Amines with aldehydes and ketones

A number of compounds of the general type H2NZ react with aldehydes and ketones m a manner analogous to that of primary amines The carbonyl group (C=0) IS converted to C=NZ and a molecule of water is formed Table 17 4 presents exam pies of some of these reactions The mechanism by which each proceeds is similar to the nucleophilic addition-elimination mechanism described for the reaction of primary amines with aldehydes and ketones... 

Reaction of primary amines with aldehydes and ketones (Section... 

Reaction of primary amines with aldehydes and ketones (Section 17.10) Imines are formed by nucleophilic addition of a primary amine to the carbonyl group of an aldehyde or a ketone. The key step is formation of a carbinolamine intermediate, which then dehydrates to the imine. 

Amines can react with various carbonyl compounds and their derivatives in aqueous media to give the corresponding imine derivatives. These reactions have been discussed in related chapters. The synthetically most useful reaction of this type is the formation of imines and imine derivatives from the condensation of amines with aldehydes and ketones. Water is an excellent solvent for such condensation reactions. For example, water was found to be an ideal solvent for a high-yield, fast preparation of easily hydrolyzable 2-pyrrolecarbaldimines.23 In the presence of Cu2+, the reaction afforded the corresponding Cu(II) chelates (Eq. 11.19). 

It has been shown by Varma et al. [61] that reaction of primary and secondary amines with aldehydes and ketones is substantially accelerated by microwaves under solvent-free conditions in the presence of montmorillonite K10 clay, affording high yields of imines and enamines (Eq. 10). 

MW-expedited dehydration reactions using montmorillonite K 10 clay [70] (Schs. 6.20 and 6.21) or Envirocat reagent, EPZG [71] (Schs. 6.20 and 6.21) have been demonstrated in a facile preparation of imines and enamines via the reactions of primary and secondary amines with aldehydes and ketones, respectively. The generation of polar transition state intermediates in such reactions and their enhanced... 

CONDENSATION REACTIONS A. Condensation of Secondary Amines with Aldehydes and Ketones... 

Ir and nmr analysis of the condensation products of primary amines with aldehydes and ketones are in favor of the Schiff-base structure (46a). Nevertheless, these substances react with aryl azides in chloroform solution in the tautomeric enamine form (46b) yielding aminotriaiolines.206 225- 227 It proves that the dipolarophilic activity of an enamine olefin bond is much greater than that of an azomethine bond. 

The condensation of primary amines with aldehydes and ketones gives products known as imines which contain a C=N double bond. These compounds rapidly decompose or polymerize unless there is at least an aryl group bonded to the nitrogen or to the carbon atom. The latter imines are called Schiff bases, since their synthesis was first reported by Schiff.1 The most common method of obtaining a Schiff base (4) is straightforward, as indicated in the condensation reaction (1) between (1) and (2) with the formation of an intermediate hemiaminal (3). 

The reaction of primary amines with aldehydes and ketones do not give the products expected from nucleophilic addition alone. This is because of the further reaction taking place once nucleophilic addition occurs, e.g. consider the reaction of acetaldehyde (ethanal) with a primary amine methylamine (Following fig.). The product contains the methylamine skeleton, but there is no alcohol group and there is a double bond between the carbon and the nitrogen. This product is known as imine or a Scbiffbase. 

Reaction of secondary amines with aldehydes and ketones (Section 17.11) Enaminesare formed in the corresponding reaction of secondary amines with aldehydes and ketones. 

For further examples of the reductive alkylation of amines with aldehydes and ketones see section 94 (Amines from Aldehydes) and section 102 (Amines from Ketones)... 

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