Aldehydes, unsaturated dioxide

Let us consider three types of interaction between (1) adsorbed hydrocarbon ion-radicals and oxygen of the gas phase (2) adsorbed oxygen and hydrocarbon of the gas phase (oxygen adsorbed both with and without dissociation) (3) adsorbed oxygen and adsorbed hydrocarbon. Saturated aldehydes and acids containing less carbon atoms than in the molecule of initial hydrocarbon, as well as carbon dioxide and water, are formed in the first case. The second type of interaction yields unsaturated aldehydes, olefine oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and water for the oxidation of unsaturated hydrocarbons and saturated aldehydes, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and water for the oxidation of saturated hydrocarbons. The third type of reaction gives... 

Reactions. Heating an aqueous solution of malonic acid above 70°C results in its decomposition to acetic acid and carbon dioxide. Malonic acid is a useful tool for synthesizing a-unsaturated carboxyUc acids because of its abiUty to undergo decarboxylation and condensation with aldehydes or ketones at the methylene group. Cinnamic acids are formed from the reaction of malonic acid and benzaldehyde derivatives (1). If aUphatic aldehydes are used acryhc acids result (2). Similarly this facile decarboxylation combined with the condensation with an activated double bond yields a-substituted acetic acid derivatives. For example, 4-thiazohdine acetic acids (2) are readily prepared from 2,5-dihydro-l,3-thiazoles (3). A further feature of malonic acid is that it does not form an anhydride when heated with phosphorous pentoxide [1314-56-3] but rather carbon suboxide [504-64-3] [0=C=C=0], a toxic gas that reacts with water to reform malonic acid. 

A mixture of 1,4-dioxane and water is often used as the solvent for the conversion of aldehydes and ketones by H2Se03 to a-dicarbonyl compounds in one step (Eq. 8.117).331 Dehydrogenation of carbonyl compounds with selenium dioxide generates the a, (i-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in aqueous acetic acid.332 Using water as the reaction medium, ketones can be transformed into a-iodo ketones upon treatment with sodium iodide, hydrogen peroxide, and an acid.333 Interestingly, a-iodo ketones can be also obtained from secondary alcohol through a metal-free tandem oxidation-iodination approach. 

Organoytterbium chemistry has been developed in the last 20 years, although the development rate is much slower than the other lanthanides like samarium or cerium. Dianionic complexes that are produced from the reaction of ytterbium with diaryl ketones react with various kinds of electrophiles including carbon-heteroatom unsaturated bonds.35 Phenylytterbium iodide, a Grignard-type reagent, is known to have reactivity toward carbon dioxide,36 aldehydes, ketones,37,37 and carboxylic acid derivatives38,3811 to form the corresponding adducts respectively. 

Unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes were selectively reduced to unsaturated alcohols by specially controlled catalytic hydrogenation. Citral treated with hydrogen over platinum dioxide in the presence of ferrous chloride or sulfate and zinc acetate at room temperature and 3.5 atm was reduced only at the carbonyl group and gave geraniol (3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienol) [59], and crotonaldehyde on hydrogenation over 5% osmium on charcoal gave crotyl alcohol [763]. 

Early electrochemical processes for the oxidation of alcohols to ketones or carboxylic acids used platinum or lead dioxide anodes, usually with dilute sulphuric acid as electrolyte. A divided cell is only necessary in the oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids if (he substrate possesses an unsaturated function, which could be reduced at the cathode [1,2]. Lead dioxide is the better anode material and satisfactory yields of the carboxylic acid have been obtained from oxidation of primary alcohols up to hexanol [3]. Aldehydes are intermediates in these reactions. Volatile aldehydes can be removed from the electrochemical cell in a... 

Reaction XXXIII. (c) Condensation of Aldehydes with Malonic Acid in the presence of Alcoholic Ammonia. (B., 31, 2604.)—When aldehydes are heated on a water bath with 1 mol. of malonic acid and 2 mols. of dilute alcoholic ammonia, condensation takes place as in the previous reaction, but elimination of carbon dioxide occurs simultaneously so that an unsaturated derivative of acetic acid is formed. 

Selenium dioxide is a most useful reagent for the oxidation of ketones or aldehydes to a-dicarbonyl compounds along with a,)3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds as by-products.291,293 The carbonyl compound probably reacts in its enol form in a way similar to that of alkene oxidation (equation 130).358... 

