Aromatic heterocyclic compounds

This reagent affords compounds (1 1) with aromatic hydrocarbons and other classes of organic compounds (heterocyclic compounds, aromatic ethers, etc.). 

Aromaticity has been long recognized as one of the most useful theoretical concepts in organic chemistry. It is essential in understanding the reactivity, structure and many physico-chemical characteristics of heterocyclic compounds. Aromaticity can be defined as a measure of the basic state of cyclic conjugated TT-electron systems, which is manifested in increased thermodynamic stability, planar geometry with non-localized cyclic bonds, and the ability to sustain an induced ring current. In contrast to aromatic compounds there exist nonaromatic and antiaromatic systems. Thus, pyrazine (69)... 

Decolorisation by Animal Charcoal. It sometimes hap pens (particularly with aromatic and heterocyclic compounds) that a crude product may contain a coloured impurity, which on recrystallisation dissolves in the boiling solvent, but is then partly occluded by crystals as they form and grow in the cooling solution. Sometimes a very tenacious occlusion may thus occur, and repeated and very wasteful recrystallisation may be necessary to eliminate the impurity. Moreover, the amount of the impurity present may be so small that the melting-point and analytical values of the compound are not sensibly affected, yet the appearance of the sample is ruined. Such impurities can usually be readily removed by boiling the substance in solution with a small quantity of finely powdered animal charcoal for a short time, and then filtering the solution while hot. The animal charcoal adsorbs the coloured impurity, and the filtrate is usually almost free from extraneous colour and deposits therefore pure crystals. This decolorisation by animal charcoal occurs most readily in aqueous solution, but can be performed in almost any organic solvent. Care should be taken not to use an excessive quantity... 

Retro-Synthetic Analysis (= Antithesis 193 3.1.5 Aromatic and Heterocyclic Compounds... 

Typical nucleophiles known to react with coordinated alkenes are water, alcohols, carboxylic acids, ammonia, amines, enamines, and active methylene compounds 11.12]. The intramolecular version is particularly useful for syntheses of various heterocyclic compounds[l 3,14]. CO and aromatics also react with alkenes. The oxidation reactions of alkenes can be classified further based on these attacking species. Under certain conditions, especially in the presence of bases, the rr-alkene complex 4 is converted into the 7r-allylic complex 5. Various stoichiometric reactions of alkenes via 7r-allylic complex 5 are treated in Section 4. 

Cyclic compounds that contain at least one atom other than carbon within their ring are called heterocyclic compounds, and those that possess aromatic stability are called het erocyclic aromatic compounds Some representative heterocyclic aromatic compounds are pyridine pyrrole furan and thiophene The structures and the lUPAC numbering system used m naming their derivatives are shown In their stability and chemical behav lor all these compounds resemble benzene more than they resemble alkenes... 

Nonaromatic heterocyclic compounds piperidine for example are similar m basic ity to alkylamines When nitrogen is part of an aromatic ring however its basicity decreases markedly Pyridine for example resembles arylammes m being almost 1 mil lion times less basic than piperidine... 

HETCOR (Section 13 19) A 2D NMR technique that correlates the H chemical shift of a proton to the chemical shift of the carbon to which it is attached HETCOR stands for heteronuclear chemical shift correlation Heteroatom (Section 1 7) An atom in an organic molecule that IS neither carbon nor hydrogen Heterocyclic compound (Section 3 15) Cyclic compound in which one or more of the atoms in the nng are elements other than carbon Heterocyclic compounds may or may not be aromatic... 

The tautomerism of six-membered heterocycles has been referred to elsewhere (Section 2.01.1), in connection with the variety of aromatic structures available to heterocyclic compounds. In this section we consider the matter in more detail. For a fuller discussion the reader should consult the monograph by Elguero et al. (76AHC(S1)) which thoroughly covers work on the subject up to 1976. 

Carbocyclic compounds are very usefully divided into (a) saturated (alicyclic) compounds, (b) aromatic compounds and (c) the intermediate partially unsaturated (alicyclic) compounds. Heterocyclic compounds can be subdivided in exactly the same way, and equally usefully. 

The numerical value of hardness obtained by MNDO-level calculations correlates with the stability of aromatic compounds. The correlation can be extended to a wider range of compounds, including heterocyclic compounds, when hardness is determined experimentally on the basis of molar reffactivity. The relatively large HOMO-LUMO gap also indicates the absence of relatively high-energy, reactive electrons, in agreement with the reduced reactivity of aromatic compounds toward electrophilic reagents. 

Yagupol skii, L M Aromatic and Heterocyclic Compounds with Fluorine Containing Suhsniuenis (Russ ) Naukova Dumka Kiev USSR 320... 

Preparation and Reactions of Polyfluorinated Aromatic Heterocyclic Compounds Yakobson G G, Petrova, T D, Kobnna, L S Fluorine Chem Rev 7, 115-223 285... 

Methods of Introduction of Ruonne into Aromatic and Nitrogen-Contaimng Heterocyclic Compounds (Czech ) Hradil, P, Radi, S Chem Listy S4, 952-969 113 ... 

Heterocyclic compound (Section 3.15) Cyclic compound in which one or more of the atoms in the ring are elements other than carbon. Heterocyclic compounds may or may not be aromatic. 

Modern concepts have been extended to the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds more slowly than to the chemistry of aromatic and aliphatic systems, but efforts are now being made to classify and explain the properties and reactions of heterocyclic compounds in terms of these newer ideas (cf. reference 11). However, many of the most important heterocyclic compounds are potentially tautomeric, and elucidation of their tautomeric composition must precede a logical treatment of their properties. Further, many natural products such as the nucleic acids and alkaloids contain potentially tautomeric groups and information of this type is needed for a detailed explanation of th reactions which they undergo,... 

In arriving at a picture of the influence of various substituents in aromatic heterocyclic compounds on quatemization, it is very difficult to separate the functions of electronic and steric effects. 

In a saturated heterocyclic compound the situation is very different from that in an aromatic compound. The volume requirement of a... 

CaveU and Chapman made the interesting observation that a difference exists between the orbital involved in the quatemization of aromatic nitrogen heterocycles and aromatic amines, which appears not to have been considered by later workers. The lone pair which exists in an sp orbital of the aniline nitrogen must conjugate, as shown by so many properties, with the aromatic ring and on protonation or quatemization sp hybridization occurs with a presumed loss of mesomerism, whereas in pyridine the nitrogen atom remains sp hybridized in the base whether it is protonated or quaternized. Similarly, in a saturated compound, the nitrogen atom is sp hybridized in the base and salt forms. 

The reactions to be discussed may be represented by Eq. (1), where heterocyclic-H is an aromatic heterocyclic compound and R- is a free radical. The reaction is a substitution in that R replaces H, but... 

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