Reactions ammonium hydroxide

For this second reaction Kjgs = 181 x 10" and hence pK, for ammonia solution is 4.75. The entity NHj. H2O is often referred to as ammonium hydroxide, NH4OH, a formula which would imply that either nitrogen has a covalency of five, an impossible arrangement, or that NH4OH existed as the ions NH4 and OH". It is possible to crystallise two hydrates from concentrated ammonia solution but neither of these hydrates is ionic. Hence use of the term ammonium hydroxide is to be discouraged in favour of ammonia solution . 

Now, contrary to popular opinions, this method need not be conducted in a sealed pipe bomb. Secondary amination by substitution is as much a reaction of opportunity as it is of brute force and heat. In fact, heating can tend to cause the reformation of safrole and isosafrole. So the simplest way to do this would be to use 500mL of ammonium hydroxide or alcoholic ammonia or, for those wishing to make MDMA or meth, 40% aqueous methylamine or alcoholic methylamine (to tell you the truth, methylamine is preferable in this method because it is more reactive that ammonia so yield will increase). This 500mL is placed in a flask and into it is poured a solution of 35g bromosafrole (30g phenylisopropyl-bromide) mixed with 50mL methanol. The flask is stoppered and stirred at room temperature for anywhere from 3 to 7 days. The chemist could also reflux the same mixture for 6-12 hours or she could throw the whole mix into a sealed pipe bomb (see How to Make section) and cook it for 5 hours in a 120-130°C oil bath. 

Amidation. Heating of the diammonium salt or reaction of the dimethyl ester with concentrated ammonium hydroxide gives adipamide [628-94-4] mp 228°C, which is relatively insoluble in cold water. Substituted amides are readily formed when amines are used. The most industrially significant reaction of adipic acid is its reaction with diamines, specifically 1,6-hexanediamine. A water-soluble polymeric salt is formed initially upon mixing solutions of the two materials then hea ting with removal of water produces the polyamide, nylon-6,6. This reaction has been studied extensively, and the hterature contains hundreds of references to it and to polyamide product properties (31). 

This carbon dioxide-free solution is usually treated in an external, weU-agitated liming tank called a "prelimer." Then the ammonium chloride reacts with milk of lime and the resultant ammonia gas is vented back to the distiller. Hot calcium chloride solution, containing residual ammonia in the form of ammonium hydroxide, flows back to a lower section of the distiller. Low pressure steam sweeps practically all of the ammonia out of the limed solution. The final solution, known as "distiller waste," contains calcium chloride, unreacted sodium chloride, and excess lime. It is diluted by the condensed steam and the water in which the lime was conveyed to the reaction. Distiller waste also contains inert soHds brought in with the lime. In some plants, calcium chloride [10045-52-4], CaCl, is recovered from part of this solution. Close control of the distillation process is requited in order to thoroughly strip carbon dioxide, avoid waste of lime, and achieve nearly complete ammonia recovery. The hot (56°C) mixture of wet ammonia and carbon dioxide leaving the top of the distiller is cooled to remove water vapor before being sent back to the ammonia absorber. 

Ammonia—Gas-Cured Flame Retardants. The first flame-retardant process based on curing with ammonia gas, ie, THPC—amide—NH, consisted of padding cotton with a solution containing THPC, TMM, and urea. The fabric was dried and then cured with either gaseous ammonia or ammonium hydroxide (96). There was Httle or no reaction with cellulose. A very stable polymer was deposited in situ in the cellulose matrix. Because the fire-retardant finish did not actually react with the cellulose matrix, there was generally Httle loss in fabric strength. However, the finish was very effective and quite durable to laundering. 

The MauIg Color Reaction. The procedure for this test consists basically of three sequential treatments of lignified material with 1% potassium permanganate, 3% hydrochloric acid, and concentrated ammonium hydroxide. A red-purple color develops for hardwoods and a brown color... 

The nitro alcohols available in commercial quantities are manufactured by the condensation of nitroparaffins with formaldehyde [50-00-0]. These condensations are equiUbrium reactions, and potential exists for the formation of polymeric materials. Therefore, reaction conditions, eg, reaction time, temperature, mole ratio of the reactants, catalyst level, and catalyst removal, must be carefully controlled in order to obtain the desired nitro alcohol in good yield (6). Paraformaldehyde can be used in place of aqueous formaldehyde. A wide variety of basic catalysts, including amines, quaternary ammonium hydroxides, and inorganic hydroxides and carbonates, can be used. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture must be made acidic, either by addition of mineral acid or by removal of base by an ion-exchange resin in order to prevent reversal of the reaction during the isolation of the nitro alcohol (see Ion exchange). 

