Electrosynthesis of ketones from organic halides and anhydrides

The electroreduction of benzylic and allylic halides in the presence of anhydrides affords ketones in moderate to good yields. The electrolysis is performed in an undivided cell, under constant current, using an aluminium or magnesium anode.     

Phase managed organic synthesis 2. A new polymer assisted synthesis of acid anhydrides.

A solid-phase copolymer of 4-vinylpyridine is shown to be a highly effective reagent/ catalyst for the synthesis of acid anhydrides from mixtures containing equimolar quantities of carboxylic acids and acid chlorides. The process may be carried out in batch or column mode.     

A synthesis of succinimides and glutarimides from cyclic anhydrides

The transformation of cyclic anhydrides to their corresponding imides involves a mild three-step sequence: (1) reaction with a primary amine, (2) conversion of the intermediate monoamide to an N-hydroxysuccinimidyl ester using N,N′-disuccinimidyl oxalate (DSO), and (3) cyclization by heating the NHS ester in trichloroethylene in the presence of 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine.     

A new reagent for the efficient synthesis of disulfides from alkyl halides

Benzyltriethylammonium tetracosathioheptamolybdate [(C₆H₅CH₂N(Et)₃)₆Mo₇S₂₄] has been found to be a superior sulfur transfer reagent for the conversion of alkyl halides to the corresponding disulfides in excellent yields under very mild reaction conditions.     

Reactions of mesomeric fluorocarbanions with acid anhydrides. Transformation of trifluoromethyl groups into fluorocarbonyl and perfluoroacyl groups

It was found that the reaction of mesomeric fluorocarbanions of the CF₃$\text{C}\text{θ}$XCOY type with benzoic anhydride leads to the loss of benzoyl fluoride and the formation of mesomeric carbanions of the FCO$\text{C}\text{θ}$XCOY type. In a similar reaction with perfluorocarboxylic acid anhydrides, besides a CF₃→COF transformation, further change of COF into COR_F is observed, leading to the formation of salts containing mesomeric anions of the R_FCO$\text{C}\text{θ}$XCOY type, which, upon acidification, give 1,1- -bis(perfluoroacyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanes CF₃CH(COR_F)₂ , tris- (perfluoroacyl)methanes (R_FCO)₃CH and bis(trifluoroacetyl)- acetic ester (CF₃CO)₂CHCOOMe. It has been shown that perfluoroalkyl groups in β-diketones and β,β′-triketones may hinder enolization despite their electron-attracting effect.     

A new synthesis of carboxylic and carbonic acid anhydrides using phase transfer reactions

Acyl chlorides and alkylchloroformates smoothly reacted with one molar equivalent of sodium hydxoxide, using liquid-liquid phase transfer conditions to afford high yields of the corresponding symmtrical carboxylic and carbonic hemiester anhydrides. Unstable, anhydrides such as 4-nitrobenzoïc, 2-furoïc and methacrylic anhydrides, which are otherwise difficult to obtain, were easily prepared by this method. The reaction mechanism does not seem to involve intermediate hydrolysis of half the acid chloride into the corresponding sodium carboxylate.     

通过烯丙基碲盐合成烯丙基硫醚的新方法

本文阐述了室温下,在NaOH存在下, 烯丙基二烃基溴化亚碲经苯硫酚或硫代烷基处理, 可高产率地得到烯丙基硫醚. 这一过程提供了一个有效的合成烯丙基硫醚的新方法.     

A mild and facile synthesis of carboxylic anhydrides

Reaction of carboxylic acids with trimethylsilylethoxyacetylene in an inert solvent under mild conditions affords the corresponding carboxylic anhydrides in almost quantitative yields.     

One-pot electrochemical synthesis of acid anhydrides from alcohols

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - One-pot indirect electrochemical oxidation of alcohols in the methylene chloride–aqueous solution of sodium hydrocarbonate two-phase system in the...     

Vinyliodonium salts : their stereospecific synthesis and reactions as the activated vinyl halides

Vinyliodonium salts $\text{2}$ were synthesized from vinylsilanes $\text{1}$ by the reaction with iodosylbenzene and triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate. The reaction occurs stereospecifically with retention of configuration. Vinyliodonium salts $\text{2}$ are highly effective as the activated species of vinyl iodides. Thus, a variety of substituted olefins including α-cyano and α-nitro olefins, vinyl sulfides, vinyl halides, and α,β-unsaturated esters, were prepared from $\text{2}$ under mild reaction conditions.     

Investigations of synthetic dyes. XLV. Styryls from N-arylquinaldine salts

Condensation of N-arylquinaldine salts with benzaldehyde and its o- and p-derivatives gives a series of styryl compounds. The absorption maxima of the hydroxystyryls are bathochromically shifted by 12–34 m, as compared with the unsubstituted analogs. Transformation of hydroxystyryl salts to the bases is linked with deepening of the color by 90–130 m.The other styryls were prepare similarly.     

Photochemistry of perfluoroacyl halides in the presence of O2 and CO

Photolyses of CF₃C(O)X and C₂F₅C(O)X (X=Cl, F) at 254 nm in the presence of O₂ yield the perfluorinated radicals C₂F₅O (C₂) and CF₃O (C₁), respectively. The C₂ radicals decompose to give CF₃ radicals:

C₂F₅O→CF₃+CF₂O

which, in turn, react with O₂ leading to the formation of C₁ radicals. When in addition to O₂, CO is present, the C₁ radicals react with it leading to its catalytic oxidation to CO₂. The trioxide CF₃OC(O)O₃C(O)OCF₃ was observed following the photolysis of all four halides in the presence of O₂ and CO.

The other radical partners coming from the initial step in the photolysis (XC(O)) as well as the products of their reaction with O₂ (XC(O)O_y, y=1, 2) do not react with CO but when X=F they lead to the formation of a new stable peroxy molecule with the formula CF₃OC(O)O₂C(O)F. Some of the properties of this new molecule, its stability and its IR features are presented in this work.     

Microwave-assisted synthesis of primary amine HX salts from halides and 7 M ammonia in methanol

The atom economical synthesis of hydrogen halide salts of primary amines, directly from the corresponding halides, avoids the production of significant amounts of secondary amine side products, and requires only evaporation of the solvent to access the products in yields generally greater than 90%. The procedure uses microwave irradiation in 7 M ammonia in methanol (Aldrich) at 130 °C from 0.5 to 2.5 h and works on a variety of alkyl halides, as well as mesylates and tosylates. Benzylamines are obtained from benzyl halides without significant amounts of the secondary amine side products that result without microwave heating. Direct isolation of even highly volatile primary amines as their hydrogen halide salts makes the method ideal for use in parallel synthesis.     

A mild and efficient new synthesis of aryl sulfones from boronic acids and sulfinic acid salts

A new efficient and mild preparation of sulfones from boronic acids and sulfinic acid salts is reported. The cross-coupling reaction mediated by cupric acetate gives access to a variety of sulfones in excellent yield.     

A convenient synthesis of aromatic thiols from unactivated aryl halides

Aromatic thiols are obtained in good yields from unactivated aryl halides and excess MeSNa in HMPA.