Silver acetate oxidations with

The formation of a monobenzoyl derivative and a mononitroso derivative, b.p. 176°/4 mm., [a]u — 155° (no solvent) shows that anabasine is a secondary-tertiary diacidic base. This conclusion is substantiated by the formation of an A-methylanabasine, b.p. 268°, when the base is heated with formaldehyde and formic acid (420). With potassium permanganate anabasine is oxidized to nicotinic acid whereas dehydrogenation either with silver acetate or with zinc dust causes the loss of six hydrogen atoms and the formation of 3, 2-dipyridyl, b.p. 293-294° (picrate, m.p. 151-152°)(423). These experiments support structure CLXXIV previously applied to anabasine (399), a formulation that is confirmed by the following experiments. When A-benzoylanabasine methiodide is oxidized with potassium ferricyanide, the 7V-benzoyl derivative of the corresponding pyridone,... 

Isatin (190) is a compound with interesting chemistry. It can be iV-acetylated with acetic anhydride, iV-methylated via its sodium or potassium salt and O-methylated via its silver salt. Oxidation of isatins with hydrogen peroxide in methanolic sodium methoxide yields methyl anthranilates (81AG(E)882>. In moist air, O-methylisatin (191) forms methylisatoid (192). Isatin forms normal carbonyl derivatives (193) with ketonic reagents such as hydroxylamine and phenylhydrazine and the reactive 3-carbonyl group also undergoes aldol condensation with active methylene compounds. Isatin forms a complex derivative, isamic acid (194), with ammonia (76JCS(P1)2004). 

Oxidation catalysts are either metals that chemisorb oxygen readily, such as platinum or silver, or transition metal oxides that are able to give and take oxygen by reason of their having several possible oxidation states. Ethylene oxide is formed with silver, ammonia is oxidized with platinum, and silver or copper in the form of metal screens catalyze the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. Cobalt catalysis is used in the following oxidations butane to acetic acid and to butyl-hydroperoxide, cyclohexane to cyclohexylperoxide, acetaldehyde to acetic acid and toluene to benzoic acid. PdCh-CuCb is used for many liquid-phase oxidations and V9O5 combinations for many vapor-phase oxidations. 

Constitution. When coniine is distilled with zinc dust or heated with silver acetate/ a new base, coiiyrine, CgH N, differing from coniine by six atoms of hydrogen, is formed. This on oxidation yields pyridine-2-carboxylic acid and, since it is not identical with 2-isopropylpyridine, must be 2-propylpyridine (I). When coniine is heated with hydriodic acid at 300° it yields w-octane (II). These and other observations due mainly to A. W. Hofmann, made it clear by 1885 that coniine was probably a-propylpiperidine (III), and this has been amply confirmed by other reactions of the alkaloid and by syntheses. Thus, Wolffenstein showed that on oxidation with hydrogen peroxide, coniine is converted into amino-w-propylvaleraldehyde (IV) ... 

Secondary base, by oxidation with silver acetate ------> ... 

Codeposition of silver vapor with perfluoroalkyl iodides at -196 °C provides an alternative route to nonsolvated primary perfluoroalkylsilvers [272] Phosphine complexes of trifluaromethylsilver are formed from the reaction of trimethyl-phosphme, silver acetate, and bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium glyme [755] The per-fluoroalkylsilver compounds react with halogens [270], carbon dioxide [274], allyl halides [270, 274], mineral acids and water [275], and nitrosyl chloride [276] to give the expected products Oxidation with dioxygen gives ketones [270] or acyl halides [270] Sulfur reacts via insertion of sulfur into the carbon-silver bond [270] (equation 188)... 

The preparation of Pans-1,2-cyclohexanediol by oxidation of cyclohexene with peroxyformic acid and subsequent hydrolysis of the diol monoformate has been described, and other methods for the preparation of both cis- and trans-l,2-cyclohexanediols were cited. Subsequently the trans diol has been prepared by oxidation of cyclohexene with various peroxy acids, with hydrogen peroxide and selenium dioxide, and with iodine and silver acetate by the Prevost reaction. Alternative methods for preparing the trans isomer are hydroboration of various enol derivatives of cyclohexanone and reduction of Pans-2-cyclohexen-l-ol epoxide with lithium aluminum hydride. cis-1,2-Cyclohexanediol has been prepared by cis hydroxylation of cyclohexene with various reagents or catalysts derived from osmium tetroxide, by solvolysis of Pans-2-halocyclohexanol esters in a manner similar to the Woodward-Prevost reaction, by reduction of cis-2-cyclohexen-l-ol epoxide with lithium aluminum hydride, and by oxymercuration of 2-cyclohexen-l-ol with mercury(II) trifluoro-acetate in the presence of ehloral and subsequent reduction. ... 

