Anilines reactivity

Chemical analyses and fractionations. Freeze-dehydrated cotton tissue was analyzed for condensed tannin (heated n-BuOH-HCl), gossypol (phlorogluclnol-HCl), and anthocyanlns-anthocyanldlns (ale. HCl at 540 nm). Other analyses performed but not reported here were for catechin, total phenols, (tannin), and aniline reactive terpenes (gossypol). 

Figure 3 Inhibition of aniline reactivity upon indole addition...

The last result concerns the effect of the H2S partial pressure on aniline reactivity. H2S was found to inhibit aniline reactivity (Figure 5) aniline conversion dropped from 47% in the absence of H2S in the reacting gas phase to 15% at a H2S partial pressure of 132 kPa. We investigated the effect of the H2S partial pressure on aniline alone in order to evaluate whether the effect of H2S was modified by the inhibition exerted by indole. Aniline conversion also decreased with the increase of the H2S partial pressure. The same result was observed when dimethyldisulphide (instead of CS2) was used as H2S precursor [26]. 

Figure 4 Effect of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds on aniline reactivity...

The operation of the nitronium ion in these media was later proved conclusively. "- The rates of nitration of 2-phenylethanesulphonate anion ([Aromatic] < c. 0-5 mol l i), toluene-(U-sulphonate anion, p-nitrophenol, A(-methyl-2,4-dinitroaniline and A(-methyl-iV,2,4-trinitro-aniline in aqueous solutions of nitric acid depend on the first power of the concentration of the aromatic. The dependence on acidity of the rate of 0-exchange between nitric acid and water was measured, " and formal first-order rate constants for oxygen exchange were defined by dividing the rates of exchange by the concentration of water. Comparison of these constants with the corresponding results for the reactions of the aromatic compounds yielded the scale of relative reactivities sho-wn in table 2.1. 

The observation of nitration nitrosation for mesitylene is important, for it shows that this reaction depends on the reactivity of the aromatic nucleus rather than on any special properties of phenols or anilines. 

This reaction sequence is much less prone to difficulties with isomerizations since the pyridine-like carbons of dipyrromethenes do not add protons. Yields are often low, however, since the intermediates do not survive the high temperatures. The more reactive, faster but less reliable system is certainly provided by the dipyrromethanes, in which the reactivity of the pyrrole units is comparable to activated benzene derivatives such as phenol or aniline. The situation is comparable with that found in peptide synthesis where the slow azide method gives cleaner products than the fast DCC-promoted condensations (see p. 234). 

Reactions of aromatic and heteroaromatic rings are usually only found with highly reactive compounds containing strongly electron donating substituents or hetero atoms (e.g. phenols, anilines, pyrroles, indoles). Such molecules can be substituted by weak electrophiles, and the reagent of choice in nature as well as in the laboratory is usually a Mannich reagent or... 

The diazonium salts 145 are another source of arylpalladium com-plexes[114]. They are the most reactive source of arylpalladium species and the reaction can be carried out at room temperature. In addition, they can be used for alkene insertion in the absence of a phosphine ligand using Pd2(dba)3 as a catalyst. This reaction consists of the indirect substitution reaction of an aromatic nitro group with an alkene. The use of diazonium salts is more convenient and synthetically useful than the use of aryl halides, because many aryl halides are prepared from diazonium salts. Diazotization of the aniline derivative 146 in aqueous solution and subsequent insertion of acrylate catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2 by the addition of MeOH are carried out as a one-pot reaction, affording the cinnamate 147 in good yield[115]. The A-nitroso-jV-arylacetamide 148 is prepared from acetanilides and used as another precursor of arylpalladium intermediate. It is more reactive than aryl iodides and bromides and reacts with alkenes at 40 °C without addition of a phosphine ligandfl 16]. 

