Oxime catalytic hydrogenation

In catalytic hydrogenation, a compound is reduced with molecular hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. This reaction has found appHcations in many areas of chemistry including the preparation of amines. Nitro, nitroso, hydroxylamino, azoxy, azo, and hydrazo compounds can all be reduced to amines by catalytic hydrogenation under the right conditions. Nitriles, amides, thioamides, and oximes can also be hydrogenated to give amines (1). Some examples of these reactions foUow ... 

Dutch State Mines (Stamicarbon). Vapor-phase, catalytic hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone over palladium on alumina, Hcensed by Stamicarbon, the engineering subsidiary of DSM, gives a 95% yield at high conversion plus an additional 3% by dehydrogenation of coproduct cyclohexanol over a copper catalyst. Cyclohexane oxidation, an alternative route to cyclohexanone, is used in the United States and in Asia by DSM. A cyclohexane vapor-cloud explosion occurred in 1975 at a co-owned DSM plant in Flixborough, UK (12) the plant was rebuilt but later closed. In addition to the conventional Raschig process for hydroxylamine, DSM has developed a hydroxylamine phosphate—oxime (HPO) process for cyclohexanone oxime no by-product ammonium sulfate is produced. Catalytic ammonia oxidation is followed by absorption of NO in a buffered aqueous phosphoric acid... 

Thebainone (Schopf), CigHjjOgN. This substance, which must be distinguished from Pschorr s thebainone (metothebainone of Schopf (see p. 248) ), is formed, along with the latter in the reduction of thebaine by stannous chloride in hydrochloric acid, and was isolated by Schopf and Hirsch. Its prior isolation by Pschorr, as confirmed by Morris and Small, has been referred to already. It crystallises with 0-5 HjO, has m.p. 151-2°, yields a hydriodide, m.p. 258-9°, methiodide, m.p. 223°, and an oxime, m.p. 185-6°. On catalytic hydrogenation it yields dihydrothebainone (LI), and can be degraded to 3 4 6-triacetoxyphenanthrene, m.p. 165-7°. On this basis formula (XLIX) is assigned to it. The mechanism of the formation of codeinone, thebainone and mefathebainone from thebaine is discussed by Schopf and Hirsch. ... 

Since dihydrothebainone is also formed by hydrogenation of thebainone (Schopf and Hirsch i), and as Schopf and Pfeifer have shown that 1 5-dibromodihydrothebainone, on treatment with alkali, is converted into. 1-bromodihydrocodeinone by formation-of the C -C oxygen bridge, and this, on catalytic hydrogenation, yields dihydrocodeinone (LIII, p. 246), the constitution of which has been demonstrated by Schopf (p. 244), there can be little doubt that dihydrothebainone is represented by (LI). Schopf and Winterhalder have also isolated as an oxime (m.p. 228°, [a] °° — 115-8°) an e.pidihydrothebainone, which is regarded as the epimeride of dihydrothebainone. 

A zinc-free alternative to the Knorr pyrrole synthesis employs catalytic hydrogenation, as for 17 + 18 to 19. Oximes such as 17 are readily prepared by nitrosation (NaNOa, HO Ac) of the active methylene group. 

The benzodiazepinone 26 condenses with 3-melhylbulyl nitrite (isopentyl nitrite) in the presence of potassium lerl-butoxide to give the oxime 27, which is converted into the amine 28 by catalytic hydrogenation.227... 

Oximes Amines can be prepared by the catalytic hydrogenation— hydrogenolysis of oximes over nickel or noble metal catalysts. Nickel is used usually in the presence of ammonia. Noble metals are used under mild conditions. The stereochemistry of the reaction depends on the circumstances. On Ra-Ni the trans-2-alkylcyclohexylamine (41) was the main product,529 whereas on palladium the cis product (42) was produced (Scheme 4.137).530... 

Depending on the reaction temperature and reaction time, tetrahydroisoquinoline 357 afforded different mixtures of 1,2,3,4,11,11 a-hcxahydro-6//-pyrazino[ 1,2-3]isoquinolines 358-361 and tetracyclic compound 362 (Scheme 30) <2005JA16796>. Each of the individual diastereoisomers 358-361 could be transformed into the compound 362. z7r-3//,4a//-3-Phcnylpcrhydropyra/ino[ 1,2-7]isoquinoline-l,4-dione was prepared via automated parallel solid-phase synthesis on Kaiser oxime resin <1998BML2369>. l,2,3,5,6,7-Hexahydropyrido[l,2,3-r/f ]quinoxaline-2,5-dionc was obtained by catalytic hydrogenation of ethyl 3-(2-oxo-l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-5-quinoxalinyl)acrylate in the presence of TsOH over 5% Pd/C catalyst under 40 psi of hydrogen <1996JME4654>. 

