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CopyrightKharagpur GENERAL INTRODUCTI ON IIT CHAPTER - I CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTION The oxidation of the methyl group in various mono methyl pyridines, commonly called picolines, leads to the formation of the corresponding pyridinecarboxylic acids. The oc , ^ , and Y-picolines give on oxidation picolinic, nicotinic and isonicotinic acids respectively :- (i) oL -or 2-picoline picolinic acid or pyridine 2-carboxylic acid (ii) jS -or 3-picoline nicotinic acid,"niaciann or pyridine 3-carboxylic acid CHo COOH 02 (iii) isonicotinic acid or CopyrightKharagpurpyridine 4-carboxylic acid. 1 . Importance of Pyridine Carboxvlie Acids The pyridine earboxylic acids, particularly nicoti nic and isonicotinicIIT aciSs are very important as precursors of a 1 2 number of potential drugs ^ * Nicotinic acid, commonly known as niacin, had been synthesised long before its function in the human system could be discerned. The acid in the form of its amide was later found to be one of the members of the vitamin B-eomplex group. It is an antineuritie factor and highly effective in curing human pellagra (a disease characterised by skin lesions and inflammation of the tongue)• Nicotinic acid is the starting material for the synthesis of coramine (N,N-diethylnicotinamide ), a very powerful analeptic and respiratory stimulant• A number of derivatives of nicotinic acid have been tested for their action on blood-vessels• 3«Pyridyl metha nol is the most promising compound in this group* Another deri vative of nicotinic acid, isopropyl nicotinate, has been introduced as a powerful vasodilator and also as a local anaesthetic* Nicotinic acid is needed in the human system for the synthesis of two important coenzymes, DPN (diphosphopyridine nucleotide,Copyright coenzyme I) andKharagpur TPN (triphosphopyridine nucleotide, coenzyme I I ) • A number of compounds derived from isonicotinic acid have beenIIT found to be very effective in the chemotherapy of tuberculosis* The tuberculostatic activity of isoniazide i3 several times more than that of any other synthetic substance or antibiotic* The compound has very low toxicity and is generally used in combination -with streptomycine* It is prepared in excellent yields by reacting an ester of iso- nicotinic acid with hydrazine: COOCH3 NH2NH2 C0NHNH2 o 0 2 * Raw materials for the production of pyridine carboxylic acids:- k number of methods using raw materials other than picolines have been reported for the production of the indivi dual pyridinecarboxylic acids* 4 short description of these methods is given below: (i) Production of nicotinic acid: (a) Oxidation of nicotine with nitric acid: CHg - CHg JH CHg ---5222--- ^ f S ^ C O O H ^ ^ ^ (oxidation) T J CH3 Kharagpurh Copyright(b) Oxidation of quinoline followed by decar boxylation at the 2-position: IIT °... >■ 0H heat _ ri^C O O H U c o o h U The oxidation Is carried out with sulphuric acid using selenium as catalyst* The method is an important one for the commercial production of nicotinic acid novTa^days* (c) Hydrolysis of 3-cyanopyridine The cyanopyridine is obtained from pyridine 1 . Brg | hr 2 . (d) Oxidation of 2-methyl 5-ethylpyridine, followed by decarboxylation in the 2-positions COOH (ii) Production of isonicotinic acid: Isonicotinic acid has been industrially obtained makingCopyright use of the followingKharagpur reactions!- (a) From citric acid - The triamide of citric acid when heated with sulphuric acid is converted to citra- zinic acid, whichIIT on subsequent treatment with POCI3 and HI, gives isonicotinic acid* « 5 COOH CHg - COOH h ^ o NH3 . J °*NH2 4 9 (OH)- COOH ■> >H -XbH^CH HO OH CHg - COOH 29 2 HgFIOC C0NH2 COOH COOH COOH POCI3 HI HO C g J OH o o (b) By oxidation of 4-ethyl pyridine, produced by the reductive acylation of pyridines Q^ 5—CHo - CH3 a QCOOH Plcolines as raw materials for pyridine carboxylic acids The picolines are important starting materials for the production of pyridine carboxylic acids* They can be derived either from natural sources or synthetically* The major supply is from coal Kharagpurcarbonisation and coal tar industri es.Copyright Approximately 0*014 lb* of total pyridine bases are present per 1000 cuft. of the coke oven gases, of which about 70$ is pyridine itself; the remainder is a mixture of various alkylatedIIT pyridines, such as picolines, lutidines, .collidines and quinolines* 6 Recovery of the pyridine bases from coal distillation products (a) From coal tar? About 40# of the total pyridines present in the coke oven gas condenses with the tar* On distilling the tar these bases come in the middle oil fraction* After separating the naphthalene by cooling and extracting the acids with caustic soda the oil is distilled* The distillate is extracted with sulphuric acid to separate the tar bases as their water soluble salts* The non-aqueous layer is separated . and if necessary, the aqueous layer may be steam distilled to remove any dissolved oils* The pyridine bases are regene rated by neutralising this extract with caustic soda or