Methylamine addition

Methanol is used as a solvent, an antifreeze, a refrigerant, and a chemical intermediate. The greatest chemical uses for methanol as of 1990 were formaldehyde—27 percent MTBE—26 percent and acetic acid—11 percent. Other chemicals derived from methanol include methyl halides, methyl methacrylate, and methylamines. Additional methanol capacity will be required to meet the expected growth of MTBE consumption. 

Occasionally the liquid may not become acidic after the first or second addition, even through the sulphonyl chloride has reacted completely. (This is due to a smaller loss of methylamine than is expected.) If such is the case, no more than 5 minutes should be allowed between successive additions of sulphonyl cliloride and alkali. The whole procedure occupies about 30 minutes. 

Transfer the filtrate to a ceramic evaporating dish and heat on a water bath until a crystalline scum forms on the top. Cool the dish quickly then filter the mess on the vacuum Buchner to yield 96g of Methylamine Hydrochloride. Concentrate the filtrate once again to obtain a second crop of crystals, -IQg. Concentrate the filtrate a third time as far as possible using the water bath, then store the dish in a vacuum dessicator loaded with Sodium Hydroxide in the bottom for 24 hours. Add Chloroform to the residue left in the crucible to dissolve out Dimethylamine Hydrochloride (distill off the Chloroform to recover - good stuff) then filter on the venerable old vacuum Buchner funnel to yield an additional 20g of Methylamine Hydrochloride, washing the crystals in the funnel with a small poiiion of Chloroform ( 10mL). 

A modification of the direct process has recentiy been reported usiag a ckculating reactor of the Buss Loop design (11). In addition to employing lower temperatures, this process is claimed to have lower steam and electricity utihty requirements than a more traditional reactor (12) for the direct carbonylation, although cooling water requirements are higher. The reaction can also be performed ia the presence of an amidine catalyst (13). Related processes have been reported that utilize a mixture of methylamines as the feed, but require transition-metal catalysts (14). 

In addition, Namazi and coworkers expanded the DHPM core by constructing pyrrolo[3,4-rf pyrimidines via the classical approach. First, DHPM 59 was delivered in 60% yield using the standard Biginelli conditions. 59 was then brominated in high yield to afford 60. Substitution of bromide 60 with methylamine followed by cyclization of the intermediate amino ester furnished pyrrolo[3,4-rf pyrimidine 61 in 53% yield. 

Formal oxidation of pyrrolidine to the succinimide stage affords a series of compounds used as anticonvulsant agents for treatment of seizures in petit mal epilepsy. Knoevnagel condensation of benzaldehyde with ethyl cyanoacetate affords the unsaturated ester, 9. Conjugate addition of cyanide ion leads to the di-nitrile ester (10). Hydrolysis in mineral acid affords the succinic acid (11), presumably by decarboxylation of the intermediate tricarboxyllie acid. Lactamization with methylamine gives phensuximide (12). ... 

First,0.27 mol of a-chloro-3, 4 -dihydroxyacetophenone are dissolved in 200 ml methanol with warming. Next, 100 ml of a 40% aqueous solution of methylamine is slowly added and the mixture stirred at 50°C to 55°C for 2 hours. The reaction mixture is then stirred an additional 24 hours at room temperature. 

Diamino-substituted complexes of type 37 were first obtained by Fischer et al. [12] in two steps via the 1,2-addition-elimination product 34 from di-methylamine and 35 (Scheme 6). The (3-aminoallenylidene)chromium complexes 36, which can be prepared either from 33 [47,48] or directly from 35 [33], can also be transformed to l,3-bis(dialkylamino)-substituted complexes of type 37 (e.g., R2=z Pr) by treatment with dimethylamine in excellent yields [33]. Although the complex 37 is accessible by further reaction of the complex 34 with dimethylamine, and 34 itself stems from the reaction of 35 with dimethylamine, the direct transformation of 33 to 37 could not be achieved [12]. In spite of this, heterocyclic carbene complexes with two nitrogens were obtained by reactions of alkynylcarbene complexes 35 with hydrazine [49] and 1,3-diamines [50]. 

