Amines aliphatic, oxidative cleavage

After tlie brandling point atpreplienic acid (58), plienylalaiiine and tyrosine as well as the amines (59) are not interconvertible. Finally, deamination and oxidative cleavage of tlie presumed (and in some circumstances isolated) resulting alkenes yields the equivalent of benzaldeliyde (60, R = H), C H60, and -hydroxvbenzaldehyde (60, R = OH), ie, aromatics with one aliphatic carbon attached C6—Ci fragments). 

Biological systems overcome the inherent unreactive character of 02 by means of metalloproteins (enzymes) that activate dioxygen for selective reaction with organic substrates. For example, the cytochrome P-450 proteins (thiolated protoporphyrin IX catalytic centers) facilitate the epoxidation of olefins, the demethylization of N-methyl amines (via formation of formaldehyde), the oxidative cleavage of a-diols to aldehydes and ketones, and the monooxygenation of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons (RH).3... 

A variety of cleavage conditions have been reported for the release of amines from a solid support. Triazene linker 52 prepared from Merrifield resin in three steps was used for the solid-phase synthesis of aliphatic amines (Scheme 22) [61]. The triazenes were stable to basic conditions and the amino products were released in high yields upon treatment with mild acids. Alternatively, base labile linker 53 synthesized from a-bromo-p-toluic acid in two steps was used to anchor amino functions (Scheme 23) [62]. Cleavage was accomplished by oxidation of the thioether to the sulfone with m-chloroperbenzoic acid followed by 13-elimination with a 10% solution of NH4OH in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol. A linker based on l-(4,4 -dimethyl-2,6-dioxocyclohexylidene)ethyl (Dde) primary amine protecting group was developed for attaching amino functions (Scheme 24) [65]. Linker 54 was stable to both acidic and basic conditions and the final products were cleaved from the resin by treatment with hydrazine or transamination with ra-propylamine. 

Recently [35a] it has been found that, contrary to common belief, tertiary aliphatic amines react with aqueous nitrous acid to undergo dealkylation to form a carbonyl compound, a secondary nitrosoamine, and nitrous oxide. Base-weakening groups markedly reduce nitrosative cleavage, and quaterniza-tion prevents it completely. Several examples of this reaction are shown in Table II. 

Cleavage of amine oxides (Cope) 7-9 Cleavage of aliphatic diazonium salts... 

Solid-phase syntheses of triazines (Table 15.32) include the cyclocondensation of polystyrene-bound isothiuronium salts with /V-(cyano)iminodithiocarbonates and the cyclization with simultaneous cleavage from the support of derivatives of a-amino acid hydrazides (Table 15.32). (Benzylthio)triazines, such as those listed in Table 15.32 (Entries 1 and 2), have been cleaved from a support by oxidation to sulfoxides or sul-fones with N-benzenesulfonyl-3-phenyloxaziridine, followed by nucleophilic cleavage with primary or secondary aliphatic amines or with electron-rich anilines (see Section 3.8). 

Aryl and aliphatic amines are perhaps the best known D molecules primarily due to the availability of the nonbonded electrons on nitrogen for PET processes. The simplest bond cleavage reaction for amine cation-radicals is heterolytic C—H cleavage or deprotonation. It is well known that the acidity of protons on a species after loss of an electron, i.e., after one-electron oxidation, is greatly enhanced [7]. For example, the pKa of the benzylic protons in the toluene cation-radical have been estimated to be —10 [7] compared to pKa value of 35 before oxidation. The process of proton loss can be extremely fast, on the time scale of picoseconds [8]. 

Amino acids. Oxidation of aliphatic primary amines with ruthenium tetroxide leads to complex products. However, oxidation of aralkylamines at pH 3.0 with periodate (12 eq.) and RuCls 3H2O (0.02 eq.) converts the aromatic ring into a carboxyl group to give amino acids. Cleavage is facilitated by a 4-methoxy or hydroxy substituent in the ring. ... 

Alkanes can be fluorinated by means of electrolysis in hydrogen fluoride. This important reaction is reviewed in Reference. Electrochemical fluorination in anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF), the so-called Simons process, involves the electrolysis of organic compounds (aliphatic hydrocarbons, halohydrocarbons, acid halides, esters, ethers, amines) at nickel electrodes. It mostly leads to perfluorinated compounds. It is, however, considerably accompanied by cleavage and rearrangement reactions. As mechanism, the formation of carbocations by an ECE mechanism is assumed through oxidation of the hydrocarbon by higher-valent nickel fluorides. 

Oxidations involving loss of a lone-pair (nonbonding) electron rather than a n electron are observed in the reactions of amines with electron acceptors (potassium ferricyanide, chlorine dioxide). In the case of a tertiary aliphatic amine, the result is cleavage of an alkyl group i.e.. 

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