Amination With Nitro Compounds

Reaction of Aromatic Amines with Nitro Compounds... 

Nitroso compounds are formed selectively via the oxidation of a primary aromatic amine with Caro s acid [7722-86-3] (H2SO ) or Oxone (Du Pont trademark) monopersulfate compound (2KHSO KHSO K SO aniline black [13007-86-8] is obtained if the oxidation is carried out with salts of persulfiiric acid (31). Oxidation of aromatic amines to nitro compounds can be carried out with peroxytrifluoroacetic acid (32). Hydrogen peroxide with acetonitrile converts aniline in a methanol solution to azoxybenzene [495-48-7] (33), perborate in glacial acetic acid yields azobenzene [103-33-3] (34). 

The common impurities found in amines are nitro compounds (if prepared by reduction), the corresponding halides (if prepared from them) and the corresponding carbamate salts. Amines are dissolved in aqueous acid, the pH of the solution being at least three units below the pKg value of the base to ensure almost complete formation of the cation. They are extracted with diethyl ether to remove neutral impurities and to decompose the carbamate salts. The solution is then made strongly alkaline and the amines that separate are extracted into a suitable solvent (ether or toluene) or steam distilled. The latter process removes coloured impurities. Note that chloroform cannot be used as a solvent for primary amines because, in the presence of alkali, poisonous carbylamines (isocyanides) are formed. However, chloroform is a useful solvent for the extraction of heterocyclic bases. In this case it has the added advantage that while the extract is being freed from the chloroform most of the moisture is removed with the solvent. 

All classes of primary amine (including primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl as well as aryl) are oxidized to nitro compounds in high yields with dimethyl dioxirane." Other reagents that oxidize various types of primary amines to nitro compounds are dry ozone, various peroxyacids," MeRe03/H202,"" Oxone ," ° tcrt-butyl hydroperoxide in the presence of certain molybdenum and vanadium compounds, and sodium perborate." ... 

Aromatic amines, Sulfuric acid Nielsen, A. T. etal., J. Org. Chem., 1980, 45, 2341-2347 The acid, prepared from 90-98% hydrogen peroxide and oleum or 100% sulfuric acid, is one of the most powerful known oxidants and its use for oxidising aromatic amines to nitro compounds has been studied. Some mono- di- and tri-amines are destroyed exothermically with violent fume-off. Precautions for use are detailed. 

Class 3 Molecules without active H-atoms but with electronegative atoms Ethers, ketones, aldehydes, esters, tert. amines, pyridine, nitro compounds and nitriles without a-H-atoms... 

Primary, secondary and tertiary aliphatic amines are efficiently converted to nitro compounds in 80-90 % yield with dimethyldioxirane, a reagent prepared from the reaction of oxone (2KHSO5-KHSO4-K2SO4) with buffered acetone. Dimethyldioxirane (DMDO) has been used for the synthesis of 1,3,5,7-tetranitroadamantane (71) from the corresponding tetraamine as the tetrahydrochloride salt (70) and is an improvement over the initial synthesis using permanganate anion (Table 1.7). ° Oxone is able to directly convert some aromatic amines into nitro compounds. 

B. Alcohols, fatty acids, phenols, primary and secondary amines, oximes, nitro compounds, nitriles with a-H atoms. 

Alcohols Carboxylic acids Phenols Primary and secondary amines Oximes Nitro compounds (with a-H atoms) Nitriles (with a-H atoms) Polyhydroxyalcohols Amino alcohols Hydroxy acids Polyprotic acids Polyphenols... 

If no absorption bands are present in the functional group region, with the exception of those arising from carbon-hydrogen stretching modes, consider the possibilities of ethers, alkyl halides, sulphur compounds, tertiary amines and nitro compounds as detailed in the sections below. 

These compounds are aromatic amines with nitro groups in the 2.6 positions adjacent to the amino function. 

Under alkaline conditions, the amine may react with nitro compound to give azoxybenzene, azobenzene and hydrazobenzene (Scheme 6.37). 

The oxidation of amines to nitro compounds has preparative value when the amines are more readily available than the corresponding nitro compounds, as in the case of the aminopyridines and aminoquinolines (cf. method 439). Oxidation is accomplished with hydrogen peroxide, as shown in the formation of 2-nitropyridine (75%). ... 

Dioxiranes, prepared from acetone and other aliphatic ketones by treatment with Oxone, can accomplish oxidations that are usually not achieved by Oxone itself [210, 211], Dioxiranes can be isolated by vacuum codistillation with the respective ketones [210], or else, they may be formed in situ and applied in the same reaction vessel [210, 211]. Examples of the applications of dioxiranes are epoxidations 210] and the oxidation of primary amines to nitro compounds [211], of tertiary amines to amine oxides [210], and of sulfides to sulfoxides [210] (equation 12). 

Oxidations with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid are carried out in solutions in hexane, dichloromethane, chloroform, methanol, or tetrahydro-furan at temperatures ranging from -78 to 40 C. The applications of m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid are epoxidation [287, 314, 315, 316] the Baeyer-Villiger reaction [286, 315, 317, 378] and the oxidation of primary amines to nitro compounds [379], of tertiary amines to amine oxides [320], of sulfides to sulfoxides [327, 322, 323, 324], and of selenides to selenones [325]. Secondary alcohols are oxidized to ketones in the presence of hydrogen chloride [326], and acetals are oxidized to esters with boron trifluoride etherate as a catalyst [327]. The addition of potassium fluoride to reaction mixtures facilitates product isolation, because both m-chloroben-zoic acid and the unreacted m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid are precipitated... 

Class II Other liquids composed of molecules containing both active hydrogen atoms and donor atoms (oxygen, nitrogen, and fluorine)—e.g., alcohols, acids, phenols, primary and secondary amines, oximes, nitro compounds with alpha-hydrogen atoms, nitriles with alpha hydrogen atoms, ammonia, hydrazine, HF, HCN (plus nitromethane, acetonitrile even though these form 3-dimensional networks they have weaker bonds than —OH and —NH bonds in class I)... 

Azo compounds are susceptible to reduction, first to hydrazo intermediates, which are reductively cleaved into the appropriate amines. It has been proposed that the first step, as with nitro compounds, is the formation of an azo-anion radical. 

Secondary alcohols have been oxidized to ketones with excess ferf-butylhydroperoxide in up to 93-99% yields using a zirconium catalyst.250 Zirconium catalysts have also been used with ferf-butylhydroperoxide in the oxidation of aromatic amines to nitro compounds and of phenols to quinones. Allylic oxidation of steroids in 75-84% yields has been performed with ferf-butylhydroperoxide and cop-... 

Hydrogenation of ethylene derivatives with simultaneous formation of amines from nitro compounds... 

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