Methyl trioxide

Although no explosions have occurred with bis(trifluoro-methyl) trioxide, the amount of material prepared in the synthesis has been limited in order to minimize the hazards. All reactions should be carried out behind adequate safety shields. The toxicity of bis(trifluoromethyl) trioxide is unknown but probably high. 

If, for example, methyl iodide is added to a solution of arsenic trioxide in an... 

Pyridyl)hydrazine (Aldrich), 4-acetylpyridine (Acros), N,N,N -trimethylethylenediamine (Aldrich), methylrhenium trioxide (Aldrich), InQj (Aldrich), Cu(N0j)2-3H20 (Merck), Ni(N03)2-6Il20 (Merck), Yb(OTf)3(Fluka), Sc(OTf)3 (Fluka), 2-(aminomethyl)pyridine (Acros), benzylideneacetone (Aldrich), and chalcone (Aldrich) were of the highest purity available. Borane dimethyl sulfide (2M solution in THE) was obtained from Aldrich. Methyl vinyl ketone was distilled prior to use. Cyclopentadiene was prepared from its dimer immediately before use. (R)-l-acetyl-5-isopropoxy-3-pyrrolin-2-one (4.15) has been kindly provided by Prof H. Hiemstra (University of Amsterdam). 

CH3I (methyl iodide) principal axes, 103 If rotation, 113 CH2NH (methanimine) interstellar, 120 Cr203 (chromium trioxide) in alexandrite laser, 347ff in ruby laser, 346ff HC3N (cyanoacetylene) interstellar, 120 HCOOH (formic acid) interstellar, 120 NH2CN (cyanamide) interstellar, 120... 

Trimethyl arsine [593-88-4] C H As, has been identified as the toxic volatile arsenical, once known as "Gosio gas," produced by the reaction of certain molds that grow on wallpaper paste and react with inorganic arsenic compounds present in the paper. A number of microorganisms can methylate arsenic trioxide and other arsenic-containing compounds to yield trimethylarsine. These microorganisms include Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Candida humicola and Gliocladium roseum (72). 

Other Techniques Continuous methods for monitoring sulfur dioxide include electrochemical cells and infrared techniques. Sulfur trioxide can be measured by FTIR techniques. The main components of the reduced-sulfur compounds emitted, for example, from the pulp and paper industry, are hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptane, dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide. These can be determined separately using FTIR and gas chromatographic techniques. 

In a typical Knof procedure, 3jS-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one acetate is epoxidized with perbenzoic acid (or m-chloroperbenzoic acid ) to a mixture of 5a,6a- and 5)5,6)5-epoxides (75) in 99 % yield. Subsequent oxidation with aqueous chromium trioxide in methyl ethyl ketone affords the 5a-hydroxy-6-ketone (76) in 89% yield. Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of the hydroxy ketone (76) with perbenzoic acid (or w-chloroperbenzoic acid ) gives keto acid (77) in 96% yield as a complex with benzoic acid. The benzoic acid can be removed by sublimation or, more conveniently, by treating the complex with benzoyl chloride and pyridine to give the easily isolated )5-lactone (70) in 40% yield. As described in section III-A, pyrolysis of j5-lactone (70) affords A -B-norsteroid (71). Knof used this reaction sequence to prepare 3)5-hydroxy-B-norandrost-5-en-17-one acetate, B-noran-... 

Tertiary Af-alkyl-Al,(V-bis(2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethyl)atnines containing 77-methylene or A -methyl groups are oxidized by chromium trioxide in acetic acid to Af,Al-bis(2-fluoro-2,2-dimtroethyl)formamides [ 5] (equation 82)... 

Methyl polyfluoro-1-cyclobutenyl ethers react with sulfur trioxide to form fluoride and polyfluorocyclobutenones, but coproducts are their fluorosulfonyloxy derivatives resulting from sulfur trioxide insertion [5] (equation 5) The nonsul-fonyloxylated polyfluorocyclopentenones are favored when starting with methyl polyfluoro-1-cyclopentenyl ethers (equation 6). Ring insertion of sulfur tnoxide occurs during the reaction of 1-methoxytnfluorocyclopropene (equation 7)... 

The sulfonating actions of pyridine-sulfur trioxide, pyridine-bis sulfur trioxide and dioxane sulfur trioxide on 2,5-dimethyIthiophene have been compared. Yields of 95% monosulfonic acid were obtained with the latter two reagents, whereas pyridine sulfur trioxide yielded only 75%. 2-Methyl-3,5-diphenylthiophene resists formylation and SnCl4 Catalyzed acylation in contrast to 2,3,5-trimethylthiophene, which is formylated and acylated quite easily. 

