Carbon acids, sodium hydride

Potassium carbonate 2-Amino-4-fluorobenzoic acid Sodium hydride Triethyl orthoformate... 

The formation of the above anions ("enolate type) depend on equilibria between the carbon compounds, the base, and the solvent. To ensure a substantial concentration of the anionic synthons in solution the pA" of both the conjugated acid of the base and of the solvent must be higher than the pAT -value of the carbon compound. Alkali hydroxides in water (p/T, 16), alkoxides in the corresponding alcohols (pAT, 20), sodium amide in liquid ammonia (pATj 35), dimsyl sodium in dimethyl sulfoxide (pAT, = 35), sodium hydride, lithium amides, or lithium alkyls in ether or hydrocarbon solvents (pAT, > 40) are common combinations used in synthesis. Sometimes the bases (e.g. methoxides, amides, lithium alkyls) react as nucleophiles, in other words they do not abstract a proton, but their anion undergoes addition and substitution reactions with the carbon compound. If such is the case, sterically hindered bases are employed. A few examples are given below (H.O. House, 1972 I. Kuwajima, 1976). 

Methylindole has been prepared from the a5-methylphenyl-hydrazone of pyruvic acid, by the action of sodium amide or sodium hydride on indole followed by methyl iodide at elevated temperatures,by treatment of indole with methyl p-toluene-sulfonatc and anhydrous sodium carbonate in boiling xylene, and by the action of inelhyl sulfate on indole previously treated... 

Notable examples of general synthetic procedures in Volume 47 include the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes (from dichloro-methyl methyl ether), aliphatic aldehydes (from alkyl halides and trimethylamine oxide and by oxidation of alcohols using dimethyl sulfoxide, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, and pyridinum trifluoro-acetate the latter method is particularly useful since the conditions are so mild), carbethoxycycloalkanones (from sodium hydride, diethyl carbonate, and the cycloalkanone), m-dialkylbenzenes (from the />-isomer by isomerization with hydrogen fluoride and boron trifluoride), and the deamination of amines (by conversion to the nitrosoamide and thermolysis to the ester). Other general methods are represented by the synthesis of 1 J-difluoroolefins (from sodium chlorodifluoroacetate, triphenyl phosphine, and an aldehyde or ketone), the nitration of aromatic rings (with ni-tronium tetrafluoroborate), the reductive methylation of aromatic nitro compounds (with formaldehyde and hydrogen), the synthesis of dialkyl ketones (from carboxylic acids and iron powder), and the preparation of 1-substituted cyclopropanols (from the condensation of a 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol derivative and ethyl-... 

Write a balanced chemical equation for (a) the reaction between sodium hydride and water (b) the formation of synthesis gas (c) the hydrogenation of ethene, H,C= GH2, and give the oxidation number of the carbon atoms in the reactant and product (d) the reaction of magnesium with hydrochloric acid. 

Carboxylic esters can be treated with ketones to give p-diketones in a reaction that is essentially the same as 10-118. The reaction is so similar that it is sometimes also called the Claisen condensation, though this usage is unfortunate. A fairly strong base, such as sodium amide or sodium hydride, is required. Yields can be increased by the catalytic addition of crown ethers. Esters of formic acid (R H) give P-keto aldehydes. Ethyl carbonate gives P-keto esters. 

Although catalytic hydrogenation is the method most often used, double bonds can be reduced by other reagents, as well. Among these are sodium in ethanol, sodium and rerr-butyl alcohol in HMPA, lithium and aliphatic amines (see also 15-14), " zinc and acids, sodium hypophosphate and Pd-C, (EtO)3SiH—Pd(OAc)2, trifluoroacetic acid and triethylsilane (EtsSiH), and hydroxylamine and ethyl acetate.However, metallic hydrides, such as lithium aluminum hydride and sodium borohydride, do not in general reduce carbon-carbon double bonds, although this can be done in special cases where the double bond is polar, as in 1,1-diarylethenes and in enamines. " °... 

