Enolates Nitrosation with nitroso compounds

Carbons adjacent to a Z group (as defined on p. 548) can be nitrosated with nitrous acid or alkyl nitrites. The initial product is the C-nitroso compound, but these are stable only when there is no tautomerizable hydrogen. When there is, the product is the more stable oxime. The situation is analogous to that with azo compounds and hydrazones (12-7). The mechanism is similar to that in 12-7 R—H —> R + N=0 — R—N=0. The attacking species is either NO or a carrier of it. When the substrate is a simple ketone, the mechanism goes through the enol (as in halogenation 12-4) ... 

There appears to be little reported work on S-nitrosation reactions of simple thioke-tones. Thiocamphor when treated with /50-amyl nitrite in fact gives the oxime58 (formerly called a isonitroso compounds), presumably via the tautomeric form of the thione, i.e. the enethiol. In this respect the reaction is very similar to the reactions of ketones59 which give oximes or C-nitroso compounds via the enol intermediates60. 

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Another method is nitrosation with nitrous acid or, preferably, an alkyl nitrite in acidic solution. The enol of the carbonyl compound 91 reacts 92 with NO+, formed from RONO in acid, to give the unstable nitroso compound 93 that tautomerises to the stable oxime 94. If the dicarbonyl compound 95 is wanted, the oxime is easily hydrolysed. 

Indirect replacement of the a-hydrogen atom of carboxylic esters by the nitroso group is remarkable. This procedure uses ketene 0-alkyl O -silyl acetals (1), generated from carboxylic esters, which are treated with nitric oxide or isopentyl nitrite in the presence of titanium(IV) chloride. In the absence of an a-hydrogen a-nitroso esters (2) are obtained. a-Nitroso esters with an a-hydrogen undergo isomerization to oximes of a-keto esters (3 equation 1). Similarly, silyl enol ethers of aldehydes or ketones can be used instead of the carbonyl compound itself for nitrosation. Thus, treatment of enol ether (4) with nitro-syl chloride gives the a-nitroso aldehyde (5 equation 2), which is quite stable at 0 C, but dimerizes at room temperature. 

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