Aldehydes salicylaldehyde

Table 5 summarizes the reactions of isoprene with aromatic aldehydes and unsaturated aldehydes. Salicylaldehyde provides the expected product as a cyclic boric ester derivative and shows apparently lower stereoselectivity, giving a mixture of 1,3-anti and 1,3-syn isomers in a ratio of 6 1 (run 1, Table 5). 2-Furfural reacts as usual and provides a 1,3-anti isomer as a single diastereomer in good yield (run 2). Unsaturated aldehydes, irrespective of their substitution patterns, undergo homoallylation selectively with excellent 1,3-anti selectivity, the geometry of the double bond of the starting aldehydes remaining intact (runs 3-5). 1,2-Addition to unsaturated aldehyde takes place selectively and no 1,4-addition is observed.

The product from phenoxide ion (64) is, after acidification, very largely the o-aldehyde (salicylaldehyde, 65) plus just a small amount of the p-isomer. If both o-positions in the initial phenoxide anion are substituted, however, reaction then yields the p-aldehyde. 

Oxidation of substituted benzyl alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes has been patented [102-107]. Oxidation of 3-hydroxybenzyl alcohol in alkaline solution over Pt- and/or Pd-type catalysts yielded 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde with high selectivity [103]. An alcohol and a tertiary ammonium salt were used to control formation of by-product 3-hydroxybenzoic acid. Oxidation of 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol in aqueous basic medium in the presence of Pt and B and Bi derivatives (H3BO3 and Bi203) gave 97 % of the corresponding aldehyde (salicylaldehyde)... 

Decomposition of Cured Resoles and Novolaks. Above 250°C, cured phenolic resins begin to decompose. For example, dibenzyl ethers such as 9 disproportionate to aldehydes (salicylaldehyde) and cresols (o-cresol). The aldehyde group is rapidly oxidized to the corresponding carboxylic acid. In an analogous reaction in hexa-cured novolaks, tribenzylamines decompose into cresols and azome-thines, which cause yellowing. 

Several examples of the present aldol reactions of silyl enol ethers with aldehydes in water-ethanol-toluene are listed in Table 8.6. 3-Pyridine-carboxaldehyde as well as 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde (examples of nitrogen-containing aldehydes), salicylaldehyde (an example of an aldehyde... 

Aldehydes. Formaldehyde, metaformaldehyde, acetaldehyde, paraldehyde, chloral hydrate, benzaldehyde, salicylaldehyde (and other substituted benzaldehydes). 

Aliphatic aldehydes reduce Fehling s solution rapidly, benzaldehyde very slowly and indecisively, salicylaldehyde does not reduce it. 

Action of sodium hydroxide. Does not undergo the Cannizzaro reaction. It dissolves in dil. NaOH solution, giving a yellow solution from which the aldehyde is precipitated unchanged on acidification. If heated with cone. NaOH solution, salicylaldehyde slowly undergoes atmospheric oxidation to salicylic acid. 

In the strongly basic medium, the reactant is the phenoxide ion high nucleophilic activity at the ortho and para positions is provided through the electromeric shifts indicated. The above scheme indicates theorpara substitution is similar. The intermediate o-hydroxybenzal chloride anion (I) may react either with a hydroxide ion or with water to give the anion of salicyl-aldehyde (II), or with phenoxide ion or with phenol to give the anion of the diphenylacetal of salicylaldehyde (III). Both these anions are stable in basic solution. Upon acidification (III) is hydrolysed to salicylaldehyde and phenol this probably accounts for the recovery of much unreacted phenol from the reaction. 

Both carbonyl groups of terephthaldehyde are reported to react with the exocyclic nitrogen of 2-aminothiazole yielding 1.4-phenylene bis(2-methyleneamino)thiazole. The same report describes the reactions of 2-amino-4-phenylthiazole with terephth aldehyde and salicylaldehyde as yielding 64 and 65, respectively (Scheme 45) (215), whose structures are based on ultraviolet and infrared spectra. 

The synthesis of a large number of y-pyrones and y-pyranols from enamines has been brought about through the use of a wide variety of bifunctional molecules. These molecules include phenolic aldehydes (126,127), phenolic Mannich bases (128), ketal esters (129), and diketene (120-132). All of these molecules have an electrophilic carbonyl group and a nucleophilic oxygen center in relative 1,4 positions. This is illustrated by the reaction between salicylaldehyde (101) and the morpholine enamine of cyclohexanone to give pyranol 102 in a quantitative yield (127). 

Reaction of the potassium salt of salicylaldehyde with chlo-roacetone affords first the corresponding phenolic ether aldol cyclization of the aldehyde with the ketonic side chain affords the benzofuran (1). Reduction of the carbonyl group by means of the Wolf-Kischner reaction affords 2-ethyl-benzofuran. Friedel-Crafts acylation with anisoyl chloride proceeds on the remaining unsubstituted position on the furan ring (2). The methyl ether is then cleaved by means of pyridine hydrochloride (3). lodina-tion of the phenol is accomplished by means of an alkaline solution of iodine and potassium iodide. There is thus obtained benziodarone (4)... 

Demailly and coworkers195 found that the asymmetric induction increased markedly when optically active methyl pyridyl sulfoxide was treated with an aldehyde. They also synthesized (S)-chroman-2-carboxylaldehyde 152, which is the cyclic ring part of a-tocopherol, by aldol-type condensation of the optically active lithium salt of a,/3-unsaturated sulfoxide. Although the diastereomeric ratio of allylic alcohol 151 formed from lithium salt 149 and 150 was not determined, the reaction of 149 with salicylaldehyde gave the diastereomeric alcohol in a ratio of 28 72196. 

