Imide, alkylation

An extensive series of indenyl complexes has been prepared and their structural and reactivity features studied in-depth. The detailed characterization, in solution and solid state, of complexes IndNi(L)X (L = PR3 and N-heterocyclic carbenes X = halides, imidates, alkyl, alkynyl, thienyl, triflate, etc.) and [IndNi(PR3)L]+ (L = PR(., PR3, MeCN, CN(t-Bu)) has allowed an analysis of the factors affecting the Ni-Ind interaction.As was seen for the Cp complexes discussed... 

The reaction is applicable to the preparation of amines from amides of aliphatic aromatic, aryl-aliphatic and heterocyclic acids. A further example is given in Section IV,170 in connexion with the preparation of anthranilic acid from phthal-imide. It may be mentioned that for aliphatic monoamides containing more than eight carbon atoms aqueous alkaline hypohalite gives poor yields of the amines. Good results are obtained by treatment of the amide (C > 8) in methanol with sodium methoxide and bromine, followed by hydrolysis of the resulting N-alkyl methyl carbamate ... 

Another variation of the Madelung synthesis involves use of an O-alkyl or O-silyl imidate as the C2 electrophile. The mechanistic advantage of this modification stems from avoiding competing N-deprotonation, which presumably reduces the electrophilicity of the amide group under the classical conditions. Examples of this approach to date appear to have been limited to reactants with a EW substituent at the o-alkyl group[15,16]. 

A method that achieves the same end result as that desired by alkylation of ammonia but which avoids the formation of secondary and tertiary amines as byproducts is the Gabriel synthesis Alkyl halides are converted to primary alkylamines without contam mation by secondary or tertiary amines The key reagent is the potassium salt of phthal imide prepared by the reaction... 

The imide proton N-3—H is more acidic than N-1—H and hence this position is more reactive toward electrophiles in a basic medium. Thus hydantoins can be selectively monoalkylated at N-3 by treatment with alkyl haUdes in the presence of alkoxides (2,4). The mono-A/-substituted derivatives (5) can be alkylated at N-1 under harsher conditions, involving the use of sodium hydride in dimethylform amide (35) to yield derivatives (6). Preparation of N-1 monoalkylated derivatives requires previous protection of the imide nitrogen as an aminomethyl derivative (36). Hydantoins with an increased acidity at N-1—H, such as 5-arylmethylene derivatives, can be easily monoalkylated at N-3, but dialkylation is also possible under mild conditions. 

Isocyanates are derivatives of isocyanic acid, HN=C=0, ia which alkyl or aryl groups, as weU as a host of other substrates, are direcdy linked to the NCO moiety via the nitrogen atom. StmcturaHy, isocyanates (imides of carbonic acid) are isomeric to cyanates, ROCMSI (nitriles of carbonic acid), and nitrile oxides, RCMSI—>0 (derivatives of carboxyUc acid). 

I itro-DisplacementPolymerization. The facile nucleophilic displacement of a nitro group on a phthalimide by an oxyanion has been used to prepare polyetherimides by heating bisphenoxides with bisnitrophthalimides (91). For example with 4,4 -dinitro monomers, a polymer with the Ultem backbone is prepared as follows (92). Because of the high reactivity of the nitro phthalimides, the polymerkation can be carried out at temperatures below 75°C. Relative reactivities are nitro compounds over halogens, Ai-aryl imides over A/-alkyl imides, and 3-substituents over 4-substituents. Solvents are usually dipolar aprotic Hquids such as dimethyl sulfoxide, and sometimes an aromatic Hquid is used, in addition. 

Azole iV-oxides, iV-imides and iV-ylides are formally betaines derived from iV-hydroxy-, iV-amino- and iV-alkyl-azolium compounds. Whereas iV-oxides (Section 4.02.3.12.6) are usually stable as such, in most cases theiV-imides (Section 4.02.3.12.5) andiV-ylides (Section 4.02.3.12.3) are found as salts which deprotonate readily only if the exocyclic nitrogen or carbon atom carries strongly electron-withdrawing groups. 

Because of the structural requirements of the bielectrophile, fully aromatized heterocycles are usually not readily available by this procedure. The dithiocarbamate (159) reacted with oxalyl chloride to give the substituted thiazolidine-4,5-dione (160) (see Chapter 4.19), and the same reagent reacted with iV-alkylbenzamidine (161) at 100-140 °C to give the 1 -alkyl-2-phenylimidazole-4,5-dione (162) (see Chapter 4.08). Iminochlorides of oxalic acid also react with iV,iV-disubstituted thioureas in this case the 2-dialkylaminothiazolidine-2,4-dione bis-imides are obtained. Thiobenzamide generally forms linear adducts, but 2-thiazolines will form under suitable conditions (70TL3781). Phenyliminooxalic acid dichloride, prepared from oxalic acid, phosphorus pentachloride and aniline in benzene, likewise yielded thiazolidine derivatives on reaction with thioureas (71KGS471). 

In the presence of potassium carbonate, alkyl halides reacted with the imidic acid tautomers 154 of l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-c]pyrimidin-2-ones (153) to afford the 2-alkoxy derivatives 155 (85USP4528288 94JMC2371) (Scheme 60). 

The hydrolytic cleavage is usually slow, and requires drastic reaction conditions. A more elegant method is presented by the Ing-Manske procedure, where the A-alkylated imide is treated with hydrazine under milder conditions. In addition to the desired amine 5, the cyclic phthalic hydrazide 6 is then formed ... 

Figure 3.1-4 shows the changes in liquefaction points (either melting points or glass transitions) for a series of l-allcyl-3-methylimida2olium tetrafluoroborate [26] and bis(trifyl)imide [45] ionic liquids with changing length of the linear alkyl-substituent on the N(3)-position. 

Another alternative for preparing a primary amine from an alkyl halide is the Gabriel amine synthesis, which uses a phthalimide alkylation. An imide (—CONHCO—) is similar to a /3-keto ester in that the acidic N-H hydrogen is flanked by two carbonyl groups. Thus, imides are deprotonated by such bases as KOH, and the resultant anions are readily alkylated in a reaction similar to the acetoacetic ester synthesis (Section 22.7). Basic hydrolysis of the N-alkylated imide then yields a primary amine product. The imide hydrolysis step is analogous to the hydrolysis of an amide (Section 21.7). 

While there is clear evidence for complex formation between certain electron donor and electron acceptor monomers, the evidence for participation of such complexes in copolymerization is often less compelling. One of the most studied systems is S-.V1 Al I copolymerization/8 75 However, the models have been applied to many copolymerizations of donor-acceptor pairs. Acceptor monomers have substituents such as carboxy, anhydride, ester, amide, imide or nitrile on the double bond. Donor monomers have substituents such as alkyl, vinyl, aryl, ether, sulfide and silane. A partial list of donor and acceptor monomers is provided in Table 7.6.65.-... 

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