Nitro compounds from oximes

Trialkyloxonium salts Oximes from nitro compounds... 

As discussed in Chapter 6, nitro compounds are converted into amines, oximes, or carbonyl compounds. They serve as usefid starting materials for the preparation of various heterocyclic compounds. Especially, five-membered nitrogen heterocycles, such as pyrroles, indoles, ind pyrrolidines, are frequently prepared from nitro compounds. Syntheses of heterocyclic compounds using nitro compounds are described partially in Chapters 4, 6 and 9. This chapter focuses on synthesis of hetero-aromadcs fmainly pyrroles ind indolesi ind saturated nitrogen heterocycles such as pyrrolidines ind their derivadves. 

Energetically rich polynitro compounds have been prepared from polycyclic ketones by the conversion of oximes to nitro compounds, as shown in Table 2.6. 

Sodium perborate in acetic acid converts oximes into nitro compounds thus acetophenone oxime yields 52% of PhCHMeN02403. Nitroalkanes and nitroarenes are obtained from isocyanates and dimethyldioxirane (equation 122)404. 

Elimination of the hydroxyaminomethyl moiety from nitro oxime 15 by treatment with a diazonium salt gave hydrazone 43 (75LA1029) (Scheme 15). The same product was obtained by coupling the diazonium salt with the compound 16. On heating in aniline, oxime 15 was transformed into Schiff base 42. Acylation of the oxime 15 with benzoyl chloride in pyridine led to a mixture of furazan 44 and dinitrile 45. 

Arylisoxazol-5(4//)-oncs 21 react with benzene-1,2-diamines to yield 4-aryl-l,5-benzodiaze-pinones 22 by elimination of hydroxylamine from the intermediate oximes. Unsymmetrically substituted benzene-1,2-diamines are attacked at the more nucleophilic amino group. Thus, 4-methylbenzene-1,2-diamine gives 7-methylbenzodiazepinones 22f-h, whereas 4-nitrobenzene-1,2-diamine gives 8-nitro compounds 22k-n. The benzodiazepinones are accompanied by minor amounts of 2-methylbenzimidazoles 23. Selected examples are given.275... 

The structures of the oxime complex Co(NO)(dmg)2 (84) and its diphenylglyoxime analog exhibit strongly bent Co—NO groups, which are easily oxidized to the corresponding nitro compound.353 A mechanistic study of NO transfer from Co(NO)(dmg)2 to hemoglobin established that the reaction involves NO association with the protein subsequent to dissociation of NO from the Co complex.354 This mechanism is also consistent with the observation of nitrato complexes in reactions... 

Table 2.6 Preparation of polycyclic nitro compounds from oximes...

I.2. Oxidation of Amines Oxidation of primary amines is often viewed as a particularly convenient way to prepare hydroxylamines. However, their direct oxidation usually leads to complex mixtures containing nitroso and nitro compounds and oximes. However, oxidation to nitrones can be performed after their conversion into secondary amines or imines. Sometimes, oxidation of secondary amines rather than direct imine oxidation seems to provide a more useful and convenient way of producing nitrones. In many cases, imines are first reduced to secondary amines which are then treated with oxidants (26). This approach is used as a basis for a one-pot synthesis of asymmetrical acyclic nitrones starting from aromatic aldehydes (Scheme 2.5) (27a) and 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline-2-oxides (27b). 

I. reactions of BENA with C-nucleophiles Russian researchers performed comprehensive studies on C,C-coupling reactions of terminal BENAs A with anions of nitro compounds (516, 517). This process enables one to assemble 3-substituted oximes from two different AN ((441) and 442). It should be noted that compound (442) must have the methyl group at the a-C atom necessary for generation of terminal BENA. Both nitroalkanes should be prepared for C,C-coupling, that is, AN (441) is transformed into the anion C by the reaction with DBU, while AN (442) is successively transformed into BENA A and nitrosoalkene B. The C,C-coupling reaction B + C is shown in Scheme 3.238. 

Aliphatic nitro compounds exhibit rather different behavior from nitroaromatic compounds. Secondary and primary nitro compounds tend to produce oximes because the intermediate nitroso compound quickly tautomerizes to the oxime (equation 1). Under aprotic conditions the radical anions of primary and secondary nitro compounds are relatively stable those derived from tertiary nitro compounds, on the other hand, eject nitrite ion relatively readily (equation 2)8. 

During these reactions, nitriles are also formed as by-products and it is probable that they result from dehydration of the oxime by the carbon disulphide under the phase-transfer catalytic conditions [9] (see Chapter 9). Under modified conditions, it is possible to carry out a one-pot high-yielding conversion of the nitro compounds into the nitriles [10]. 

The shifts for nitrites RONO distinguish them from the isomeric nitro compounds, RNO2. There is also a remarkable difference in nitrogen chemical shifts between the isomeric structures of nitroso compounds and oximes ... 

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