Ketimines, enamines from

Ketimines, enamines from, in ketones alkylation, 54, 48 Ketone, aralkyl, selective a-bromination of, 53, 111 Ketone, a,a -dibromodineopen-tyl-, preparation of, 54,... 

The acid-catalyzed reaction of acetophenone with acyclic secondary amines results in the formation of the expected enamine and a rearrangement product. The latter product arises from the transfer of one of the amino N-alkyl groups to the cnamine s carbon to produce a ketimine (53a). 

The dicyclopropyl ketimine 198 prepared from the 0,N-cyclopropanone hemiacetal 194 (vide supra, Sect. 4.9, Eq. (62)), heated in xylene with ammonium chloride for 4 hr underwent ring expansion exclusively to the enamine 399 followed by isomerization to the cyclopropyl pyrroline 400. Although further ring expansion was not observed on prolonged heating, 400 was converted to the hydrobromide 401 with anhydrous HBr 2091 which upon heating to 140 °C for 10 min experienced a second cyclopropyl imine rearrangement to provide the pyrrolizidone 403 in 51 % yield, most probably via the HBr adduct 401 by cyclization to the pyrroline 402 followed by acid-induced hydrolysis, Eq. (95) 129). 

The behaviour of compounds 49 where R = H and CH3 from is even more complicated. For example, 4-methylamino-3-(4-X-phenylazo)pent-3-ene-2-one (49) contains two isomers. The tautomeric form of both isomers was confirmed with the help of 2D H-15N GHMQC spectra. The minor isomer is very similar to the tautomeric form of azo-enamine ( j(15N, H) = 89.6 Hz) the major isomer possesses a somewhat stronger character of hydrazono-ketimine form ( /(15N,1H) = 74.5 Hz about 80% azo and 20% hydrazone). These conclusions are confirmed by the values of <5(15NH2) in the minor isomer it is 6(15N) = —269.0 ppm (i.e. almost the same as in the starting enaminone with... 

Similarly, the enamine salt 15 is obtained by lithiation of 14 (equation 5). In both cases the lower steric hindrance leads to higher stability of the enaminic system33 where the double bond is formed on the less substituted carbon. The Af-metalated enamines 11 and 15 are enolate analogs and their contribution to the respective tautomer mixture of the lithium salts of azomethine derivatives will be discussed below. Normant and coworkers34 also reported complete regioselectivity in alkylations of ketimines that are derived from methyl ketones. The base for this lithiation is an active dialkylamide—the product of reaction of metallic lithium with dialkylamine in benzene/HMPA. Under these conditions ( hyperbasic media ), the imine compound of methyl ketones 14 loses a proton from the methyl group and the lithium salt 15 reacts with various electrophiles or is oxidized with iodine to yield, after hydrolysis, 16 and 17, respectively (equation 5). 

The ketimine (13a), prepared from desoxybenzoin and aniline, is also subject to a solvent-dependent tautomerism called imine/enamine tautomerism. The enamine content of a solution of (13a) increases in the order tetrachloromethane (31 cmol/mol at 35 °C), [Dsjpyridine (47.5 cmol/mol at 55 °C), and [Dejdimethyl sulfoxide (67 cmol/mol at 55 °C) [69], Hydrogen-bond acceptor solvents favour the enamine form (13b) due to hydrogen-bonding, whereas in less polar and apolar solvents the equilibrium is shifted towards the imine form / 13a) [69]. 

Reaction of oximes. Ketoximes are transformed into A-acetyl enamines by heating with AC2O in toluene in the presence of a trialkylphosphine. Formation of A-phenylthio ketimines from either oximes or nitroalkanes is also catalyzed by MesP, with the PhS group provided by A-phenylthiophthalimide. ... 

Acyclic dialkylamines are not very reactive as nucleophiles in the oxidative alkylamination, however they are very prone to oxidation and, therefore, they are capable for unexpected behavior. Presumably, transformation 33 41 starts from oxidation of dialkylamme into imine 42, that is in equilibrium with enamine 43 (Scheme 28). The latter, as bifunctional C,W-nucleophile, attacks C-4 atom of the pyridazine ring to form cr -adduct 44, which then undergoes oxidative aromatiza-tion. Subsequent intramolecular oxidative amination of the intermediate 45 yields pyrrole derivative 41. The participation of imines in this process has been confirmed experimentally. In the presence of AgPy2Mn04, pyrimidopyridazine 33 reacts with authentic aldimines and ketimines 42 to give pyrroles 41. Transformation 33 41 represents not only a rare example of the tandem processes but... 

However, the lone-pair electrons activate the a-hydrogens of aliphatic amines, and hydrogen is therefore removed by some reagents as easily from this site as from nitrogen. This leads to the formation of unsaturated compounds such as aldimines, nitriles, ketimines and enamines. The actual products depend on the amine structure (equations 68 to 71) and others may arise from subsequent hydrolysis, oxidation. 

Aldehydes and ketones react with ammonia and primary amines to form imines. Reaction with aldehydes yields aldimines, and ketimines arise in reactions with ketones (Figure 8.28). Imines derived from aliphatic carbonyl compounds are generally unstable and are transformed to more stable products, such as amines, diamines and others. Secondary amines react with aldehydes and ketones with the formation of enamines (Figure 8.29). Imines are similarly flavour-active compounds derived from furan-2-carbaldehyde. For example, the aromas of Ar-furfuryl(isobutylidene)amine, N-(furfuryl)isopentyhdeneamine (8-155) and N-(furfurylidene)isobutylamine (8-156) reportedly resemble chocolate. 

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