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Alkane Synthesis from Alkyl Halides (Hydride/Grignard)... 

Sophorolipid is a glycolipid, ie it is composed of carbohydrate and lipid. It therefore contains moieties of widely different oxidation levels and its synthesis from single demand carbon sources has a high ATP demand. However, the demand for ATP is reduced if a mixture of glucose and C-18 alkane is used. If glucose and fatty add is used the ATP demand is reduced further and relatively high spedfic production rates can be achieved. 

The alkane hydroxylase from Pseudomonas oleovorans is particularly suitable for the epoxidation of terminal aliphatic double bonds and enables rapid access to the (3-blocker metoprolol (Scheme 9.14) [113,116]. Complementing this regioselectivity, chloroperoxidases are particularly suitable biocatalysts for the epoxidation of (ds substituted) subterminal olefins [112,117]. This enzyme also accepts terminal olefins and is utilized for the effident synthesis of P-mevalono-ladone [118]. 

In the 1930s it was discovered that the pyrolysis of alkanes produced large quantities of olefins. This pyrolysis process is not very selective, but the costs of separation were cheaper, and scaleup was simpler and safer in making ethylene rather than acetylene so during the 1940s ethylene and other small olefins replaced acetylene as the major building block in chemical synthesis. We will consider the reactions and reactors used in olefin synthesis from alkanes in the next chapter. 

In Fisher Tropsch synthesis from CO and H2, different catalysts produce different types of product molecules. Referring to the figure of propagation in the FT process, sketch the termination steps that will lead to (a) alkanes, (b) a-olefms, and (c) alcohols. 

The synthesis of bicyclo[n. 1.0]alkanes (82) from various 1-chlorovinyl p-tolyl sulfoxides (80) and lithium enolate of ieri-butyl acetate, propionate and hexanoate through the adducts (81) are summarized in Table 3. As shown in Table 3, addition reaction of tert-butyl carboxylates to 1-chlorovinyl p-tolyl sulfoxides (80) proceeds smoothly to afford the adducts (81) in high to quantitative yields. Cyclopropanation of 81 with i-PrMgCl... 

TABLE 3. Synthesis of bicyclo [ .1.0]alkanes (82) from 1-chloro-vinyl p-tolyl sulfoxides (80) with lithium enolate of tert-butyl acetate, propionate and hexanoate through the adduct (81)... 

Possible inter relationships of natural substances are important. Similarities of the low molecular weight alkane isomers from crude oil and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product have been reported. A similar composition for high temperature coal carbonization has been found. The C4 to C7 alkane isomers from these sources can be calculated quantitatively with equations developed for Fischer-Tropsch products. A reversal of the concentrations of the monomethyl isomers from CG (2 Me > 3 Me) to C7 (3 Me > 2 Me) occurs in all three products comparisons at higher carbon numbers indicate some dissimilarities. Naphthene isomers for crude oil and high temperature coal carbonization also have similar compositions. Aliphatic hydrocarbons from low temperature coal processes are considerably different. The C1 isotopic composition of pure compounds from the various sources are being compared in order to provide information on their origin. 

Tosylhydrazones can be silylated with (fert-bufyldimethylsilyl)trifluoromethanesulfonate (Me2teriBuSi03SCF3) on the sulfonamide nitrogen. This is how the starting material for a broadly applicable alkane synthesis is produced ( Figure 1.49). Due to their ability to undergo reductive cyanization (Figure 17.69) mesitylene sulfonyl hydrazones allow for a two-step synthesis of nitriles from ketones. 

While olehos can be obtained industrially by synthesis from shorter molecules, or from functional molecules, aromadc hydrocarbons are not yet produced individually by th two methods. They are produced in a mixture by dehydrocydizadon as part of naphtha catalyuc reforming, and are likely to be produced shortly by the aromatization of short-chain alkanes. 

A cyclic iminocarbene was transferred from 2-diazo-5-isopropyl-3,6-dimethoxy-2,5-dihy-dropyrazine to an alkene under unusually mild conditions. This diazo compound decomposes under the conditions of its synthesis from 2,5-dihydropyrazine 8, and in the presence of cy-cloalkenes, 2,5-dihydrospiro[pyrazine]bicyclo[n.l.O]alkanes 9 (n = 3-5) were obtained (an experimental procedure is given in Houben-Weyl Vol. E19b, pi 194). 

There has been eonsiderable recent interest in partial oxidation of alkanes for new routes to chemical synthesis from light alkanes, and this research has been summarized extensively[l-3]. While much of this research uses dilution and low flow rates to attain temperatures between 200 and 600°C, another mode of operation involves very short contact times with no dilution to increase the temperature to -1000°C and decrease the catalyst contact time to 1 milUsecond. Recent research with millisecond adiabatic reactors have been carried out by Green et al[4], Lunsford et al[5], Choudhary et al[6], and many other research groups. 

Pristane, 2,6,10,14-Tetramethylpentadecane nor-phytane Robuoy. C. H mol wt 268.51. C 84,98%, H 15.02%. Isoprenoid alkane obtained from the unsaponifiable fraction of shark liver oil where it occurs to an extent of 14% Tsujimoto. J. Soc. Chem. Ind. 51, 3 7T (1932) Sorensen, Mehllum, Acta Chem. Scand. 2, 140 (1948). Identity with norphytane Pliva, Sorensen, ibid. 4, 846 (1950), Isoln from patroleum crude oils Bendoraitis et al. Anal Chem. 34, 49 (1962) from wool wax Mold et al. Nature 199, 283 (1963). Synthesis from phytol Sorensen, Sorensen, Acta... 

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