A-Trimethylsilyl carboxylic acids

Reaction of (1) with an alkyl bromide or iodide gives an a-trimethylsilyl carboxylic acid ... 

A new device for olefin formation via decarboxylation-desilylation has been achieved successfully by electrolysis of -trimethylsilyl carboxylic acids in an MeCN-EtOH-KOH-(C) system [148]. For example, norbornadiene (LXXXIII) and cyclohexa-diene (LXXXV) have been obtained in good yields ... 

Rubottom oxidation reactions have been conducted on enolsilanes derived from a number of different carbonyl derivatives including carboxylic acids and esters.15 For example, the Rubottom oxidation of bis(trimethylsilyl)ketene acetal 30 provided a-hydroxy carboxylic acid 31 in 81% yield. Use of alkyl trimethylsilyl ketene acetal substrates generates a-hydroxy esters, as seen in the conversion of 32 to 33.16 The synthesis of 3-hydroxy-a-ketoesters (e.g., 36) has been accomplished via Rubottom oxidation of enolsilanes such as 35 that are prepared via Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions of aldehydes and ketones with 2-silyloxy phosphonoacetate reagent 34.17 The a-hydroxylation of enolsilanes derived from P-dicarbonyl compounds has also been described, although in some cases direct oxidation of the P-dicarbonyl compound is feasible without enolsilane formation.18... 

When C,0,0-tris(trimethylsilyl)ketene acetals such as 14S are subjected to the reaction with aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount of a Lewis acid followed by hydrolysis, the a,/ -unsaturated carboxylic acids are formed in a highly E-selective manner (Scheme 2.93) [265, 266]. Fluoride ion catalysts such as NaF and CsF are also used instead of the Lewis acids. 

Photosensitized oxidation of ethers causes a-deprotonation in the case of methyl neopentyl ether, CC and CH fragmentation compete. The resulting radicals react with the sensitizer, viz. an aromatic nitrile or an iminium salt. As in the case of amines, a-trimethylsilyl ethers and thioethers are excellent precursors for the corresponding a-heteroatom-substituted alkyl radicals.The potassium salts of a-oxoalkyl and a-thioalkyl carboxylic acid decarboxylate upon photosensitization by phthahm-ides. Alcohols undergo, as expected, a-CH and no OH deprotonation, via the radical cation formed with sensitizers such as tetracyanobenzene (see Equation 4.24) and pyrrohnium salts. ... 

Me3SiCH2CH=CH2i TsOH, CH3CN, 70-80°, 1-2 h, 90-95% yield. This silylating reagent is stable to moisture. Allylsilanes can be used to protect alcohols, phenols, and carboxylic acids there is no reaction with thiophenol except when CF3S03H is used as a catalyst. The method is also applicable to the formation of r-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives the silyl ether of cyclohexanol was prepared in 95% yield from allyl-/-butyldi-methylsilane. Iodine, bromine, trimethylsilyl bromide, and trimethylsilyl iodide have also been used as catalysts. Nafion-H has been shown to be an effective catalyst. 

Trimethylsilyl cyanide. This reagent readily silylates alcohols, phenols, and carboxylic acids, and more slowly, thiols and amines. Amides and related compounds do not react with this reagent. The reagent has the advantage that a volatile gas (HCN is highly toxic) is the only byproduct. 

A/,0-Bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide. This reagent is suitable for the silylation of carboxylic acids, alcohols, phenols, amides, and ureas. It has the advantage over bis(trimethylsilyl)acetamide in that the byproducts are more volatile. 

Preparation of 7-(D-0t-phenyigiycyiamido)-3-chioro-3-cephem-4-carboxyiic acid To a suspension of 280 mg (1.2 mmol) of 7-amino-3-chloro-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid in 14 ml of acetonitrile was added with stirring at room temperature 0.5 ml of N, 0-bis-(trimethylsilyl)acetamide to form the soluble disilylmethyl derivative thereof. The solution was cooled to 0°C and was slowly added to a solution of the mixed anhydride formed by reacting 408 mg (1.5 mmol) of methyl-3-a-carboxybenzylaminocrotonate sodium salt with 161 mg (1.7 mmol) of methyl chloroformate in the presence to 2 drops of N, N-dimethylbenzyl amine in 7 ml of acetonitrile. 

