Quaternary salts, isolation

Quaternary salts, isolation of, 10 Quaternization, by alkyl halides, 2-7 by aryl halides, 7-9 on carbon, 53 definition of, 2 by dimethyl sulfate, 9 electronic effects in, 11 in JV-heterocycles, 16, 38 by heterocyclyl halides, 7—9 isotope effect on, 55 mechanism of, 53-56 by methyl euyl-sulfonates, 9, 10 on oxygen, 52 rates of, 55 reagents for, 2-10 by self-condensation, 8 solvent effect on, 10, 55 solvents for, 10 steric effects on, 12, 13 substituents, influence on, 11, 19, 23 on sulfur, 51 Quinaldine, 4-amino-, 4 Quinazolines, 2-alkyl-, salt formation of, 6... 

Adducts from various quaternary salts have been isolated, in reactions with aldehydes, a-ketoaldehydes, dialkylacylphosphonates and dialkyl-phosphonates, isocyanates, isothiocyanates, and so forth (Scheme 15) (36). The ylid (11) resulting from removal of a Cj proton from 3.4-dimethyl-S-p-hydroxyethylthiazolium iodide by NEtj in DMF gives with phenylisothiocyanate the stable dipolar adduct (12) that has been identified by its NMR spectrum and reactional product, such as acid addition and thiazolidine obtention via NaBH4 reduction (Scheme 16) (35). It must be mentioned that the adduct issued from di-p-tolylcarbodiimide is separated in its halohydrogenated form. An alkaline treatment occasions an easy ring expansion into a 1,4-thiazine derivative (Scheme 17) (35). 

Many monomeric heterocyclic anhydrobases can be isolated now using specific methods (44), but application of these methods to thiazole ring did not succeed however, appropriate conditions lead to the separation of a dimer, the structure of which has been established by its NMR Spectra and chemical reactivity (26). The most probable mechanism of its formation appears identical with the one previously described in the benzothiazolium series (24). A second molecule of quaternary salt A3... 

The problem of the isolation of quaternary salts, even when fornied, is,-in some cases, an acute one. Water or ethanol is friBquently held very tenaciously and this possibility may be the reason that so many workers still use non-hydrie solvents, such as benzene, despite the fact that reactions in such solvents are usually slow clearly the best solvents are the non-hydric ones of high dielectric constant. 

Conversion of other heterocyclic systems into pyridazines has also been used, for example the reaction of 3-aminopyrone 9 with hydrazine, followed by oxidative aromatisation <06T9718> and the more unusual utilisation of a 1,2,4-triazole 10 as the source of the N-N unit <06T8966>. In this latter transformation, the intermediate quaternary salt 11 was isolable. An even more unusual example was the reaction of the diazetidine 12 with enolates <06S2885>. 

By contrast, compounds (65) undergo methylation at the nitrogen atom to give (66).140 The quaternary salts (66) were also isolated with BPh4 or SbCl6- anions. 

In a different approach [11] to access pure products, the use of strong oleum (65% SO3) for sulfonation of PPh3 resulted in quantitative formation of TPPTS oxide. This was converted to the ethyl suhbester through the reaction of an intermediate silver sulfonate salt (isolated) with iodoethane. Reduction with SiHCls in toluene/THF afforded tris(3-ethylsulfonatophenyl)phosphine which was finally converted to pure 3 with NaBr in wet acetone. In four steps the overall yield was 40% (for PPhs) which compares fairly with other procedures to obtain pure TPPTS. Since phosphine oxides are readily available from easily formed quaternary phosphonium salts this method potentially allows preparation of a variety of sulfonated phosphines (e.g. (CH3)P(C6H4-3-S03Na)2). 

Only a few reactions of imidazo[2,l-h][l,3,4]oxadiazoles have been reported. The basicity of these compounds is rather low hydrohalides cannot be isolated (69ZC337). Protonation of 23 with strong acids occurs at position 7, giving, for example, 24 (mp 212°C with explosion ). With aqueous base 24 is converted back to 23 (72BSF3968). On alkylation of 23 the quaternary salts 25 are obtained (72BSF3968). Reaction of 25 (R = Et) with ethyl cyanoacetate (Et3N/EtOH) yields 26, albeit in low yield (3.8%) (72BSF3968). 

The intermediacy of an anhydro base (57) was referred to in Scheme 46. Analogous anhydro bases (pyridone methides) can be formed by deprotonation of quaternary salts of 2- and 4-benzylpyridines and the like. The pyridone methides are usually highly reactive and not readily isolable some stable examples are shown in Scheme 49. Pyridine methides are intermediates in the base-catalyzed alkylation and acylation reactions of pyridinium salts at the exocyclic carbon. Compounds of type (60) have been estimated to have 25-30% dipolar character. Protonation of (60) occurs at the 2 - and 3 -positions in the ratio 4 1 respectively (70JCS(C)800). 

