Other Crossed Condensations

In addition to crossed aldol additions and crossed Claisen condensations, a ketone can undergo a crossed condensation with an ester. If both the ketone and the ester have a-hydrogens, then LDA is used to form the needed enolate ion and the other carbonyl compound is added slowly to the enolate ion to minimize the chance of its forming an enolate ion and reacting with another molecule of its parent ester. 

A /3-diketone is formed when a ketone condenses with an ester. 

If one of the carbonyl compounds does not have any a-hydrogens, then the compound with a-hydrogens is added slowly to a solution of the compound without a-hydrogens and a base. 

A condensation between a ketone and an ester forms a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound. 

If both reactants undergoing a condensation reaction have a-hydrogens, then LDA is used to form the enoiate ion and the other carbonyi carbon is added siowiy. 

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Other unsymmetrical aminoporphyrazines have been prepared accordingly. The base-catalyzed cross-condensation of bis(dimethylamino)maleonitrile (99) with 1,2-dicyanobenzene (132) produced a statistical mixture of six possible products that represent hybrids between a heterosubstituted aminoporphyrazine and pc (9). The individual yields of all six products depend on the molar ratio of both starting dinitriles. For instance, a 25 1 ratio of dinitriles 99 and 132 produced mainly pz 133 (35%) along with 100 (Scheme 23). 

Figure 13.50 outlines how esters in general (not shown) and especially lactones (shown) can be prepared for a one-step aldol condensation with an aldehyde they are exposed to a mixed ( crossed ) Claisen condensation with formic acid methyl ester (cf. Figure 13.59, first line). Like all Claisen condensations (Section 13.5.1), this also first leads to the formation of the enolate of the acylated ester. Unlike other Claisen condensations, this enolate is isolated. 

So far we have considered only self-condensations1—dimerization reactions of a single carbonyl compound. These form only a tiny fraction of known aldol reactions. Those that occur between two different carbonyl compounds, one acting as a nucleophile in its enol or enolate form, and the other as an electrophile, are called cross-condensations. They are more interesting than self-condensations, but working out what happens needs more thought. 

The other two unenolizable esters we mentioned on p. 728 undergo cross-condensations with ketones. Unlike formaldehyde, formate esters are well behaved—no special method is necessary to correspond with the Mannich reaction in aldol chemistry, Here is what happens with cyclohexanone. 

TiCLj. The aldehydes 105 and 108, the one branched and the other not, are simply converted into their silyl enol ethers 106 and 109 and combined with two different enolisable aldehydes to give high yields of aldol products 107 and 110 without any self condensation of any of the four aldehydes or any cross-condensation the wrong way round.20... 

Other macrocyclic systems have been prepared by crossed condensations between 1,3-diiminoisoindoline and other heterocyclic bases.120,122... 

Without this control, each aldehyde would self-condense and would condense with the other aldehyde giving four products in unpredictable amounts. One of the cross-condensation products is, of course, the enal we are trying to make. 

Furfural reacts with ketones to form strong, crosslinked resins of technical interest in the former Soviet Union the U.S. Air Force has also shown some interest (42,43). The so-called furfurylidene acetone monomer, a mixture of 2-furfurylidene methyl ketone [623-15-4] (1 )> bis-(2-furfurylidene) ketone [886-77-1] (14), mesityl oxide, and other oligomers, is obtained by condensation of furfural and acetone under basic conditions (44,45). Treatment of the "monomer" with an acidic catalyst leads initially to polymer of low molecular weight and ultimately to cross-linked, black, insoluble, heat-resistant resin (46). 

On curing, amino resins not only react with the nucleophilic sites (hydroxyl, carboxyl, amide) on the other film formers in the formulation, but also self-condense to some extent. Highly alkylated amino resins have less tendency to self-condense (33,34) and are therefore effective cross-linking agents, but may require the addition of a strong acid catalyst to obtain acceptable cure even at bake temperatures of 120—177°C. 

Certain polymeric stmctures can also be blended with other coreactive polymers or multifunctional reactive oligomers that affect curing reactions when exposed to ir radiation. These coreactive polymers and cross-linking oligomers undergo condensation or addition reactions, which cause the formation of network stmctures (Table 9) (4,5,47). 

Amino Resins. Amino resins (qv) include both urea- and melamine—formaldehyde condensation products. They are thermosets prepared similarly by the reaction of the amino groups in urea [57-13-6] or melamine [108-78-1] with formaldehyde to form the corresponding methylol derivatives, which are soluble in water or ethanol. To form plywood, particle board, and other wood products for adhesive or bonding purposes, a Hquid resin is mixed with some acid catalyst and sprayed on the boards or granules, then cured and cross-linked under heat and pressure. 

Type 77 units are the condenser and reboiler designs. One side is spiral flow and the other side is in cross flow. These SHEs provide veiy stable designs for vacuum condensing and reboiling seiwices. A SHE can be fitted with special mounting connec tions for refliix-type vent-condenser apphcations. The vertically mounted SHE directly attaches on the column or tank. 

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