Diketene

Diketene is an organic compound with the molecular formula C4H4O2, and which is sometimes written as (CH2CO)2. It is formed by dimerization of ketene, H2C=C=O. Diketene is a member of the oxetane family. It is used as a reagent in organic chemistry.[1] It is a colorless liquid.

Diketene
Names
IUPAC name
4-Methylideneoxetan-2-one
Other names
γ-Methylenepropiolactone
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.010.562
EC Number
  • 211-617-1
RTECS number
  • RQ8225000
UNII
UN number 2521
Properties
C4H4O2
Molar mass 84.074 g·mol−1
Density 1.09 g cm−3
Melting point −7 °C (19 °F; 266 K)
Boiling point 127 °C (261 °F; 400 K)
Viscosity 0.88 mPa.s
Hazards
GHS pictograms
GHS Signal word Danger
GHS hazard statements
 H226, H301, H302, H315, H318, H330, H331, H332, H335
P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P284, P301+310, P301+312, P302+352, P303+361+353, P304+312, P304+340, P305+351+338, P310, P311, P312, P320, P321
Flash point 33 °C (91 °F; 306 K)
275
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Y verify (what is YN ?)
Infobox references

Production

Ketene is generated by dehydrating acetic acid at 700–750 °C in the presence of triethyl phosphate as a catalyst or by the thermolysis of acetone at 600–700 °C in the presence of carbon disulfide as a catalyst.[2]

The dimerization to diketene proceeds spontaneously at room temperature:

2 H2C=C=O → C4H4O2

Reactions

Heating or irradiation with UV light[3] regenerates the ketene monomer:

(C2H2O)2   ⇌   2 CH2CO

Alkylated ketenes also dimerize with ease and form substituted diketenes.

Diketene readily hydrolyzes in water forming acetoacetic acid. Its half-life in water is approximately 45 min. a 25 °C at 2 < pH < 7.[4]

Certain diketenes with two aliphatic chains, such as alkyl ketene dimers (AKDs), are used industrially to improve hydrophobicity in paper.

At one time acetic anhydride was prepared by the reaction of ketene with acetic acid:[2]

H2C=C=O   +   CH3COOH   →   (CH3CO)2O     ΔH = −63 kJ mol−1

Acetoacetylation

Diketene also reacts with alcohols and amines to the corresponding acetoacetic acid derivatives. The process is sometimes called acetoacetylation. An example is the reaction with 2-aminoindane:[5]

Diketene is an important industrial intermediate used for the production of acetoacetate esters and amides as well as substituted 1-phenyl-3-methylpyrazolones. The latter are used in the manufacture of dyestuffs and pigments.[6] A typical reaction is:

ArNH2   +   (CH2CO)2   →   ArNHC(O)CH2C(O)CH3

These acetoacetamides are precursors to arylide yellow and diarylide pigments.[7]

Use

Diketenes with two alkyl chains are used in the manufacture of paper for sizing of paper in order to improve their printability (by hydrophobization). Besides the rosin resins with about 60% share of world consumption, long chain diketenes called alkylketene dimers (AKD) are with 16% share the most important synthetic paper sizes, they are usually used in concentrations of 0.15%, meaning 1.5 kg solid AKD/t paper.

The preparation of AKD is carried out by chlorination of long chain fatty acids (such as stearic acid, using chlorinating agents such as thionyl chloride) to give the corresponding acid chlorides and subsequent elimination of HCl by amines (for example triethylamine) in toluene or other solvents:[8]

Furthermore, diketenes are used as intermediates in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, insecticides and dyes. For example pyrazolones are formed from substituted phenylhydrazines, they were used as analgetics but are now largely obsolete. With methylamine diketenes reacts to N,N'-dimethylacetoacetamide which is chlorinated with sulfuryl chloride and reacted with trimethyl phosphite to the highly toxic insecticide monocrotophos (especially toxic to bees). Diketenes react with substituted aromatic amines to acetoacetanilides, which are important precursors for mostly yellow, orange or red azo dyes and azo pigments.

Exemplary for the synthesis of arylides by the reaction of diketenes with aromatic amines is:

Aromatic diazonium coupling with arylides to form azo dyes, such as Pigment Yellow 74:

The industrial synthesis of the sweetener acesulfam-K is based on the reaction of diketene with sulfamic acid and cyclization by sulfur trioxide (SO3).[9]

Safety

Despite its high reactivity as an alkylating agent, and unlike analogue β-lactones propiolactone and β-butyrolactone, diketene is inactive as a carcinogen, possibly due to the instability of its DNA adducts.[10]

gollark: Or 0 perhaps.
gollark: How about when the unix time or locale time contains 9?
gollark: I saw a script for planetary alignment detection actually.
gollark: How can I make it worse, I mean.
gollark: But how, that is the question...

References
  1. Beilstein E III/IV 17: 4297.
  2. Arpe, Hans-Jürgen (2007), Industrielle organische Chemie: Bedeutende vor- und Zwischenprodukte (in German) (6th ed.), Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, pp. 200–1, ISBN 3-527-31540-3
  3. Susana Breda; Igor Reva; Rui Fausto (2012). "UV Induced Unimolecular Photochemistry of Diketene Isolated in Cryogenic Inert Matrices". J. Phys. Chem. A. 116 (9): 2131–2140. doi:10.1021/jp211249k.
  4. Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli; Marina González-Pérez; María Teresa Pérez-Prior; José A. Manso; Emilio Calle; Julio Casado (2008). "Kinetic Study of the Neutral and Base Hydrolysis of Diketene". J. Phys. Org. Chem. 22 (5): 438–442. doi:10.1002/poc.1483.
  5. Kiran Kumar Solingapuram Sai; Thomas M. Gilbert; Douglas A. Klumpp (2007). "Knorr Cyclizations and Distonic Superelectrophiles". J. Org. Chem. 72 (25): 9761–9764. doi:10.1021/jo7013092. PMID 17999519.
  6. Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals, Third Edition, 2011, pages 3241-2.
  7. Hunger, K.; Herbst, W. (2012). "Pigments, Organic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a20_371.
  8. Wolf S. Schultz: Sizing Agents in Fine Paper Abgerufen am 1. März 2012.
  9. EP 0218076 Process for the preparation of the non-toxic salts of 6-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4-on-2,2-dioxide.
  10. Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli; Marina González-Pérez; María Teresa Pérez-Prior; José A. Manso; Emilio Calle; Julio Casado (2008). "Chemical Reactivity and Biological Activity of Diketene". Chem. Res. Toxicol. 21 (10): 1964–1969. doi:10.1021/tx800153j. PMID 18759502.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.