Preparation of Arylamines

Nitro groups are readily reduced to primary amines by a variety of methods Cat alytic hydrogenation over platinum palladium or nickel is often used as is reduction by iron or tin m hydrochloric acid The ease with which nitro groups are reduced is especially useful m the preparation of arylamines where the sequence ArH ArN02 ArNH2 IS the standard route to these compounds... 

The work of Greenfield and Malz (25) on the preparation of arylamines illustrates the sensitivity of yield to hindrance and an influence of catalyst. 

In general the method is not as useful for the preparation of arylamines as for aliphatic amines. But the method becomes of preparative interest when the nuclear halogenated compound contains in addition some electron withdrawing substituents e.g., -N02, -CN etc. in ortho and para positions. Thus, 2, 4, 6 trinitroaniline (picramide) is readily prepared by the action of aqueous ammonia on... 

The Zr-catalyzed asymmetric alkylation shown in Eq. (2) [8] illustrates two important principles (1) The catalytic asymmetric protocol can be readily applied to the synthesis of non-aryl imines to generate homochiral amines that cannot be prepared by any of the alternative imine or enamine hydrogenation protocols. (2) The catalytic amine synthesis involves a three-component process that includes the in situ formation of the imine substrate, followed by its asymmetric alkylation. This strategy can also be readily applied to the preparation of arylamines. The three-component enantioselective amine synthesis suggests that such a procedure maybe used to synthesize libraries of homochiral amines in a highly efficient and convenient fashion. 

Preparation of Arylamines. Many methods to prepare arylamines by electrophilic amination are available. Some have been mentioned previously (Eqs. 13, 15, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, and 29) and some of the methods described for the preparation of alkylamines (Eqs. 33, 35-37) can also be used to synthesize arylamines. Additional methods are shown in Eqs. 62,73 63,82 64,101 65264 66,333,334 and 67.305 The recently developed direct catalytic amination of aryl halides and aryl sulfonates,362-373 and arylboronic acids,374 however, has the advantage over these methods of requiring one or more fewer steps. The approach that merits consideration will need to be decided based on each individual objective. 

The coupling of ArCl with benzophenone imine is a fast reaction, therefore it represents an option for preparation of arylamines, as the products are easily hydrolyzed/ A simple protocol also avails for the preparation of the A-Boc derivatives of A-alkenylhydrazines from A-haloalkenes/ ... 

The first report on the Pd-catalyzed preparation of arylamines by the reaction of aryl bromides with A,N-diethylaminotributyltin (4) was given by Kosugi et al. in 1983. A poor result was obtained with aryl iodides. In this reaction, bulky P(o-To1)3 was used as the most suitable ligand [2]. 

Scheme 4.70 Preparation of arylamines and aryl thioethers by addition reactions to benzyne.

Reduction of aryl nitro compounds (Sec tion 22 9) The standard method for the preparation of an arylamine is by nitra tion of an aromatic ring followed by reduction of the nitro group Typical re ducing agents include iron or tin in hydro chloric acid or catalytic hydro genation... 

In the ketone method, the central carbon atom is derived from phosgene (qv). A diarylketone is prepared from phosgene and a tertiary arylamine and then condenses with another mole of a tertiary arylamine (same or different) in the presence of phosphoms oxychloride or zinc chloride. The dye is produced directly without an oxidation step. Thus, ethyl violet [2390-59-2] Cl Basic Violet 4 (15), is prepared from 4,4 -bis(diethylamino)benzophenone with diethylaruline in the presence of phosphoms oxychloride. This reaction is very useful for the preparation of unsymmetrical dyes. Condensation of 4,4 -bis(dimethylamino)benzophenone [90-94-8] (Michler s ketone) with AJ-phenjl-l-naphthylamine gives the Victoria Blue B [2580-56-5] Cl Basic Blue 26, which is used for coloring paper and producing ballpoint pen pastes and inks. 

The anhydrosulfides are useful in the preparation of thionocarbamate, eg, by heating with an alcohoHc solution of the arylamine ... 

Cl Acid Gieen 25 [4403-90-1] (3) (Cl 61570) was also invented in 1894. This dye shows improved wetfastness, and is prepared from leucoquinizarin by reaction with 2 moles of i)-toluidine in a similat manner to the preparation of Cl Acid Violet 43 (134). Wetfastness and leveling properties may be altered by choosing the substituents of arylamines. The introduction of alkyl groups into aromatic amines improves the wetfastness and affinity in neutral or weekly acid baths. Examples ate Cl Acid Blue 80 [4474-24-27] (131) (Cl 61585) and Cl Acid Gieen 27 [6408-57-7] (132) (Cl 61580). 

