Schubert, Hermann published the artcileThe catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic-substituted imidazoles. V. (p-Biphenylyl)imidazoles, Product Details of C13H16O2, the publication is Journal fuer Praktische Chemie (Leipzig) (1961), 86-104, database is CAplus.
cf. CA 53, 15061c; 54, 7694b. The synthesis of a series of C-substituted (p-biphenylyl)imidazoles (I) is described. The catalytic hydrogenation of the I yields mixtures of the stereo- isomeric (4-bicyclohexylyl)imidazoles (II) from which only in a few cases homogeneous forms could be isolated. The II synthesized as mixtures of the stereoisomers as well as the homogeneous transforms were identical with the corresponding hydrogenation products. The biphenylyl group does not activate the imidazole system for a catalytic hydrogenation, p-PhC6H4CHO (III) (9.1 g.) in 500 cc. MeOH heated 1 hr. on the water bath with 5 g. HOCH2CHO, 25 g. Cu(OAc)2, and 200 cc. concentrated NH4OH, the resulting white Cu salt (2.8 g.) suspended in H2O and treated with H2S, the filtrate allowed to stand, and the brown crystalline deposit sublimed in vacuo at 220° gave 2-(p-biphenylyl)imidazole (IV), needles, m. 249-50° (all m.ps. are corrected); picrate, yellow rods, m. 278-9° (EtOH). p-PhC6H4COCH2OAc, Cu(OAc)2, aqueous CH2O, and concentrated NH4OH gave similarly 67% 4(5)-(p-biphenylyl)imidazole (V), flakes, m. 221-2° (PhCl), which was also obtained from p-BrCH2COC6H4Ph (VI) with HCONH2; picrate, red-yellow needles, m. 198-201° (MeOH). VI (8.3 g.), 10 g. KOAc, and 200 cc. MeOH refluxed 2 hrs., filtered, diluted with MeOH to 1.2 1., heated 1 hr. on the water bath with 5.5 g. III, 200 cc. concentrated NH4OH, and 15 g. Cu(OAc)2 and filtered, and the resulting violet Cu salt (4.7 g.) decomposed in the usual manner with H2S gave 2,4(5)-di(p-biphenylyl)imidazole (VII), needles, m. 302-3° (dioxane); picrate, deep yellow prisms, m. 290-5° (decomposition) (EtOH). p,p’-Diphenylbenzoin (VIII) (10.9 g.) and 250 cc. HCONH2 refluxed 2 hrs. yielded 7.8 g. crude 4,5-di(p-biphenylyl)imidazole (IX). (p-PhC6H4CO)2 (X) (1.05 g.), 0.2 g. urotropine (XI), and 3 g. NH4OAc in 30 cc. AcOH heated 2 hrs. yielded 0.94 g. IX, needles, m. 291-2° (aqueous dioxane); picrate, gold-yellow leaflets, m. 263-5° (MeOH). VIII (7.4 g.) and 3.8 g. III in 800 cc. MeOH and 150 cc. HCONMe2 refluxed and treated dropwise with 18 g. Cu(OAc)2 in 108 cc. concentrated NH4OH and filtered after 1 hr. and the resulting light brown Cu salt (6.5 g.) decomposed with H2S in dilute boiling dioxane yielded 2,4,5-tri(p-biphenylyl)tmidazole (XII). X (3.62 g.) and 1.82 g. III heated 2 hrs. with 6 g. NH4OAc in 50 cc. AcOH yielded 4.7 g. XII needles, m. 170-90° resolidifying at 190°; picrate, yellow crystal powder, m. 288-90° (EtOH). BzCH2OH (4.1 g.) in 700 cc. MeOH heated 1 hr. on the water bath with 12 g. Cu(OAc)2 and 200 cc. concentrated NH4OH, and the resulting red-violet Cu salt (5.4 g.) decomposed with H2S in 60% HCl-EtOH and poured into NH4OH precipitated the 4(5)-Ph derivative (XIII) of V, prisms, m. 273-5° (dioxane); picrate, yellow needles, m. 256-64° (decomposition) (EtOH). III (3.7 g.), 4.2 g. Bz2, and 12 g. NH4-OAc in 100 cc. AcOH heated 2 hrs. gave 7 g. crude 4,5-di-Ph derivative (XIV) of I. Benzoin (4.24 g.) in 200 cc. MeOH heated 1 hr. on the water bath with 3.7 g. III, 9 g. Cu(OAc)2, and 