Radical azidonation of aldehydes

Aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes can be converted to acyl azides by treatment with iodine azide at 0-25 degrees C. If the reaction is performed at reflux Curtius rearrangement occurs and carbamoyl azides are obtained in 70-97% yield from the aldehyde. The reaction was shown to have a radical mechanism.     

Rapid and facile synthesis of acyl azides from acyl halides using a polymer-supported azide ion under heterogeneous conditions

In this article a rapid and facile method for synthesis of acyl azide is described. The cross-linked poly(N-methyl-4-vinylpyridinium) azide ion, [P₄-VP]N₃ is prepared and used as an efficient polymeric reagent for synthesis of acyl azides from acyl halides at room temperature under heterogeneous conditions. Various benzoyl halides, with electron-withdrawing groups as well as electron-donating groups, were transformed into the corresponding benzoyl azides in high to excellent yields in short reaction times. The acyl azide products were characterized by FT-IR, and some of them were also characterized by ¹H-and/or ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy, and physical properties were compared to literature values of known compounds. The spent polymeric reagents can be regenerated and reused for several times without losing their activity. Relative to the reported methods, the present method has the advantages of operational simplicity, mild reaction conditions, fast reaction rates, simple reaction work-up and lower hazardous and potentially explosive nature. Also the present method is the first procedure for the synthesis of acyl azides from acyl halides by using a polymer-supported azide ion under heterogeneous conditions.     

Three‐arm star block copolymers of aromatic polyether and polystyrene from chain‐growth condensation polymerization,atom transfer radical polymerization,and click reaction

Well‐defined (AB)₃ type star block copolymer consisting of aromatic polyether arms as the A segment and polystyrene (PSt) arms as the B segment was prepared using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), chain‐growth condensation polymerization (CGCP), and click reaction. ATRP of styrene was carried out in the presence of 2,4,6‐tris(bromomethyl)mesitylene as a trifunctional initiator, and then the terminal bromines of the polymer were transformed to azide groups with NaN₃. The azide groups were converted to 4‐fluorobenzophenone moieties as CGCP initiator units by click reaction. However, when CGCP was attempted, a small amount of unreacted initiator units remained. Therefore, the azide‐terminated PSt was then used for click reaction with alkyne‐terminated aromatic polyether, obtained by CGCP with an initiator bearing an acetylene unit. Excess alkyne‐terminated aromatic polyether was removed from the crude product by means of preparative high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to yield the (AB)₃ type star block copolymer (M_n = 9910, M_w/M_n = 1.10). This star block copolymer, which contains aromatic polyether segments with low solubility in the shell unit, exhibited lower solubility than A₂B or AB₂ type miktoarm star copolymers. In addition, the obtained star block copolymer self‐assembled to form spherical aggregates in solution and plate‐like structures in film. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

Catalyst-free aromatic nucleophilic substitution of meso-bromoporphyrins with azide anion: efficient synthesis and structural analyses of meso-azidoporphyrins

meso-Mono- or diazidoporphyrins were readily obtained in high yields by the catalyst-free aromatic nucleophilic reaction of the corresponding bromoporphyrins with azide anions under mild conditions. The molecular structures of the obtained azides were unambiguously determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis.     

Photocrosslinking reaction of vinyl‐functional polyphenylsilsesquioxane sensitized with aromatic bisazide compounds

Photochemical reactions of aromatic azide groups were applied for a novel photosensitive silicone ladder polymer, that is, partially vinyl‐substituted polyphenylsilsesquioxane sensitized with aromatic bisazide compounds as a photocrosslinker. The photocrosslinking reaction in this system was investigated from the viewpoint of the efficiency of the photocrosslinker, that is, the ratio of the photocrosslinker consumed for crosslinking. The numbers of photodecomposed azide groups and crosslinks in the polymer were determined by Fourier transform infrared measurements. At a higher bisazide concentration, the predominant reaction of nitrenes formed as the intermediary radical by the photolysis of azide was a coupling reaction that could not contribute to the gelation of the polymer. The ratio of the bisazide compound consumed for crosslinking showed the highest value at its concentration of 3 wt % and decreased with the addition of a larger amount. The semiempirical molecular orbital calculations were applied to the theoretical analysis of the photoreaction of nitrenes using phenylnitrene as a model structure. The calculation results indicated that the coupling reaction of nitrenes should proceed more easily than the photocrosslinking reaction in N₂ atmosphere, and the fact that the oxidation of nitrenes should proceed exclusively in the atmosphere including O₂ agreed with the experimental results. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 4196–4205, 2001     

Amide bond formation from selenocarboxylates and aromatic azides

A new method of amide bond formation was developed through the reaction of potassium selenocarboxylates with aromatic azides at room temperature. Potassium selenocarboxylates were prepared in situ by the treatment of diacyl selenides with potassium methoxide at 5 °C under N₂. After the addition of azide, the reaction was allowed to gradually warm to room temperature and was stirred for 0.5-2 h. Excellent yields were obtained when electron deficient aromatic azides were used.     

