Aqueous layer formation

One of the most important factors influencing the corrosion rate is the formation and protective ability of the corrosion products formed. The specific corrosion products formed are dependent on the peuticipating dissolved metal ions and the access to anions solved in the aqueous layer. Formation of the film of corrosion products take place in a sequence of consecutive steps— dissolution, coordination, reprecipitation. When the dissolution step is acid-dependent, coordination is based on the hard and soft acid base principle (i.e., hard acids are preferably coordinated with hard bases and soft acids are preferably coordinated with soft bases). Acids or bases with tightly held valence electrons that are not easily distorted are hard acids or bases. Acids or bases having valence electrons that are easily polarized or removed are considered to be soft acids or bases. 

The distillate weighs about 110 g. and contains methyl formate and methylal. If it is placed in a flask provided with a reflux condenser and a solution of 25 g. of sodium hydroxide in 40 ml. of water is added, the methyl formate is liydrolysed to sodium formate and the methylal separates on the surface. The latter may be removed, dried with anhydrous calcium chloride and distilled about 30 g. of methylal, b.p. 37-42°, are obtained. If the aqueous layer is evaporated to diyness, about 25 g. of sodium formate are isolated. 

Mix 31 g. (29-5 ml.) of benzyl alcohol (Section IV, 123 and Section IV,200) and 45 g. (43 ml.) of glacial acetic acid in a 500 ml. round-bottomed flask introduce 1 ml. of concentrated sulphuric acid and a few fragments of porous pot. Attach a reflux condenser to the flask and boil the mixture gently for 9 hours. Pour the reaction mixture into about 200 ml. of water contained in a separatory funnel, add 10 ml. of carbon tetrachloride (to eliminate emulsion formation owing to the slight difference in density of the ester and water, compare Methyl Benzoate, Section IV,176) and shake. Separate the lower layer (solution of benzyl acetate in carbon tetrachloride) and discard the upper aqueous layer. Return the lower layer to the funnel, and wash it successively with water, concentrated sodium bicarbonate solution (until effervescence ceases) and water. Dry over 5 g. of anhydrous magnesium sulphate, and distil under normal pressure (Fig. II, 13, 2) with the aid of an air bath (Fig. II, 5, 3). Collect the benzyl acetate a (colourless liquid) at 213-215°. The yield is 16 g. 

On digestion of this solid mass with 1 1. of ice and water, the sodium salt of the enol dissolves in the water, and the unreacted ester is removed by extracting the aqueous layer with two 200-ml. portions of ether (Note 5). The foimyl derivative settles out as an oil upon acidification of the aqueous layer with dilute sulfuric acid. The oil is extracted with three 200-ml. portions of ether, and the ethereal extract is washed several times with water and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The ether is distilled, and, to remove traces of ethyl formate, the oil is heated on a steam bath under a pressure of 20-30 mm. for 1 hour. The remaining yellow formyl derivative weighs 27-29 g. (Note 6). 

It has been recrystd from H2O (fine needles) and is freely soluble in boiling H2O. Crysts also from H2O by addition of acetone. Purified by chromatography on Dowex 1 (in formate form), eluting with 0.25M formic acid. It was then adsorbed onto charcoal (which had been boiled for 15min with M HCI, washed free of chloride and dried at 100°), and recovered by stirring three times with isoamyl alcohol/H20 (1 9 v/v). The aqueous layer from the combined extracts was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure, and the product was crystallised twice from hot H2O. [Morrison and Doherty Biochem J19 433 7967]. It has A-max 259nm (e 15,400) in H2O at pH 7.0. [Alberty et al. J Biol Chem 193 425 7957 Martell and Schwarzenbach Heh Chim Acta 39 653 7956]. The acridinium salt has m 208° [Baddiley and Todd J Chem Soc 648 1947 Pettit Synthetic Nucleotides, van Nostrand-Reinhold, NY, Vol 1 252 1972 NMR Sarma et al. J Am Chem Soc 96 7337 1974 Norton et al. J Am Chem Soc 98 1007 1976 IR of diNa salt Miles Biochem Biophys Acta 27 324 1958],... 

A total of 3 g (0.13 moles) of sodium hydride is added to a solution consisting of 10 g of 17 -hydroxy-5a-androstan-3-one (36 mmoles) in 200 ml of benzene and 10 ml of ethyl formate. The reaction mixture is allowed to stand under nitrogen for 3 days followed by dropwise addition of 10 ml of methanol to decompose the excess of sodium hydride. The solution is then diluted with 300 ml water and the layers are separated. The basic aqueous solution is extracted with ether to remove neutral material. The aqueous layer is acidified with 80 ml of 3 A hydrochloric acid and the hydroxymethylene steroid is extracted with benzene and ether. The combined organic extracts are washed with water and saturated sodium chloride solution and then dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue, a reddish-yellow oil, crystallized from 10 ml of ether to yield 9.12 g (83%) of 17 -hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylene-5a-androstan-3-one mp 162-162.5°. Recrystallization from chloroform-ether gives an analytical sample mp 165-165.5° [a]o 53° (ethanol) 2 ° 252 mjj. (g 11,500), 307 m u (e 5,800). 

