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Friday, January 24, 2020

What is Urotropine give the structure and uses of Urotropine?

Urotropine is nitrogen containing bicycling Compound it's chemical name is Hexamethylenetetramine which is formed by reaction of formaldehyde with ammonia. Urotropine is used as urinary antiseptic.

It is also used for preparation of Cyclonite Research and Development Explosive(RDX).

Although anti conformation is more stable than the gauch conformation but in some cases gauch or skew conformation is more stable than the anti confirmation why?

Gauch or skew conformation is more stable than the anti because of the intramolecular hydrogen bonding which is geometrically possible only in the gauch conformation.
For examples:
Ethane-1,2-diol, 2-Fluoroethan-1-ol, 2-chloroethan-1-ol and 2-Aminoethanol etc.
2-chloroethane-1-ol:
Ethane-1,2-diol:

What is fries rearrangment acylation ?

Conversion of phenolic esters of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids into ortho- and para-acylphenols in the presence of FCR catalyst (AlCl3). Is know as Fries rearrangement.

Related questions:
What is difference between Houben–Hoesch acylation reaction and Gatter- mann–Koch formylation reaction? 

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What is difference between Houben–Hoesch acylation reaction and Gatter- mann–Koch formylation reaction?

Houben–Hoesch reaction ia an analogous reaction  of Gatter-mann–Koch reaction, it is sometimes called the Hoesch reaction.
Houben–Hoesch reaction:

Hoesch reaction is basically FACT acylation of aromatic compounds with nitriles and HCl.
Gatter-mann–Koch reaction:
Gatter-mann–Koch reaction is formulation of benzene ring in the presence of CO and HCl.

How write mechanism of exhaustive methyl and Hoffmann elimination of ethanamine?


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