Saturated Heterocyclic Compounds

Aromatic Compounds Very considerable variety—see catalogues. Heterocyclic Compounds Saturated and unsaturated in great variety. Monomers for Polymers Butadiene, isoprene, styrene... 

Saturated five-membered heterocyclic compounds are non-planar, existing in half-chair or envelope conformations. The far-IR spectra of THE and 1,3-dioxolane (127) show both to have barriers of ca. 0.42 kJ moP ... 

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. 

Synthesis of the title compound is representative of a number of syntheses of nonaromatic nitrogen heterocycles via Pd(Ill-catalyzed amination of olefins. These tosylated enamines are not readily available by standard synthetic methods, and show potential for further functionalization of the heterocycle. The saturated amine can be synthesized from the title compound by hydrogenation of the double bond followed by photolytic deprotection. ... 

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

As discussed in Chapter 6, nitro compounds are converted into amines, oximes, or carbonyl compounds. They serve as usefid starting materials for the preparation of various heterocyclic compounds. Especially, five-membered nitrogen heterocycles, such as pyrroles, indoles, ind pyrrolidines, are frequently prepared from nitro compounds. Syntheses of heterocyclic compounds using nitro compounds are described partially in Chapters 4, 6 and 9. This chapter focuses on synthesis of hetero-aromadcs fmainly pyrroles ind indolesi ind saturated nitrogen heterocycles such as pyrrolidines ind their derivadves. 

The German ending -an should be translated -ane if it is the name of a hydrocarbon (or parent heterocyclic compound) which is fully saturated otherwise, -an. Examples methane, menthane, tolan, furan, pentosan. 

Two types of heterocyclic compounds are discussed in this chapter those that undergo saturation and those that undergo fission of the heterocyclic ring. Both types of reduction have wide synthetic application. 

Data are given in Table IV for heterocyclic compounds. For piperidine there is no difference between E and E, showing that the bond energies used are applicable to saturated heterocyclic molecules. Pyridine and quinoline differ from benzene and naphthalene only by the presence of one N in place of CH and, as expected, the values 1.87 v.e. and 3.01 v.e., respectively, of the resonance energy are equal to within 10 percent to the values for the corresponding hydrocarbons. 

Trifluoromethyl groups that are bound to sp2 carbons of alkenes, arenes, or heterocyclic compounds are slightly deshielded compared to the saturated counterparts, but the influence is relatively small (Scheme 5.32). 

The analytical data obtained, particularly by the PUMA mass spectrometer on board Vega 1 during the flyby, indicate the presence of a large number of linear and cyclic carbon compounds, such as olefins, alkynes, imines, nitriles, aldehydes and carboxylic acids, but also heterocyclic compounds (pyridines, pyrroles, purines and pyrimidines) and some benzene derivatives no amino acids, alcohols or saturated hydrocarbons are, however, present (Kissel and Krueger, 1987 Krueger and Kissel, 1987). 

CHEC-II(1996) covers more than 100 examples of this kind of heterocyclic compound <1996CHEC-II(8)287>. There are no specific reviews dealing directly with these heterocyclic systems. On the other hand, the saturated systems have been included in several review articles, <2004CRV2667, 2005CRV2765, 2002NPR223, 2000NPR7>. The use of some of these hetereocycles in medicinal chemistry has also been reviewed <2000BMC1213>. 

The electrolysis of asymmetric ketones 43 led to the formation of isomers and stereoisomers. Kinetic measurements for the formation of ketimine 43 in saturated ammoniacal methanol indicated that at least 12 h of the reaction time were required to reach the equilibrium in which approximately 40% of 42 was converted into the ketimine 43. However, the electrolysis was completed within 2.5 h and the products 44 were isolated in 50-76% yields. It seems that the sluggish equilibrium gives a significant concentration of ketimine 43 which is oxidized by the 1 generated at the anode, and the equilibrium is shifted towards formation of the product 44. 2,5-Dihydro-IH-imidazols of type 44, which were unsubstituted on nitrogen, are rare compounds. They can be hydrolyzed with hydrochloric acid to afford the corresponding a-amino ketones as versatile synthetic intermediates for a wide variety of heterocyclic compounds, that are otherwise difficult to prepare. 

The species which are unknown and have not been identified as one of the major chemical lump such as alkanes, phenols and aromatics are lumped together as unidentified. However, the species in this lump include saturated and unsaturated cycloalkanes with or without side chains, which resembles the naphthenes, a petroleum refinery product group. A number of well known species in coal liquid are not mentioned in this lumping scheme. Such as heterocyclic compounds with sulfur, nitrogen or oxygen as the heteroatom, and other heteroatora containing species. Some of these compounds appear with aromatics (e.g. thiophenes, quinolines) and with phenols (e.g. aromatic amines), and most of them are lumped with the unidentified species lump. 

The 5-oxazolones or oxazolin-5-ones are very interesting heterocyclic compounds that have been used as intermediates in the synthesis of a variety of organic molecules. Two structural classes are possible, the 5(27T)-oxazolones (or 3-oxazo-lin-5-ones) and 5(47T)-oxazolones (or 2-oxazolin-5-ones). These structures differ only in the position of the double bond. Apart from the presence of the heteroatoms (N and O), the carbonyl group and the double bond, the 2- or 4-position, respectively, can be saturated or unsaturated. The isomeric 5-oxazolones are... 

Alkylation. Saturated 5(47/)-oxazolones are readily available compounds that can be easily obtained from a wide variety of natural amino acid derivatives. These heterocyclic compounds can be considered as nucleophilic synthons of a-amino acids and their most exploited reactivity, apart from oxazolone ring opening, is the reaction at C-4 with a variety of electrophiles. 

In this chapter we summarize the reactivity of the six-membered heterocyclic compounds. We describe first the aromatic compounds, where aromatic is defined as fully conjugated round the ring, and then the partially and fully saturated compounds. Within each of these sections we discuss first the reactivity at the ring atoms, then the reactivity of substituent groups. 

The chemistry of saturated heterocyclic compounds is characteristic of their functional group. For example, nitrogen compounds are amines, oxygen compounds arc ethers, sulfur compounds are sulfides. Differences in chemical reactivity are observed for three-membered rings, e.g., epoxides, whose enhanced reactivity is driven by the relief of their severe ring strain. This chapter discusses heterocycles that are aromatic and have unique chemical properties. 

Among the heterocyclic compounds, there are aromatic, e.g. pyridine, as well as nonaromatic, e.g. tetrahydrofuran, compounds. Similarly, there are saturated (e.g. tetrahydrofuran) and unsaturated (e.g. pyridine) heterocyclic compounds. Heterocycles also differ in their ring sizes, e.g. pyridine has a six-membered ring, whereas tetrahydrofuran is a five-membered oxygen-containing heterocyclic compound. 

Most of the heterocycles are known hy their trivial names, e.g. pyridine, indole, quinoline, thiophene and so on. However, there are some general rules to he followed in a heterocycle, especially in the use of suffixes to indicate the ring size, saturation or unsaturation as shown in the following table. For example, from the name, pyridine, where the suffix is -ine, one can understand that this heterocyclic compound contains nitrogen, has a six-memhered ring system and is unsaturated. 

Coke-oven tar is an extremely complex mixture, the main components of which are aromatic hydrocarbons ranging from the monocyclics benzene and alkylbenzenes to polycyclic compounds containing as many as twenty or more rings. Heterocyclic compounds containing oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, but usually only one heteroatom per ring system are present. Small amounts of paraffinic, olefinic, and partly saturated aromatic compounds also occur. 

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