Reactions alkylating reagents

A iridine traces in aqueous solution can be determined by reaction with 4-(p-nitroben25l)pyridine [1083-48-3] and potassium carbonate [584-08-7]. Quantitative determination is carried out by photometric measurement of the absorption of the blue dye formed (367,368). Alkylating reagents interfere in the determination. A iridine traces in the air can be detected discontinuously by absorption in Folin s reagent (l,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate) [2066-93-5] (369,370) with subsequent chloroform extraction and hplc analysis of the red dye formed (371,372). The detection limit is ca 0.1 ppm. Nitrogen-specific thermal ionisation detectors can be used for continuous monitoring of the ambient air. 

Phosphorus—hydrogen compounds undergo a metathetical exchange with some organometallic alkylating reagents (see Grignard reactions) ... 

Primary and secondary amines are usually converted to tertiary amines using formaldehyde and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst (eqs. 5 and 6). This process, known as reductive alkylation (222), is attractive commercially. The desired amines are produced in high yields and without significant by-product formation. Quatemization by reaction of an appropriate alkylating reagent then follows. 

Excess alkylating reagent is required if the tetraorganotin is desired as the exclusive product. In commercial practice, the stoichiometry is kept at or below 4 1, since the cmde product is usually redistributed to lower organotin chlorides in a subsequent step and an ether is used as the solvent (86). The use of diethyl ether in the Grignard reaction has been generally replaced with tetrahydrofuran. 

Such compounds contain two or three pyridine-like heteroatoms. For the symmetrical systems (73) and (74), no ambiguity occurs, but for systems (75)-(78) there are at least two alternative reaction sites. It appears that reaction takes place at the nitrogen atom furthest away from the pyrrole-like heteroatom, as shown in (75)-(77) where evidence is available from reactions with alkylating reagents (Section 4.02.1.3.8). 

A vast variety of perfluoroalkanesulfonic esters are known, and their application in synthetic organic chemistry is increasing rapidly (for a comprehensive review, see reference 66) These compounds are readily available by the reaction of organic halides with silver perfluoroalkanesulfonate or by the reaction of an alcohol with the corresponding perfluoroalkanesulfonic anhydride or chloride Alkyl per-fluoroalkanesulfonates are powerful alkylating reagents because of the excellent... 

Organomercury compounds undergo a similar reaction. Alkyl and aryl Grignard reagents can be converted to carboxylic esters with Fe(CO)5 instead of CO. Amides have been prepared by the treatment of trialkyl or triarylboranes with CO and an imine, in the presence of catalytic amounts of cobalt carbonyl ... 

Dimethylsulfonium methylide reacts with reactive alkylating reagents such as allylic and benzylic bromides to give terminal alkenes. A similar reaction occurs with primary alkyl bromides in the presence of Lil. The reaction probably involves alkylation of the ylide, followed by elimination.289... 

Simple alkyl and aryl cr-bonded complexes are conveniently prepared by reaction of an alkylating reagent with a halocobalt(II) precursor. All-alkyl systems are rare, but the penta-methylcobaltate(II) anion is known.197 More typically, the coordination sphere of the metal contains additional co-ligands, particularly with P, S, or N donors. Some examples that reflect the style of reactions extant appear below. 

Reactions of trident and ambident anions of hydroxy compounds with alkylating reagents were also studied.121 The ion-pair extraction method was found to be superior alkylating agents were methyl iodide (soft) and dimethyl sulfate (hard). Upon alkylation by ion-pair extraction the 5-methyl-substituted selenolene-2-one system gives mainly C-alkylation with the soft acid, methyl iodide, and mainly O-alkylation with the hard acid, dimethyl sulfate. 

This type of reaction involves both oxidation and addition of groups, so it is known as an oxad reaction. Alkyl derivatives of PC13 can be prepared by the reactions with Grignard reagents and metal alkyls illustrated in the following equations ... 

A disadvantage of borane and borate systems is that the alkylmetallocene cations are more instable and more sensitive to impurities and water. To overcome this higher sensitivity, a dialkyl species can be build by an in situ reaction with tri-isobutylaluminum (TIBA). TIBA acts as alkylation reagent and as a scavenger and stabilizes the dialkyl species in solution it is used as stock solution for the polymerization experiments (Fig. 12). 

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