Reaction with aliphatic amines

Formaldehyde reacts with primary and secondary aliphatic amines but not with tertiary amines. The reactions with methyl and dimethyl amines proceed as follows HCHO + HaN. CH, - H. CH(OH). HN. CHS, HCHO + HN(CHj)a - HCH(OH). N(CHS)S The reaction of formaldehyde with... 

Aliphatic aldehydes and ketones react with aziridines to form relatively stable half aminals, eg, aziridine reacts with formaldehyde to form Ai-hydroxymethylaziridine [20276-43-1]. Half aminals can be converted to full aminals by reaction with a further secondary amine, isomerized to oxazolidines by the action of heat or used in a Mannich reaction for the ring aminomethylation of phenols, although this reaction gives only moderate yields (218-227). 

Primary aromatic amines on reaction with nitrous acid in the presence of hydrochloric acid (or other mineral acid) at about 0 °C yield diazonium salts as discrete intermediates. The diazonium salts similarly derived from aliphatic primary amines decompose readily even at this temperature to yield the corresponding alcohol (and other products) with the evolution of nitrogen. 

DeLeenheer, A., Sinsheimer, J.E., and Burckhalter, J.H., Fluorometric determination of primary and secondary aliphatic amines by reaction with 9-isothiocyanatoacridine, J. Pharm. Sci., 62, 1370, 1973. 

RCONHi RNHi- Aliphatic or benzylic primary amides are converted to the amines by reaction with QH,1=0 in the presena of formic acid (yields, 70-90%). 

Different chlorine-substituted fragments in partially substituted complexes have similar reactivities, and the direction of the reaction is not determined by the electron density on the carbon atoms (i.e., their electrophilic properties) but by more specific effects an intramolecular activation via hydrogen bonds in the case of sterically unhindered primary amines and sterical hindrances in the case of secondary and sterically hindered primary amines. The reaction with sterically unhindered primary amines occurs via the route An through the substitution of a halogen atom from an already monofunctionalized fragment. In the case of secondary and sterically hindered primary aliphatic amines, the reaction proceeds via the route Bn with sterically controlled substitution. 

Dealkylation. Unhindered aliphatic tertiary amines afford thionocarbamates of secondary amines on reaction with the title compound at room temperature. Subsequent... 

Ammonia is a global distributed air pollutant and photocatalysis is considered a method for eliminating it. However it has been demonstrated that harmful HNO2 is formed under atmospherically relevant conditions." Aminyl radicals are produced photochemically. A computational study of the formation of aminyl radicals such as MeNH and their reaction with NO has been published. Likewise, the reaction of such radicals with mygen and with NO2 has been studied. " With regard to this topic, it should be taken into account that amines, e.g. 2-aminoethanol," " are used for absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere or from combustion gases, and that under these conditions accumulation of the amine and reaction with NO may be an actual problem." In the gas phase aliphatic amines reacted with oxidant (NO2, OH and O3) and the products mixture formed depended on conditions." ... 

In addition to the above reactions, a number of additional tests for amino compounds, important in special cases, have been worked out. For primary aliphatic and aromatic amines the reaction with o-diacetylbenzene (24) is very suitable. Instead of diazonium salts, hydrazone of 3-methyl-2-benzo-thiazole and ferric chloride can be used for the detection of aromatic amines... 

The hydroamination of dienes with basic primary and secondary amines can be achieved with a variety of catalysts including aUcah metals and their readily available derivatives. Reactions of acyclic 1,3-dienes catalyzed by alkah metals [159, 160, 171], metal hydrides [172], and metal amides (generated from metal alkyls) [163, 173, 174] result in regioselective formation of the stericaUy less hindered 1,4-addition product in most cases (23) [174]. Primary aliphatic amines are capable of performing double hydroamination in these conditions, typically leading to complex mixtures of mono- and bis-aUyl amines, whereas reactions with secondary amines are more practical [160]. 

Aromatic primary amines differ markedly from aliphatic amines in their reaction with nitrous acid. Thus a cold aqueous solution of mono thylamine hydrochloride reacts with nitrous acid to give mainly the corresponding primary alcohol ... 

Primary aromatic amines differ from primary aliphatic amines in their reaction with nitrous acid. Whereas the latter yield the corresponding alcohols (RNHj — ROH) without formation of intermediate products see Section 111,123, test (i), primary aromatic amines 3neld diazonium salts. Thus aniline gives phcnyldiazonium chloride (sometimes termed benzene-diazonium chloride) CjHbNj- +C1 the exact mode of formation is not known, but a possible route is through the phenjdnitrosoammonium ion tlius ... 

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. 

Aliphatic Alcohols and Thiols. Ahphatic alcohols on reaction with chloroformates give carbonates and hydrogen chloride. Frequendy, the reaction proceeds at room temperature without a catalyst or hydrogen chloride acceptor. However, faster reactions and better yields are obtained in the presence of alkaU metals or their hydroxides, or tertiary amines. Reactions of chloroformates with thiols yield monothiolocarbonates (14). 

Reactive Polyamide Resins. Another significant commercial appHcation of dimer acids is in reactive polyamide resins. These are formed by the reaction of dimer acids with polyamines such as diethylenetriamine to form polyamides containing reactive secondary amine groups (see DiAMlNES AND HIGHER AMINES, aliphatic). In contrast to nonreactive polyamides, these materials are generally Hquids at 25°C. 

Primary and secondary aliphatic and aromatic amines react readily with thiiranes to give 2-mercaptoethylamine derivatives (Scheme 76) (76RCR25, 66CRV297). The reaction fails or gives poor yields with amines which are sterically hindered e.g. N,iV-dicyclohexylamine) or whose nitrogen atom is weakly basic e.g. N,A/ -diphenylamine). Aromatic amines are less reactive and higher reaction temperatures are usually required for them. The reaction mechanism is Sn2 and substituted thiiranes are attacked preferentially at the least hindered... 

The mechanism of the reaction is unknown. The stereospecificity observed with (E)- and (Z)-l-methyl-2-phenylethylene points to a one-step reaction. The very low Hammett constant, -0.43, determined with phenylethylenes substituted in the benzene ring, excludes polar intermediates. Yields of only a few percent are obtained in the reaction of aliphatic alkenes with (52). In the reaction of cyclohexene with (52), further amination of the aziridine to aminoaziridine (99) is observed. Instead of diphenylazirine, diphenylacetonitrile (100) is formed from diphenylacetylene by NH uptake from (52) and phenyl migration. 

These Br nsted-type plots often seem to be scatter diagrams until the points are collated into groups related by specific structural features. Thus, p-nitrophenyl acetate gives four separate, but parallel, lines for reactions with pyridines, anilines, imidazoles, and oxygen nucleophiles.Figure 7-4 shows such a plot for the reaction of trans-cmmm c anhydride with primary and secondary aliphatic amines to give substituted cinnamamides.All of the primary amines without substituents on the a carbon (R-CHi-NHi) fall on a line of slope 0.62 cyclopentylamine also lies on this line. If this line is characteristic of normal behavior, most of the deviations become qualitatively explicable. The line drawn through the secondary amines (slope 1.98) connects amines with the structure R-CHi-NH-CHi-R. The different steric requirements in the acylation reaction and in the model process... 

Aliphatic tertiary amines have been prepared by the desulfurization of thenyl-dialkylamines obtained from the Leuckart reaction with 2-... 

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