Ketenimines
Ketenimines are a group of organic compounds with the general structure R2C=C=NR'. A ketenimine is a cumulated alkene and imine and is related to an allene and a ketene.[1] When the substituents on the terminal carbon differ, the ketenimines are intrinsically chiral owing to the non-linearity of the C=N-R group. The parent compound, ketenimine, tautomerizes rapidly to acetonitrile.[2]
Synthesis
[edit]Ketenimines can be prepared by reactions of isocyanates with Wittig reagents:
- Ph3P=CR2 + R'N=C=O → R2C=C=NR' + Ph3PO (Ph = phenyl)
Similarly, aza-Wittig reagents react with ketenes to give ketenimines:
- Ph3P=NR' + R2C=C=O → R2C=C=NR' + Ph3PO
This method was employed in the preparation of the first example of a ketenimine.[3]
Astronomical detection
[edit]The parent ketenimine (CH2CNH) has a distinctive rovibrational spectrum. The ν8 and ν12 bands in the high-resolution FTIR spectrum are pair of Coriolis-coupled bands. They provide a rare example where intensity sharing between bands yields sufficient intensity for an otherwise invisible band (ν12).[4][5]
Further reading
[edit]- Denmark, Scott E.; Wilson, Tyler W. (2012). "Silyl Ketene Imines: Highly Versatile Nucleophiles for Catalytic, Asymmetric Synthesis". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51 (40): 9980–9992. Bibcode:2012ACIE...51.9980D. doi:10.1002/anie.201202139. PMC 3532842. PMID 22968901.
- Alajarin, Mateo; Marin-Luna, Marta; Vidal, Angel (2012). "Recent Highlights in Ketenimine Chemistry". European Journal of Organic Chemistry (29): 5637–5653. doi:10.1002/ejoc.201200383.
References
[edit]- ↑ Lu, Ping; Wang, Yanguang (2012). "The Thriving Chemistry of Ketenimines". Chemical Society Reviews. 41 (17): 5687–6305. doi:10.1039/C2CS35159E. PMID 22833018.
- ↑ Rodler, Martin; Brown, Ronald D.; Godfrey, Peter D.; Tack, Leslie M. (October 1984). "Generation, microwave spectrum and dipole moment of ketenimine". Chemical Physics Letters. 110 (5): 447–451. doi:10.1016/0009-2614(84)87068-2.
- ↑ Staudinger, H.; Meyer, Jules (1919). "Über neue organische Phosphorverbindungen III. Phosphinmethylenderivate und Phosphinimine". Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2: 635–646. Bibcode:1919HChAc...2..635S. doi:10.1002/hlca.19190020164.
- ↑ Michael K. Bane; Christopher D. Thompson; Evan G. Robertson; Dominique R. T. Appadoo; Don McNaughton (2011). "High-resolution FTIR spectroscopy of the ν8 and Coriolis perturbation allowed ν12 bands of ketenimine". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13 (15): 6793–8. Bibcode:2011PCCP...13.6793B. doi:10.1039/C0CP01816C. PMID 21116541.
- ↑ F. J. Lovas; J. M. Hollis; Anthony J. Remijan; P. R. Jewell (2006). "Detection of Ketenimine (CH2CNH) in Sagittarius B2(N) Hot Cores". The Astrophysical Journal. 645 (2): L137–L140. Bibcode:2006ApJ...645L.137L. doi:10.1086/506324.
