Recrystallization, fractional, and

In extending this direct method of synthesis, we next investigated the possibility of preparing similarly constituted halides from 2-deoxy-D-arabino-hexose (2-deoxy-D-glucose) (21). The hexose was subjected to a partial anomerization procedure described by Bergmann and co-workers (1). The solid material obtained by this procedure is a mixture of the anomeric forms of 2-deoxy-D-arabino-hexose low temperature p-nitro-benzoylation of the latter in pyridine resulted in a mixture of crystalline, anomeric tetrakis-p-nitrobenzoates in a ratio of approximately 1 1. They were readily separable by fractional recrystallization, and treatment of either with an excess of hydrogen bromide in dichloromethane, or with... 

The lanthanide group of elements (Table 11.7) is very difficult to separate by traditional methods because of their similar chemical properties. The techniques originally used, like the precious metals, included laborious multiple fractional recrystallizations and fractional precipitation, both of which required many recycle streams to achieve reasonably pure products. Such techniques were unable to cope with the demands for significant quantities of certain pure compounds required by the electronics industry hence, other separation methods were developed. Resin ion exchange was the first of these... 

If both anomers of the glycoside are obtained in a reaction, it is necessary to separate them. One separation method that has been used is the preferential extraction101 of the anomers with a volatile solvent. After extraction of the individual glycoside, the solvent is removed by evaporation, and the glycoside may be obtained in crystalline form. A second method of separation utilizes fractional recrystallization, and it may be possible by proper selection of the solvent to obtain both anomers in crystalline form. A third method utilizes chromatography for separating the anomers, and the pure anomers may be obtained from appropriate fractions from the column. The anomeric configuration of the anomers which have been obtained in pure form will need to be determined. Such determinations can be made by measurement of physical constants, from the n.m.r. spectra, and from the susceptibility of the anomer to enzymes of known specificity. 

In one report, the enantiomers of the racemic compound 73, whose structure resembles ketone 2a, were separated by fractional recrystallization of the optically active mandelic acid salts [43]. Although we tried to optically resolve the optically active mandelic acid salts of the racemic ketone ( )-2a, no satisfying results were obtained. After several trials, the (+)- or (-)-di-p-toluoyl tartrate salt prepared from ketone ( )-2a was effectively fractionally recrystallized and finally provided the optically active ketones (+)-2a and (-)-2a [42]. The chiral ketone (-)-2a was converted to compound 73 via compound 72 by thioacetalization followed by desulfurization using Raney nickel... 

Racemic compounds other than carboxylic acids have also been resolved by reaction with enantiomerically pure (1) and separation of the corresponding diastereomeric mixtures by physical methods. For example, reaction of a racemic p-substituted 7-butyrolactone with (1) yields a mixture of hydroxy amides, which can be separated by fractional recrystallization and chromatography (eq 3). Amide hydrolysis regenerates the chiral hydroxy acids, which spontaneously cyclize to produce the chiral lactones. 

The same year, Gerlach described a synthesis of optically active 1 from (/ )- ,3-butanediol (7) (Scheme 1.2). The diastereomeric esters produced from (-) camphorsulfonyl chloride and racemic 1,3-butanediol were fractionally recrystallized and then hydrolized to afford enantiomerically pure 7. Tosylation of the primary alcohol, displacement with sodium iodide, and conversion to the phosphonium salt 8 proceeded in 58% yield. Methyl-8-oxo-octanoate (10), the ozonolysis product of the enol ether of cyclooctanone (9), was subjected to Wittig condensation with the dilithio anion of 8 to give 11 as a mixture of olefin isomers in 32% yield. The ratio, initially 68 32 (E-.Z), was easily enriched further to 83 17 (E Z) by photolysis in the presence of diphenyl disulfide. The synthesis was then completed by hydrolysis of the ester to the seco acid, conversion to the 2-thiopyridyl ester, and silver-mediated ring closure to afford 1 (70%). Gerlach s synthesis, while producing the optically active natural product, still did not address the problem posed by the olefin geometry. 