Anilines react with ct-haloacetophenones to give 2-arylindoles. In a typical procedure an W-phenacylaniline is heated with a tw o-fold excess of the aniline hydrobromide to 200-250°C[1]. The mechanism of the reaction was the subject of considerable investigation in the 1940s[2]. A crucial aspect of the reaction seems to be the formation of an imine of the acetophenone which can isomerize to an aldimine intermediate. This intermediate apparently undergoes cyclization more rapidly (path bl -> b2) than its precursor (Scheme 7.3). Only with very reactive rings, e.g, 3,5-dimethoxyaniline, has the alternative cydiz-ation (path al a2) to a 3-arylindole been observed and then only under modified reaction conditions[3],... 

Amino-5-methylthiazole does not react with diazotized p-nitroaniline in solutions acidified with acetic or hydrochloric acid (391). 2-Amino-4,5-dimethylthiazole with the diazonium salts of para-substituted anilines, however, gives product 193, involving reactivity of the exocyclic nitrogen (Scheme 122) (399). 

Aniline and its derivatives are so reactive in elec trophilic aromatic substitu tion that special strategies are usually necessary to carry out these reactions effec tively This topic is discussed in Section 22 14... 

The orbital and resonance models for bonding in arylamines are simply alternative ways of describing the same phenomenon Delocalization of the nitrogen lone pair decreases the electron density at nitrogen while increasing it m the rr system of the aro matic ring We ve already seen one chemical consequence of this m the high level of reactivity of aniline m electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions (Section 12 12) Other ways m which electron delocalization affects the properties of arylamines are described m later sections of this chapter... 

The second major route to diarylamiaes is the condensation of an aromatic amine with a phenol. Aniline [62-53-3] phenol [108-95-2] and 3.5% phosphoric acid at 325°C gives a 50% yield of DPA (23). Apparently, this reaction iavolves the addition of aniline to the keto form of the phenol. Thus, naphthols and hydroquiaone are more reactive and give higher yields of product. This is the preferred route to A/-phenyi-2-naphthyiamiQe, 4-hydroxydiphenyiamiQe, and diphenyl- -phenylenediamine (24). 

Aniline—formaldehyde resins were once quite important because of their excellent electrical properties, but their markets have been taken over by newer thermoplastic materials. Nevertheless, some aniline resins are stiU. used as modifiers for other resins. Acrylamide (qv) occupies a unique position in the amino resins field since it not only contains a formaldehyde reactive site, but also a polymerizable double bond. Thus it forms a bridge between the formaldehyde condensation polymers and the versatile vinyl polymers and copolymers. 

The manufacture of crystal violet (1), however, is a special case which does not involve the isolation of the intermediate Michler s ketone (Fig. 3). Thus, phosgene is treated with excess dimethyl aniline in the presence of zinc chloride. Under these conditions, the highly reactive intermediate "ketone dichloride" is formed in good yield this intermediate further condenses with another mole of dimethyl aniline to give the dye. 

Yields depend on the reactivity of the amines and the choice of reaction conditions, including the choice of copper catalyst. Generally, the reactivity increases with increasing amine basicity. Thus, i7n7-toluidine (pTf = 5.1) reacts four times faster than aniline (pif = 4.7) (27). StericaHy hindered amines such as 3,5-di-amino-2,4,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonic acid react very slowly. 

In many cases, substituents linked to a pyrrole, furan or thiophene ring show similar reactivity to those linked to a benzenoid nucleus. This generalization is not true for amino or hydroxyl groups. Hydroxy compounds exist largely, or entirely, in an alternative nonaromatic tautomeric form. Derivatives of this type show little resemblance in their reactions to anilines or phenols. Thienyl- and especially pyrryl- and furyl-methyl halides show enhanced reactivity compared with benzyl halides because the halogen is made more labile by electron release of the type shown below. Hydroxymethyl and aminomethyl groups on heteroaromatic nuclei are activated to nucleophilic attack by a similar effect. 

Molecular iodine is not a very powerful halogenating agent. Only very reactive aromatics such as anilines or phenolate anions are reactive toward iodine. Iodine monochloride can be used as an iodinating agent. The greater electronegativity of the... 

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