O-Nitrobenzaldehyde, from

EHRLICH - SACHS Aldehyde Synthesis Formation of o-nitrobenzaldehydes from o-nitrotoluenea. 

A two-step synthesis of indoles from o-nitrobenzaldehydes proceeds by condensation with nitromcthanc followed by reductive cyclization. Like the Leim-gruber Batcho method, the principal application of the reaction is to indoles with only carbocyclic substituents. The forniation of the o,p-dinitrostyrenes is usually done under classical Henry condensation conditions but KF/18-crown-6 in propanol was found to be an advantageous reaction medium for acetoxy-substituted compounds[1]. The o,p-dinitrostyrenes can also be obtained by nitration of p-nitrostyrenes[2]. 

The synthesis of benzo[6]thiophenes from o-nitrobenzaldehydes or o-nitrobenzonitriles and methyl thioglycollate can be viewed as an extension of the foregoing approach (Scheme 64) (72JOC3224). 

The first 1,2-benzisoxazole, 3-phenyl-l,2-benzisoxazole, was obtained from the treatment of o-bromobenzophenone oxime with alkali in 1892 (1892CB1498,1892CB3291). 2,1-Benzisoxazole has been known since 1882, being obtained as a reduction product of o-nitrobenzaldehyde with tin and hydrochloric acid (1882CB2105). In general, benzisoxazoles behave much like substituted isoxazoles. Numerous structural ambiguities occur in the early literature of these two systems, and these have been discussed in the above reviews. 

A. o-Nitrobenzalaniline. A mixture of 14 g. (0.15 mole) of aniline (Note 1) and 22.7 g. (0.15 mole) of o-nitrobenzaldehyde (Note 2) is heated in a 100-ml. round-bottomed flask on a water bath for 1 hour, allowed to cool, and dissolved in 100 ml. of ether. The ethereal solution is dried, and the ether is removed by distillation. The residue solidifies on standing (Note 3) and is recrystallized from 55 ml. of water-ethanol (1 8) to yield 29.4-31.8 g. (87-94%) of yellow o-nitrobenzalaniline, m.p. 64-66° (Note 4). 

Cyclic acetals derived from diols and o-nitrobenzaldehyde produce hydroxynitrosobenzoates upon irradiation (see Scheme 26). Early studies of this reaction demonstrated that acetals involving carbohydrates and o-nitrobenzaldehyde experience facile, photochemical... 

The transfer of the oxygen from a nitro-group to a carbon atom in the orfAo-position may not seem very likely, but several similar reactions are known. Thus o-nitrotoluene is converted by alkali into anthranilic acid (Binz), o-nitrobenzaldehyde by sunlight into o-nitrosobenzoic acid (Ciamician) ... 

Cohare and co-workers reported that aristolactam BU (22) was prepared, following Kupchen s method, by Perkin condensation of 6-bromo-3,4-di-methoxy phenyl acetic acid (119) and o-nitrobenzaldehyde (120) (Scheme 14). The 2-bromo-4,5-dimethoxy-2 -nitro-ds-stilbene-a-carboxylic acid (121) was obtained. The nitro group of 121 was reduced with ferrous sulfate and ammonium hydroxide, and the resulting 2-bromo-4,5-dimethoxy-2 -amino-cw-stilbene-a-carboxylic acid (122) without purification was submitted to the Pschorr phenanthrene synthesis to yield l-bromo-3,4-dimethoxyphen-anthrene-lO-carboxylic acid (123). The phenanthrylamine 124 was prepared from 123 via a Schmidt reaction, and, by treatment with n-butyllithium and CO2, 124, afforded 22 (42). 

Mild oxidation of o-nitrobenzaldehyde arylhydrazones with either bromine and sodium acetate or lead tetraacetate results in the overall loss of two hydrogen atoms and production of a class of iV-aryl heterocycles, tiie structure of which was the subject of uncertainty and some controversy for more than fifty years. These oxidation products were first prepared and investigated by Chattawayj " who described them as isodiazomethanes and formulated them as the triaziridine derivates 72. Structural assignment was based entirely on evidence from degradation studies in particular, Chattaway showed that reduction of... 

The reaction of o-nitrobenzaldehydes with some benzene derivatives in the presence of strong acid (H2S04, PPA) is a classical synthesis of acridinol N-oxides (373) (37BSF240) The synthesis works for benzyl alcohol, benzene, toluene and halobenzenes, but not for benzoic acid, benzonitrile, dimethylaniline, or nitrobenzene. Isoquinoline N-oxides (374) have been obtained from o-bromobenzaldoxime or the acetophenone derivative, and active methylene compounds with copper bromide and sodium hydride (77S760). The azobenzene cobalt tricarbonyl (375) reacts with hexafluorobut-2-yne to give a quinol-2-one (72CC1228), and the 3,4,5-tricyanopyridine (376) is formed when tetracyanoethylene reacts with an enaminonitrile (80S471). 

Etbyl-2-nilrobenzoate, triclinic crysts, mp 30°, bp 173° at 18mm. It may be prepd from 2-nitro-benzoic acid with alcohol and K pyrosulfate and from o-nitrobenzaldehyde in alcohol Ref Beil 9, 372 (151)... 

It was previously mentioned1 that cinnoline and 3-substituted cinnolines (94) could be prepared from the condensation products (95) between an o-nitrobenzaldehyde and a nitroalkane by electrochemical reduction. The reaction has been further studied,138 and it was noticed that when the reduction was carried out stepwise, anthranils (96) were formed, especially at elevated temperatures. The final ring closure was catalyzed by traces of oxygen, whereas too much oxygen produced the cinnoline JV-oxide (97) the ring closure was believed to be a radical chain reaction where the formation of the aromatic cinnoline was part of the driving force [Eq. (76)]. 

---