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Tip
of the Month - Hydroxide:
Base or Nucleophile
When hydroxide has a choice of acting as a base or acting as a nucleophile,
under PTC conditions, hydroxide acts predominantly as a base. This is why benzyl
chloride can be used as an excellent alkylating agent in high yield under strong
base PTC-NaOH conditions, without significant "hydrolysis" to benzyl
alcohol. However, when hydroxide has no choice, it will act as a nucleophile.
For example, one can obtain quantitative yield of dibenzyl ether by reacting
benzyl chloride with NaOH and a phase-transfer catalyst, in the absence of other
reactants. Surprise: Can you react an acid chloride with an amine (=> amide)
in the presence of NaOH in high yield? See the PTC Reaction of the Month below!
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PTC Reaction of the Month
How is this for competition? Look what happens when an acid chloride (with all
kinds of halides hanging of the molecule) was added to a mixture of
isobutylamine and NaOH in the presence of methylene chloride and a
phase-transfer catalyst. Would you have expected hydrolysis of the acid chloride
to occur first? This PTC N-alkylation cyclization reaction is useful for
cephalosporin intermediates. Abrecht, S., (Hoffmann-La Roche) EP 0 864 564
16-Sep-1998.
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