Amidination

A number of studies have been performed with methyl picolinimidate (Benisek and Richards 1968 Plapp et al. 1971) aimed at exploring the usefulness of the metal-chelating properties of such derivatives in the preparation of isomorphous heavy atom derivatives of proteins for X-ray diffraction studies. 

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Amidines are best made in two stages a nitrile reacts with dry HCl and anhydrous alcohols to give an imidic ester (imino-ether) which yields an amidine with NH3. 

It is more likely that the HCN and HCl react to give chloromethyleneforra-amidine (I), which is the active intermediate ... 

Nitriles react with ammonia, or primary or secondary amines in the presence of an acid catalyst to give amidines (Scheme 26) (75, 77, 81). The catalysts used are hydrochloric acid and aluminium chloride. The amidines are anthelmintics for animals such as sheep, goats, cattle, horses, and Swine. 

As a class of compounds, nitriles have broad commercial utility that includes their use as solvents, feedstocks, pharmaceuticals, catalysts, and pesticides. The versatile reactivity of organonitnles arises both from the reactivity of the C=N bond, and from the abiHty of the cyano substituent to activate adjacent bonds, especially C—H bonds. Nitriles can be used to prepare amines, amides, amidines, carboxyHc acids and esters, aldehydes, ketones, large-ring cycHc ketones, imines, heterocycles, orthoesters, and other compounds. Some of the more common transformations involve hydrolysis or alcoholysis to produce amides, acids and esters, and hydrogenation to produce amines, which are intermediates for the production of polyurethanes and polyamides. An extensive review on hydrogenation of nitriles has been recendy pubHshed (10). 

A modification of the direct process has recentiy been reported usiag a ckculating reactor of the Buss Loop design (11). In addition to employing lower temperatures, this process is claimed to have lower steam and electricity utihty requirements than a more traditional reactor (12) for the direct carbonylation, although cooling water requirements are higher. The reaction can also be performed ia the presence of an amidine catalyst (13). Related processes have been reported that utilize a mixture of methylamines as the feed, but require transition-metal catalysts (14). 

The reaction of ethyleneimine with nittiles in the presence of HBF gives A -imidazolines (229). If trichloroacetonitrile [545-06-2] (R = Cl) is used as the nitrile component, the intermediate amidine can be isolated (230). 

Reactions. Although carbapenems are extremely sensitive to many reaction conditions, a wide variety of chemical modifications have been carried out. Many derivatives of the amino, hydroxy, and carboxy group of thienamycin (2) have been prepared primarily to study stmcture—activity relationships (24). The most interesting class of A/-derivatives are the amidines which are usually obtained in good yield by reaction of thienamycin with an imidate ester at pH 8.3. Introduction of this basic but less nucleophilic moiety maintains or improves the potency of the natural material while greatiy increasing the chemical stabiUty. Thus /V-formimidoyl thienamycin [64221-86-9] (MK 0787) (18), C 2H yN204S, (25) was chosen for clinical evaluation and... 

Amidine Fast Red F [2429-84-7] (26) (Cl Direct Red 1 Cl 22310) is an iinsymmetrical primary disazo dye from a tetrazo component (benzidine... 

Carbamic acid is the monoamide of carbonic acid the diamide is the weU-known compound urea [57-13-6] also called carbamide (see Urea). Guanidine [113-00-8] could be regarded as the amidine of carbamic acid (see Cyanamides). 

Cyanopyridazines add ammonia, primary and secondary amines and hydroxylamine to give amidines or amidoximes. Substituted amides, thioamides and carboximidates can be also prepared. With hydrazine, 3-pyridazinylcarbohydrazide imide is formed and addition of methylmagnesium iodide with subsequent hydrolysis of the imine affords the corresponding pyridazinyl methyl ketone. 

A major type of reaction in this class is the cyclization of 4-amino- or 4-halo-pyrimidines carrying 5-cyanoethyl or 5-ethoxycarbonylethyl groups, which cyclize to 7-amino or 7-oxo derivatives of 5,6-dihydropyrido[2,3- f]pyrimidine, e.g. (131)->(63). The intermediates may sometimes be prepared by reaction of 4(6)-aminopyrimidines with acrylonitrile, or even via a pyrimidine ring synthesis from an amidine and a cyanoacetic ester or malononitrile derivative, e.g. (132) -> (133) (7lJOC2 85, 72BCJ1127). 

The other main reaction in this class is the Dieckmann-type cyclization of the intermediates (163) from 4(6)-halo-5-ethoxycarbonylpyrimidines with AC-substituted /3-alanine esters and nitriles, and related compounds, to give 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5-oxopyrido[2,3-[Pg.221]

The simplest [3 + 3] reactions in the pyridine series involve reaction of o-chloropyridinecarboxylic acid derivatives with three-atom fragments such as urea, thiourea(s), amidines and guanidines, e.g. (240) (241). Examples are known mainly in... 

The reactivity of the amino groups at the pteridine nucleus depends very much upon their position. All amino groups form part of amidine or guanidine systems and therefore do not behave like benzenoid amino functions which can usually be diazotized. The 4-, 6-and 7-amino groups are in general subject to hydrolysis by acid and alkali, whereas the 2-amino group is more stable under these conditions but is often more susceptible to removal by nitrous acid. 

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