Formaldehyde aromatic ketones

Alkanes n-butene, isopentane, isooctane Cydoalkanes t dohezane, methylcyclopentane Olefins (sometimes called alkenes ) ethylene, propylene, butene Cydoolefins ( clohezene Alkynes acetylene Aromatics toluene, i ene CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS ALDEHYDES, RCHO formaldehyde, acetaldehyde KETONES, RCX R " acetone, methylethylketone NITRIC OXIDE, NO ... 

The diphenyldisulfide, shown above, although useful in some applications, is not elEcient enough to be used as an initiator in many commercial apphcations. Aromatic ketone compounds, however, are a common choice. The ketone carbonyl orbitals that are important in photochemistry are shown in Figure 2.1. The picture is similar to the one shown for formaldehyde in Chapter 1. In flie ground state, the n orbital is localized on the carbonyl oxygen. In flic excited state, however, the n orbital is delocalized over the entire... 

Vanillin reacts in alkaline media with methyl ethyl ketones, with the formation of a characteristic yellow, orange, or red color (9). It is supposed that alkali salts of corresponding vanillal or divanillal derivatives are formed in this reaction. In addition to ketones, certain aldehydes also react, especially aliphatic ones (with the exception of formaldehyde) if stable in an alkaline medium. Among aromatic aldehydes benzaldehyde (in alcohol) reacts well, while substituted benzaldehydes do not react clearly. Purely aromatic ketones are unreactive. 

Aiyl Aliphatic Ketones. Reactions of formaldehyde with aromatic ketones appear to proceed with greater difSculty than those inA-ohing simple aliphatic ketones, and when pushed by the use of heat and strong alkalies ve only complex products. How ever, according to Kuson, Ross and McKeever , the formal of dimethylolacetophenone can be obtained in gpod yield by the action of pai aformaldehyde on acetophenone in methanol solution when potassium carbonate is employed as a catalyst if the reaction is allowed to proceed at room temperature for seA en day s ... 

Primary alkanolamines react with ahphatic and aromatic aldehydes or ketones (other than formaldehyde) to give Schiff bases. 

Other modifications of the polyamines include limited addition of alkylene oxide to yield the corresponding hydroxyalkyl derivatives (225) and cyanoethylation of DETA or TETA, usuaHy by reaction with acrylonitrile [107-13-1/, to give derivatives providing longer pot Hfe and better wetting of glass (226). Also included are ketimines, made by the reaction of EDA with acetone for example. These derivatives can also be hydrogenated, as in the case of the equimolar adducts of DETA and methyl isobutyl ketone [108-10-1] or methyl isoamyl ketone [110-12-3] (221 or used as is to provide moisture cure performance. Mannich bases prepared from a phenol, formaldehyde and a polyamine are also used, such as the hardener prepared from cresol, DETA, and formaldehyde (228). Other modifications of polyamines for use as epoxy hardeners include reaction with aldehydes (229), epoxidized fatty nitriles (230), aromatic monoisocyanates (231), or propylene sulfide [1072-43-1] (232). 

Two substituents on two N atoms increase the number of diaziridine structures as compared with oxaziridines, while some limitations as to the nature of substituents on N and C decrease it. Favored starting materials are formaldehyde, aliphatic aldehydes and ketones, together with ammonia and simple aliphatic amines. Aromatic amines do not react. Suitable aminating agents are chloramine, N-chloroalkylamines, hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid and their simple alkyl derivatives, but also oxaziridines unsubstituted at nitrogen. Combination of a carbonyl compound, an amine and an aminating agent leads to the standard procedures of diaziridine synthesis. 

Instead of formaldehyde, other aldehydes or ketones may be used—aliphatic as well as aromatic recently methylene dihalides have been employed with success. The amine component is often employed as hydrochloride in addition to... 

Substitution of an alicyclic ring for one of the aromatic rings in the amino alcohols such as 32 or 39 produces a series of useful antispasmodic agents that have found some use in the treatment of the symptoms of Parkinson s disease. Mannich reaction of acetophenone with formaldehyde and piperidine affords the amino-ketone, 44a. Reaction of the ketone with cyclohexylmagnesium... 

