Gas-chromatographic determination of formic acid in the oxidation products of organic substances

Procedures for the gas-chromatographic determination of formic acid in oxidation produts of organic substances after its conversion to benzyl formate were developed. In determining formic acid in an organic phase, free formic acid was esterified with benzyl alcohol in a pyridine solution while adding acetic anhydride under mild conditions. The conversion of formic acid was complete even in the presence of other mono-and dicarboxylic acids in considerable amounts. It was found that the formation of benzyl formate occurred via a mixed aldehyde formed in situ from formic acid and acetic anhydride. The determination of formic acid in aqueous solutions involves the synthesis of its sodium or potassium salt and the successive treatment of this salt with acetyl chloride and benzyl alcohol in a pyridine solution.     

Gas-chromatographic identification of fluorine-containing organic compounds

The gas-chromatographic retention of a series of fluoroalkylarenes on the standard nonpolar polydimethylsiloxane stationary phase OV-101 was characterized, and the retention indices of these compounds were determined. It was found that large negative values of the homological increments of these constants can serve as a sign of fluorine derivatives that contain no less than three fluorine atoms per molecule. The retention indices on polar inorganic sorbents, the silica gels Silipor 75 and Silipor 600, were chosen as the second chromatographic parameter. On these sorbents (unlike partition separation), the nonadditivity effect of the retention indices of polyfunctional organic compounds with respect to their simpler structural analogs was found for the first time. It was found that a mutual correlation between indices for this combination of a phase and a sorbent was lower than that for the combinations of phases with different polarities; this fact is responsible for the higher information content of this combination for the identification of compounds from this class.     

Gas-chromatographic determination of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids

Procedures for the gas-chromatographic determination of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids as the methyl esters of α,β-dibromocarboxylic acids or the methyl esters of corresponding morpholine derivatives were developed using treatment with diazomethane.     

Metal-free oxidative self-coupling of aldehydes or alcohols to symmetric carboxylic anhydrides

A metal-free synthesis of symmetrical anhydrides has been developed starting from aldehydes, both aliphatic and aromatic or primary benzylic alcohols. The reaction occurs at room temperature and makes use of trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA) as an oxidant providing the desired carboxylic anhydrides in satisfactory yields.     

Gas-chromatographic determination of impurities of organic and chlorinated organic compounds and carbon monoxide and dioxide in high-purity hydrogen chloride

A gas-chromatographic procedure was developed for determining impurities (CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, C₄H₁₀, iso-C₄H₁₀, C₅H₁₂, iso-C₅H₁₂, neo-C₅H₁₂, CH₃Cl, C₂H₅Cl, CH₂Cl₂, CHCl₃, CO, and CO₂) in hydrogen chloride using two columns and a column switching technique in an isothermal mode with a flame ionization detector; the detection limits were 0.01–0.1 ppm. The matrix was separated in a precolumn packed with urea. CO and CO₂ were determined by reaction gas chromatography with their conversion into methane.     

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...     

Practical acid-catalyzed acylation of sulfonamides with carboxylic acid anhydrides

A highly efficient reaction between sterically and electronically diverse sulfonamides and carboxylic acid anhydrides to furnish monoacylated N-acylsulfonamides is described. This represents the first systematic disclosure of the scope of sulfuric acid-catalyzed acylation of sulfonamides.     

Gas-chromatographic determination of organomercury(II) compounds

Gas chromatography has proved to be an invaluable technique not only for the identification and determination of organomercury(II) compounds but also for differentiating inorganically bound from organically bound mercury. It also offers a possible route for determining various inorganic species through their conversion into organomercury(II) compounds. These procedures and the chemical and instrumental problems associated with them are reviewed.     

Substituted dialkylaminomethylphenols in an exchange reaction with carboxylic acid anhydrides

Carboxylic acid benzyl esters are formed in the reaction of carboxylic acid anhydrides with N,N-dialkyl-4(2)-hydroxy-substituted benzylamines. 4-Hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylbenzyl acetate exchanges an acetyl fragment for an alkoxyl fragment and benzylates phenol derivatives in the presence of an acid.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2765–2770, December, 1989.     

