Butylammonium salts

Compton R G, Spaokman R A, Wellington R G, Green M L H and Turner J 1992 A Cgg modified eleotrode. Eleotroehemioal formation of tetra-butylammonium salts of Cgg anions J. Electroanal. Chem. Interfacial... 

Catalyst Cation. The logarithms of extraction constants for symmetrical tetra- -alkylammonium salts (log rise by ca 0.54 per added C atom. Although absolute numerical values for extraction coefficients are vastly different in various solvents and for various anions, this relation holds as a first approximation for most solvent—water combinations tested and for many anions. It is important to note, however, that the lipophilicity of phenyl and benzyl groups carrying ammonium salts is much lower than the number of C atoms might suggest. Benzyl is extracted between / -propyl and -butyl. The extraction constants of tetra- -butylammonium salts are about 140 times larger than the constants for tetra- -propylammonium salts of the same anion in the same solvent—water system. 

Competitive Extraetion of Anions. The successful extraction of the necessary anion into the organic phase is cmcial for PTC. Often three anions compete for the catalyst cation the one that is to react, the one formed in the reaction, and the one brought in originally with the catalyst. Table 1 hsts the widely differing values of tetra-rr-butylammonium salts. The big difference in the halide series is noteworthy and preparatively important. Hydroxide is 10 times mote difficult to extract than chloride (11) and the divalent and trivalent anions and PO " are stiU more hydrophilic. Thus... 

The catalyst anion has also been shown to have a large influence on the reaction rate. The extraction constant of tetra-n-butylammonium salts between water and chloroform decreases with different anions as follows picrate CIO4 > T > toluene sulphonate > NO.-i > Br > benzoate > Cf > acetate > OH (Esikova, 1997 Dehmlow, 1993). 

An important improvement in the oxy-Cope reaction was made when it was found that the reaction is strongly catalyzed by base.212 When the C(3) hydroxy group is converted to its alkoxide, the reaction is accelerated by a factor of 1010-1017. These base-catalyzed reactions are called anionic oxy-Cope rearrangements, and their rates depend on the degree of cation coordination at the oxy anion. The reactivity trend is K+ > Na+ > Li+. Catalytic amounts of tetra-rc-butylammonium salts lead to accelerated rates in some cases. This presumably results from the dissociation of less reactive ion pair species promoted by the tetra-rc-butylammonium ion.213... 

The complete elimination of functional groups is often an undesirable side reaction in organic synthesis, but on the other hand it is a possibility for the recycling of environmentally harmful compounds, for example phenols and haloarenes such as polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs or dioxins ). For example, aryl chlorides can be effectively dechlorinated with Pd(0) NPs in tetra-butylammonium salts with almost quantitative conversions also after 19 runs (entry H, Table 1.4) [96]. On the other hand, a C-0 bond cleavage reaction also seems suitable for the fragmentation of sugar-based biomass such as cellulose or cello-biose in that way, sugar monomers and bioalcohol can be derived from renewable resources (entry F, Table 1.4) [164]. 

Leadbeater NE, Pillsbury SJ, Shanahan E, Williams VA (2005) An assessment of the technique of simultaneous cooling in conjunction with microwave heating for organic synthesis. Tetrahedron 61 3565-3585 Lee CKY, Holmes AB, Ley SV, McConvey IF, Al-Duri B, Leeke GA, Santos RCD, Seville JPK (2005) Efficient batch and continuous flow Suzuki crosscoupling reactions under mild conditions, catalysed by polyurea-encapsulated palladium (II) acetate and tetra-n-butylammonium salts. J Chem Soc Chem Commun 2175-2177... 

The effect of remote substitutents on the complexing ability of crown ethers [256] towards t-butylammonium salts has been studied by Moore et al. (1977). The results (Table 52) show that electron-attracting substituents decrease the stability of the complex. The t-BuNHJ cation is even more sensitive to remote substituent effects than alkali-metal cations. This fact was attributed to the non-polar character of the alkyl group and to the different structure of the... 

