2-propoxybenzamide

Pd-catalysed ortho-alkoxylation of benzamides N-protected with an iminophosphorane functionality

The mild Pd-catalysed ortho-alkoxylation of benzamides, protected as keto-stabilised iminophosphoranes, with alcohols, is regioselective and tolerates different substituents and alcohols.

Crystal structure of 2-pentyl-oxybenzamide

In the title mol-ecule, C12H17NO2, the amide NH2 group is oriented toward the pent-yloxy substituent and an intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond is formed with the pent-yloxy O atom. The benzene ring forms dihedral angles of 2.93 (2) and 5.60 (2)° with the amide group and the pent-yloxy group mean planes, respectively. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by pairs of N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers with their mol-ecular planes parallel, but at an offset of 0.45 (1) Å to each other. These dimers are ordered into two types of symmetry-related columns extended along the a axis, with the mean plane of one set of dimers in a column approximately parallel to (121) and the other in a column approximately parallel to (1-21). The two planes form a dihedral angle of 85.31 (2)°, and are linked via C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions, forming a three-dimensional framework structure.

Two Ways of Preparing Benzonitriles Using BrCCl3–PPh3 as the Reagent

Benzamides were converted into benzonitriles with BrCCl3–PPh3–Et3N in CH2Cl2 in an Appel-type reaction. Benzaldoximes could be transformed to benzonitriles under identical conditions. It was found that the reaction system BrCCl3–(2 equiv.)PPh3 was also suitable for these transformations with PPh3 replacing Et3N.

2-(Prop-2-enyloxy)benzamide

In the title mol­ecule, C₁₀H₁₁NO₂, the benzene ring forms dihedral angles of 33.15 (2) and 6.20 (2)° with the mean planes of the amide and propen­oxy groups, respectively. The amide –NH₂ group is oriented toward the propen­oxy substituent and forms a weak intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond to the propen­oxy O atom. The conformation of the propen­oxy group at the Csp²—Csp³ and Csp³—O bonds is synperiplanar and anti­periplanar, respectively. In the crystal, N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the amide groups generate C(4) and R²₃(7) motifs that organize the mol­ecules into tapes along the a-axis direction. There are C—H⋯π inter­actions between the propen­oxy –CH₂ group and the aromatic system of neighboring mol­ecules within the tape. The mean planes of the aromatic ring and the propen­oxy group belonging to mol­ecules located on opposite sites of the tape form an angle of 83.16 (2)°.