ammonia solution* They are dried by azeotropic distillation with benzene, and further purified by fractional distillation* (b) From the mother liquor left after ammonium sulphate crystallisation in the ammonia recovery system; In the ammonia recovery unit, the mother liquor left after ammonium sulphate crystallisation contains about 2-6$ pyridines in the form of their sulphates* This liquor is Copyrightneutralised by passing Kharagpurammonia vapours through it to liberate the bases* The effluent from the neutraliser is adjusted to pH 6 and is returned to the ammonia saturator and the vapoursIIT are passed through a reflux condenser at 92-96°C and finally condensed* The condensate separates into two layers, the lower layer is worked up for ammonia recovery* The upper layer consisting of pyridine bases contains about 15# water ■which is removed by azeotropic distillation -with benzene. The bases are further refined by fractional distillation« The crude contains about 70$ pyridine, 8$ picolines and 2,6 lutidine, 0*6$ 2,4,6 - collidine and the remainder is a mixture of aniline and quinoline bases. During the distillation of this mixture pyridine (b.p. 115.3°) and 2-pieoline (b.p.l28°) can be obtained in good purity. The next higher boiling fraction which contains 3-picoline (b .p .143.5°), 4-picoline (b .p .143.1°) and 2 ,6 - lutidine (b .p .143° ) is the commercial" p-picoline*' • These bases cannot be separated by fractional distillation, because the boiling points are too close to each other# The methods of separation of 3- and 4-picolines and also the elaborate methods of their purification will be discussed in detail later. Synthetic methods for the production of pyridine bases: Numerous synthetic methods have been suggested for the production of pyridine bases. A few of them involving cheaper starting materials will be listed here* In all these methods ammonia is condensedKharagpur either with an aldehyde, alcohol or Copyrightacetylene to build up the pyridine molecule* (a) Condensation of aldehydes with ammonia IITThe condensation of crotonaldehyde and ammonia was studied by Chichibabin^2^ . The reaction mixture consist ing of the vapours of ammonia and crotonaldehyde was passed over alumina at 340° • A mixture of 3-ethyl 4-pieoline, 5-ethyl 2-picoline, 2-picoline, 4-picoline, and some other homologues was obtained. This condensation when carried out in the liquid phase at 250°C and under pressure using ammo nium acetate as a catalyst led to a higher yield (18$) , but the product was exclusively 5-ethyl 2-picolijne^ . in most of the experiments carried out with acetaldehyde and ammonia, in liquid phase, 5-ethyl, 2-pieoline was the main product* Conversions as high as 70$ have been reported by using ammonium acetate as catalyst in a continuous reactor, o (4) temperature being 225-265 C * The yield of pieolines was found to be higher in the vapour phase than in the liquid phase* A mixture of acetaldehyde and ammonia when passed over alumina (!I$) on silica catalyst at 500°C, gave 20.4$ 2-picoline and 17.6$ 4-picolinev ' . The condensation of acetaldehyde and ammonia in presence of a catalyst containing 82$ silica, 15$ alumina and 3$ thoria, gave 34# 2-picoline, 32$ 4-picoline, 10$ 5- /M ethyl 2-picoline and 3$ 3-ethyl 4-picoline at 450°C • 3-picoline was obtained in 50-57$ yield by vapour phase condensationCopyright of erotqnaldehydeKharagpur with ammonia at 350°C, using aluminium phosphate catalyst and benzene vapour or steam as a d i l u e n t ^ ^ • Traces of pyridine was also produced. IIT(b) Condensation of ammonia with alcohols: The reaction proceeds probably through the intermediate conversion of alcohol to the corresponding aldehyde and the products in general are the same as those with the aldehydes* Vapour phase condensation of ethylene glycol with ammonia over alumina at 400°C, produced 2- and (9) 4-picolines and no pyridine * It has also been reported that the condensation of allyl alcohol with ammonia in pre sence of alumina catalyst gave 20% yield of 3-picoline at o 400 C, nitrogen was used as a- diluent in thfe case',J-w/ • (c) Condensation of acetylene with ammonia A great deal*of research has been done on the condensation of ammonia with acetylene leading to the formation of pyridine bases and encouraging results have thus been obtained* Catalysts like the oxides or carbides of iron,chromium, tungsten or aluminium and also cadmium chromate, molybdate, tungstate or vanadate, supported on silica, alumina or clay were found to be promising for this reaction, the favourable range of temperature being 250-350°c. ( )( ) It has been reported 11 12 that under optimum conditions, the yield of pyridine bases was as high as 79$. Separation and purification of picolines from a mixture of pyridineCopyright bases: Kharagpur Commercial picoline, irrespective of the method of production, is always a mixture of the three isomers as well as some otherIIT pyridine bases* Separation of the indivi dual picolines from such mixtures has been a subject for investigation by many workers and many processes have been developed.