Halogenated carboxylic acids

Firedamp-proof Detonators. Firedamp-proof detonators have net received tht attention that firedamp-proof expls have, possibly because the expln of the, detonator is lost in the immediately succeeding expln of the main charge. Treatment of the detonator charge in caps follows similar lines to treatment of Dynamites in the addition of cooling additives, such as salts or wax (Ref 1), BuOAc (butyl acetate) (Ref 2), or poly car boxy lie acids, oxygenated poly carboxylic acids, halogen substituted poly carboxylic and oxygenated polycarboxylic acids, and the neutral and acid salts of these (Ref 4)... 

They are often blended into compounds that are developed for injection molding applications. Where such an additive is absent, molded components tend to stick to mold surfaces. To prevent this, mold surfaces must be treated between every cycle, or they can be coated with a range of semipermanent mold release treatments. Inclusion of an internal release agent prevents mold surface build-up, surface charring, and simplifies production. Internal mold release agents may include hydrocarbons, alcohols, carboxylic acids, halogenated compounds, ketones, carboxylic acid esters, amides, metal salts, and silicone compounds. 

Nitroamlines. Acetyl derivatives (p. 388), Benzoyl derivatives (p. 388). Diamines. Diacet> l derivatives (p. 388), Dibenzoyl derivatives (p. 388). Halogeno-hydrocarbons, a-Naphthyl ethers (from reactive halogen compounds, p. 391, and their Picratcs, p. 394), Nitro-derivatives (p.39i). Carboxylic acid (if oxidisable side chain) (p. 393). 

The conversion of an aliphatic carboxylic acid into the a-bromo- (or a-chloro ) acid by treatment with bromine (or chlorine) in the presence of a catal3rtic amount of phosphorus tribromide (or trichloride) or of red phosphorus is known as the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction. The procedure probably involves the intermediate formation of the acyl halide, since it is known that halogens react more rapidly with acyl haUdes than with the acids themselves ... 

The most widely used method for the preparation of carboxylic acids is ester hydrolysis. The esters are generally prepared by heterocyclization (cf. Chapter II), the most useful and versatile of which is the Hantzsch s synthesis, that is the condensation of an halogenated a- or /3 keto ester with a thioamide (1-20). For example ethyl 4-thiazole carboxylate (3) was prepared by Jones et al. from ethyl a-bromoacetoacetate (1) and thioformamide (2) (1). Hydrolysis of the ester with potassium hydroxide gave the corresponding acid (4) after acidification (Scheme 1). 

An electronegative substituent particularly if it is attached to the a carbon increases the acidity of a carboxylic acid As the data m Table 19 2 show all the mono haloacetic acids are about 100 times more acidic than acetic acid Multiple halogen sub stitution increases the acidity even more trichloroacetic acid is 7000 times more acidic than acetic acid ... 

Esterification of carboxylic acids involves nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group as a key step In this respect the carbonyl group of a carboxylic acid resembles that of an aldehyde or a ketone Do carboxylic acids resemble aldehydes and ketones m other ways Do they for example form enols and can they be halogenated at their a carbon atom via an enol m the way that aldehydes and ketones can ... 

The enol content of a carboxylic acid is far less than that of an aldehyde or ketone and introduction of a halogen substituent at the a carbon atom requires a different set... 

Section 19 16 Halogenation at the a carbon atom of carboxylic acids can be accom plished by the Hell-Volhard-Zehnsky reaction An acid is treated with chlorine or bromine m the presence of a catalytic quantity of phospho rus or a phosphorus trihalide... 

Hell-Volhard-Zelmsky reaction (Section 19 16) The phos phorus tnhahde catalyzed a halogenation of a carboxylic acid... 

Typical nonsieve, polar adsorbents are siUca gel and activated alumina. Kquilihrium data have been pubUshed on many systems (11—16,46,47). The order of affinity for various chemical species is saturated hydrocarbons < aromatic hydrocarbons = halogenated hydrocarbons < ethers = esters = ketones < amines = alcohols < carboxylic acids. In general, the selectivities are parallel to those obtained by the use of selective polar solvents in hydrocarbon systems, even the magnitudes are similar. Consequendy, the commercial use of these adsorbents must compete with solvent-extraction techniques. 

Other interactions of /3-lactams with electrophiles include the oxidative decarboxylation of the azetidin-2-one-4-carboxylic acid (85) on treatment with LTA and pyridine (81M867), and the reaction of the azetidin-2-one-4-sulfinic acid (86) with positive halogen reagents. This affords a mixture of cis- and trans-4-halogeno-/3-lactams (87), the latter undergoing cyclization to give the bicyclic /3-lactam (88) (8UOC3568). 

Imtdazo[4,5-c]pyridtne, 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-synthesis, 5, 623, 640, 641 Imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine-6-carboxylic acid, 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-synthesis, 5, 623, 641 Imidazopyridines as anthelmintic, 1, 202 synthesis, 5, 462 Imidazo[l,2-n]pyridines deuterium exchange, 5, 611 diazo coupling, 5, 614 Dimroth rearrangement, 5, 613 halogenation, 5, 611 hydrogenation, 5, 614 Mannich reaction, 5, 612 nitration, 5, 612 1-oxides... 

Claisen condensation, 6, 156 reactions, S, 92 IsothiazoIe-3-carboxyIic acids decarboxylation, 6, 156 Isothiazole-4-carboxylic acids decarboxylation, 6, 156 Isothiazole-5-carboxylic acids decarboxylation, S, 92 6, 156 IR spectroscopy, 6, 142 Isothiazole-3-diazonium borofluoride decomposition, 6, 158 IsothiazoIe-4-diazonium chloride, 3-methyl-reactions with thiourea, 6, 158 Isothiazole-5-diazonium chloride, 4-bromo-3-methyl-halogen exchange, 6, 163 Isothiazole-5-diazonium chloride, 3-methyl-reactions... 

The latter is an exttemely reactive species. Trifluoroacetate is a good leaving group and facilitates cleavage of the O—Br bond. The acyl hypohalites are also the active halogenating species in solutions of the hypohalous acids in carboxylic acids, where they exist in equilibrium. 

As with other groups, halogens can substitute hydrogen in organic compounds containing additional functional moieties such as carboxylic acids to form acid chlorides, e.g. acetyl chloride CH3COCI. These are reactive acidic compounds liberating hydrochloric acid on contact with water. 

OL HALOGENATION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS THE HELL-VOLHARD-ZELINSKY REACTION... 

Nucleophilic substitution by ammonia on a-halo acids (Section 19.16) The a-halo acids obtained by halogenation of carboxylic acids under conditions of the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction are reactive substrates in nucleophilic substitution processes. A standard method for the preparation of a-amino acids is displacement of halide from a-halo acids by nucleophilic substitution using excess aqueous ammonia. 

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