Nitrogen labile

Frequently, volumetric methods have been used in studying the thermal decomposition of diazo compounds. The results of such studies should be interpreted with caution since labile, nitrogen-containing intermediates (e.g. pyrazolines) may be formed in the first step of reaction (10). 

On the other hand, coal pyrolysis and coal hydrogenation produce ammonia (a useful by-product), which arises from the more labile nitrogen functional groups, such as amine (-NH2) less reactive nitrogen functions are converted to ammonia by catalytic hydrogenation. 

The significance of labile nitrogen as we have said cannot be stated... 

Labile nitrogen compounds, such as azo-dicarbonamide, upon heating, liberate nitrogen to produce a cellular structure and leaving possible traces of the decomposed azo compound in the polymer. 

It has been tentatively suggested that one mechanism underlies the Willgerodt reaction and the Kindler modification of it. A labile intermediate is first formed which has a carbon—carbon bond in the side chain. The scheme is indicated below it postulates a series of steps involving the addition of ammonia or amine (R = H or alkyl), elimination of water, re addition and eUmination of ammonia or amine until the unsaturation appears at the end of the chain then an irreversible oxidation between sulphur and the nitrogen compound may occur to produce a thioamide. 

Hexa.cya.no Complexes. Ferrocyanide [13408-63 ] (hexakiscyanoferrate-(4—)), (Fe(CN) ) , is formed by reaction of iron(II) salts with excess aqueous cyanide. The reaction results in the release of 360 kJ/mol (86 kcal/mol) of heat. The thermodynamic stabiUty of the anion accounts for the success of the original method of synthesis, fusing nitrogenous animal residues (blood, horn, hides, etc) with iron and potassium carbonate. Chemical or electrolytic oxidation of the complex ion affords ferricyanide [13408-62-3] (hexakiscyanoferrate(3—)), [Fe(CN)g] , which has a formation constant that is larger by a factor of 10. However, hexakiscyanoferrate(3—) caimot be prepared by direct reaction of iron(III) and cyanide because significant amounts of iron(III) hydroxide also form. Hexacyanoferrate(4—) is quite inert and is nontoxic. In contrast, hexacyanoferrate(3—) is toxic because it is more labile and cyanide dissociates readily. Both complexes Hberate HCN upon addition of acids. 

Tertiary amines have been shown to react with isocyanates ia an analogous fashion to form ureas (41—43). Similarly, a2iridines (three-membered rings containing nitrogen) are found to react with isocyanates to yield cycHc ureas. Tertiary amines have also been shown to form labile dipolar 1 1 adducts with isocyanates reminiscent of salt formation. In contrast, formaldehyde acetal aminals form iasertion products with sulfonyl isocyanates (44,45). 

Cross-linked PVP can also be obtained by cross-linking the preformed polymer chemically (with persulfates, hydrazine, or peroxides) or with actinic radiation (63). This approach requires a source of free radicals capable of hydrogen abstraction from one or another of the labile hydrogens attached alpha to the pyrrohdone carbonyl or lactam nitrogen. The subsequently formed PVP radical can combine with another such radical to form a cross-link or undergo side reactions such as scission or cyclization (64,65), thus ... 

Dihydropyridazines are known as labile intermediates, and lose nitrogen at -78 °C with a half-life of 30 seconds or less. On the other hand, the corresponding 2-oxides are stable compounds which lose N2O only at 300 °C or above (77JA8505). 

Oxiranes with lone-pair atoms like nitrogen (67JA3084) or halogens (B-71MI50500) on the ring are thermally labile (e.g. Scheme 21). 

A large number of Brpnsted and Lewis acid catalysts have been employed in the Fischer indole synthesis. Only a few have been found to be sufficiently useful for general use. It is worth noting that some Fischer indolizations are unsuccessful simply due to the sensitivity of the reaction intermediates or products under acidic conditions. In many such cases the thermal indolization process may be of use if the reaction intermediates or products are thermally stable (vide infra). If the products (intermediates) are labile to either thermal or acidic conditions, the use of pyridine chloride in pyridine or biphasic conditions are employed. The general mechanism for the acid catalyzed reaction is believed to be facilitated by the equilibrium between the aryl-hydrazone 13 (R = FF or Lewis acid) and the ene-hydrazine tautomer 14, presumably stabilizing the latter intermediate 14 by either protonation or complex formation (i.e. Lewis acid) at the more basic nitrogen atom (i.e. the 2-nitrogen atom in the arylhydrazone) is important. 

The cycloaddition reaction of compound 6 with N-aryl- and N-aralkylazides 23 was also investigated (967(52)7183). Thiadiazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexene derivatives 25 were obtained from the labile triazoline intermediate 24 through nitrogen elimination. This bicyclic system underwent thermal transformation, producing thiadiazine dioxides 26 as the main product together with thiazete dioxides 27 and pyrazoles 28. 

No direct nucleophilic substitution of the hydrogen atoms in the isoxazole nucleus a or y to the nitrogen is as yet known. Thus, the Chichibabin reaction fails in the isoxazole series because of the cleavage of the heterocyclic nucleus under these conditions. It is the lability of the isoxazole ring toward nucleophilic reagents that makes the chemical behavior of isoxazole fundamentally different from that of pyridine. 

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