Ethanol reaction with potassium

The small effect on reaction rates of the addition of crown ethers to the lower alcohols was also observed in the reaction of potassium acetate with 1-bromobutane in ethanol (Hirao et al., 1978a,b). The displacement of fluorine in either o-nitro- or p-nitro-fluorobenzene by a methoxy group, by reaction with potassium methoxide in methanol was hardly influenced by the presence of dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 (Del Cima et al., 1973). Mariani et al. (1978), too,... 

Saunders and co-workers (Amin et al., 1990) determined the secondary tritium KIEs for the E2 reactions of [19] with sodium ethoxide in ethanol, [20] with potassium t-butoxide in t-butyl alcohol and [21] with potassium t-butoxide in t-butyl alcohol over a temperature range of 40°C. The Arrhenius parameters were found for each isotopic reactant and the AhIAt ratios were calculated (Table 41). The AH/AT ratios for the reactions of [19] and [21] are both less than unity, confirming that, in agreement with the model calculations, tunnelling is important in these reactions. The AHIAT ratio for the reaction of... 

Chlorophenazine 5,10-dioxide undergoes reaction with potassium hydroxide in 95% ethanol and water at reflux temperature to afford phenazin-2-ol 5,10-dioxide. ... 

A mixture of 13 g (0.066 mol) of benzophenone bydrazone, 15 g of anhydrous sodium sulfate, 35 g (0.16 mol) of yellow (or red) mercuric oxide, 200 mL of dry ether, and 5 mL (10 mL if red mercuric oxide is used) of ethanol saturated with potassium hydroxide is shaken for 75 min in a pressure bottle wrapped in a wet towel. The reaction mixture is filtered, and the solvent is evaporated under reduced pressure at room temperature. The dark red oil thus obtained is dissolved in petroleum ether (bp 30-60 °C), and the solution is filtered again. Removal of the solvent from the filtrate under reduced pressure at room temperature gives an oil, which crystallizes when frozen in a stoppered flask in dry ice. After the flask has warmed to room temperature, the dark-red crystals are spread over a porous plate to give 11.4 g (89%) of dipbenyldiazometbane, mp 29-30 °C. 

Geminal alkylation (4,212-213). The definitive paper on geminal alkylation of ketones via cyclobutanones has been published. The original method involves dibromination of the cyclobutanone and consequently is not suitable for substrates containing isolated double bonds. In this case an alternative approach is available via a-trimethylenedithiocyclobutanones. Direct condensation of trimethylene dithiotosylate (4, 539-540 5, 71) with the cyclobutanone enolate fails, but can be accomplished indirectly by conversion of the cyclobutanone into an enamide by reaction with i-butoxybis(dimethylamino)-methane. The desired dithiane is then obtained by reaction of the enamide and trimethylenedithiotosylate in ethanol buffered with potassium acetate. The sequence is illustrated for 1-tetralone (1). The product (4) obtained in this way... 

Recently, a variation of the von Richter reaction was disclosed involving A -arylnitrones as surrogate nitroarenes that also are proposed to undergo a c/ e-substitution reaction with potassium cyanide. The reaction with potassium cyanide in refluxing 33% ethanol for 2 h provides a 52% yield of benzoic acid and is one of the highest yielding examples of a von Richter reaction. 

Nucleophilic substitution reactions are important in organic synthesis because the halogen atom on halogenoalkanes can be replaced by other functional groups. The reaction with potassium cyanide is a good illustration of this. The cyanide ion reacts to form a nitrile. For example, bromoethane reacts by an Sj42 mechanism with a solution of potassium cyanide in ethanol to form propanenitrile ... 

The independent preparation of potassium phthabmide (from a solution of phthalimide in absolute ethanol and potassium hydroxide in 75 per cent, ethanol) may be avoided in many cases by boiling phthalimide with the halide in the presence of anhydrous potassium carbonate. The N-substituted phthalimide (I) is frequently cleav with difficulty this is often facilitated by reaction with hydrazine hydrate to give an intermediate product, which is easily decomposed by hydrochloric acid to 3deld the insoluble hydrazide of phthaUc acid (II) and the primary amine (III) ... 

When 1 2 dibromodecane was treated with potassium hydroxide m aqueous ethanol it yielded a mixture of three isomenc compounds of molecular formula CioHi9Br Each of these compounds was converted to 1 decyne on reaction with sodium amide m dimethyl sulfoxide Men tify these three compounds... 

