Synthetical applications of activated metal catalysts. XXII. The desulphurization of 2,5-Diphenyl-1,4-dithiin

1964 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 353 ◽  
Author(s):  
GM Badger ◽  
P Cheuychit ◽  
WHF Sasse
Keyword(s):  
Raney Nickel ◽  
Hydrogen Content ◽  
Metal Catalysts ◽  
Hydrocarbon Fraction ◽  
Sulphur Atom ◽  
Cis And Trans

The desulphurization of 2,5-diphenyl-1,4-dithiin (II) with a hydrogen-poor Raney nickel (W-7J Raney nickel) has been shown to give 2,4-diphenylthiophen together with three hydrocarbons, viz. cis- and trans-1,3-diphenylbuta-1,3-diene, and 1,3-diphenylcyclobut-1-ene. In another experiment with a Raney nickel having a higher hydrogen content, the hydrocarbon fraction was found to be 1,3-diphenylbut-2- ene. It has been concluded that chemisorption via one sulphur atom leads to 2,4-diphenylthiophen, but that chemisorption via both sulphur atoms leads to the intermediate diradicals (VI) which subsequently react further to give the observed hydrocarbon products.

Synthetical Applications of Activated Metal Catalysts. XVI. The Role of Hydrogen in the Formation of 2,2'-Bipyridyl from Pyridine under the Influence of Degassed Raney Nickel

1963 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
WHF Sasse ◽  
CP Whittle
Keyword(s):  
Raney Nickel ◽  
Nickel Catalysts ◽  
Nickel Atom ◽  
Metal Catalysts ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Adsorbed Pyridine

The efficiency of W7 Raney nickel catalysts degassed between 30 and 400�C in the preparation of 2,2'-bipyridyl has been examined. The highest activities are observed with catalysts which have been degassed at 200�C, and these catalysts arc up to 20% more efficient than catalysts previously used and degassed at 100�C. The results obtained are compared with published data concerning the hydrogen contents of degassed Raney nickel catalysts (Kokes and Emmett 1959, 1960). This shows that catalysts which are virtually free of hydrogen are only 25% less efficient than catalysts degassed at l00�C (containing 65 to 70% of their original hydrogen). Because of this finding a new mechanism is proposed in which the adsorbed pyridine is activated by the transfer of an electron from the catalyst. On stereochemical grounds it is proposed that meso-2,2'-dihydro-2,2'-bipyridyl with axially disposed hydrogen atoms at the 2,2'-positions and bonded via both nitrogen atoms to one nickel atom is the energetically most favoured intermediate.

Raney metal catalysts: I. comparative properties of raney nickel proceeding from Ni-Ai intermetallic phases

1984 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sane ◽  
J.M. Bonnier ◽  
J.P. Damon ◽  
J. Masson
Keyword(s):  
Raney Nickel ◽  
Intermetallic Phases ◽  
Metal Catalysts

SYNTHESES IN THE TERPENE SERIES: VIII. SYNTHESIS OF THE CIS- AND TRANS-ISOMERS OF 7,7,10-TRIMETHYLDECAL-1-ONE. A CONVENIENT MODIFICATION OF THE BROWN HYDRATION REACTION

1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 1870-1880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz Sondheimer ◽  
Saul Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Trans Isomer ◽  
Raney Nickel ◽  
Equilibrium Mixture ◽  
Hydration Reaction ◽  
Trans Isomers ◽  
Perbenzoic Acid ◽  
Cis And Trans Isomers ◽  
Cis And Trans

7,7,10-Trimethyl-Δ1(9)-octal-2-one (VII) was converted to the cycloethylenedithioketal (VIII), which on Raney nickel reduction yielded 7,7,10-trimethyl-Δ1(9)-octalin (IX). Oxidation with perbenzoic acid led to the corresponding oxide (X), which could be rearranged in low yield to an equilibrium mixture of 7,7,10-trimethyldecal-1-one consisting essentially of the trans-isomer (XI).A convenient modification of the Brown hydration reaction is described, whereby the necessity of generating diborane or of using diglyme is avoided. 7,7,10-Trimethyl-Δ1(9)-octalin (IX) on Brown hydration using this modification stereospecifically furnished 7,7,10β-tri-methyl-cis-decal-1β-ol (XII), which was oxidized to 7,7,10-trimethyl-cis-decal-1-one (XIII). Isomerization resulted in the above-described equilibrium mixture containing at least 90% of the trans-isomer (XI). Similarly, the previously described 10-methyl-Δ1(9)-octalin (XVI) yielded a mixture of the cis- and trans-isomers of 10-methyldecal-1-one (XIX). Syntheses of 2-methylene-7,7,10-trimethyl-Δ1(9)-octalin (XIV) and of 7,7,10-trimethyl-cis-decal-2,3-dione 3-dithiotrimethylene ketal (XXII) are also described.

Synthetical applications of activated metal catalysts. XXV. The hydrogenolysis of some phenyl derivatives of silicon by Raney nickel

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 1897 ◽  
Author(s):  
WHF Sasse ◽  
KO Wade
Keyword(s):  
Raney Nickel ◽  
Silicon Atom ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Nickel Catalysts ◽  
Metal Catalysts ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Related Compounds ◽  
Raney Cobalt

Tetraphenylsilane and 11 related compounds have been cleaved by treatment at atmospheric pressure with Raney nickel catalysts to give mixtures of benzene and cyclohexane. Yields exceeding 90% are obtained with degassed Raney nickel and silanes. Silanols and siloxanes are less readily spilt. The presence of methanol in the reaction mixtures retards the fission of silicon-phenyl bonds. Tetracyclo-hexylsilane, cyclohexyltrimethylsilane, and hexa(n-hexyl)disiloxane did not react detectably with Raney nickel. Raney cobalt had no effect on tetraphenylsilane. A mechanism for the new reaction is discussed which involves chemisorption via the silicon atom, ejection of a phenyl anion, and hydrogenolysis of the absorbed triphenylsilyl species.

The utility of the dehalogenation–deetherification sequence for the proof of structure of methoxyhalocyclohexanols and methoxyhalocyclopentanols. Synthesis of the cis- and trans-2- and -3-methoxy-cyclohexanols and -cyclopentanols

1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (21) ◽  
pp. 2605-2611 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. B. Bannard ◽  
A. A. Casselman ◽  
E. J. Langstaff ◽  
R. Y. Moir
Keyword(s):  
Raney Nickel ◽  
Hydrobromic Acid ◽  
Cis And Trans

An unequivocal proof of structure for the methoxychlorocyclopentanols (I′c–IV′c) was obtained by deetherification with 68% hydrobromic acid at 65–70°, followed by hydrogenolysis with Raney nickel and hydrogen, to the 1,2- and 1,3-cyclopentanediols, in the same manner as the methoxybromocyclohexanols (I–IV) were converted into the 1,2- and 1,3-cyclohexanediols. Hydrogenolysis of the methoxybromocyclohexanols and the methoxychlorocyclopentanols provided stereospeciflc syntheses for the cis- and trans-2- and -3-methoxycy-clohexanols and -cyclopentanols in 80–97% yields. Deetherification of the latter compounds with 68% hydrobromic acid gave the corresponding 1,2- and 1,3-cyclohexanediols and 1,2-cyclopentanediols in 70–90% yields, but only 5–7% yields of the 1,3-cyclopentanediols. For the proof of structure of methoxyhalocyclanols, deetherification should therefore precede, rather than follow, dehalogenation.

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