Catalytic hydrogenation of the oxime of D-glucurono-6,3-lactone leads179 to simultaneous isomerization with formation of L-gulono-... 

Initial halogenation of the oxime can use chlorine, hypobromite, bromine, or A-bromoacetamide. " Oxidation of the a-halonitrosoalkane can be achieved with nitric acid, nitric acid-hydrogen peroxide, " atmospheric oxygen, ozone, or a peroxyacid. Reduction of thea-halonitroalkaneis achieved with sodium borohydride or by catalytic hydrogenation, although potassium hydroxide in ethanol has been used for the conversion. 

If the addition of hydrogen takes place in a 1,2-mode the products are oximes, hydroxylamines, amines, and carbonyl compounds resulting from the hydrolysis of the oximes [567], Oximes and carbonyl compounds also result from reductions of a,/3-unsaturated compounds with iron [569, 570] and an oxime was prepared by catalytic hydrogenation of a )S-nitrostyrene derivative over palladium in pyridine (yield 89%) [571]. 

Nitro group in an oxime is reduced preferentially to the oximino group with ammonium sulfide [240]. In a monoxime of a diketone, the oximino group is reduced to amino group to the exclusion of the carbonyl group by catalytic hydrogenation over platinum oxide in methanolic hydrochloric acid 9-keto-10-oximino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthraquinone afforded 10-amino-9-keto-l,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthrene in 78% yield [949]. 

Reduction of oximino esters, i.e. oximes of keto esters, is very useful for the preparation of amino esters. Reductions are very selective since the oximes are easily reduced by catalytic hydrogenation over 10% palladium on carbon in ethanol (yield 78-82%) I094, by aluminum amalgam in ether (yields 52-87%) [750, 70P5], or by zinc dust in acetic acid (yield 77-78%). None of these reagents attacks the ester group. The last mentioned reaction gives an N-acetyl derivative [1096. ... 

Selective reduction of the nitrile group in 87% yield without the reduction of the carbonyl was achieved by stannous chloride [1153]. Oximes of keto nitriles are reduced preferentially at the oximino group by catalytic hydrogenation in acetic anhydride over 5% platinum on carbon (yield 85%)... 

Pyrrolidone is a lactone used for the production of nylon-4. This reactant may be produced by the reduction ammoniation of maleic anhydride. s-Caprolactam, used in the production of nylon-6, may be produced by the Beckman rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime (structure 17.11). The oxime may be produced by the catalytic hydrogenation of nitrobenzene, the photolytic nitrosylation of cyclohexane (structure 17.9), or the reaction of cyclohexanone and hydroxylamine (structure 17.10). Nearly one-half of the production of caprolactam is derived from phenol. 

Oximes undergo hydrogenation to hydroxylamines and/or amines depending on reaction conditions. Platinum oxide is the most frequently used catalyst for selective hydrogenation of oximes to hydroxylamines. Reduction of chiral oxime 96 over palladium catalyst (equation 66) proceeds in high yield and stereoselectivity. High stereoselectivity was observed in catalytic hydrogenation of a-alkoxyoximes . 

The dibasic side chain at position 7 can be alternatively provided by a substituted amino alkyl pyrrolidine. Preparation of that diamine in chiral form starts with the extension of the ester function in pyrrolidone (46-1) by aldol condensation with ethyl acetate (46-2). Acid hydrolysis of the (3-ketoester leads to the free acid that then decarboxylates to form an acetyl group (46-3). The carbonyl group is next converted to an amine by sequential reaction with hydroxylamine to form the oxime, followed by catalytic hydrogenation. The desired isomer (46-4) is then separated... 

Problem 18.47 What is the product of catalytic hydrogenation of (a) acetone oxime, b) propane-1,3-dinitrile, (c) propanal and methylamine M... 

The most general method for synthesizing amines involves the reduction of oximes and imine derivatives obtained from aldehydes or ketones (see Sections 5.5.2 and 4.3.11). By catalytic hydrogenation or by LiAltLj reduction, while 1° amines are prepared from oxime or unsubstituted imine, 2° amines are obtained from substituted imine. Unsubstituted imines are relatively unstable, and are reduced in situ. 

Aminoethylpyrazoles 128 were generated in situ by catalytic hydrogenation of the corresponding oximes and, on treatment with base, cyclized to the pyridones 129 (R = Me, Ph).124... 

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