id5116234 pdfMachine by Broadgun Software - a great PDF writer! - a great PDF creator! - http://www.pdfmachine.com http://www.broadgun.com OOrrggaanniicc ISSN: 0974 - 7516 Volume 8 Issue 5 CCHHEEMMAn IIInSSdiTTan RRJouYrYnal Trade Science Inc. Short Communication OCAIJ, 8(5), 2012 [161-163] Facile regeneration of carbonyl compounds from 2,4dinitrophenylhydrazones, oxime, hydrazones, and semicarbazones Dinanath D.Patil*, Dnyandeo K.Mhaske, Gurumeet C.Wadhawa, Arun K.Deshmukh Department of Chemistry, R.B.N.B. College Shrirampur, Dist.: - Ahmednagar, (INDIA) E-mail:
[email protected] Received: 16th August, 2011 ; Accepted: 16th September, 2011 ABSTRACT KEYWORDS Derivatives of carbonyl compounds such as oximes, phenylhydrazones, Protection; semicarbazones and thiosemicarba-zones are used not only for the charac- Aldehyde; terization and purification of carbonyl compounds[1,2] but also play an im- Ketone; portant role in the protection carbonyl compounds, as they are highly crys- Hydrazine hydrochloride; talline and stable compounds. Thus, the regeneration of carbonyl com- Sodium acetate. pounds from their derivatives under mild condition is important process in organic synthetic chemistry. We report classical method for the cleavage of oximes, phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones and thiosemicarbazones alde- hydes and ketones. 2012 Trade Science Inc. - INDIA INTRODUCTION pared reagents[6,7], tedious work-up, or they are often hazardous[3-6]. Although some of the known methods are 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazones and other derivatives carried out under mild reaction conditions,most of them of carbonyl compounds such oximes, phenylhy- require drastic conditions, high temperature, long reac- drazones[1,2], semicarbazones and thiosemicarbazones as tion times, toxic or not- readily available reagents,they are important Intermediates[3] in organic synthesis be- need to be freshly prepared, and have tedious work-up cause of their use in the characterization and purification- procedures.