Reaction with isocyanic acid

If the reaction NO + CO is carried out at 200 to 400°C with Pt/Si02 catalyst separated by 8 to 10 mm from a wafer of pure Si02, the band at 2310 cm-1 which is characteristic of Si NCO is not detected on the silica wafer. The spillover of -NCO from Pt to Si02 therefore cannot proceed through the gas phase (158). But isocyanate on pure silica may also be formed by the reaction with isocyanic acid (HNCO) between 100 and 400°C. Now on Pt/Si02, -NCO is formed on Pt even at — 83°C (band at 2180 cm- J), which shows a dissociative adsorption of isocyanic acid on Pt ... 

Carboxyhc acids react with aryl isocyanates, at elevated temperatures to yield anhydrides. The anhydrides subsequently evolve carbon dioxide to yield amines at elevated temperatures (70—72). The aromatic amines are further converted into amides by reaction with excess anhydride. Ortho diacids, such as phthahc acid [88-99-3J, react with aryl isocyanates to yield the corresponding A/-aryl phthalimides (73). Reactions with carboxyhc acids are irreversible and commercially used to prepare polyamides and polyimides, two classes of high performance polymers for high temperature appHcations where chemical resistance is important. Base catalysis is recommended to reduce the formation of substituted urea by-products (74). 

Alkyl carbamates (urethanes) ate formed from reaction of alcohols with isocyanic acid or urea (see Urettpane polymers). 

Isocyanates react with carboxylic acids to form amides, ureas, anhydrides, and carbon dioxide, depending on reaction conditions and the structure of the starting materials (Scheme 4.13). Aliphatic isocyanates more readily give amides. Aromatic isocyanates tend to react with carboxylic acids to first generate anhydrides and ureas, which at elevated temperatures (ca. 160°C) may further react to give amides. In practice, the isocyanate reaction with carboxylic acid is rarely utilized deliberately but can be an unwanted side reaction resulting from residual C02H functionality in polyester polyols. 

Impurities in CL have also been destroyed by oxidation with ozone22 followed by distillation. Ozonation treatment of waste CL leaves no ionic impurities. However, the most commonly used oxidizing agents are potassium permanganate, perboric acid, perborate, and potassium bromate. Treatment of CL with these oxidizing agents is carried out in a neutral medium at 40-60°C. Strongly alkaline or acidic conditions accelerate the oxidation of CL to form isocyanates. Hie undesirable oxidation reaction is fast above pH 7 because of the reaction with isocyanate to form carbamic acid salts, which shifts the equilibrium to form additional isocyanate. 

There are actually three reactions called by the name Schmidt reaction, involving the addition of hydrazoic acid to carboxylic acids, aldehydes and ketones, and alcohols and alkenes. The most common is the reaction with carboxylic acids, illustrated above.Sulfuric acid is the most common catalyst, but Lewis acids have also been used. Good results are obtained for aliphatic R, especially for long chains. When R is aryl, the yields are variable, being best for sterically hindered compounds like mesi-toic acid. This method has the advantage over 18-13 and 18-14 that it is just one laboratory step from the acid to the amine, but conditions are more drastic. Under the acid conditions employed, the isocyanate is virtually never isolated. 

A library of l,3,7-substituted-perhydropyrazino[l,2-f]pyrimidine-2,6,8-triones was built by preparation of functionalized ketopiperazines on the solid phase, followed by N-acylation with 2-bromoacetic acid, reaction with isocyanate and with concomitant cyclization using trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) <2003W02003/013740>. 

I-Cyanobenzocyclobctene, 48, 53 8-Cyanoethylhydrazine, from acrylonitrile and hydrazine, 48, 8 reaction with sulfuric acid, 48, 8 Cyanogen bromide, 45, 88 Cyahogen chloride, in preparation of chlorosulfonyl isocyanate, 46, 24 reaction with sulfur trioxide, 46, 24 7-Cvanoheptanal, 49, 27, 28... 

The weak nucleophilic nature of polynitroaliphatic alcohols is also reflected in their slow reactions with isocyanates to yield carbamates. These reactions often need the presence of Lewis acids like ferric acetylacetonate or boron trifluoride etherate. The reaction of bifunctional isocyanates with polynitroaliphatic diols has been used to synthesize energetic polymers.33°... 

