Hydrazone hydrazide

Reaction of phthalic anhydride (70-1) with the ylide from ethyl triphenylphos-phoniumacetate leads to the condensation product (70-2), which in effect consists of a cyclic enol anhydride. Treatment of this product with hydrazine leads to the hydrazone-hydrazide (70-3). Alkylation of the anion from removal of the hydrazide proton with the substituted benzyl bromide (70-4) affords the alkylation product (70-5). Saponification then leads to the aldose reductase inhibitor ponalrestat (70-6) [79]. 

A ring contraction involving this reaction has been found in cyclic hydrazones, hydrazides, and triazenes. 

Lecher, Parker and Conn885 report that the cyclization of the hydrazone hydrazide, as in eq. 106, is the preferred synthesis for 2-aryl-3-methyl-3-pyrazolin-5-ones. 

Aldehyde benzoic acid, i.e., the half-aldehyde corresponding to phthalic acid, undergoes condensation with hydrazine to yield the hydrazone hydrazide (lactam-form). The lactim-form of this compound upon chlorination with phosphorus oxychloride gives the corresponding chloro derivative which on first treatment with a further mole of hydrazine and secondly with a calculated amount of hydrochloric acid affords the official compoimd. 

Special reactions of hydrazides and azides are illustrated by the conversion of the hydrazide (205) into the azide (206) by nitrous acid (60JOC1950) and thence into the urethane (207) by ethanol (64FES(19)105Q) the conversion of the same azide (206) into the N-alkylamide (208) by ethylamine the formation of the hydrazone (209) from acetaldehyde and the hydrazide (205) and the IV-acylation of the hydrazide (205) to give, for example, the formylhydrazide (210) (65FES(20)259). It is evident that there is an isocyanate intermediate between (206) and (207) such compounds have been isolated sometimes, e.g. (211). Several of the above reactions are involved in some Curtius degradations. 

Steroid ketones Apply the sample solution followed by Girard s reagent (0 1% tnmethylacetyl hydrazide in 10% acetic acid) and allow to react for 15 h in an atmosphere of acetic acid Then dry at 80 °C for 10 mm and after cooling chromatograph the hydrazones that have been formed [81]... 

Isonicotinic acid hydrazide forms fluorescent hydrazones with ketosteroids. 

In about 5-10 minutes a clear solution resulted, whereupon slow crystallization occurred and the temperature rose to about 6°-7°C. The crystallization was permitted to continue overnight at 5°C, and the very fine precipitate was then isolated by centrifugation and in the centrifuge washed with water, ethanol, and ether, yielding the dihydrate of DL-seryl-(2,3,4-trihydroxy-benzylidene) hydrazide hydrochloride, which melted at 134°-136°C and was poorly soluble in cold water, but very readily dissolved in hot water. The condensation was also effected in absolute ethanol yielding the anhydrous form of the hydrazone, which melted at 225°-228°C. 

CN 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid hydrazide, hydrazone with 0-2-deoxy-2-(methylamino)-a-L-glucopyranosyl-... 

Allylation of acyloyl-imidazoles and pyrazoles61 with allyl halide mediated by indium in aqueous media provides a facile regioselective synthesis of P, y-unsaturated ketones (Scheme 11.1), which has been applied to the synthesis of the monoterpene artemesia ketone. The same product can be obtained by indium-mediated allylation of acyl cyanide (Eq. 11.35).62 Samarium, gallium, and bismuth can be used as a mediator for the allylation of nitrones and hydrazones to give homoallylic hydroxylamine and hydrazides in aqueous media in the presence of Bu4NBr (Scheme 11.2).63 The reaction with gallium and bismuth can be increased dramatically under microwave activation. 

Formaldehyde hydrazones react with N,AT -thiocarbonyldi-1,2,-4-triazole to give hydra-zones of thioglyoxalyl-1,2,4-triazoles, which react readily under displacement of 1,2,4-triazole with nucleophilic reagents such as amines and hydrazines but also with less nucleophilic compounds, including hydrazones, sulfonylhydrazides, thiosemicarbazides, and hydrazides.[10]... 

Figure 1.70 AMBH is a hydrazide-containing compound that reacts with carbonyl groups to form hydrazone bonds. The free thiol can be used for subsequent conjugation reactions.

Figure 1.107 The N-terminal aldehyde group on a peptide formed from periodate oxidation of serine or threonine residues can be conjugated with a hydrazide-containing molecule to produce a hydrazone bond.

Aldehyde-containing macromolecules will react spontaneously with hydrazide compounds to form hydrazone linkages. The hydrazone bond is a form of Schiff base that is more stable than the Schiff base formed from the interaction of an aldehyde and an amine. The hydrazone, however, may be reduced and further stabilized by the same reductants utilized for reductive amination purposes (Chapter 3, Section 4.8). The addition of sodium cyanoborohydride to a hydrazide-aldehyde reaction drives the equilibrium toward formation of a stable covalent complex. Mallia (1992) found that adipic acid dihydrazide derivatization of periodate-oxidized dextran (containing multiple formyl functionalities) proceeds with much greater yield when sodium cyanoborohydride is present. 

Derivatives of hydrazine, especially the hydrazide compounds formed from carboxylate groups, can react specifically with aldehyde or ketone functional groups in target molecules. Reaction with either group creates a hydrazone linkage (Reaction 44)—a type of Schiff base. This bond is relatively stable if it is formed with a ketone, but somewhat labile if the reaction is with an aldehyde group. However, the reaction rate of hydrazine derivatives with aldehydes typically is faster than the rate with ketones. Hydrazone formation with aldehydes, however, results in much more stable bonds than the easily reversible Schiff base interaction of an amine with an aldehyde. To further stabilize the bond between a hydrazide and an aldehyde, the hydrazone may be reacted with sodium cyanoborohydride to reduce the double bond and form a secure covalent linkage. 

H Hydrazide Compound H Aldehyde Compound H Hydrazone Linkage ... 

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