A very mild oxidative transformation of nitro compounds into ketones using tetrapropylam-monium perruthenate (TPAP) has been developed. A stoichiometric amount of TPAP in the presence of A-methylmorpholine A-oxide (NMO) and 4 A molecular sieves (MS).18a As the reaction conditions are neutral and mild, this method is compatible with the presence of other sensitive functionalities (Eq. 6.11). This transformation can be carried out with 10 mol% of TPAP and 1.5 equiv of NMO in the presence of potassium carbonate, 4 A MS, and silver acetate (Eq. 6.12).18b... 

Transformations of Methyl 5-0-Benzyl-2-0-methyl-/3-I)-glueofuranosidurono-6,3-lae-tone (86) to Dimethyl (Z,E)-2-Methoxy-5-(phenylmethoxy)-2,4-hexadienedioatevl (87). ( Elimination employing DBU b oxidation with silver oxide-sodium hydroxide followed by diazomethane esterification c acidic glycoside cleavage, oxidation by dimethyl sulfoxide-acetic anhydride with formation of 5-0-benzyl-2-0-methyI-D-glucaro-1,4 6,3-dilactone, elimination by using DBU, followed by short treatment with diazomethane d elimination by DBU with subsequent diazomethane esterification e sodium borohydride in hexamethylphosphoric triamide 1 catalytic oxidation followed by short treatment with diazomethane " dimethyl sulfoxide-sulfur trioxide-pyridine-triethylamine.150)... 

Partial oxidation of 158 by bromine yields bromine-free 159 together with mono-, di-, and tribromo derivatives. Other useful reagents are nitrous acid (54JCS286) or the one-electron oxidants silver acetate (in substoichio-metric quantity) and cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate (only for the methyl ether of 158 86BCJ511). 

Carbohydrates such as aldoses that undergo oxidation with metal ions are referred to as reducing sugars. Both copper(II) ions and silver ions are capable of oxidizing aldoses. Oxidation by copper(II) ions is the basis for Fehling s test and Benedict s test, whereas oxidation by silver ions is the key to Tollen s test. (Note These tests work for any sugar with a hemiacetal, but they don t work on acetals or ketals.)... 

Phenylacetamide has been obtained by a wide variety of reactions from benzyl cyanide with water at 250-260° 6 from benzyl cyanide with water and cadmium oxide at 240° 6 from benzyl cyanide with sulfuric acid 7 8 by saturation of an acetone solution of benzyl cyanide with potassium hydrosulfide 9 from benzyl cyanide with sodium peroxide 10 by electrolytic reduction of benzyl cyanide in sodium hydroxide 11 from ethyl phenyl-acetate with alcoholic 12 or aqueous 13 ammonia from phenyl-acetic acid with ammonium acetate 14 or urea 15 from diazoacetophenone with ammoniacal silver solution 16 from phenyl-acetic acid imino ether hydrochloride and water 17 from acetophenone with ammonium poly sulfide at 215° 18 from benzoic acid 19 and by heating the ammonium salt of phenyl-acetic acid.20... 

The 2-methylquinoxalinium salt 190 is easily oxidized with copper(II) acetate or silver oxide to the dye base 191 (81HCA2665). 

Octahydroazocine (1) behaves as a typical secondary amine and forms an azeotrope with water, b.p. 96 °C (52M386). It can be transformed into 1-nitroso and 1-amino derivatives in the usual way (74JMC948). The imine (1) can also be cyanoethylated, and adds ethylene oxide (59MI51900) to give the N- hydroxyethyl derivative. Attempts to convert (1) to an enamine by oxidation with silver acetate gave only a low yield of pyridine (52M386). 

In contrast with the relatively facile nucleophilic substitution reactions at the 2-position of the indole system, only 3-iodoindole has been reported to react with silver acetate in acetic acid to yield 3-acetoxyindole (59JOC117). This reaction is of added interest as 3-iodo-2-methylindole fails to react with moist silver oxide (72HC(25-2)127). It is also noteworthy that the activated halogen of ethyl 3-bromo-4-ethyl-2-formylpyrrole-5-carboxylate is not displaced during the silver oxide oxidation of the formyl group to the carboxylic acid (57AC(R)167>. 

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