Carbonylation isobutylene

Uses. Besides polymerizing TFE to various types of high PTEE homopolymer, TEE is copolymerized with hexafluoropropylene (29), ethylene (30), perfluorinated ether (31), isobutylene (32), propylene (33), and in some cases it is used as a termonomer (34). It is used to prepare low molecular weight polyfluorocarbons (35) and carbonyl fluoride (36), as well as to form PTEE m situ on metal surfaces (37). Hexafluoropropylene [116-15-4] (38,39), perfluorinated ethers, and other oligomers are prepared from TEE. 

According to the above reaction scheme the carbonylation reaction has to be carried out in two steps In the absence of water the olefin is first converted at 20-80°C and 20-100 bar by the aid of mineralic acid and carbon monoxide into an acyliumion. In a second step the acyliumion reacts with water to the carboxylic acid. The mineral acid catalyst is recovered and can be recycled. The formation of tertiary carboxylic acids (carboxylic acids of the pivalic acid type) is enhanced by rising temperature and decreasing CO pressure in the first step of the reaction. Only tertiary carboxylic acids are formed from olefins that have at the same C atom a branching and a double bond (isobutylene-type olefins). 

Table 12.2 gives the uses for methanol. The percentage of methanol used in the manufacture of formaldehyde has been fluctuating. It was 42% in 1981. It has decreased in part because of recent toxicity scares of formaldehyde. The percentage of methanol used in acetic acid manufacture is up from 7% in 1981 because the carbonylation of methanol has become the preferred acetic acid manufacturing method. MTBE is the octane enhancer and is synthesized directly from isobutylene and methanol. It was... 

Some carbonyl compounds are unreactive in the photocycloaddition reaction because their excited states undergo molecular rearrangement. Illustrative of this point is the isomerization process involved upon irradiation of 2-methylbenzophenone. This ketone is known to be stable to irradiation in isopropanol,45 and irradiation in the presence of isobutylene yields a complex mixture which contains little, if any,... 

Table IV summarizes the pertinent characteristics of some of the naphthyl carbonyl compounds. All of these compounds emit from a it,7T triplet very similar to that of naphthalene. Those that have been studied are resistant to photoreduction in isopropyl alcohol and photocycloaddition with 2-methyl-2-butene25 and isobutylene.17 Significant oxetane formation was, however, observed with the aldehydes, albeit with only moderate efficiency (quantum yield approximately one-tenth that of benzaldehyde).25...

The photocycloaddition of carbonyl compounds to unsymmetrical olefins (electron rich) can give two products however, usually one predominates. For example, the photocycloaddition of benzophenone to isobutylene gives a mixture of the two oxetanes 30 and 31 in the ratio of 9 1.17 This ratio is consistent with the preferential formation and/or closure of the intermediate 30a relative to 31a. The diradical 30a is more stable than 3la since a tertiary radical is more stable than a primary radical by about 8 kcal.62 Many of the examples listed in Section VII are consistent with this apparent generalization there are, however, exceptions. 

There are some cases where both types of photocycloaddition take place. For example, cinnamaldehyde and crotonaldehyde yield, upon irradiation with 2-methyl-2-butene, both the oxetane and the cyclobutane products.26 In marked contrast, mesityl oxide, as similar as it would appear to be to crotonaldehyde (Table I), is stable to irradiation in the presence of both isobutylene and isopropanol.37,74 These differences in reactivity of a,/9-unsaturated carbonyl compounds have been attributed to conformational (that is, s-cis or s-trans) differences.74... 

The conditions for the photocycloaddition (discussed in detail in a later section of this review) can be relatively mild. There is usually a small probability of the oxetane being destroyed in dark reactions which would probably preclude isolation after preparation by any method. One mode of decomposition of oxetanes is fragmentation, either back to the starting materials or to the other possible carbonyl compound and olefin. For example, the oxetane from 4,4 -dimethoxybenzophenone and isobutylene forms readily and is easily detected and characterized by infrared and NMR spectroscopy. All efforts to purify it, however, have led to its decomposition into formaldehyde and the diarylethy-lene.17 37 In some cases, as with fluorenone and isobutylene37 or 2-methyl-2-butene,25b the oxetane is apparently too unstable for detection, but the presence of the olefin 96 attests to its formation. 