By monitoring the intensity of the carbonyl absorption it was observed that oxidation of methyl 4,6-0-benzylidene-2-deoxy-a-D-Zt/ ro-hexopyrano-side with chromium trioxide-pyridine at room temperature gave initially the hexopyranosid-3-ulose (2) in low concentration, but attempts to increase this yield resulted in elimination of methanol to give compound 3. However, when methyl 4,6-0-benzylidene-2-deoxy-a-D-Zt/ ro-hexo-pyranoside is oxidized by ruthenium tetroxide in either carbon tetrachloride or methylene dichloride it affords compound 2 without concomitant elimination. When compound 2 was heated for 30 minutes in pyridine which was 0.1 M in either perchloric acid or hydrochloric acid it afforded compound 3, but in pyridine alone it was recoverable unchanged (2). Another example of this type of elimination, leading to the introduction of unsaturation into a glycopyranoid ring, was observed... 

Nitrobenzaldehyde has been prepared from />-nitrotoluene by treatment with isoamyl nitrite in the presence of sodium methylate,1 by oxidation with chromyl chloride,2 cerium dioxide,3 or chromium trioxide in the presence of acetic anhydride.4 It can also be prepared by the oxidation of -nitrobenzyl chloride,5 7>-nitrobenzyl alcohol,6 or the esters of -nitrocinnamic acid.7... 

Mg ribbon and fine Mg shavings can be ignited at air temps of about 950°F (Ref 26). Oxides of Be, Cd, Hg, Mo and Zn can react explosively with Mg when heated (Ref 8). Mg reacts with incandescence when heated with the cyanides of Cd, Co, Cu,Pb, Ni or Zn or with Ca carbide (Ref 9). It is spontaneously flam-mable when exposed to moist chlorine (Ref 10), and on contact with chloroform, methyl chloride (or mixts of both), an expl occurs (Ref 4). Mg also reacts violently with chlorinated hydrocarbons, nitrogen tetroxide and A1 chloride (Ref 14). The reduction of heated cupric oxide by admixed Mg is accompanied by incandescence and an expin (Ref 7).Mg exposed to moist fluorine is spontaneously flammable (Ref 11). When a mixt of Mg and Ca carbonate is heated in a current of hydrogen, a violent ex pin occurs (Ref 12). When Mo trioxide is heated with molten Mg, a violent detonation occurs (Ref 1). Liq oxygen (LOX) gives a detonable mixt when... 

Schmid et al. studied in detail the sulfonation reaction of fatty acid methyl esters with sulfur trioxide [37]. They measured the time dependency of the products formed during ester sulfonation. These measurements together with a mass balance confirmed the existence of an intermediate with two S03 groups in the molecule. To decide the way in which the intermediate is formed the measured time dependency of the products was compared with the complex kinetics of different mechanisms. Only the following two-step mechanism allowed a calculation of the measured data with a variation of the velocity constants in the kinetic differential equations. 

Indium trichloride [30] and methylrhenium trioxide [31] catalyze the aqueous Diels-Alder reaction of acrolein and acrylates with cyclic and open-chain dienes. Some examples of the cycloaddition of methyl vinyl ketone with 1,3-cyclohexadiene are reported in Scheme 6.18. MeReOs does not give satisfactory yields for acroleins and methyl vinyl ketones with substituents at the jS-position and favors the self-Diels-Alder reaction of diene. 

Methyl-2-quinoxalinecarbaldehyde 1,4-dioxide (235) and A-(2-chloroethyl)-hydroxylamine hydrochloride (236) gave the nitrone, 2-(2-chloroethylimino-methyl)-3-methylquinoxahne l,4,A(-trioxide (237) (NaHCOa, 95% EtOH, warm then 20°C, 1 h 70% after separation from a byproduct). ... 

CHROMIUM TRIOXIDE-PYRIDINE COMPLEX, preparation in situ, 55, 84 Chrysene, 58,15, 16 fzans-Cinnamaldehyde, 57, 85 Cinnamaldehyde dimethylacetal, 57, 84 Cinnamyl alcohol, 56,105 58, 9 2-Cinnamylthio-2-thiazoline, 56, 82 Citric acid, 58,43 Citronellal, 58, 107, 112 Cleavage of methyl ethers with iodotri-methylsilane, 59, 35 Cobalt(II) acetylacetonate, 57, 13 Conjugate addition of aryl aldehydes, 59, 53 Copper (I) bromide, 58, 52, 54, 56 59,123 COPPER CATALYZED ARYLATION OF /3-DlCARBONYL COMPOUNDS, 58, 52 Copper (I) chloride, 57, 34 Copper (II) chloride, 56, 10 Copper(I) iodide, 55, 105, 123, 124 Copper(I) oxide, 59, 206 Copper(ll) oxide, 56, 10 Copper salts of carboxylic acids, 59, 127 Copper(l) thiophenoxide, 55, 123 59, 210 Copper(l) trifluoromethanesulfonate, 59, 202... 

An important role must be attributed to intermediate mixed anhydrides of sulfonic acids and mineral acids sulfonic acid anhydrides are reported to need Friedel-Crafts conditions to generate sulfones -" . Instead of arenesulfonic acids, their methyl esters may undergo insertion of sulfur trioxide" " yielding mixed anhydrides, which in turn furnish... 

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