FIGURE 5.19 Approaches for synthesis of protected peptides using acid-sensitive protectors. For (A) the last residue is incorporated as the Cbz-derivative. (B) The chain is assembled on a substituted oxime resin,44 starting at the penultimate residue. The chain is then detached from the resin by displacement by the carboxy-terminal residue of the target peptide, which may be a free (terf-butylammonium salt) or carboxy-substituted residue. (C) An alternative for producing acids by use of the oxime resin is transesterfication of the peptide with A-hydroxypiperidine, followed by reduction to remove the piperidino substituent. 

Obtained in MeCN solution containing 0.2 mol dm-3 B114NBF4 as supporting electrolyte. Solutions were 2 x 10-3 mol dm 3 in ligand, and potentials were determined with reference to SCE. Three-electron reduction process as determined by coulometric experiments. Cathodic shift in reduction potential produced by the presence of anions (4 equiv) added as their ammonium of butylammonium salts. Values obtained in DMSO solution. 

The interfacial mechanism provides an acceptable explanation for the effect of the more lipophilic quaternary ammonium salts, such as tetra-n-butylammonium salts, Aliquat 336 and Adogen 464, on the majority of base-initiated nucleophilic substitution reactions which require the initial deprotonation of the substrate. Subsequent to the interfacial deprotonation of the methylene system, for example the soft quaternary ammonium cation preferentially forms a stable ion-pair with the soft carbanion, rather than with the hard hydroxide anion (Scheme 1.8). Strong evidence for the competing interface mechanism comes from the observation that, even in the absence of a catalyst, phenylacetonitrile is alkylated under two-phase conditions using concentrated sodium hydroxide [51],... 

Hydrogen bromide, trimethylsilyl bromide and acetyl bromide have all been proven to be suitable bromide transfer agents [e.g. 12, 13]. Tetra-n-butylammonium salts catalyse the interconversion of dichloroalkanes into bromochloroalkanes and chloroiodoalkanes upon reaction with an excess of bromo- and iodobutane, respectively [14]. Similarly, mixed bromochloromethanes are obtained from the reaction of dibromochloromethane with benzyltriethylammonium chloride under basic conditions [15]. 

Acyl chlorides are converted in good yield into symmetrical carboxylic acid anhydrides upon treatment with dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide at -I0°C in the presence of a tetra- -butylammonium salt [76, 77]. Yields are considerably lower when Aliquat is used. In a similar manner, chloroformates and ethyl oxalyl chloride are converted into carbonic hemi-ester anhydrides. 

As an alternative to the oxidation of sulphides and sulphoxides (see Chapter 10), sulphones can be prepared by the nucleophilic substitution reaction of the sulphinite anion on haloalkanes. In the absence of a phase-transfer catalyst, the reaction times are generally long and the yields are low, and undesirable O-alkylation of the sulphinite anion competes with S-alkylation. The stoichiometric reaction of the preformed tetra-n-butylammonium salt of 4-toluenesulphinic acid with haloalkanes produces 4-tolyl sulphones in high yield [1], but it has been demonstrated that equally good... 

It is noteworthy that benzyltriethylammonium chloride is a slightly better catalyst than the more lipophilic Aliquat or tetra-n-butylammonium salts (Table 5.2). These observations obviously point to a mechanism in which deprotonation of the amine is not a key catalysed step. As an extension of the known ability of quaternary ammonium halides to form complex ion-pairs with halogen acids in dichloromethane [8], it has been proposed that a hydrogen-bonded ion-pair is formed between the catalyst and the amine of the type [Q+X—H-NRAr] [5]. Subsequent alkylation of this ion-pair, followed by release of the cationic alkylated species, ArRR NH4, from the ion-pair and its deprotonation at the phase boundary is compatible with all of the observed facts. 

