Bromoform, formation

BnszinraE, formation of, 56, 60. Bromoform, formation of, 71. Browne process for white lead, 44. 

In the known absence of bromoform, iodoform, chloral, and other halogenated methanes, the formation of phenyhsonitrile with aniline provides a simple and faidy sensitive but nonspecific test for the presence of chloroform, the carbylamine test. Phenyhsonitrile formation is the identification test given in the British Pharmacopoeia. A small quantity of resorcinol and caustic soda solution (10% concentration) added to chloroform results in the appearance of a yellowish red color, fluorescing yeUow-green. When 0.5 mL of a 5% thymol solution is boiled with a drop of chloroform and a small quantity of potassium hydroxide solution, a yellow color with a reddish sheen develops the addition of sulfuric acid causes a change to brilliant violet, which, diluted with water, finally changes to blue (33). 

The idea that dichlorocarbene is an intermediate in the basic hydrolysis of chloroform is now one hundred years old. It was first suggested by Geuther in 1862 to explain the formation of carbon monoxide, in addition to formate ions, in the reaction of chloroform (and similarly, bromoform) with alkali. At the end of the last century Nef interpreted several well-known reactions involving chloroform and a base in terms of the intermediate formation of dichlorocarbene. These reactions included the ring expansion of pyrroles to pyridines and of indoles to quinolines, as well as the Hofmann carbylamine test for primary amines and the Reimer-Tiemann formylation of phenols. 

Cyclic polyethylene oxides) ( Crown ethers ), Potassium hydroxide Le Goaller, R. etal., Synth. Comm., 1982, 12, 1163-1169 Crown ethers promote dihalocarbene formation from chloroform or bromoform and potassium hydroxide. However, in absence of diluent dichloromethane, dropwise addition of bromoform to the base in cyclohexane led to explosions. 

Allenylcobaloximes, e.g. 26, react with bromotrichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, trichloroacetonitrile, methyl trichloroacetate and bromoform to afford functionalized terminal alkynes in synthetically useful yields (Scheme 11.10). The nature of the products formed in this transformation points to a y-specific attack of polyhaloethyl radicals to the allenyl group, with either a concerted or a stepwise formation of coba-loxime(II) 27 and the substituted alkyne [62, 63]. Cobalt(II) radical 27 abstracts a bromine atom (from BrCCl3) or a chlorine atom (e.g. from C13CCN), which leads to a regeneration of the chain-carrying radical. It is worth mentioning that the reverse reaction, i.e. the addition of alkyl radicals to stannylmethyl-substituted alkynes, has been applied in the synthesis of, e.g., allenyl-substituted thymidine derivatives [64],... 

Not surprisingly, when the aromaticity of thiophene is destroyed by the formation of the, S,S-dioxidc, the ring reacts readily with chloroform and bromoform under basic catalytic conditions. However, instead of forming the insertion adduct, the major product isolated in each case is the 3-(dihalomethylene)-2,3-dihydrothio-phcnc-,S S-dioxidc via initial reaction with the trihalomethyl anions [15]. 

Dorr and Buttgereit (1963), using U.V. measurements of solutions of mesitylene and hexamethylbenzene in chloroform, bromoform, carbon tetrachloride and carbon tetrabromide, were able to demonstrate a weak electron transfer complex formation with these solvents. These investigations show that hexamethylbenzene is a more powerful electron donor than mesitylene. A similar influence on an acceptor property... 

CNT randomly dispersed composites Many soft and rigid composites of carbon nanotubes have been reported [17]. The first carbon-nanotube-modified electrode was made from a carbon-nanotube paste using bromoform as an organic binder (though other binders are currently used for the paste formation, i.e. mineral oil) [105]. In this first application, the electrochemistry of dopamine was proved and a reversible behavior was found to occur at low potentials with rates of electron transfer much faster than those observed for graphite electrodes. Carbon-nanotube paste electrodes share the advantages of the classical carbon paste electrode (CPE) such as the feasibility to incorporate different substances, low background current, chemical inertness and an easy renewal nature [106,107]. The added value with CNTs comes from the enhancement of the electron-transfer reactions due to the already discussed mechanisms. 

Methanoic acid, see Formic acid Methanoic acid, methyl ester, see Methyl formate Methenyl chloride, see Chloroform Methenyl tribromide, see Bromoform... 

Pecher et al. (2002) show how the uptake of ferrous iron from aqueous solution, by iron oxides, leads to the formation of a variety of reactive surface species that are capable of reducing polyhalogenated methanes (PHMs). The iron oxides used in the experiments and their characteristics are shown in Table 16.2. The PHMs studied include bromodichloromethane (CHBrCl ), chlorodibromomethane (CHBr Cl), bromoform (CHBr ), tetrachloromethane (CCl ), hexachloroethane (HCE), fluorotribromomethane (CFBrj), bromotrichloromethane (CBrCl ) and dibromodichloromethane (CBr Cy. 

Crown ethers promote dihalocarbene formation from chloroform or bromoform and potassium hydroxide. However, in absence of diluent dichloromethane, dropwise addition of bromoform to the base in cyclohexane led to explosions. 

Formation of XLVII was avoided by carrying out the epoxide formation step in DMF (as solvent) with a low level of 70% HCIO4. It was reasoned, correctly, that a bromoformate would be the preferred intermediate over a bromohydrin or dibromo intermediate and that this would cyclize to the (3 -epoxide more cleanly. This proved to be the case, eliminating 9a, 11 (3-dibromo intermediate formation and with it the impurity XLVII. 

Coughlin 1 has. substantially verified the results of Elbs in the case of bromoform. He obtained only small quantities of this body which can be easily prepared electro-lytically from acetone. The formation of iodoform, on the contrary, takes place smoothly. It is obtained technically according to the above-mentioned patent. Elbs and Herz have established the following conditions for this reaction. 

Consequently, for the haloform case (Table 4.10), since repulsion for chlorine is less than that for fluorine, chlorine as a substituent facilitates carbanion formation much more than fluorine. The enhanced acidities of bromoform and iodoform have been attributed to the release of steric strain on deprotonation, while the increased availability of [Pg.110]

A trihalo compound may be formed from the halogenation of a methyl ketone. The electron-withdrawing effect of the trihalomethyl group makes the carbonyl group very sensitive to nucleophilic addition. Consequently, in the presence of a mild base the trihalomethyl compound easily decomposes with the formation of chloroform, bromoform or iodoform, depending on the halogen. The other product of the haloform reaction is a carboxylic acid (Scheme 3.86). 

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