Hydroxylamines, reaction with aldehydes

The addition of (E)- and (Z)-crotylboronates 7 to aldoximes 6 has been realized in good yield by performing the reaction under 3-6 x 10° Torr pressure10. The resulting hydroxylamines 8 can easily be reduced to yield the primary amines. The addition of E-l leads preferentially to the anh-diastereomcr 8, while (Z)-crotylboronate 7 shows a modest selectivity towards formation of the vyy -diastereomer 8 (same sense as in the reaction with aldehydes). Some effort has been made to elucidate the mechanism, but this is not yet well understood. 

A small number of examples is available for the synthesis of E and Z isomers of oximes. In many cases, E isomers were obtained either from the Z forms (by the hydrochloride method) or isolated by column chromatography. Often, the reagents that have been used for oximation of aldehydes and ketones also catalyze the interconversion of Z and E isomers. The rate of equilibration of a mixture of Z and E isomers and the position of the equilibrium is temperature-dependent ". In 2001, Sharghi and Sarvani reported a convenient method for controlling the stereochemistry of the reaction of hydroxylamine hydrochloride with aldehydes or ketones in the solid state. The highly stereoselective conversion of aldehydes and ketones to their corresponding oximes... 

Aldehydes and ketones can be differentiated from noncarbonyl compounds through their reactions with derivatives of ammonia (Section 16.8B). 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine and hydroxylamine react with aldehydes and ketones to form precipitates. Oximes are usually colorless, whereas 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones are usually orange. The melting points of these derivatives can also be used in identifying specific aldehydes and ketones. 

Oxime (Section 17.10) A compound of the type R2C=NOH, formed by the reaction of hydroxylamine (NH2OH) with an aldehyde or a ketone. 

Silylation of hydroxylamine or N-alkyl or N-ethoxycarbonyUiydroxylamines is usually accomphshed, in 52-84% yield, by silylation with TCS 14/NEt3 [63, 161, 162]. Whereas the reaction of N,0-bis(trimethylsilyl)methylhydroxylamine 952 with aldehydes such as benzaldehyde, or with ketones, with to adducts such as 953, has already been mentioned at the beginning of Section 7.3 thermal and other reactions of N,0-bis(trimethylsilyl)hydroxylamine 1141 or N-substituted N,0-bis(trimethylsi-lyl)hydroxylamines 1121, 1128, 1131 are discussed in this section. 

Compounds of this type with an electron-withdrawing substituent at C-a can be easily prepared by condensation of 2-(benzotriazol-l-yl)acetophenone 869 with aldehydes. Exclusively (E) isomers of a,(l-unsaturated ketones 870 are formed. Treatment with hydrazines converts derivatives 870 into pyrazolines 871. Elimination of benzotriazole from 871 in the presence of mild bases furnishes pyrazoles 872. When in these reactions hydroxylamine is used instead of hydrazines, the corresponding isoxazoles are obtained (Scheme 141) <2001JOC6787>. 

The reaction of 2-chloro-4,5-dihydroimidazole 347 with hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid gives 2-hydroxylamino-4,5-dihydroimidazolium-O-sulfonate 348, which reacts with aldehydes and cyclic ketones to give the imidazo[l,2-f] fused 4,5-dihydro-l,2,4-oxadiazoles 350 (Scheme 58). Mechanistically, the reaction may be explained by the reaction of an imidazoline NH with the carbonyl followed by intramolecular electrophilic amination of the anionic oxygen present in the resultant intermediate 349 and elimination of the sulfate group <2003JOC4791>. 

Table 2.5 Formation of optically active functionalized fS-hydroxy-nitroncs 95 by reaction of aldehydes 93 with activated carbonyl compounds 94 and substituted N -alkyl hydroxylamine hydrochloride in the presence of L-proline as the catalyst...

