Problems Bromine

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This is a relatively straightforward synthetic problem. Bromine is an ortho, para-directing substituent nitro is meta-directing. Nitrate first, and then brominate to give 1-bromo-3-nitrobenzene. 

In the nineteenth century. Merling treated eyeloheptatriene with bromine and obtained a crystalline solid. Reasoning from some information gained in working Problem 15. what might this solid be ... 

Although many problems still remain to be overcome to make the process practical (not the least of which is the question of the corrosive nature of aqueous HBr and the minimization of formation of any higher brominated methanes), the selective conversion of methane to methyl alcohol without going through syn-gas has promise. Furthermore, the process could be operated in relatively low-capital-demand-ing plants (in contrast to syn-gas production) and in practically any location, making transportation of natural gas from less accessible locations in the form of convenient liquid methyl alcohol possible. 

The problem really isn t the concentration of the HBr, but rather is the result of the HBr being in water. As long as there is a significant amount of water present in the reaction mix with safrole, that water is going to compete with bromine for that juicy beta carbon on safrole. And it s gonna win, too. The answer is to use non-aqueous HBr solutions. 

Another problem arises from brominated aromatic species derived from inorganic bromides used as oxidation cocatalysts. As a result, the cmde NDA is converted to its dimethyl ester, DMNDA [840-65-3] and solvent recrystalHzed to give a high purity diester (36—38). A process for purifying NDA directly by hydrogenation (pure TA process) has also been described (39). 

The seeond problem is the relationship between the position of the substituent in the pyrazole nueleus and its mobility. In the 1-phenylpyrazole series in their reaetions with Grignard reagents, the bromine reaetivity deereases in the order 5-Br>4-Br>3-Br (B-76MI40402). When an eleetron-withdrawing group is present at the 4-position, the 5-ehloropyrazole is more reaetive than 3-ehloropyrazole, but this has been attributed to bond fixation (Seetion 4.02.3.9). Thus, this problem needs further elarifieation. 

We present here examples of this condensation with an aromatic aldehyde and a cyclic ketone. Both of these examples are useful because, although other methods are available for their preparation, problems often attend these syntheses. In the synthesis of cyclohexy11deneaceton1tr11e, for example, the standard method results exclusively In the g.y-lsomer and none of the a,g-Isomer. In Part A of this procedure, cyclohexanone Is condensed with acetonitrile to give predominantly the conjugated Isomer (80-83%) whicfi is then separated from the nonconjugated isomer by selective bromination. 

The low unsaturation requires powerful curing systems whilst the hydrocarbon nature of the polymer causes bonding problems. To overcome these problems chlorinated and brominated butyl rubbers (CIIR and BUR) have been introduced and have found use in the tyre industry. 

The addition proceeds most smoothly with highly functionalized (more polar) steroids as seen in examples by Bernstein and others. The polar reaction conditions pose solubility problems for lipophilic androstane, cholestane and pregnane derivatives. Improved yields can be obtained in some cases by using dimethyl sulfoxide or t-butanol " as solvents and by using sodium A-bromobenzenesulfonamide or l,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethyl hydantoin (available from Arapahoe Chemicals) as a source of positive bromine. The addition of bromo acetate and bromo formate to steroid olefins has been studied to a limited extent. ... 

During the preparation of the dihalo-(usually dibromo) 20-ketopregnanes, other reactive sites must be protected (e.g., addition of bromine to the A -double bond, ketal formation with a 3-ketone). An elegant method which avoids such problems has been devised by the Upjohn group in their studies on the conversion of 11-ketoprogesterone to hydrocortisone. The former is reacted with ethyl oxalate at C-2 and C-21, then addition of three moles of bromine gives a 2,21,21-tribromide. Alkaline rearrangement produces the side chain unsaturated acid, and the bromine at C-2 is subsequently removed with zinc. 

Problem 7.6 When an unsymmetrjcal alkene such as propene is treated with iV-biomosiiccin-imide in aqueous dimethyl sulfoxide, the major product has the bromine atom bonded to the less highly substituted carbon atom. Is this Markovnikov or non-I Markovnikov orientation Explain. 

Draw resonance structures for the benzyl radical, C6H5CH2-, the intermediate produced in the NBS bromination reaction of toluene (Problem 10.27). 

Summary Problem Consider bromine, whose chemistry is quite similar to that of chlorine. 

This procedure, in contrast to previous methods, comprises only one step and is readily adapted to large-scale preparative work. Furthermore dibromination is very slow in methanol and hence the crude reaction products contain only traces of dibromo ketones. This contrasts with the behavior in other solvents such as ether or carbon tetrachloride, where larger amounts of dibromo ketones are always present, even when one equivalent of bromine is used. Methanol is thus recommended as a brominating solvent even when no orientation problem is involved. It should be noted that a-bromomethyl ketals are formed along with x-bromoketones and must be hydrolyzed during the workup (Note 8).7... 

With regard to the promoting effect of Ag+ in bromine/amine substitution reactions, one must address the problem of the complexation of Ag+ by amines in organic solvents (F. Pulidori, M. Remelli, F. D Angeli, P. Marchetti, work in progress). 

Aromatic brominations have been mainly carried out using X, Y and L zeolites. Improved para/ortho ratios have been observed upon brominating halobenzenes, benzyl halides, and biphenyl. The side product HBr leads to decreased activity and selectivity. This problem has been addressed by adding scavengers, by working in the gas phase, and by applying oxidative bromination. 

For the organic contaminants, the required bromine product quality wilt also be site specific. If the catalytic oxidation unit is dedicated to a single bromination process, phase separation and drying may be the only purification required. Contaminants in the recovered bromine which are either the starting materials or products of the original bromination reaction should not present a problem if present in bromine recycled to the bromination reactor. In this case, the catalytic reactor would be operated to minimize the formation of undesirable brominated byproducts. For example, if phenol is present in the waste HBr from a tribromo-phenol manufacturing process, minor tribromophenol contamination of the bromine recycled to the reactor should not be a problem. Similarly, fluorobenzene in bromine recycled to a fluorobenzene bromination process should not present a problem. 

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