Reflux Synthesis

Reflux synthesis methods in wet chemistry include techniques that normally involve relatively lower reaction temperatures compared with hydrothermal synthesis, a very 

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Studies on the use of hydrothermal, microwave-assisted, and reflux synthesis methods for the development and application of nanomaterials have been reviewed. An important aspect of the green synthesis of metallic nanopartides involves techniques that make use of biological materials such as plant extracts and microorganisms. The design of nanomaterials and control of their desired properties have been reviewed. The unique properties of manufactured nanomaterials offer many potential benefits. 

Zhou, F., Zhao, X., Zheng, H., Shen, T. and Tang, C. (2005) Low-temperature refluxing synthesis of nanosized LiMn204 cathode materials. Chemistry Letters, 34, 1270-1271. 

Yu, Q. and Wang, A. (2006) Effects of various polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooils (Tweens) and sodium dodecyl sulfate on reflux synthesis of copper nanopartides. Materials Research Bulletin,... 

The modified procedure involves refluxing the N-substituted phthaUmide in alcohol with an equivalent quantity of hydrazine hydrate, followed by removal of the alcohol and heating the residue with hydrochloric acid on a steam bath the phthalyl hydtazide produced is filtered off, leaving the amine hydrochloride in solution. The Gabriel synthesis has been employed in the preparation of a wide variety of amino compounds, including aliphatic amines and amino acids it provides an unequivocal synthesis of a pure primary amine. 

Synthesis of Alkviamines. General Procedures. Method (A). The synthesis of p-phenethylamine is representative. A flame dried, nitrogen-flushed, 100 ml flask, equipped with a septum inlet, magnetic stirring bar and reflux condenser ivas cooled to 0°C. Sodium borohydride (9.5 mmol, 0.36 g) was placed in the flask followed by sequential addition of THF (13-15 ml) and BF3-Et20 (12 mmol, 1.5 ml) at 0°C. After the addition, the ice bath was removed and the contents were stirred at room temperature for 15 min. The solution... 

Alkvl Azides from Alkyl Bromides and Sodium Azide General procedure for the synthesis of alkyl azides. In a typical experiment, benzyl bromide (360 mg, 2.1 mmol) in petroleum ether (3 mL) and sodium azide (180 mg, 2.76 mmol) in water (3 mL) are admixed in a round-bottomed flask. To this stirred solution, pillared clay (100 mg) is added and the reaction mixture is refluxed with constant stirring at 90-100 C until all the starting material is consumed, as obsen/ed by thin layer chromatographv using pure hexane as solvent. The reaction is quenched with water and the product extracted into ether. The ether extracts are washed with water and the organic layer dried over sodium sulfate. The removal of solvent under reduced pressure affords the pure alkyl azides as confirmed by the spectral analysis. ... 

The Gabriel s synthesis has been further extended to alkoxythiazoles. Thus 2-alkoxy (or aryloxymethyl) 5-methyl (or phenyl) thiazoles (200) were prepared by refluxing the corresponding acylaminoketone (199) in dry pr3ridine in the presence of P2S5 (Scheme 105) (409). 

ButyUithium is available as a 15—20 wt % solution in //-pentane or heptane. Noticeable decomposition occurs after alb reflux in heptane (bp 98.4°C) but not after a 15 min reflux in ben2ene (bp 80.1°C) or hexane (bp 68°C). /-ButyUithium in pentane or heptane is more stable than //-butyUithium in hexane (125). Solutions of /-butyUithium in pentane and heptane are flammable Hquids and are considered pyrophoric. The /-butyl compound is more reactive than either the n- and sec-huty. Di-//-butylether is cleaved by /-butyUithium in 4—5 h at 25°C, compared to the 2 d for j iZ-butyUithium and 32 d for //-butyUithium (126). /-ButyUithium can be assayed by aU of the techniques used for //-butyUithium. /-ButyUithium is a useful reagent in syntheses where the high reactivity of the carbon—lithium bond and smaU si2e of the lithium atom promote the synthesis of stericaUy hindered compounds, eg,... 