Diastereomeric relationships provide the basis on which a number of important processes depend. Resolution is the separation of a mixture containing equal quantities of enantiomers (termed a racemate or racemic mixture) into its components. Separation is ordinarily effected by converting the mixture of enantiomers into a mixture of diastereomers by treatment with an optically active reagent (the resolving agent). Since the diastereomers will have different physical and chemical properties, they can be separated by conventional methods and the enantiomers regenerated in a subsequent step. An example of this method is shown in Scheme 2.2 for the resolution of a racemic carboxylic acid by way of diastereomeric salt formation using an optically active amine. The / -acid-/ -amine and S-acid-/ -amine salts are separated by fractional recrystallization, and the resolved carboxylic acid is freed from its amine salt by acidification. 

A/Methylsulfonylphenylalanyl chloride (1) is particularly useful in the derivatization of mesodiols. Mixtures of diastereomeric monoesters can be obtained, from which pure diastereomers are usually isolated by fractional recrystallization and/or chromatography. Chemical transformation of the free hydroxy group, followed by removal of the chiral auxiliary, allows the selective transformation of each prochiral hydroxy group. Isolation of the other... 

DAG is treated with ethanol and hydrochloric acid in the presence of inert solvent, eg, chlorinated solvents, hydrocarbons, ketones, etc. The L-ascorbic acid precipitates from the mixture as it forms, minimising its decomposition (69). Cmde L-ascorbic acid is isolated through filtration and purified by recrystallization from water. The pure L-ascorbic acid is isolated, washed with ethanol, and dried. The mother Hquor from the recrystallization step is treated in the usual manner to recover the L-ascorbic acid and ethanol contained in it. The cmde L-ascorbic acid mother Hquor contains solvents and acetone Hberated in the DAG hydrolysis. The solvents are recovered by fractional distillation and recycled. Many solvent systems have been reported for the acid-catalyzed conversion of DAG to L-ascorbic acid (46). Rearrangement solvent systems are used which contain only the necessary amount of water required to give >80% yields of high purity cmde L-ascorbic acid (70). 

Classical methods for separation and purification include fractional distillation of liquids and recrystallization of solids, and these two methods are routinely included in the early portions of laboratory courses in organic chemistry. Because they are capable of being adapted to work on a large scale, fractional distillation and recrystallization are the preferred methods for purifying organic substances in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. 

The classical methods used to separate the lanthanides from aqueous solutions depended on (i) differences in basicity, the less-basic hydroxides of the heavy lanthanides precipitating before those of the lighter ones on gradual addition of alkali (ii) differences in solubility of salts such as oxalates, double sulfates, and double nitrates and (iii) conversion, if possible, to an oxidation state other than -1-3, e g. Ce(IV), Eu(II). This latter process provided the cleanest method but was only occasionally applicable. Methods (i) and (ii) required much repetition to be effective, and fractional recrystallizations were sometimes repeated thousands of times. (In 1911 the American C. James performed 15 000 recrystallizations in order to obtain pure thulium bromate). 

Pyridine has been phenylated with the following free-radical sources benzenediazonium chloride with aluminum trichloride the Gomberg reaction " phenylhydrazine and metal oxides A -nitroso-acetanilide dibenzoyl peroxide phenylazotriphenylmethane di-phenyliodonium hydroxide and electrolysis of benzoic acid. ° Although 2-phenylpyridine usually accounts for over 50% of the total phenylated product, each of the three phenyl derivatives can be obtained from the reaction by fractional recrystallization of the... 

The phenylation of quinoline with dibenzoyl peroxide has been reported to give a mixture of 4- and 5-phenylquinoline which can be separated by the fractional recrystallization of their picrates, In a later investigation, the other five phenylquinolines have also been identified among the products, the relative reactivities of the nuclear positions being 8- > 4- > 3-, 5- > 2-, 6-, 7-... 

The crude product is dissolved in benzene-hexane (1 1) and applied to a column containing 125 g. of silicic acid (Note 10). Elution with the same solvent gives traces (less than 5 mg. each) of the two fast-moving components in fractions 2 and 4 (125-ml. fractions) and chromatographically pure cholane-24-aI in fractions 5-8 (Note 11). Evaporation of the pooled fractions yields 870 mg. (84%) of the pure crystalline aldehyde, m.p. 102-104°. Recrystallization from 5 ml. of acetone raises the melting point to 103-104° (Note 12). 

