CXXVI.-Y%C Fiycld)~-Omicles of Undecylenic Acid
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View Article Online / Journal Homepage / Table of Contents for this issue THE IIY DROBROMIDES OF UNDECYLENIC ACID. 1191 CXXVI.-Y%c fIycld)~-omiclesof Undecylenic Acid. By JAMES WALKERand JOHNs. LUMSDEN. BRUNNER(Bey-., 1886, 18, 2226), by the addition of hydrogen bromide to undecylenic acid, CI,H,,02, obtained a bromundecylic acid, C,,H,,O,Br, which fused at 35’. No details of the mode of preparation or purification are given. The same acid is mentioned by Nordlinger (Ber., 1890, 23, 2357), but again no details are given. Nardlinger also, by the addition of hydrogen bromide to the methyl and ethyl esters of undecylenic acid, prepared the corresponding esters of a bromundecylic acid, As it has been proved with practical certainty that ufidecylenic acid has the formula CH,:CH*[CH,],*CO,H, compounds obtained from it by the addition of hydrogen bromide must have one or other of the formula : CH,Br*CH,*[CH,],*CO,H and CH,*C€€Br*[CH,~,*CO2H. Nordlinger, on the strength of the rule that the halogen atom in such additions generally takes up the position more remote from the Published on 01 January 1901. Downloaded by Fudan University 23/11/2017 08:36:04. carboxyl group, assumes that Brunner’s acid has the formula CH,Br*[CH,]9*C0,H and that the esters which he himself prepared are the esters of this acid. Since these esters have been made the starting point for determining the constitution of various substances, it is plainly of importance to know if Nordlinger’s assumptions are justified, In the present paper, it is shown that the acid CH,Br*[CH,],*CO,H is not Brunner’s acid, which has in all probability the other con- stitution, C?H,*CHBr*[CH,],*CO,H. Both these acids are simul- taneously formed by the addition of hydrogen bromide to undecylenic acid, and no doubt the esters of both are produced by the addition of hydrogen bromide to undecylenic esters, a circumstance which would explain the divergent results obtained by different observers in syntheses involving their use. View Article Online 1192 WALKER AND LUMSDEN: Addition of Hydrogen Bromide to Undecplenic Acid. The hydrogen bromide which we used in the following experiments was in all cases free from bromine, and dried by means of phosphoric oxide. Addition without the use of a Solvent.-The following is a typical experiment. Seven grams of undecylenic acid were saturated with hydrogen bromide at the ordinary temperature. The acid fused and became slightly warm. Absorption ceased when 35 grams of the gas had been taken up. Dry air was then led through the liquid product to remove the excess of hydrogen bromide. This occasioned a loss of 0.5 gram, so that 7 grams of undecylenic acid had united with 3.0 grams of hydrogen bromide, the calculated quantity being 3.1 grams. After remaining for some time in a vacuous desiccator, the liquid partially solidified, and the crystals (4 grams) were separated from the oil (6 grams) by filtration. The crude crystals were spread on porous tiles to remove the oil which still adhered to them, and were recrystallised from warm light petroleum. The substance separated in clusters of needles which melted at 50°. The oil did not solidify at the laboratory temperature even after long-continued standing, but crystallised on cooling to Oo. The crys- tals were washed on the ice-cooled filter with cooled light petroleum, and were then spread on porous tiles. On recrystallisation from light petroleum, they melted at 359 In this experiment, Brunner's acid mas formed in about equal propor- tion with another acid of higher melting point, The proportions of Published on 01 January 1901. Downloaded by Fudan University 23/11/2017 08:36:04. the two acids vary very much in different experiments-, sometimes one, sometimes the other, preponderating. Addition in Ethereal Xolut iom-Seven grams of undecylenic acid were dissolved in anhydrous ether, and the solution saturated at the ordinary temperature with hydrogen bromide, the excess of which was after- wards removed by a current of dry air. On evaporation of the ether, the residue solidified, and was purified by spreading on a porous tile and recrystallisation from light petroleum. Five grams of Brunner's acid melting at 35' were thus obtained. Tbe presence of the ether seems to favour the formation of the isomeride of lower melting point. Addition in, Toluene Solution.