A number of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing heterocyclic compounds are effective corrosion inhibitors (62MI11502), the imidazolines and the benzotriazoles being particularly important types. The imidazolines are derived from ethyleneamines by reaction with fatty acids the free bases (53), the fatty acid salts (54), and various derivatives obtained by reaction with anhydrides, isocyanates or alkyl halides (55) are effective inhibitors. 

The instability of the 3-hydroxymethylindoles over a wide pH range results in the lack of success in acetylation of the hydroxy compound and also in the failure to hydrolyze the acetoxymethylindole without conversion into the bis(3-indolyl)methane (79HC(25-3)l). In contrast with the 3-isomer, 2-hydroxymethylindoles are stable to bases, but are polymerized by acids (79HC(25-3)l). Similarly, it is possible to convert 3-hydroxymethylpyrroles into their acetates and methyl ethers under basic conditions, and reaction with isocyanates yields the expected urethanes (79JMC977). Under acidic conditions, however, they produce the bis(3-pyrrolyl)methanes (B-77MI30504). 

The esters 35 are obtained by reaction of hydrazides 34 with chloroformate esters or carbonic diesters 3 23 28 42 as previously discussed for the special case of the activated esters (see Section 10.4.2). The amides 36, on the other hand, are formed from hydrazides 34 with isocyanic acid 3,43,44 or with trimethylsilyl isocyanate 42 (Scheme 10). 

Other important tests are for acid and alkalinity number and for water content (266), because water content and alkalinity of the polyether glycol can influence the reaction with isocyanates. The standard ASTM test for acid and alkalinity number, ASTM D4662 (267), is not sensitive enough for the low acidity and alkalinity numbers of PTMEG, and special methods have been developed. A useful alkalinity number (AN) has been defined as milliequivalents KOH per 30 kg of PTMEG, as titrated in methanol solution with 0.005 N HC1 (268). Other useful nonstandard tests are for heavy metals, sulfated ash, and peroxide. The peroxides formed initially in oxidations are quickly transformed into carbonyl groups, which are detectable by infrared spectroscopy. On oxidation, a small C—O peak develops at 1726 cm-1 and can be detected in thick (0.5-mm) films. A relative ratio of this peak against an internal standard peak at 2075 C—O is sometimes defined as the carbonyl ratio. 

RHF methodology, used to investigate the cycloaddition reaction of isocyanic acid with methylenimine, confirmed a two-step mechanism via a cis intermediate for the equimolar reaction.22 The 2 + 2-cycloaddition of chlorosulfonyl and trichloroacetyl... 

The reaction between isocyanic acid and allenes was also studied and showed different regiochemistries depending on the substitution pattern (Scheme 35). Thus, in the simplest case (not studied experimentally), the formation of the 4-substituted cycloadduct (141) is predicted to be strongly favored, mainly because of the lower distortion of the allenic moiety at the transition structure (140). In contrast, substituted allenes such as 1,3-dimethylallene form the 3-alkylidene derivative (143) via a more stabilized transition structure like (142), in good agreement with the experimentally observed regiochemistry[113-115]. 

There are several types of chiral derivatizing reagents commonly used depending on the functional group involved. For amines, the formation of an amide from reaction with an acyl halide [147,148], chloroformate reaction to form a carbamate [149], and reaction with isocyanate to form the corresponding urea are common reactions [150]. Carboxyl groups can be effectively esterified with chiral alcohols [151-153]. Isocynates have been used as reagents for enantiomer separation of amino acids, iV-methylamino acids, and 3-hydroxy acids [154]. In addition to the above-mentioned reactions, many others have been used in the formation of derivatives for use on a variety of packed and capillary columns. For a more comprehensive list, refer to References 155-159. 

Polyhexamethylenecarbodiimide, an insoluble condensation reagent for the synthesis of peptides, is obtained in the reaction of hexamethylene diisocyanate with a phospholene oxide catalyst in NMP. The isocyanate end groups are reacted with ethanol. Linear polycarbodiimides, upon reaction with adipic acid, form polyureides. For example, reaction of the 2,4-TDI derived carbodiimide with adipic acid in DMF produces the polymer, mp295°C.222... 

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