This procedure is an adaptation of that described by Emmons for the preparation of oxaziranes from imines using peracetic acid. Other procedures which may be more useful for oxazirane preparation in specific instances are the oxidation of imines with iw-chloroperbenzoic acid and the reaction of aldehydes or ketones with hydroxylamine 0-sulfonic acid in alkaline solution. 2-<-Butyl-3-phenyloxazirane has also been prepared by photolysis of a-phenyl-N-f-butylnitrone (a general reaction of considerable theoretical interest since it represents direct conversion of electromagnetic energy to chemical energy) and in low yields by ozonoly-sis of N-f-butylbenzaldimine. ... 

Starting material which, upon oxidation with PSP, gave aldehydes. These were in turn condensed with primary hydroxylamines, promoted by polymer-bound acetate, to produce nitrones. The nitrones assembled using either method then underwent 1,3-dipolar cyclo-addition reactions with various alkenes to give the corresponding isoxazolidines (Scheme 2.46 and 2.47). 

Formally, they can all be viewed as derivatives of hydroxylamine, H2N—OH indeed, oximes can be prepared by the addition of hydroxylamine to aldehydes and ketones (equations 1 and 2), and hydroxamic acids by its reactions with acetyl halides and esters (equations 3 and 4). ... 

Reaction of hydroxylamine as well as O- and A-substituted hydroxylamines with aldehydes 63 results in formation of oximes and/or oxyiminium salts of type 64 (equation 42). Subsequent reaction with carbon, nitrogen, oxygen or phosphorous nucleophiles provides A-substituted hydroxylamines of type 65. 

Acyl substituents at the 3- and/or 4-positions result in decreased hydrolytic stability compared with the alkyl and aryl derivatives described above. Despite this constraint most of the usual reactions of the carbonyl group are possible. Aldehydes <9ILA1211> and ketones are oxidized to the carboxylic acid, borohydride reduction affords the expected alcohols, and epoxides are formed on reaction with diazomethane. Oximes and arylhydrazones are formed with hydroxylamine and arylhydrazines, and the products may subsequently undergo monocyclic rearrangement involving the oxadiazole to give the corresponding isomeric furazans and 1,2,3-triazoles (Section 4.05.5.1.4). 

The product (15-2) from aldol condensation of meto-nitrobenzaldehyde with the dimethyl acetal from ethyl 4-formylacetoacetate (15-1) provides the starting material for a dihydropyridine in which one of the methyl groups is replaced by a nitrile. Reaction of (15-2) with the eneamine from isopropyl acetoacetate gives the corresponding dihydropyridine hydrolysis of the acetal function with aqueous acid affords the aldehyde (15-3). That function is then converted to its oxime (15-4) by reaction with hydroxylamine. Treatment of that intermediate with hot acetic acid leads the oxime to dehydrate to a nitrile. There is this obtained nilvadipine (15-5) [16]. 

Mukund Sibi of North Dakota State University has developed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004,126,718) a powerful three-component coupling, combining an a,(5-unsaturated amide 9, a hydroxylamine 10, and an aldehyde 11. The hydroxylamine condenses with the aldehyde to give the nitrone, which then adds in a dipolar sense to the unsaturated ester. The reaction proceeds with high diastereocontrol, and the absolute configuration is set by the chiral Cu catalyst. As the amide 9 can be prepared by condensation of a phosphonacetate with another aldehyde, the product 12 can be seen as the product of a four-component coupling, chirally-controlled aldol addition and Mannich condensation on a starting acetamide. 

The hydroxylamine reaction was used to estimate ketone and aldehyde groups. The method used was similar to one described by Kaverzneva and Salova (6). A 25-ml. solution of 5% aqueous hydroxylamine hydrochloride (previously adjusted to a pH 7.5-8 with sodium hydroxide) was added to 1.5 grams of sample and allowed to react for 18-24 hours at room temperature. The mixture was filtered, washed with water, and dried. The residue was analyzed for nitrogen, and the amount of aldehyde and ketone structure was calculated from the nitrogen increase. 

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