Eschenmoser's salt
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N,N-Dimethylmethaniminium iodide | |
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C3H8NI | |
Molar mass | 185.01 g/mol |
Appearance | colorless hygroscopic crystals |
Melting point | 116 °C (241 °F; 389 K) |
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H315, H319, H335 | |
P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P403+P233, P405, P501 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Eschenmoser's salt is the organic compound [(CH3)2NCH2]I. It is the iodide salt of dimethylaminomethylene cation.
The dimethylaminomethylene cation is a strong dimethylaminomethylating agent, used to prepare derivatives of the type RCH
2N(CH
3)
2.[1][2] Enolates, silyl enol ethers, and even more acidic ketones undergo efficient dimethylaminomethylation. Once prepared, such tertiary amines can be further methylated and then subjected to base-induced elimination to afford methylidenated ketones. The salt was first prepared by the group of Albert Eschenmoser[3] after whom the reagent is named.
Structure and bonding[]
Dimethylaminomethylene cation is described as a resonance hybride of the carbocation and an iminium cation:
- (CH3)2N-CH2+ ↔ (CH3)2N+=CH2
The C3N atoms are coplanar. The cation is isolectronic with isobutene.
Preparation[]
Pyrolysis of iodomethyltrimethylammonium iodide affords the desired salt:[3]
- [(CH3)3N-CH2I]I → [(CH3)2NCH2]I + (CH3I
An alternative route starts with bis(dimethylamino)methane:
- [(CH3)2N]2CH2 + (CH3)3SiI → [(CH3)2NCH2]I + (CH3)3SiN(CH3)2
Related salts[]
Other salts of the dimethylaminomethylene cation:
- Dimethyl(methylidene)ammonium trifluoroacetate.[4][1]
- Dimethyl(methylidene)ammonium chloride (Böhme's salt[1], after Horst Böhme)
See also[]
- Vilsmeier reagent, [(CH
3)
2NCHCl]Cl.
References[]
- ^ a b c E. F. Kleinman in "Dimethylmethyleneammonium Iodide and Chloride" in Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (Ed: L. Paquette) 2004, J. Wiley & Sons, New York. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rd346
- ^ Horst Böhme; Eberhard Mundlos; Otto-Erich Herboth (1957). "Über Darstellung und Eigenschaften α-Halogenierter Amine". Chemische Berichte. 90 (9): 2003–2008. doi:10.1002/cber.19570900942.
- ^ a b Jakob Schreiber; Hans Maag; Naoto Hashimoto; Albert Eschenmoser (1971). "Dimethyl(methylene)ammonium Iodide". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 10 (5): 330–331. doi:10.1002/anie.197103301.
- ^ Gaudry, Michel; Jasor, Yves; Khac, Trung Bui (1979). "Regioselective Mannich Condensation with Dimethyl(Methylene)Ammonium Trifluoroacetate: 1-(Dimethylamino)-4-Methyl-3-Pentanone". Organic Syntheses. 59: 153. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.059.0153.
- Reagents for organic chemistry
- Iodides
- Quaternary ammonium compounds