Mild and Efficient Nitration of Aromatic Compounds Mediated by Transition-Metal Complexes

Aromatic compounds were efficiently nitrated under facile reaction conditions by employing 69% nitric acid catalyzed by transition-metal complexes such as [Co(NH₃)₅Cl]Cl₂, [Cu(NH₃)₄]SO₄, Mn(acac)₃, [Ni(NH₃)₆]Cl₂, [Ni(en)₃]S₂O₃, and Hg[Co(SCN)₄]. The reaction was completed smoothly at room temperature and afforded corresponding mono-nitro derivatives in quantitative yield. This new method offers efficient and facile regioselective mononitration of aromatic compounds.

The occurrence of electron transfer in aromatic nitration: dynamical aspects

Electron transfer (ET) from toluene to the nitronium ion in the region of van der Waals intermolecular distances has been investigated by a quantum dynamical analysis performed on potential-energy surfaces computed at the ab initio multireference configuration interaction level. The results show that ET is very fast, occurring on a timescale of a few picoseconds. This has important implications for the mechanism of aromatic nitration: the ET path can compete efficiently with the direct attack of the nitronium ion to the aromatic substrate to yield the Wheland intermediate and that could explain some unsettled points in the mechanism of aromatic nitration. Received: 16 September 1999 / Accepted: 3 February 2000 / Published online: 12 May 2000     

Nitration of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Halobenzenes Using NOx Catalyzed by Solid Acid Catalysts

The nitration of aromatics using zeolite as a solid inorganic catalyst and nitric oxides as nitrating agents is a relatively clean process for aromatic nitration.     

Lanthanide(III) nosylates as new nitration catalysts

Lanthanide(III) nosylates are novel, recyclable catalysts prepared from the noncorrosive and inexpensive p-nitrotoluenesulfonic acid and the corresponding lanthanide(III) oxide. With 5-10% catalyst loading, atom economic nitration of simple aromatic compounds was achieved in good to high yields.     

Solvent-free nitration of electron-rich arenes

Nitration of relatively electron-rich arenes does not require an additive or a solvent. For example, reaction on a gram scale of anisole with acetyl nitrate, generated in situ by mixing 100% HNO₃ with acetic anhydride, produced 2,4-dinitroanisole in 82% yield after crystallization of the crude product. Results with five additional monosubstituted benzene derivatives possessing highly activated, weakly activated, or weakly deactivated rings are reported.     

邻氯甲苯直接硝化法合成6-氯-3-氨基甲苯-4-磺酸

邻氯甲苯混酸硝化合成6-氯-3-氨基甲苯-4-磺酸(CLT酸)因其产率低及选择性差而未能实现工业生产,本文对该工艺进行了改进,采用酸性β沸石和乙酰硝酸酯作为催化剂和硝化剂,提高了硝化选择性和收率,分别为72％和97％;并改进了还原、异构体分离和磺化操作;CLT酸总收率提高到61％.     

A Practical Iodination of Aromatic Compounds by Using Iodine and Iodic Acid

This article describes simple and efficient method for the iodination of different aromatic amines, hydroxy aromatic aldehydes, hydroxy acetophenones and phenols using iodine and iodic acid in ethanol as a solvent. Notable advantages include mild reaction condition, no need of catalyst, short reaction time, simple practical procedure, giving excellent yield of the product.     

芳香型螺双内酯二胺的合成

以对硝基甲苯和多聚甲醛为原料,经过两种途径合成了二氨基芳香型螺双内酯--6,6′-二氨基-3,3′-螺双苯酞.发现二(2-甲基-5-硝基苯基)甲烷在酸性体系中经氧化反应可高收率地得到二硝基螺双内酯,还原二硝基螺双内酯时发现,在低极性溶剂中主要生成一种稳定的芳香型羟胺类化合物--6,6′-二羟氨基-3,3′-螺双苯酞,在高极性溶剂中主要生成6,6′-二氨基-3,3′-螺双苯酞.通过¹HNMR,¹³CNMR,IR,MS及元素分析确证了二氨基螺双内酯及其中间产物的结构     

Formation of nitrohydrazones by acidic nitration of organic hydrazine derivatives

It was found by means of NMR spectroscopy that the nitration of trinitroethyl hydrazine derivatives affords nitrohydrazones rather than nitrohydrazines as supposed previously.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 736–738, April, 1993.     

