p-Toluenesulfonyl hydrazide is used as a reagent for the preparation of tosylhydrazones. It was used to prepare dipyrazolo[1,5-a:4,3-c]pyridines and 1,2,3-selenadiazole derivatives.
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Applications
p-Toluenesulfonyl hydrazide is used as a reagent for the preparation of tosylhydrazones. It was used to prepare dipyrazolo[1,5-a:4′,3′-c]pyridines and 1,2,3-selenadiazole derivatives.
Solubility
Soluble in water, alcohol.
Notes
Store away from strong oxidizing agents. Keep container tightly closed. Store in cool, dry conditions in well sealed containers.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Robert O. Hutchins.; Bruce Maryanoff.; Cynthia Milewski. Selective reduction of aliphatic ketones and aldehydes to hydrocarbons with sodium cyanoborohydride and p-toluenesulfonyl hydrazide in dimethylformamide-sulfolane. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1971, 93, (7), 1793-1794.
- Panagiotis Dounis.; James Feast, W. A route to low polydispersity linear and star polyethylenes via ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Polymer. 1996, 37, (12), 2547-2554.
- Precursor of the versatile synthetic intermediates, tosylhydrazones. For a brief feature on tosylhydrazones, see: Synlett, 1844 (1999). Preparation using AcOH rather than mineral acid was found to reduce azine formation: Synthesis, 957 (1984).
- Several simple methods are known for cleavage of tosylhydrazones, including:
- Exchange with refluxing acetone: J. Org. Chem., 40, 3302 (1975); acetone/ BF3 etherate: Synthesis, 456 (1976); Amberlyst™ 15 in aqueous acetone: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 2563 (1988).
- Reduction of tosylhydrazones to alkanes by NaBH4 is a mild alternative to the Clemmensen and Wolff-Kishner methods: Chem. Ind. (London), 153, 1689 (1964). NaBH4 in AcOH is a more selective system: J. Org. Chem., 43, 2299 (1978). For reduction of a steroidal ketone by catecholborane, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 293 (1988). Aliphatic tosylhydrazones are also reduced to methylenes by NaBH3CN, effective even for hindered ketones. For a study of the mechanism of this reduction, see: J. Org. Chem., 54, 4175 (1989).