Some fabrication processes, such as continuous panel processes, are mn at elevated temperatures to improve productivity. Dual-catalyst systems are commonly used to initiate a controlled rapid gel and then a fast cure to complete the cross-linking reaction. Cumene hydroperoxide initiated at 50°C with benzyl trimethyl ammonium hydroxide and copper naphthenate in combination with tert-huty octoate are preferred for panel products. Other heat-initiated catalysts, such as lauroyl peroxide and tert-huty perbenzoate, are optional systems. Eor higher temperature mol ding processes such as pultmsion or matched metal die mol ding at temperatures of 150°C, dual-catalyst systems are usually employed based on /-butyl perbenzoate and 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di-2-ethyIhexanoylperoxy-hexane (Table 6). 

Chemical Properties. Reactions of quaternaries can be categorized iato three types (169) Hoffman eliminations, displacements, and rearrangements. Thermal decomposition of a quaternary ammonium hydroxide to an alkene, tertiary amine, and water is known as the Hoffman elimination (eq. la) (170). This reaction has not been used extensively to prepare olefins. Some cycHc olefins, however, are best prepared this way (171). Exhaustive methylation, followed by elimination, is known as the Hoffman degradation and is important ia the stmctural determination of unknown amines, especially for alkaloids (qv) (172). 

Qualitative. The classic method for the quaUtative determination of silver ia solution is precipitation as silver chloride with dilute nitric acid and chloride ion. The silver chloride can be differentiated from lead or mercurous chlorides, which also may precipitate, by the fact that lead chloride is soluble ia hot water but not ia ammonium hydroxide, whereas mercurous chloride turns black ia ammonium hydroxide. Silver chloride dissolves ia ammonium hydroxide because of the formation of soluble silver—ammonia complexes. A number of selective spot tests (24) iaclude reactions with /)-dimethy1amino-henz1idenerhodanine, ceric ammonium nitrate, or bromopyrogaHol red [16574-43-9]. Silver is detected by x-ray fluorescence and arc-emission spectrometry. Two sensitive arc-emission lines for silver occur at 328.1 and 338.3 nm. 

Sulfamic acid readily forms various metal sulfamates by reaction with the metal or the respective carbonates, oxides, or hydroxides. The ammonium salt is formed by neutralizing the acid with ammonium hydroxide ... 

Dilution with water reverses the reaction, and heating the solution Hberates sulfur dioxide. Upon being added to a solution of teUurides, teUurium forms colored polyteUurides. Unlike selenium, teUurium is not soluble in aqueous sodium sulfite. This difference offers a method of separating the two elements. Like selenium, teUurium is soluble in hot alkaline solutions except for ammonium hydroxide solutions. Cooling reverses the reaction. Because teUurium forms solutions of anions, Te , and cations, Te" ", teUurium films can be deposited on inert electrodes of either sign. 

OC-Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Complexes. Water-soluble titanium lactate complexes can be prepared by reactions of an aqueous solution of a titanium salt, such as TiCl, titanyl sulfate, or titanyl nitrate, with calcium, strontium, or barium lactate. The insoluble metal sulfate is filtered off and the filtrate neutralized using an alkaline metal hydroxide or carbonate, ammonium hydroxide, amine, or alkanolamine (78,79). Similar solutions of titanium lactate, malate, tartrate, and citrate can be produced by hydrolyzation of titanium salts, such as TiCl, in strongly (>pH 10) alkaline water isolation of the... 

The EBDCs are prepared by reaction of EDA with carbon disulfide in the presence of sodium or ammonium hydroxide initially, then with 2inc and/or manganese salts, as appropriate (156—160). A continuous process has recendy been reported (161). The common names of these salts are nabam [142-59-6] (Na salt), amobam (ammonium salt), 2ineb [12122-67-7] (Zn salt), maneb [12427-38-2] (Mn salt), andmanco2eb. 

The products of these reactions with maleic anhydride, termed maleated oils, react with polyols to give moderate mol wt derivatives that dry faster than the unmodified oils. For example, maleated, esterified soybean oil is a drying oil with a drying rate comparable to that of a bodied linseed oil with a similar viscosity. Maleated linseed oil can be converted to a water-dilutable form by hydrolysis with aqueous ammonium hydroxide to convert the anhydride groups to ammonium salts of the diacid. Such products have not found significant commercial use, but similar reactions with alkyds and epoxy esters are used on a large scale to make water-dilutable derivatives. 

