Amines acetyl chloride

Phenylsuccinic anhydride Methyl amine Acetyl chloride... 

Acetyl chloride is not so satisfactory since an equivalent quantity of the amine hydrochloride is simultaneously produced ... 

Acetyl chloride reacts immediately and often violently with primary and secondary amines, but not with tertiary amines, for example ... 

For this reason, acetic anhydride is generally preferred for the preparation of acetyl derivatives, but acetyl chloride, in view of its greater reactivity, is a better diagnostic reagent for primary and secondary amines. 

This acid chloride is much less reactive than acetyl chloride and indeed it may be employed to benzoylate a primary or secondary amine in the presence of a dilute... 

Acetyl chloride test (for primary and secondary amines). In a semi-micro test-tube (75 x 10 mm.) treat 0-5 ml. (or 0-5 g.) of the compound with acetyl chloride drop by drop. Note whether reaction occurs. If no solid separates, pour the contents of the tube into 3 ml. of water and neutralise the aqueous layer with solid sodium bicarbonate. Observe whether a product different from the original compound is produced. 

Reduction of a nitro compound to a primary amine. In a 50 ml. round-bottomed or conical flask fitted with a reflux condenser, place 1 g. of the nitro compound and 2 g. of granulated tin. Measure out 10 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and add it in three equal portions to the mixtiue shake thoroughly after each addition. When the vigorous reaction subsides, heat under reflux on a water bath until the nitro compound has completely reacted (20-30 minutes). Shake the reaction mixture from time to time if the nitro compound appears to be very insoluble, add 5 ml. of alcohol. Cool the reaction mixture, and add 20-40 per cent, sodium hydroxide solution imtil the precipitate of tin hydroxide dissolves. Extract the resulting amine from the cooled solution with ether, and remove the ether by distillation. Examine the residue with regard to its solubility in 5 per cent, hydrochloric acid and its reaction with acetyl chloride or benzene-sulphonyl chloride. 

Although acetyl chloride is a convenient reagent for deterrnination of hydroxyl groups, spectroscopic methods have largely replaced this appHcation in organic chemical analysis. Acetyl chloride does form derivatives of phenols, uncompHcated by the presence of strong acid catalysts, however, and it finds some use in acetylating primary and secondary amines. 

Acylation. Aliphatic amine oxides react with acylating agents such as acetic anhydride and acetyl chloride to form either A[,A/-diaLkylamides and aldehyde (34), the Polonovski reaction, or an ester, depending upon the polarity of the solvent used (35,36). Along with a polar mechanism (37), a metal-complex-induced mechanism involving a free-radical intermediate has been proposed. 

The simplest method for acetamide preparation involves reaction of the amine with acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride with or without added base. Some other methods are listed below. 

Esters of diphenylacetic acids with derivatives of ethanol-amine show mainly the antispasmodic component of the atropine complex of biologic activities. As such they find use in treatment of the resolution of various spastic conditions such as, for example, gastrointestinal spasms. The prototype in this series, adiphenine (47), is obtained by treatment of diphenyl acetyl chloride with diethylaminoethanol. A somewhat more complex basic side chain is accessible by an interesting rearrangement. Reductive amination of furfural (42) results in reduction of the heterocyclic ring as well and formation of the aminomethyltetrahydro-furan (43). Treatment of this ether with hydrogen bromide in acetic acid leads to the hydroxypiperidine (45), possibly by the intermediacy of a carbonium ion such as 44. Acylation of the alcohol with diphenylacetyl chloride gives piperidolate (46). ... 

A variant on this structure, dioxyline, has much the same activity as the natural product but shows a better therapeutic ratio. Reduction of the oxime (113) from 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl-acetone (112) affords the veratrylamine homolog bearing a methyl group on the amine carbon atom (114). Acylation of this with 4-ethoxy-3-methoxyphenyl acetyl chloride gives the corresponding amide (115). Cyclization by means of phosphorus oxychloride followed by dehydrogenation over palladium yields dioxyline (116). ... 

N-Methyl-N-f2-Nitroxy propyl) Nitramine. (Me2NENA N-(2-NitroxypropyI) methyl nitramine. (02N)N(CH3).(CH2CH(0N02).CH3, mw 179.16, N 23.46%, OB to C02 -66.80%, pale yellow oil, mp 22—23°, d 1.320g/cc at 25/4°, RI 1.478 at 25°. Prepn from 2-hydroxy-propylamine after nitration with 98% nitric acid at 10° by reaction of the amine-nitric acid mixt with acetic anhydride acetyl chloride at 35°. Reaction mixt poured on ice. Yield is 74%. No expl properties listed Reft 1) Beil - not found 2) Blomquist, OSRD 4134, 45 119 (1944)... 

Organic synthesis 9 [OS 9] Acetyl chloride acylation of n-butyl amine... 

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