Adducts with Other Compounds

It is interesting that in his original report (1902) Meisenheimer described the preparation from 9-nitroanthracene and methoxide of an adduct which he formulated as 45. Confirmation of this structure has come from NMR measurements which show that the resonance of the proton at CIO shifts from — 8-93 to — 4-93 p.p.m. on complex formation consistent with a covalency change at this ring position (Foster et al., 1967). Again the NMR spectra (Foster et al., 1967 Fendler et al., 1968) 

Perhaps the most reactive substrate studied so far is 4,6-dinitro-benzofuroxan. Drost, in 1899, found that aqueous solutions of this 

1965 Norris and Osmundsen, 1965 Boulton and Clifford, 1965). The NMR spectrum of the potassium salt in dimethyl sulphoxide shows bands at — 8-93 and — 6-20 p.p.m. due to ring protons and an absorption at —6-55 p.p.m. (which disappears in the salt formed in D20) attributed to the added hydroxyl group. The latter two resonances are spin-spin coupled (J = 7 Hz). This spectrum does not by itself distinguish 49 from 50. However, Brown and Keyes experiments with the 5-deuterio compound have established that the addition occurs at C3, to give 49. The high reactivity of 4,6-dinitrobenzofuroxan is shown by the observation that the adduct is almost quantitatively formed in water without added hydroxide ions. 

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By far the most important property of benzo[c] furans is their capacity to act as 471-components in cycloaddition reactions. Whereas the reactions described before 1969 were almost always of the Diels-Alder type, more recent investigations have shown that they can also participate in [7 4 + 714]-and [714 + TCgj-addition (Section IV,C). In this chapter Diels-Alder reactions will be discussed. Benzo[c]furans have been used for two main purposes. First, Diels-Alder adducts with olefinic compounds can conveniently be dehydrated to naphthalene derivatives or higher condensed hydrocarbons not easily accessible by other methods second, benzo[c]furans are excellent... 

These are prepared by direct combination of the elements under various conditions. They include the simple fluorides XeF2, XeF4, and XeFg, which are all colourless crystalline solids with m.p. 140°, 114°, and 46°C respectively. There is no reliable evidence for an octafluoride, but there is a molecular compound XeF2. XeF4. The fluorides form numerous adducts with other halides, for example,... 

The reverse reactions of Diels-Alder reactions for thermal dissociations of cycloadducts in to dienes and dienophiles at higher temperatures or in the presence of Lewis acid or base are known as the retro-Diels-Alder (rDA) reactions. These reactions in most cases proceed in a concerted process. These reactions are often used for separation of diene or dienophile from their mixture with other compounds. Proper selection of conditions of these reactions provides new dienes and dienophiles, which are important synthons for synthesis of several bioactive natural products and organic molecules of complex structures. For example, the D-A adduct of 4-phenyl oxazole 110 with methyl acetylene dicarboxylate, on retro-D-A reaction gives new compounds, benzonitrile, and furan 3,4-dicarboxylic acid methyl ester 111 [65]. 

In this case the covalency of boron is brought up to four because the donor molecule supplies the necessary electrons. The adduct formed, trimethylamine-borane, is a stable white solid. Other compounds of a similar kind are known, all derived from the simple structure H3N -> BH3. This compound is isoelectronic with ethane, i.e. it contains the same number of electrons and has the same shape. 

The amino add analysis of all peptide chains on the resins indicated a ratio of Pro Val 6.6 6.0 (calcd. 6 6). The peptides were then cleaved from the resin with 30% HBr in acetic acid and chromatogra phed on sephadex LH-20 in 0.001 M HCl. 335 mg dodecapeptide was isolated. Hydrolysis followed by quantitative amino acid analysis gave a ratio of Pro Val - 6.0 5.6 (calcd. 6 6). Cycll2ation in DMF with Woodward s reagent K (see scheme below) yielded after purification 138 mg of needles of the desired cyc-lododecapeptide with one equiv of acetic add. The compound yielded a yellow adduct with potassium picrate, and here an analytically more acceptable ratio Pro Val of 1.03 1.00 (calcd. 1 1) was found. The mass spectrum contained a molecular ion peak. No other spectral measurements (lack of ORD, NMR) have been reported. For a thirty-six step synthesis in which each step may cause side-reaaions the characterization of the final product should, of course, be more elaborate. 

