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    Formylation refers to any chemical processes in which a compound is functionalized with a formyl group (-CH=O). In organic chemistry, the term is most...
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  • In organic synthesis, the Casiraghi formylation is the formation of a salicylaldehyde from a phenol and paraformaldehyde. The reaction requires a strong...
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    chlorodimethyl ether. The compound is used in the formylation of aromatic compounds (Rieche formylation) and as a chlorination agent in the formation of...
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  • Rieche formylation is a type of formylation reaction. The substrates are electron rich aromatic compounds, such as mesitylene or phenols, with dichloromethyl...
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  • Vilsmeier–Haack reaction (category Formylation reactions)
    is hydrolyzed to the corresponding ketone or aldehyde during workup. Formylation reaction Mallegol, T.; Gmouh, S.; Aït Amer Meziane, M.; Blanchard-Desce...
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  • Duff reaction (category Formylation reactions)
    The Duff reaction or hexamine aromatic formylation is a formylation reaction used in organic chemistry for the synthesis of benzaldehydes with hexamine...
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    being a commercial flavorant. 2-Anisaldehyde is prepared commercially by formylation of anisole. A. J. Sisti (1964). "o-Anisaldehyde". Org. Synth. 44: 4....
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  • acetylation, the addition of the acetyl group. Closely related to acylation is formylation, which employ sources of "HCO+ in place of "RCO+". Because they form...
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    Reimer–Tiemann reaction (category Formylation reactions)
    The Reimer–Tiemann reaction is a chemical reaction used for the ortho-formylation of phenols. with the simplest example being the conversion of phenol...
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  • The Gattermann reaction (also known as the Gattermann formylation and the Gattermann salicylaldehyde synthesis) is a chemical reaction in which aromatic...
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    distillation at ≤30 °C under reduced pressure. Acetic formic anhydride is a formylation agent for amines, amino acids, and alcohols. It is also a starting material...
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  • Commercially available, it may be prepared from the Friedel-Crafts formylation of toluene with carbon monoxide and hydrogen chloride under Gattermann-Koch...
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    organic solvents. Vilsmeier reagent is the active intermediate in the formylation reactions, the Vilsmeier reaction or Vilsmeier-Haack reaction that use...
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  • 3-thiazolines. Alfred Rieche – chemist who discovered the Rieche formylation, a type of formylation reaction. Kurt Magnus – professor of applied mechanics and...
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    ISBN 978-1-58829-173-8. US patent 2785162, Swidinsky J, Baizer MM, "Process for the formylation of a 5-nitrouracil", published 12 March 1957, assigned to New York Quinine...
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    ring-opened enolate-isonitrile, which can be trapped by silylation. Formylation with dimethylformamide gives 2-formyloxazole. Electrophilic aromatic...
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    cyanohydrins, for the transformation of HCN to Michael acceptors, and for the formylation of arenes. Treatment of this cyanohydrin with lithium hydride affords...
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    viral sensing pathways through RIG-I-like receptors. Additionally, the N-formylation of mitochondrial proteins, similar to that of bacterial proteins, can...
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    Methanofurans (MFRs) are a family of chemical compounds found in methanogenic archaea. These species feature a 2-aminomethylfuran linked to phenoxy group...
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    synthetically by the reduction of 4-isopropylbenzoyl chloride or by the formylation of cumene. The thiosemicarbazone of cuminaldehyde has antiviral properties...
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  • electron-deficient. Nitration, nitrosation, azo coupling, halogenation, sulfonation, formylation, hydroxymethylation, and aminomethylation have been observed with substituted...
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  • electrophilic aromatic substitution pattern are a group of aromatic formylation reactions including the Vilsmeier–Haack reaction, the Gattermann Koch...
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    n-butyllithium to yield the tetrahydrobenzodifuran ring system. After formylation of the ring system, the nitropropene derivative was obtained by condensation...
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    chemicals used, produces higher yields and higher purity of the product. Formylation of octabase prior to cyclization avoids ether cleavage as a side reaction...
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    that is soluble in common organic solvents. It is prepared by Vilsmeier formylation of anthracene. The compound is also used as a building block for supramolecular...
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    versatile reagent in organic synthesis. It is used in the Duff reaction (formylation of arenes), the Sommelet reaction (converting benzyl halides to aldehydes)...
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  • catalyst, to produce dichlorocarbene, CCl2. This reagent effects ortho-formylation of activated aromatic rings, such as phenols, producing aryl aldehydes...
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    to a Grignard reagent: PhCH2CH2MgCl + C6H11NO → PhCH2CH2CHO In some formylation reaction of alkyllithium compounds, N-formylpiperidine gives higher yields...
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    biosynthesis (early stages) Folate biosynthesis (later stages) Folate coenzymes Formylation, hydroxymethylation and methylation using folate C1 metabolism with folate...
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    Wittig reaction using methoxymethylenetriphenylphosphine as a reagent. Formylation reactions Nucleophilic arenes Various reactions, for example the Vilsmeier-Haack...
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