Aldehydes chromatography

Acetaldehyde can be isolated and identified by the characteristic melting points of the crystalline compounds formed with hydrazines, semicarbazides, etc these derivatives of aldehydes can be separated by paper and column chromatography (104,113). Acetaldehyde has been separated quantitatively from other carbonyl compounds on an ion-exchange resin in the bisulfite form the aldehyde is then eluted from the column with a solution of sodium chloride (114). In larger quantities, acetaldehyde may be isolated by passing the vapor into ether, then saturating with dry ammonia acetaldehyde—ammonia crystallizes from the solution. Reactions with bisulfite, hydrazines, oximes, semicarb azides, and 5,5-dimethyl-1,3-cyclohexanedione [126-81 -8] (dimedone) have also been used to isolate acetaldehyde from various solutions. 

Polyester composition can be determined by hydrolytic depolymerization followed by gas chromatography (28) to analyze for monomers, comonomers, oligomers, and other components including side-reaction products (ie, DEG, vinyl groups, aldehydes), plasticizers, and finishes. Mass spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy can provide valuable composition information, including end group analysis (47,101,102). X-ray fluorescence is commonly used to determine metals content of polymers, from sources including catalysts, delusterants, or tracer materials added for fiber identification purposes (28,102,103). 

Formylbenzoic acid and -toluic acid are deterrnined by high performance hquid chromatography or capillary electrophoresis. Gas chromatography can be used for the aldehyde ester content of dimethyl terephthalate, this being the counterpart of 4-form ylben zoic acid in terephthahc acid. 

The amino group is readily dia2oti2ed in aqueous solution, and this reaction forms a basis for the assay of sulfas. Aldehydes also react to form anils, and the yellow product formed with 4-(dimethylamino)hen2a1dehyde can be used for detection in thiu-layer and paper chromatography. Chromatographic retention values have been deterrnined in a number of thiu layer systems, and have been used as an expression of the lipophilic character of sulfonamides (23). These values have corresponded well with Hansch lipophilic parameters determined in an isobutyl alcohol—water system. 

Ana.lytica.1 Methods. Various analytical methods involve titration with oxidants, eg, hexacyanoferrate (ferricyanide), which oxidize dithionites to sulfite. lodimetric titration to sulfate in the presence of formaldehyde enables dithionite to be distinguished from sulfite because aldehyde adducts of sulfite are not oxidized by iodine. Reductive bleaching of dyes can be used to determine dithionite, the extent of reduction being deterrnined photometrically. Methods for determining mixtures of dithionite, sulfite, and thiosulfates have been reviewed (365). Analysis of dithionite particularly for thiosulfate, a frequent and undesirable impurity, can be done easily by Hquid chromatography (366). 

Additional evidence that a dynamic equilibrium exists between an enamine, N-hemiacetal, and aminal has been presented by Marchese (41). It should be noted that no acid catalysts were used in the reactions of aldehydes and amines discussed thus far. The piperidino enamine of 2-ethylhexanal (0.125 mole), morpholine (0.375 mole), and p-toluene-sulfonic acid (1.25 x 10 mole) diluted with benzene to 500 ml were refluxed for 5 hr. At the end of this time the enamine mixture was analyzed by vapor-phase chromatography, which revealed that exchange of the amino residue had occurred in a ratio of eight morpholine to one piperidine. Marchese proposed a scheme [Eqs. (4), (5) and (6)] to account for these... 

After anilide 30 (1.12 g, 4.46 mmol) is hydrolized in 6 M HCl at 100 °C (by TLC analysis), toluene (5 mL) is added and then aldehyde 5 (0.74 mL, 8.92 mmol) is added dropwise at the same temperature. The reaction was stirred for 2 h and then cooled to room, temperature. The aqueous layer is removed and neutralized with aqueous NaOH to afford 31 as a crystalline solid. The crude product is purified by silica gel chromatography (hexanesiethyl acetate, 5 1) to give 31 (802 mg, 70%) as colorless crystals, mp 103 °C. 

Another class of configurationally stable a-mctallo amines is derived from the N-tert-butoxy-carbonyl-protected piperidines 32 and 3516, l7. Addition of the lithiated piperidines to aldehydes leads to mixtures of the anti- and. yin-diastereoiners. Although the diastereoselectivity is low, the diastereomers can be readily separated by chromatography since the. vyn-isomer is often in a cyclized form 34. The stereochemistry of the products obtained from piperidines 32 are consistent with an equatorial a-lithiation followed by addition to the aldehyde with retention of configuration. However, with piperidine 35 selective axial lithiation is observed. 

Besides simple alkyl-substituted sulfoxides, (a-chloroalkyl)sulfoxides have been used as reagents for diastereoselective addition reactions. Thus, a synthesis of enantiomerically pure 2-hydroxy carboxylates is based on the addition of (-)-l-[(l-chlorobutyl)sulfinyl]-4-methyl-benzene (10) to aldehydes433. The sulfoxide, optically pure with respect to the sulfoxide chirality but a mixture of diastereomers with respect to the a-sulfinyl carbon, can be readily deprotonated at — 55 °C. Subsequent addition to aldehydes afforded a mixture of the diastereomers 11A and 11B. Although the diastereoselectivity of the addition reaction is very low, the diastereomers are easily separated by flash chromatography. Thermal elimination of the sulfinyl group in refluxing xylene cleanly afforded the vinyl chlorides 12 A/12B in high chemical yield as a mixture of E- and Z-isomers. After ozonolysis in ethanol, followed by reductive workup, enantiomerically pure ethyl a-hydroxycarboxylates were obtained. 

A mixture of 10 mmol of the allyl bromide and 10-15 mmol of the aldehyde, dissolved in 20 mL of THF, is added dropwise at — 5 to 0°C to the chromium(II) chloride solution in THF prepared by method A or B. The mixture is stirred for 36 h at this temperature and then 15 mL of sat. sodium hydroxide and 20 g of anhyd Na2S04 are added stirring is continued for 20 min at 201C. The mixture is filtered over a pad of Celite/Na2S04 (7 l). The filtrate is concentrated and the residue purified, usually by chromatography on silica gel with pentane/diethyl ether or hexane/ethyl acetate. 

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