-c]azepine (33).153... 

Acid-catalyzed addition of methanol to 1,4-dimethyl 7-ethyl pyridazino[4,5-d]azepine-1,4,7-tri-carboxylate (3) gives 4 in low yield.112... 

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