33561-46-5

Upstream product

• 98-88-4 benzoyl chloride 
• 2854-16-2 1-Amino-2-methyl-propan-2-ol 
• 65-85-0 benzoic acid 
• 21384-58-7 2,2-dimethylaziridin-1-yl-phenylmethanone 
• 769-68-6 2-phenylbutanenitrile 
• 86-29-3 Diphenylacetonitrile 
• 92-83-1 xanthene 
• 104-47-2 p-methoxybenzylnitrile 
• 120-12-7 anthracene 

Downstream Products

• 33561-48-7 5,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-4,5-dihydrooxazole 
• 37950-61-1 5,5-Dimethyl-2-phenyl-thiazoline 
• 88413-34-7 N-(2-methylpropenyl)thiobenzamide 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Remote C(sp3)-H Oxygenation of Protonated Aliphatic Amines with Potassium Persulfate

This letter describes the development of a method for selective remote C(sp3)-H oxygenation of protonated aliphatic amines using aqueous potassium persulfate. Protonation serves to deactivate the proximal C(sp3)-H bonds of the amine substrates and also renders the amines soluble in the aqueous medium. These reactions proceed under relatively mild conditions (within 2 h at 80 °C with amine as limiting reagent) and do not require a transition metal catalyst. This method is applicable to a variety of types of C(sp3)-H bonds, including 3°, 2°, and benzylic C-H sites in primary, secondary, and tertiary amine substrates.

Experimental and theoretical rearrangement of N-acyl-2,2- dimethylaziridines in acidic medium

The acid isomerization of N-acyl-2,2-dimethylaziridines 1 in concentrated sulfuric acid at room temperature leads to oxazolines 2 but the neutral hydrolysis of 1 in pure water at room temperature leads to amidoalcohols 3. However, the use of aqueous solutions of H2SO4 at different concentrations at room temperature leads to a mixture of oxazolines 2, amidoalcohols 3 and allylamides 4 with yields depending on the acidity of the medium and the nature of the acyl group. A mechanism has been suggested to explain the formation of these three products. DFT calculations employing the Gaussian 09 program with DFT/B3LYP methods and 6-311++G(2d,2p) basis set were carried out which gave the most stable geometry as well as their atomic charge distributions of compounds 1-4. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Isomerisation catalysee par le gel de silice et L'argile activee de N-Acyl-2,2-Dimethylaziridines: Approche mecanistique

Silica gel and activated clay, behaving as Lewis acids, reacted with N-acyl-2,2-dimethylaziridines 1 to lead to pentacoordinated aziridinium silicate ions. The regiospecific ring opening on the CMe2 carbon side of the intermediate I involves, after remova

Aziridines. 76: Neglected aspects of anthracenide (anthracenidyl) chemistry - Reactions with two N-benzoylaziridines

Reaction of anthracenide A.- with N-benzoylaziridines 1a,b forms charged radicals 3a,b by single electron transfer and homolytic ring opening. Reactions follow that are known or expected as e.g. coupling with position 9 of A.- forming dihydroanthracene anions 9a,b that yield amidoethylated dihydroanthracenes 10a,b, or react with 1a,b giving finally 9,10-bis-amidoethylated dihydroanthracenes 11a,b. Results depend on experimental conditions and on the counter ions Na+ or Li+. Coupling is not regiospecific: contributions by positions 2 and 1 reach 29% or 4%, respectively, of total coupling with the primary radical 3a; much higher contributions are possible with Li. Product 21s (probably 3,3′-disubstituted tetrahydrobianthryl) may arise by hydrogen detachment from the first intermediate (29) of coupling with position 2 and dimerization of the formed 2-substituted A.- (30). Coupling products may be fully aromatized or may be hydroxylated in one of the benzylic positions. With counter ion Li+ a non-SET reaction of 1a with the dimer of A.- is indicated by the isolation of 9-benzoyl-dihydroanthracene 15 and by 19% yield of 16a (aromatized 10a). Reaction of 3b with anthracene is indicated by 10,10′-disubstituted tetrahydrobianthryl 37. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2000.

