Cinnamic acid condensation

Condensation. Cinnamic acid condenses with benzene in zeolites, but the reaction pattern depends on the type of the zeolite used/... 

Its chief importance is as a source of cinnamic acid by condensation with sodium ethan-oate and ethanoic anhydride and as a source of triphenylmethane dyestuffs by condensation with pyrogallol, dimethylaniline, etc. It is also used in the manufacture of perfumes. 

In general, condensation takes place at the a-carbon atom, leading to simple cinnamic acids or to their a-substituted derivatives. When possible, the anhydride corresponding to the sodium sail should be the condensing agent. 

Furfural condenses with acetic anhydride and potassiuiu acetate to give furylacrylic acid (compare Perkin reaction, Cinnamic Acid, Section IV, 124) ... 

Reactions. Heating an aqueous solution of malonic acid above 70°C results in its decomposition to acetic acid and carbon dioxide. Malonic acid is a useful tool for synthesizing a-unsaturated carboxyUc acids because of its abiUty to undergo decarboxylation and condensation with aldehydes or ketones at the methylene group. Cinnamic acids are formed from the reaction of malonic acid and benzaldehyde derivatives (1). If aUphatic aldehydes are used acryhc acids result (2). Similarly this facile decarboxylation combined with the condensation with an activated double bond yields a-substituted acetic acid derivatives. For example, 4-thiazohdine acetic acids (2) are readily prepared from 2,5-dihydro-l,3-thiazoles (3). A further feature of malonic acid is that it does not form an anhydride when heated with phosphorous pentoxide [1314-56-3] but rather carbon suboxide [504-64-3] [0=C=C=0], a toxic gas that reacts with water to reform malonic acid. 

Manufacture. The most widely employed method for the commercial synthesis of (H)-cinnamic acid uti1i2es ben2aldehyde, acetic anhydride, and anhydrous sodium or potassium acetate in a condensation reaction commonly referred to as the Perkin reaction (11). 

Esters of cinnamic acid are used more extensively than the acid itself, and can be converted to the acid by standard hydrolysis protocols. The Claisen condensation between benzaldehyde and the appropriate acetate ester provides a direct, high yield route to the simple esters. 

The mi.xtuie of benzaldehyde, sodium acetate, and acetic anhydride is heated to 180 m a sir.all round flask with upright condenser in an oil-bath for about eight houis. The mass is poured out whilst hot into a large round flask (i litre), sodium carbonate added until alkaline, and any unchanged benzaldehyde distilled off with steam. After filtering from undissolved resinous by-products, hydrochloric acid is added, which precipitates the free cinnamic acid in white crystalline flakes. It may be purified by recrystallisation from hot water. Yield, 15—20 grams. 

Condensation of m-fluorobenzaldehyde with malonic acid leads to the trans cinnamic acid 96 acylation of the acid chloride with cyclopropylaminc leads to amide 97 (cinflumide), a muscle relaxant [24]. 

The add is obtained by the reduction of cinnamic acid by means of sodium amalgam. The acid is then esterified by the condensing action of a mineral acid in methyl alcohol solution. The ester is an oil of very sweet odour, and is very useful for flower bouquets. 

Ethyl Cinnamate.—The cinnamic ester of ethyl alcohol is a natural constituent of a few essential oils, including camphor oil and storax. It is formed synthetically by condensing cinnamic acid and ethyl alcohol by dry hydrochloric acid gas. It has a soft and sweet odour, and is particularly suitable for blending in soap perfumes. It is an oil at ordinary temperatures, melting at 12°, and boiling at 271°. Its specific gravity is 1 0546, and its refractive index 1 5590. 

Benzyl Ginnamate.—The cinnamic acid ester of benzyl alcohol is a natural constituent of storax, tolu, and Peru balsams. It is a crystalline Bubstance with a characteristic sweet balsamic odour. It may be prepared by heating sodium cinnamate, alcohol, and benzyl chloride together under a reflux condenser. It is a useful ester where a sweet balsamic odour is required to be introduced into a perfume, especially cf the heavy type. It forms white, glistening prisms, which melt at 39°, and.decompose when heated to 350°. The best commercial specimens have the following characters —... 

Pyruvic Acid Compounds.—Lubrzynska and Smedley have recently shown that a number of aldehydes such as heliotropin, anisic aldehyde, benzaldehyde, and cinnamic aldehyde, condense with pyruvic acid in slightly alkaline solution, with the formation of )8-unsaturated-a-ketonic acids. For example, if heliotropin and pyruvic acid in alkaline solution be left standing for about eight days at ordinary temperature, dihydroxy-methylene-benzal-pyruvic acid is formed. This body forms yellow needles, melting at 163° Similarly, anisic aldehyde yields methoxy-benzal-pyruvic acid, melting at 130° and cinnamic aldehyde yields cinnamal-pyruvic acid, melting at 73°. 

If the temperature of the escaping vapor rises above 130° appreciable amounts of cinnamic acid pass into the condenser and the yield falls materially. 

A. 0.02 M substituted benzaldehyde, 27 g acetic anhydride, 12 g fused K acetate in 250 ml round bottom flask with air condenser and CaCI2 tube. Heat on oil bath at 160° one hour and then at 175c for four hours. Pour into water (neutralize with Na carbonate and steam distill to recover unreacted aldehyde), cool, acidify and filter to get about 60% yield substituted cinnamic acid (I). 

Cinnamaldehyde, by reduction of cinna-monitrile with Raney nickel alloy in formic acid, 51,25 from the ester-mesylate, 51,76 Cinnamic acid, 50,18 CINNAMONITRILE, 50,18 Condensation, of p-acetylbenzenediazo-nium bromide with acrylic acid, 51,1... 

When benzaldehyde is condensed with hippuric acid in the presence of acetic anhydride a Perkin s reaction takes place and benzoyl-a-amido-cinnamic acid is formed —... 

Deacetylation of 4-[(o-acetoxy)benzylidene]-2-phenyl-5(47/)-oxazolone also immediately affords 602. The starting oxazolone was obtained by cyclodehydration of the corresponding cinnamic acid precursor or by condensation of hippuric acid with 2-acetoxybenzaldehyde in the absence of base. In examples using 2-hydroxy-acetophenone, 4-methyl-3-(acylamino)coumarins are obtained. ... 

Hydrogenation of benzaldehyde yields benzyl alcohol, condensation with aliphatic aldehydes leads to additional fragrance substances or their unsaturated intermediates. Unsaturated araliphatic acids are obtained through the Perkin reaction, for example, the reaction with acetic anhydride to give cinnamic acid. 

A somewhat different route is used to prepare an analogue that bears additional oxygen. The sequence, in this case, starts by base-catalyzed formylation of the hydro-cinnamic acid derivative (40-1) with ethyl formate. Condensation of the product (40-2) with guanidine in this case leads to a pyrimidone (40-3), with the cyclization involving an ester-amide interchange between guanidine and the ester. Reaction of... 

Problem 17.36 Prepare /rarw-cinnamic acid, C H,CH=CHCOOH, by a Perkin condensation [Problem 17.34(a)], ... 

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