Decomposition methyl ethers

SuIfona.tlon, Sulfonation is a common reaction with dialkyl sulfates, either by slow decomposition on heating with the release of SO or by attack at the sulfur end of the O—S bond (63). Reaction products are usually the dimethyl ether, methanol, sulfonic acid, and methyl sulfonates, corresponding to both routes. Reactive aromatics are commonly those with higher reactivity to electrophilic substitution at temperatures > 100° C. Tn phenylamine, diphenylmethylamine, anisole, and diphenyl ether exhibit ring sulfonation at 150—160°C, 140°C, 155—160°C, and 180—190°C, respectively, but diphenyl ketone and benzyl methyl ether do not react up to 190°C. Diphenyl amine methylates and then sulfonates. Catalysis of sulfonation of anthraquinone by dimethyl sulfate occurs with thaHium(III) oxide or mercury(II) oxide at 170°C. Alkyl interchange also gives sulfation. 

Both steric and electronic factors have been claimed to control the selectivity in the cyclization step. Not only the control of the selectivity on the ring closure but also the lack of activity toward cyclization was observed. In one example of this, methyl substituted aminoindole 96 provided cyclization product 99 while attempted cyclization of methyl ether 98 led to decomposition. ... 

A solution of 10.0 grams of purified S-methyl ether of 2-thio-5-fluorouracil, MP 230° to 237°C, in 150 ml of concentrated aqueous hydrochloric acid (containing approximately 37% by weight HCI) was refluxed under nitrogen for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was then evaporated in vacuo. The crystalline brownish residue was recrystallized from water. The resulting recrystallized product was further purified by sublimation in vacuo at 190° to 200°C (bath temperature)/0.1 mm pressure. There was obtained 5-fluorouracil, in the form of colorless or pinkish-tan crystals, MP 282° to 283°C (with decomposition). 

Bamford-Stevens decomposition of tosylhy-drazones, 351 p-Benzoquinone, 308 Benzyl ether hydrogenolysis, 139 Benzyl thioenol ethers, 87 Birch reduction, 11, 49, 50 Birch reduction of estrone methyl ether diethyl ketal, 51... 

Crystallization from alcohol containing a trace of acetic acid gives glistening yellow needles, melting with decomposition at about 191-1920. The red samples of hydroxynaphthoquinone often mentioned in the literature are not completely pure. Such material, or crude material of any kind, is best purified through either the sodium salt or the methyl ether. 

The O-alkyl oximes of dialkyl mesoxalates have also been investigated361,362 the triazoline adducts undergo rapid decomposition at 20°C, at which reaction was performed, and give the required aziridines in 60-80% yields. Because of the presence of an ether substituent on the nitrogen, the oximes require two weeks for completion of reaction. O-Methyl ethers of acetoxime and biacetyl oxime do not react at all with diazomethane even after 3 months in ether at 20°C.361... 

In another study several simple silenes RR Si=CH2 (R, R = Me, Vinyl etc.) were formed by laser-powered pyrolysis and were found to form linear polymers, in contrast to the usual behavior of silenes which yield cyclodimers when formed by conventional thermolysis techniques16. Reactions of the silenes in the presence of several monomers such as vinyl acetate, allyl methyl ether and methyl acrylate were also studied. Laser-induced decomposition of silacyclobutane and 1,3-disilacyclobutane gave rise to silenes and other oxygen-sensitive deposits17,18. 

Like the parent compounds, the methyl ethers of aldobiouronic acids are resistant to acid hydrolysis, and it is difficult to carry out hydrolysis without some decomposition of the product. This difficulty has recently been overcome by reduction of the uronic acid residue with lithium aluminum hydride66-67 the resulting disaccharide then undergoes hydrolysis without difficulty. The first reduction of the uronic acid residue of a methylated aldobiouronic acid methyl ester was accomplished by Levene, Meyer and Kuna,69 who reduced the methylated aldobiouronic acid from gum arabic with hydrogen in the presence of copper chromite catalyst under the conditions previously used701 for reducing the acety-... 

Carbon Dioxide, Methyl Ethers. Decomposes violently in dimethyl or di-(2-methoxyethyl) ethers if carbon dioxide is present in the solution. If aluminum chloride is also present, the decomposition is explosive.4... 

Miscible blends of poly(vinyl methyl ether) and polystyrene exhibit phase separation at temperatures above 100 C as a result of a lower critical solution temperature and have a well defined phase diagram ( ). This system has become a model blend for studying thermodynamics of mixing, and phase separation kinetics and resultant morphologies obtained by nucleation and growth and spinodal decomposition mechanisms. As a result of its accessible lower critical solution temperature, the PVME/PS system was selected to examine the effects of phase separation and morphology on the damping behavior of the blends and IPNs. 

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