Chromic acid ethers

CAUTION. Ethers that have been stored for long periods, particularly in partly-filled bottles, frequently contain small quantities of highly explosive peroxides. The presence of peroxides may be detected either by the per-chromic acid test of qualitative inorganic analysis (addition of an acidified solution of potassium dichromate) or by the liberation of iodine from acidified potassium iodide solution (compare Section 11,47,7). The peroxides are nonvolatile and may accumulate in the flask during the distillation of the ether the residue is explosive and may detonate, when distilled, with sufficient violence to shatter the apparatus and cause serious personal injury. If peroxides are found, they must first be removed by treatment with acidified ferrous sulphate solution (Section 11,47,7) or with sodium sulphite solution or with stannous chloride solution (Section VI, 12). The common extraction solvents diethyl ether and di-tso-propyl ether are particularly prone to the formation of peroxides. 

This has been confirmed by Spath and Lorenz, who have shown that dihydro-0-conhydrinemethine must be a-dimethylamino-octan-j8-ol, MejN. CHj. CHOH. CHa. (CHa). CHj, since it is oxidised by chromic acid in acetic acid to a-dimethylamino-octan-(3-one, which has been synthesised from w-heptoylchloride by the action of diazomethane in ether, and treatment of the resulting a-chloro-w-octan-(3-one with dimethylamine. 

Cinchoninone, CigHaaONj, produced by the oxidation of either cinchonine or cinchonidine by chromic acid in presence of sulphuric acid forms pale yellow prisms, m.p. 126-7°, [a]j) -(-71° to -(-76°, is sparingly soluble in light petroleum, easily in ether or chloroform and insoluble in water. The hydrochloride forms minute colourless needles, m.p. 245-7°, [a]r) -(-175-9°. By further oxidation with chromic acid, cinchoninone yields cinchoninic acid and meroquinenine (meroquinene). 

While keeping the collected deuterioammonia at dry ice-isopropyl alcohol temperature, lithium wire (10 mg) is added, followed by a solution of 3/3-hydroxy-5a-cholest-7-en-6-one (161 50 mg) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (4 ml). The reaction mixture is stirred for 20 min, the cooling bath is then removed and the ammonia is allowed to boil under reflux for 40 min. A saturated solution of ammonium chloride in tetrahydrofuran is added dropwise until the deep blue color disappears and then the ammonia is allowed to evaporate. The residue is extracted with ether and the organic layer washed with dilute hydrochloric acid and sodium bicarbonate solution and then with water. Drying and evaporation of the solvent gives a semicrystalline residue which is dissolved in acetone and oxidized with 8 N chromic acid solution. After the usual workup the residue is dissolved in methanol containing sodium hydroxide (0.2 g) and heated under reflux for 1 hr to remove any deuterium introduced at C-5 or C-7. (For workup, see section II-B). 

Note 3. Although in principle the chromate ester can be formed directly from the 18-iodo-l 8,20-ether with silver chromate, hydrolysis and oxidation with aqueous chromic acid sulfurc acid is equally efficient. 

A solution of 2.7 grams of chromic acid in 20 cc of water and 50 cc of acetic acid was added to the stirred solution of the above oil in 100 cc of acetic acid, maintaining the temperature below 20°C. After 90 minutes standing, 50 cc of methanol were added and the mixture concentrated under vacuum (20 mm). The residue was extracted with ether, washed to neutral and evaporated to dryness. The residual semicrystalline product (7 grams) was chromatographed over alumina and the fractions eluted with ether yielded 3.2 grams of A -19-norandrosten-3,17-dione having a MP of 163° to 167°C. 

This procedure, coupled with the procedure described on p. 41, illustrates the Barbier-Wieland method for systematically degrading carboxylic acids. foxwor-Desoxycholic acid may be prepared from wor-desoxycholic acid by repetition of this procedure. If the chromic acid oxidation product is not sufficiently solid to filter after dilution with water, the mixture must be extracted with ether and washed with dilute hydrochloric acid before the alkaline extraction. Wxwor-Desoxycholic acid may be crystallized from ethyl alcohol. It melts at 239-241°. 

This flask must be cleaned with h ot chromic acid solution and then, along with all other glassware used in this preparation, soaked in a base solution, rinsed with distilled waiter, and oven dried. Thermal rearrangement of the intermediate vinyl ether in a new (untreated) flask resulted in elimination. 

Solvents Water (purified water or water-for-injection grade) toluene, methanol, ethanol, ether, acetate, dimethyl sulfoxide, tetrahydrofuran, hexane, cyclohexane, dichloromethane, acetonitrile, acetone Oxidizing Agents Hydrogen peroxide, chromic acid, potassium permanganate, manganese dioxide, ozone... 

Chromic or sulfo-chromic acid etching, for polyolefins, polystyrene, ABS, polyacetal, polyphenylene ether. .. These treatments have two effects ... 

Properties. Phenethyl alcohol is a colorless liquid with a mild rose odor. It can be dehydrogenated catalytically to phenylacetaldehyde and oxidized to phenylacetic acid (e.g., with chromic acid). Its lower molecular mass fatty acid esters as well as some alkyl ethers, are valuable fragrance and flavor substances. 

D. 3-Trimethylsilyl-3-buten-2-one (4). A solution of 55 g. of crude butenol 3 in 100 ml. of acetone is placed in a 500-ml., three-necked, round-bottomed flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer and a 250-ml. dropping funnel. The reaction vessel is immersed in an ice-water bath, and 95 ml. of an aqueous solution containing chromic acid and sulfuric acid (Note 13) is added to the stirred acetone solution. After completion of the addition, isopropyl alcohol is added to the reaction mixture until a green endpoint is reached, indicating consumption of the excess oxidant. The contents are poured into 450 ml. of ethyl ether, 300 ml. of water are added, and the aqueous layer is saturated with sodium chloride. The layers are separated, and the aqueous solution is extracted with five 150-ml. portions of ethyl ether. The combined ether solutions are washed with two 150-ml. portions of saturated aqueous sodium... 

Synthesis of racemic naproxene Friedel-Crafts acylation (aluminum chloride - nitrobenzene) of p-naphthol methyl ether affords 2-acetyl-6-methoxy naphthalene, which, when treated with either dimethyl sulfonium or dimethylsulfoxonium methylide, gives 2-(6-methoxynaphthalen-2-yl)propylene oxide. Treatment of the latter with boron trifluoride etherate in tetrahydrofuran gives 2-(6-methoxynaphthalen-2-yl)propionaldehyde, which is oxidized using Jones reagent (4 M chromic acid) to yield the racemic 2-(6-methoxynaphthalen-2-yl)propionic acid. 

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