A number of chemiluminescent reactions may proceed through unstable dioxetane intermediates (12,43). For example, the classical chemiluminescent reactions of lophine [484-47-9] (18), lucigenin [2315-97-7] (20), and transannular peroxide decomposition. Classical chemiluminescence from lophine (18), where R = CgH, is derived from its reaction with oxygen in aqueous alkaline dimethyl sulfoxide or by reaction with hydrogen peroxide and a cooxidant such as sodium hypochlorite or potassium ferricyanide (44). The hydroperoxide (19) has been isolated and independentiy emits light in basic ethanol (45). 

In some instances a carbon-carbon bond can be formed with C-nucleophiles. For example, 3-carboxamido-6-methylpyridazine is produced from 3-iodo-6-methylpyridazine by treatment with potassium cyanide in aqueous ethanol and l,3-dimethyl-6-oxo-l,6-dihydro-pyridazine-4-carboxylic acid from 4-chloro-l,3-dimethylpyridazin-6-(lH)-one by reaction with a mixture of cuprous chloride and potassium cyanide. Chloro-substituted pyridazines react with Grignard reagents. For example, 3,4,6-trichloropyridazine reacts with f-butyl-magnesium chloride to give 4-t-butyl-3,5,6-trichloro-l,4-dihydropyridazine (120) and 4,5-di-t-butyl-3,6-dichloro-l,4-dihydropyridazine (121) and both are converted into 4-t-butyl-3,6-dichloropyridazine (122 Scheme 38). 

In a German patent issued in 1929, Bergs described a synthesis of some 5-substituted hydantoins by treatment of aldehydes or ketones (1) with potassium cyanide, ammonium carbonate, and carbon dioxide under several atmospheres of pressure at 80°C. In 1934, Bucherer et al. isolated a hydantoin derivative as a by-product in their preparation of cyanohydrin from cyclohexanone. They subsequently discovered that hydantoins could also be formed from the reaction of cyanohydrins (e.g. 3) and ammonium carbonate at room temperature or 60-70°C either in water or in benzene. The use of carbon dioxide under pressure was not necessary for the reaction to take place. Bucherer and Lieb later found that the reaction proceeded in 50% aqueous ethanol in excellent yields for ketones and good yields for aldehydes. ... 

In most cases, however, many substrates give a mixture of stereoisomers with a certain degree of stereoselectivity. When ketone 39 was treated with potassium cyanide and ammonium carbonate in ethanol/water, a mixture of epimeric hydantoins 40 and 41 were isolated.Similarly, the Bucherer-Bergs reaction of ketone 42 gave rise to a... 

In summary, the Bucherer-Bergs reaction converts aldehydes or ketones to the corresponding hydantoins. It is often carried out by treating the carbonyl compounds with potassium cyanide and ammonium carbonate in 50% aqueous ethanol. The resulting hydantoins, often of pharmacological importance, may also serve as the intermediates for amino acid synthesis. 

To a solution of 112 (2.0 g, 43.0 mmol) in 50 mL of dry THF at -65°C was added a solution of 111 (4.45 g, 34.0 mmol) in 100 mL of absolute ethanol containing 5 mL of acetic acid cooled to - 65°C in one portion. After stirring for 15 min., dry triethylamine (4.8 g, 510 mmol) was added. The reaction continued for 24 h with slow warming to room temperature before reducing the volume to 10 mL. The crude 113 was brought to pH 10 with potassium carbonate. The aqueous solution was continuously extracted with chloroform, dried (K2CO3), evaporated onto neutral alumina, placed on a column of neutral alumina (50 g) and eluted with chloroform. The solvent was evaporated and the residue crystallized from ethanol to yield 113 (2.86 g 55%). The yellow solid had a mp = 72.5-73.8°C. 

Dehydration to 2-vinylthiophene is better achieved from 2-(2-thienyl) ethanol with powdered potassium hydroxide in the presence of copper than from 1-(2-thienyl) ethanol. a-Chloro-2-thienylpro-pane undergoes a Wurtz reaction with active iron to give 3,4-di-(2-thienyl) hexane in low yield, which has also been obtained through coupling with n-butyllithium. ... 

