Chemistry > Aldehydes and Ketones > 17.0 Other Reactions Of Aldehydes And Ketones

  Aldehydes and Ketones
    1.0 Introduction
    2.0 Methods of Preparation
    3.0 Physical Properties
    4.0 Relative Reactivities of Carbonyl Compounds
    5.0 Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles
    6.0 Haloform Reactions
    7.0 Aldol Condensations
    8.0 Claisen Condensation
    9.0 Intramolecular Claisen Condensation
    10.0 Cannizzaro Reaction
    11.0 Reformatsky Reaction
    12.0 Addition of Nitrogen Nucleophiles
    13.0 Addition of Oxygen Nucleophile
    14.0 Addition of Sulphur Nucleophile
    15.0 Oxidation of Aldehydes And Ketones
    16.0 Reduction of Aldehyde and Ketones
    17.0 Other Reactions Of Aldehydes And Ketones

17.4 Schimdt Reaction

This is the reaction between a carbonyl compound and hydrazoic acid in the presence of a strong acid concentrated sulphuric acid. Aldehydes give a mixture of cyanide and formyl derivatives of primary amines, whereas ketones give amides :

The mechanism of the reaction is uncertain. It has been shown to be intramolecular, and Smith (1948) has proposed the following mechanism, which is an example of the 1, 2-shift (from carbon to nitrogen); for ketones :

In ketones, if the two groups are not identical, then two geometrical isomers of (I) are possible. It is also reasonable to suppose that the anti group (to the diazonium nitrogen) is the group that migrates. In this way it is possible to explain how steric factors may influence the isomer ratio of amides formed:

For aldehydes ${R^1} = H$, , and so the reaction maybe formulated



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