Rosenmund reaction procedures

The procedure described is a modification of the general procedure of Angyal2 for the preparation of aldehydes from benzylamines by the Sommelet reaction. Isophthalaldehyde has been prepared from w-xylene by preparation of the tetrachloro derivative and hydrolysis,3 from isophthaloyl chloride by the Rosenmund reaction,4 from a,a -dibromo-m-xylene by the Sommelet reaction,5 and from isophthaloyl chloride by reduction with lithium tri-Cbutoxyaluminumhydride.6... 

Cyclobutanecarboxaldehyde has been prepared in very low yield by the Rosenmund reduction procedure.6 A 46% yield of the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative has also been reported, with the aldehyde formed as an intermediate, in the reaction of the acid chloride and lithium tri-Mmtoxyaluminum hydride at —78° in diglyme.7... 

Preparation of DL-erythrose succeeded,18 however, in a stepwise procedure. Lactone 12 was cleaved with alcoholic potassium hydroxide to potassium DL-erythronate (13a) which was next acetylated to 13b. The acid chloride 14, obtained from 13b, was then reduced under the conditions of the Rosenmund reaction to the desired DL-erythrose. 

In general, the Rosenmund reaction is carried out by heating one mole of trisodium or tripotassium arsenite with one mole of aromatic halide in boiling aqueous ethanol solution. Certain minor modifications of this procedure have been employed. If the aromatic halide contains an addic group (e.g., o-bromophenylarsonic add), no ethanol is necessary.82 Copper powder, as well as cuprous chloride, is sometimes employed as catalyst, but the value of either is uncertain.82- 86 Reactions of bromo-benzene and p-br omo acetophepo ne must be run in sealed tubes at temperatures of 150-2000.88 87 82... 

Acid Chlorides. Compounds in this class undergo selective hydrogenation in the presence of a palladium on barium sulfate catalyst to yield the corresponding aldehyde. A poison or regulator such as thioquin-anthrene is necessary to prevent further reduction of the aldehyde. This procedure is known as the Rosenmund reaction. ... 

A second reaction which is very often used for the preparation of phthalonitriles, although the yields are usually not reproducible, is the Rosenmund-von Braun reaction (see Houben-Weyl, Vol. E5, p 1460).106 107 Herein, a benzene derivative with a 1,2-dibromidc or 1,2-dich-loride unit is treated with copper(I) cyanide in dimethylformamidc or pyridine. During this reaction the formation of the respective copper phthalocyanine often occurs. This can be used as an easy procedure for the exclusive synthesis of copper phthalocyanines (see Section 2.1.1.7.),1 os-109 but can also lead to problems if the phthalonitrile is required as the product. For example, if l,2-dibromo-4-trifluoromethyl-benzene is subjected to a Rosenmund-von Braun reaction no 4-trifluoromethylphthalonitrile but only copper tetra(tri-fluoromethyljphthalocyanine is isolated.110... 

The reduction of acid chlorides may proceed at lower temperatures in the presence of a tertiary amine or sodium acetate. Peters and van Bekkum improved the method of Sakurai and Tanabe,260 using ethyldiisopropylamine, instead of A(7V-dimethylaniline, as a HC1 acceptor.261 Ethyldiisopropylamine had the advantage of forming an acetone soluble hydrochloride, and workup of the reaction mixture was easier when acetone was used as solvent. Reductions in the presence of these basic substances have been found to be especially effective when the acid chlorides are labile to decarbonylation. Examples of the use of base are shown in eqs. 13.139261 and 13.140.262 When the original procedure of the Rosenmund reduction was applied to 1 -/-bulylcyclohcxanc-carbonyl chloride, f-butylcyclohexanc was the sole product, compared to greater than 95% yield of the corresponding aldehyde in the presence of ethyldiisopropylamine or sodium acetate.261... 

The replacement of an aryl halogen atom by the cyano group can be accomplished by the action of anhydrous cuprous cyanide at 150-250° with or without an organic base (usually pyridine) as a promoter or solvent (Rosenmund-von Braun nitrile synthesis). The reaction is autocatalytic and may be accelerated by the addition of small amounts of a nitrile and Copper sulfate. Typical laboratory procedures are found in the syntheses of a-naphthonitrile (90%) and 9-cyanophenanthrene (87%). The adaptation of the process to commercial practice has been discussed. ... 

This reaction was initially reported by Reissert in 1905 and extended by Grosheintz and Fischer in 1941 It is the synthesis of aldehyde involving the formation of 1 -acyl-2-cyano-1,2-dihydroquinoline derivatives from acyl chlorides, quinoline, and potassium cyanide and the subsequent hydrolysis of said dihydroquinoline derivatives under acidic conditions to produce quinaldic acid and aldehydes. The original procedure occurs smoothly for aroyl or cinnamoyl chloride in liquid SO2 but not in benzonitrile, ether, dioxane, acetone, or CHCb. However, the modification from Grosheintz and Fischer using hydrogen cyanide and 2 eq. quinoline in absolute benzene is also adaptable for aliphatic acid chlorides. This is one of the methods that converts acyl chlorides into aldehydes and is found to be superior to the normal Rosenmund Reduction. For example, o-nitrobenzoyl chloride has been converted into o-nitrobenzaldehyde in 60% yield by the current reaction, whereas the Rosenmund Reduction is not suitable for such conversion. Therefore, this reaction is referred to as the Grosheintz-Fischer-Reissert aldehyde synthesis or Reissert aldehyde synthesis. ... 

Pd-catalyzed nucleophilic displacement of carbon electrophiles with CN provides an efficient synthetic method of aryl or alkenyl cyanides from the corresponding aryl or alkenyl halides or triflates. Compared to the Rosenmund-von Braun reaction, the advantages of the present method are the necessarily mild reaction conditions, compatibility with a variety of functional groups, and simple work-up procedures. 

The hydrogenation of acylpalladium species is a very effective means for preparing the aldehyde functionality. The reduction of a carboxylic acid derivative is very reliable and high yielding, whether a modified-Rosenmund procedure or the Fukuyama thioester reduction is used. Most notable is the tolerance of these reactions for other functionahties and chiral centers. 

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