Pyrolysis rearrangements

A unimolecular pyrolysis/rearrangement sequence leading to stable reaction products without the need for nucleophiles was reported by Katritzky et al. Thus, 6-(2-oxoalkyl)-l,3-dioxin-4-ones, when heated or irradiated, gave 6-substituted-4-hydroxy-2-pyrones in good yields <2005JOC4854>. a,7-Dioxoketenes are discussed as intermediates (Scheme 25). 

Trost and Ornstein have developed a versatile reagent for the synthesis of 1,4-dienes with high E,E stereoselectivity. The method is based on the conversion of the lactol (237), prepared by the reaction of (236) with DMF, into the vinylcyclopropanes (238), which on flash vacuum pyrolysis rearrange to the... 

Heat s. Isomerization, thermal, Pyrolysis, Rearrangement, -Helferich-Schmitz-Hillebrecht reaction 22, 243 Helicenes 20, 645 suppl. 23 Helium 23, 719... 

Itaconic 2Lcid[97-65-4] (methylenebutanedioic acid, methylenesuccinic acid) is a crystaUine, high, melting acid (mp = 167-168) produced commercially by fermentation of carbohydrates (1 4). Itaconic acid is produced in the broth from citric acid (qv). Isolated from the pyrolysis products of citric acid in 1836, this a-substituted acryUc acid received its name by rearrangement of aconitic, the acid from which it is formed by decarboxylation. 

Synthesis From Other Ring Systems. These syntheses are further classified based on the number of atoms in the starting ring. Ring expansion of dichlorocyclopropane carbaldimine (53), where R = H and R = ryl, on pyrolysis gives 2-arylpyridines. Thermal rearrangement to substituted pyridines occurs in the presence of tungsten(VI) oxide. In most instances the nonchlorinated product is the primary product obtained (63). 

Thermal isomerization of a-pinene, usually at about 450°C, gives a mixture of equal amounts of dipentene (15) and aHoocimene (16) (49,50). Ocimene (17) is produced initially but is unstable and rearranges to aHoocimene, which is subject to cyclization at higher temperatures to produce a- and P-pyronenes (18 and 19). The pyrolysis conditions are usually optimized to give the maximum amount of aHoocimene. Ocimenes can be produced by a technique using shorter contact time and rapid quenching or steam dilution (51). 

Isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene) can be telomerized in diethylamine with / -butyUithium as the catalyst to a mixture of A/,N-diethylneryl- and geranylamines. Oxidation of the amines with hydrogen peroxide gives the amine oxides, which, by the Meisenheimer rearrangement and subsequent pyrolysis, produce linalool in an overall yield of about 70% (127—129). 

Iminoboianes have been suggested as intermediates in the formation of compounds derived from the pyrolysis of azidoboranes (77). The intermediate is presumed to be a boryl-substituted nitrene, RR BN, which then rearranges to the amino iminoborane, neither of which has been isolated (78). Another approach to the synthesis of amino iminoboranes involves the dehydrohalogenation of mono- and bis(amino)halobotanes as shown in equation 21. Bulky alkah-metal amides, MNR, have been utilized successfully as the strong base,, in such a reaction scheme. Use of hthium-/i /f-butyl(ttimethylsilyl)amide yields an amine, DH, which is relatively volatile (76,79). 

All the examples quoted in this section concerning fragmentations or rearrangements involve photochemistry. An interesting thermal reaction has been described (72TL2235) in which the pyrolysis of indazole between 700 and 800 °C leads to a mixture of (197) and (198 Scheme 15). A mechanism involving the 3// tautomer and the carbene seems reasonable. 

Vapour phase pyrolysis of sulfoximides (529) results in the formation of the nitriles (530) (75JCS(Pl)4l). The tosylate (273), when treated with acetic anhydride, rearranges to (531)... 

The 1-azirines obtained from the vapor phase pyrolysis of 4,5-disubstituted 1-phthalimido-1,2,3-triazoles (157) have been found to undergo further thermal reactions (71CC1S18). Those azirines which contain a methyl group in the 2-position of the ring are cleaved to nitriles and phthalimidocarbenes, whereas those azirines which possess a phenyl substituent in the 2-position rearrange to indoles. 

Beckmann rearrangement, 4, 292 pyrolysis, 4, 202 synthesis, 4, 223 Wittig reaction, 4, 294 Wolff-Kishner reduction, 4, 291 Indole, 1-acyl-2,3-disubstituted photoisomerization, 4, 204 photo-Fries rearrangement, 4, 204 photoisomerization, 4, 42 synthesis, 4, 82 Indole, 2-acyl acidity, 4, 297 synthesis, 4, 337, 360 Indole, 3-acyl-acidity, 4, 297 cleavage, 4, 289 reduction, 4, 289 synthesis, 4, 360 Indole, 7-acyl-synthesis, 4, 246... 

Oxazol-4(5ff)-one, 5-acetyl-5-methyl-synthesis, 6, 225 Oxazol-4(5ff)-one, 2-phenyl-photorearrangement, 6, 200 synthesis, 6, 225 Oxazol-5(2ff)-one, 2-acyl-2,4-disubstituted pyrolysis, 6, 200 Oxazol-5(2H)-one, allyl-photochemical rearrangement, 6, 200 Oxazol-5(2ff)-one, 2-arylmethylene-synthesis, 6, 227... 

Propionic acid, 2-bromo-3-(3-indolyl)-methyl ester rearrangement, 4, 279 Propionic acid, 3-(3,4-dimethyoxyphenyl)-dihydrocoumarin synthesis from, 3, 848 Propionic acid, indolyl-synthesis, 4, 232 Propionic acid, 3-(l-indolyl)-sodium salt pyrolysis, 4, 202 Propionic acid, 3-(3-indolyl)-intramolecular acylation, 4, 220, 221 Propionic acid, 3-phenoxy-chroman-4-one synthesis from, 3, 855 Propionic acid, 3-(3-phenylisoxazoI-5-yl)-bromination, 6, 25... 

Pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyrazole, tetrahydro-rearrangement, 5, 250 Pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyrazole, tetraaryl-electrophilic substitution, 6, 1035 oxidation, 6, 1034-1035 reduction, 6, 1035 vacuum pyrolysis, 6, 1035 Pyrazolo[ 1,2-n]pyrazole-1,5-diones synthesis, 6, 991 Pyrazolo[ 1,2-n]pyrazoles reactions, 6, 1038 ring opening, 6, 983... 

Hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO), which decomposes reversibly to di-fluorocarbene and trifluoroacetyl fluonde with a half-life of about 6 h at 165 °C [30], is a versatile reagent. Its pyrolysis with olefins is normally carried out at 180-2(X) °C, and yields are usually good with either electron-nch or electron-poor olefins [31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37] (Table 2). The high reaction temperatures allow the eyclopropanation of very electron poor double bonds [58] (equation 10) but can result in rearranged products [39, 40, 41] (equations 11-13)... 

Phntolyxix sometimes gives the same products as pyrolysis An example is photolysis of perfluorooxazetidines [/] Frequently, however, the results of photolysis and pyrolysis are different Thermal rearrangement of fluonnated pyndazmes at 3(X) °C yields a rmxture of fluonnated pyrumdmes and pyrazmes [120, 727, 722, 722]... 

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