Amines reaction with ester

Primary amines react with esters to yield amides RCO-7R + R"NH9 — RCONHR" + R OH. Propose a mechanism for the following reaction of an a,/3-unsaturated ester. 

King and Gill have been studying the reaction of alkyl 2,2,2-trifluoroethanesulfonate esters (tresylates) (308) in aqueous base (pFI>9) in the presence of a primary or secondary amine. Reaction with hydroxide is foimd to be a reversible ElcB process and reaction with water is the normal sulfonic ester hydrolysis. 

Just as amines react with esters to form amides, lactones react with amines to give lactams or are opened to give amino acid derivatives directly. When P-propiolactone (2.20) reacted with ammonia, for example, 3-aniinopropanamide (2.2Ia) was obtained. 2 Similar reaction with methylamine gaveno2.2/h but rather a 97% yield of 3-aminopropanoic acid, 2.22. Dimethylamine, however, converted 2.20 to 2.2Ic in 79% yield, along with 13% of 2.22.12... 

Derivatization of the reducing terminus, usually by reductive amination " (Figure 19.2), is necessary for detection of carbohydrates by optical methods and is frequently used for mass spectral analysis for purposes such as enhancement of signals or modification of fragmentation patterns. The reductive amination reaction with 2-aminopyridine (2-AP) can be reversed to recover the carbohydrate." Conversion to aminobenzoic acid alkyl esters increase hydrophobicity and can improve sensitivity, " " particularly for... 

The Kulinkovich reaction is a unique reaction, in which cyclopropane derivatives are formed by a reaction between titanacyclopropanes and ester derivatives. The reaction was established by Kulinkovich in 1989 [273], and a recent review has been published [274, 275], Titanacyclopropanes were generated from a Grignard reagent and Ti(0-/-Pr)4, and the reaction with esters gave cyclopropanol in good yields. When amides are used instead, cyclopropane amine is formed. The mechanistic study on the Kulinkovich reaction was performed [276]. 

Reaction with ammonia and amines (Sec tion 20 12) Esters react with ammonia and amines to form amides Methyl and ethyl esters are the most reactive... 

The reaction of ammonia and amines with esters follows the same general mech anistic course as other nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions (Figure 20 6) A tetrahe dral intermediate is formed m the first stage of the process and dissociates m the second stage... 

Amines are convert ed to amides on reaction with acyl chlorides Other acylating agents such as carboxylic acid anhydrides and esters may also be used but are less reactive... 

Amidation. Heating of the diammonium salt or reaction of the dimethyl ester with concentrated ammonium hydroxide gives adipamide [628-94-4] mp 228°C, which is relatively insoluble in cold water. Substituted amides are readily formed when amines are used. The most industrially significant reaction of adipic acid is its reaction with diamines, specifically 1,6-hexanediamine. A water-soluble polymeric salt is formed initially upon mixing solutions of the two materials then hea ting with removal of water produces the polyamide, nylon-6,6. This reaction has been studied extensively, and the hterature contains hundreds of references to it and to polyamide product properties (31). 

Commercially, pure ozonides generally are not isolated or handled because of the explosive nature of lower molecular weight species. Ozonides can be hydrolyzed or reduced (eg, by Zn/CH COOH) to aldehydes and/or ketones. Hydrolysis of the cycHc bisperoxide (8) gives similar products. Catalytic (Pt/excess H2) or hydride (eg, LiAlH reduction of (7) provides alcohols. Oxidation (O2, H2O2, peracids) leads to ketones and/or carboxyUc acids. Ozonides also can be catalyticaHy converted to amines by NH and H2. Reaction with an alcohol and anhydrous HCl gives carboxyUc esters. 