Preparation ofN-nitrohydroxylamines by direct nitration

The possibilities for stabilization of compounds with the A-B-NO₂ fragment, where A is an atom containing a lone electron pair, were examined. It was shown thatN-methyl-O-2,4-dinitro- and 2,4,6-trinitrophenylhydroxylamines undergo nitration with nitronium tetrafluoroborate or with a mixture of nitric acid and acetic anhydride to give the correspondingN-nitrohydroxylamines in high yields.N-Nitro-2,4-dinitrohydroxylamine that contains no methyl group at the nitrogen atom is unstable and forms a product ofO-alkylation upon reaction with diazomethane.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2276–2278, November, 1995.The work was supported by the International Science Foundation (Grant NGN 000).     

The kinetics of vapor-phase nitration of cellulose 2. Nitration with nitric acid under static conditions

The regularities of vapor-phase nitration of cellulose with HNO₃ under conditions of natural convection and hindered heat removal in the absence of air were studied using the nonisothermal kinetic method. It was established that the nitration rate at the depth of conversion of 0.08 to 0.7 is described by the kinetic law d/dt =k ₁ p/(1+), wherek ₁ = 10^4.49±0.6 exp(–A/RT) s^–1 atm^–1, = 10^{–35.5±15.7}exp(B/RT),A = 36.6±3.8 kl mol^–1, andB = 203±88 kJ mol^–1. The diffusion mechanism of vapor-phase nitration of cellulose, which explains the high value of activation energies, is discussed. The effective diffusion coefficient of HNO₃ in cellulose at 25 °3.7 · 10^–7 cm² s^–1) and the activation energy of diffusion (38.3±4.2 kJ mol^–1) were estimated.For Part 1, see Ref. l.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1981–1985, August, 1996.     

Thermal hazards evaluation for sym-TCB nitration reaction using thermal screening unit (TSU)

A set of experiments was conducted in an HEL thermal screening unit with synthetic mixtures of raw materials in various proportions to evaluate the potential thermal hazards at normal and offset process conditions for nitration of symmetrical trichlorobenzene (TCB). The experiments were carried out in the adiabatic condition. The onset temperatures of the exotherms along with maximum temperature and pressure rise data for the desired and undesirable reactions were obtained. In the presence of excess nitric acid and oleum, the reaction shows a severe thermal runaway at the onset temperature of 138°C with a rapid rise in temperature and pressure leading to a potential explosion. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Regioselective C5 nitration of N-protected indolines using ferric nitrate under mild conditions

An efficient and facile process has been developed for the regioselective C5 nitration of the N-protected indolines using ferric nitrate as the nitrating reagents. The reaction proceeded smoothly in moderate to excellent yields with high efficiency and broad substrate scope under mild conditions. In addition, the synthesized nitration products can be further transformed to 5-nitroindolines and C5-nitroindole derivatives. The method is operationally simple, efficient, and might have potential application in industry production.     

钝化芳环的硝化研究进展*

芳香族化合物的硝化反应是工业生产中重要的单元反应,钝化芳环的硝化反应在医药、农药、染料和炸药合成中有重要地位。本文从硝化试剂角度综述了近年来钝化芳环的硝化反应的进展,包括硝酸盐/硫酸、硝酸酯、硝酸、氮氧化物等硝化方法。简要评述了这些方法的特点,并展望了硝化方法的研究方向。其中,硝酸盐/硫酸体系具有较强的硝化能力,对于钝化芳环,可以在温和条件下以高收率得到硝化产物,在实验室制备或工业应用中具有较高的应用价值;其他硝化方法由于各种原因暂时不能对钝化程度较高的芳环进行硝化,还需进一步研究具有较高活性的硝化体系。     

对-甲苯乙酮与芳香醛和芳香胺的Mannich反应

Mannich反应是合成新化合物的重要方法 [1] ,其对应的产物 Mannich碱常常具有广泛的生物活性 [2 ] .文献报道 ,对 -甲苯乙酮的 Mannich碱具有抑癌 [3]和麻醉拮抗 [4 ]等生物活性 ,但是文献中对 -甲苯乙酮 Mannich碱的合成却是从胺交换法 [5] 、酮交换法 [6] 、查耳酮与胺的 Michael加成[7] 、Schiff碱与酮的缩合 [8～ 14 ] 、β-内酰胺与有机锂的亲核裂解 [15] 等间接方法得到的 .即使是从直接法合成 ,一般也是甲醛参与的 Mannich反应 .虽然芳香醛和芳香胺同时参与的 Mannich反应已有报道 [16] ,但对 -甲苯乙酮与芳香醛和芳香胺直接进行…     