A solution of 12.5 g (0.088 mole) of l,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane (Chapter 7, Section IX) in 200 ml of anhydrous ether is added to the stirred mixture at a rate so as to maintain a gentle reflux. (Cooling in an ice bath is advisable.) The reaction mixture is then refluxed for 3 hours on a steam bath. Excess hydride is carefully destroyed by the dropwise addition of water (1-2 ml) to the ice-cooled vessel until hydrogen is no longer evolved. Sulfuric acid (100 ml of 10% solution) is now added followed by 40 ml of water, resulting in the formation of two clear layers. The ether layer is separated and the aqueous layer extracted with three 20-ml portions of ether. The combined ethereal extracts are washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution followed by saturated sodium chloride solution. The ethereal solution is dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate (20-24 hours), filtered, and concentrated by distillation at atmospheric pressure. The residue is distilled under reduced pressure affording 2-cyclohexyloxy-ethanol as a colorless liquid, bp 96-98°/ 3 mm, 1.4600-1.4610, in about 85% yield. 

To the cooled (room temperature) reaction mixture, glacial acetic acid (15 ml) is added dropwise with stirring (formation of pasty solid), followed by 50 ml of ice-cold water (dissolution of the solid). The benzene layer is separated, the aqueous layer is extracted three times with 25-ml portions of benzene, and the combined benzene extracts are washed three times with 25-ml portions of cold water. Benzene is removed by distillation at atmospheric pressure, and excess diethyl carbonate is removed by distillation under aspirator pressure. The residue is distilled under vacuum, affording 2-carbethoxycyclooctanone, bp 85-8770.1 mm, 1.4795-1,4800, about 14 g (94%). 

This crude product is dissolved in 100 ml of dilute hydrochloric acid, the acid solution is extracted with ether, and the aqueous layer is made basic with sodium hydroxide solution (3N) in the presence of ether (approximately 250 ml). The ether layer Is separated, dried over potassium hydroxide and evaporated to a white solid. Additional purification by repeating the formation of the hydrochloric acid salt and reprecipitation of the base is carried out. When purified in this manner, followed by drying at 80°C in vacuo over phosphorus pentoxide, 2-chloro-11-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)dibenz[b,f] [1,4]oxazepine, li/IP 109° to 111°C, is obtained. 

Purely aromatic ketones generally do not give satisfactory results pinacols and resinous products often predominate. The reduction of ketonic compounds of high molecular weight and very slight solubility is facilitated by the addition of a solvent, such as ethanol, acetic acid or dioxan, which is miscible with aqueous hydrochloric acid. With some carbonyl compounds, notably keto acids, poor yields are obtained even in the presence of ethanol, etc., and the difficulty has been ascribed to the formation of insoluble polymolecular reduction products, which coat the surface of the zinc. The adffition of a hydrocarbon solvent, such as toluene, is beneficial because it keeps most of the material out of contact with the zinc and the reduction occurs in the aqueous layer at such high dilution that polymolecular reactions are largdy inhibited (see Section IV,143). 

The silanization of the surface of a glass pipette may be necessary for different reasons [19]. If the pipette is to be filled with an aqueous solution, its outer wall should be made hydrophobic to prevent the formation of a thin aqueous film that may cause large deviations of the experimental diffusion-limiting current from the theory (see Section II.B). Experimental voltammograms were found to quantitatively agree with the theory after the aqueous layer was eliminated by silanizing the outer pipette wall. 

The first and very simple solid contact polymeric sensors were proposed in the early 1970s by Cattrall and Freiser and comprised of a metal wire coated with an ion-selective polymeric membrane [94], These coated wire electrodes (CWEs) had similar sensitivity and selectivity and even somewhat better DLs than conventional ISEs, but suffered from severe potential drifts, resulting in poor reproducibility. The origin of the CWE potential instabilities is now believed to be the formation of a thin aqueous layer between membrane and metal [95], The dominating redox process in the layer is likely the reduction of dissolved oxygen, and the potential drift is mainly caused by pH and p02 changes in a sample. Additionally, the ionic composition of this layer may vary as a function of the sample composition, leading to additional potential instabilities. 

Upon standing in the dark, the solution progressively bleaches to a pale yellow solution ( 10 min), and a simple aqueous workup procedure affords crystalline 2-nitro-a-tetralone in quantitative yield. The analysis of the aqueous layer indicates the formation of one equivalent of trinitromethide according to the stoichiometry in equation (13). 

Considerable work has been conducted on a water-soluble catalyst using sulfonated phosphine-modified rhodium. Details of this chemistry will be described in Chapter 5. The general concept (Figure 2.3) is to make the catalyst water soluble, then after product formation, decant the product. In order for the water-soluble catalyst to be effective, the alkene must dissolve in the aqueous layer. This has been demonstrated on a commercial basis using propene. The low solubility of higher alkenes in the aqueous catalyst layer has proven problematic. The desirable characteristic of the ligand, water solubility, is needed in the separation step but is a disadvantage in the reaction step. 

In case of formation of an emulsion, this solution was mixed with the aqueous layer and extracted with -hexane as explained in the earlier procedure. 

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