In a 500-cc. round-bottom flask (Note i) fitted with a mechanical stirrer and surrounded by an ice-salt cooling bath, are placed 54 g. (0.71 mole) of carbon disulfide and 90 cc. (1.3 moles) of concentrated ammonium hydroxide (sp. g. 0.9). The stirrer is started and 56 g. (0.6 mole) of aniline (Note 2) is run into the mixture from a separatory funnel at such a rate that the addition is complete in about twenty minutes. The stirring is continued for thirty minutes after all of the aniline has been added, and then the reaction mixture is allowed to stand for another, thirty minutes. During this time a heavy precipitate of ammonium phenyl dithiocarbamate separates and may even stop the stirrer. 

The submitters indicate that N,N-diethylselenourea may be prepared similarly, using diethylcyanamide. In this case, a solution of 50 ml. each of concentrated aqueous ammonium hydroxide and ethanol is used as a solvent. The reaction is carried out at 60°, the solvent being replenished as needed by a solution containing 80 ml. of ethanol and 20 ml. of concentrated ammonium hydroxide. The yield of crude material is 65-80%. Recrystallization from benzene gives a white product, m.p. 117-118°. 

Quaternaiy ammonium salts, as we have seen, aie useful in synthetic organic chemistry as phase-transfer catalysts. In another, more direct application, quaternaiy ammonium hydroxides aie used as substrates in an elimination reaction to fonn alkenes. 

To a solution of methyl 3-oxobutanoate 127 (580 mg, 5 mmol) and l-methyl-2-methylthio-l//-imidazole-5-carboxaldehye 128 (390 mg, 2.5 mmol) in 5 mL of absolute methanol was added a solution of ammonium hydroxide (25%, 0.4 mL). The reaction was heated at reflux overnight before cooling to room temperature and removing the solvent. The crude product was purified by preparative TLC to afford 526 mg of dimethyl l,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-4-(l-methyl-2-methylthio-5-imidazolyl)-3,5-pyridine-dicarboxylate 129 (60%) as a solid, mp = 200-201 °C (MeOH). 

The reactions of (174) with various amines has been studied." " Hydrolysis of the hexamine salt of (174) gave not the symmetric diamine but (184) via a cyclic intermediate. The pyrolysis of 5-methyl-2-thenyltrimethyl ammonium hydroxide (185) is claimed to give (186) through a 1,6 Hofmann elimination reaction. The Bischler-Napieralski cyclization has been applied to acetyl derivatives of 2-(2-thienyl) ethylamine and 2-(3-thienyl) ethylamine for the preparation of sulfur analogs of isoquinoline. ... 

Cyanamidopyrimidine (15) was converted to the thioureido derivative 16 by reaction with hydrogen sulfide and ammonium hydroxide and then cyclrzed to 18 with hydrazine hydrate. Cyclization to 18 presumably took place by elimination of a molecule of ammonia from the aminoguanidine intermediate 17 (65JCS3357) (Scheme 11). 

The elimination reaction takes place upon heating of the ammonium hydroxide to a temperature of 100-200 °C, often under reduced pressure ... 

A l-Iiter, three-necked, round-bottom flask is equipped with a mechanical stirrer, a thermometer immersed in the reaction mixture, a dropping funnel, and a gas vent. In the flask is placed a mixture of 96% sulfuric acid (25.5 ml, 470 g, 4.8 mole), carbon tetrachloride (100 ml), and adamantane (13.6 g, 0.10 mole), and the mixture is cooled to 15-20° with rapid stirring in an ice bath. One milliliter of 98% formic acid is added and the mixture is stirred until the evolution of carbon monoxide is rapid (about 5 minutes). A solution of 29.6 g (38 ml, 0.40 mole) of t-butyl alcohol in 55 g (1.2 mole) of 98-100% formic acid is then added dropwise to the stirred mixture over 1-2 hours, the temperature being maintained at 15-20°. After stirring for an additional 30 minutes, the mixture is poured onto 700 g of ice, the layers are separated, and the aqueous (upper) layer is extracted three times with lOO-ml portions of carbon tetrachloride. The combined carbon tetrachloride solutions are shaken with 110 ml of 15 A ammonium hydroxide, whereupon ammonium 1-adamantanecarboxylate forms as a crystalline solid. This precipitate is collected by filtration through a fritted glass funnel and washed... 