Some examples of alkylation reactions involving relatively acidic carbon acids are shown in Scheme 1.3. Entries 1 to 4 are typical examples using sodium ethoxide as the base. Entry 5 is similar, but employs sodium hydride as the base. The synthesis of diethyl cyclobutanedicarboxylate in Entry 6 illustrates ring formation by intramolecular alkylation reactions. Additional examples of intramolecular alkylation are considered in Section 1.2.5. Note also the stereoselectivity in Entry 7, where the existing branched substituent leads to a trans orientation of the methyl group. 

An easy synthesis of the 2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-l/7-pyrrolo[l,2- ]pyrazole system can be performed by reaction of 1,2-diaza-1,3-butadienes 33 with dialkyl 1,3-acetonedicarboxylate 34 in the presence of potassium carbonate. At first, 1-aminopyrroles 36 was produced by dehydration in the presence of copper(n) trifluoromethanesulfonate. Treatment of these compounds with sodium hydride led to ATZ-substituted 2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-17/-pyrrolo[l,2-A]pyrazole 38. Under the same reaction conditions, and after acidic treatment, NH-BOC-protected 1-aminopyrrole was transformed to NH-unsubstituted 2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-l//-pyrrolo[l,2-A]pyrazole 37 (BOC =/-butylcarbonyl) (Scheme 1). 

Intimate mixtures of chlorates, bromates or iodates of barium, cadmium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium or zinc, with finely divided aluminium, arsenic, copper carbon, phosphorus, sulfur hydrides of alkali- and alkaline earth-metals sulfides of antimony, arsenic, copper or tin metal cyanides, thiocyanates or impure manganese dioxide may react violently or explosively, either spontaneously (especially in presence of moisture) or on initiation by heat, friction, impact, sparks or addition of sulfuric acid [1], Mixtures of sodium or potassium chlorate with sulfur or phosphorus are rated as being exceptionally dangerous on frictional initiation. 

Sodium methoxide, 3-methyl-4-nitroanisole, diethyl oxalate, 30% hydrogen peroxide, 97% sodium hydride, methyl acetoacetate, sodium sulfate, 10% palladium on activated carbon, ammonium formate, and 2-nitrophenylacetic acid were purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., and were used without further purification. 

C-5 substituent either a pyrimidine (98) (when = NR2) or an isothiazole (99) (when R = Ar) are finally obtained. Sodium hydride as base resulted in ring fragmentation to give the open-chain adduct (100). Multistep mechanisms are proposed for these transformations (89BCJ1086>. The behavior of methylthio and dialkylamino salts (5 R = SMe and NRj, respectively) is quite similar and both give with carbon nucleophiles (e.g. Meldrum s acid) the same alkylidene derivative (97) (X , = Meldrum s acid residue) <(85CC696,88JCS(P1)899>. 

A benzisoxazole moiety provides the nucleus of an anticonvulsant agent whose structure differs markedly from the traditional agents in this class. The synthesis starts with a compound (61-1) that incorporates a preformed benzisoxazole. Bromination proceeds on the position adjacent to the carboxylic acid (61-2). This intermediate loses carbon dioxide on heating, leaving behind the bromomethyl derivative (61-3). Displacement of the halogen with the ion from the reaction of imidazole with sodium hydride yields the alkylation product (61-4). The short side chain is then methylated by successive treatment with a base and methyl idodide to afford zoniclezole (61-5) [64]. 

A quinazolodione provides the nucleus for yet another eompound that inhibits aldose reductase. The sequence for the preparation of this agent starts with the isatoate acid (90-1) from 4-chloroantharanilic acid. Heating the compound with the substituted benzylamine (90-2) results in the formation of the ring-opened amide (90-3) with a loss of carbon dioxide. The ring is then reclosed, this time by reaction with carbonyl diimidazole, to afford the quinolodione (90-4). The anion from the reaction of this last intermediate with sodium hydride is then alkylated with ethyl bromoacetate. Saponification of the ester completes the preparation of zenarestat (90-5) [100]. 

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