In the past, this field has been dominated by ruthenium, rhodium and iridium catalysts with extraordinary activities and furthermore superior enantioselectivities however, some investigations were carried out with iron catalysts. Early efforts were reported on the successful use of hydridocarbonyliron complexes HFcm(CO) as reducing reagent for a, P-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, dienes and C=N double bonds, albeit complexes were used in stoichiometric amounts [7]. The first catalytic approach was presented by Marko et al. on the reduction of acetone in the presence of Fe3(CO)12 or Fe(CO)5 [8]. In this reaction, the hydrogen is delivered by water under more drastic reaction conditions (100 bar, 100 °C). Addition of NEt3 as co-catalyst was necessary to obtain reasonable yields. The authors assumed a reaction of Fe(CO)5 with hydroxide ions to yield H Fe(CO)4 with liberation of carbon dioxide since basic conditions are present and exclude the formation of molecular hydrogen via the water gas shift reaction. H Fe(CO)4 is believed to be the active catalyst, which transfers the hydride to the acceptor. The catalyst presented displayed activity in the reduction of several ketones and aldehydes (Scheme 4.1) [9]. 

The biosynthesis of hydrocarbons occurs by the microsomal elongation of straight chain, methyl-branched and unsaturated fatty acids to produce very long-chain fatty acyl-CoAs (Figure 11.1). The very long chain fatty acids are then reduced to aldehydes and converted to hydrocarbon by loss of the carboxyl carbon. The mechanism of hydrocarbon formation has been controversial. Kolattukudy and coworkers have reported that for a plant, an algae, a vertebrate and an insect, the aliphatic aldehyde is decarbonylated to the hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide, and that this process does not require cofactors (Cheesbrough and Kolattukudy, 1984 1988 Dennis and Kolattukudy, 1991,1992 Yoder et al., 1992). In contrast, the Blomquist laboratory has presented evidence that the aldehyde is converted to hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide in a process that... 

Liu R, Cheng H, Wang Q et al (2008) Selective hydrogenation of unsaturated aldehydes in a poly(ethylene glycol)/compressed carbon dioxide biphasic system. Green Chem 10(10) 1082-1086... 

Conjugated—a,/)-unsaturated or aromatic—aldehydes are oxidized by manganese dioxide in the presence of one equivalent of sodium cyanide to give an acyl cyanide (Formula C in Figure 17.18) via an intermediate cyanohydrin (B in Figure 17.18), which is also either an allylic or a benzylic alcohol. Alcohols of this kind can be oxidized by a relatively weak oxi-... 

Possible toxic reactions of sulfur dioxide are also indicated in Table I. The reaction of bisulfite with aldehydes has a classic position in biochemistry since Neuberg demonstrated in 1918 that the products of fermentation by yeast were altered by the addition of sodium sulfite, which caused the production of equal amounts of the bisulfite addition compound of acetaldehyde and of glycerol. This was concomitant with the blockage of conversion of acetaldehyde to ethanol. Addition compounds can also be formed with quinones and with ,/ -unsaturated compounds. None of these reactions has been adequately assessed as a possible contributor to toxicity. 

This reaction illustrates a stereoselective preparation of (Z)-vinylic cuprates, 5 which are very useful synthetic Intermediates. They react with a variety of electrophiles such as carbon dioxide,5,6 epoxides,5,6 aldehydes,6 allylic halides,7 alkyl halides,7 and acetylenic halides 7 they undergo conjugate addition to a,6-unsaturated esters,5 6 ketones,6 aldehydes,6 and sulfones.8 Finally they add smoothly to activated triple bonds6 such as HCSC-OEt, HC3C-SEt, HC=C-CH(0Et)2. In most cases these cuprates transfer both alkenyl groups. The uses and applications of the carbocupration reaction have been reviewed recently.9 The configurational purity in the final product 1s at least 99.951 Z in the above transformations. 

Selenium-mediated allylic oxidations producing allylic alcohols have been discussed above however, in some cases oxidation proceeds further to give the a, -unsaturated carbonyl compounds directly, or mixtures of alcoholic and ketonic products. That the regioselectivity observed in these allylic oxidation reactions closely resembles that found in classical selenium dioxide oxidations is in accord with initial formation of the intermediate allylic alcohol before in situ oxidation to the carbonyl compound. This process was studied by Rapoport and was explained mechanistically as an elimination of the intermediate allylic selenite ester via a cyclic transition state, analogous to Ssi (rather than 5n20 solvolysis (Scheme 21). Of the two possible transition states (78) and (79), the cyclic alternative (78) was preferred tecause oxidation exclusively yields trans aldehydes. 

Oxidation reactions of this nature are common in the literature. For example, selenium dioxide in refluxing etiumolic solution brought about the allylic oxidative rearrangement geranyl acetate, which was further functionalized in a synthesis of the norsesquiterpenoid gytinidal (equation 46). This trans formation was also used in a total synthesis of phytol. Similarly, an a, -unsaturated aldehyde was obtained undm similar conditions in studies of a synthesis of pentalenic acid derivatives (equation 47). ... 

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