Nitrogen amidines

A different type of rearrangement occurs when suitable side chains are a to a pyridine-like nitrogen atom. In the monocyclic series this can be generalized by Scheme 43. For a given side chain the rate of rearrangement is l,2,4-oxadiazoles>isoxazoles> 1,2,5-oxadiazoles. Typical side chains include hydrazone, oxime and amidine. Some examples are shown in Table 9 (79AHC(25)147). Similar rearrangements for benzazoles are discussed in Section 4.02.3.2.4. 

Addition on to the exocyclic C—C double bond of an alkylideneaziridine also occurs when this compound is allowed to react with organic azides (75JOC2045). The initially formed spirotriazolines (332) are converted into four-membered ring amidines (334) with extrusion of molecular nitrogen. In the case of phenyl azide, the amidine (334) is obtained alongside the triazoline (333). 

There are differences in the high temperature behavior. While oxaziridines almost always isomerize to acid amides, a similar reaction of diaziridines, which should lead to amidines, has not been observed. Sensitivity towards bases, often encountered in oxaziridines, is observed only in some special substituted diaziridines. The tendency of some classes of oxaziridines to transfer the nitrogen function also lacks in the diaziridine field. On homolytic reactions of diaziridines there are only a few observations. 

There are some reports on reactions involving complete N—N cleavage in diazirine reactions such as formation of amidine (205) from chlorophenyldiazirine, or on formation of products containing only one nitrogen atom. Betaine (206) was described as a product from difluorodiazirine and triphenylphosphine. Compound (207) is formed from decomposing (204) and cyclohexane (79AHC(24)63). 

During a study of azonitrones (70), Forrester and Thomson showed that reaction with toluene-p-sulfinic acid resulted in nitrogen evolution and formation of the hydroxamic acid (66) together with the pyrrolidone (71) and the amidine (72). These workers suggested the following reaction course. Although the yield of hydroxamic acid was high, the method is not likely to be of preparative value. 

The low structural specificity in the local anesthetic sell cs is perhaps best illustrated by phenacalne (91), a local an-I -.lhetic that lacks not only the traditional ester or amide func-I ion but the basic aliphatic nitrogen as well. First prepared at I lie turn of the century, a more recent synthesis starts by con-ili iusation of p-ethoxyaniline with ethyl orthoacetate to afford I he imino ether (90), Reaction of that intermediate with a sec-I liil mole of the aniline results in a net displacement of ethanol, iiobably by an addition-elimination scheme. There is thus ob-I.lined the amidine, 91, phenacalne. 

NO synthase catalyzes a five-electron oxidation of an amidine nitrogen of arginine. L-Hydroxyarginine is an intermediate that remains tighdy bound to the en-... 

Abdou, H.E., Mohamed, A.A. and Fackler, J.P. Jr (2007) Oxidative-addition to the dinuclear Au(I) amidinate complex, [Au2(2,6-(CH3)2Ph-form)2]. Syntheses and characterization of the Au(II) amidinate complexes. The first dinuclear Gold(Il) nitrogen complex possessing bonds to oxygen. Inorganic Chemistry, 46, 9692-9699. 

Abdou, H. (2006) PhD. Thesis New Chemistry with Gold-Nitrogen Complexes Synthesis and Characterization of Tetra-, Tri-, and Dinuclear Gold(I) Amidinate Complexes. Oxidative-Addition to the Dinuclear Gold (I) Amidinate, A M University, Texas. 

The formation of compounds 2-503 proceeds via the addition of a hydrazide 2-500 onto the central carbon of an isothiocyanate 2-499. Subsequent cyclization by attack of the hydrazide nitrogen in the formed 2-501 onto the nitrile moiety gives intermediate 2-502. A further attack of the newly formed amidine nitrogen onto the carbonyl group followed by extrusion of water affords the triazoloquinolines 2-503. 

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