Amines N-H bonds

Intramolecular addition of amine N-H bonds to carbon-carbon multiple bonds would afford nitrogen heterocycles. To realize catalytic cyclization of a,co-aminoalkenes or aminoalkynes, various catalytic systems have been developed especially with early transition metals such as titanium, zirconium, lanthanide metals, and actinide metals [ 12], Late-transition-metal catalysis based on Ni, Pd, and Rh has also proved to be efficient [ 12], Recently, the ruthenium-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination of aminoalkynes 15 was reported to afford 5-7-membered ring products 16 in various yields (Eq. 6) [13]. Among... 

Catalytic addition of carbodiimides to terminal alkyne C-H bonds and amine N-H bonds provides a straightforward and efficient method for the synthesis of propiolamidines and substituted guanidines, respectively (Equations 8.38 and 8.39), which are widely used as ancillary ligands for stabilization of various metal complexes. 

Zhang, W.X., Nishiura, M., and Hou, Z.M. (2007) Catalytic addition of amine N-H bonds to carbodumides by half-sandwich rare-earth metal complexes efficient synthesis of substituted guanidines through amine protonolysis of rare-earth metal guanidinates. Chemistry-A European Journal, 13, 4037. 

In an extension of earlier work, Buigada et al. have also reported on the reaction of the cyclic phosphite (66) with dimethylacetylene dicarboxylate (58) in the presence of proton sources such as carboxylic acids, amide N-H bonds in succinimide or phthalimide and amine N-H bonds in p UTole or indole. With carboxylic acids (67) a mixture of the ylid (68) and the cyclic phosphorane (69) was obtained and in some instances (e.g. with 2,4,6- trimethylbenzoic and p-methoxybenzoic acids) the ylid and phosphorane were shown to be in equilibrium. With amides as the proton source, ylids were generally formed although with N-methylbenzamide (PhCONHMe)a signal attributed to (70) was observed at = - 52 p.p.m. which had disappeared by the end of the reaction through rearrangement to (71). With amines (e.g. pyrrole) the products were again a mixture of ylid (72) and phosphorane (73) and the entire set of results was rationalised in terms of HSAB theory and the symbiotic effect around phosphorus. 

Amine N—H bonds also have stretching frequencies in the 3300 cm region, or even slightly higher. Like alcohols, amines participate in hydrogen bonding that can... 

Primary and secondary amines are susceptible to oxidation and replacement reactions involving the N—H bonds. Within the development of peptide synthesis numerous protective groups for N—H bonds have been found (M, Bodanszky, 1976 L.A. Carpino, 1973), and we shall discuss five of the more general methods used involving the reversible formation of... 

Dipole-dipole interactions especially hydrogen bonding are present m amines but absent m alkanes But because nitrogen is less electronegative than oxygen an N—H bond IS less polar than an O—H bond and hydrogen bonding is weaker m amines than m alcohols... 

Primary and secondary amines can participate m mtermolecular hydrogen bonding but tertiary amines lack N—H bonds and so cannot... 

These two vibrations are clearly visible at 3270 and 3380 cm in the IR spectrum of butylamine shown in Figure 22 la Secondary amines such as diethylamme shown m Figure 22 7i> exhibit only one peak which is due to N—H stretching at 3280 cm Ter tiary amines of course are transparent m this region because they have no N—H bonds... 

Primary and secondary amines can be identified by a characteristic N—H stretching absorption in the 3300 to 3500 cm"1 range of the IR spectrum. Alcohols also absorb in this range (Section 17.11), but amine absorption bands are generally sharper and less intense than hydroxyl bands. Primary amines show a pair of bands at about 3350 and 3450 cm-1, and secondary amines show a single band at 3350 cm-1. Tertiary amines have no absorption in this region because they have no N-H bonds. An IR spectrum of cyclohexylamine is shown in figure 24.7. 

An interesting question is the effect of unshared pairs of electrons on an axial atom. Pauling states that they appear to contribute little to three fold barriers, basing this on the observed fact that methyl amine with two N—H bonds and one pair has about 2/3 the barrier of ethane while methyl alcohol with one O—H bond and two pairs has approximately one third the ethane value. He explains this by pointing out that the unshared pairs, not forming bonds, have not the same reason to acquire / character, without which they will not contribute to a threefold barrier. 

The addic compounds used can be compounds with N-H bonds (aromatic primary amines [1], azole heterocycles [2-5], sulfonamides [6]), or enoHzable compounds with activated C-H bonds [7,8]. 

