Alcohols, Aldehydes, Ketones, Quinones

These classes of bodies, owing to their peculiarity in being both reducible and oxidizable, present many interesting phenomena respecting their electrolytic behavior. Since every 

Benzaldehyde.—Kauffmann,3 by electrolyzing benzaldehyde in a 12-15% solution of potassium bisulphite, obtained at the cathode a mixture of hydrobenzoin and isohydrobenzion. According to his statements,4 an alcoholic solution of sodium hydroxide is more suitable for the reaction than the aqueous solution of bisulphite. Other aldehydes and ketones show a behavior similar to that of benzaldehyde, as will be explained under the individual substances. 

Tafel and Pfeffermann 5 have discovered a useful method for preparing amines. They electrolytically reduce oximes and phenylhydrazones in sulphuric-acid solution. Thus 

Benzylidenephenylhydrazone, the condensation product of benzaldehyde and phenylhydrazine, gives 43 per cent, of the theoretical yield of benzyl amine, besides some aniline  

Bentaldoxime, by reduction, is split up, yielding 69 per cent, of the theoretically possible quantity of benzylamine  

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Hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic adds, quinones, esters, lactones, phenolics, steroids, alkaloids, cyanogenic glycosides, sulfides, peptides, proteins Arachnida... 

Tobacco leaf has a complicated chemical composition including a variety of polymers and small molecules. The small molecules from tobacco belong to numerous classes of compounds such as hydrocarbons, terpenes, alcohols, phenols, acids, aldehydes, ketones, quinones, esters, nitriles, sulfur compounds, carbohydrates, amino acids, alkaloids, sterols, isoprenoids [48], Amadori compounds, etc. Some of these compounds were studied by pyrolysis techniques. One example of pyrolytic study is that of cuticular wax of tobacco leaf (green and aged), which was studied by Py-GC/MS [49]. By pyrolysis, some portion of cuticular wax may remain undecomposed. The undecomposed waxes consist of eicosyl tetradecanoate, docosyl octadecanoate, etc. The molecules detected in the wax pyrolysates include hydrocarbons (Cz to C34 with a maximum of occurrence of iso-Czi, normal C31 and anti-iso-C32), alcohols (docosanol, eicosanol), acids (hexadecanoic, hexadecenoic, octadecanoic, etc ). The cuticular wax also contains terpenoids such as a- and p-8,13-duvatriene-1,3-diols. By pyrolysis, some of these compounds are not decomposed and others generate closely related products such as seco-cembranoids (5-isopropyl-8,12-dimethyl-3E,8E,12E,14-pentadecatrien-2-one, 3,7,13-trimethyl-10-isopropyl-2,6,11,13-tetradecatrien-1al) and manols. By pyrolysis, c/s-abienol, (12-Z)- -12,14-dien-8a-ol, generates mainly frans-neo-abienol. 

Oxidation of LLDPE starts at temperatures above 150°C. This reaction produces hydroxyl and carboxyl groups in polymer molecules as well as low molecular weight compounds such as water, aldehydes, ketones, and alcohols. Oxidation reactions can occur during LLDPE pelletization and processing to protect molten resins from oxygen attack during these operations, antioxidants (radical inhibitors) must be used. These antioxidants (qv) are added to LLDPE resins in concentrations of 0.1—0.5 wt %, and maybe naphthyl amines or phenylenediamines, substituted phenols, quinones, and alkyl phosphites (4), although inhibitors based on hindered phenols are preferred. 

Reaction with Organic Compounds. Aluminum is not attacked by saturated or unsaturated, aUphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons. Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons do not generally react with aluminum except in the presence of water, which leads to the forma tion of halogen acids. The chemical stabiUty of aluminum in the presence of alcohols is very good and stabiUty is excellent in the presence of aldehydes, ketones, and quinones. 

