3555-94-0Relevant articles and documents
A calorimetric investigation to safely scale-up a curtius rearrangement of acryloyl azide
Amende, David J.,DeVries, Keith M.,Clifford, Pamela J.,Brenek, Steven J.
, p. 382 - 392 (1998)
N-Vinyl-O-benzyl urethane was prepared for use as a starting material in a multistep synthesis of a drug candidate. After unsuccessful attempts to employ non-Curtius options to prepare this intermediate, we decided to assess the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of the acyl azide Curtius rearrangement and trapping of the intermediate isocyanate. (Prepared in analogy to the literature method of Hegedus et al.: Wieber, G. M.; Hegedus, L. S.; Akermark, B.; Michalson, E. T. J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 4649-4653.) Reaction calorimetry was utilized to show that the rate of the Curtius rearrangement was completely dose-rate controlled, and that under carefully defined conditions this reaction could be safely performed on limited scale. In addition to addressing the thermal hazard issues, profiling the reaction with reaction calorimetry and interfaced technologies resulted in significant process improvements.
Kirby,Kroto
, p. 216,217-220, 223-225 (1978)
METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACRYLOYL AZIDE
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for easily and efficiently producing an acryloyl azide from acrylic acid which may have a substituent at an α-carbon atom or its acid anhydride, and a method for easily and efficiently producing an N-vinylisocyanate and an N-vinylcarbamate from the acryloyl azide. SOLUTION: The method for producing the acryloyl azide is to react the acrylic acid which may have a substituent on the α-carbon atom or its acid anhydride with an azide compound. The method for producing the N-vinyl carbamate is to perform a rearrangement reaction of the acryloyl azide to obtain the N-vinylisocyanate which is reacted with an alcohol.