Do deprotonated amidoximes undergo the Tiemann rearrangement in the gas phase?

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Abstract

The Tiemann rearrangement in the condensed phase involves base-catalysed transformation of suitably substituted amidoximes to ureas, e.g. R 1(NH2)C=NOR2base NH=C=NR 1H2O R1NHCONH2 In contrast, deprotonated amidoximes, in the gas phase, undergo only minor reaction through Tiemann intermediates. Instead, they decompose by loss of hydroxylamine, e.g. -NHC(Me)=NOH ←→ NH=C(Me) - N̄OH ←→ [(MeCN)-NHOH] → -CH2CN + NH2OH a process substantiated by 15N and 2H labelling and product-ion studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)897-901
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992

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