1-Naphthylamine, basicity

I-Naphthylamine readily diazotizes and couples to aromatic hydroxylic or basic compounds. It was thus used as a first component in a number of important monoazo dyes, but its use has been severely curtailed because of its potent carcinogenicity. It sulphonates to give naphthionic acid (l-naphthylamine-4-sul-phonic acid). 

Basic Component. The filtrate from (a), or the HCl extract from b), now contains the basic component in the form of its hydrochloride. Add 30% aqueous NaOH solution until alkaline to litmus. Cool, and scratch the sides of the vessel with a glass rod a white precipitate indicates a solid amine, e.g, p-toluidine or a naphthylamine. Dilute, filter off, wash well with water (recrystallise if necessary), dry and identify. 

Solubility in 5 per cent, hydrochloric acid. Add the acid to 0 10 g. of the solid or 0 20 ml. of the liquid in quantities of 1 0 ml. until 3 0 ml. have been introduced. Some organic bases (e.g., p-naphthylamine) form hydrochlorides that are soluble in water but are precipitated by an excess of acid if solution occurs at any time, the unknown is assigned to Group IV. If the compound appears insoluble, remove some of the supernatant liquid by means of a dropper to a semimicro test-tube (75 X 10 mm.), and add 5 per cent, sodium hydroxide solution until basic and observe whether any precipitate is produced the formation of a precipitate will place the compound in Group IV. 

In the ketone method, the central carbon atom is derived from phosgene (qv). A diarylketone is prepared from phosgene and a tertiary arylamine and then condenses with another mole of a tertiary arylamine (same or different) in the presence of phosphoms oxychloride or zinc chloride. The dye is produced directly without an oxidation step. Thus, ethyl violet [2390-59-2] Cl Basic Violet 4 (15), is prepared from 4,4 -bis(diethylamino)benzophenone with diethylaruline in the presence of phosphoms oxychloride. This reaction is very useful for the preparation of unsymmetrical dyes. Condensation of 4,4 -bis(dimethylamino)benzophenone [90-94-8] (Michler s ketone) with AJ-phenjl-l-naphthylamine gives the Victoria Blue B [2580-56-5] Cl Basic Blue 26, which is used for coloring paper and producing ballpoint pen pastes and inks. 

Nitro-l-diazo-2-naphthol-4-sulfonic acid prefers the 2-position in spite of the nitro group, and increasing alkalinity favors ortho coupling with diazophenols. 1-Naphthalenesulfamic acid [24344-19-2] (ArNHSO H) and N-nitro-1-naphthylamine [4323-69-7] (ArNHNO ) couple exclusively in the para position. The substitution of resorcinol [108-46-3] and y -phenylenediamine [108-45-2] is compHcated and has been discussed (29,30). The first azo dyes from aniline, eg. Aniline Yellow [60-09-3] (19) (Cl Solvent Yellow 1 Cl 11000) were manufactured in 1861 and Bismark Brown [10114-58-6] (20) (Cl Basic Brown 1 Cl 21000) appeared in 1863. The reaction is as follows ... 

All the evidence suggests that such groups always exist in the amino form, and the reactions and behavior of these compounds resemble those of aniline and the naphthylamines. For example, the amino form of 7-aminophenazin-2-ones (246) would be expected to be more stable than the imino form (247), and their weak basicity supports this expectation. ... 

If relatively basic and nucleophilic aromatic amines are diazotized in nitrosylsul-furic acid, C- instead of TV-nitrosation takes place as shown by Blangey (1938) for 1-naphthylamine, which gave in this system 4-nitroso-l-naphthylamine. A possible mechanistic explanation of Blangey s observation is given in Section 3.2. 

Of the primary monoamines, some, such as. aniline, o-toluidine, xylidine, are colourless liquids. Others, such as p-toluidine, pseudo-cumidine and the naphthylamines, are solids. They can be distilled without decomposition and are volatile with steam. In water they are rather sparingly soluble—a 3 per cent solution of aniline can be made. The di- and polyamines are usually solids, not volatile in steam and much more soluble in water than the monoamines. The amines are basic in character, but, as a result of the negative nature of the phenyl-group, the aromatic amines are considerably weaker bases than are the aliphatic amines. Consequently aqueous solutions of the (stoicheio-metrically) neutral aniline salts are acid to litmus because of the hydrolysis which they undergo. For the same reason a small amount of the free base can be extracted with ether from an aqueous solution of an aniline salt. (Test with a solution of hydrogen chloride in ether or, after evaporation of the ether, by the reaction with bleaching powder.)... 

Substituted ureas were determined, at the beginning, by colorimetric analysis. This determination is based on a basic or acidic hydrolysis leading to the corresponding aniline, followed by diazotation and coupling with /V-(l-naphthyl)-ethylendiamine (40,58,148-152), 1-naphthol (153), or /V-ethy I-1 -naphthylamine (154) to obtain an azo-dye. Nevertheless, this method is time consuming and does not differentiate between the pesticide and metabolites, unless they are previously separated (154). 

Armarego109 has determined the pAa values of indolizines and aza-indolizines from their ultraviolet spectra. He found that indolizine itself has the same basic strength as a-naphthylamine (pAa 3.9) and that a methyl substituent increases the pAa by two to three units. Mason and Smith,110 studying the fluorescence spectra of various aromatic nuclei including indolizine, found no evidence to support the prediction that acid-base properties of aromatic hydrocarbons in the first electronic excited state should differ from those in the ground state. 