Urea has the remarkable property of forming crystalline complexes or adducts with straight-chain organic compounds. These crystalline complexes consist of a hoUow channel, formed by the crystallized urea molecules, in which the hydrocarbon is completely occluded. Such compounds are known as clathrates. The type of hydrocarbon occluded, on the basis of its chain length, is determined by the temperature at which the clathrate is formed. This property of urea clathrates is widely used in the petroleum-refining industry for the production of jet aviation fuels (see Aviation and other gas-TURBINE fuels) and for dewaxing of lubricant oils (see also Petroleum, refinery processes). The clathrates are broken down by simply dissolving urea in water or in alcohol. 

Vinylboranes are interesting dienophiles in the Diels-Alder reaction. Alkenylboronic esters show moderate reactivity and give mixtures of exo and endo adducts with cyclopentadiene and 1,3-cyclohexadiene (441). Dichloroalkenylboranes are more reactive and dialkylalkenylboranes react even at room temperature (442—444). Dialkylalkenylboranes are omniphilic dienophiles insensitive to diene substitution (444). In situ formation of vinyl-boranes by transmetaHation of bromodialkylboranes with vinyl tri alkyl tin compounds makes possible a one-pot reaction, avoiding isolation of the intermediate vinylboranes (443). Other cycloadditions of alkenyl- and alkynylboranes are known (445). 

Activated tertiary amines such as triethanolamine (TEA) and methyl diethanolamine (MDEA) have gained wide acceptance for CO2 removal. These materials require very low regeneration energy because of weak CO2 amine adduct formation, and do not form carbamates or other corrosive compounds (53). Hybrid CO2 removal systems, such as MDEA —sulfolane—water and DIPA—sulfolane—water, where DIPA is diisopropylamine, are aqueous alkaline solutions in a nonaqueous solvent, and are normally used in tandem with other systems for residual clean-up. Extensive data on the solubiUty of acid gases in amine solutions are available (55,56). 

In the case of nicotinamide, the color yield is often low. This problem can be circumvented by either hydrolysis to nicotinic acid or by conversion of the amide to a fluorescent compound. Treatment of nicotinamide with methyl iodide yields the quaternary ammonium salt, /V-methyl nicotinamide (5). Reaction of this compound with acetophenone yields a fluorescent adduct (49). Other carbonyl compounds have also been used (50—54). 

The methanol can be removed by heating gently in vacuo. Similar compounds can be made with other carboxylate groups, either by using this method or by heating the acetate with excess carboxylic acid. Treatment of the anhydrous carboxylate with various neutral ligands (L) or anionic donors (X-) forms Rh2(OCOR)4L2 and [Rh2(OCOR)4X2]2-, respectively. The colour of the adduct depends on the donor atom in L (or X) ... 

Reaction of the diphosphines Ph2P(CH2) PPh2 (n = 1-3) with MCl2(PhCN)2 affords 1 1 m-complexes (Figure 3.46) [102]. (Note the use of the labile PhCN adducts if the MCl salts are used, Magnus type compounds M(P-P)2+MCl4- are formed.) Similar complexes are formed with other halides for the thiocyanates see section 3.8.6. The structures of the palladium complexes have been determined (Table 3.10) with square coordination only achieved for n = 3 with the formation of a six-membered metal-chelate ring. 

Reaction of a-phenylsulfinyl acetate or ethyl a-(t-butylsulfmyl)acetate with one equivalent of ethylmagnesium bromide or iodide was shown to give the corresponding Grignard reagent 129 or 132, which upon reaction with carbonyl compounds afforded the corresponding adducts. Thus Nokami and coworkers prepared ethyl / -hydroxycarboxylates 130167, jS-keto esters 131168, a,/J-unsaturated esters 133169 and other derivatives by this method. 

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