Synthesis of sugar oxime ether surfactants

A straightforward synthesis of a novel class of sugar surfactants is described. The key step is the chemoselective condensation of a hydrophobic alkoxyamine with the resident aldehyde/ketone moiety on a hydrophilic sugar. Neither protection/deprotection of the sugars nor extensive product purification is required. The method allows for the facile adjustment of hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains of the sugar oxime ether surfactant and uses inexpensive, readily accessible, and renewable materials.     

Catalytic Reduction of Oximes to Hydroxylamines: Current Methods,Challenges and Opportunities

Catalytic reduction of oximes represents a direct efficient approach to synthesize valuable hydroxylamine derivatives. However this transformation presents significant challenges: oximes are hard to reduce and, if reactive, reductive cleavage of the weak N−O bond often leads to primary amine side products. The first suitable systems involved the use of platinum-based heterogeneous catalysts with hydrogen as reductant and stoichiometric amounts of a strong Brønsted acid. More recently metal-free and transition-metal-based homogeneous catalysts have been developed, which display the highest turnovers (up to 4000). In the asymmetric variants, the E/Z-geometry of the oxime double bond affects significantly the stereoselectivity, sometimes requiring extra synthetic efforts in substrate preparation. This minireview provides an overview of the advances and limitations in catalytic oxime to hydroxylamine reduction. Emphasis is put on highlighting and comparing the practical aspects of the existing methods, such as their reaction conditions and substrate scope. Additionally, future directions for improving this young research area are suggested.     

An Easy Access to Oxime Ethers by Pd‐Catalyzed C—O Cross‐Coupling of Activated Aryl Bromides with Ketoximes and Chalcone Oximes

An efficient Pd‐catalyzed method for C—O cross‐coupling of ketoximes and chalcone oximes with activated aryl bromides and bromo‐chalcones has been developed. All oxime ethers were obtained in good to excellent yields by [(π‐allyl)PdCl]₂/tBuXPhos ( L7 ) catalyst system. TrixiePhos ( L11 ) was also found to be effective for the oxime coupling. This method offers an easy and smooth coupling of chalcone oximes with activated aryl bromides and bromo‐chalcones, which has not been previously explored.     

创新型综合实验:苯甲酰苯胺的合成*

肟化反应和贝克曼重排反应是高校化学专业重要的基础有机实验,现行的实验教材常采用由环己酮制备己内酰胺,该实验存在反应过程难监测,反应后处理损失大,收率低,实验效果不理想等问题。以二苯甲酮为原料,经肟化、贝克曼重排合成苯甲酰苯胺,产物经1H NMR、13C NMR、IR等确证分子结构。研究结果表明:苯甲酰苯胺合成反应平稳,实验现象明显,后处理简便,收率较高。通过TLC监测反应进程,能使学生对反应过程有清楚的认知和掌控。实验内容和时间适合大学实验要求,实验综合性强,拓展空间大,能够有效训练学生的创新思维和科研意识,提高学生的实验技能。     

Reaction of aryldiazonium salts with acetone oxime

The reaction of aryl diazonium salts containing electron-withdrawing substituents in the aromatic ring with acetone oxime leads to the formation of nitrogen-containing products instead of the expected functional derivatives of 1-alkyl-3-aryltriazene 1-oxides. The structure of these products is a function of the number and chemical nature of the substituents in the diazo component.N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117913 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1911–1913, August, 1992.     

Reactivity studies of carbon,phosphorus and sulfur‐based acyl sites with tertiary oximes in gemini surfactants

Kinetic studies of the reactions of tertiary oximes (monoisonitroso acetone; MINA and butane 2,3 dione monooxime; BDMO) with some carboxylate (p‐nitrophenyl acetate and p‐nitrophenyl benzoate), phosphate (p‐nitrophenyl diphenyl phosphate and bis (2,4‐dinitrophenyl) phosphate) and sulfonate (p‐nitrophenyl p‐toluene sulphonate) esters in gemini surfactants have been conducted. The observed first‐order rate constant versus surfactant profiles show micelle‐assisted bimolecular reactions involving interfacial ion exchange between bulk aqueous media and micellar pseudophase. Experimental results showed that MINA exhibited better nucleophilic activity towards ester cleavage than BDMO. Pseudophase model has been applied in order to determine micellar second‐order rate constants and binding constants. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Preparative synthesis of veratraldehydeoxime esters

Preparative syntheses of veratraldehydeoxime esters 6–24, available fragrances produced from vanillin (1), in 82–92% yield from veratraldehydeoxime (3) were developed. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 558–560, November–December, 2008.     

Unusually Facile Pyrrolization of 2-Acetylcoumarone Oxime with Acetylene

The oxime of 2-acetylcoumarone reacts with acetylene under pressure in the system KOH-DMSO unusually readily forming 2-(2-pyrrolyl)coumarone and the corresponding O-vinyl oxime. Under more rigid conditions 2-(1-vinyl-2-pyrrolyl)coumarone is formed. The possibility of a two-stage transformation of 2-acylcoumarones into 2-pyrrolylcoumarones has therefore been demonstrated for the first time.__________Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 524–529, April, 2005.     

Synthesis and structure—aroma correlation of anisaldehyde oxime esters

Preparative syntheses from anisaldehyde 1 of the anti-isomer of anisaldehyde oxime 2 and anisaldehyde oxime esters 3a-q in 84-93% yields were developed. The structure—aroma correlation of 2 and 3a-q was studied. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 131-134, March-April, 2009.