Rosenmund synthesis aldehyde

Resacetophenome, 21, 103 Resorcinol, 21, 23, 103 opResorcylic acid, 21, 27 Ring opening by hydrolysis with barium hydroxide, 22, 91 Rosenmund synthesis, aldehyde, 21, 84, 110... 

Reduction of Acid Chlorides to Aldehydes. Palladium catalysis of acid chlorides to produce aldehydes is known as the Rosenmund reduction and is an indirect method used in the synthesis of aldehydes from organic acids. 

The catalytic reduction of carboxylic acid chlorides by the Rosenmund procedure may be used for the preparation of aliphatic aldehydes but its application is mainly for the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes (e.g. Expt 6.120). Alternative procedures for the chemical reduction of acid chlorides include reduction with... 

Acid chlorides can be selectively hydrogenated in the presence of a catalyst (palladium deposited on a carrier, which is usually barium sulphate but is occasionally charcoal). The reaction, which involves the hydrogenolysis of the carbon-halogen bond, is known as the Rosenmund reduction and has been widely used for the synthesis of aromatic and heterocyclic aldehydes. 

The scope of catalytic hydrogenations continues to be extended to more difficult reductions. For example, a notoriously difficult reduction in organic synthesis is the direct conversion of carboxylic acids to the corresponding aldehydes. It is usually performed indirectly via conversion to the corresponding acid chloride and Rosenmund reduction of the latter over Pd/BaS04 [65]. Rhone-Poulenc [30] and Mitsubishi [66] have developed methods for the direct hydrogenation of aromatic, aliphatic and unsaturated carboxylic acids to the corresponding aldehydes, over a Ru/Sn alloy and zirconia or chromia catalysts, respectively, in the vapor phase (Fig. 1.18). 

Addition tube, 20, 21 Alanine, /3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-N-METHYL-, 22, 89, 91 Alcoholic hydrochloric acid, 22, 77, 83 standardization, 22, 80 Alcoholysis, 20, 67 Aldehyde synthesis, 20, 14 from acid chlorides by Rosenmund reaction, 21, 84, 87, 88, 110 Alkylation of thiourea, 22, 59 Alkylchlororesorcinols, 20, 59 Alkylene bromide, 20, 24 S-Alkylthiuronium halides, 22, 60 dl-ALLOTHREONINE, 20, 10 ... 

Reduction of acid chlorides to aldehydes One of the most useful synthetic transformations in organic synthesis is the conversion of an acid chloride to the corresponding aldehyde without over-reduction to the alcohol. Until recently, this type of selective reduction was difficult to accomplish and was most frequently effected by catalytic hydrogenation (the Rosenmund reduction section 6.4.1). However, in the past few years, several novel reducing agents have been developed to accomplish the desired transformation. Among the reagents that are available for the partial reduction of acyl chlorides to aldehydes are bis(triphenylphosphine)cuprous borohydride , sodium or lithium tri-terf-butoxyaluminium hydride, complex copper cyanotrihydridoborate salts °, anionic iron carbonyl complexes and tri-n-butyltin hydride in the presence of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0). ... 

The synthesis of aldehydes by the Sommclet reaction, the Rosenmund reduction and the Stephens reaction all involve the conversion of a group already present in the molecule. The Rosenmund reduction (Scheme 6.7) is the catalytic hydrogenation of a benzoyl chloride in the presence of a catalyst poison, quinoline/sulfur, which prevents over-reduction to the alcohol. In the Stephens reaction (Scheme 6.7), a nitrile group is reduced by tin(II) chloride and hydrochloric acid to an imine salt, which is then hydrolysed. 

Another commercial aldehyde synthesis is the catalytic dehydrogenation of primary alcohols at high temperature in the presence of a copper or a copper-chromite catalyst. Although there are several other synthetic processes employed, these tend to be smaller scale reactions. For example, acyl halides can be reduced to the aldehyde (Rosenmund reaction) using a palladium-on-barium sulfate catalyst. Formylation of aryl compounds, similar to hydroformylation, using HCN and HC1 (Gatterman reaction) or carbon monoxide and HC1 (Gatterman-Koch reaction) can be used to produce aromatic aldehydes. 

Conventional organic synthesis for aromatic nitriles [e. g. 10], for example the Rosenmund-von Braun reaction, the Sandmeyer reaction, or the oximation of aldehydes in the presence of dehydrating agents, performed in batch processes, are cumbersome and result in different amounts of by- and waste products. The ineffectiveness of such processes with regard to the amount of feedstock necessary per formed nitrile and the waste produced is rather high (in terms of the effectiveness factor defined by Sheldon [11]). 

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