Primary amines reaction with urethanes

There are a few other chemical reactions on the wood surface that could make important contributions. One is that of moisture on the surface of wood to form an unstable carbamic acid group that quickly decomposes to form a primary amine with evolution of carbon dioxide. The primary amine formed has active hydrogens reactive to isocyanate. Other successive reactions ensue leading first to disub-stituted ureas and then to biurets. Furthermore, isocyanate reaction with urethane to form allophanates, and trimerization of isocyanates to form isocyanurate are also possible to variable extents, under the conditions of bonding. The different reactions are summarized in Scheme 2. 

The Cunius degradation of acyl azides prepared either by treatment of acyl halides with sodium azide or trimethylsilyl azide [47] or by treatment of acyl hydrazides with nitrous acid [f J yields pnmarily alkyl isocyanates, which can be isolated when the reaction is earned out in aptotic solvents If alcohols are used as solvents, urethanes are formed Hydrolysis of the isocyanates and the urethanes yields primary amines. 

The instability of primary nitramines in acidic solution means that the nitration of the parent amine with nitric acid or its mixtures is not a feasible route to these compounds. The hydrolysis of secondary nitramides is probably the single most important route to primary nitramines. Accordingly, primary nitramines are often prepared by an indirect four step route (1) acylation of a primary amine to an amide, (2) A-nitration to a secondary nitramide, (3) hydrolysis or ammonolysis with aqueous base and (4) subsequent acidification to release the free nitramine (Equation 5.17). Substrates used in these reactions include sulfonamides, carbamates (urethanes), ureas and carboxylic acid amides like acetamides and formamides etc. The nitration of amides and related compounds has been discussed in Section 5.5. 

The synthons of oxiranes have also been used in this respect. For example, the reaction of C02 with a-bromoacylophenones in the presence of aliphatic primary amines, in methanol, afforded 3-alkyl-4-hydroxyoxazolidin-2-one derivatives under mild conditions [83a]. However, neither oc-bromoacetophenone nor a-chloroacetophenone afforded any carbamate product, and no urethanes were obtained with aromatic or aliphatic secondary amines. The proposed mechanism involved, as the first step, the formation of a 3-alkyl-2-methoxy-2-phenyloxirane intermediate, which reacted with alkylammonium carbamate to give the oxazo-lidone product (Scheme 6.16). This synthetic protocol was successfully applied to the synthesis of bis(oxazolidin-2-one) derivatives by reactions of 2-methoxy-3,3-dimethyl-2-phenyloxirane or a-bromoisobutyrophenone with C02 and aliphatic a,G)-diamines [83b],... 

Thermoset polyurethanes are cross-linked polymers, which are produced by casting or reaction injection molding (RIM). For cast elastomers, TDI in combination with 3,3,-dichloro-4,4,-diphen5lmethanediamine (MOCA) are often used. In the RIM technology, aromatic diamine chain extenders, such as diethyltoluenediamine (DETDA), are used to produce poly(urethane ureas) (47), and replacement of the polyether polyols with amine-terminated polyols produces polyureas (48). The aromatic diamines are soluble in the polyol and provide fast reaction rates. In 1985, internal mold release agents based on zinc stearate compatibilized with primary amines were introduced to the RIM process to minimize mold preparation and scrap from parts tom at demold. Some physical properties of RIM systems are listed in Table 7. 

Organic isocyanates are the major building blocks of urethane structural adhesives. They can be synthesized by a variety of routes, but most of the commercially available isocyanate compounds used in adhesives are made by the reaction of a precursor primary amine or amine salt with phosgene, followed by dehy-drohalogenation. The reaction with phosgene usually is carried out at a relatively low temperature, less than 60°C, and then the temperature is raised to 100-200°C to remove the HC1. 

That product (17) is then converted to the activated A -hydoxysuccinimide derivative 18 as in the case of the monocyclic furan. Reaction with the primary amine 10 used to prepare amprenavir then leads to the urethane (19). Reduction of the nitro group then affords darunavir" (20). 

Diisocyanates are an important class of chemicals of commercial interest, which are frequently used in the manufacture of indoor materials. such as adhesives, coatings, foams and rubbers (Ulrich, 1989). In some types of particle board, the diisocyanates have replaced formaldehyde. Isocyanates are characterized by the electrophilic -N=C=0 group, which can easily react with molecules containing hydroxy groups, such as water or alcohols. On hydrolysis with water, primary amines are formed, while a reaction with alcohols leads to carbamates (urethanes). Polyurethane (PUR) products are then obtained from a polyaddition of diisocyanate and diol components. Compounds commonly used in industrial surface technology are 4,4 -diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). The diisocyanate monomers are known as respiratory sensitizers and cause irritation of eyes, skin and mucous membrane. Therefore, polyisocyanates such as HDI-biuret and HDI-isocyanurate with a monomer content <0.5 % are used for industrial applications, and isocyanate monomers will not achieve high concentrations in ambient air. Nevertheless, it is desirable to measure even trace emissions from materials in private dwellings. 

The reactivity of different isocyanates varies widely, and the most reactive NCO groups can react with almost any compound that contains an active hydrogen [1, 2, 16]. The reactivity of the nucleophilic groups also varies primary amines are more reactive towards NCO than primary alcohols, followed by water, secondary and tertiary alcohols, other urethanes, carboxylic acids, and carboxylic acid amides in that order [16]. The isocyanate will, of course, react with the water present in the EPI formulation to form amines followed by further reactions producing urea and biuret. The mechanism of this reaction is shown in Pig. 5. As can be seen from the reaction mechanism CO2 is a byproduct of this reaction. 

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