Amides and Hydrazides

Classically, amides and hydrazides have been prepared from an ester or an acid chloride and an amine or hydrazine, respectively they can also be prepared directly from the acid as shown in eqs. 1-3. 

Equations 4-8 illustrate some mild methods that can be used to cleave amides. Equations 4 and 5 indicate the conditions that were used by Woodward and Eschenmoser, respectively, in their synthesis of vitamin B,2- Butyl nitrite, nitrosyl chloride, and nitrosoniurn tetrafluoroborate 

Treatment of acyl pyrroles with primary and secondary amines affords amides.  

The following cleavage proceeds via intramolecular assistance from the alkoxide formed on base treatment.  

Hydrazides have been used in penicillin and peptide syntheses. In the latter syntheses they are converted by nitrous acid to azides to facilitate coupling. 

This is a very general and mild method for the preparation of amides, applicable to large structural variations in both the acid and the amine. A variety of chloro-formates can be employed, but isobutyl chloroformate is used most often. The solvent is not critical, but generally, THE is used. 

Equations 1-10 illustrate some mild methods that can be used to cleave amides. Equations 1 and 2 indicate the conditions that were used by Woodward and Eschenmoser, respectively, in their synthesis of vitamin B12. Butyl nitrite, nitrosyl chloride, and nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate (NO BF4 ) have also been used to cleave amides. Since only tertiary amides are cleaved by potassium -butoxide (eq. 3), this method can be used to effect selective cleavage of tertiary amides in the presence of primary or secondary amides.(Esters, however, are cleaved by similar conditions.) Photolytic cleavage of nitro amides (eq. 4) is discussed in a review. 

Ag20 and Hg(0Ac)2 ] that have been used to cleave hydrazides. Some amides and hydrazides that have been prepared to protect carboxyl groups are included in Reactivity Chart 6. 

Polymer supported diimides have also been used which facilitate removal of the coupling agent.  

From an aromatic amine NaHMDS, 0°C to rt, then add an ester to effect aminolysis of the ester (88-99% yield). Even methyl pivalate reacts in high yield.  

Preparation of a primary amide RCO2H, urea, imidazole, microwaves, 47-88% yield.  

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Properly substituted isoxazolecarboxylic acids can be converted into esters, acid halides, amides and hydrazides, and reduced by lithium aluminum hydride to alcohols. For example, 3-methoxyisoxazole-5-carboxylic acid (212) reacted with thionyl chloride in DMF to give the acid chloride (213) (74ACS(B)636). Ethyl 3-ethyl-5-methylisoxazole-4-carboxylate (214) was reduced with LAH to give 3-ethyl-4-hydroxymethyl-5-methylisoxazole (215) (7308(53)70). 

The conversion of a 4-arylazo-5-oxazolone into a 1,2,4-triazole by reaction with a Grignard reagent is mentioned in Section II, B, 3. In HiTnilar fashion, the rearrangement of compound 30 to derivatives of 3-carboxy-l,5-diphenyl-lfl -l,2,4-triazoles (40) proceeds readily in the presence of strong nucleophiles [Eq. (26)]. This transformation undoubtedly occurs by ring opening and dehydrative cychzation, and, indeed, the acyclic amide and hydrazide 41 have been isolated. ... 

Simple isothiazole-4-carboxylic acids have been made from the corresponding nitriles, which are available in turn from the halogeno derivatives, or directly by the olefin route.5-Aminoiso-thiazole-4-esters and -nitriles are readily obtained by the thioamide route. The 4-acids behave normally and form acid chlorides, esters, amides, and hydrazides. In contrast to the 5-series... 

It should be noted that furoxan amides and hydrazides could only be prepared in aqueous solution. In ether solution, reaction of diethyl furoxandicarboxylate with amines and hydrazine derivatives have been shown to give isoxazolones 93 (Scheme 45) (08CB3512, 09LA52, 09LA80). 

This tendency is especially significant in compounds containing functional groups capable of addition with the formation of both five- and six-membered rings. It has been shown that for amides and hydrazides of azolecarboxylic acids, selectively, and for the acids with any arrangement of a function and triple bond, heterocyclization always leads to the closure of the six-membered ring. Similar reactions in the benzoic series mainly lead to the formation of five-membered rings. 

The phosphinic isocyanates (116) and isothiocyanates (117) react with oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus nucleophiles by attack at carbon rather than phosphorus. Phenyl phosphonodichloridate has been recommended as a useful reagent for the activation (presumably by mixed anhydride formation) of carboxylic acids for conversion to amides and hydrazides. ... 

There have been several reviews on alkali metal amide structural chemistry. Most of these deal with lithium amides but there is also significant coverage of the heavier elements and other topics such as derivatives of primary amides and hydrazides. " Two comprehensive reviews for lithium amides and related salts published in 1991 and 1995 include extensive tables of structural data. There have also been reviews of the of lithium amides as well as of the extensive use of alkah metal... 

Further discussion and additional references to the synthesis of peptides containing dide-hydro-a-amino acids, reduced peptide isosteres, TV-hydroxy amides and hydrazides, and Ca-tetrasubstituted amino acids including 2,3-methano amino acids can be found in Sections 11.1,10.7,10.8, and 10.3, respectively. 

Hydrolysis of amides and hydrazides.1 Unsubstituted amides (RCONH2) are hydrolyzed to acids in refluxing water when mixed with a 15-fold excess of Amberlyst 15 or Amberlite-IR-120 resins generally in 90% yield. Esters are formed when an alcohol is used instead of water. Hydrazides are hydrolyzed more rapidly than amides under these conditions. 

The enhanced acidity of the thiadiazole acids is reflected in the reactivity of the corresponding esters which undergo hydrolysis, aminolysis and hydrazinolysis with extreme ease. Thiadiazole-amides and -hydrazides behave normally in the Hofmann and Curtius reactions. 

Carboxylic acids, protection of, 224-276 as amides and hydrazides, 270-276 as esters, 227-270 Reactivity Chart 6, 433-436 S-Carboxymethyl thioethers, to protect thiophenols, 294-295 Catechols, protection of, 170-174 as cyclic acetals and ketals, 170-172 as cyclic esters, 173-174 Reactivity Chart 4, 425-428 CBZ, see Benzyl carbamates Chloroacetamides, to protect amines, 352-353... 

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