Beckmann rearrangement, relation

A modification of this method, related to the Beckmann rearrangement, entails treatment of a ketoxime with one equivalent of CDI, then four to five equivalents of a reactive halide such as allyl bromide or methyl iodide (R3X) under reflux in acetonitrile for 0.5-1.5 h. Quatemization of the imidazole ring effectively promotes the reaction by increasing the electron-withdrawing effect. The target amides then are obtained by hydrolysis. High yields, neutral conditions, and a very simple procedure make this modification of the synthesis of amides by azolides a very useful alternative. 1243... 

Lasubines I and II are alkaloids containing a 4-arylquinolizidine substructure that have been isolated from plants of the Lythraceae family and have attracted the attention of synthetic chemists for some time. While numerous racemic syntheses of these and related compounds have been reported, only a few enantioselective syntheses are known. Some examples of these syntheses are given below, and the strategies involved in these examples are summarized in Scheme 92. Three of these syntheses involve the creation of the quinolizidine system by formation of one bond at the a- or 7-positions, while the fourth approach is based on a ring transformation associated with a photochemical Beckmann rearrangement. 

A simplified mechanism for the Beckmann rearrangements and important related reactions is shown hi Scheme 9. Summarizing the mechanism section, the key step of the reaction is the migration of an a-carbon group to the electronically deficient nitrogen atom of the oxime. A nitrilium ion in some cases or an imidate in others are key intermediates in the reaction. Their destiny determines the course of the transformation. Basically, three different pathways may be possible and can be synthetically exploited ... 

We wish to report a new approach to condensation reactions of hydroxy compounds related to the Ritter reaction, the Beckmann rearrangement and peptide formation based on easily accessible pentaco-ordinate spirophosphoranes of the type (3) (6 - ). 

The chemistry of such bridged naphthalenes-benzomorphans and some related compounds has been reviewed previously.<1 3) The first synthesis of a benzomorphan was achieved by Barltrop(4) however, prior to that synthesis, Schopf,(5) in his investigations of the structure of morphine, had isolated the benzomorphan, 2, from a thionyl chloride-induced, second-order Beckmann rearrangement of dihydrocodeinone oxime, 1. Reinvestigation(5a,5b) of the Beckmann rearrangement and a study of the Schmidt reaction of 6-oxomor-phinans confirmed Schopf s work and led to the isolation of the anticipated lactam (2a). 

J. C., Beckmann rearrangements of Mannich base and related oximes, J. Chem. S[Pg.81]

One of the classical reductive aldehyde syntheses is the Sonn-MUller reduction of imidoyl chlorides. The method is closely related to the Stephen reduction described in the previous section. As shown in Scheme 16, substrates (53) may be prepared either by the treatment of anilides with phosphorus pentachloride or sulfinyl chloride, or less usually via the Beckmann rearrangement. They are... 

In conventional processes, hvdroxylamine preparation, oximation and the Beckmann rearrangement produce a total of up to 4.41 of ammonium sulfate per ton of caprolactam. The molar yield of lactam is around 70 per cent of theory in relation to cyclohexane, and 91 per cent in relation to phenol. With the BASF technology, only 2.61 of ammonium sulfate is produced per ton of caprolactam, and the molar yield in relation to cyclohexane is 70 per cent of theory. The use of the HPO process reduces the production of ammonium sulfate to 1.8 t per ton of caprolactam, and the molar yield is 61 per cent in relation to cyclohexane, and 93 per cent in relation to phenoL... 

Azepan-2-one (hexano-6-lactam, --caprolactam, 28) is industrially the most important azepine derivative. It is used in the production of perlon and is synthesized by Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime. Structurally related to caprolactam is the CNS stimulant pentetrazole 29 (1,5-pentamethylenetetrazole, see p 217). 

Other references related to the Beckmann rearrangement and the Beckmann fragmentation are cited in the literature. ... 

Salts of o-halogeno-N-heterocyclics, such as 2-fluoro-l-methylpyri-dinium tosylate, and related compounds have been used successfully in a variety of reactions, particularly as agents for esterification, lactoni-zation, and the preparation of amides and thiolic esters They have been used also for the preparation of iodides from alcohols and acid fluorides from the acids as well as for Beckmann rearrangements and reductions, e.g. of a-hydroxyketones to ketones . Various condensed heterocyclic salts have been prepared from l-acylmethyl-2-chloropyridinium salts 2-Dialkylaminopyridinium salts have been used as phase transfer catalysts... 

The Schmidt reaction of carboxylic acids with hydrazoic acid has the advantage over Curtius rearrangement that it is only one step from the acid to the amine, but the conditions are more drastic (usually sulphuric acid plus sodium azide). Under these harsh conditions, the isocyanate intermediate is rarely isolated. For these reasons, the Curtius rearrangement is frequently employed to convert acids to amines. The Schmidt reaction of ketones with hydrazoic acid is a powerful method for the synthesis of amides and lactams. TTiis process is somewhat related to the Beckmann rearrangement of oximes however, the Schmidt reaction is more succinct, allowing the conversion of ketones to amides in a single operation. Considering its widespread... 

Nitrenes were first proposed as reactive intermediates in the Lossen rearrangement by Tiemann in 1891, and subsequently by Stieglitz (1896) to account for the mechanisms of the related Hofmann, Curtius, and Beckmann rearrangements. Apart from an extensive amount of work by Curtius on the thermal decomposition of aryl and sulphonyl azides, interest in nitrenes declined until the reemergence of carbene chemistry in the 1950s. Reviews on nitrene chemistry by Kirmse (1959), Horner (1963), and Abramovitch (1964) reflected this renewed interest in nitrenes and provided a stimulus for the immense research effort undertaken in the 1960s, which has been surveyed in many reviews and two books.Of particular note are two chapters by Abramovitch" describing all facets of nitrenes, and an excellent chapter devoted specifically to aryl- and hetarylnitrenes by P. A. S. Smith. The present chapter is intended to update these reviews and it is hoped that it will stimulate further work, particularly on the synthetic aspects of intermolecular arylnitrene reactions. 

Amides can be easily prepared under mild conditions from acid chlorides with ammonium acetate and from oximes by a mild modification of the Beckmann rearrangement Lactams can be prepared by this method from cyclic oximes. and 7-Lactams have been synthesized in a simple manner from aminomalonates a-Aminoacids can be converted into a-ketoacids and related compounds through 2-trifluoromethyl-5-oxazolones... 

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