Reactions of Chloramines with Ag(0) and Ag(I) States
Reactions of N-chloroazacyclooctane and N-chloroazacyclononane are described which give good yields of bicyclic amines. These are: (a) short chain homolytic reactions involving neutral nitrogen radicals initiated by ferrous ion or metallic silver; (b) apparent homogeneous reactions involving silver ion and bases; (c) reactions using silver oxide suspension which also require added bases.Both rate and product composition for (b) and (c) are sensitive to oxygen indicating that they are homolytic processes, probably initiated by traces of silver metal. No evidence for involvement of discrete nitrenium ions was found. However, reaction of N-chloroisoquinuclidine with silver ions has the character of a heterolytic process, giving products completely distinct from those from its homolytic decomposition. The addition of neutral piperidino radicals to styrene is described.