The zwitterion (6) can react with protic solvents to produce a variety of products. Reaction with water yields a transient hydroperoxy alcohol (10) that can dehydrate to a carboxyUc acid or spHt out H2O2 to form a carbonyl compound (aldehyde or ketone, R2CO). In alcohoHc media, the product is an isolable hydroperoxy ether (11) that can be hydrolyzed or reduced (with (CH O) or (CH2)2S) to a carbonyl compound. Reductive amination of (11) over Raney nickel produces amides and amines (64). Reaction of the zwitterion with a carboxyUc acid to form a hydroperoxy ester (12) is commercially important because it can be oxidized to other acids, RCOOH and R COOH. Reaction of zwitterion with HCN produces a-hydroxy nitriles that can be hydrolyzed to a-hydroxy carboxyUc acids. Carboxylates are obtained with H2O2/OH (65). The zwitterion can be reduced during the course of the reaction by tetracyanoethylene to produce its epoxide (66). 

Significant quantities of amine and amide esters are formed by side reactions (9). In addition, with dialkanolamines, amide diesters, morpholines, and piperazines can be obtained, depending on the starting material. Reaction of dialkanolamines with fatty acids in a 2 1 ratio, at 140—160°C, produces a second major type of alkanolamide. These products, in contrast to the 1 1 alkanolamides, are water soluble they are complex mixtures of AJ-alkanolamides, amine esters, and diesters, and still contain a considerable amount of unreacted dialkanolamine, accounting for the water solubiUty of the product. Both the 1 1 and the 2 1 alkanolamides are of commercial importance in detergents. 

Chemical Properties The formation of salts with acids is the most characteristic reaction of amines. Since the amines are soluble in organic solvents and the salts are usually not soluble, acidic products can be conveniendy separated by the reaction with an amine, the unshared electron pair on the amine nitrogen acting as proton acceptor. Amines are good nucleophiles reactions of amines at the nitrogen atom have as a first step the formation of a bond with the unshared electron pair of nitrogen, eg, reactions with acid anhydrides, haUdes, and esters, with carbon dioxide or carbon disulfide, and with isocyanic or isothiocyanic acid derivatives. 

Acylation. Aromatic amines react with acids, acid chlorides, anhydrides, and esters to form amides. In general, acid chlorides give the best yield of the pure product. The reaction with acetic, propionic, butanoic, or benzoic acid can be catalyzed with phosphoms oxychloride or trichloride. 

General Reaction Chemistry of Sulfonic Acids. Sulfonic acids may be used to produce sulfonic acid esters, which are derived from epoxides, olefins, alkynes, aHenes, and ketenes, as shown in Figure 1 (10). Sulfonic acids may be converted to sulfonamides via reaction with an amine in the presence of phosphoms oxychloride [10025-87-3] POCl (H)- Because sulfonic acids are generally not converted directiy to sulfonamides, the reaction most likely involves a sulfonyl chloride intermediate. Phosphoms pentachlotide [10026-13-8] and phosphoms pentabromide [7789-69-7] can be used to convert sulfonic acids to the corresponding sulfonyl haUdes (12,13). The conversion may also be accompHshed by continuous electrolysis of thiols or disulfides in the presence of aqueous HCl [7647-01-0] (14) or by direct sulfonation with chlorosulfuric acid. Sulfonyl fluorides are typically prepared by direct sulfonation with fluorosulfutic acid [7789-21-17, or by reaction of the sulfonic acid or sulfonate with fluorosulfutic acid. Halogenation of sulfonic acids, which avoids production of a sulfonyl haUde, can be achieved under oxidative halogenation conditions (15). 

The first, and still widely used, polymer-supported ester is formed from an amino acid and a chloromethylated copolymer of styrene-divinylbenzene. Originally it was cleaved by basic hydrolysis (2 N NaOH, FtOH, 25°, 1 h). Subsequently, it has been cleaved by hydrogenolysis (H2/Pd-C, DMF, 40°, 60 psi, 24 h, 71% yield), and by HF, which concurrently removes many amine protective groups. Monoesterification of a symmetrical dicarboxylic acid chloride can be effected by reaction with a hydroxymethyl copolymer of styrene-divinylbenzene to give an ester a mono salt of a diacid was converted into a dibenzyl polymer. ... 

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