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June, 1949 THESCHMIDT REACTION WITH ALIPHATICACIDS 2233 thiamine hydrobromide was 200 mg. (73% based on py- Stability of Neopyrithiamine Salts in Solution.-The rimidine); m. p. 205-210" (dec.); Amax. in water 238 and ultraviolet absorption spectrum of a freshly prepared 270 mp. methanolic solution of neopyrithiamine hydrobromide Anal. Calcd. for Cl4HdT4OBre: C, 40.02; H, 4.80; changed when the solution was allowed to stand for several N, 13.34. Found: C, 39.70; H, 5.02; N, 12.99. days at room temperature. The 235 mp band shifted +o 240 mp and had a lower intensity, while the 273 mp band Reparation of Neopyrithiamine Hydrobromide in Ace- shifted to 267 mp and was of greater intensity. At the tone.-% hundred milligrams of 2-methyl-3-( 8-hy- same time the minimum point of the curve at 252 mp droxyethyl) -pyridine was dissolved in 10 ml. of acetone, changed to 250 mp and was of much greater intensity. In and to this solution was added 240 mg. of 2-methyl-5- short, the two bands seemed to coalesce and to resemble bromomethyl-6-aminopyrimidine dihydrobromide. The that of pyrithiamine (hydrobromide). mixture was shaken until most of the pyrimidine had dis- The decomposition was only slight in aqueous solution solved. In a few minutes a gummy precipitate had at room temperature. When the temperature was in- formed. The supernatant liquor was decanted from the creased, however, the decomposition was much more rapid. gum and was allowed to stand overnight at room tempera- In neutral or alkaline solutions, the decomposition was ture. The product separated from solution as a solid. rapid even at room temperature. Under these conditions It was centrifuged, washed with fresh portions of acetone the 235 mp band completely disappeared. and with petroleum ether, and dried. The yield of neo- Both neopyrithiamine hydrobromide and neopyrithi- pyrithiamine hydrobromide was 150 mg. (55% based on amine hydrochloride can lose hydrogen bromide or hydro- pyrimidine); m. p., 218-220" (dec.); XmI. in water, 238 gen chloride when heated under reduced pressure. The and 271 mp. loss was greater with longer heating and with higher Anal. Calcd. for Cl4HreN4OBr?: C, 40.02; H, 4.80; temperatures. Conversely, some samples crystallized from N, 13.34. Found: C, 40.36; H, 5.09; N, 12.92. solution with varying amounts of hydrogen bromide or Preparation of Neopyrithiamine Picrate.-One hundred hydrogen chloride. milligrams of neop yrithiamine hydrobromide was dissolved in 20 ml. of water and added to a solution of 200 mg. of Acknowledgments.-The authors wish to ex- picric acid in 50 ml. of water. The solution was filtered press their appreciation and thanks to Dr. Nelson from a small amount of gummy precipitate and was al- R. Trenner and Dr. Charles Rosenblum for their lowed to stand overnight in the refrigerator where the helpful suggestions on this problem, and for de- product separated in a crystalline condition. The prod- uct was filtered, washed with water and dried. The termining and interpreting the physical meas- yield of neopyrithiamine picrate was 70 mg. (40%); urements reported in this paper. The authors m. p. 186-188". also wish to thank Mr. R. N. Boos and his Anal. Calcd. for C~~HI,N~OOI~:C, 43.58; H, 3.38; associates for the microanalyses. N, 19.55. Found: C, 43.52; H, 3.28; N, 19.61. Preparation of Neopyrithiamine Hydrochloride .-Eight Summary hundred and forty milligrams of neopyrithimine hydro- bromide was converted into the picrate as described The previously reported method of preparation above. The melting point of a dried sample was 183- of 1-[ (4-amino-2-methyl)d-pyrimidylmethyl]-2- 184". The main crop was suspended in water, was acidi- methyl-3- ( 8-hydroxyethyl) -pyridinium bromide fied with dilute hydrochloric acid, and was extracted with nitrobenzene to remove the liberated picric acid. The hydrobromide was found to yield a substance that aqueous solution was extracted further with ether, and was not analytically in agreement with the de- then concentrated to a small volume under reduced pres- sired product. This product has been prepared sure and at a low temperature. On addition of isopropyl alcohol to the residue, the product crystallized slowly. It now, and its analytical and physical properties was filtered, washed with isopropyl alcohol, washed with are described. It has been named neopyrithi- ether and dried. The yield of neopyrithiamine hydro- amine hydrobromide. Neopyrithiamine hydro- chlorid' was 260 mg. (40% from the bromide); m. p. bromide has been converted first into the picrate 234-236' (dec.) ; Amsx. in water 235 and 273 mp. and then into the hydrochloride. Anal. Calcd. for CI~HIBN~OCIZ:C, 50.76; H, 6.09; N, 16.92. Found: C, 50.69; H, 6.08; N, 16.76. RAHWAY,N. J. RECEIVEDFEBRUARY 10, 1949 [CONTRIBUTION FROM THE DEPARTMENTOF CHEMISTRY, MASSACHUSETTSINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY] The Schmidt Reaction. I. Conditions and Reaction Mechanism with Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Aliphatic Acids BY CONRADSCHUERCH, JR.,~J AND ERNESTH. HUNTRESS Although carboxylic acids react with sulfuric on the behavior of the lower primary, secondary and hydrazoic acids to give primary amines, a and tertiary representatives, and that for the last recent reviewa indicates only meager information group high yields of amine have been obtained (1) This paper is constkted from part of a dissertation submitted only with acids containing a cyclopentyl radical by Conrad Schuerch, Jr., to the Faculty of the Massachusetts In- adjacent to the carboxyl. The influence of re- stitute of Technology in June, 1947, in partial fulfillment of the re- action conditions upon yield of amine has been quirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. , It was presented before the Division of Organic Chemistry at the 112th meeting of the inadequately characterized, and whether yields A. C. S. in New York on September 18, 1947. less than theoretical were due to incomplete (2) Present address: Division of Cellulose and Industrial Chemis- reaction or to diversion into side reactions has try, McGill University, Montreal 2, Canada. (3) Wolff, "The Schmidt Reaction, Organic Reactions," Vol. 3, rarely been established. The present study adds John Wiley and Sons, New York, N. Y., 1946, pp. 307-336. to our knowledge of acetic, isobutyric and tri- 2234 CONRADSCHWERCH, JR., AND ERNESTH. HUNTRESS Vol. 71 methylacetic acids, and reports new observations amine and some isopropyl alcohol. When tri- on the reaction products both from these and other methylacetic acid was allowed to react with secondary and tertiary acids. sodium azide (1.17 moles), some unchanged acid The conditions necessary for complete con- was recovered, and the reaction products were version of the acids were determined by allowing acetone, methylamine, ammonia, carbon dioxide, a small quantity of organic acid to react with carbon monoxide and 3370 of t-butylamine. By sulfuric acid and sodium azide according to diluting the reaction mixture with nitromethane, Oesterlin’s modification4 of the original procedure the formation of carbon monoxide was completely and analyzing the evolved gas for carbon dioxide. inhibited, and the yield of t-butylamine was From the latter simple calculation gave the raised to 55%, but the cleavage products were amount of carboxylic acid reacting, while direct still formed. azide decomposition5 was measured by nitrogen Dimethylethylacetic acid reacted similarly, found in excess of that required for the reaction forming a larger proportion of carbon monoxide, RCOOH 4- HN,+RNHz + COz + Nz. less t-alkylamine (somewhat impure), acetone, These experiments have shown that a molal ethyl methyl ketone, ammonia, methylamine and ratio of sulfuric acid to organic acid of about 7 impure ethylamine. The reaction of l-methyl- or 9 : 1 is usually required for complete reaction, cyclohexanecarboxylic acid produced both carbon and that neither trichloroacetic nor phosphoric monoxide and carbon dioxide and a 42% yield of acids can be used in place of sulfuric acid. It was 1-methylcyclohexylamine, but the expected cleav- confirmed that hydroxylic solvents interfere with age products were not found. An investigation the reaction but that nitromethane, a solvent of other tertiary acids showed that the propor- which does not ionize in sulfuric acid,6a was a tion of carbon monoxide increased as the chain satisfactory diluent.’ Acetic anhydride was length of the acid increased, and with triethyl- found to react somewhat more completely than acetic acid (to be reported later), the proportion acetic acid under the same conditions, but chloro- of carbon monoxide was found to be greater at the acetic and trichloroacetic acids did not give off beginning of the reaction than at the end. carbon dioxide under ordinary conditions. These No method was found for decreasing the amount results can all be explained adequately by the ionic of cleavage products formed when carbon dioxide mechanism proposed for this reaction by other alone was evolved. Under these conditions, the ~orkers,~~~~~~~~~and indicate the importance of proportion of cleavage products to t-alkylamine maintaining the organic acid in the form of a did not appear to be sensitive to dilution of the positive ion for complete reaction. reaction medium. A temperature higher than the usual 40’ was In explanation of these results, these equations found to be necessary only in the case of acetic are proposed as a tentative mechanism acid. At 60°, good yields of carbon dioxide and methylamine were obtained ; at lower temperature No HzSO4 w304 p+ there was excessive direct azide decomposition. l2 R-C-011 7R-C(OH)z+ 7R-C Most other variables were of minor significance. HSO4- HSOd- + HaO+ Preparative experiments showed that only I I11 acetic acid gave equivalent amounts of carbon dioxide and amine. Isobutyric acid gave quanti- tative yields of carbon dioxide, S4yo of isopropyl- (4) Oesterlin, Z.