Another synthesis of the cortisol side chain from a C17-keto-steroid is shown in Figure 20. Treatment of a C3-protected steroid 3,3-ethanedyidimercapto-androst-4-ene-ll,17-dione [112743-82-5] (144) with a tnhaloacetate, 2inc, and a Lewis acid produces (145). Addition of a phenol and potassium carbonate to (145) in refluxing butanone yields the aryl vinyl ether (146). Concomitant reduction of the C20-ester and the Cll-ketone of (146) with lithium aluminum hydride forms (147). Deprotection of the C3-thioketal, followed by treatment of (148) with y /(7-chlotopetben2oic acid, produces epoxide (149). Hydrolysis of (149) under acidic conditions yields cortisol (29) (181). 

Methyl chloride can be converted iato methyl iodide or bromide by refluxing ia acetone solution ia the presence of sodium iodide or bromide. The reactivity of methyl chloride and other aUphatic chlorides ia substitution reactions can often be iacteased by usiag a small amount of sodium or potassium iodide as ia the formation of methyl aryl ethers. Methyl chloride and potassium phthalimide do not readily react to give /V-methy1phtha1imide unless potassium iodide is added. The reaction to form methylceUulose and the Williamson synthesis to give methyl ethers are cataly2ed by small quantities of sodium or potassium iodide. 

There are several examples of intramolecular reactions of monocyclic /3-lactams with carbenes or carbenoids most of these involve formation of olivanic acid or clavulanic acid derivatives. Thus treatment of the diazo compound (106) with rhodium(II) acetate in benzene under reflux gives (107), an intermediate in the synthesis of thienamycin (80H(14)1305, 80TL2783). 

The Dim ester was developed for the protection of the carboxyl function during peptide synthesis. It is prepared by transesterification of amino acid methyl esters with 2-(hydroxymethyl)-l,3-dithiane and Al(/-PrO)3 (reflux, 4 h, 75°, 12 torr, 75% yield). It is removed by oxidation [H2O2, (NH4)2Mo04 pH 8, H2O, 60 min, 83% yield]. Since it must be removed by oxidation it is not compatible with.sulfur-containing amino acids such as cysteine and methionine. Its suitability for other, easily oxidized amino acids (e.g., tyrosine and tryptophan) must also be questioned. It is stable to CF3CO2H and HCl/ether. - ... 

Hexametbyipbospboric triamide (HMPA) [680-31-9] M 179.2, f 7.2°, b 68-70°/lmm, 235°/760mm, d 1.024, n 1.460. The industrial synthesis is usually by treatment of POCI3 with excess of dimethylamine in isopropyl ether. Impurities are water, dimethylamine and its hydrochloride. It is purified by refluxing over BaO or CaO at about 4mm pressure in an atmosphere of nitrogen for several hours, then distd from sodium at the same pressure. The middle fraction (b ca 90°) is collected, refluxed over sodium under reduced pressure under nitrogen and distd. It is kept in the dark under nitrogen, and stored in solid CO2. Can also be stored over 4A molecular sieves. 

Cyclopentadiene, b.p. 40°, is obtained by heating commercial 85% dicyclopentadiene (e.g., from Matheson, Coleman and Bell Company, Norwood, Ohio) under a short column (M in. diameter X 8-12 in. length) filled with glass helices. The distilled cyclopentadiene is collected in a receiver which is maintained at Dry Ice temperature until the cyclopentadiene is used. Methylcyclopentadiene and other substituted cyclopentadienes such as indene may also be employed for the synthesis of the correspondingly substituted ferrocenes. In these cases, the reaction of the hydrocarbon with sodium is much slower than with cyclopentadiene, and refluxing for several hours is required to complete the reaction. 

In Cram s first synthesis of a chiral bis-binaphthyl system, optically pure binaph-thol and diethylene glycol ditosylate were heated at reflux in tetrahydrofuran solution for 15 h with potassium f-butoxide, two products were obtained. The 1 + 1 product (mp 230—231°) was isolated in 5% and the 2 + 2 product (mp 123—126°) was obtained in 31% yield. The reaction is shown in Eq. (3.51). 

This is a fluorescent benzyl ether used for 2 -protection in nucleotide synthesis. It is introduced using 1 -pyrenylmethyl chloride (KOH, benzene, dioxane, reflux, 2 h, >65% yield). Most methods used for benzyl ether cleavage should be applicable to this ether. 

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