Anions nitrosation

Pyrazoles and imidazoles exist partly as anions (e.g. 108 and 109) in neutral and basic solution. Under these conditions they react with electrophilic reagents almost as readily as phenol, undergoing diazo coupling, nitrosation and Mannich reactions (note the increased reactivity of pyrrole anions over the neutral pyrrole species). 

The general discussion (Section 4.02.1.4.1) on reactivity and orientation in azoles should be consulted as some of the conclusions reported therein are germane to this discussion. Pyrazole is less reactive towards electrophiles than pyrrole. As a neutral molecule it reacts as readily as benzene and, as an anion, as readily as phenol (diazo coupling, nitrosation, etc.). Pyrazole cations, formed in strong acidic media, show a pronounced deactivation (nitration, sulfonation, Friedel-Crafts reactions, etc.). For the same reasons quaternary pyrazolium salts normally do not react with electrophiles. 

Better yields are attributed to intimate association of the basic nitrile group at the surface of the mtrosomum salt causing nitrosative decomposition of the azide to occur in close proximity to the weakly nucleophilic complex fluoride anion Fluorination yields can be further enhanced to 59-81% by lengthening the azido nitrile chain, but the reaction is accompanied by pronounced secondary fluoronitnle formation arising from rearrangement [100, 101] (Table 8)... 

Sodium nitrite in dimethylformamide acts as a nucleophile and reacts with perfluoropropene to generate a perfluoroalkyl nitrite anion The intermediate carbanion undergoes intramolecular nitrosation with loss of carbonyl difluoride to give tnfluoroacetic acid upon hydrolysis [5] (equation 6)... 

Acidity has an important influence on diazotization. Correlations of rates of diazotization with acidity and their implications regarding the reaction mechanism were first evaluated by Ridd (reviews Ridd, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1978 Williams, 1983, 1988). In this section we will concentrate mainly on aqueous solutions of sulfuric acid and perchloric acid, as the weakly nucleophilic anions of these acids do not interact with the nitrosating species. The mechanism of diazotization in the presence... 

In the early 1960s it was shown that the anion B10H 0 " acts as a reactive substrate in electrophilic substitutions such as halogenations, alkylations, nitrosations, and deuterations (see Housecroft, 1990, Figs. 7.3.1 and 7.3.2). Therefore Hawthorne and Olsen (1964, 1965) investigated the reactivity of this anion with a series of unsubstituted and substituted benzenediazonium salts. In aqueous solution yellow and... 

The effect of various types of inhibitors with respect to structure and solubility on the formation of N-Nitrosodiethanolamine was studied in a prototype oil in water anionic emulsion, Nitrosation resulted from the action of nitrite on diethanolamine at pH 5.2-5.A, Among the water soluble inhibitors incorporated into the aqueous phase, sodium bisulfite and ascorbic acid were effective. Potassium sorbate was much less so. The oil soluble inhibitors were incorporated into the oil phase of the emulsion. 

The number of enzymes and functional proteins that are reportedly regulated by S-nitrosation is on the rise. For example, a search of PUBMED with the key word S-nitrosation revealed some 70 reports of in vitro regulation of enzymes, proteins and cellular processes that are affected by S-nitrosation. Some of these processes that have been well characterized include, nuclear regulatory proteins the NMDA receptor and the ertrocyte anion exchange protein 1 (AE1) (see review by Gaston, 2003). 

Thiocyanate, an anion normally secreted in human saliva, also catalyzes the nitrosation of amines by nitrite (22). The mechanism of the reaction is thought to proceed through the formation of nitrosylthiocyanate and subsequent reaction with amine to form the nitrosamine. This reaction, originally investigated to assess the... 

Many activations involve compounds which are used as pesticides. In the case of N-nitrosation, the precursors are secondary amines and nitrate. The former are common synthetic compounds and the latter is an anion found in nearly all solid and aqueous phases. The N-nitrosation of a secondary amine [R-NH-R ] occurs in the presence of nitrite formed microbiologically from nitrate. The product is an N-nitroso compound (i.e., a nitrosamine [RR -N-N=0]). The reason for concern with nitrosamines is their potency, at low concentrations, as carcinogens, teratogens, and mutagens. 

