Triphosgene was decomposed quantitatively to phosgene by chloride ion. The reaction course was monitored by IR spectroscopy (React-IR), showing that diphosgene was an intermediate. The methanolysis of triphosgene in deuterated chloroform, monitored by proton NMR spectroscopy, gave methyl chloroformate and methyl 1,1, 1-trichloromethyl carbonate in about a 1:1 ratio, as primary products. The reaction carried out in the presence of large excess of methanol (0.3 M, 30 equiv) was a pseudo-first-order process with a k(obs) of 1.0 x 10(-)(4) s(-)(1). Under the same conditions, values of k(obs) of 0.9 x 10(-)(3) s(-)(1) and 1.7 x 10(-)(2) s(-)(1) for the methanolysis of diphosgene and phosgene, respectively, were determined. The experimental data suggest that, under these conditions, the maximum concentration of phosgene during the methanolysis of triphosgene and diphosgene was lower than 1 x 10(-)(5) M. Methyl 1,1,1-trichloromethyl carbonate was synthesized and characterized also by the APCI-MS technique.
A new, convergent synthesis and process of the title open-chain C-9 compounds, valuable monomers for preparation of polyamides with specific properties, are discussed. Starting from relatively inexpensive raw materials, for example, cyclohexanone and activated C-3 olefins, the method provides polymer grade ω-functionalized nonanoic acids. An improved protocol for cyanoethylation or carbalkoxyethylation of cyclohexanone in the presence of a catalytic amount of primary or secondary amines gave 3-(2-oxo-cyclohexane) propanecarboxylic acid derivatives 1 in high yield. Cyclohexaneperoxycarboxylic acid (CHPCA) is introduced as highly efficient reagent in Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement of 1. Pyrolysis of 2 (EWG ) CN) afforded under optimized conditions 3 in high yield and regioisomeric purity, otherwise a mixture of three unsaturated isomeric ω-cyano nonenoic acids is obtained. Partial hydrogenation of unsaturated acids 3 allowed isolation of saturated longchain difunctionalized acids 4. Hydrolysis of 4 led to 1,9nonanedicarboxylic acid (azelaic acid) 5, whereas its hydrogenation at elevated pressure gave 9-aminononanoic acid 6. Alternatively, a practical four-step syntehsis of 5 via isolable 7-substituted oxepan-2-one (EWG ) COOMe) 2 has been designed and experimentated. The versatile position of 3-(2oxo-cyclohexane) propanecarboxylic acid derivatives 1 as raw materials for Fine Chemicals is also discussed.
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