Metal—nitrogen reactions

In this case, the combustion front propagates due to the interaction between the solid reactant and the gas infiltrated to the reaction zone from the surrounding atmosphere (see Section IV,D). For metal-nitrogen reactions, this type of combustion was observed for low initial sample density (-0.2) in the Ta-N2 system, where the metal does not melt in the combustion wave (Pityulin et al, 1979 Ku-... 

It is easy to reduce anhydrous rare-earth hatides to the metal by reaction of mote electropositive metals such as calcium, lithium, sodium, potassium, and aluminum. Electrolytic reduction is an alternative in the production of the light lanthanide metals, including didymium, a Nd—Pt mixture. The rare-earth metals have a great affinity for oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, carbon, silicon, boron, phosphoms, and hydrogen at elevated temperature and remove these elements from most other metals. 

Chemical Reactivity - Reactivity with Water Dissolves and reacts to form acid solution and toxic red oxides of nitrogen Reactivity with Common Materials Corrosive to most metals, but reaction is not hazardous Stability During Transport Stable Neutralizing Agents for Acids and Caustics Flush with water. Residual acid may be neutralized with soda ash Polymerization Not pertinent Inhibitor of... 

Free radical reactions in the presence of metal ions reactions of nitrogen compounds. G. Sosnovsky and D. J. Rawlinson, Adv. Free-Radical Chem., 1972, 4, 203-284 (160). 

Tantalum nitride (TaN) from the metal chloride reaction with nitrogen at 800-1500°C. 

Insertion into metal nitrogen bonds is illustrated by the formation of the anion [(C6F5)2Pd(S2CNIIPh)] in the reaction of [Pd2(C6F5)4(p-NHPh)2]2-with carbon disulfide.362... 

In the transition metal-catalyzed reactions described above, the addition of a small quantity of base dramatically increases the reaction rate [17-21]. A more elegant approach is to include a basic site into the catalysts, as is depicted in Scheme 20.13. Noyori and others proposed a mechanism for reactions catalyzed with these 16-electron ruthenium complexes (30) that involves a six-membered transition state (31) [48-50]. The basic nitrogen atom of the ligand abstracts the hydroxyl proton from the hydrogen donor (16) and, in a concerted manner, a hydride shift takes place from the a-position of the alcohol to ruthenium (a), re-... 

The transition metal-catalyzed reaction of diazoalkanes with acceptor-substituted alkenes is far more intricate than reaction with simple alkenes. With acceptor-substituted alkenes the diazoalkane can undergo (transition metal-catalyzed) 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to the olefin [651-654]. The resulting 3//-pyrazolines can either be stable or can isomerize to l//-pyrazolines. 3//-Pyrazolines can also eliminate nitrogen and collapse to cyclopropanes, even at low temperatures. Despite these potential side-reactions, several examples of catalyzed cyclopropanations of acceptor-substituted alkenes with diazoalkanes have been reported [648,655]. Substituted 2-cyclohexenones or cinnamates [642,656] have been cyclopropanated in excellent yields by treatment with diazomethane/palladium(II) acetate. Maleates, fumarates, or acrylates [642,657], on the other hand, cannot, however, be cyclopropanated under these conditions. 

Nitrogen oxides. Nitric oxide (NO) itself, has been shown to be a poor nitrosating agent (28), probably because it is unable to abstract an amino-H atom to generate the dialkyl-amino radical, which might then combine with further NO. However, the presence of even a small amount of air results in complete conversion, presumably via oxidation of NO to NO2. Nitrosation by NO is catalyzed by metal salts, such as Znl2, CuCl, and CUSO4. The metal catalyzed reaction is inhibited in acid or aqueous media (29). 

Reaction of diazo compounds with a variety of transition metal compounds leads to evolution of nitrogen and formation of products of the same general type as those formed by thermal and photochemical decomposition of diazoalkanes. These transition metal-catalyzed reactions in general appear to involve carbenoid intermediates in which the carbene becomes bound to the metal.83 The metals which have been used most frequently in synthesis are copper and rhodium. 

Photochemical or thermal extrusion of molecular nitrogen from ot-diazocarbonyl compounds generates a-carbonylcarbenes. These transient species possess a resonance contribution from a 1,3-dipolar (303, Scheme 8.74) or 1,3-diradical form, depending on their spin state. The three-atom moiety has been trapped in a [3 + 2] cycloaddition fashion, but this reaction is rare because of the predominance of a fast rearrangement of the ketocarbene into a ketene intermediate. There are a steadily increasing number of transition metal catalyzed reactions of diazocarbonyl compounds with carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom double bonds, that, instead of affording three-membered rings, furnish hve-membered heterocycles which... 

Product recovery. ("Caution. Finely divided metals, such as those produced in the metal atom reactions, are often pyrophoric. Therefore, at the end of a reaction the reactor is always vented with an inert gas such as N2. Residual pyrophoric metals may generally be rendered innocuous by the careful introduction of dilute HCl solution under a nitrogen purge. It is to be expected that the electrode assembly will be covered with pyrophoric metal which will glow or flame as the assembly is removed from the reactor. Care should be... 

In general, reactive carbon electrophiles have been shown to react preferentially at the nitrogen atoms of the purine bicycle (see Section 10.11.5.2.1). However, 9-(2,3,5-tris-0-/r /T-butyldimethylsilyl)-a-D-ribofuranosyl-6-chloro-2-(tri-butylstannyOpurine reacted with benzoyl chloride to substitute the 2-tributylstannyl group (PhCOCl, pyridine, toluene, 60% yield) <1997JOC6833>. Indirect C-alkylations have been achieved through deprotonation and alkylation see Section 10.11.5.3.4. The major routes to (7-alkyl and (7-aryl substitution are through nucleophilic displacement or transition metal-catalyzed reactions of halopurines see Sections 10.11.7.4.1 and 10.11.7.4.2. 

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