Gas-chromatographic separation of silicon-containing sterically hindered phenols and their oxidation products

Conclusions It was shown to be possible to separate and isolate in pure form 2,6-bis(trimethylsilyl)-4-terbutylphenol, 2,4-diterbutyl-6-trimethylsilylphenol, substituted bis(siloxy)diphenyls, and the compounds (obtained for the first time) 2,6-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,4-benzoquinone and 2-terbutyl-6-trimethylsilyl-1,4-benzoquinone by gas-liquid chromatography.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 686–687, March, 1970.     

Free radical addition of F-alkyl compounds to unsaturated carboxylic anhydrides and their derivatives

Many perfluoroalkyl-substituted organic compounds have been obtained through free radical addition of F-alkyl iodides to a center of unsaturation:

X, Y, and Z may include carbon chains, rings and various substituents. During the course of these synthetic studies—done over a span of several years—significant discoveries in mechanism and structure have been made.Today I wish to report some free radical additions of F-alkyl iodides to unsaturated anhydrides and their derivatives. Among the compounds recently discovered are the norbornene products 5 to 10.

Spectroscopic properties of the adducts varied with position and nature of the substituents. Somewhat surprisingly, the chemical shift of protons on the R_F side of the molecule was affected by changes in substituents on the other side of the molecule.Various reactions of the adducts were studied. Unusual stereospecificity in lactone formation and in base- induced cyclization to nortricyclene derivatives was observed. Only when the iodo group was in an endo position did these reactions occur.Analogous free radical addition of fluorinated thiols (R_FCH₂CH₂SH) to norbornene anhydrides produced a series of 5-polyfluoroalkylthionorbornane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid anhydrides(11, 12; U S Patent 3,989,725 (1976). As in previous studies the entering group took up the exo position exclusively. Reaction with acids, esters or norbornene carboxylic imides of the fluorinated thiol also gave analogous products.Because of the hydrophobic nature of the F-alkyl groups the entire range of compounds displayed pronounced surface-activity and would appear to have utility in a wide range of applications.

     

Highly efficient heterogeneous acylations of aromatic compounds with acid anhydrides and carboxylic acids by montmorillonite-enwrapped titanium as a solid acid catalyst

Montmorillonite-enwrapped titanium hydroxide species (Ti⁴⁺-mont) acted as a highly efficient heterogeneous acid catalyst for the acylation of aromatic compounds with acid anhydrides or carboxylic acids. The catalytic activity of the Ti⁴⁺-mont was higher than those of other acid catalysts such as zeolites, SO ₄ ²⁻ /ZrO₂ and p-toluenesulfonic acid. For example, the reaction of anisole with dodecanoic acid in the presence of the Ti⁴⁺-mont catalyst gave 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-dodecanone in 97% yield. Furthermore, the Ti⁴⁺-mont catalyst was easily separated from the reaction mixture and was recyclable.     

Highly efficient heterogeneous acylations of aromatic compounds with acid anhydrides and carboxylic acids by montmorillonite-enwrapped titanium as a solid acid catalyst

Montmorillonite-enwrapped titanium hydroxide species (Ti⁴⁺-mont) acted as a highly efficient heterogeneous acid catalyst for the acylation of aromatic compounds with acid anhydrides or carboxylic acids. The catalytic activity of the Ti⁴⁺-mont was higher than those of other acid catalysts such as zeolites, SO ₄ ^2? /ZrO₂ and p-toluenesulfonic acid. For example, the reaction of anisole with dodecanoic acid in the presence of the Ti⁴⁺-mont catalyst gave 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-dodecanone in 97% yield. Furthermore, the Ti⁴⁺-mont catalyst was easily separated from the reaction mixture and was recyclable.