Pyridine-3,4-diamine and ethyl acetoacetate give a mixture of the tautomers 10A and 10B, which can be separated by fractional recrystallization.298... 

A solution of pyridine-3,4-diamine (2.5 g, 23 mmol) and ethyl acetoacetate (4.55 g, 35 mmol) in toluene (180 mL) was refluxed for 5 h with azeotropic removal of H20. A mixture of I0A and I0B separated as a solid (2.42 g. 60%). Fractional recrystallization from benzene, followed by MeCN and finally EtOH/ cyclohexane gave 2-methyl-3//-pyrido[3.4-A][1,4]diazepin-4(5//)-one (10A) bright-yellow crystals mp 180-182 C. The more soluble component was 2-methyl-1 //-pyrido[3,4-6] 1,4]diazepin-4(5//)-one (10B) pale-yellow crystals mp 168-171 °C (benzene). 

Dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin was prepared from isotopic potassium 2,4-dichlorophenate uniformly labeled with Ullman conditions gave a 20.5% yield. Small amounts of dichlorophenoxy chlorophenol were removed from the product by extraction with sodium hydroxide before purification by fractional sublimation and recrystallization from anisole. Chlorination of 2,7-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in chloroform solution containing trace amounts of FeCls and 12 yielded a mixture of tri-, tetra-, and pentachloro substitution products. Purification by digestion in boiling chloroform, fractional sublimation, and recrystallization from anisole was effective in refining this product to 92% 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro isomer, which also contained 7% of the tri- and 1% of the penta-substituted dibenzo-p-dioxin. Mass spectroscopy was used exclusively to monitor the quality of the products during the synthesis. 

Chlorinated dibenzo-ip-dioxins were prepared on the gram scale for use as toxicological standards, 2,7-Dichlorodi-henzo-p-dioxin was prepared by catalytic condensation of potassium 2-bromo-4-chlorophenate in 70% yield. Thermal condensation of the potassium salt of 2,4,4 -trichloro-2 -hydroxy diphenyl ether gave a mixture of the 2,8- and 2,7-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxins which were separated by fractional recrystallization. 2,3,7,8-T etrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin of 99.9- -% purity was prepared by catalytic condensation of potassium 2,4,5-trichlorophenate. An isomeric mixture of hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins was prepared by pyrolytic condensation of sodium 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenate. Chlorination of pentachlorophenol (containing < 0.07% tetrachlorophenol) in trichlorobenzene gave octachlorodi-benzo-p-dioxin in 80% yield contaminated by 5-15% heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Oxidative methods were used to produce octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin at 99.9% purity. 

Samples of l,l,l-trifhioro-2,2-bis(p-fluorophenyl)-ethane, and the corresponding bis-(p-chlorophenyl) derivative were obtained by applying Henne s fluorination method to DFDT and DDT, respectively. In both instances a mixture of the mono-, di-, and trifluoro compounds was obtained, but the desired trifluorinated material was separated by fractional recrystallization from methanol and cooling with a mixture of dry ice and acetone. 

Chiral sulfonium ylides have been known for some 30 years, and their stereochemistry and properties have been studied.15 Optically active selenonium ylides were obtained by reacting selenoxides with 1,3-cyclohexanedione under asymmetric conditions by Sakaki and Oae in 1976 for the first time,16 and also optically resolved by fractional recrystallization of the diastereomeric mixtures in the early 1990s.17 In 1995, optically active selenonium ylides 6 were obtained in over 99% de by nucleophilic substitution of optically active chloroselenurane or selenoxide with active methylene compounds with retention of configuration.18 The absolute configurations were determined by X-ray analysis of one... 

Optically active telluronium ylides were not obtained for a long time. Optically active diastereomeric telluronium ylides 7 were obtained for the first time in 1995 by fractional recrystallization of the diastereomeric mixture.19 The absolute configurations of the chiral telluronium ylides were determined by comparing their specific rotations and circular dichroism spectra with those of the corresponding selenonium ylide with known absolute configuration. The telluronium ylides were found to be much more stable toward racemization than the sulfonium and selenonium ylides (Scheme 4). 

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