Aromatic Reimer-Tiemann reaction

C7H6O2 Oily liquid of aromatic odour b.p. 196°C. (t is prepared by the action of chloroform and caustic potash on phenol (the Reimer-Tiemann reaction) or by the oxidation of the glucoside salicin. It is easily reduced to salicyl alcohol or oxidized to salicylic acid. 

Phenyhsonitrile has a powerful characteristic odor it is used as a qualitative test (the carbylamine test) for chloroform or primary aromatic amines. Chloroform reacts with phenols in alkaline solution to give hydroxyaromatic aldehydes in the Reimer-Tiemann reaction eg, phenol gives chiefly Nhydroxyben2aldehyde and some sahcylaldehyde (11) (see Hydroxybenzaldehydes). 

While the Friedel-Crafts acylation is a general method for the preparation of aryl ketones, and of wide scope, there is no equivalently versatile reaction for the preparation of aryl aldehydes. There are various formylation procedures known, each of limited scope. In addition to the reactions outlined above, there is the Vdsmeier reaction, the Reimer-Tiemann reaction, and the Rieche formylation reaction The latter is the reaction of aromatic compounds with 1,1-dichloromethyl ether as formylating agent in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst. This procedure has recently gained much importance. 

The formylation of a phenol 1 with chloroform in alkaline solution is called the Reimer-Tiemann reaction. It leads preferentially to formation of an ortho-formylated phenol—e.g. salicylic aldehyde 2 —while with other formylation reactions, e.g. the Gattermann reaction, the corresponding /jara-formyl derivative is obtained as a major product. The Reimer-Tiemann reaction is mainly used for the synthesis of o-hydroxy aromatic aldehydes. 

The presence of -OH group In phenols activates the aromatic ring towards electrophilic substitution and directs the Incoming group to ortho and para positions due to resonance effect. Reimer-Tiemann reaction of phenol 5delds sallcylaldehyde. In presence of sodium hydroxide, phenol generates phenoxlde Ion which Is even more reactive than phenol. Thus, In alkaline medium, phenol undergoes Kolbe s reaction. 

Aldehyde formation Reimer-Tiemann reaction Treatment of a phenol with chloroform (CHCI3) and aqueous hydroxide introduces an aldehyde group (—CHO) onto the aromatic ring, generally ortho to the —OH group. A substituted henzalchloride is initially formed, but is hydrolysed by the alkaline medium. Salicylaldehyde can be produced from phenol by this reaction. Again, salicylaldehyde could be oxidized to sahcylic acid, which could be acetylated to aspirin. 

Answer Procedure X-3 which is the oxidation of a methyl group attached to an aromatic ring. A procedure Tor placing an aldehyde function ortho to an -OH group on an aromatic ring is tile Reimer-Tiemann reaction,. It proceeds as illustrated... 

Redox equations, balancing, 265 Reduction of aromatic compounds, 200 Reductive amination, 404 Reductive hydroboration, 95 Reformatsky reaction, 321 Regioselective reactions, 97 Reimer-Tiemann reaction, 438 Resonance, 23 in benzene, 192 energy, 24 structures, 29 Resorcinol, 327, 432 Retroaldol condensation, 399 Ring activation, 2(fiff Robinson inaction, 398 Rosenmund reduction, 306... 

In the Reimer-Tiemann reaction, aromatic rings are formylated by reaction with chloroform and hydroxide ion." ° The method is useful only for phenols and certain heterocyclic compounds such as pyrroles and indoles. Unlike the previous formyla-tion methods (11-18), this one is conducted in basic solution. Yields are generally... 

Instead, these heterocycles and their derivatives most commonly undergo electrophilic substitution nitration, sulfonation, halogenation. Friedel-Crafts acylation, even the Reimer-Tiemann reaction and coupling with diazonium salts. Heats of combustion indicate resonance stabilization to the extent of 22-28 kcal/ mole somewhat less than the resonance energy of benzene (36 kcal/mde), but much greater than that of most conjugateci dienes (about Tlccal/mole). On the basis of these properties, pyrrole, furan, and thiophene must be considered aromatic. Clearly, formulas I, II, and III do not adequately represent the structures of these compounds. 

Like other aromatic compounds, these five-membered heterocycles undergJ nitration, halogenation, sulfonation, and Friedel-Crafts acylation. They are mucji more reactive than benzene, and resemble the most reactive benzene derivatives (amines and phenols) in undergoing such reactions as the Reimer-Tiemann reaction, nitrosation, and coupling with diazonium salts. 

M.E. Jung and co-workers have developed a synthesis of selectively protected L-Dopa derivatives from L-tyrosine via a Reimer-Tiemann reaction followed by the modified Dakin oxidation. The formyl group introduced by the Reimer-Tlemann reaction had to be converted to the corresponding phenol. After trying many sets of conditions, the Syper process was chosen, which uses arylselenium compounds as activators for the oxidation. Treatment of the aromatic aldehyde with 2.5 equivalents of 30% hydrogen peroxide in the presence of 4% diphenyl diselenide in dichloromethane for 18h gave the aryl formate in excellent yield. This ester was cleaved by treatment with methanolic ammonia for 1h to afford the desired phenol in good yield. 

Reimer-Tiemann reaction The formylation of aromatic rings using CHC13 and OH-. Useful only for phenol, and a few heterocyclic compounds. 

The Reimer-Tiemann reaction, an aromatic substitution reaction that occurs under basic conditions, is in many respects a unique reaction. It is one of the few organic reactions whose industrial importance seems to increase yearly, notwithstanding the environmental hazards associated with the use of chloroform, while academic interest remains considerable. In addition to the fact that the normal reaction continues to intrigue chemists, the so-called abnormal Reimer-Tiemann reaction that furnishes substituted cyclohexadienes remains of considerable interest. Several previous surveys of the Reimer-Tiemann reaction have been published. Consequently, we focus here on recent developments. 

In addition to phenols, naphthols, their alkyl derivatives and the heterocyclic compounds mentioned above, a large variety of substituted monocyclic as well as condensed phenols have been subjected to the Reimer-Tiemann reaction. Although with a few exceptions the yields are only moderate, the facile reaction conditions, at least on a laboratory scale, have assured the reaction a permanent place among the variety of methods by which an aldehyde group can be attached to an aromatic nucleus. For example, phenolphthalein (1) has been formylated under standard Reimer-Tiemann conditions by van Kampen to yield the o-hydroxy aldehyde in 59% yield (equation 5)."... 

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