Isomers claims

How many isomers of CsHs can you write" An article in the March 1994 issue of the Journal of Chemical Educa tion (pp 222-224) claims that there are several hun dred and draws structural formulas for 25 of them... 

Extraction of C-8 Aromatics. The Japan Gas Chemical Co. developed an extraction process for the separation of -xylene [106-42-3] from its isomers using HF—BF as an extraction solvent and isomerization catalyst (235). The highly reactive solvent imposes its own restrictions but this approach is claimed to be economically superior to mote conventional separation processes (see Xylenes and ethylbenzene). 

A naphthalene sulfonation product that is rich in the 2,6-isomer and low in sulfuric acid is formed by the reaction of naphthalene with excess sulfuric acid at 125°C and by passing the resultant solution through a continuous wiped-film evaporator at 245°C at 400 Pa (3 mm Hg) (26). The separation in high yield of 99% pure 2,6-naphthalenedisulfonate, as its anilinium salt from a cmde sulfonation product, has been claimed (27). A process has been patented for the separation of 2,6-naphthalenedisulfonic acid from its isomers by treatment with phenylenediarnine (28). 

Conditions cited for Rh on alumina hydrogenation of MDA are much less severe, 117 °C and 760 kPA (110 psi) (26). With 550 kPa (80 psi) ammonia partial pressure present ia the hydrogenation of twice-distilled MDA employing 2-propanol solvent at 121°C and 1.3 MPa (190 psi) total pressure, the supported Rh catalyst could be extensively reused (27). Medium pressure (3.9 MPa = 566 psi) and temperature (80°C) hydrogenation usiag iridium yields low trans trans isomer MDCHA (28). Improved selectivity to aUcychc diamine from MDA has been claimed (29) for alumina-supported iridium and rhodium by iatroduciag the tertiary amines l,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane [280-57-9] and quiaucHdine [100-76-5]. 

Manufacture of 2-acetylthiophenes involves direct reaction of thiophene or alkylthiophene with acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride. Preferred systems use acetic anhydride and have involved iodine or orthophosphoric acid as catalysts. The former catalyst leads to simpler workup, but has the disadvantage of leading to a higher level of 3-isomer in the product. Processes claiming very low levels of 3-isomer operate with catalysts that are proprietary, though levels of less than 0.5% are not easily attained. 

Cj HgNO S CH3C0CH= Z isomer CH3 claim broad spectmm 112... 

Cyclopentadiene has also been oxidized by singlet oxygen to 4,5-epoxypenten-2-al-l, cis and trans isomers. These compounds and their hydrogenated diol products are claimed as useful intermediates as cross-linking agents, and in the production of pesticides and perfumes (34). 

Anhydrous ammonia adds tofluorooleftns to produce nitriles Tins phenomenon IS used to characterize chemically the terminal difluoromethylene olefin that IS claimed to be m equilibrium with the internal isomer [4] (equation 2) Thus isomerization to the terminally unsaturated isomer prior to attack by ammonia yields the cyanoenamine... 

The addition of primary amines to fluoroolefins under anhydrous conditions yields imines The hexafluoropropene dimer, perfluoro-2-methyl-2-pcntcne, and ten butylamine react to yield a mixture of two compounds m a 9 4 ratio [4] (equation 3) rather than just the major keteiiimme-imine, as previously reported [5] It IS claimed that this result is possible by means of isomerization to the terminally unsaturated difluoromethylene isomer prior to nucleophilic attack Secondary amines add to fluoroolefins under anhydrous conditions to give fluonnated ternary amines m good yields If the fluoroolefin is added to the amine without cooling the reaction mixture, or if an excess of the secondary armne is used, there is a tendency toward dehvdrofluonnation of the ternary amine The products... 

Amino-pyrazines and -pyridazines have been shown to exist predominantly in the amino form by infrared spectroscopic studies (cf. Table VI). Ultraviolet spectral data have been interpreted to indicate that 4-aminocinnoline exists predominantly in the imino form 256, but this conclusion, which was based on comparison of its spectrum with those of cinnolin-4-one and 4-ethoxycinnoline, is probably incorrect. Ultraviolet spectroscopic data strongly support the predominance of amino structures for 2-aminopyrazine (257) and 2-aminoquin-oxaline how ever, the former compound was at first erroneously concluded to exist in the imino form from ultraviolet spectral evidence. Isolation of two isomers of 2-amino-8-dimethylamino-3-methylphenazine, assigned the amino and imino structures 258 and 259, respectively, has been claimed, but it is very unlikely that these assignments are correct. 