By in situ MAS NMR spectroscopy, the Koch reaction was also observed upon co-adsorption of butyl alcohols (tert-butyl, isobutyl, and -butyl) and carbon monoxide or of olefins (Ao-butylene and 1-octene), carbon monoxide, and water on HZSM-5 (Ksi/ Ai — 49) under mild conditions (87,88). Under the same conditions, but in the absence of water (89), it was shown that ethylene, isobutylene, and 1-octene undergo the Friedel-Crafts acylation (90) to form unsaturated ketones and stable cyclic five-membered ring carboxonium ions instead of carboxylic acids. Carbonylation of benzene by the direct reaction of benzene and carbon monoxide on solid catalysts was reported by Clingenpeel et al. (91,92). By C MAS NMR spectroscopy, the formation of benzoic acid (178 ppm) and benzaldehyde (206 ppm) was observed on zeolite HY (91), AlC -doped HY (91), and sulfated zirconia (SZA) (92). 

Oxathiolane 3,3-dioxide (332) metallates in its 2-position to yield an anion which reacts with various electrophiles (alkyl halides and carbonyl compounds) to give substituted oxathiolanes (333) in good to excellent yield (79TL3375). Pyrolysis of these alkylated products affords the corresponding aldehydes or 2-hydroxyaldehydes in addition to sulfur dioxide and isobutylene (Scheme 71). The oxathiolane (332) thus becomes another member of the already burgeoning class of carbonyl anion equivalents. 

Unaymmetrical epoxides were said to give rise to mixed products, although experimental details were not included. Eqs. (908) and (900) illustrate the action of diethyl phosphite in base on propylene oxide mid isobutylene oxide. The latter undergoes preliminary isomerisation to wobutyrsddehyde before yielding a conventional carbonyl adduct. 

Prior to Takegami s studies, the effect of isomerization of acylcobalt carbonyls on the products of the reaction between cobalt hydrocarbonyl and olefins had received little attention. Terminal olefins had been found to give a mixture of linear and branched products at low temperatures under carbon monoxide, and this was taken as reflecting the mode of addition of cobalt hydrocarbonyl (62, 73, 147). In view of the slow rate of isomerization of acylcobalt carbonyls this seems justified. However, it is worth noting that branched products predominated in the reaction of 1-pentene with hydrocarbonyl under nitrogen even when the olefin had isomerized only to the extent of 50% (73). Both isobutylene and alkyl acrylates had been found to produce branched products. It was suggested that isobutylene, with an... 

Even where an aldehyde is formed as a carbonyl fragment in the ozonolysis of an olefin, 1,2,4,5-tetroxans are often formed in a side reaction, depending on the solvent,131 the concentration, and the ozonization temperature. Thus dimeric acetone peroxide is obtained from isobutylene,132 dimeric benzaldehyde peroxide (129) from styrene132 and stilbene,96 132 and dimeric acetophenone peroxide (130) from a-methylstyrene.132... 

In the presence of strong acids such as aqueous H2SO4, carbonyl compounds may react with olefins to form unsaturated alcohols and other products, depending on the reaction conditions. Using H-mordenite as catalyst in a continuous-flow system, 10% conversion of formaldehyde to isoprene was observed at 300° using an isobutylene-to-HCHO (molar) ratio of 3.7. A carbonium ion-type reaction scheme, involving a Prins reaction (1,2) and a subsequent dehydration-rearrangement step... 

Air oxidation of a variety of aliphatic and alkyl aromatic compounda air oxidation of p-nitrotoluene sulfuric acid substitution chlorination of a variety of organic compounds reaction between isobutylene and acetic acid oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde (Wacker processes) hydrochlorination of olehns absorption of phosphine in an aqueous soluhon of formaldehyde and hydrochloric acid acehc acid from the carbonylation of methanol oxidation of tri-alkyl phosphine dimerization of olefins. 