Oxetane Formation—The Patemo-Bnchi Reaction. A large number of carbonyl compounds, primarily aldehydes, ketones, and quinones, form oxetanes by photocycloadditions to olefins.61-63 In general, it is observed that (/) carbonyl compounds which have low-lying (77, ) triplet states and which are photoreduced in isopropyl alcohol form oxetanes most readily, and (2) oxetane formation takes place when energy transfer from the carbonyl compound to the olefin is unfavorable because of the relative location of their triplet levels.64,65 Hence, oxetanes are most readily formed from simple olefins and allenes63,66 but are seldom formed from dienes.67 An extensive review by Arnold63 covers the mechanism and scope of this reaction. 

A number of these examples will be discussed in detail in chapter 7. Electrophiles are often formed by oxidative metabolism, catalyzed by cytochrome P-450, peroxidases or alcohol dehydrogenase. These can give rise to epoxides, quinones and aldehydes, ketones,... 

The most general and useful application of sulfur tetrafluoride is replacement of carbonyl oxygen and hydroxy groups by fluorine. The reaction has broad scope and is effective with all carbonyl and hydroxy compounds. Alcohols are converted into monofluoro derivatives 1, aldehydes, ketones and quinones into gew-difluoro compounds 2 and 3, and carboxylic acids, acid anhydrides, acid halides and amides into trifluoromethyl compounds 4. 

The most important applications of peroxyacetic acid are the epoxi-dation [250, 251, 252, 254, 257, 258] and anti hydroxylation of double bonds [241, 252, the Dakin reaction of aldehydes [259, the Baeyer-Villiger reaction of ketones [148, 254, 258, 260, 261, 262] the oxidation of primary amines to nitroso [iJi] or nitrocompounds [253], of tertiary amines to amine oxides [i58, 263], of sulfides to sulfoxides and sulfones [264, 265], and of iodo compounds to iodoso or iodoxy compounds [266, 267] the degradation of alkynes [268] and diketones [269, 270, 271] to carboxylic acids and the oxidative opening of aromatic rings to aromatic dicarboxylic acids [256, 272, 271, 272,273, 274]. Occasionally, peroxyacetic acid is used for the dehydrogenation [275] and oxidation of aromatic compounds to quinones [249], of alcohols to ketones [276], of aldehyde acetals to carboxylic acids [277], and of lactams to imides [225,255]. The last two reactions are carried out in the presence of manganese salts. The oxidation of alcohols to ketones is catalyzed by chromium trioxide, and the role of peroxyacetic acid is to reoxidize the trivalent chromium [276]. 

The domain of oxidations with silver oxide includes the conversion of aldehydes into acids [63, 206, 362, 365, 366, 367 and of hydroxy aromatic compounds into quinones [171, 368, 369]. Less frequently, silver oxide is used for the oxidation of aldehyde and ketone hydrazones to diazo compounds [370, 371], of hydrazo compounds to azo compounds [372], and of hydroxylamines to nitroso compounds [373] or nitroxyls [374] and for the dehydrogenation of CH-NH bonds to -C=N- [375]. Similar results with silver carbonate are obtained in oxidations of alcohols to ketones [376] or acids [377] and of hydroxylamines to nitroso compounds [378]. 

Oxidations by pyridinium chlorochromate resemble those by dipyridine chromium(VI) oxide, both in scope and the mild conditions required. At room temperature, primary alcohols give aldehydes [604, 605], secondary alcohols afford ketones [605], allylic and benzylic methylene groups are oxidized to carbonyl groups [606, 6d7], enol ethers are converted into esters [608] or lactones [609], trimethylsilyl ethers of diphenols are transformed into quinones [610], and alkylboranes are converted into aldehydes (yll]. 

Sodium dichromate hydroxylates tertiary carbons [620] and oxidizes methylene groups to carbonyls [622, 623, 625, 626, 631] methyl and methylene groups, especially as side chains in aromatic compounds, to carboxylic groups [624, 632, 633, 634, 635] and benzene rings to quinones [630, 636, 637] or carboxylic acids [638]. The reagent is often used for the conversion of primary alcohols into aldehydes [629, 630, 639] or, less frequently, into carboxylic acids or their esters [640] of secondary alcohols into ketones [621, 629, 630, 641, 642, 643, 644] of phenylhydroxylamine into nitroso-benzene [645] and of alkylboranes into carbonyl compounds [646]. 

