2-Butynal

A solution of 0.60 mol of ethyllithium (note 1) in about 400 ml of diethyl ether (see Chapter II, Exp. 1) was added in 30 min to a mixture of 0.25 mol of 1,4-diethoxy-2-butyne (see Chapter VIII-6, Exp. 8) and 100 ml of dry diethyl ether. The temperature of the reaction mixture was kept between -40 and -45°C. Fifteen minutes after the addition had been completed, 0.5 mol of methyl iodide was added at -40 C, then 100 ml of dry HMPT (for the purification see ref. 1) were added dropwise in 15 min while keeping the temperature at about -40°C. Thirty minutes after this addition the cooling bath was removed, the temperature was allowed to rise and stirring was continued for 3 h. The mixture was... 

In 400 ml of anhydrous liquid ammonia (note 1) (drawn from a cylinder) in the 3-1 flask were dissolved 25 g of K0-tert.-Ci,tig (see Exp. 4, note 2). 1,4-Dimethoxy--2-butyne (Chapter VIII-6, Exp. 8) (0.60 mol) was poured into the solution. The reaction mixture was allowed to stand (with occasional swirling) for 25 min, after which 50 g of powdered ammonium chloride were introduced in 5 min with manual swirling. The ammonia was driven off by placing the flask in a water bath at 40 C. 

A solution of 0.22 mol of butyllithium in 150 ml of hexane was cooled below -40°C and 140 ml of dry THF were added. Subsequently 0.20 mol of 1-dimethyl amino--4-methoxy-2-butyne (see Chapter V, Exp. 14) were added in 10 min with cooling between -35 and -45°C. After an additional 15 min 100 ml of an aqueous solution of 25 g of ammonium chloride were added with vigorous stirring. After separation of the layers four extractions with diethyl ether were carried out. The solutions were dried over potassium carbonate and then concentrated in a water-pump vacuum. Distillation of the residue gave a mixture of 8-10% of starting compound and 90-92% of the allenic ether, b.p. 50°C/12 mmHg, n 1.4648, in 82% yield (note 1). 

To a mixture of 0.20 mol of 1,1,4-triethoxy-2-butyne [see Chapter III, Exp. 40), 60 ml of dry THF and 50 ml of dry diethyl ether was added at -45 to -50°C a solution of 0.42 mol of ethyllithium in about 280 ml of diethyl ether (see Chapter II, Exp. 1). Stirring at -5o°C was continued for 30 min, then the reaction mixture was poured into 300 ml of saturated ammonium chloride solution. After shaking, the layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted twice with small portions of diethyl ether. The combined ethereal solutions were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in a water-pump vacuum and the residue wasdistilled at about... 

To a mixture of 0.30 mol of l-diethylamino-4-methoxy-2-butyne (see Chapter V, Exp. 15) and 175 ml of dry diethyl ether were added 2.5 g of copper(I) bromide. 

To a suspension of 2.0 mol of finely powdered 2-butyne-l,4-d1ol (note 1) in 600 ml of dry dichloromethane were added 50 g of anhydrous p-toluenesulfon1c acid (note 2). Isobutene (6 mol) was introduced with vigorous stirring. The flow was adjusted in such a way that only a small amount escaped from the solution (note 3). The reaction was slightly exothermic, so that no external cooling was applied. 

Butyne trimerizes in the presence of aluminum chloride to give hexamethyl Dewar-benzene (W. Schafer, 1967). Its irradiation leads not only to aromatization but also to hexa-methylprismane (D.M. Lemal, 1966). Highly substituted prlsmanes may also be obtained from the corresponding benzene derivatives by irradiation with 254 nm light. The rather stable prismane itself was synthesized via another hydrocarbon, namely benzvalene, a labile molecule (T. J. Katz, 1971, 1972). 

The stereo-defined enol ester 432 is prepared by the reaction of the vinyl-mercurial 431, obtained by acetoxymercuration of 2-butyne. with mercury(II) carboxylates using a catalytic amount of Pd(OAc)2[392]. 

Since the exocyclic sulfur is more reactive in the ambident anion than in A-4-thiazoIine-2-thione. greater nucleophilic reactivity is to be expected. Thus a large variety of thioethers were prepared in good yields starting from alkylhalides (e.g.. Scheme 38 (54, 91, 111, 166-179). lactones (54, 160), aryl halides (54, 152. 180, 181), acyl chlorides (54. 149, 182-184). halothiazoles (54, 185-190), a-haloesters (149. 152. 177. 191-194), cyanuric chloride (151). fV.N-dimethylthiocarbamoyl chloride (151, 152. 195. 196), /3-chloroethyl ester of acrylic acid (197), (3-dimethylaminoethyl chloride (152). l,4-dichloro-2-butyne (152), 1,4-dichloro-2-butene (152), and 2-chloro-propionitrile (152). A general... 

Isothiocyanates (R,NCS) react with l,4-diamino-2-butynes to give 2-amino-5-p-aminoethylidene-A-2-thiazolines, which can be isomerized into 2-amino-5-p-aminoethylthiazoles with Rj, R2, Rs = alkyl (Scheme 130) (789). 

Substituents affect the heats of hydrogenation of alkynes m the same way they affect alkenes Compare the heats of hydrogenation of 1 butyne and 2 butyne both of which give butane on taking up two moles of H2... 

Give the structure of the enol formed by hydration of 2 butyne... 

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