HIGH-YIELD REACTIONS TO INTRODUCE ALDEHYDE GROUPS INTO PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES.

Abstract

The mechanism of the deoxygenation of 5-ethyl-2-picoline N-oxide with benzyl sulfonyl chloride was elucidated. Two new methods for the deoxygenation of pyridine N-oxides were discovered. The sulfonyl chloride rearrangement of 2-picolin N-oxides was extended to include sulfonic acid anhydrides and sulfonyl bromides. The selective reduction of cyanopyridines to pyridinecarboxaldehydes with Raney nickel was ivestigated. The conversion of 2-pyridinemethanols to their oximes via the 2-sulfonate esters was demonstrated. The oxidation of 2-pyridine methanols to the corresponding aldehydes with manganese dioxide gave moderate yields. Oxidation of 2-pyridine methanols with t-butyl hypochloride gave the aldehyde in yields of 45 to 57%. 2-Pyridin aldoxime methochloride was prepared from 2-pyridine methanol by a new sequence involving (1) quaternization with methyl iodide, (2) conversion to the 2-chloromethyl analog with thionyl chloride and (3) reaction with hydroxylamine; the overall yield was 56%. The conversion of 4-picoline N-oxide to 4-pyridine aldoxime via anil formation, acid hydrolysis, and oxime formation was successful. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0635119

Entities

People

  • A. B. Ash
  • F. A. Daniher

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Alcohols
  • Aldehydes
  • Amines
  • Anhydrides
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chlorides
  • Conversion
  • Deoxygenation
  • Esters
  • Hydrolysis
  • Manganese
  • Methanols
  • Oxidation
  • Oxides
  • Pyridines
  • Sulfonic Acids

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

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