Formyl fluoride, formylation

Formyl fluoride —, formylation with — 16, 879 N-Formyl groups, protective, removal, oxidative 16, 27 1-Formylimidazole, formylation with — 18, 472 a-Formylketones... 

My early work with acyl fluorides also involved formyl fluoride, ITCOF, the only stable acyl halide of formic acid, which was first made in 1933 by Nyesmeyanov, who did not, however, pursue its chemistry. 1 developed its use as a formylating agent and also explored formyla-tion reactions with CO and HF, catalyzed by BF3. 

The anhydride of formic acid has not been isolated, but mixed anhydrides are known, and, with acetic acid, the latter have utifity as formylating agents (22). The only known formyl haUde is the fluoride, which has a boiling poiat of —29° C. 

Whereas the above reactions are appHcable to activated aromatics, deactivated aromatics can be formylated by reaction with hexamethylenetetramine in strong acids such as 75% polyphosphoric acid, methanesulfonic acid, or trifluoroacetic acid to give saUcylaldehyde derivatives (117). Formyl fluoride (HCOF) has also been used as formyl a ting agent in the Friedel-Crafts reaction of aromatics (118). Formyl fluoride [1493-02-3] in the presence of BF was found to be an efficient electrophilic formyl a ting agent, giving 53% para-, 43% ortho- and 3.5% meta-tolualdehydes upon formylation of toluene (110). 

Attempts to use acetic-formic anhydride with Friedel-Crafts catalysts resulted only in acetylation. However, using anhydrous HF as a catalyst, a small amount of aldehyde is also formed in accordance with the fact that acetic—formic anhydride gives both acetyl and formyl fluoride with HF. By continuous removal of the low boiling HCOF, the reaction can be shifted to the formation of this compound (118). 

The reaction ot tormamides with sulfur tetrafluoride in the presence of potassium fluoride leads to replacement of both carbonyl oxygen and hydrogen with fluorine. The formyl group is directly converted into the trifluoromethyl group A-(trifluoromethyl)amines are formed in near quantitative yields [233] (equation 121)... 

CIS- And trans-1,2-difluoroethylene are oxidized by ozone stereoselectively to a mixture of the corresponding epoxides and ozonides with formyl fluoride The composition of the mixture depends on the solvent used [25] (equation 16)... 

Mesitaldehyde may be prepared from mesitylmagnesium bromide by the reaction with orthoformate esters3 or ethoxy-methyleneaniline 3 from acetylmesitylene by oxidation with potassium permanganate,4 from mesitoyl chloride by reduction,5 from mesityllithium by the reaction with iron pentacarbonyl and from mesitylene by treatment with formyl fluoride and boron trifluoride,7 by treatment with carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, and aluminum chloride,8 or by various applications of the Gatterman synthesis.9-11... 

Thionyl fluoride, as by-product in sulfur tetrafluoride reactions, 41, 105 toxidty of, 41,105 Thiophene-2-OL, 43, 55 2(5H)-Thiophenone, 43, 55 Thiosemicarbazide, in synthesis of 1,2,4 triazole, 40, 99 reaction with formic acid to yield l-formyl-3-thiosemicarbazide, 40,99... 

These reactions are most important for the preparation of acyl fluorides. " Acyl chlorides and anhydrides can be converted to acyl fluorides by treatment with polyhydrogen fluoride-pyridine solution" or with liquid HF at — 10°C. Formyl fluoride, which is a stable compound, was prepared by the latter procedure from the mixed anhydride of formic and acetic acids. Acyl fluorides can also be obtained by reaction of acyl chlorides with KF in acetic acid or with DAST. Carboxylic esters and anhydrides can be converted to acyl halides other than fluorides by the inorganic acid halides mentioned in 10-77, as well as with PhsPXa (X = Cl or but this is seldom done. Halide exchange can be carried out in a... 

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations are being used to study the reactions of anionic nucleophiles with carbonyl compounds in the gas phase. A rich variety of energy surfaces is found as shown here for reactions of hydroxide ion with methyl formate and formaldehyde, chloride ion with formyl and acetyl chloride, and fluoride ion with formyl fluoride. Extension of these investigations to determine the influence of solvation on the energy profiles is also underway the statistical mechanics approach is outlined and illustrated by results from Monte Carlo simulations for the addition of hydroxide ion to formaldehyde in water. 

Two attempts to ozonise mixtures of ethylene and formyl fluoride in absence of solvent led to explosions. 

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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... 

Formyl fluoride (HCOF), 12 178-179 Formylglycine ribotide (FGAR), folic acid and, 25 802... 

Formyl fluoride, 50, 2 Fremy s salt, 52, 86, 88 Furan, 3-aeety1-2,4-dimethyl-, 53, 1... 

The base-catalysed addition of thiols to Jt-electron-deficient alkenes is an important aspect of synthetic organic chemistry. Particular use of Triton-B, in place of inorganic bases, has been made in the reaction of both aryl and alkyl thiols with 1-acyloxy-l-cyanoethene, which behaves as a formyl anion equivalent in the reaction [1], Tetra-n-butylammonium and benzyltriethylammonium fluoride also catalyse the Michael-type addition of thiols to a,P-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [2], The reaction is usually conducted under homogeneous conditions in telrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, acetone, or acetonitrile, to produce the thioethers in almost quantitative yields (Table 4.22). Use has also been made of polymer-supported qua-... 

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