A mixture of 31 5 g (0.1 mol) of 2-chloro-9-(3 -dimethylaminopropylidene)-thiaxanthene (MP 97°C) and 100 g of N-( 3-hydroxyethyl)-piperazine is heated to 130°C and boiled under reflux at this temperature for 48 hours. After cooling, the excess of N-( 3-hydroxyethyl)-piperazine Is evaporated in vacuo, and the residue is dissolved in ether. The ether phase is washed with water and extracted with dilute acetic acid, and 2-chloro-9-[3 -N-(N - -hydroxy-ethyD-piperazinylpropylidene] -thiaxanthene separated from the aqueous acetic acid solution by addition of dilute sodium hydroxide solution to basic reaction. The free base is extracted with ether, the ether phase dried over potassium carbonate, the ether evaporated and the residue dissolved in absolute ethanol. By complete neutralization of the ethanolic solution with a solution of dry hydrogen chloride in absolute ethanol, the dihydrochloride of 2-chloro-9-[3 -N-(N -(3-hydroxyethyl)-piperazinylpropylidene] -thiaxanthene is produced and crystallizes out as a white substance melting at about 250°C to 260°C with decomposition. The yield is 32 g. 

A solution containing 741 g (5.0 mols) of 1-phenyl-2-propylidenylhydrazine, 300 g (5.0 mols) of glacial acetic acid and 900 cc of absolute ethanol was subjected to hydrogenation at 1,875 psi of hydrogen in the presence of 10 gof platinum oxide catalyst and at a temperature of 30°C to 50°C (variation due to exothermic reaction). The catalyst was removed by filtration and the solvent and acetic acid were distilled. The residue was taken up In water and made strongly alkaline by the addition of solid potassium hydroxide. The alkaline mixture was extracted with ether and the ether extracts dried with potassium carbonate. The product was collected by fractional distillation, BP B5°C (0.30 mm) yield 512 g (68%). 

When a cold (-78 °C) solution of the lithium enolate derived from amide 6 is treated successively with a,/ -unsaturated ester 7 and homogeranyl iodide 8, intermediate 9 is produced in 87% yield (see Scheme 2). All of the carbon atoms that will constitute the complex pentacyclic framework of 1 are introduced in this one-pot operation. After some careful experimentation, a three-step reaction sequence was found to be necessary to accomplish the conversion of both the amide and methyl ester functions to aldehyde groups. Thus, a complete reduction of the methyl ester with diisobutylalu-minum hydride (Dibal-H) furnishes hydroxy amide 10 which is then hydrolyzed with potassium hydroxide in aqueous ethanol. After acidification of the saponification mixture, a 1 1 mixture of diastereomeric 5-lactones 11 is obtained in quantitative yield. Under the harsh conditions required to achieve the hydrolysis of the amide in 10, the stereogenic center bearing the benzyloxypropyl side chain epimerized. Nevertheless, this seemingly unfortunate circumstance is ultimately of no consequence because this carbon will eventually become part of the planar azadiene. 

Ethyl o-nitrophenylpyruvate and o-nitrophenylpyruvic acid 14-21 have been prepared by condensation of o-nitrotoluene with diethyl oxalate in the presence of potassium ethoxide,4 14 sodium ethoxide,16-20 or sodium methoxide.21 Sodium ethoxide is less reactive, however, and cannot be substituted successfully for potassium ethoxide in the present procedure, as it gives a very poor yield and poor quality of precipitated sodium salt. With sodium ethoxide the reaction does not appear to go to completion even under the conditions of refluxing ethanol usually employed,16-21 which are considerably more severe than the room temperature conditions employed with potassium ethoxide in the present procedure. o-Nitrophenylpyruvic add has also been prepared by hydrochloric acid hydrolysis of o-nitro-a-acetamino-dnnamic azlactone.4... 

When the reaction is run with potassium fert-butoxide in THF at -5°C, one obtains (after hydrolysis) the normal Knoevenagel product (32), except that the isocyano group has been hydrated (16-65). With the same base but with DME as solvent the product is the nitrile (33). When the ketone is treated with 31 and thallium(I) ethoxide in a 4 1 mixture of absolute ethanol and DME at room temperature, the product is a 4-ethoxy-2-oxazoline (34). Since 33 can be hydrolyzed to a carboxylic acid and 34 to an a-hydroxy aldehyde, this versatile reaction provides a means for achieving the conversion of RCOR to RCHR COOH, RCHR CN, or RCR (OH)CHO. The conversions to RCHR COOH and to RCHR CN have also been carried out with certain aldehydes (R = H). 

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