Regiospecific ring opening of N-acylaziridines by neutral hydrolysis

The neutral hydrolysis of N-acyl-2,2-dimethylaziridines gave rise to the amidoalcohols in 76-91% overall yields. These products resulted from the specific cleavage of the C-2-N bond.

Reactions of N-acylaziridines with sodium metal and sodium naphthalenide. Elimination of olefines

Reactions of N-acylaziridines 1a-g (N-benzoyl except 1d) with sodium or naphthalenide N.- in THF provide a variety of products that usually arise via the aziridino ketyls 2. Homolytic ring opening of 2 generates the amidatoalkyl radicals 3. Only with a very short reaction time were small amounts of benzil or benzoylnaphthalenes obtained indicating a reversible trapping of 2 by dimerization or coupling with N.-. Homolysis of 2 produced always the more stable 3 apart from reactions of monomethylaziridines 1c,d where the primary radical i-3c,d is kinetically favoured. The amides R1CONHCHR4CHR2R3 (9, isopropylamides i-9c,d from 1c,d) were usually the main products. 9 arise from 3 either by H atom abstraction from THF (probably in sodium metal runs) or by reduction of 3 to carbanions 5 that abstract a proton from THF (N.- runs). Addition of 5a (R2-4 = H) to 1a gives finally the ketone 8a. Self reaction of primary radical 3a is dimerization. Self reaction of tertiary or secondary radicals is disproportionation when an allylamide arises. This isomerizes to an enamide unless it is conjugated. R2R3C=CHR4 and R1CONH2 arise (probably) always. The mechanism, possibly a cyclic process of anion 6, is not clear. Johann Ambrosius Barth 1996.

Reactions with Aziridines, 52. - Branched-Chain Tryptamine Compounds from Indolyllithium and Activated Aziridines

Reaction of indolyllithium 1 with activated aziridines 2 in toluene provides the tryptamines 3 or 4 in good yields. - Key Words: Nucleophilic ring opening / Regioselectivity / Ambident nucleophiles / Aziridines / Tryptamine

Reactions with Aziridines, 41. - Highly Regioselective (Abnormal) Ring Opening of 1-Benzoyl-2,2-dimethylaziridine by Simple Nitrile Anions

The anions 3a-e of the acetonitriles 2a-e cleave the aziridine ring of 1-benzoyl-2,2-dimethylaziridine (1) at the tertiary C-atom (abnormal opening) and provide in this way good yields of the 4-(benzoylamino)-3,3-dimethylbutyronitriles 5a-e and of the 2-(benzoylimino)pyrrolidine 7a, respectively.Positional isomers could not be detected.

Highly Regioselective Ring Cleavage of N-Acylaziridines by "Anthracene Hydride" (Anion of 9,10-Dihydroanthracene). Intermediacy of a Carbonyl Adduct. Influence of Nitrogen Inversion on the Ring Opening?

Anthracene hydride AH- reacts with N-acylaziridines by reductive opening of the aziridine ring and/or amidoethylation of AH-.When the two aziridine carbons are differently substituted, in both reactions only that bond is broken which can form the more stable carbon radical quite in accord with the intermediacy of a radical anion (ketyl) 14 and with the known homolytic cleavage of 14 forming the radical 15.The extra electron in 14 is provided by AH- being oxidized to the radical AH., which can react with 15 either by radical combination or by hydrogen transfer.The reaction of AH- with N-aroylaziridines can be interrupted at the stage of the carbonyl adduct 5 as is shown by the isolation of the ketones 7a,b.So, 5 (R4 = aryl) is considered to be in equilibrium with the radical pair AH./14.The conversion of 5 into the final products progresses as expected from its structure apart from the observed retardation by a phenyl substituent in the aziridine ring (3a, 4a).This retardation is tentatively explained by a hypothesis assuming ring opening of 14 to occur in the transition state of nitrogen inversion.The anion X- of xanthene resembles AH- in its reactivity.Both carbanions react with N-sulfonylaziridines as expected from an SN2 mechanism.