As with other reactions in this chapter, the carbonyl ene reaction is catalyzed by Lewis acids. When isobutylene reacts with methyl propiolate at 220°C, a mixture of 47% of 700 and 3% of 701 was obtained. Reaction in the presence of aluminum chloride (AICI3), however, allowed reaction at 25°C and gave 61% of 700. Coordination of the Lewis acid and enophile apparently lowers the LUMO, accelerating the reaction due to the... 

As an example, when the photoacid generator triphenylsulfonium hexafluoro-antimonate is exposed to radiation, it decomposes to release the superacid hexafluoroantimonic acid in the resist film. While this photochemical reaction can occur at room temperature, the acid-catalyzed deprotection of the pendant t-butyl group of the resist polymer occurs at reasonable rates only at elevated temperature. It is therefore necessary to heat the resist film to an appropriate temperature (PEB) to provide the energy that is required for the acid-catalyzed deprotection of the t-butyl group of the ester, which in mrn affords the base-soluble norbomene carboxylic acid unit the isobutylene volatilizes. The extent of deprotection at constant temperamre is dependent on the dose of applied radiation. By monitoring the carboxylic acid OH stretch 3000-3600 cm and the ester carbonyl (C O) around 1735 cm acid carbonyl (C O) around 1705 cm , and ester (C-O-C) stretch around 1150 cm it is possible to determine by means of IR spectroscopy the extent of dose-dependent deprotection, as well as the influence of baking temperature on the extent of deprotection for each resist system. Doses ranging from 0 to 50 mJ/cm were applied to each resist system, after which they were baked at 120, 130, 140, and 150°C for 60 seconds and analyzed by FTIR. ... 

Figure 11.20 shows the dose-dependent absorbance profiles of the carboxylic OH stretch (3100-3500 cm ) and the ester C-O-C stretch (around 1150 cm of a poly(CBN-co-NBCA) exposed to 248-nm radiation and baked afterward at 120, 130, 140, and 150°C. The carboxylic acid OH stretch and the carboxylic acid carbonyl (C O) stretch (1695-1705 cm ) both increase, while the ester carbonyl (C O) stretch (1730-1735 cm ) decreases with increasing dose of exposure (0-50 mJ/cm ), which allows us to follow the deprotection of the t-butyl ester group and the consequent conversion to a carboxylic acid group. The C-O-C (1150 cm ) stretch of the ester also decreases with dose of exposure, indicating the loss of the isobutylene group from the resist polymer. ... 

Olah et al. reported the triflic acid-catalyzed isobutene-iso-butylene alkylation, modified with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) or water. They found that the best alkylation conditions were at an acid strength of about//q = —10.7, giving a calculated research octane number (RON) of 89.1 (TfOH/TFA) and91.3 (TfOH/HaO). Triflic acid-modified zeohtes can be used for the gas phase synthesis of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), and the mechanism of activity enhancement by triflic acid modification appears to be related to the formation of extra-lattice Al rather than the direct presence of triflic acid. A thermally stable solid catalyst prepared from amorphous silica gel and triflic acid has also been reported. The obtained material was found to be an active catalyst in the alkylation of isobutylene with n-butenes to yield high-octane gasoline components. A similar study has been carried out with triflic acid-functionalized mesoporous Zr-TMS catalysts. Triflic acid-catalyzed carbonylation, direct coupling reactions, and formylation of toluene have also been reported. Tritlic acid also promotes transalkylation and adaman-tylation of arenes in ionic liquids. Triflic acid-mediated reactions of methylenecyclopropanes with nitriles have also been investigated to provide [3 + 2] cycloaddition products as well as Ritter products. Tritlic acid also catalyzes cyclization of unsaturated alcohols to cyclic ethers. ... 

Synthetic rubbers (water washing of the bntylene-isobutylene fraction and divinyl from ammonia, and isoprene from carbonyl- and nitrogen-containing... 

From iV-carbonyl sulfamic chloride and olefins (isobutylene, styrene, trimethyl and tetramethyl ethylene) ... 

The product II is produced by two successive ene reactions. In the first step, acrolein and isobutylene undergo all carbon ene reaction to give an intermediate, which then undergoes an intramolecular carbonyl ene reaction to give II. 

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