In the reaction with a less basic amine such as aniline, mixtures of naphthylamines 153 and isoquinolinium salts 152 were obtained (71KGS1437 88UP2). The alternative pathway of formation of naphthylamines 153 from isoquinolinium salts 152 by isomeric recyclization (81T3425) is completely excluded, since model experiments with isoquinolinium salts showed no reaction under the conditions of synthesis of naphthylamines 153. 

In 30 (R3 = Aik), given that there is possibility of a competing formation of a-naphthylamines 153, the application of acetic acid catalysis, in some cases, leads to an adverse effect by increasing the yields of carbocycli-zation products 153. Such a marked influence of acid catalysis may be explained by the greater susceptibility of a substituted imino group in the ring-opened intermediate 150 toward exhibiting basic, but not nucleophilic, properties, in comparison with ammonium intermediate 136 (Scheme 8). This may lead to the formation of more nucleophilic enamines... 

A similar approach was reported by Lygo and co-workers who applied comparable anthracenylmethyl-based ammonium salts of type 26 in combination with 50% aqueous potassium hydroxide as a basic system at room temperature [26, 27a], Under these conditions the required O-alkylation at the alkaloid catalyst s hydroxyl group occurs in situ. The enantioselective alkylation reactions proceeded with somewhat lower enantioselectivity (up to 91% ee) compared with the results obtained with the Corey catalyst 25. The overall yields of esters of type 27 (obtained after imine hydrolysis) were in the range 40 to 86% [26]. A selected example is shown in Scheme 3.7. Because the pseudo-enantiomeric catalyst pairs 25 and 26 led to opposite enantiomers with comparable enantioselectivity, this procedure enables convenient access to both enantiomers. Recently, the Lygo group reported an in situ-preparation of the alkaloid-based phase transfer catalyst [27b] as well as the application of a new, highly effective phase-transfer catalyst derived from a-methyl-naphthylamine, which was found by screening of a catalyst library [27c],... 

The diazotization of the amines is carried out in the usual manner. The volume of water is kept at a minimum since the success of the reaction depends in part on the efficiency with which the unstable intermediate is extracted from the aqueous layer by the organic liquid. Either the previously prepared amine hydrochloride is employed or a paste of the hydrochloride is prepared by dissolving the amine in concentrated hydrochloric acid and then cooling rapidly with stirring. For diazotization a nearly saturated solution of sodium nitrite (1 g. in 2 cc. of water) is used. Little work has been done with very weakly basic amines in the diazo reaction.48 In one instance, the base, l-nitro-2-naphthylamine, was diazotized by means of nitrosylsulfuric acid in sulfuric acid benzene was added and then sodium hydroxide until the mixture was slightly alkaline.49 For the very weak bases, the nitrosoacetyl reaction is recommended, since it is carried out entirely under anhydrous conditions. 

Recently, trans insertion of hexafluorobutyne into one of the M—H bonds in some metallocene hydrides, Cp2MH , was studied in some detail (47). Experiments carried out in the presence of various radical-sensitive reagents such as TV-phenyl-a-naphthylamine suggested that a free radical mechanism was unlikely. A stepwise ionic mechanism, involving a zwitter-ionic intermediate, Cp2(H2)M+—C(CF3)==CCF3, is improbable, since (i) the stereochemistry and the apparent rate are not influenced by the polarity of the solvents, (ii) no deuterium is incorporated in the reaction in EtOD, and (iii) the trend in reactivity (Mo > W) does not reflect the trend in v-basicity or M—C bond stability (W > Mo). An essentially concerted trans-insertion mechanism is inferred, which is supported inter alia by the low kinetic deuterium isotope effect (kH/k0 = 1). 

Phenyl-o-naphthylamine, as well as the alkyl derivatives of o-naphthylamine, is used in preparing basic diphenylnaphthylmethane dyes (Victoria blue). 

Tetrakisazo dyes with good fastness properties prepared by tetrazotization of (7) coupling to 1-naphthylamine, letetrazotizing and coupling to, eg, 2-naphthol, have been reported (14). Limited use is also reported for both basic and reactive stilbene-containing dyes (10,13,32,33) (Fig. 2). Although it is reported that basic dyes are stiitable for dyeing paper, none is found in commerce. 

Oxosanguinarine (35) has been isolated from the mother liquor after the crystalization of 33 and identified by mp. and spectral data [119]. The formation of 0x0- and dibydrosanguinarine was proved in an independent experiment hen the composition of the alkaline reaction mixture was monitored using HPLC. As the compounds 35 (a lactam) and 36 (a substituted naphthylamine) are virtually non-basic species they were readily... 

Arylamines that contain an acid group (sulfo or carboxyl) are diazotized by the so-called indirect method . They are dissolved in aqueous alkali, treated with a solution of the calculated amount of sodium nitrite, and dropped into an excess of acid the diazonium salt then usually separates as a solid. This method has been used with success for diazotizing aminobenzoic acid and aniline- and naphthylamine-sulfonic acids weakly basic amines such... 

Deactivation of 2-naphthylamine singlet state by pyridines in enhanced by dipole moment and the ability to form hydrogen bonds. Picosecond laser spectroscopy shows charge transfer from the excited amine. The fluorescence of 2-iV,A -dimethylaminopyridine induced by p-nitroaniline is also caused by exciplex formation. The latter enhances triplet population of p-nitroaniline. The quenching of the fluoresence of carbazole and some derivatives by trichloroacetic acid and related compounds in fluid solutions has been studied by Johnson.A charge-transfer interaction is involved and the basicity of carbazole and derivatives determined. Charge transfer is also involved by quenching of carbazole by halocarbons. The A -isopropylcarbazole-dimethylterephthalate exciplex has been observed in PMMA films.Photoinduced electron-transfer in the p-phenylenediamine-paraquat complex yields the paraquat cation. ... 

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