The first synthesis of the benzo[6]quinolizinium ion (Scheme 98, Table 9, example 1) was by hydrobromic acid-catalyzed cyclization of the quaternary salt formed between 2-pyridinecarbaldehyde and benzyl bromide. Aromatic cyclodehydration has continued to the present as almost the only method used for the preparation of the acridizinium ion, its derivatives and benzo analogs. Because of its instability, 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde has been replaced by more efficient derivatives. The first of these was the oxime (example 2) which not only gave a better overall yield, but also made possible the isolation of a crystalline intermediate (181 Z = NOH). The disadvantages are that it is not suitable for high temperature cyclizations involving polyphosphoric acid, and some products (182) (e.g. example 10, Table 10) may tend to form double salts with hydroxylamine hydrobromide. 

A very interesting modification of method B was applied to the stereospecific synthesis of ( )-pseudoheliotridane.27 Condensation of ethyl bromoacetate with l-methyl-2-ethyl-4,5-dihydropyrrole (42) afforded the quaternary salt 43, which was reduced, without isolation, with formic acid to give ethyl /3-(Ar-methyl-2-pyrrolidyl)butyrate (44). The amino alcohol (45), obtained by reduction of 44 with lithium... 

Quaternary salts having structure 51 have been isolated R, and R2 are amino, alkoxy, and thioalkoxy substituents. Except in the case of 2-amino products, dealkylation to give a 2-pyrimidone takes place readily under alkaline conditions.158... 

For mesoionic azapentalenes, N-substituted quaternary salts tend to be unstable, like their protonated counterparts (Section IV,C,l,a), and their preparation is sometimes difficult. Quaternary salts 352 can be prepared,340 but if the methiodide 352 (R = Me, X = I) is heated under reduced pressure the free base is recovered. Compound 353 is equally unstable,336 and 355 decomposes at 200° or on standing in any solvent other than iodomethane.340 The methylation product of 328 (probably 354 though the position of substitution is uncertain) is rather more stable,340 but a methiodide could not be isolated from 332a (Section IV,C,l,a) even after prolonged heating with iodomethane.334b... 

A7-Acyl derivatives of heterocycles can often be quatemized by hard alkylating agents, such as trialkyloxonium fluoroborates406 or methyl fluorosulfonate.364 The quaternary salt is not usually isolated, but N-alkylated derivatives are obtained whose structures are generally different from those obtained by alkylation of anions (Sections IV,C,2). This method, due to Olofson and Kendall,406 has been used with success in azapentalenes [Eqs. (34) and (35)1, where the products 384 and 385 are different from those obtained by alkylation of the anions 361 and 364, respectively (Scheme 16). 

Acyl and sulfonyl halides and anhydrides react instantaneously with pyridine to form quaternary salts which are excellent acylating and sulfonylating agents. The familiar use of pyridine as a solvent in such reactions reflects this. While usually used in situ, stable A-acylpyridinium and N-acylisoquinolinium salts, e.g. (63), have been isolated and their structures confirmed by single crystal... 

Alkyl substituents on the pyridone nitrogen atom are usually lost in reactions of this type, but the quaternary salts from /V-substituted acridones can be isolated. Pyrones (with PC15 or POCl3) form... 

The Tschitschibabin reaction represents the most versatile way to substituted indolizines. It fails only in the case of indolizines bearing no substituents on the five-membered ring. Usually the intermediate quaternary salt (108) is isolated, but in some cases a one-pot reaction has been performed. The cyclization of (108) normally proceeds directly to the indolizine (110). A carbinol intermediate (109), however, has been isolated from the reaction of 2-picoline and 2-bromopropiophenone in the absence of a solvent (73JCS(P1)2595). 

Although the cyclization normally proceeds directly to the indolizine, the carbinol intermediate (1) was the product isolated when 2-picoline and 2-bromopropiophenone were heated together in the absence of a solvent.9 Usually the intermediate quaternary salt is isolated, but in some cases this is unnecessary and only the final product is isolated10,11 e.g., the base 2 in Eq. (1). A similar reaction, using an a-bromoester... 

Wibberley formulated as 23 the intermediate they isolated from the treatment of the phenacyl quaternary salt with benzoyl chloride on the grounds that both 20 and 21 were formed when it was treated with acetic anhydride. However, Krock and Krohnke prepared the same intermediate by treating the quaternary salt of 2-picoline and dibenzoyl-methyl bromide with potassium carbonate thus establishing its structure as 22, and this was confirmed by infrared and NMR spectroscopy. 

These products (42) may be dehydrogenated using palladium on charcoal as catalyst. In some cases, the 2,3-dihydro intermediates have been isolated. Analogous products are formed from quaternary salts of quinoline and isoquinoline. 

Meszaros, Hermecz et al. transformed the quaternary 6,7.8,9-tetrahydro-pyrido[1.2-u]pyrimidinium salts (204) with acid to the carboxylic acids (205 R1 = H)257 and with sodium hydrogen carbonate solution to the l,6,7,8-tetrahydropyrido[l,2- ]pyrimidines (205 R = alkyl).7x2 8 From the alkaline hydrolysis reaction mixture, compounds 206 and 207 were also isolated.133 The quaternary salt (204 R = Me) was transformed with hydrazine hydrate to 6-methylpiperidone and with ammonia to 6-methyl-4-oxo-6.7,8,9-tetrahydro-4//-pyrido[1.2- ]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide and its A-methyl derivative.133... 

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