A solution of 4-chlorobenzaldehyde is reacted with (3-mercaptopropionic acid and with methylamine. The mixture is refluxed in benzene and water is removed from an overhead separator. The reaction mixture was cooled, washed with dilute ammonium hydroxide and water, and the benzene was removed by distillation in vacuo. The oily residue was taken up in ether from which it crystallized. The precipitate was recrystallized twice from ether to yield 2-(4-chlorophenvl)-3-methyl-4-metathiazanone. 

A solution of 60 g of chromic anhydride in 40 ml of water was added dropwise to a suspension of 60 g of 2-aminomethyl-1 -methyl-5-chloro-3-(o-fluorophenyl)-indole hydrochloride in 600 ml of acetic acid. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. To the reaction mixture was added 1.1 liters of ether and 1 liter of water and then 800 ml of 28% ammonium hydroxide, in small portions. The ethereal layer separated, washed with water, dried, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue (51.8 g) was dissolved in 100 ml of ethanol, and 100 ml of 20% ethanollc hydrogen chloride was added to the solution and the mixture was cooled. The precipitate was collected by filtration to yield 46.5 g of 1 -methyl-7-chloro-5-(o-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepine-2-one hydrochloride, melt-... 

A suspension of 40 g 3-acetylaminomethyl-5-amino-2,4,6-triodobenzoic acid in 180 ml acetic anhydride were mixed with 0.4 ml concentrated sulfuric acid. An exothermic reaction was thereby initiated. Acetylation was completed by heating to 80°C for three hours. The reaction mixture was then evaporated to dryness in a vacuum at a temperature not exceeding 50°C. The residue was treated with a mixture of 30 ml concentrated aqueous ammonium hydroxide and 40 ml water, whereby the solid material dissolved with spontaneous heating. Within a few minutes, the ammonium salt of the acetylated product started precipitating. The precipitate and residual liquid were cooled externally with ice after about 15 minutes. The salt was separated from the liquid by filtration with suction, and was washed with ice cold saturated ammonium chloride solution. 

A) A mixture of 333 parts of 4-(1 -piperazinyDphenol dihydrobromide, 11.2 parts of acetic acid anhydride, 42 parts of potassium carbonate and 300 parts of 1,4-dioxane is stirred and refluxed for 3 days. The reaction mixture is filtered and the filtrate is evaporated. The solid residue is stirred in water and sodium hydrogen carbonate is added. The whole is stirred for 30 minutes. The precipitated product is filtered off and dissolved in a diluted hydrochloric acid solution. The solution is extracted with trichloromethane. The acid aqueous phase is separated and neutralized with ammonium hydroxide. The product is filtered off and crystallized from ethanol, yielding 5.7 parts of 1 acetyl-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)piperazine MP 181.3°C. 

The dl-a-methYl-3,4-dihYdroxYphenylalanine may be made as described in U.S. Patent 2,868,818. Five-tenths of a gram of 3-hYdroxY-4-methoxYphenylalanine was dissolved in 20 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid, the solution saturated with hydrogen chloride and heated in a sealed tube at 150°C for 2 hours. The dark reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness in vacuo, excess acid removed by flushing several times with ethanol. On dissolving the dark residue in a minimum amount of water and adjusting the clarified solution to pH 6.5 with ammonium hydroxide the compound separated in fine crystals which were filtered, washed with alcohoi and ether. The crystalline product had a MP of 299.5° to 300°C with decomposition. 

B) Preparation of 4-Amino-2-Chloro-5-(Methylsulfamyl)Benzenesulfonamide The 5-sub-stituted-2,4-dlsulfamyl anilines may be prepared by procedures described in the literature, for example, the general procedures in Monatsch. Chem. vol. 48, p 87 (1927), which involves the treatment of a m-substituted aniline with from 10 to 20 parts by weight of chlorosulfonic acid followed by the gradual addition of from about 90 to 170 parts by weight of sodium chloride. The resultant mixture is heated at approximately 150°C for about 2 hours after which the reaction mixture is poured into water and the resultant 5-substituted aniline-2,4-disulfonyl chloride is filtered and is then treated with concentrated ammonium hydroxide or suitable amine by standard procedures to obtain the corresponding disulfonamide. 

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