SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS OF ACTIVATED METAL CATALYSTS .2. THE FORMATION OF HETEROCYCLIC DIARYLS
SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS OF ACTIVATED METAL CATALYSTS .2. THE FORMATION OF HETEROCYCLIC DIARYLS
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DOI:
10.1039/jr9560000616
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发表时间:
1956-01-01
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SASSE, WHF
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作者:
BADGER, GM;SASSE, WHF
RANEY nickel is here reported as a useful catalyst for the preparation of heterocyclic diaryls. For example, pyridine, when refluxed with the catalyst, affords 2: 2'-dipyridyl in useful yield on evaporation (and recovery) of the unchanged base. As 2: 2'-dipyridyl and many related heterocyclic diaryls form characteristic metallic chelate compounds, the method should prove of value for the preparation of these valuable reagents. In the preliminary experiments with pyridine, in which W7 Raney nickel was used, the crude product was dark brown and was obtained only in small yield. Attempts were therefore made to modify and improve the catalyst for the present purpose, by treating it in various ways to reduce the amount of adsorbed hydrogen. The most satisfactory catalyst (see Experimental section) was obtained by heating W7 Raney nickel on a steambath in a vacuum. Pyridine was then added to the essentially dry (and pyrophoric) catalyst, with care to exclude air until the nickel had been completely covered. The addition of hydrogen acceptors (such as acetone and cyclohexanone) to the reaction mixture was without influence on the yield, and a catalyst which had been deactivated with aqueous hydrogen peroxide was much less effective. Under the best conditions so far found, the crude 2: 2'-dipyridyl was obtained as pale yellow crystals which could be purified without difficulty. In some runs a small amount of an insoluble organonickel compound was obtained. Pyrolysis of this material at atmospheric pressure gave a little volatile material which was identified as 2: 2'-dipyridyl. This was also obtained when the organonickel compound was dissolved in warm concentrated hydrochloric acid, and the solution basified. It may be noted that