Diazo oxides phenols

It is reported that alkaline sodium hydrotulfite (Na2S204) is effective -in converting certain diazo compounds to the hydrocarbons,119 a statement supported solely by reference to the work of Grandmougin.130 Actually he obtained only a small yield of benzene from benzenediazonium salts but suggested that on further study the process might prove to be useful. Upon reduction with hydrosulfite, the diazo oxide XXIV is converted to the phenol XXV in 95% yield (crude product.)131... 

A review describes the asymmetric epoxidation of allylic alcohols,369 another the role of metal oporphyrins in oxidation reactions.370 jhe TiiOPrMi, catalysed self-epoxidation of allylic peroxides proceeds via an intermolecular mechanism.371 Racemic allyl alcohols can be resolved by asymmetric epoxidation (eq.35).372 a Pd(II)/Mn02/benzoquinone system catalyses the oxidative ring-closure of 1,5-hexadienes (eq.36).373 propenyl phenols are oxidatively degraded to aryl aldehydes and MeCHO in the presence of Co Schiff-base catalysts.374 An Oppenauer-type oxidation with Cp2ZrH2/cyclohexanone converts primary alcohols selectively into aldehydes.375 co macrocycles catalyse the oxidation of aryl liydrazones to diazo compounds in high yields.376 similar Co complexes under CO oxidise primary amines to azo compounds.377 Arene Os complexes in the presence of base convert aldehydes and water slowly into carboxylic acids and H2.378... 

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Other reported syntheses include the Reimer-Tiemann reaction, in which carbon tetrachloride is condensed with phenol in the presence of potassium hydroxide. A mixture of the ortho- and para-isomers is obtained the para-isomer predominates. -Hydroxybenzoic acid can be synthesized from phenol, carbon monoxide, and an alkali carbonate (52). It can also be obtained by heating alkali salts of -cresol at high temperatures (260—270°C) over metallic oxides, eg, lead dioxide, manganese dioxide, iron oxide, or copper oxide, or with mixed alkali and a copper catalyst (53). Heating potassium salicylate at 240°C for 1—1.5 h results in a 70—80% yield of -hydroxybenzoic acid (54). When the dipotassium salt of salicylic acid is heated in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide, an almost complete conversion to -hydroxybenzoic acid results. They>-aminobenzoic acid can be converted to the diazo acid with nitrous acid followed by hydrolysis. Finally, the sulfo- and halogenobenzoic acids can be fused with alkali. 

DINITROBENZENEDIAZOOXIDE or DIAZQDI-NITROPHENOL (Called Dinitrodiazophenol or Dinitro-chinon-diazid in Ger), C6H2N4Og, mw 210.11, N 26.67%, OB to C02 -61.0%. Two isomers are described in the literature 4,6-Dinitrobenzeno-2-diozo-l-oxide or 5,7-Di-nitro-1,2,3-benzoxadiazole, (4,6-Dinitro-2-diazo-phenol or 3,5 Dinitro-l,2-benzoquinone-1-diazide), commonly known as Diozodinitrophenol (DADNPh or DDNP) or Dinol q-... 

There are also important examples of phenolic compounds that do not couple (see Fig. 13.88). In these examples, the required coupling positions are blocked, the ring is too deactivated, or the compounds undergo oxidation in the presence of the diazo compound. 

The masking of aromatic phenols against the oxidative side reactions possible in a medium used to effect diazo coupling can be achieved via coordination. For example, the reaction of 4-diazodimethylaniline with... 

Both of these compounds yield sulphides or thio-ethers. Thio-phenol by the diazo reaction yields di-phenyl sulphide, CeHs—S—Cell5, di-phenyl thio-ether and benzyl mercaptan yields di-benzyl sulphide, CeHs—CH2—S—CH2—CeHs, di-benzyl thio-ether. These sulphides on oxidation yield sulphones (p. 526). 

From Amino Benzoic Acid.—Amino acids by the diazo reaction and decomposition with water will yield the corresponding phenol acids. In such cases also if we start with benzoic acid, nitrate directly and reduce this to the amino compound, the final product of the diazo reaction will be the meta hydroxy acid. If we start with toluene and nitrate it and then proceed as in the foregoing and oxidize the amino toluene to amino benzoic acid our product will be the ortho and para hydroxy acids. 

Mercuric oxide, HgO (yellow modification or the less reactive red modification), resembles silver oxide in its oxidizing properties. This reagent transforms phenols and hydroquinones into quinones [383, 384] and is used especially for the conversion of hydrazones into diazo compounds [355, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392]. Dihydrazones of a-diketones furnish acetylenes [393, 394, 395, 396], A -Aminopiperidines are dehydrogenated to tetrazenes [397] or converted into hydrocarbons [395]. 

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