The nitrosation of A-alkylureas in dioxane-acetic acid mixtures is governed by the expression v = fc[HN02][urea], at fixed pH, and dependent on rate-determining proton transfer from the protonated iV-alkyl-iV-nitrosourea to acetate anion the order of reactivity, which reflects relative impediment by the alkyl groups, is as for nitrosation in aqueous media (methyl- ethyl- propyl- butyl- > allyl-urea). 

Reaction time is extremely important in avoiding the side reaction illustrated in Eq. (1.1), where the nitroalkane product reacts with nitrite anion and any nitrite ester, formed as byproduct, to give a pseudonitrole. The reaction of sodium nitrite with alkyl halides is much faster than this competing nitrosation side reaction, even so, prompt work-up on reaction completion is essential for obtaining good yields. 

The preparation of oximes from olefins is a valuable approach for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds such as amino acids and heterocycles. Okamoto and colleagues have reported that a catalytic reduction-nitrosation of styrenes 31 with ethyl nitrite and tetrahydroborate anion by the use of bis(dimethylglyoximato)cobalt(II) complex afford the corresponding acetophenone oximes 32 (Scheme 23). 

The anion formed from the acetyl methyl group under reaction conditions then attacks one of the carbethoxy groups to form a cylohexanone to give (74-4) as the isolated product. The free acid obtained on hydrolysis of the ester decarboxylates to give the (3-diketone (74-5). In a classic apphcation of the Knorr pyrrole synthesis, the diketone is then allowed to react with 2-aminopentan-3-one. Since the latter is unstable, it is generated in situ by reduction of the nitrosation product from diethyl ketone. There is thus obtained piquindone (74-6) [76], a compound that displays antipsychotic activity. 

Although much of the biological literature focuses on nitrosating reactions of nitric oxide, chemically nitric oxide is a moderate one-electron oxidant, making formation of nitroxyl anion feasible under physiological conditions. The reduction potential to reduce nitric oxide to nitroxyl anion is +0.39 V, whereas it requires +1.2 V to oxidize nitric oxide to nitrosonium ion. Nitrosating reactions of nitric oxide are often mediated by conversion of nitric oxide to another nitrogen oxide species or by direct reaction with transition metals (Wade and Castro, 1990). 

It has been proposed that 8-aminodcoxyguanosinc is formed from the nitronate tautomer of 2-nitropropane either by base nitrosation followed by reduction, or via an enzyme-mediated conversion of the nitronate anion to hydroxyiam ine-O-sulfonate or acetate, which yields the highly reactive nitrenium ion NHj (Sodum et al., 1993). Sodum et al. (1994) have provided evidence for the activation of 2-nitropropane to an aminating species by rat liver aryl sulfotransferase in vitro and in vivo. Pretreatment of rats with the aryl sulfotransferase inhibitors pentachlorophenol or 2,6-dichloro-4-nitrophenol significantly decreased the levels of nucleic acid modifications produced in the liver by 2-nitropropane treatment. Partially purified rat liver aryl sulfotransferase activated 2-nitropropane and its nitronate at neutral pH to a reactive species that aminated guanosine at the position. This activation was dependent on the presence of the enzyme, its specific cofactor adenosine 3 -phosphate 5 -phosphosulfate, and mercaptoethanol. It was inhibited... 

The methyl group of a methylpyrazine is activated similarly to the methyl group of 2- and 4-methylpyridines (the a- and y-picolines). Thus treatment with strong base (e.g., sodamide in liquid ammonia) generates a reactive anion which may undergo aldol-type addition, acylation, alkylation, and nitrosation. These and other features of the reactivity of inethylpyrazines are illustrated by reference particularly to the work of Levine and his co-workers. 

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