Compounds anisidine

Guaiacols. Cresote, obtained from the pyrolysis of beechwood, and its active principles guaiacol [90-05-1] (1) and cresol [93-51-6] (2) have long been used ia expectorant mixtures. The compounds are usually classed as direct-acting or stimulant expectorants, but their mechanisms of action have not been well studied. Cresol is obtained by the Clemmensen reduction of vanillin (3), whereas guaiacol can be prepared by a number of methods including the mercuric oxide oxidation of lignin (qv) (4), the ziac chloride reduction of acetovanillone (5), and the diazotization and hydrolysis of o-anisidine (6). 

Each of the following compounds has been prepared from o-anisidine (o-methoxyaniline). Outline a series of steps leading to each one. 

Bartoli recently discovered that by switching from azide to p-anisidine as nucleophile, the ARO of racemic trans- 3-substituted styrene oxides could be catalyzed by the (salen)Cr-Cl complex 2 with complete regioselectivity and moderate selectivity factors (Scheme 7.36) [14]. The ability to access anti-P-amino alcohols nicely complements the existing methods for the preparation of syn-aryl isoserines and related compounds [67] by asymmetric oxidation of trans-cinnamate derivatives [68]. 

Thus, the substituted tetrazoles 113 upon oxidation with lead tetraacetate gave rise to the fused tetrazoles 114, in most cases in high yields. Tetrazole derivatives 115, bearing an anisidine side chain, also underwent oxidative cyclization and afforded 10-methoxycarbonylmethyltetrazolo[l,5- ]quinoxaline 116 in good yield. This compound was obtained as a mixture of tautomers (with participation of the methylene hydrogen atoms) and the depicted tautomeric form 116 proved to be dominant. 

The relay compound 1025 required for the synthesis of all of these 7-oxygenated carbazole alkaloids was obtained starting from commercially available 4-bromo-toluene (1023) and m-anisidine (840) in two steps and 72% overall yield. Buchwald-Hartwig amination of 4-bromotoluene (1023) with m-anisidine (840) furnished quantitatively the corresponding diarylamine 1024. Oxidative cyclization of 1024 using catalytic amounts of palladium(ll) acetate afforded 3-methyl-7-methoxycarbazole (1025). Oxidation of 1025 with DDQ led to clauszoline-K (98), which, on cleavage of the methyl ether using boron tribromide, afforded 3-formyl-7-hydroxycarbazole (99) (546) (Scheme 5.149). 

Other indices measure a secondary stage of oxidation, such as the anisidine value (ANV), pointing to formation of carbonyl compounds, capable of undergoing condensation reactions with p-anisidine, and the thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) pointing to the presence of malondialdehyde (MDA) in particular. In biological systems, TBARS is of widespread use as a measure for the extent of oxidation damage. Another test for stability of oils to oxidation is based on the development of acidity as secondary product, for example, standards using the Rancimat equipment or a similar setup. 

According to the Cd 18-90 AOCS ° official method, the ANV is 100 times the optical density measured in a 1 cm cell, at 350 nm, of a solution containing 1.00 g of oil in 100 ml of the test solution. The measured absorbance is due to Schiff bases (167) formed when p-anisidine (166) undergoes condensation reaction with carbonyl compounds, according to equation 55. The carbonyl compounds are secondary oxidation products of lipids, such as a, S-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones derived from the hydroperoxides (see Scheme 1 in Section n.A.2.c), and their presence points to advanced oxidation of the oil. 

Secondary oxidation products oxidation indices, 656, 665-72 acid value, 672 anisidine value, 656, 666 carbonyl compounds, 656, 669-71 conjugated dienes value, 671-2 thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, 656, 666-9... 

The reaction of 113 with several Af-lithioamines was investigated and the results are summarized in Table 5. Af-Methylaniline, p-chloro-Af-methylaniline and Af-benzyl-p-anisidine gave 60-67% yield of the desired Af-cyclopropyl arylamines. Diphenylamine gave the desired product however, the yield was not satisfactory. Interestingly, dibenzy-lamine did not afford the desired product at all. This result indicated that the magnesium cyclopropylidene (113) only reacts with Af-lithio arylamines. The reaction of 113 with Af-lithio nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds was also studied. From the results shown in Table 5, the yields of the reaction are variable as a function of the heterocyclic compounds used. 

Very interesting results were obtained from the reaction of magnesium alkylidene carbenoids with mefa-substituted arylamines (Table 8) . The reaction of magnesium alkylidene carbenoids 157 and 161 with three mefa-substituted anilines was carried out and the results are summarized in Table 8. The reaction of 157 with meta-anisidine gave two products 163 and 164 (in a 30 13 ratio) in 43% yield. The main product was found to have the alkenyl group at the more hindered position (163). As shown in the Table, all the other meto-substituted aniline derivatives also gave the more hindered alkenylated compounds as the main product in variable ratio. 

Typical primary amines which undergo such nitrosation are m-toluidine, p-xylidine, m-anisidine, 2-amino-4-methoxytoluene, 3-amino-4-methoxy-toluene, m-aminophenol, a-naphthylamine, l-naphthylamine-2-, -6-, -7-, and -8-monosulfonic acids, and l-naphthylamine-4-monosulfonic acid (which reacts with displacement of the sulfonic acid group). The secondary amines derived from these primary amines also can be nitrosated directly (i.e., without the intermediate formation of an JV-nitroso compound which needs to be subjected to the Fischer-Hepp rearrangement). The entering nitroso group appears to substitute exclusively in the para position. 

Ammonium chloride (fume) Ammonium perfluorooctanoate Ammonium sulfamale Amosfte n-Amyl acetate sec-Amyl acetate Aniline and homologues Anisidine (o-, p- isomers) Antimony and compounds Antimony trioxide as Sb ANTU Argon... 

The cathodic reductions of nitro compounds are among the most thoroughly investigated reactions of organic electrochemistry. At least on the laboratory scale, the reaction permits the synthesis of many intermediates with different oxidation states. However, most syntheses can now also be carried out more economically by catalytic reactions. Therefore, only a few electrochemical reactions are still of industrial interest, i.e. the single-step syntheses of hydroxylamines, aminophenols, or anisidines. 

The following compounds are reported to have been deaminated by decomposing their stabilized diazonijim salts aniline 8 o-, m-, and p-toluidine 6 o-, m-, and p-anisidine 6 o-, m-, and p-nitroaniline 8 2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-aminotoluene 101 m-phenylenediamine 8 wi-tolyl-enediamine 8 p-aminophenol 8 benzidine 8 a- and /3-naphthylamine. . ) ... 

Kosak studied the hydrogenation of o-nitroanisole in details over palladium- and platinum-based catalysts at 95°C and 2.07 MPa H2.94 The hydrogenation of o-nitroanisole over palladium catalysts was always accompanied by the formation of o,o -hydrazoanisole, the amount of which varied significantly with different samples of starting o-nitroanisole. Impurities such as o-chloronitrobenzene and o,o -dichloroazoxybenzene present in o-nitroanisole were found to increase formation of the hydrazo compound with decrease in the yield of o-anisidine, while o-chloroanisole had no effect on the composition of the product. The hydrazo compounds were resistant to further hydrogenation under the conditions. Platinum-based catalysts were insensitive to the impurities and always gave o-anisidine of high purity. The results are summarized in eq. 9.46. 

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