Propyne, reaction

Similar reactions of 34 and 35 with phenylacetylene at room temperature are also stereospecific, and they are presumed to occur with retention of configuration at the metal center by analogy to the propyne reactions. When these reactions are performed in refluxing methanol, both chemo-selectivity and stereospecificity are lost, with almost equal amounts of the two benzylidene diastereomers (65 and 66) and a small amount (10-15%) of the methanol adducts (67) (vide infra) being formed from 34 [Eq. (63)]. The individual benzylidene epimers 65 and 66 do not epimerize at the ruthenium center in refluxing methanol, which indicates that the loss of stereochemical integrity occurs prior to addition of the acetylene. 

Bis(silyl)propyne. Reaction of (1) with sUylating agents affords l,3-bis(silyl)propynes, valuable Peterson reagents (eq 16). ... 

L,2-propadiene, allene, CH2=C = CH2, CjH4. Colourless gas prepared by the electrolysis of potassium itaeonate, or by the action of zinc and alcohol on 1,3-dibromopropane. It is easily isomerized to propyne (methylacetyl-ene), and is produced as a mixture with this substance from some reactions. 

To a solution of 0.20 mol of butyllithium in about 140 ml of hexane were added 250 ml of dry diethyl ether below -10°C. Subsequently a solution of 0.25 mol of propyne in 25 ml of ether, cooled below -25°C, was added in 10 min, keeping the temperature of the reaction mixture below -20 C. Powdered sulfur (0.20 at) was... 

To a solution of ethylnagnesium bromide in 350 ml of THF, prepared from 0.5 mol of ethyl bromide (see Chapter 11, Exp. 6) was added in 10 min at 10°C 0.47 mol of 1-hexyne (Exp. 62) and at 0°C 0.47 mol of trimethylsilylacetylene (Exp. 31) or a solution of 0.60 mol of propyne in 70 ml of THF (cooled below -20°C). With trimethyl si lylacetylene an exothermic reaction started almost immediately, so that efficient cooling in a bath of dry-ice and acetone was necessary in order to keep the temperature between 10 and 15°C. When the exothermic reaction had subsided, the mixture was warmed to 20°C and was kept at that temperature for 1 h. With 1-hexyne the cooling bath was removed directly after the addition and the temperature was allowed to rise to 40-45°C and was maintained at that level for 1 h. 

To a mixture of 65 ml of dry benzene and 0.10 mol of freshly distilled NN-di-ethylamino-l-propyne were added 3 drops of BFa.ether and 0.12 mol of dry propargyl alcohol was added to the reddish solution in 5 min. The temperature rose in 5-10 min to about 45°C, remained at this level for about 10 min and then began to drop. The mixture was warmed to 60°C, whereupon the exothermic reaction made the temperature rise in a few minutes to B5 c. This level was maintained by occasional cooling. After the exothermic reaction (3,3-sigmatropic rearrangement) had subsided, the mixture was heated for an additional 10 min at 80°C and the benzene was then removed in a water-pump vacuum. The red residue was practically pure acid amide... 

Methylisoxazole (297 R = Me) and its homologs can be synthesized by reaction of hydroxylamine hydrochloride with 1-alkyl-3-dimethylamino-2-propen-l-one (296) (54IZV47), the anilino derivatives of acetoacetaldehyde (47G556), 3-dimethyl-aminomethylene-l-propyne (equation 7) (69ZOR1179) and the /3-ketoaldehyde (293) (66JOC3193). 

Isothiazole itself is best prepared by the reaction between propynal, ammonia and sodium thiosulfate (see Section 4.17.9.3). A wide range of substituted mononuclear isothiazoles can be obtained by oxidative cyclization of y-iminothiols and related compounds (see Section 4.17.9.1.1). Substituents at the 3-position need to be in place before cyclization, but 4-substituents are readily introduced by electrophilic reagents (see Section 4.17.6.3), and 5-substituents via lithiation (see Section 4.17.6.4). 

After the initial claim of the synthesis of an oxirene (by the oxidation of propyne Section 5.05.6.3.1) this system reappeared with the claim 31LA(490)20l) that 2-chloro-l,2-diphenyl-ethanone (110) reacted with sodium methoxide to give diphenyloxirene (111), but it was later shown (52JA2082) that the product was the prosaic methoxy ketone (112 Scheme 97) (the formation of 111 from 110 would be an a-elimination carbene-type reaction). Even with strong, nonnucleophilic bases, (110) failed to provide evidence of diphenyloxirene formation (64JA4866). 

Some studies seeking preferred conditions for this reaction have been reported. Optimum yields of 1-ethoxy-1-propyne and 1-ethoxy-l-butyne are found when the product is worked up before allowing the ammonia solvent to evaporate, as the product evidently volatilizes with the ammonia. An experiment with 1-ethoxy-1-propyne showed a marked increase in yield when ammonia predried over calcium hydride was used instead of ammonia directly from the cylinder. A twofold excess of ethyl bromide is required to obtain a good yield of l-ethoxy-l-but5me, since elimination apparently competes with alkylation in this case. 

On the other hand, its cycloadditions with 1,2-disubstituted alkenes under similar conditions produce stereospecifically a mixture of regioisomeric products [35] (equation 34) In contrast, its reaction with theunsymmetrical alkyne 1 -phenyl-propyne leads to a single product [35] (equation 35)... 

A convenient route to three-carbon carboranes is the hydroboration of an alkyne with a preformed dicarbaborane. For example, reaction of ethyne (or propyne) with arachno-4,5-C2B7Hi3 (70) in hexane at 120°C gives a mixture of tri- and tetra-carbaboranes, e.g. (71), (72), (73), (74) in modest yield. Access to other... 

We won t study the details of this substitution reaction until Chapter 11 but for now can picture it as happening by the pathway shown in Figure 8.6. The nucleophilic acetylide ion uses an electron pair to form a bond to the positively polarized, electrophilic carbon atom of bromomethane. As the new C-C bond forms, Br- departs, taking with it the electron pair from the former C-Br bond and yielding propyne as product. We call such a reaction an alkylation because a new alkyl group has become attached to the starting alkyne. 

Active Figure 8.6 MECHANISM A mechanism for the alkylation reaction of acetylide anion with bromomethane to give propyne. Sign in afwww.thomsonedu.com to see a simulation based on this figure and to take a short quiz. 

The alkylation reaction is limited to the use of primary alkyl bromides and alkyl iodides because acetylide ions are sufficiently strong bases to cause dehydrohalogenation instead of substitution when they react with secondary and tertiary alkyl halides. For example, reaction of bromocyclohexane with propyne anion yields the elimination product cyclohexene rather than the substitution product 1-propynylcyclohexane. 

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