Not only N-H bonds from amines can participate in the aminolysis reaction, but also less nucleophilic urea, thiourea and biuret NH units can react with halophosphanes in an effective manner, forming the corresponding phosphinous amides with additional functionalities at the nitrogen atom [39-44]. 

When they are protonated, amines are compatible with water, a property critical in biochemical processes because it helps biological macromolecules dissolve in water. The N—H bond in an amine is fairly easy to break, so amines participate in the formation of several important classes of polymers, including nylon and proteins. 

Besides water, the most common weak base is ammonia, NH3, whose proton transfer equilibrium with water appears in Section 16-. Many other weak bases are derivatives of ammonia called amines, hi these organic compounds, one, two, or three of the N—H bonds in ammonia have been replaced with N—C bonds. The nitrogen atom in an amine, like its counterpart in ammonia, has a lone pair of electrons that can form a bond to a proton. Water does not protonate an amine to an appreciable extent, so all amines are weak bases. Table 17-4 lists several examples of bases derived from ammonia. 

Hydroaminomethylahon of alkenes [path (c)j wiU not be considered [12]. This review deals exclusively with the hydroaminahon reaction [path (d)], i.e. the direct addition of the N-H bond of NH3 or amines across unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds. It is devoted to the state of the art for the catalytic hydroamination of alkenes and styrenes but also of alkynes, 1,3-dienes and allenes, with no mention of activated substrates (such as Michael acceptors) for which the hydroamination occurs without catalysts. Similarly, the reachon of the N-H bond of amine derivatives such as carboxamides, tosylamides, ureas, etc. will not be considered. 

NH3 and amines are moderate bases (pKi, = 5-6) and weak acids (pfCj = 30-35). The N-H bond enthalpy is 107 kcal/mol for NH3, 88-100 kcal/mol for primary amines and 87-91 kcal/mol for secondary amines [13]. 

Although the oxidative addition of the N-H bond of NH3 and amines to transition metal complexes had been known for some time [140], it was only in the late 1980s that Milstein et al. succeeded in designing a homogeneously catalyzed hydroamina-tion reaction involving such an activation process (Eq. 4.27) [141]. 

In 1993, ten challenges faced the catalysis research community. One of these was the anti-Markovnikov addition of water or ammonia to olefins to directly synthesize primary alcohols or amines [323]. Despite some progress, the direct addition of N-H bonds across unsaturated C-C bonds, an apparently simple reaction, stiU remains a challenging fundamental and economic task for the coming century. 

The acidification of N—H bonds in amines and stabilization of the amide anion resulting on dissociation can be achieved by a variety of groups, which all have electron-withdrawal properties in common. These anions can then act as N-donors towards Cd or Hg. 

Acidic compounds with N—H bonds such as amides, carbamates, and hydan-toins, may be transformed to /V-rnannich bases to form oral prodrugs [2], These prodrugs are generally made by reacting an amide, carbamate, or hydantoin with formaldehyde and a primary or secondary aliphatic or aromatic amine (Fig. 4). The (V-mannich prodrugs tend to have better physicochemical properties than the parent compounds. The derivatives may have increased water solubility, dissolution rate, and/or lipophilicity. 

Insertion of a carbene unit into the N—H bond of primary or secondary amines by copper salt catalyzed decomposition of diazo compounds has been known for a number of years14). The copper chelate promoted reaction of diazodiphenyl-methane 291) or 2-diazo-1,2-diphenyl-1-ethanone 292) with primary benzylamines or... 

Figure 5.30 PNP-DTP can modify amine-containing molecules through its p-nitrophenyl ester group to form amide bonds. Exposure of its photosensitive diazo group with UV light generates a highly reactive carbene that can insert into active C—H or N—H bonds.

Antioxidants that break chains by reactions with peroxyl radicals. These are reductive compounds with relatively weak O—H and N—H bonds (phenols, naphthols, hydro-quinones, aromatic amines, aminophenols, diamines), which readily react with peroxyl radicals forming intermediate radicals of low activity. 

Aromatic amines possess weak N—H bonds and the latter are attacked by peroxyl radicals when amines are used as antioxidants [1-9]. 

The experimental evidences for this reaction are the same as in the case of phenols (see earlier). The BDE of N—H bonds of aromatic amines are collected in Table 15.5. They vary for the known amines from 387 kJ moh1 (aniline) to 331 kJ mol-1 (phenothiazine). 

Dissociation Energies of N—H Bonds of Aromatic Amines—continued... 

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