Palladium-catalysed C-C bond formation under Heck reaction conditions, which normally requires anhydrous conditions and the presence of copper(I) salts, is aided by the addition of quaternary ammonium salts. It has been shown that it is frequently possible to dispense with the copper catalyst and use standard two-phase reactions conditions [e.g. 18, 19]. Tetra-/i-butylammonium salts catalyse the palladium-catalysed reaction of iodoarenes with alkynes to yield the arylethynes in high yield [20, 21], whereas the reaction with 3-methylbut-1 -yn-3-ol (Scheme 6.30) provides a route to diarylethynes [22]. Diarylethynes are also formed from the reaction of an iodoarene with trimethylsilylethyne [23], Iodoalkynes react with a,p-unsaturated ketones and esters to produce the conjugated yne-eneones [19],... 

Dichlorocarbene has also been generated by the reaction of tetrachloromethane, hexachloroethane, or bromotrichloromethane using 60% aqueous or solid potassium hydroxide in the presence of a tetra-n-butylammonium salt [15, 16]. Yields of insertion products are similar to those obtained by Makosza s procedure. 

EXPLOSIVELY UNSTABLE compounds [4, 6-9]. It has been reported that solid benzyltriethylammonium permanganate is considerably less stable than the tetra-butylammonium salt both compounds are sensitive to impact, but the benzyl-ammonium salt may explode violently at room temperature [4] and it is more readily handled by absorption on alumina [4]. 

Chromium trioxide is also solublized in dichloromethane in the form of complex chromates Q+[X(CrO,) ] by the addition of an appropriate tetra-n-butylammonium salt [9-14],... 

Much emphasis has been placed on the selectivity of quaternary ammonium borohydrides in their reduction of aldehydes and ketones [18-20]. Predictably, steric factors are important, as are mesomeric electronic effects in the case of 4-substituted benzaldehydes. However, comparison of the relative merits of the use of tetraethyl-ammonium, or tetra-n-butylammonium borohydride in dichloromethane, and of sodium borohydride in isopropanol, has shown that, in the competitive reduction of benzaldehyde and acetophenone, each system preferentially reduces the aldehyde and that the ratio of benzyl alcohol to 1-phenylethanol is invariably ca. 4 1 [18-20], Thus, the only advantage in the use of the ammonium salts would appear to facilitate the use of non-hydroxylic solvents. In all reductions, the use of the more lipophilic tetra-n-butylammonium salt is to be preferred and the only advantage in using the tetraethylammonium salt is its ready removal from the reaction mixture by dissolution in water. 

The deep blue chromophore ca. 580 nm) formed by deprotonation of S NH was isolated as its tetra-n-butylammonium salt and identified as the S N" anion in 1973 but the structure of this unusual anion remained uncertain until an X-ray crystal structure determination of PPN S N", prepared by the thermal decomposition of PPN SjN in boiling acetonitrile, was reported in 1979... 

With respect to the oxygenation of methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (as its tetra-n-butylammonium salt) to methyl 3,5-dihydroxybenzoate, remarkable differences in activity for this test reaction were observed with the three ligand sys-... 

Oxidative lactonization of unsaturated diacids (9, 265). Further study of this reaction indicates that it is general and can be controlled to result in cts-addition of two carboxylic oxygens to the double bond. Two experimental conditions are satisfactory (I) treatment of the diacid in CHClj or CII3CN with a large excess of Pb(0Ac)4 and (2) treatment of the tetra-n-butylammonium salt of the diacid in CH3CN with 6 15 equivalents of PbfOAc).,. Yields by the latter procedure are generally higher. 

An equimolar mixture of [VO(OMe)(oxine)2], [VO(oxine)2] and base in methanol results in the binuclear complex (equation 60). Likewise, an equimolar mixture of [VO(OH)(oxine)2], [VO(oxine)2] and base in methanol yields the same product.822 This V -V aimer was isolated as the tetra-7i-butylammonium salt. 

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