Preparation of aromatic polyesters by direct polycondensation with thionyl chloride in pyridine

Mechanistic features of the reaction with thionyl chloride in pyridine were studied in a model reaction of benzoic acid with p-chlorophenol or aniline. The yields were significantly affected by the amounts of pyridine, favorably by four equivalents, and the nature of pyridine, suggesting that pyridines are not only HCl scavengers, but are also involved in the reaction itself. The reaction was assumed to proceed via a carboxylic sulfinic-anhydride intermediate different from acyl chloride, and the intermediate was found to be not so reactive that it was completely alcoholyzed by the phenol at high temperatures of more than 60°C. The reaction was successfully applied to the preparation of aromatic polyesters of high molecular weights by the direct polycondensation of aromatic dicarboxylic acids and bisphenols in pyridine at 80°C.     

Simple conversion of aromatic amines into azides

[reaction: see text] A straightforward and highly efficient synthesis of aromatic azides from the corresponding amines is accomplished using triflyl azide under mild conditions.     

Reactions of acyl azides with secondary amines in the presence of copper(ii) acetate

The nucleophilic substitution of the azide group in acyl azides for secondary amines in the presence of copper(ii) acetate was studied. The formation of the corresponding amides and copper(ii) azide in the course of the reaction was observed. The shift of the absorption band of stretching vibrations of the azide group was observed in the IR spectra of the reaction products, which could be explained by the intermediate formation of a complex of acyl azide with the amine complex of copper(ii) acetate and by its decomposition to form copper(ii) azide and the corresponding amide. A blue-green color of the solution characteristic of copper(ii) acetate changed in the course of the reaction to the brown color of a solution of copper(ii) azide.     

Efficient conversion of aromatic amines into azides: a one-pot synthesis of triazole linkages

[reaction: see text] An efficient and improved procedure for the preparation of aromatic azides and their application in the Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition ("click reaction") is described. The synthesis of aromatic azides from the corresponding amines is accomplished under mild conditions with tert-butyl nitrite and azidotrimethylsilane. 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles were obtained in excellent yields from a variety of aromatic amines without the need for isolation of the azide intermediates.     

Über eine neuartige Substitutionsreaktion am Chinoxalinsystem: nucleofuge Carbonamid- und Carbonester- Gruppen

The oximes or arylhydrazones of quinoxaline-2-carboxylic acid and its esters or amides substituted in position 3 by an aromatic acyl group are easily cyclized to form condensed isoxazole or pyrazole derivatives, respectively. In the reaction, the oxime oxygen or hydrazone nitrogen acts as a nucleophile; the eliminated carboxyl, carboxylic ester or carboxamide group is partly found as formic acid and CO. The reaction may proceed by an addition-elimination mechanism.     

New method for the direct electrophilic amination of aromatic compounds and its use in the annelation of the pyrimidine ring

A method has been developed for the synthesis of aromatic amines by the amination of the corresponding aromatic compounds using sodium azide in PPA. A method for the synthesis of quinazolines and benzo[h]quinazolines using this reaction and the subsequent reaction of the intermediates with 1,3,5-triazines has been developed.     

Reaction of 4,6-dimethylpyrimidine with chlorides of aromatic carboxylic acids

The reaction of methyl groups with acyl chlorides is described for the first time in the pyrimidine series. The corresponding ketones — 6-methyl-4-phenacylpyrimidines — have been obtained from 4,6-dimethylpyrimidine and chlorides or aromatic carboxylic acids. A possible mechanism of the reaction is discussed.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp, 1132–1135, August, 1973.     

Quantum semiempirical study on the reactivity of silylated diamines in the synthesis of aromatic polyamides

The reasons for the reactivity increase toward acyl chlorides caused in aromatic amines by silylation are studied by quantum semiempirical and ab initio methods. Silylated amino groups adopt an sp² planar geometry, in contrast to that observed in the unsilylated series, where a partially pyramidal structure intermediate between sp³ and sp² geometry was obtained. Silylation also causes a strong increase of electronic density on the amine nitrogen and an increase of the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) energy, both effects favoring the higher reactivity of these silylated amines. In addition to that, silylation produces a decrease of the activation energy in the reaction with an acyl chloride, relative to the unsilylated amines, thus increasing reaction rate.     

