Anomalous acid-catalyzed reactions of cyclobutanones

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (15) ◽  
pp. 2797-2802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Lee-Ruff ◽  
Nicholas J. Turro ◽  
P. Amice ◽  
J. M. Conia

The reactions of 2(2-isopropanol)cyclobutanones with phosphorous pentoxide lead to ring opened carboxylic acids. Reaction of 2-isopropylidenecyclobutanones with polyphosphoric acid (PPA) gives ring cleavage rearrangement products. The mechanisms of these reactions are discussed in the light of the observed different reactions of the corresponding cyclopentanones.

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (23) ◽  
pp. 4458-4460 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. N. Chhaya ◽  
M. M. Nimbalkar ◽  
B. D. Hosangadi

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 744-751
Author(s):  
Robert Eliason

Acid-catalyzed decomposition of diazodiphenylmethane (DDM) has been studied in DMSO containing varying amounts of water. The reaction was found to be first-order in DDM and first-order in acid. The Brønsted plot for a series of carboxylic acids is curved with the H+ point falling below the curve defined by the carboxylic acids. In near-anhydrous DMSO, kinetic hydrogen isotope effects (KIEs) are 1.7 and 1.6 for acetic acid and chloroacetic acid, respectively. The chloroacetic acid KIE increases with increasing water concentration, rising to 2.9 at 3.6 M water. As a function of [H2O], kHA for chloroacetic acid shows a sharply defined minimum occurring at 1 M water. This behavior and the water effect on KIE suggest that the carboxylic acid-catalyzed reactions in near-anhydrous DMSO do not use the ASE-2 mechanism attributed to the reaction of DDM in hydroxylic solvents. A mechanism, leading to an azoalkane, is suggested. Either directly or indirectly, this may lead to diphenylcarbene, which would account for the observed products: benzophenone, benzhydrol, and benzhydryl esters. For the H+ catalyzed decomposition of DDM in near-anhydrous DMSO, benzophenone is not found among the products, and we suggest that this reaction does not undergo a change in mechanism and continues to use the ASE-2 mechanism.Key words: decomposition mechanism, kinetics, solvent effect, reaction with carboxylic acids.


1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor P. Abegg ◽  
Alan C. Hopkinson ◽  
Edward Lee-Ruff

A series of cyclobutanones 1–5 were found to rearrange to β-tetralones 6–10, respectively, in the presence of phosphorous pentoxide in benzene at room temperature. The structures of the β-tetralones were inferred by conversion of a number of these known naphthalene derivatives. Possible mechanistic pathways are discussed.


1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 2167-2180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lubor Fišera ◽  
Nadezhda D. Kozhina ◽  
Peter Oravec ◽  
Hans-Joachim Timpe ◽  
Ladislav Štibrányi ◽  
...  

3-Aryl-4-R-carbamoyl-5-hydroxymethylisoxazolines (IV) were synthesized by allowing R-NH2 amines with R = H, CH3, C3H7, C6H5C2H5, and NH2 to act on 3-(X-phenyl)-4-oxo-3a,4,6,6a-tetrahydrofuro[3,4-d]isoxazoles (III) with X = H, 4-CH3, 4-OCH3, 2-OCH3, 4-Cl, 2-Cl, 4-F, 2-F, 4-Br, 4-NO2, and 3-NO2. Exposed to radiation, the substances IV give Z-2-hydroxymethylamino-2-aryl-1-formylacrylamides (V) in good yields. The 4-Cl and 4-F substituted Z-derivatives V isomerize irreversibly to the E-derivatives VI if allowed to stand in solvent; the remaining derivatives V are stable. The quantum yields of the photoreaction are from 0.012 to 0.106 in dependence on the substituent X. In all cases where the compounds IV were used for the preparation of condensed heterocycles in conditions of acid-catalyzed reactions, lactones III were preferentially formed; the action of thionyl chloride on IV results in the formation of chloromethyl derivatives VIII, which do not undergo further cyclization.


Author(s):  
Mizzanoor Rahaman ◽  
M. Shahnawaz Ali ◽  
Khorshada Jahan ◽  
Damon Hinz ◽  
Jawad Bin Belayet ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Emanuele Moioli ◽  
Leo Schmid ◽  
Peter Wasserscheid ◽  
Hannsjoerg Freund

The kinetics of the acid catalyzed reactions of acetaldehyde ammonia trimer (AAT) and paraldehyde (para) to 2-methyl-5-ethyl pyridine (MEP) in the presence of an acid catalyst were investigated systematically. A...


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