2-formyl dimethylformamide

Formylation. Dimethylformamide and phosphoryl chloride form a I 1 complex which begins to dissociate at about 100°/10 mm. and which can be represented as the ion-pair hybrid (I). For use in formylation, the reagent is employed in excess DMF as solvent. Thus phosphoryl chloride (0.055 mole) is added dropwise to... 

The introduction of the cheap and commercially available N,N-dimethylformamide, instead of A-methylformanilide in the POCI3 catalyzed Vilsmeier formylation of thiophene, has made 2-thio-... 

Further substitution of 2,4-disubstituted and most 2,3-disubstituted thiophenes occurs in the free a-position, except when a - -M-substituent in the 3-position strengthens the 4-directing power of a —1—M-sub-stituent in the 2-position. Thus methyl 3-methyl-2-thiophenecar-boxylate is brominated in the 4-position and 3-brorao-2-thiophene-aldehyde is nitrated in the 4-position. Recent investigations on the chloromethylation, sulfonation, mercuration, and nitration of 2,4-di-chlorothiophene, which without proof are assumed to occur in the 5-position serves as examples of the reactivity of a 2,4-disubstituted thiophene. Formylation with iV,A-dimethylformamide and... 

The reaction of electron-rich aromatic compounds with yV,A -dimethylformamide 2 and phosphorus oxychloride to yield an aromatic aldehyde—e.g. 3 from the substituted benzene 1—is called the Vilsmeier reaction or sometimes the Vilsmeier-Haack reaction. It belongs to a class of formylation reactions that are each of limited scope (see also Gattermann reaction). 

In an initial step the reactive formylating agent is formed from N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) 2 and phosphorus oxychloride. Other N,N-disubstituted formamides have also found application for example A -methyl-A -phenylformamide is often used. The formylating agent is likely to be a chloromethyl iminium salt 4—also called the Vilsmeier complex (however its actual structure is not rigorously known)—that acts as the electrophile in an electrophilic substitution reaction with the aromatic substrate 1 (see also Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction) ... 

Although limited to electron-rich aromatic compounds and alkenes, the Vilsmeier reaction is an important formylation method. When yV,A-dimethylformamide is used in excess, the use of an additional solvent is not necessary. In other cases toluene, dichlorobenzene or a chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon is used as solvent. ... 

Nucleophilic processes that generate chloroindoles are largely confined to the displacements of oxy functions and Sandmeyer reactions of diazo-nium salts [81 H( 15)547]. A low yield of 2-chloroindole was obtained by a reaction sequence that involved treatment of oxindole with phosphoryl chloride, and then treatment of the Vilsmeier salt with sodium bicarbonate [66JOC2627 86H(24)2879]. It is, however, much better to prepare this compound from 2-lithioindole (92JOC2495). With phosphoryl chloride and dimethylformamide ethyl l-hydroxyindole-2-carboxylate failed to give the expected 3-formyl derivative. Instead there was a 50% yield of the 3-chloro derivative (84CPB3678). Diazonium salts have been used as precursors in... 

The strategies used in the synthesis of polymethine dyes are illustrated for a series of indoline derivatives in Scheme 6.1. There is an even wider range of synthetic routes to polymethine dyes than is described here, but they are based for the most part on a similar set of principles. The starting material for the synthesis of this group of polymethine dyes is invariably 2-methylene-1,3,3-trimethylindolenine (121), known universally as Fischer s base. As illustrated in the scheme, compound 121 may be converted by formylation using phosphoryl chloride and dimethylformamide into compound 122, referred to as Fischer s aldehyde, which is also a useful starting material for this series of polymethine dyes. When compound 121 (2 mol) is heated with triethylorthoformate (1 mol) in the presence of a base such as pyridine, the symmetrical cyanine dye, C. I. Basic Red 12 109 is formed. The synthesis of some hemicyanines may be achieved by... 

Poor stirring during formylation of 2,5-dimethylpyrrole with the preformed complex of dimethylformamide with phosphoryl chloride caused eruption of the flask contents. Reaction of the complex with a local excess of the pyrrole may have been involved. 

Formylation of aromatic substrates with the dimethylformamide-car-bonyl chloride complex in chloroform68 demonstrates simple kinetics.69... 

The formyl group is generally introduced via the Vilsmeier reaction by dimethylformamide in the presence of phosphorus oxychloride, by the Sommelet reaction via the corresponding chloromethyl derivative, or by treating the lithio compound with dimethylformamide.87... 

The formyl group provides enough activation so that lithium fluoride will convert 5-bromofuran-2-carboxaldehyde into 5-fluorofuran-2-carboxalde-hyde, but only in dimethylformamide at 100°C. Other metal cations are ineffective. Replacement by other halogens is easy, the chloride-bromide displacement being reversible.180... 

