Alicyclic

Kovats, E. and A. Wehrli (1959), Gas-chromatography characterization of organic compounds. III. Calculation of the retention indexes of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic compounds . Helv. Chim. Acta, Vol. 42, p. 2709. 

The alicyclic secondary alcohol, cycZohexanol, may be dehydrated by concentrated sulphuric acid or by 85 per cent, phosphoric acid to cyciohexene. It has a higher boiling point (82-83°) than amylene and therefore possesses some advantage over the latter in.the study of the reactions of unsaturated hydrocarbons. 

The above is an example of the Guareschi reaction. It is applicable to most dialkyl ketones and to alicyclic ketones (e.g., cyclohexanone, cyc/opentanone, etc.). The condensation product (I) is probably formed by a simple Knoe-venagel reaction of the ketone and ethyl cyanoacetate to yield ethyl a-cyano-pp dimethylacrylate (CH3)2C=C(CN)COOCjHj, followed by a Michael ad tion of a second molecule of ethyl cyanoacetate finally, the carbethoxyl groups are converted to the cyclic imide structure by the action of ammonia. 

Chapters V-X deal respectively with Heterocyclic and Alicyclic Compounds Miscellaneous Reactions Organic Reagents in Inorganic and Organic Chemistry Dyestuffs, Indicators and Related Compounds Some Physiologically-Active Compounds and Synthetic Polymers. Many of these preparations are of course intended for advanced students, but a mere perusal of the experimental details of selected preparations by those whose time for experimental work is limited may assist to impress them on the memory. Attention is particularly directed to the chapter... 

Derivatives analogous to benzoselenazole but possessing an alicyclic ring, such as 2-amino-4,5.6.7 tetrahydrobenzoselenazole (Scheme 8) are obtained from a-chlorocyclohexanone and seienourea (18. 201. 

Cycloalkanes are one class of alicyclic (a//phatic cyclic) hy drocarbons... 

Aldonic acid (Section 25 19) Carboxylic acid obtained by oxi dation of the aldehyde function of an aldose Aldose (Section 25 1) Carbohydrate that contains an aldehyde carbonyl group in its open chain form Alicyclic (Section 2 15) Term describing an a/iphatic cyclic structural unit... 

Selection of the principal alicyclic chain or ring system is governed by these selection rules ... 

For purely alicyclic compounds, the selection process proceeds successively until a decision is reached (a) the maximum number of substituents corresponding to the characteristic group cited earliest in Table 1.7, (b) the maximum number of double and triple bonds considered together, (c) the maximum length of the chain, and (d) the maximum number of double bonds. Additional criteria, if needed for complicated compounds, are given in the lUPAC nomenclature rules. 

Substituents on both sides of the double bond are considered separately. Additional vinyl carbons are treated as if they were alkyl carbons. The method is applicable to alicyclic alkenes in small rings carbons are counted twice, i.e., from both sides of the double bond where applicable. The constant in the equation is the chemical shift for ethylene. The effect of other substituent groups is tabulated below. 

Taft sigma values cr perform a similar function with respect to aliphatic and alicyclic systems. Values of cr are listed in Table 9.1. 

Table 6. Some Fatty Acids with Alicyclic Substituents...

Diacylhydrazines (32) on heating with a primary amine undergo cyclization to the 1,2,4-triazole derivative (38). It is assumed that the amidrazone (37) is an intermediate in the reaction. Most practical syntheses of 1,2,4-triazoles now utilize an amidrazone or a derivative of this alicyclic intermediate containing three nitrogen atoms, and these variations are discussed in Chapter 4.12. 

Benzisoxazole and alicyclic ketones undergo a mercury sulfate-catalyzed cycloaddition in boiling xylene. The enol tautomers (141) are apparently involved and the yields of... 

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