Tautomerization, importance reactivity

In the first chapter, devoted to thiazole itself, specific emphasis has been given to the structure and mechanistic aspects of the reactivity of the molecule most of the theoretical methods and physical techniques available to date have been applied in the study of thiazole and its derivatives, and the results are discussed in detail The chapter devoted to methods of synthesis is especially detailed and traces the way for the preparation of any monocyclic thiazole derivative. Three chapters concern the non-tautomeric functional derivatives, and two are devoted to amino-, hydroxy- and mercaptothiazoles these chapters constitute the core of the book. All discussion of chemical properties is complemented by tables in which all the known derivatives are inventoried and characterized by their usual physical properties. This information should be of particular value to organic chemists in identifying natural or Synthetic thiazoles. Two brief chapters concern mesoionic thiazoles and selenazoles. Finally, an important chapter is devoted to cyanine dyes derived from thiazolium salts, completing some classical reviews on the subject and discussing recent developments in the studies of the reaction mechanisms involved in their synthesis. 

The position of the equilibrium is determined not only by ring size and polar and steric factors but also by the environment of the molecule. The experimental evidence for the existence of three tautomeric forms has been based on the study of their reactivity and, to a lesser degree, on physicochemical measurements 175-177). Often the existence of the corresponding carbinolamine or its acyclic tautomeric form in addition to the basic dehydrated form is quite important. 

Ring-Chain Tautomerism of Bis-N,N-Oxyiminium Cations Scheme 3.215 shows the ring-chain tautomerism of selected bis-7V,7V-oxyiminium cations, which was suggested as an explanation of the reactivity of y-functionalized AN. This problem is not only of theoretical interest but also of importance for the development of a simple and efficient procedure for the synthesis of conjugated enoximes (395) containing a remote functional group (153, 293) (Scheme 3.218). 

Analogous to the tautomerism of the hydroxy- and amino-pyridines (Sections 3.2.3.7.1 and 3.2.3.5.5), there are alternative tautomeric alkylidene forms of the 2- and 4-alkylpyridines e.g. 609 for 2-picoline). Although the proportion of alkylidene form at equilibrium is very small (as is discussed in Section 2.2.5.1.2), it can be important as a reactive intermediate (see above). 

Knowledge of the composition of sugars in solution is fundamental to carbohydrate chemistry. The physical and chemical properties of the sugars in solution depend on the proportions of their various forms and their biological properties may also show such dependence. Enzymes that utilize these sugars as substrates may not be able to use each of the forms. Where only a single form is utilized, the other forms may either be converted into the reactive form or may function as inhibitors. The latter is especially important if the reactive form is present in very low proportion at equilibrium. It is possible that the substrate form is utilized faster than it is generated from the other forms the observed rate of the reaction is then that of the tautomeric interconversion.4... 

As well as the previous chapter on the Hammett equation,1 the importance of the approach has found expression in specific areas in other contributions to these volumes side chain reactivities of thiophenes 17 tautomerism 18 reactions of azines with nucleophiles 19,20 formation of benzofuroxans by decomposition of o-nitrophenyl azides 21 acid dis-... 

One of the important features of the structure and reactivity of arene oxides is the possibility of their involvement in valence tautomerism with the oxepin system. In benzene oxide (86) the two n bonds and the C—C a bond undergo facile disrotatory electrocyclic reaction to give a 6rc-oxepin system (96). 

Most hydroxy-substituted azaheteroaromatic compounds exist predominately in the NH/carbonyl tautomeric form, and such compounds have been widely discussed. By contrast, aza derivatives of cyclopentadienone, and of quinones, although they have received considerable attention in the last 30 years, have never previously been reviewed. In the present overview, we have attempted to collect the information on such derivatives, as well as including l-azetin-4-ones, i.e., of those azaheterocycles which contain in the ring at least one carbonyl group and one or two nitrogen atoms in the form of C=N or N=N bonds. Many of these compounds are unstable but their importance as reactive intermediates is established and many of them could be used as synthons in the preparation of pharmacologically active compounds. 

Acylation with the acylium ion in the gas phase. An unusual experiment was performed by Seldes et aL <20010MS1069>. The N2-tautomeric form of a 5-substituted tetrazole was reacted in the gas phase with an acyl ion generated as the secondary reactive chemical by ionization plasma in a mass spectrometer. It was suggested that the mechanism of this process involved the formation of an acylated tetrazole intermediate, which could not be isolated in a condensed phase, and by rearrangement with nitrogen loss afforded an oxadiazole <20010MS1069> (cf. Section 6.07.5.2.2, Equation 16). This experiment has no preparative value but provides important information on the interaction mechanism between the neutral N-unsubstituted tetrazoles and electrophilic agents in the gas phase. 

The tautomerism of these compounds has already been discussed (Section 4.04.1.5.2). Owing to the extra functionality they have a complex reactivity, and to the reactions of the substituent must be added those of the pyrazole ring itself (Section 4.04.2.3), which are different for each tautomer. In addition to the three neutral tautomers, one has to bear in mind that the NH and OH tautomers of 5-pyrazolones can be written as betaines as in formula (158) which is important in understanding their reactivity. 

When the imidazole ring is considered to be something resembling a pyrrole-pyridine combination (1) it would appear that any electrophilic attack should take place preferably at C-5 (pyrrole-or, pyridine-j8). Such a model, though, fails to take account of the tautomeric equivalence of C-4 and C-5 (Section 4.06.5.1). The overall reactivities of imidazole and benzimidazole can be inferred from sets of resonance structures in which the dipolar contributors have finite importance (Section 4.06.2) or by mesomeric structures such as (2). These predict electrophilic attack in imidazole at N-3 or any ring carbon atom, nucleophilic attack at C-2 or C-1, and also the amphoteric nature of the molecule. In benzimidazole the acidic and basic properties, the preference for nucleophilic attack at C-2 and the tendency for electrophiles to react at the fused benzene ring can be readily rationalized. 

Our recent studies on phenol oxidation by oxoiron(IV) and oxomanganese(IV) porphyrins in aqueous solution (pH 7.6) have shown that the initial step in these reactions is H atom abstraction to generate a phenoxyl radical (Scheme 3). e kinetic isotope effect measured in the present study indicates that H atom abstraction also occurs in the rate determining step of the oxidation of azonaphthol dyes by 1. However, although the structures of azonaphthol dyes are normally shown as azo compounds, in aqueous solution they are in a rapid dynamic equilibrium with their hydrazone tautomers the latter isomer being the dominant species (Scheme 4). This complicates kinetic studies on the dyes, since the substrate is in effect a mixture of two compounds. Consequently one or both the tautomers may be the active form of the substrate providing the H atom for the oxidant. It is important to note that, irrespective of which tautomer is the reactive substrate, H atom abstraction leads to a common azonaphthoxyl radical intermediate and subsequent reactions of this species should be independent of the initial tautomerism (Scheme 5). 

One of the most important applications of the quantum theory of molecules in condensed media is the prediction of their chemical reactivity. It is often necessary to predict the rate or equilibrium constant of a chemical reaction in different organic and inorganic media. However, in most cases the theoretical calculations have been limited to the aqueous solutions. Therefore, it would be important to study the applicability of the solvation theories in different dielectric media. An appropriate reaction for such study is the tautomeric equilibrium between acetylacetone (1) and its enol form (2)... 

Arene oxides are important intermediates in the metabolism of aromatic compounds. Although they are highly reactive, both valence tautomerism to oxepins and acid-catalyzed ring opening to phenols can be observed and studied. 

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