Irreversible rearrangement

The reaction is illustrated by the conversion of the 1,2,4-oxadiazole oxime (504) into the 3-acylamino-l,2,5-oxadiazole (505). This irreversible rearrangement occurred on heating (504) in hydrochloric acid (81AHC(29)l4l). Isoxazoles also undergo this rearrangement and these are discussed in Chapter 4.16. 

The reaction of diacetylene and its asymmetric homologs (penta-l,3-diyne, hexa-1,3-diyne) with semicarbazide (72ZOR2605) affords the amides of 3-methyl-pyrazole- 1-carboxylic acid (27) (80°C, EtONa, EtOH, 40 h). Amide 26 undergoes irreversible rearrangement to amide 27 at 80°C (EtONa, EtOH). 

Kinetic data on the influence of the reaction temperature on the enantioselectivity using chiral bases and prochiral alkenes revealed a nonlinearity of the modified Eyring plot [16]. The observed change in the linearity and the existence of an inversion point indicated that two different transition states are involved, inconsistent with a concerted [3+2] mechanism. Sharpless therefore renewed the postulate of a reversibly formed oxetane intermediate followed by irreversible rearrangement to the product. 

The numerous transformations of cyclooctatetraene 189 and its derivatives include three types of structural changes, viz. ring inversion, bond shift and valence isomerizations (for reviews, see References 83-85). One of the major transformations is the interconversion of the cyclooctatetraene and bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4,7-triene. However, the rearrangement of cyclooctatetraene into the semibullvalene system is little known. For example, the thermolysis of l,2,3,4-tetra(trifluoromethyl)cyclooctatetraene 221 in pentane solution at 170-180 °C for 6 days gave three isomers which were separated by preparative GLC. They were identified as l,2,7,8-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4,7-triene 222 and tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)semibullvalenes 223 and 224 (equation 71)86. It was shown that a thermal equilibrium exists between the precursor 221 and its bond-shift isomer 225 which undergoes a rapid cyclization to form the triene 222. The cyclooctatetraenes 221 and 225 are in equilibrium with diene 223, followed by irreversible rearrangement to the most stable isomer 224 (equation 72)86. 

However, the 0-(fluorosilyl)-Af,Af-bis(organosilyl)hydroxylamine 204 undergoes an irreversible rearrangement yielding the isomeric Af-(fluorosilyl)-Af,0-bis(organosilyl) hydroxylamine 205 . The rearrangement proceeds via a dyotropic transition state to yield the hydroxylamine 205. An intermolecular thermal rearrangement with the insertion... 

At 150 °C, the analogous 2-methylenetricyclo[4.1.0.01,3]heptane (34) equilibrated with 35 and 36 as products of a methylenecyclopropane rearrangement and a subsequent retro-Diels Alder reaction, respectively, until at 180 °C an irreversible rearrangement to bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-l,5-diene and 3,4-dimethylenehexa-l,5-diene (39) via diradical 37 took place.223,224 Increasing pressure favored the formation of the bicyclic system 38 (50% yield at lOOTorr).223... 

The photoequilibrium (114) (118) (see section III-A) and the irreversible rearrangement (118) - (120) contribute additional examples of photochemical isomerizations of cyclopropyl ketones to enones. The triplet nature of these isomerizations of (118) has been demonstrated by complete... 

The basic differences in electron delocalization between the homoaromatic homotropenylium and homocyclopropenium ions and the bicyclo[3.1. Ojhexenyl cations result in fundamentally different reactions of these cations. As was noted earlier, the homotropenylium and homocyclopropenium ions undergo a characteristic ring-inversion process which interconverts the exo and endo substituents on the methylene bridge. With 61 and its derivatives no such reaction occurs. Rather, two different types of thermal isomerization occur. The first of these is the irreversible rearrangement to the cyclo-hexadienyl ions mentioned above. The second thermal isomerization involves a circum-ambulation of the methylene group around the periphery of the five-membered ring,37-143.,45.152. 

In the solid state, diradical 46 can irreversibly rearrange to give diradical 33 when heated at 150°C <1992JCD1277>. The heat of rearrangement (A/7rearr) was calculated to be 317 10 kj mol-1. In addition to IR and ESR spectroscopy, the rearrangement was confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray powder diffraction. 

Pyridoxamine is a potent inhibitor of the irreversible rearrangement of the initial product of reversible glycation to the advanced glycation end-product. Such inhibitors of this reaction are collectively known as amadorins, and the name pyridorin has been coined for pyridoxamine used in this way (KhaUfah et al., 1999). Pyridoxamine also inhibits protein modification caused by lipid peroxides in both cases, it seems to act by trapping carbonyl compounds formed as intermediates (Onorato et al., 2000 Voziyan et al., 2002). 

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