Methanol exchange reactions

The slightly different physical properties of deuterium allow its concentration in ordinary hydrogen (or the concentration of a deuterium-containing compound in a hydrogen compound) to be determined. Exchange of deuterium and hydrogen occurs and can be used to elucidate the mechanism of reactions (i.e. the deuterium is a non-radioactive tracer). Methanol exchanges with deuterium oxide thus ... 

Liquid coating resins are prepared by reacting methanol or butanol with the initial hydroxyme-thylureas. Ether exchange reactions between the amino resin and the reactive sites on the polymer produce a cross-linked film. 

In theory two carbanions, (189) and (190), can be formed by deprotonation of 3,5-dimethylisoxazole with a strong base. On the basis of MINDO/2 calculations for these two carbanions, the heat of formation of (189) is calculated to be about 33 kJ moF smaller than that of (190), and the carbanion (189) is thermodynamically more stable than the carbanion (190). The calculation is supported by the deuterium exchange reaction of 3,5-dimethylisoxazole with sodium methoxide in deuterated methanol. The rate of deuterium exchange of the 5-methyl protons is about 280 times faster than that of the 3-methyl protons (AAF = 13.0 kJ moF at room temperature) and its activation energy is about 121 kJ moF These results indicate that the methyl groups of 3,5-dimethylisoxazole are much less reactive than the methyl group of 2-methylpyridine and 2-methylquinoline, whose activation energies under the same reaction conditions were reported to be 105 and 88 kJ moF respectively (79H(12)1343). 

Exchange reactions between bulk and adsorbed substances can be studied by on-line mass spectroscopy and isotope labeling. In this section the results on the interaction of methanol and carbon monoxide in solution with adsorbed methanol and carbon monoxide on platinum are reported [72], A flow cell for on-line MS measurements (Fig. 1.2) was used. 13C-labeled methanol was absorbed until the Pt surface became saturated. After solution exchange with base electrolyte a potential scan was applied. Parallel to the current-potential curve the mass intensity-potential for 13C02 was monitored. Both curves are given in Fig. 3.1a,b. A second scan was always taken to check the absence of bulk substances. 

MP borohydride catches one equivalent of the titanium catalyst, while the polystyrene-bound diethanolamine resin (PS-DEAM) can scavenge the remaining titanium catalyst. The borohydride reagent also assists in the reductive animation reaction. Final purification of the crude amine product is achieved with a polystyrene-bound toluene sulfonic acid resin scavenger that holds the amine through an ion exchange reaction, while impurities are washed off. The pure amine can be recovered with methanol containing 2M ammonium hydroxide. 

A mixture of rhodium II) acetate (228 mg, 0.516 mmol), the imidazolidinone (1.70 g, 6.15 mmol), and dry chlorobenzene (20 mL) is heated under reflux for 18 h in a flask fitted with a Soxhlet extraction apparatus into which a thimble is placed containing an oven-dried mixture of sodium carbonate and sand (2 1, 5 g). The progress of the ligand-exchange reaction can be monitored by HPLC (p-Bondapak-CN column, methanol). The resulting blue solution is concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue is purified by column chromatography (reversed phase silica, Bakerbond Cyano 40 mm prep. LC packing, methanol). 

The Sm silylamide surface species [(=SiO)Sm N(SiHMe2)2 (THF)] (28a-c, 29 and 30) (Scheme 12.11) readily undergo silylamido methanol and silylamido indenyl exchange reactions, affording materials [Sm(OMe)(THF)] MCM-41LP.280 (33c) and [Sm lnd(SiHMe2) (THF)J MGM-41LP.28o (34b) [126]. Notably, discrete Sm methoxy species are unknown in molecular chemistry due... 

The effects of polar substituents on the alkaline hydrolysis of esters are well-established. Since the rate of the reaction is determined largely by the rate of addition of hydroxide ion to the carbonyl group of the ester, any substituent which withdraws electrons from the carbonyl group will increase the reactivity of the ester. The most accessible quantitative measure of the effect is the Hammett or Taft reaction constant, and a large number of measurements are available. Taft et al.2i0 found p = 2.53 for the base-catalyzed methanolysis of meta- and para-substituted (/)-menthyl benzoates, closely similar to the known value of p = 2.37 for the alkaline hydrolysis of substituted ethyl benzoates. Jones and Sloane s value239, obtained with five esters, of p = 2.41 for the methoxyl exchange reaction of substituted methyl benzoates in methanol, is almost identical. 

The complications which result from the hydrolysis of alkali metal cyanides in aqueous media may be avoided by the use of non-aqueous solvents. The one most often employed is liquid ammonia, in which derivatives of some of the lanthanides and of titanium(III) may be obtained from the metal halides and cyanide.13 By addition of potassium as reductant, complexes of cobalt(O), nickel(O), titanium(II) and titanium(III) may be prepared and a complex of zirconium(0) has been obtained in a remarkable disproportion of zirconium(III) into zirconium(IV) and zirconium(0).14 Other solvents which have been shown to be suitable for halide-cyanide exchange reactions include ethanol, methanol, tetrahydrofuran, dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethylformamide. With their aid, species of different stoichiometry from those isolated from aqueous media can sometimes be made [Hg(CN)3], for example, is obtained as its cesium salt form CsF, KCN and Hg(CN)2 in ethanol.15... 

Copper(II) complexes of the Schiff bases derived for salicylaldehyde and dibenzyl asparate or glutamate have recently been characterized.497 Refluxing these complexes in methanol for 30 min gives bis(a-methyl-/3-benzyl-N-salicylideneaspartato)copper(II) in which selective ester and bis(a-methyl-y-benzyl-N-salicylideneglutamato)copper(II) exchange occurs. A similar selective ester exchange reaction has also been observed with the copper(II) complex of the Schiff base derived from salicylaldehyde and dibenzyl dl-asparate.498... 

The exchange reactions of organyltrialkoxysilanes with THEA mostly require heating of the components in an appropriate inert solvent (benzene, toluene, xylene, anisole, chloroform, methanol, ethanol etc.) for a long time. However, in some cases the reactions can be carried out at room temperature or, if necessary, with cooling. The transetherification rates and silatrane yields increase in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide or alkoxide as a basic catalyst. 

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