Bis(alkylsulfonyl)methanes361,363 or bis(phenylsulfonyl)methane362 readily reacted with aldehydes in the presence of bases to afford /1-hydroxysulfones or bis-adducts. For example, bis(ethylsulfonyl)methane was found to react with salicylaldehyde in the presence of piperidine, affording 2-ethylsulfonylbenzofuran in a good yield363. 

In contrast to iV-disubstituted 3-hydroxyanilines which react with Vilsmeier reagent to give AWisubstituted salicylaldehydes, their heteroanalogous iV-disubstituted 2-amino-4-hydroxythiazoles (60) react with Vilsmeier reagent to give iV-disubstituted 2-amino-4-chlorothiazole-5-aldehydes (61) <96JPR51>. 

Synthesis of complex 1. The pentadentate salen catalyst 1 was synthesized as described (9). In short, the tosylated 2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)-ethoxy]-ethanol 2 (10) was reacted with 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde 3 to yield 4-alkoxy salicylaldehyde 4 after chromatographic purification (eq. 1). Subsequent condensation of 4 with 1,3-diaminopropanol yielded water-soluble salen ligand 5 in sufficient purity and 89% yield (11). The formation of an azomethine bond is indicated by a shift of the NMR signal for the carbonyl carbon from 194.4 ppm in aldehyde 4 to 166.4 ppm for the imino carbon in 5. The pentadentate ligand 5 was then treated with copper(ll) acetate in methanol to obtain the dinuclear copper(ll) complex 1 as a green solid (eq. 2) (11). 

The process tolerates alkyl, methoxy, tertiary amino, and nitro groups at the salicylaldehyde. However, the yields of the nitro- and the amino-substituted salicy-laldehydes are rather low. Best results were obtained with aldehydes containing electron-donating groups (entries 4, 6, and 7). Steric effects clearly also play an im-... 

Deuterium isotope effects on 15N chemical shift in CDC13 solution as well as in solid state were measured for a series of symmetrical and unsymmetrical di-Schiff bases being derivatives of fra s-l,2-diaminocy-clohexane and various aromatic ort/io-hydroxy-aldehydes [22],57 The AN (D) value determined in solid state for symmetrical di-Schiff base which was a derivative of salicylaldehyde was —1.8 ppm, which was typical of... 

A frequently reported spectrophotometric technique for the determination of hydralazine is based on reactions with aromatic aldehydes to form hydrazones with absorption in the visible region. Luk yanchikova et al (5 +) used p-nitrobenzaldehyde Wesley-Hadzija and Abaffy (55) and Ruggieri (56) used p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde Luk yanchi-kova (57,58) used cinnamaldehyde Schulert (33) used p-hydroxybenzaldehyde and Zak et al (59) used p-methoxy-benzaldehyde, after testing cinnamaldehyde, salicylaldehyde, 3, +,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde, and 1-naphthaldehyde. 

Aromatic aldehydes react with primary amines forming Schiff s bases which are often coloured. The colour may then be used to quantitate the amine. Using this principle Kocyl has shown neomycin to form a yellow-coloured Schiff s base with salicylaldehyde though the quantitative aspect of this procedure is, as yet, incomplete. 

The distillate is at once extracted with ether and the extract, after having been separated from the water, is heated on the water bath until most of the ether has distilled. The residue, which contains unchanged phenol as well as the salicylaldehyde, is now vigorously shaken in a small glass-stoppered bottle with two volumes of concentrated commercial sodium bisulphite solution. A thick paste of the bisulphite compound of the aldehyde is formed. After this paste has stood for from half an hour to one hour the bisulphite compound is separated by filtration at the pump, pressed well on the filter funnel, and washed several times, first with alcohol and finally with ether, until completely free from adherent phenol. The crystals (small plates, iridescent like mother-of-pearl) are then decomposed with dilute sulphuric acid in a small round-bottomed flask whi( h is fitted with an air condenser and gently warmed on the water bath. After the liquid thus produced has cooled, the aldehyde which separates is extracted with ether and the ethereal solution is dried with anhydrous sodium sulphate. The pure aldehyde which remains when the ether is evaporated distils at 196°. The yield amounts to 10-12 g. 

In salicylaldehyde the phenolic odour predominates. The aldehyde is much less liable to autoxidation than is benzaldehyde. 

Aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids are widespread in plants and animal kingdom. They play an important role in biochemical processes of life. They add fragrance and flavour to nature, for example, vanillin (from vanilla beans), salicylaldehyde (from meadow sweet) and cinnamaldehyde (from cinnamon) have veiy pleasant fragrances. 

Reduction of the carboxylic acid group passes through the intermediate aldehyde. For a number of examples in the heterocyclic series, the aldehyde becomes a major product because it is trapped as the hydrated vfc.-diol form. Examples include imidazole-2-caiboxylic acid [139], thiazole-2-carboxylic acid [140] and pyridine-4-carboxylic acid [141] reduced in dilute aqueous acid solution. Reduction of imidazole-4-carboxylic acid proceeds to the primary alcohol stage, the aldehyde intermediate is not isolated. Addition of boric acid and sodium sulphite to the electrolyte may allow the aldehyde intermediate to be trapped as a non-reducible complex, Salicylaldehyde had been obtained on a pilot plant scale in this way by... 

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