Setzt man Ammoniumchlorid mit zwei Molekiilen Formaldehyd um, so wird durch Addition des ersten Mols Formaldehyd an Ammoniak Amino-methanol gebildet, der durch das zweite Formaldehyd-Molekiil zu Methylamin reduziertwird (s.ds. Handb. Bd. XI/1, S. 671). 

In addition, several addition reactions have been reported for the iron complex [Fe(CNCH3)j] with hydrazine and with methylamine (99) the products (XVI) and (XVII), respectively, are described. A crystal structure study on the latter compound was carried out. 

Finally, silylation-amination of 5,6-diliydro-6-oxauracil 231 with excess diphenyl-methylamine 232/HMDS 2 and (NH4)2S04 for 17 h in boiling dioxane affords, via protonation of or of the persilylated intermediate 233 and subsequent addition of the amine to the 4-position, the cytosine analogue 234 in 74% yield [60] (Scheme 4.21). 

Oxime carbamates have high polarity and solubility in water and are relatively chemically and thermally unstable. They are relatively stable in weakly acidic to neutral media (pH 4-6) but unstable in strongly acidic and basic media. Rapid hydrolysis occurs in strongly basic aqueous solutions (pH > 9) to form the parent oxime/alcohol and methylamine, which is enhanced at elevated temperature. Additionally, oxime carbamates are, generally, stable in most organic solvents and readily soluble in acetone, methanol, acetonitrile, and ethyl acetate, with the exception of aliphatic hydrocarbons. Furthermore, most oxime carbamates contain an active -alkyl (methyl) moiety that can be easily oxidized to form the corresponding sulfoxide or sulfone metabolites. 

Fig. 2. Components of Li enthalpies of complexation with methylamines. Successive steps indicate the effect on energy of interaction between Li and the amine of inclusion of additional components of the binding energy. The diagram shows that the permanent dipoles on amines (the charge on the nitrogen of the isolated amine) favor ammonia over trimethylamine complexation, but that polarizability and inductive effects (shift of negative charge onto the nitrogen in the complex) cause a massive turnaround in favor of complexation with trimethylamine rather than ammonia. Of particular importance is the near inversion of order caused by the addition of repulsive van der Waals terms. Modified after Ref. (9).

Several silver(I) complexes of the macrocyclic Schiff base derived from the [2+2] condensation of terephthalaldehyde and 3-azapentane-1,5-diamine or A,A -bis(3-aminopropyl)methylamine have been described.509,510 The reaction of 2,ll-diaza-difluoro-m-[3,3]-cyclophane with 2,6-bis (bromomethyl)pyridine lead to the 3 + 3 addition product, which gives a complex with two silver... 

Addition of bases or acids to nitromethane renders it susceptible to initiation by a detonator. These include aniline, diaminoethane, iminobispropylamine, morpholine, methylamine, ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, and formic, nitric, sulfuric or phosphoric acids. 

Figure 4. shows the route from the high boiling residue of the direct synthesis to silicon carbo-nitride fibers. Methylchlorodisilanes and trichlorosilanes as additives are mixed in a specific ratio and react with methylamine and a small amount of ammonia to form an aminodisilane/oligosilazane. The subsequent polycondensation reaction of this mixture by heating to 250 °C yields a soluble and melt spinnable polysilazane. In comparision with the polysilane the properties of the polysilazane depend on the ratios of the disilanes/silanes and methylamine/ammonia and also on the reaction conditions. 

The coordinated macrocycle readily reacts with alkoxide ions to yield products of type (71) (Taylor, Urbach Busch, 1969). In so doing additional flexibility is imparted to the ring which may reduce ring strain and, in part, provide a driving force for the reaction. Thus the coordinated imine carbons appear predisposed to attack by such nucleophiles. Based on this knowledge, elegant template syntheses of three-dimensional derivatives have been performed. The syntheses involved the reaction of [M(taab)]2+ (M = Ni, Cu) with the dialkoxide ions derived from bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulphide or bis(2-hydroxyethyl)methylamine (Katovic, Taylor Busch, 1969). The products were demonstrated to be monomeric square-pyramidal complexes of type (72). The condensation... 

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