Unprecedented mechanism of chain length determination in fungal aromatic polyketide synthases

Fungal aromatic polyketides show remarkable structural diversity fundamentally derived from variations in chain length and cyclization pattern. Their basic skeletons are synthesized by multifunctional iterative type I polyketide synthases (PKSs). Recently, we have found that the C-terminal thioesterase (TE)-like domain of Aspergillus nidulans WA catalyzes Claisen-type cyclization to form the B-ring of naphthopyrone YWA1. Here we report the unprecedented mechanism of chain length determination by the C-terminal TE-like domain of Colletotrichum lagenarium PKS1, which, in addition to catalyzing Claisen-type cyclization, intercepts the polyketomethylene intermediate from the acyl carrier protein domain during the condensation reaction to produce shorter chain length products. This chain length determination system is novel among PKSs, including bacterial and plant PKSs. The functional diversity of the TE-like domain directly influences the structural diversity of aromatic polyketides in C. lagenarium PKS1.     

Surface modification of polyamide 12 angioplasty balloons by photochemical reaction with an aromatic azide

Polyamide 12 (PA12) is used in a variety of applications when low moisture absorption, good dimensional stability, and toughness are required. Polyamide 12 is one of the polymers most frequently employed to fabricate angioplasty balloon catheters; however, its high hydrophobicity and chemical inertness require the application of coatings to make its surface more hydrophilic and biocompatible. In this work, an alternative method, based on the photochemical reaction of PA12 with a hydrophilic aromatic azide, was developed. Static and dynamic contact angle measurements evidenced that the surface modification process was able to improve PA12 wettability and that the effects were retained even after 12 months from surface treatment. Polyamide 12 modification resulted in an increase of its surface free energy, as evaluated by the van Oss, Good, and Chaudhury method. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed the presence of the aromatic azide on PA12 surface. Finally, compliance tests showed that the modification process did not reduce the mechanical performance of balloons.     

Nucleophilic carbene catalyzed synthesis of 1,2 amino alcohols via azidation of epoxy aldehydes

We report herein a nucleophilic carbene catalyzed redox azidation of epoxyaldehydes. The intermediate beta-hydroxy acyl azides undergo thermal Curtius rearrangement followed by trapping with excess azide to form carbamoyl azides or, in a complementary sequence, by the hydroxy group to form oxazolidinones. Both products are formed in modest to good yields and diastereoselectivities. The use of an enantioenriched triazolium catalyst leads to modest asymmetric induction.     

N-alkoxy-n-acylnitrenium ions in intramolecular aromatic addition reactions

N-alkoxy-N-acylnitronium ions are generated by treatment of N-alkoxy-N-cohloroamides with silver ions in ethereal solvents. These intermediates readily cyclise onto aromatic nuclei on alkozy side-chains to give benzoxazines and benzoxazepines and on the acyl side-chains to give γ, δ and ϵ benzolactams. Spirane products are formed by ipso addition When a 4-methoxy substituent ia present on the side-chain aromatic rings. The yields and regioselectivities of these reactions have been ascribed to different transition structures for cyclisation onto the acyl and alkoxy side-chains which involve respectively an exocyolic and endocyclic N-0 π-bond. Evidence for this exeptionally high π-bond character has been obtained from MNDO calculations which predict a π-bond order of 0.9 and a rotational barrier of 29.7 kcalmol^-1     

Molecular organization of reactants in the kinetics and catalysis of liquid phase reactions: XII. Mechanism of the boron trifluoride-catalyzed Curtius thermal rearrangement of benzoyl azide into phenyl isocyanate

The kinetics of the thermal decomposition and rearrangement of benzoyl azide into phenyl isocyanate was studied in n-heptane in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate as the catalyst. The apparent activation energy of the noncatalytic reaction is 28.0 kcal/mol, and that of the catalytic reaction is 11.0 kcal/mol. The electronic structure and geometry of various complexes between benzoyl azide and BF₃ were studied using the PBE/TZ2P density functional method, and fragments of the potential energy surface were calculated for the catalytic rearrangement. Comparatively stable 1: 1 and 1: 2 complexes between the syn conformer of benzoyl azide and the catalyst can form in the system by coordination to the oxygen and nitrogen atoms of the acyl azide group. The heats of formation of these complexes are between ?1.7 and ?6.4 kcal/mol. The main consequence of the formation of these complexes is that the acyl azide group comes out of the benzene ring plane and thus becomes more reactive. The effective activation energies calculated for the catalytic rearrangement involving complexes of different compositions are 12–15 kcal/mol lower the effective activation energy of the noncatalytic reaction. Information has been obtained about the structure of the transition state of the catalytic reaction, in which a nitrogen molecule is abstracted from benzoyl azide with a synchronous rearrangement of other atoms, resulting in the formation of the ultimate product.     

Cesium fluoride-Celite: a solid base for efficient syntheses of aromatic esters and ethers

Coupling reactions of a number of aromatic and heteroaromatic phenols with alkyl, acyl or benzoyl halides in acetonitrile with cesium fluoride-Celite are described, demonstrating that this reagent provides an efficient, convenient and practical method for the syntheses of aromatic esters and ethers.