Monoamides

The reaction is applicable to the preparation of amines from amides of aliphatic aromatic, aryl-aliphatic and heterocyclic acids. A further example is given in Section IV,170 in connexion with the preparation of anthranilic acid from phthal-imide. It may be mentioned that for aliphatic monoamides containing more than eight carbon atoms aqueous alkaline hypohalite gives poor yields of the amines. Good results are obtained by treatment of the amide (C > 8) in methanol with sodium methoxide and bromine, followed by hydrolysis of the resulting N-alkyl methyl carbamate ... 

For amino acids having trivial names ending in -ine, the suffix -amide is added after the name of the acid (with elision of e for monoamides). For example, HjN—CHj—CO—NHj is glycin-amide. 

Amidation. Reaction of maleic anhydride or its isomeric acids with ammonia [7664-41-7] (qv), primary amines (qv), and secondary amines produces mono- or diamides. The monoamide derivative from the reaction of ammonia and maleic anhydride is called maleamic acid [557-24-4] (8). Another monoamide derivative formed from the reaction of aniline [62-53-3] and maleic anhydride is maleanilic acid [555-59-9] (9). 

Hydrochloric acid [7647-01-0], which is formed as by-product from unreacted chloroacetic acid, is fed into an absorption column. After the addition of acid and alcohol is complete, the mixture is heated at reflux for 6—8 h, whereby the intermediate malonic acid ester monoamide is hydroly2ed to a dialkyl malonate. The pure ester is obtained from the mixture of cmde esters by extraction with ben2ene [71-43-2], toluene [108-88-3], or xylene [1330-20-7]. The organic phase is washed with dilute sodium hydroxide [1310-73-2] to remove small amounts of the monoester. The diester is then separated from solvent by distillation at atmospheric pressure, and the malonic ester obtained by redistillation under vacuum as a colorless Hquid with a minimum assay of 99%. The aqueous phase contains considerable amounts of mineral acid and salts and must be treated before being fed to the waste treatment plant. The process is suitable for both the dimethyl and diethyl esters. The yield based on sodium chloroacetate is 75—85%. Various low molecular mass hydrocarbons, some of them partially chlorinated, are formed as by-products. Although a relatively simple plant is sufficient for the reaction itself, a si2eable investment is required for treatment of the wastewater and exhaust gas. 

Succinic acid reacts with urea in aqeous solution to give a 2 1 compound having mp 141°C (116,117), which has low solubiUty in water. A method for the recovery of succinic acid from the wastes from adipic acid manufacture is based on this reaction (118,119). The monoamide succinamic acid [638-32-4] NH2COCH2CH2COOH, is obtained from ammonia and the anhydride or by partial hydrolysis of succinknide. The diamide succinamide [110-14-3], (CH2C0NH2)2, nip 268—270°C, is obtained from succinyl chloride and ammonia or by partial hydrolysis of succinonitrile. Heating succinknide with a primary amine gives A/-alkylsucckiknides (eq. 9). 

Sulfamic acid [5329-14-6] (amidosulfuric acid), HSO2NH2, molecular weight 97.09, is a monobasic, inorganic, dry acid and the monoamide of sulfuric acid. Sulfamic acid is produced and sold in the form of water-soluble crystals. This acid was known and prepared in laboratories for nearly a hundred years before it became a commercially available product. The first preparation of this acid occurred around 1836 (1). Later work resulted in identification and preparation of sulfamic acid in its pure form (2). In 1936, a practical process which became the basis for commercial preparation was developed (3,4). This process, involving the reaction of urea with sulfur trioxide and sulfuric acid, continues to be the main method for production of sulfamic acid. 

Carbamic acid is the monoamide of carbonic acid the diamide is the weU-known compound urea [57-13-6] also called carbamide (see Urea). Guanidine [113-00-8] could be regarded as the amidine of carbamic acid (see Cyanamides). 

Ammonium acetate and sodium methoxide are effective catalysts for the ammonolysis of soybean oil (49). Polyfunctional amines and amino alcohols such as ethylenediamine, ethanolamine, and diethanolamine react to give useful intermediates. Ethylenediamine can form either a monoamide or a diamide depending on the mole ratio of reactants. With an equimolar ratio of reactants and a temperature of >250° C, a cyclization reaction occurs to give imidazolines with ethylenediamine (48) ... 

Under more forcing conditions with acid anhydrides, EDA can form tetraacyl derivatives (29). However, much milder conditions or less active acylating agents are needed to obtain the monoamide essentially free of the diamide (30—32). 

The monoamides can be cycli2ed to form imida2olines. This can be done without isolation of the monoamide by a variety of techniques including distilling the alcohol and water away as formed (33), heating under vacuum (34), heating in a hydrocarbon solvent under vacuum (35), or heating in the... 

Base treatment of isoxazolin-5-ones produced the cyano aeids (70JOC3130), while ethoxide treatment of iV-alkyl-A -5-ones gave, after H2O treatment, a malonyl monoamide monoester (69JOC2981) and not an oximoacrylate as was reported earlier (Scheme 61) (23HCA102). The base treatment of a 4-bromoisoxazolin-5-one generated a ring-opened oxime (Scheme 62) (79JOC873). 

Z-Maleamic acid (cis-maleic acid monoamide) [557-24-4] M 115.1, m 158-161 , 172-173 (dec), pKes, -2.65. Crystd from EtOH. IRRITANT. 

The application of this addition to aminomethylene ketones provides a convenient synthesis of monoamides of pimelic acid (508). It should be noted that the corresponding oxidation of hydroxy methylene cyclohexanone leads to ring contraction and formation of cyclopentanoic acid. 

The reaction partner of maleic acid anhydride can be changed. Instead of a hydroxyl group a primary or secondary amine can be used. Either monoamides or diamides can be obtained. Simple sulfation as mentioned above closes the reaction series. The variety of sulfosuccinamates (monoamides) and sulfosuccinamides (diamides) is smaller than that of sulfosuccinates. An important use lies in the field of technical applications (Fig. 2). 

Amine Primary or secondary Monoamide or diamide Alkyl chain chain length Degree of saturation Substituents, e.g. ... 

TFA) in DCM (dichloromethane). Linkers for carboxylic acids have also been designed to effect cleavage via photolysis (3-nitro-4-hydroxymethylbenzoic acid, ONb 14) [18] and flouridolysis (N-3 or 4) ((4-hydroxymethyl)-phenoxy-t-butylphenylsilyl)phenyl pentanedioic acid monoamide (PBs) 15 [19] and quinonemethide-based handle 16 [20] (Fig. 

Diamines react with azolides to produce diamides in cases where the nucleophilicity, the steric situation, etc. for the two amino groups are similar. If this is not the case, azolides may react selectively to give monoamides, as the examples below illustrate. 

Examples of monoamides from diamino compounds using CDI ... 

Monoamides and Monothioamides of Carbonic Acid Carbamates and Related Compounds... 

A rather complex fused isoindoline (87) has been found to show good anorectic activity. This substance differs from other anorectic agents by not being a p-phenethylamine analogue. Preparation of this compound starts by reaction of a substituted benzoyl-benzoic acid (82) with ethylene diamine. The product (84) can be rationalized as being the aminal from the initially obtained monoamide 83. This is then subjected to reduction with lithium aluminum hydride... 

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