A Vilsmeier reaction of pyridine-2-carbonitriles 126 was found to produce mixtures of l-formyl-2-dimethyl-amino[l,5-4]pyridines with a chlorine atom 127 or a hydrogen 128 at the C-7 position < 1998J(P 1 )3851 >. When extended to isoquinoline-1 -carbonitriles such as 129, this reaction gave in modest yield compounds 130 (Scheme 40). Later on, it was demonstrated that this reaction leads to imidazo[l,5- ]pyridinium chlorides when A,A-dimethylbenzamides were used instead of dimethylformamide (DMF) <1999H(50)887>. 

Carbon tetrachloride. Chloroform, 2-Chlorophenol, Cyclohexanol, Cyclopentene, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, irans-l, 2-Dichloroethylene, IV.yV-Dimethylaniline, lV,lV-Dimethylformamide, 2,4-Dimethylphenol, 2,4-Dinitrotoluene, 1,4-Dioxane, 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine, Ethyl formate. Formaldehyde, Glycine, Methanol, Methylene chloride. Methyl formate, 2-Methvlphenol. Monuron, 4-Nitrophenol, Oxalic acid, Parathion, Pentachlorophenol, Phenol, l idine. Styrene, Trichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride Formylacetic acid, see cis-l,3-Dichloropropylene, irans-1,3-Dichloropropylene IV-Formylcarbamate of 1-naphthol, see Carbaryl Formyl chloride, see Chloroethane, Chloroform, sym-Dichloromethyl ether, ds-1,3-Dichloropropylene, irans-ES-Dichloropropylene, Methyl chloride. Methylene chloride. Trichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride lV-Formyl-4-chloro-o-toluidine, see Chlornhenamidine. 

In attempts to formylate the bicyclic compound 5-methyl-9-phenylhy-drazono-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4-oxo-4//-pyrido[l,2- z]pyrimidine 3-carboxy-late (129) with dimethylformamide-phosphoroxychloride at 90-100°C, a degenerate ring rearrangement took place, resulting in the formation of 7-(o -chloroethyl)-8-chloro-9-(A,A-dimethylaminomethylene)amino-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4-oxo-4H-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylate (131)... 

Metalation of thieno[3,4-6]thiophene (3) with one equivalent of n-butyllithium at —20° followed by dimethylformamide produced a mixture of 4-formyl (194) and 6-formylthieno[3,4-b]thiophene (195) in a 1 4 ratio, in contrast to the 7 3 ratio obtained by Ae Vilsmder formyla-tion of thienothiophene 3. ... 

Fur die regioselektive Metallierung von 4,5-unsubstituierten 1,2-disubstituierten Imidazolen in 4-Stellung ist in der Literatur nur cin Beispiel beschrieben (falls kein Irrtum bei der Struk-turermittlung vorliegt) 2-Fluor-l-triphenylmethyl-imidazol wurde mit tert.-Butyl-lithium und Dimethylformamid zu 2-Fluor-4-formyl-l-triphenylmethyl-imidazol umgesetzt1041. 

Uber eine Relais-Synthese lassen sich aus 4-(a-Amino-benzy]idenamino)-4H-l,2,4-triazolcn mit Carbonsaureanhydriden oder Carbonsaure-chloriden in Dimethylformamid 2-substi-tuierte 1,3,4-Oxadiazole im Eintopfverfahren herstellen552,553. Diese Reaktion verlauft iiber Acyl-hydrazone von 1-Formyl-3-phenyl-l,2,4-triazol, dessen Pyrolyse ebenfalls gute Aus-beuten liefert552. Mit dieser Methode konnten einige 1,3,4-Oxadiazole in besseren Ausbeuten und groBerer Reinheit als nach anderen Verfahren synthetisiert werden. 

Reductive processes are sometimes useful for conversion of polyiodinated pyrroles into compounds with fewer iodine atoms. Sequential action of butyl-lithium and water reduced tetraiodopyrrole to a mixture of 2,3,4-triiodopyrrole (63%) and 2,3,5-triiodopyrrole (3%). Zinc and acetic acid was able to reduce the tetraiodo compound to 3,4-diiodopyrrole which was converted by butyl-lithium and then dimethylformamide into 3-formyl-... 

An unusual reaction leading to the formation of 4-thioxopyrazolo[3,4-d]-pyrimidines has been reported. 1-Substituted 4-cyano-5-aminopyrazoles (103, R = H) react with phenyl isothiocyanate in dimethylformamide (DMF) saturated with hydrogen chloride to yield 1-substituted 4(5//)-pyrazolo[3,4-d]-pyrimidinethione (110). A proposed reaction sequence involved an initial nucleophilic addition of phenyl isothiocyanate to the protonated o-amino-nitrile to give an o-aminothioamide (108), followed by formylation by the dimethylformamide-hydrogen chloride mixture affording 109, which then cyclizes to the final product 110 (70MI1). 

N, A -dimethylformamide (DMF). This reaction proceeds by formation of the electrophilic Vilsmeier complex, followed by electrophilic substitution of the heterocycle. The formyl group is generated in the hydrolytic workup. 

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