Reactions from heterocyclic compounds

In view of the above, several workers, notably Zoltewicz, have stressed the likely importance of the internal return mechanism (Scheme 12) for proton-transfer reactions from heterocyclic compounds. 

Identification of the product(s) resulting from the reaction of heterocyclic compounds with diazomethane has been used in attempts to elucidate their tautomeric composition (for summaries, see references 7 and 41). This work was based on the assumption that if a compound which is capable of existing in both an —NH and an —OH form produced only the =NMe derivative when it w as treated with diazomethane, it existed entirely in the =NH form. On the other hand, formation of the —OMe derivative was interpreted to mean that a finite amount of the compound existed in the —OH form. In some cases the tautomer present in the solid state w as concluded to be different from that present in solution for example, 41 42 gave a higher proportion of the 3,4-dimethoxy derivative when ethereal diaz-... 

Prior to 1960 little work had been done on reactions of heterocyclic compounds involving hetarynes, i.e. intermediates with a triple bond in the nucleus containing the hetero atom. Since then interest in hetarynes has grown and investigations in this area are developing rapidly using information available from carbocyclic aryne chemistry. Therefore, a short survey of the chemistry of arynes is presented before summarizing typical problems encountered in hetaryne chemistry. 

Kolbe reactions of heterocyclic compounds have been studied in only a few cases. Anodic oxidation of l-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-2-carboxylic acid under Kolbe conditions produced 2-methoxy-l-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane [454]. The primary radical, formed by loss of an electron from the carboxylate ion, decarboxylates and is oxidized further to a carboca-tion, which is attacked by a methoxide ion. A similar pseudo-Kolbe reaction is found in the anodic decarboxylation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-l-carboxylic acid derivatives to 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines [455]. 

The present review deals with sulfur extrusions from heterocyclic compounds 5, giving rise to ring-contracted cyclic products 6 (Scheme 2). In the course of such ring contractions, the sulfur atom sometimes remains connected to the final ring system (formation of 7). This type of reaction is also considered to some extent in the following sections. 

Apart from Hoffman s comprehensive treatment of the literature to 1966,1 the numerous previous accounts of benzyne chemistry2,10,11 have given but scant attention to the reactions with heterocyclic compounds, which form the basis for the present chapter. We include selective coverage of relevant... 

Four different types of (2 + 2)-cycloaddition and -cycloreversion reactions of heterocyclic compounds are known intermolecular and intramolecular reactions, both thermal and photochemical. Three of these have already been discussed in the previous sections on (2 + 2)-cycloadditions, and as far as the mechanism is concerned both the forward and the reverse reaction suffer from the same ambiguity Do they proceed via a concerted or a nonconcerted mechanism do they involve an ionic or a diradical intermediate are they symmetry-allowed or forbidden So far only one reaction type is known to be limited to the reverse reaction, viz., the thermal intramolecular reaction [Eq. (10)], in which one o-bond is broken and a conjugated -electron system is... 

Cyclic Amines Similar to cycloketones [reaction (6.43)], the first step in the fragmentation of ionized cyclic amines is a-cleavage of the C—C bond next to the C—N bond to produce a distonic ion [20]. Subsequent fragmentation proceeds via the loss of an alkene molecule or via an H-transfer followed by the loss of an alkyl radical. A typical example of the latter fragmentation is the loss of an ethyl radical from the cyclopentylamine radical cation. Ionized cyclic amines also exhibit an abundant (M - 1) ion from loss of the a-H (see Figure 6.8). As exemplified for piperidine, cyclic amines also participate in these generic fragmentation reactions of heterocyclic compounds [reaction (6.42)]. 

Thiols arising in the MaUlard reaction, mostly derived from heterocyclic compounds, such as furan, thiophene, thiazole and other heterocycles, are important flavour-active components of meat, coffee and many other foods. For example, 2-furanmethanethiol (furan-2-ylmethanethiol, furfuryl mercaptan) has an odour resembling roasted coffee, N- (2-mercaptoethyl) -1,3-thiazolidine (8-127), which is formed in the reaction of fructose with cysteamine, and has a very strong odour resembling popcorn. Its odour threshold is 0.005 ng/1 in air. 

Radical reactions of heterocyclic compounds have been studied computationally from the point of view of predicting... 

