Triazines, reactivity

In one study [90], enzyme pretreatment increased colour yield without affecting fastness properties. However, pretreatment of cellulosic fibres with cellulase lowered the subsequent fixation of homobifunctional triazine reactive dyes but did not impair the fixation of other types of reactive dyes [91]. Another study suggested that the enhanced brightness of reactive dyeings was greater with triazine dyes than with vinylsulphone types when cotton was pretreated or aftertreated with cellulase [92]. 

Simplified mechanism of the competing reaction of cellulose and water for a reactive dye with triazine reactive group. 

The chemistry of melamines and phenoHcs is quite similar. In both cases formaldehyde [50-00-0] is added to the reactive sites on the patent ring to form methylol phenols (3) or methylol melamines (4) (see Phenolresins Aminoresins). There ate six reactive sites on the triazine ring of melamine [108-78-1] (1) so it is possible to form hexamethylolmelamine. However, the most common degree of methylolation is 1.5—2.0. The ortho and para positions of phenol ate active thus phenol can be trimethylolated (2). However, as with melamine, lower degrees of methylolation such as 1.2—2.5 ate... 

Triazines. The most commercially important ttia2ine is 2,4,6-ttichloro-j -ttia2ine [108-77-0] (cyanutic chloride, (99)). Cyanutic chloride has not achieved prominence because of its value as part of a chromogen but because of its use for attaching dyestuffs to cellulose, ie, as a reactive group (see Dyes, reactive). This innovation was first introduced by ICl in 1956, and since then other active halogen compounds have been introduced. 

Triazines substituted with amines are generally less reactive as the amine becomes more basic, and more reactive as the amine becomes less basic. The chromophore may be sufficientiy electron withdrawing or donating to affect reactivity of the dye. 

This reactivity of A-unsubstituted amino-pyrazoles and -indazoles which can be regarded as 1,3-diamino derivatives has been used to build a great variety of fused six-membered heterocycles such as the 1,2,4-triazine derivatives (540) and (541), the 1,3,5-triazine derivatives (542) and (543), and benzothiadiazines (544). 

Pyrimidin-5-amine, 4-methylamino-synthesis, 3, 121 Pyrimidin-5-amine, 4-oxo-purfne synthesis from, 5, 582 Pyrimidinamines acylation, 3, 85 alkylation, 3, 86 basic pXa, 3, 60-61 diazotization, 3, 85 Dimroth rearrangement, 3, 86 electrophilic reactions, 3, 68 Frankland-Kolbe synthesis, 3, 116 hydrolysis, 3, 84 IR spectra, 3, 64 N NMR, 3, 64 nitration, 3, 69 Principal Synthesis, 3, 129 reactivity, 3, 84-88 structure, 3, 67 synthesis, 3, 129 Pyrimidin-2-amines alkylation, 3, 61, 86 basic pK , 3, 60 diazotization, 3, 85 hydrogenation, 3, 75 hydrolysis, 3, 84 mass spectra, 3, 66 Pyrimidin-4-amines acidity, S, 310 alkylation, 3, 61, 86 basic pXa, 3, 61 Schifi base, 3, 85 synthesis, 3, 110, 114 1,3,5-triazines from, 3, 518 Pyrimidin-5-amines basic pXj, 3, 61 hydrogenation, 3, 75 reactions... 

It may be said in conclusion that the reactivity of position 5 (i.e., 6 of the triazine ring) is similar to that of uracil. The only difference seems to be in the failure to prepare 5-nitro-6-azauracil although this reaction proceeds readily with uracil. 

In this solvent the reaction is catalyzed by small amounts of trimethyl-amine and especially pyridine (cf. 9). The same effect occurs in the reaction of iV -methylaniline with 2-iV -methylanilino-4,6-dichloro-s-triazine. In benzene solution, the amine hydrochloride is so insoluble that the reaction could be followed by recovery. of the salt. However, this precluded study mider Bitter and Zollinger s conditions of catalysis by strong mineral acids in the sense of Banks (acid-base pre-equilibrium in solution). Instead, a new catalytic effect was revealed when the influence of organic acids was tested. This was assumed to depend on the bifunctional character of these catalysts, which act as both a proton donor and an acceptor in the transition state. In striking agreement with this conclusion, a-pyridone is very reactive and o-nitrophenol is not. Furthermore, since neither y-pyridone nor -nitrophenol are active, the structure of the catalyst must meet the conformational requirements for a cyclic transition state. Probably a concerted process involving structure 10 in the rate-determining step... 

The high reactivity of trichloro-s-triazine and tetrachloropyrimi-dine, the ease of replacement of the first chlorine atom from these compounds with several types of nucleophiles (amines, alcohols, etc.) and, finally, the important role of these reactions in dye chemistry have stimulated many investigations dealing with substituents of the general types RZ and R2Z, where Z is an electron-donor atom or group (NH, 0, S, N). 

The replacement of a heterocyclic hydroxyl group (generally in the 0X0 form, Section II,E, 2,e) with thioxo or chloro groups by phosphorus pentasulfide or phosphorus oxychloride presumably proceeds through nucleophilic substitution (frequently acid-catalyzed, 21 and 86) of thiophosphoryloxy and dichlorophosphoryloxy intermediates. The 4-position in pyrimidine is more reactive than the 2-position and, at low temperature, this type of thionation of pyrimidine-2,4-diones is specific for the 4-position. In as-triazine... 

Statements in the hterature on the reactivity of the ring-positions in monocyclic azines are conflicting. Reactivity is said to be greater at the position ortho (or alpha) than at the position para (or gamma) to an azine nitrogen 2-> 4-position in pyridine and pyrimidine and 3-> 5-position in as-triazine. By others, the... 

Sodium methyl mercaptide in xylene was reported to react (25°, 2 hr) in a stepwise fashion with 3,5-dichloro-as-triazine to yield the 3-methylthio-5-chloro and then (70°, 2 hr) the 3,5-bis-methylthio derivatives. However, the structure of the former is very likely to be 307. With dimethylamine in benzene (25°, 5 min), ethyleneimine in ether (25°, 3 min), and alcoholic ammonia (25°, few min), this dichloro derivative was assumed to form 3-amino derivatives. The high reactivity of as-triazines is demonstrated by the facile ethoxylation... 

Another nucleophilic substitution demonstrating greater reactivity at the 5-position is nucleophihc thionation (via cationized forms of polythiophosphoryloxy intermediates such as structure 126) of as-triazine-3,5-dione and of its 2-methyP and 6-methyl derivatives to form 312 in 50-100% yields. Thionation at the 3-position... 

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