Phosphoric amide-carboxamide

Kraus et al.75 78) in Israel fabricated new aromatic phosphoric amide-carboxamide copolymers, which gave membranes high thermal stability, flame resistance, and salt rejection. Thus a copolymer was prepared from N,N -bis(3-aminophenyl)-N"-phenylphosphoric triamide 25, m-phenylenediamine and isophthaloyl chloride in... 

A one-pot process has been devised for the synthesis of dialkyl [(a-phenylamino)ben-zyljphosphonates from dialkyl hydrogenphosphonate, benzaldehyde and aniline, presumably adaptable for other aromatic amines or aldehydes To avoid multiple reactions of the Mannich type when using a primary amine and a particularly reactive carbonyl component such as formaldehyde, initial silylation of the amine, or the use of diethyl trimethylsilyl phosphite, are valuable moderating variations The amine can be replaced by a carboxamide" or carbamate ester, conveniently the benzyl ester , and the product can then be selectively deacylated with HBr in acetic acid at room temperature or by hydrogenolysis. Alternatively, even a phosphoric amide may be used to afford an A-phos-phorylated product (221)" ... 

The complex thioamide lolrestat (8) is an inhibitor of aldose reductase. This enzyme catalyzes the reduction of glucose to sorbitol. The enzyme is not very active, but in diabetic individuals where blood glucose levels can. spike to quite high levels in tissues where insulin is not required for glucose uptake (nerve, kidney, retina and lens) sorbitol is formed by the action of aldose reductase and contributes to diabetic complications very prominent among which are eye problems (diabetic retinopathy). Tolrestat is intended for oral administration to prevent this. One of its syntheses proceeds by conversion of 6-methoxy-5-(trifluoroniethyl)naphthalene-l-carboxyl-ic acid (6) to its acid chloride followed by carboxamide formation (7) with methyl N-methyl sarcosinate. Reaction of amide 7 with phosphorous pentasulfide produces the methyl ester thioamide which, on treatment with KOH, hydrolyzes to tolrestat (8) 2[. 

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