The first systematic theoretical study on dihydro-1,2,4-triazines was recently carried out (98JOC5824) the stabilities of all the possible unsubstituted dihydro-1,2,4-triazines were calculated using various theoretical methods, all reliable calculation methods consistently show that the 2,5-dihydro isomer 98 is the most stable. This is in perfect agreement with the experimental observations all the synthetic methods used for the preparation of dihydro-1,2,4-triazines result in 2,5-dihydro isomer 98, provided the structures of the reactants and the reaction mechanism allow its formation. Thus, although Metze and Scherowsky (59CB2481) claimed the formation of 1,2-dihydro-1,2,4-triazine 92 (R = = Ph) in the reduction... 

Although it is claimed that the Strecker reaction of 2 results in the exclusive formation of one isomer of 3 and that selective elimination of the minor isomer during isolation of the intermediate compound 4 is not possible, it is apparent that during the workup of the hydrolysis product 4, fractional precipitation or crystallization or other separation of the diastereomers may... 

If an unfractionated mixt of the mononitro-toluene isomers is used (ie, the product of straight nitration of toluene), TNT with a mp of 78.7° is produced. If the starting material is free from m-nitrotoluene, TNT with a mp of 80.6° is claimed... 

Ahern and Gokel (1979) claim that diazocyanides can be prepared by stirring arene-diazonium tetrafluoroborates with one equivalent of KCN (solid) and 0.05 equivalent of 18-crown-6 in CH2C12 for some hours. The authors did not, however, investigate whether the products, obtained in good yields, are the (Z)- or the (ii)-isomers. 

Before discussing Beckwith s data on that basis, a brief mention must be made of investigations by Lown s group (Naghipur et al., 1989, 1990, and other papers cited there) who claim to have observed the formation of benzoxathiete (10.63) and its valence isomer monothio-l,2-benzoquinone (10.64) in the aprotic diazotization of 2-[(2,-acetoxyethyl)sulfinyl]aniline (10.62). Scheme 10-82 is an abbreviated form of the mechanism proposed by the authors. A more detailed experimental study is clearly required. 

In the older literature and in papers by some industrial azo chemists up to the 1960s it was claimed that (Z)-diazoates react in azo coupling processes. This belief can be traced back to the paper by Schraube and Schmidt (1894), who discovered the (Z)/(ii)-isomerism of diazoates (see Sec. 1.1). The most important tool used by Schraube and Schmidt for distinguishing between the two isomers was the (correct) observation that only one of the isomers reacted with coupling components, forming the same azo dye as when diazonium salt solutions were used. The apparent reactivity of the (Z)-diazoate is due to the fact that its equilibrium with the diazonium ion is relatively rapid, whereas the diazonium ion is produced only very slowly from the (ii)-diazoate (see Sec. 7.1). 

Interestingly, the crystal structures of 3-substituted thietane and thietane dioxides180 showed that in the solid state they exist in the puckered structure, with the S—O bond equatorial in the oxides and the 3-substituent axial for the trans-isomers, contrary to what has been quoted before66,195. Thus, the claim that conformer 5c is predominant in the solutions of the trans-isomer needs to be re-examined. 

By application of first-order, kinetic equations, B. Anderson and Degn claimed that an equilibrated (25°) aqueous solution of D-fructose contains 31.56% of jS-D-fructofuranose and 68.44% of -D-fructopyranose. N.m.r. studies, however, showed that, at equilibrium, a solution of D-fructose contains /3-D-fructopyranose, -D-fructofuranose, a-D-fructofuranose, and a trace of a-D-fructopyranose the distribution of these isomers was shown by gas-liquid chromatography to be 76,19.5, and 4%, respectively. Based on Anderson and Degn s result, Shallenberger reasoned that, as 0.68 X 1.8 = 1.22 (which approximates the reported sweetness of mutarotated D-fructose ), the furanose form(s) must possess very little sweetness. 

The change of selectivity in the nitration of 1-nitro naphthalene, in the presence of Nafion H, has been claimed by Bayer. The ratio of the wanted isomer 1,5 to the undesired 1,8 has been claimed to change from 0.62 to 0.9 when using Nafion H. Furthermore, when sulpholane was u.sed as a solvent, along with Nafion, at 100 °C, the ratio of 1,5 to 1,8 was raised to 1.65 (Bayer Patent ref, 1999). 

Heating pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid anhydride with l-ethyl-2-methylindole has been claimed to yield solely the pyridine-2-carboxylic acid, albeit in low yield. This then clearly reacts with Af,A/-diethyl-3-toluidine in acetic anhydride to give the 7-azaphthalide. This is surprising in view of a later report70 in which a one-pot process has been described. Heating pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride, prepared in situ, with the indole and subsequent reaction with 3-/V,/V-diethylamino-phenetol under identical conditions to those used in Scheme 8 (but without intermediate isolations) produced a 20 1 mixture of the 4- and 7-azaisomers 16 and 17. It appears that in the previous report the major intermediate isomer, the pyridine-3-carboxylic acid, has not been isolated. 

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