In much the same vein, the Mannich product from acetophenone with formaldehyde and pyrrolidine (44b) affords procyclidine (49) Dn reaction with cyclohexylmagnesium bromide. In an interesting variation, the ketone is first reacted with phenylmagnesium bromide. Catalytic hydrogenation of the carbinol (50) thus obtained iTin be stopped after the reduction of only one aromatic ring. ... 

Notable examples of general synthetic procedures in Volume 47 include the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes (from dichloro-methyl methyl ether), aliphatic aldehydes (from alkyl halides and trimethylamine oxide and by oxidation of alcohols using dimethyl sulfoxide, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, and pyridinum trifluoro-acetate the latter method is particularly useful since the conditions are so mild), carbethoxycycloalkanones (from sodium hydride, diethyl carbonate, and the cycloalkanone), m-dialkylbenzenes (from the />-isomer by isomerization with hydrogen fluoride and boron trifluoride), and the deamination of amines (by conversion to the nitrosoamide and thermolysis to the ester). Other general methods are represented by the synthesis of 1 J-difluoroolefins (from sodium chlorodifluoroacetate, triphenyl phosphine, and an aldehyde or ketone), the nitration of aromatic rings (with ni-tronium tetrafluoroborate), the reductive methylation of aromatic nitro compounds (with formaldehyde and hydrogen), the synthesis of dialkyl ketones (from carboxylic acids and iron powder), and the preparation of 1-substituted cyclopropanols (from the condensation of a 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol derivative and ethyl-... 

Recently, it has been demonstrated that coordination vacancies on the surface metal cations are relevant to the unique redox reactivity of oxide surfaces]2]. Oxidation of fonnaldehyde and methyl formate to adsorbed formate intermediates on ZnO(OOOl) and reductive C-C coupling of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and cyclic ketones on 1102(001) surfaces reduced by Ar bombardment are observed in temperature-prognunmed desorption(TPD). The thermally reduced 1102(110) surface which is a less heavily damaged surface than that obtained by bombardment and contains Ti cations in the -t-3 and +4 states, still shows activity for the reductive coupling of formaldehyde to form ethene]13]. Interestingly, the catalytic cyclotrimerization of alkynes on TiO2(100) is also traced in UHV conditions, where cation coordination and oxidation states appear to be closely linked to activity and selectivity. The nonpolar Cu20( 111) surface shows a... 

The sulphonated aromatic condensation products form a large and varied group, since formaldehyde will condense with many aromatic compounds [330], including sulphonated arylamines, phenols and aliphatic ketones the range of commercially important products is relatively limited, however. One of the oldest is the condensation product of naphthalene-2-sulphonic acid and formaldehyde (10.99), in which the degree of condensation is thought to... 

Aliphatic Aldehydes > Aromatic Aldehydes > Ketones Aldehydes are generally suitable, excepting highly reactive examples such as formaldehyde which may undergo co-polymerisation with the arylbiguanide in preference to dihydrotriazine-formation. 

Hydroxycoumarin can be considered as an enol tautomer of a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound conjugation with the aromatic ring favours the enol tautomer. This now exposes its potential as a nucleophile. Whilst we may begin to consider enolate anion chemistry, no strong base is required and we may formulate a mechanism in which the enol acts as the nucleophile, in a simple aldol reaction with formaldehyde. Dehydration follows and produces an unsaturated ketone, which then becomes the electrophile in a Michael reaction (see Section 10.10). The nucleophile is a second molecule of 4-hydroxycoumarin. 

In 2008, the same group employed chiral dicarboxylic acid (R)-5 (5 mol%, R = 4- Bu-2,6-Me2-CgHj) as the catalyst in the asymmetric addition of aldehyde N,N-dialkylhydrazones 81 to aromatic iV-Boc-imines 11 in the presence of 4 A molecular sieves to provide a-amino hydrazones 176, valuable precursors of a-amino ketones, in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities (35-89%, 84-99% ee) (Scheme 74) [93], Aldehyde hydrazones are known as a class of acyl anion equivalents due to their aza-enamine structure. Their application in the field of asymmetric catalysis has been limited to the use of formaldehyde hydrazones (Scheme 30). Remarkably, the dicarboxylic acid-catalyzed method applied not only to formaldehyde hydrazone 81a (R = H) but also allowed for the use of various aryl-aldehyde hydrazones 81b (R = Ar) under shghtly modified conditions. Prior to this... 

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