Potassium dichromate, K2Cr207, is applied under similar conditions as its sodium analogue to oxidize benzene rings to quinones [647, 648, 649, 650], methylene groups adjacent to aromatic rings to carbonyls [514], primary alcohols to aldehydes [651, 652, 653], secondary alcohols to ketones [644, 652, 654, 655], and aldehydes to acids [656]. Phenylhydroxylamine is transformed into nitrosobenzene [657], and an aromatic nitroso compound, into a nitro compound [655]. 

Sodium hypochlorite is used for the epoxidation of double bonds [659, 691] for the oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes [692], of secondary alcohols to ketones [693], and of primary amines to carbonyl compounds [692] for the conversion of benzylic halides into acids or ketones [690] for the oxidation of aromatic rings to quinones [694] and of sulfides to sulfones [695] and, especially, for the degradation of methyl ketones to carboxylic acids with one less carbon atom [655, 696, 697, 695, 699] and of a-amino acids to aldehydes with one less carbon [700]. Sodium hypochlorite is also used for the reoxidation of low-valence ruthenium compounds to ruthenium tetroxide in oxidations by ruthenium trichloride [701]. 

The applications of ruthenium tetroxide range from the common types of oxidations, such as those of alkenes, alcohols, and aldehydes to carboxylic acids [701, 774, 939, 940] of secondary alcohols to ketones [701, 940, 941] of aldehydes to acids (in poor yields) [940] of aromatic hydrocarbons to quinones [942, 943] or acids [701, 774, 941] and of sulfides to sulfoxides and sulfones [942], to specific ones like the oxidation of acetylenes to vicinal dicarbonyl compounds [9JS], of ethers to esters [940], of cyclic imines to lactams [944], and of lactams to imides [940]. 

A single enzyme is sometimes capable of many various oxidations. In the presence of NADH (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), cyclohexanone oxygenase from Acinetobacter NCIB9871 converts aldehydes into acids, formates of alcohols, and alcohols ketones into esters (Baeyer-Villiger reaction), phenylboronic acids into phenols sulfides into optically active sulfoxides and selenides into selenoxides [1034], Horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase oxidizes primary alcohols to acids (esters) [1035] and secondary alcohols to ketones [1036]. Horseradish peroxidase accomplishes the dehydrogenative coupling [1037] and oxidation of phenols to quinones [1038]. Mushroom polyphenol oxidase hydroxylates phenols and oxidizes them to quinones [1039]. 

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In addition to alcohols, aldehydes, cyclanones, ketones, and esters that may have more than nine carbon atoms, this class contains many quinones, ethers, and unsaturated hydrocarbons. Anhydrides, lactones, and acetals may be found here as > lasses S, and N,. 

In addition to the oxidation of aliphatic hydroxy compounds, aromatic derivatives that contain hydroxyl groups (phenol derivatives) can also be oxidized. The course of the oxidation differs in that the aromatic ring is disrupted, leading to quinones, important components in a variety of natural products.It is also possible to convert aromatic hydrocarbons to phenols by oxidation. Quinones are obtained by oxidation of phenols and a phenol can be very loosely viewed as an enol. Inclusion of this chemistry immediately after discussing the oxidation of alcohols to ketones, aldehydes, or acids is done with the goal of providing some continuity in studying the oxidation of hydroxyl compounds. 

In general, simple saturated hydrocarbons, alcohols, and amines are not readily analyzed at the DME. However, aldehydes and quinones are reducible, as well as ketones. 

Carbohydrates and glycosides Aldehydes, ketones and related con unds Quinones Carboxylic acids Phenols and enols Esters, lactones and acid anhydrides of carboxylic acids Alcohols Ethers Hydrocarbons... 

Silylated cyanohydrins have also been prepared via silylation of cyanohydrins themselves and by the addition of hydrogen cyanide to silyl enol ethers. Silylated cyanohydrins have proved to be quite useful in a variety of synthetic transformations, including the regiospecific protection of p-quinones, as intermediates in an efficient synthesis of a-aminomethyl alcohols, and for the preparation of ketone cyanohydrins themselves.The silylated cyanohydrins of heteroaromatic aldehydes have found extensive use as... 

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