100 cc. concentrated NH4OH, and the resulting, gray Cu salt (6 g.) decomposed in the usual manner with H2S gave XIV, needles, m. 234-5° (dioxane or PhCl); picrate, yellow needles, m. 253-6° (EtOH). VI (5.5 g.) treated in the usual manner with KOAc, the mixture in 700 cc. MeOH heated 1 hr. on the water bath with 5 g. BzH, 18 g. Cu(OAc)2. and 180 cc. concentrated NH4OH, and the resulting Cu salt (4.2 g.) decomposed with H2S gave 2-Ph derivative (XV) of V.0.5EtOH, needles, m, 222-4°; picrate-0.5EtOH, m. 233-9° (with elimination of the EtOH at 100°). VIII (14.5 g.) and 6 g. BzH in 1 1. MeOH and 250 cc. HCONMe3 refluxed treated dropwise with 20 g.Cu(OAc)2 in 360 cc. concentrated NH4OH, and heated 1 hr., and the resultlng Cu salt (5.8 g.) decomposed with H2S in 60% refluxing dioxane and cooled gave 2-Ph derivative (XVI) of IX, yellowish prisms. X (4.5 g.), 1.3 g. BzH, 7.5 g. NH4OAc, and 60 cc. AcOH heated 2 hrs. yielded 5.3 g. (crude) XVI which recrystallized from EtOH gave XVI.0.5EtOH; picrate-0.5EtOH, yellow needles, m. 247-9° with transitions and intermediate melting at 150 and 205-30°. p-PhC6H4CO2H (XVII) in AcOH hydrogenated over PtO2 yielded 90% 4-bicyclohexylcarboxylic acid (XVIII), m. 72-94° (80% AcOH). Will in C6H6 treated with SOCl2 yielded 90% acid chloride, b18 176-8°, which with CH2N2 yielded 4-bicyclohexylyl diazomethyl ketone (XIX), pale yellow needles, m. 68-92° (petr. ether). XIX in AcOH treated with KOAc gave 73% 4-bicyclohexylyl acetoxymethyl ketone (XX), needles, m. 78-82° (EtOH). XX (1 g.) in 25 cc. 50% EtOH heated 2 hrs. with 2 cc. concentrated H2SO4, cooled, and diluted with H2O gave 70% HOCH2 analog of XX, needles, m. 92-9° (petr. ether). XX ( 10.6 g.) in 400 cc. MeOH, 18 g. Cu(OAc)2, 10 cc. aqueous CH2O, and 200 cc. concentrated NH3 heated 1 hr. on the water bath, and the resulting sand-colored Cu salt (10 g.) decomposed with H2S yielded 6 g. (crude) 4(5)-(4-bicyclohexylyl)imidazole (XXI), m. 134-45° (PhCl); picrate, golden-yellow needles or flakes, m. 192-8° (EtOH). XVIII with CH2N2 gave 85% Me ester (XXII) of XVIII, b14 16970°. p-PhC6H4CO2Et (10 g.), m. 53-5°, in 200 cc. absolute EtOH and 10 cc. AcOH hydrogenated 12 hrs. over 5 g. PtO2 (added in 3 portions of 1, 2, and 2 g.) yielded 80-90% Et ester of XVIII, b18 176-8°. XXII (26.9 g.) in 50 cc. dry Et2O added slowly dropwise to 6 g. powd. Na in 300 cc. dry Et2O with stirring, refluxed 8 hrs., decomposed carefully with dilute H2SO4, and worked up in the usual manner yielded 10 g. 4,4′-dicyclohexyldodecahydrobenzoin (XXIII), prisms, m. 128-42°; the Et2O solution from the run deposited on standing colorless crystals, m. 228-44° (decomposition) (dioxane). XXIII (3.9 g.) in 70% AcOH oxidized with Cu(OAc)2 during 2.5 hrs. gave 3.1 g. 4,4′-dicyclohexyldodecahydrobenzil (XXIV), yellow needles, m. 134-42 (dioxane); 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, yellow needles, m. 190-205° (dioxane-EtOH). XXIII (3,9 g.), 70 cc. HCONH2, and 30 cc. PhNO2 refluxed 2 hrs., concentrated in vacuo, and added with stirring to concentrated NH4OH gave 2.5 g. (crude) 4,5-di(4-bicyclohexylyl)imidazole (XXV), needles, m, 258-63° (PhCl). XXIV (1.8 g.) and 0.5 g. XI heated 2 hrs. with 3 g. NH4OAc in 30 cc. AcOH yielded 0.9 g. XXV, needles, m. 257-62° (PhCl); picrate, yellow prisms, m. 235-42° (EtOH). XVIII refluxed 8 