Pd-cataly2ed reactions of butadiene are different from those catalyzed by other transition metal complexes. Unlike Ni(0) catalysts, neither the well known cyclodimerization nor cyclotrimerization to form COD or CDT[1,2] takes place with Pd(0) catalysts. Pd(0) complexes catalyze two important reactions of conjugated dienes[3,4]. The first type is linear dimerization. The most characteristic and useful reaction of butadiene catalyzed by Pd(0) is dimerization with incorporation of nucleophiles. The bis-rr-allylpalladium complex 3 is believed to be an intermediate of 1,3,7-octatriene (7j and telomers 5 and 6[5,6]. The complex 3 is the resonance form of 2,5-divinylpalladacyclopentane (1) and pallada-3,7-cyclononadiene (2) formed by the oxidative cyclization of butadiene. The second reaction characteristic of Pd is the co-cyclization of butadiene with C = 0 bonds of aldehydes[7-9] and CO jlO] and C = N bonds of Schiff bases[ll] and isocyanate[12] to form the six-membered heterocyclic compounds 9 with two vinyl groups. The cyclization is explained by the insertion of these unsaturated bonds into the complex 1 to generate 8 and its reductive elimination to give 9. 

Since then, the fundamental physicochemical aspects of the synthesis and properties of ev anines have been exhaustively reviewed by Heseltine and Stunner in the fourth edition of Mee s treatise (3) and by Sturmer in Weissberger s edition of the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds (4). So the purpose of this section dealing especially with thiazolomethine dyes is to give, apart from a complete and recent list of dyes and references, a description of the particularities of their chemistry and chiefly of the reaction mechanisms involved in their synthesis that have remained unknown or have not been discussed until now. 

In this section formation of pyrazoles from the reaction of heterocycles with compounds other than hydrazines will be discussed. 

In contrast to the well-defined photochemical behavior of 1-azirines the thermal reactions of these compounds have been studied less thoroughly (68TL3499). The products formed on photolysis of azirines can best be rationalized in terms of an equilibration of the heterocyclic ring with a transient vinylnitrene. Thus, products formed from the thermolysis of azirines are generally consistent with C—N cleavage. For example, the vinylnitrene generated from the thermolysis of azirine (149) can be trapped with phosphines (72CCS6S). 

The importance of the penicillins as a class of heterocyclic compounds derives primarily from their effectiveness in the treatment of bacterial infections in mammals (especially humans). It has been estimated that, in 1980, the worldwide production of antibiotics was 25 000 tons and, of this, approximately 17 000 tons were penicillins (81MI51103). The Food and Drug Administration has estimated that, in 1979 in the U.S.A., 30.1 x 10 prescriptions of penicillin V and 44.3 x 10 prescriptions of ampicillin/amoxicillin were dispensed. This level of usage indicates that, compared to other methods of dealing with bacterial infection, the cost-benefit properties of penicillin therapy are particularly favorable. Stated differently, penicillin treatment leads to the elimination of the pathogen in a relatively high percentage of cases of bacterial infection at a relatively low cost to the patient in terms of toxic reactions and financial resources. 

Homofolic acid, 5,11-methenyl-tetrahydro-biological activity, 3, 327 Homofolic acid, tetrahydro-biological activity, 3, 327 Homoisoflavanones occurrence, 3, 722 thermoisomerization, 3, 722 thermolysis, 3, 728 Homolytic reactions heterocyclic compounds reviews, 1, 74 Homophthalic acid isocoumarins synthesis from, 3, 830 synthesis, 3, 830 Homophthalic anhydride isochroman-l-one synthesis from, 3, 860 20a-Homoporphyrin nomenclature, 1, 30 Homopterocarpin isolation, 4, 998 ( )- D- Homotestosterone synthesis, 1, 453 Homer-Emmons reaction chromene synthesis by, 3, 749 Hortiacine isolation, 3, 149 Hortiamine isolation, 3, 149... 

Phosphorus heterocyclic compounds, 1, 493-538 five-membered ring systems, 1, 513-523 nomenclature, 1, 496 six-membered ring systems, 1, 497-513 Photoaromatization oxirenes from, 7, 125-126 Photobleaching chromenes in, 3, 880 Photochemical reactions heterocyclic compound synthesis from, 5, 159 reviews, 1, 56 heterocyclic compounds reviews, 1, 71, 72... 

Thiurets — see 1,2,4-Dithiazolidines, diimino-Thonzylamine antihistamine, 3, 153 Thorpe reaction benzothiophenes from, 4, 876 Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization, 2, 74 Three-membered heterocyclic compounds basicity, 7, 23... 

The structures of chalcogen-nitrogen compounds are frequently unpredictable. For example, the reactions of heterocyclic systems often result in substantial reorganization of their structural frameworks, e.g. ring expansion or contraction. The formation of acyclic products from ring systems (or vice versa) is also observed. 

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