HALOGEN-CATALYZED PYRIDINE N-OXIDE OXIDATION OF ISONITRILES TO ISOCYANATES
HALOGEN-CATALYZED PYRIDINE N-OXIDE OXIDATION OF ISONITRILES TO ISOCYANATES
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DOI:
10.1021/jo01281a052
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
KRUTZSCH, H
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作者:
JOHNSON, HW;KRUTZSCH, H
The reactions of isopropylisonitrile with pyridineN-oxide in the presence of chlorine, bromine, and iodine have been studied. Reaction with iodine yields isopropyl isocyanate; the kinetics of the reaction were found to be over-all third order. Reaction with bromine yields an initial adduct (II) whose structure has been determined. Further reaction of II with isonitrile yielded isopropyl isocyanate. Reaction of chlorine with isopropylisonitrile and pyridine N-oxide gave the isocyanate in a very slow reaction. Phenyl-and p-anisylisonitriles also gave isocyanates with pyridineN-oxide and iodine; the kinetics were measured and compared with those of iso-propyl isocyanate.Recently the oxidations of isopropyl-and phenyl-isonitriles to the corresponding isocyanates with dimethyl sulfoxide in the presence of halogen were re-ported. 1 Previously the oxidation of isonitriles to isocyanates with mercuric oxide2 and ozone3 and the reaction of isonitrile dihalides with water (which yields the amine, presumably via the isocyanate) 4 havebeen reported. In this paper are reported the results of studies on the mechanism of isonitrile oxidation. Reaction temperatures for the isopropylisonitrileiodine-dimethyl sulfoxide reaction were undesirably high for kinetic studies. Preliminary studies showed that pyridine N-oxide, iodine, and isopropylisonitrile also yielded isopropyl isocyanate in chloroform. The kinetics of the reaction of isopropyl-, phenyl-, and p-anisylisonitriles with pyridine N-oxide and iodine in chloroform solvent were determined using infrared spectroscopy to follow the increase in intensity of the product peakat 2250 cm-1. The reactions appeared to be cleanly third order (first order in isonitrile, pyri-dine N-oxide, and iodine). Iodine was not consumed, and pseudo-second-order kinetics were observed experi-mentally. The reaction was run in a normal sealed cell using the thermostating of the instrument (32±0.5) for temperature control. The10% agreement of the rate constants appeared satisfactory to establish the order of the reaction. Each run was accurately pseudo second order graphically. The nonconsump-