-Twenty-five grams of undecylenic acid were dissolved in 20 grams of toluene, the solution cooled in ice, and saturated with hydrogen bromide. When saturation was com- plete, a solid separated, which was filtered off, thoroughly mixed with a little light pstroleum at Oo, and refiltered. After drying on a tile, its weight was found to be 16 grams and its melting point 49-50°. View Article Online THE HYDROBROMIDFX OF UNDECYLENIC ACID. 1193 The filtrates on cooling to Oo deposited a further amount of solid, which was purified as already mentioned. In all, 26.5 grams of the acid of higher melting point were obtained from the 25 grams of undecglenic acid, and this we have found to be the best method of preparing it. w-Bromundecylic Acid, CH,Br*[CH,],*C02H, This acid, prepared in toluene solution in the manner just detailed, is insoluble in water, but freely soluble in the ordinary organic sol- vents, for example, alcohol, ether, chloroform, or benzene. Whilst easily soluble in warm light petroleum, it is only sparingly SO at the ordinary temperature, and very sparingly so at 0". Light petroleum therefore forms the most convenient solvent for its recrystallisation. It usually separates in clusters of fine needles, which, when pure, melt sharply at 51' without discoloration or evolution of gas. The sub- stance gave the following numbers on analysis : 0.1472, heated in a Carius tube with 0.4323 AgNO,, required 199C.C. of decinormnl NH,CNS to precipitate the excess of AgNO, Br = 30.05. C,,H,,O,Br requires Br = 30.19 per cent. The substance may be warmed either by itself or in organic solvents to a temperature considerably above its melting point without noteworthy evolution of hydrogen bromide occurring. The aqueous solutions of its alkali salts also are compsratively stable, showing little tendency to the separation of bromide and regeneration of undecylenic acid. o-Hydroxyundecylic Acid, CH2(0H)*[CH,],*C0,H. Thirteen grams of o-bromundecylic acid were dissolved in the calcu- lated quantity of normal sodium hydroxide solution, and the resulting Published on 01 January 1901. Downloaded by Fudan University 23/11/2017 08:36:04. liquid was warmed for 12 hours at 60-70' with excess of freshly precipi- tated silver hydroxide, the mixture being constantly agitated by means of a Witt stirrer. The action was then complete, bromine in my form being absent from the solution, The silver compounds were removed by filtration, treated with a little warm dilute sodium hydroxide solution, and again filtered. The filtrates mere united, and acidified with nitric acid, whereupon a solid acid separated, which was filtered off, washed with water, dried on porous tiles, and crystallised from benzene. On recrystallisation from much hot water, the acid separated in clusters of very long, fine needles, and melted at 70". From the above quantity of bromundecylic acid, 5.5 grams of the purified hydroxy-acid were obtained. 0.0801 gave 0*0800H,O and 0.1922 CO,. C = 65.43 ; H = 11.10. C,,H,,O, requires C = 65.35 ; H = 10.S9 per cent. 0.1206 of the calcium salt gave 0.0372 CaSO,. Ca= 9.07. (C,1H,0,)2Ca requires Ca = 9*05 per cent. View Article Online 1194 WALKER AND LUMSDEN: The acid is thus monobasic, and has the composition of a hydroxy- undecylic acid. It is easily soluble in alcohol or ether, moderately so in benzene, separating readily from a warm solution, and sparingly in light petroleum. One hundred parts of water at 20" dissolve 0.04 part of the acid. As it is more than 20 times as soluble in boiling water, it can easily be purified by crystallisstion frdm this solvent. A solution of the sodium salt containing 1 part in 200 is freely precipitated on addition of soluble salts of barium, caloium, strontium, silver, zinc, or mercury. The barium, strontium, calcium, and silver salts are much more soluble at the boiling point than st the ordinary temperature. The calcium salt was purified for analysis by recrys- tallisation frorn boiling water. The solution of sodium salt of tho above strength affords only a slight precipitate with a soluble mag- nesium salt. A more concentrated solution of the sodium salt, however, gave a curdy, somewhat stringy, precipitate, which dissolved slightly on heating, and was reprecipitated in a granular form on cooling the filtered solution, As this hydroxyundecylic acid is derived from the straight-ohain undecylenic acid, it also has its carbon atoms in a straight-chain. On oxidation with chromium trioxide, it is converted into a dicarboxylic acid having the same number of carbon atoms as itself. The hydroxyl which it contains is therefore part of a primary alcohol group. The acid therefore must have the constitution CII,(OH)I[~H~]!,*CO~H,and consequently the bromo-acid from which it was derived must be CH,Br*[CH,],*CO,H. n-Nonanedicnrboxylic Acid, CO,H*[CH,],=CO,H, Published on 01 January 1901. Downloaded by Fudan University 23/11/2017 08:36:04. One gram of o-hydroxyundecylicacid was dissolved in glacial acetic acid, and to the solution were added 10 c,c. of a 1 : 10 solution of chromium trioxide in glacial acetic acid, A slight rise of temperature was observed when the solutions were mixed.