Dual selective nitration in Arabidopsis: Almost exclusive nitration of PsbO and PsbP,and highly susceptible nitration of four non‐PSII proteins,including peroxiredoxin II E

Protein tyrosine nitration is a selective process, as revealed in studies of animals. However, evidence for selective protein nitration in plants is scarce. In this study, Arabidopsis plants were exposed to air with or without nitrogen dioxide at 40 ppm for 8 h in light. Proteins extracted from whole leaves or isolated chloroplasts were subjected to 2D PAGE followed by SYPRO Ruby staining and immunoblotting using an anti‐3‐nitrotyrosine antibody. We determined the relative intensity of a spot on an immunoblot (designated RISI), and relative intensity of the corresponding spot on SYPRO Ruby gel (designated RISS). Proteins that exhibited a high RISI value and/or a high RISI/RISS ratio were considered selectively nitrated. In whole leaf proteins from exposed plants, all immunopositive spots were identified as PsbO1, PsbO2 or PsbP1 by PMF. Thus, nitration was exclusive to PsbO and PsbP, extrinsic proteins of photosystem II (PSII). Their RISI/RISS ratio was ≤1.5. Non‐exposed plants showed very faint nitration. In purified chloroplast proteins, PsbO and PsbP accounted for >80% of the total RISI values, while four non‐PSII proteins, including peroxiredoxin II E, exhibited high RISI/RISS ratios (2.5～6.6). Tyr⁹ of PsbO1 was identified as a nitration site. Thus, nitration is selective for two PSII and four non‐PSII proteins in Arabidopsis.     

直接进样气相色谱法分析有机芳香酸

用实验室合成的十二烷基苯磺酸甲铵配成固定液溶液,以汞塞动态法制备成毛细管色谱柱。讨论了该毛细管柱的制备方法,对有机芳香酸的分离以及定量分析问题。     

The effect of aryl nitration on gas sorption and permeation in polysulfone

CO_2, CH_4, O_2, and N₂ permeability and solubility of unmodified and aryl-nitrated polysulfone were determined at 35°C and pressures up to 20 atm. The degree of nitration was varied from 0 to 2 nitro groups per repeat unit. The permeability and diffusion coefficients for all gases decreased with increasing degree of nitro substitution. The decrease in gas diffusivity is attributed to a combination of decreased fractional free volume and decreased torsional mobility with increasing degree of substitution. The solubilities of N_2, O_2, and CH₄ do not show a systematic dependence on degree of substitution. However, CO₂ solubility apparently goes through a minimum as the degree of substitution is increased. CO₂ solubility may be influenced by a competition between increases in polymer polarity (favoring higher solubility) and lower free volume (favoring lower solubility) that accompanies increases in the polar nitro substituent concentration. CO₂/CH₄ solubility selectivity increases monotonically as the degree of substitution increases. CO₂/CH₄ permselectivity and diffusivity selectivity increased with increasing degree of substitution. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

The Regioselectivity of (Dimethylvinylidene)carbene Directed by Aromatic Ring upon the Addition into Aryl Alkenes in the Presence of Other Olefins

Regioselective cycloaddition of (dimethylvinylidene)carbene (1) into aryl alkenes in the presence of other olefins is reported. The reaction is presumably controlled by the phenyl group, which forms an aromatic π-complex with the carbene C-3 orbital, followed by the selective addition of 1 to the closest phenyl-substituted double bond. Also, this selectivity is assumed to be attributed to delocalization of aromatic π electrons which increases the electron density of the conjugated carbon-carbon double bond, thus leading to the facile addition of vinylidenecarbene.     

Regioselective nitration of aromatic substrates in zeolite cages

Phenol is nitrated regioselectively by fuming nitric acid inside the cages of faujasite zeolites (dependent on the loading level) and a remarkable ortho-selectivity is observed in solid state nitration. Toluene and chlorobenzene also containing ortho-/para-orienting substituents, undergo faster nitration, though the regioselectivity is less significant in zeolite media. The results are explained on the basis of diffusion and binding of phenol inside zeolite, which facilitate regioselectivity (and which is absent in toluene and chlorobenzene). Other advantages of employing zeolites as media for mild and selective nitration are also highlighted.