hrs. with SOCl2 and then hydrolyzed gave trans-bicyclohexyl-4carboxylic acid (XXVI). trans-4-Phenylcyelohexanecarboxylic acid (XXVII) hydrogenated in AcOH over PtO2 yielded XXVI, leaflets, m. 161-2° (pert. ether). XVII (5 g.) in 250 cc. AcOH hydrogenated 4.5 hrs. over 5 g. PtO2 (added in 3 portions) gave 3.5 g. 4-cyclohexylbenzoic acid (XXVIII), m. 195-8°, and 0.7 g. mixture of XXVIII and trans-4-phenylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid, m. 166-9°. XXVI (15 g.) treated at room temperature with 100 cc. SOCl2 and evaporated in vacuo, the residue dissolved in 150 cc. dry Et2O and added dropwise to CH2N2-Et2O, and the Et2O evaporated after 3 hrs. yielded 7.7 g. 4(5)-trans-(4-bicyclohexylyl) diazomethyl ketone (XXIX), yellow-green leaflets, m. 98-100° (Et2O). XXIX (7 g.) and 2 g. KOAc in 150 cc. AcOH kept 2 days at room temperature and poured into iced H2O yielded 4.6 g. acetoxymethyl ketone analog (XXX) of XXIX, needles, m. 81.5-2.5° (EtOH). XXX (4 g.) in 200 cc. McOH, 70 cc. concentrated NH4OH, 3.5 cc. 35% aqueous CH2O, and 7 g. Cu(OAc)2 heated 1 hr. on the water bath, and the crude Cu salt in 60% EtOH treated with H2S, filtered, and evaporated yielded 0.95 g. trans-XXI, rhombs, m. 146-7° (C6H6); picrate, golden-yellow needles, m. 197.5-8.5° (EtOH). XXVII (20 g.) in 100 cc. Et2O treated 2 days at room temperature with 70 cc. SOCl2 gave 12.2 g. acid chloride which with CH2N2 yielded 7.5 g. trans-4-phenylcyclohexyl diazomethyl ketone (XXXI), green-yellow needles, m. 89-91° (decomposition) (Et2O). XXXI (7 g.) gave in the usual manner 5.5 g. acetoxymethyl ketone analog (XXXII) of XXXI, needles, m. 74-5° (EtOH). XXXII (5 g.) in 200 cc. MeOH, 4 cc. CH2O, 70 cc. concentrated NH4OH, and 8 g. Cu(OAc)2 gave in the usual manner 1.7 g. 4(5)-trans-(4-phenylcyclohexyl)imidazole (XXXIII), needles, m. 176-7° (aqueous EtOH); picrate, yellow needles, m. 202-3° (EtOH). XXVIII (20 g.) and 50 cc. SOCl2 refluxed 1 hr. and evaporated, and the residue treated with CH2N2-Et2O yielded 18.5 g. p-cyclohexylphenyl diazomethyl ketone (XXXIV), yellow leaflets, m. 105-7° (decomposition). XXXIV (18 g.) added in portions to 100 cc. AcOH heated 1 hr. with 2 g. KOAc, cooled, and added with stirring to iced H2O gave 16 g. acetoxymethyl ketone analog (XXXV), needles, m. 80-1° (EtOH). XXXV (15 g.) in 400 cc. MeOH, 12 cc. 35% aqueous CH2O, 250 cc. concentrated NH4OH, and 15 g. Cu(OAc)2 gave in the usual manner 8 g. 4(5)-(pcyclohexylphenyl)imidazole (XXXVI), needles, m. 173-4°; picrate, hydrate, golden-yellow needles, m. 85-95° (aqueous EtOH), m. 174-5.5° (after drying in vacuo). XXVI (35 g.) esterified with CH2N2, the Me ester in 90 cc. dry Et2O added dropwise during 0.5 hr. to 8 g. powd. Na in 100 cc. dry Et2O, stirred 10 hrs., stirred into iced H2O and Et2O, the aqueous phase extracted with Et2O, and the combined Et2O solutions worked up gave 8.5 g. trans,trans-4,4′-dicyclohexyldodecahydrobenzoin (XXXVII), leaflets, m. 146-7° (iso-Am2O); 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, brown-red needles, m. 227-8° (EtOH).XXXVII(3.5 g.), 1 g. Cu(OAc)2, and 70% AcOH heated 1 hr., filtered, and poured into H2O precipitated 2.6 g. trans,trans4,4′-dicyclohexyldodecahydrobenzil (XXXVIII), leaflets m. 143-4° (C6H6 or dioxane); 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, yellow needles, m. 