Reformulating solvent mixtures

Technique for Reformulating Solvent Mixtures in Epoxy Resin Coatings... 

The beauty of this reaction lies in the fact that nearly all the facts needed to elucidate the mechanism are, in one way or another, in the products. Although the formation of II might seem somewhat tantalizing at first, a second glance will reveal that simply isomerization of I will suffice to account for it. A rather unusual isomerization, however, because activation of the a carbon of the ester as a nucleophile and introduction of foimaldehyde (from where ) at this carbon need justification. The first argument may be reformulated as the formation of an ester enolate, which is made possible by the advent of lithium amide superbases such as lithium diisopropyl amide (LDA) in aprotic tetrahydrofuran (THF)-hexamethyl-phosphoramide (HMPA) solvent mixtures. The participation of an ester enolate is emphasized by the formation of condensed diester IV. 

In reformulating a solvent mixture for lower reactivity, one must be careful that while complying with the law, he is not actually releasing more pounds of reactive solvent. Table VIII illustrates this situation. 

A ir pollution restrictions are now controlling the solvent mixtures used - in epoxy resin-based coatings requiring reformulation. In conforming to these restrictions, the study of alternate solvent mixtures has been systematized and simplified by epoxy resin solubility maps and ternary diagrams. This paper presents the practical application of this reformulating technique with emphasis on special effects like improvements in drying rate and lower viscosity. 

The major adducts formed when phenanthridine is allowed to react with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate have been reformulated. - An initial Michael-type reaction gives the zwitterion (206) and succeeding reactions depend on the nature of the solvent. Adduct (207) is formed in anhydrous methanol by the addition of a proton and methoxide ion, while in benzene nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl group of a second ester molecule and subsequent cyclization provides 208. Alternatively, reaction at the triple bond of a second molecule of ester followed by ring closure of the new zwitterion gives 209. Other products related to 207 arise if the methanol contains water. 6-Methylphenanthridine with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in benzene gives a mixture of the azepine (210) and tetramethyl 9a-methyl-9aA-dibenzo[a,c]quinolizine-6,7,8,9-tetracarboxylate. The... 

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