Another short protocol for preparation of 3 was recently presented by Knolker and Reddy, who devised a short sequence involving a double iron-mediated arylamine cyclization as the key step (Scheme 19). Thus, the reaction of m-phenylenediamine (140) with the tricarbonyliron-complexed cyclohexadienyl cation 141 yielded the complex 142, which was eventually transformed into indolo-[2,3-()]carbazole (3) via cyclization and dehydrogenation (98TL4007 00T4733). 

For quantitative work, it is necessary to estimate the concentration of 5-amino-l-(P-D-ribofuranosyl)imidazole in aqueous solution. It seems that the only available method is the Bratton-Marshall assay, which was originally developed for the estimation of arylamines in biological fluids. The principle of the method is the spectrometric estimation of a salmon-pink colored dyestuff obtained by diazotation in situ, followed by coupling with /V-( 1 -naphthyl)ethyl-enediamine.65 The only remaining problem then is to know the molar extinction of this dye because pure samples of AIRs are not available. A value of 16800 at 520 nM was obtained for the dyes prepared from a model compound, 5-amino-l-cyclohexylimidazole-4-carboxylic acid (54), which is crystalline. A comparable molar extinction can be expected for the dye prepared from imidazole 55, if the carboxyl group does not exert too much influence on the chromophore. Actually, its influence is perceptible even with the naked eye, the dyestuff prepared from 53 having a somewhat different, wine-red color, with max>520 nM. The molar extinction for 55 is 17400 at 500 nM. When the decarboxylation of 54 was conducted under mild acidic conditions (pH 4.8, 50°C, 1 hour), estimation of 5-aminoimidazole 55 by the Bratton-Marshall method led to the conclusion that the reaction was almost quantitative.66 Similar conditions for the final decarboxylation were adopted in the preparation of samples of AIRs labeled with stable isotopes.58... 

Fig. 17 Rapid preparation of imidazoles and thiazoles on solid-phase. Reagents a RNH2, (CH30CH2)2, MW 220°C, 15min, closed vessel b TFA in CH2CI2, rt, 60min. R = aliphatic, benzyl, or arylamines or arylhydrazine...

The treatment of acyl halides with ammonia or amines is a very general reaction for the preparation of amides.The reaction is highly exothermic and must be carefully controlled, usually by cooling or dilution. Ammonia gives unsubstituted amides, primary amines give A-substituted amides, and secondary amines give N,N-disubstituted amides. Arylamines can be similarly acylated. In some cases aqueous... 

The classic syntheses of the antibacterial sulfonamides involve reaction of the appropriate arylamine with an acid addition salt of p-amino-benzenesulfonyl chloride, or p-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride followed by reduction. Chemical interest largely resides in preparation of the corresponding arylamines. For the synthesis of sulfacytine (134), N-ethyl uracil (131) was converted to its thioamide (132) by reaction with phosphorous pentasulfide. The newly introduced sulfur is then displaced with ammonia in methanol to give 133. Standard reactions complete... 

The specific ortho functionalization of arylamines is obviously important in quinoline synthesis (cf. the rc-allyl procedure devised for the preparation of o-allylanilines used as indole and quinoline precursors).76 Recently acetanilides have been subjected to orthopalladation and the ensuing complexes converted into useful precursors of 2-substituted quinoline derivatives (Scheme 143).215... 

In addition to benzenoid diazo components, diazotised heterocyclic amines in which the amino group is attached to a nitrogen- or sulphur-containing ring figure prominently in the preparation of disperse dyes [87,88], since these can produce marked bathochromic shifts. The most commonly used of these are the 6-substituted 2-aminobenzothiazoles, prepared by the reaction of a suitable arylamine with bromine and potassium thiocyanate (Scheme 4.31). Intermediates of this type, such as the 6-nitro derivative (4.79), are the source of red dyes, as in Cl Disperse Red 145 (4.80). It has been found that dichloroacetic acid is an effective solvent for the diazotisation of 2-amino-6-nitrobenzothiazole [89]. Subsequent coupling reactions can be carried out in the same solvent system. Monoazo disperse dyes have also been synthesised from other isomeric nitro derivatives of 2-aminobenzothiazole [90]. Various dichloronitro derivatives of this amine can be used to generate reddish blue dyes for polyester [91]. 

The palladium(II)-mediated oxidative cyclization is also applied to the synthesis of carbazole-l,4-quinone alkaloids. The required arylamino-l,4-benzo-quinones are readily prepared by arylamine addition to the 1,4-benzoquinone and in situ reoxidation of the resulting hydroquinone [131]. 

The reagent prepared from the reaction of 30 % hydrogen peroxide with glacial acetic acid also contains peroxyacetic acid but the main product of arylamine oxidation is usually the corresponding nitroso compound. On heating with an excess of this reagent the nitro compound is usually obtained. ... 

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