201-5° (EtOH). XXXVII(3g.), 20cc. HCONH2, and 10 cc. PhNO2 refluxed 2 hrs. and evaporated gave 0.9 g. trans-XXV, m. 265-6° (aqueous dioxane). XXXVIII (2 g.), 25 cc. AcOH, 3 g. NH4OAc, and 1 g., XI heated 2 hrs., cooled, filtered, added with stirring to concentrated NH4OH, and filtered yielded 1.4 g. trans-XXV, m. 265-6° (PhCl); picrate, yellow leaflets, m. 239-42° (EtOH). XXVII (30 g.) esterified with CH2N2 and then treated in the usual manner with 8 g. trans,trans-4,4’diphenyldodecahydrobenzoin (XXXIX), needles, m. 136-7.5° (iso-Am2O). XXXIX (3 g.), 1 g. Cu(OAc)2, and 70% AcOH refluxed 1 hr., filtered, and poured into H2O precipitated 2.5 g. trans,trans-4,4′-diphenyldodecahydrobenzil (XL), deep yellow needles, m. 159-62° (C6H6 or dioxane). XXXIX (3 g.) and 150 cc. HCONH2 refluxed 2 hrs. gave 0.7 g. 4,5-bis(trans-4-phenylcyelohexyl)imidazole (XLI), needles, m. 249- 50° (PhCl). XL (2 g.), 40 cc. AcOH, 3.5 g. NH4OAc, and 1.4 g. XI heated 2 hrs. gave 1.1 g. XLI, needles, m. 249-50° (PhCl); picrate, yellow needles, m. 242-4° (EtOH). XXVIII treated with CH2N2-Et2O gave 90% Me ester, leaflets, m. 47-8° (MeOH); a 30-g. portion condensed in the usual manner with 7 g. Na sand in dry Et2O, and the resulting crude acyloin (2 g.) oxidized in 70% AcOH with 1 g. Cu(OAc)2 gave 0.95 g. 4,4′-dicyclohexylbenzil, yellow-green crystals, m. 164.5-66° (dioxane). XXXIII (1 g.) in 50 cc. AcOH and 50 cc. 50% H2SO4 hydrogenated 2 hrs. at 21°/764 mm. over 1.2 g. PtO2, filtered, and added with stirring and cooling to concentrated NH4OH gave trans-XXI, m. 146-7°. XLI (1 g.) gave similarly trans-XXV, needles, m. 265-6° (PhCl). V (4 g.) in 75 cc. AcOH and 75 cc. 50% H2SO4 hydrogenated 3 hrs. at 20°/764 mm. over 2 g. PtO2 gave 2 g. XXXVI, m. 170-4° (C6H6). XXXI (3 g.) in 100 cc. absolute EtOH hydrogenated 5 hrs. at 160°/100 atm. over 5 g. Ni-Mg oxalate catalyst and worked up, and the sirupy product treated with pieric acid gave 3.8 g. picrate of XXXVI. By similar hydrogenation in AcOH with and without added H2SO4 over PtO2 were prepared the following compounds (m.p., m.p. of picrate, starting material, and g. amount used, cc. amount AcOH used, g. amount PtO2 used, and hydrogenation time in hrs. given): 2-(4-bicyclohexylyl)imidazole, 145-210° (dioxane), 190-218°, IV, 0.5, 50, 0.5, 23; XXI, 130-45° (EtOH), 190-8°, V, 0.5, 50 (and 20 cc. 50% H2SO4), 1, 1; 2,4(5)-di(4-bicyclohexylyl)imidazole, 150-210° (EtOH), 130-210°, VII, 0.5, 100, 0.5, 15; XXV, 259-63° (and 230-58°) (EtOH),208-10° (and 235-42°), IX, 0.25, 75 (and 30 cc. 50% H2SO4), -, 4; 2,4,5-tri(4-bicyclohexylyl)imidazole, 110° (EtOH), -, XII, 0.25, 50, 0.25, 12; 2-(4-bicyclohexylyl)4(5)-cyclohexylimidazole, 160-70° (and 173-4°) (Me2CO), -, XIII, 0.5, 50, 0.5, 6; 2-cyclohexyl-4(5)-(4-bicyclohex-ylyl)imidazole, 209-17° (and 224-6°) (EtOH), 190-8°, XV, 0.3, 50, 0.5, 9; 2-(4-bicyclohexylyl)-4,5-dicyclohexylimidazole, 185-98° (and 200-200.5°) (dioxane), -, XIV, 1-100, 0.5, 8; 2-cyclohexyl-4,5-di(4-bicyclohexylyl)imidazole, 95-104° (EtOH), -, XVI, 0.5, 50, 0.5, 20.
Journal fuer Praktische Chemie (Leipzig) published new progress about 20029-52-1. 20029-52-1 belongs to quinuclidine, auxiliary class Carboxylic acid,Benzene, name is 4-Cyclohexylbenzoic acid, and the molecular formula is C13H16O2, Product Details of C13H16O2.
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