Amides from aromatic compounds

Low-coordinate species of the main group elements of the second row such as carbenes, olefins, carbonyl compounds (ketones, aldehydes, esters, amides, etc.), aromatic compounds, and azo compounds play very important roles in organic chemistry. Although extensive studies have been devoted to these species not only from the physical organic point of view but also from the standpoints of synthetic chemistry and materials science, the heavier element homologues of these low-coordinate species have been postulated in many reactions only as reactive intermediates, and their chemistry has been undeveloped most probably due to... 

Other Applications. Hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid [2950-43-8] h.2is many applications in the area of organic synthesis. The use of this material for organic transformations has been thoroughly reviewed (125,126). The preparation of the acid involves the reaction of hydroxjlamine [5470-11-1] with oleum in the presence of ammonium sulfate [7783-20-2] (127). The acid has found appHcation in the preparation of hydra2ines from amines, aUphatic amines from activated methylene compounds, aromatic amines from activated aromatic compounds, amides from esters, and oximes. It is also an important reagent in reductive deamination and specialty nitrile production. 

DMSO, NaCN, 125-180°, 5-48 h, 65-90% yield.This cleavage reaction is successful for aromatic systems containing ketones, amides, and carboxylic acids mixtures are obtained from nitro-substituted aromatic compounds there is no reaction with 5-methoxyindole (180°, 48 h). 

Arynes are intermediates in certain reactions of aromatic compounds, especially in some nucleophilic substitution reactions. They are generated by abstraction of atoms or atomic groups from adjacent positions in the nucleus and react as strong electrophiles and as dienophiles in fast addition reactions. An example of a reaction occurring via an aryne is the amination of o-chlorotoluene (1) with potassium amide in liquid ammonia. According to the mechanism given, the intermediate 3-methylbenzyne (2) is first formed and subsequent addition of ammonia to the triple bond yields o-amino-toluene (3) and m-aminotoluene (4). It was found that partial rearrangement of the ortho to the meta isomer actually occurs. 

The formation of 151 from the phosphonate 171 could be proved only by indirect means. Electron-rich aromatic compounds such as N,N-diethylaniline and N,N,N, N -tetraethyl-m-phenylenediamine U0 1I9> and N-methylaniline 120> are phosphorylated in the para- and in the ortho- plus para-positions by 151. Furthermore, 151 also adds to the nitrogen lone pair of aniline to form the corresponding phosphor-amidate. Considerable competition between nucleophiles of various strengths for the monomeric methyl metaphosphate 151 — e.g. aromatic substitution of N,N-diethylaniline and reaction with methanol or aromatic substitution and reaction with the nitrogen lone pair in N-methylaniline — again underline its extraordinary non-selectivity. 

In the following sections, we discuss compounds whose amide group is adjacent to an aromatic system. A distinction is made between aromatic amides derived from aromatic acids (e.g., benzamides) or from aromatic amines (e.g., anilides). The discussion will be completed with compounds in which the amide bond links two aromatic systems. 

A number of reagents derived from nitrate salts and acid anhydrides have been reported for the V-nitration of amides and related compounds. Crivello first reported the use of metal nitrates in trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA) for the nitration of aromatic systems. Chapman... 

Other Applications. Hydroxylainine-O-sulfonic acid has many applications in the area of organic synthesis. The acid has found application in the preparation of hydrazines from amines, aliphatic amines from activated methylene compounds, aromatic amines from activated aromatic compounds, amides from esters, and oximes. 

The reaction of formamide with aromatic compounds under ultraviolet irradiation is still unexplored and only preliminary results have so far been obtained. In the cases already studied it has been found that this reaction must be sensitized with a ketonic sensitizer, usually acetone, in order to take place. The mechanism of the photoamidation of aromatic compounds certainly differs from the one of simple olefins. The detailed mechanism still awaits further experimental evidence, and in some cases involves, most probably, radical combinations and not addition of radical to unsaturated systems. Interactions of the excited sensitizer with aromatic compounds, having in some cases triplet energies similar or just a bit higher than those of the sensitizers used, must be brought into consideration. Experimentally it has been shown that the photosensitized amidation of benzene leads to benzamide (11),... 

Electronically excited carbonyl chromophores in ketones, aldehydes, amides, imides, or electron-deficient aromatic compounds may act as electron acceptors (A) versus alkenes, amines, carboxylates, carboxamides, and thioethers (D, donors). In addition, PET processes can also occur from aromatic rings with electron-donating groups to chloroacetamides. These reactions can be versatile procedures for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds with six-membered (or larger) rings [2],... 

Carbanions from hydrocarbons, nitriles, ketones, esters, TV./V-dialkyl acetamides and thioamides, and mono and dianions from (3-dicarbonyl compounds are some of the most common nucleophiles through which a new C-C bond can be formed. This C-C bond formation is also achieved by reaction with aromatic alkoxides. Among the nitrogen nucleophiles known to react are amide ions to form anilines however, the anions from aromatic amines, pyrroles, diazoles and triazoles, react with aromatic substrates to afford C-arylation. 

Glycosyl imines from aliphatic aldehydes are sensitive to anomerization. However, the anomerization can be avoided by conducting the reactions at lower temperatures (-78 °C). Recrystallization of the crude products (methanol/water for aliphatic, heptane for aromatic compounds) gave the diastereomerically pure D-amino acid amides (Table 4.3). 

An ester group at C-3 or C-5 is not different in function from any ester in aliphatic or aromatic compounds. The ester can be converted into an amide or a hydrazide, or it may be hydrolyzed. The hydrazide can be converted into an acid azide and rearranged to an isocyanate which in turn will form a carbamate or can be hydrolyzed to an amine. However, the amine group can be replaced with chlorine by diazotization in hydrochloric acid, not an ordinary pattern of behavior (76AHC(20)65) although similar reactions do occur in the 1,2,4-triazole ring system. 

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