A suspension of 37.3 g (0.1 mol) of 7/3-amino-3-methoxy-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid hydrochloride dioxanate in 500 ml methylene chloride is stirred for 15 minutes at room temperature under an argon atmosphere and treated with 57.2 ml (0.23 mol) of bis-(trimethylsilyl)-acetamide. After 45 minutes the faintly yellow slightly turbid solution is cooled to 0°C and treated within 10 minutes with 31.2 g (0.15 mol) of D-Ct-amino-Ct-d, 4-cyclohexadienyl (acetyl chloride hydrochloride. Thirty minutes thereafter 15 ml (about 0.21 mol) of propylene oxide is added and the mixture is further stirred for 1 hour at 0°C. A cooled mixture of 20 ml of absolute methanol in 200 ml of methylene chloride is added within 30 minutes, after another 30 minutes the precipitate is filtered off under exclusion of moisture, washed with methylene chloride and dried under reduced pressure at room temperature. The obtained hygroscopic crystals of the hydrochloride of 7j3-[D-a-(1,4-cyclohexadienyl)acetylamino] -... 

Trimethylsilyl l//-azepine-f-carboxylate (4), prepared in 71 % yield by treating methyl 17/-azepine-1 -carboxylate with iodotrimethylsilane in chloroform at 20°C, with methanol in pentane solution at — 78 °C undergoes slow hydrolysis to the bright-yellow 17/-azepine-l-carboxylic acid (5),9 which is also obtained, as the potassium salt, by the action of potassium /ert-butoxide on ethyl 17/-azepine-l-carboxylate.139 The acid is stable at —78°C for several days but in chloroform solution at 20 °C undergoes decarboxylation to 17/-azepine (6) accompanied by some decomposition. 17/-Azepine is stable for a few hours at — 78 C and has been characterized by 3H and l3CNMR spectroscopy. 

Non-Kolbe electrolysis of carboxylic acids can be directed towards a selective fragmentation, when the initially formed carbocation is better stabilized in the y-position by a hydroxy or trimethylsilyl group. In this way the reaction can be used for a three-carbon (Eq. 36) [335] (Table 14, No. 1) or four-carbon ring extension (Eq. 37) [27] (Table 14, Nos. 2-4). Furthermore it can be employed for the stereo-... 

Alkyl esters are efficiently dealkylated to trimethylsilyl esters with high concentrations of iodotrimethylsilane either in chloroform or sulfolane solutions at 25-80° or without solvent at 100-110°.Hydrolysis of the trimethylsilyl esters serves to release the carboxylic acid. Amines may be recovered from O-methyl, O-ethyl, and O-benzyl carbamates after reaction with iodotrimethylsilane in chloroform or sulfolane at 50—60° and subsequent methanolysis. The conversion of dimethyl, diethyl, and ethylene acetals and ketals to the parent aldehydes and ketones under aprotic conditions has been accomplished with this reagent. The reactions of alcohols (or the corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers) and aldehydes with iodotrimethylsilane give alkyl iodides and a-iodosilyl ethers,respectively. lodomethyl methyl ether is obtained from cleavage of dimethoxymethane with iodotrimethylsilane. 

Several successful cyclizations of quite complex structures were achieved using polyphosphoric acid trimethylsilyl ester, a viscous material that contains reactive anhydrides of phosphoric acid.58 Presumably the reactive acylating agent is a mixed phosphoric anhydride of the carboxylic acid. 

Introduction of 3,5-dimethyl and 4-substituent on the Phebox skeleton revealed a weak substituent effect on the degree of asymmetric induction (Scheme 15) [28,29]. When trimethylsilyl acrylate was used as enolate source, the (3-hydroxy carboxylic acid was obtained directly upon mild acid hydrolysis. In the production of carboxylic acid 49, an enantiomeric excess of 96% ee was attained using the NC -substituted Phebox-Rh catalyst. 

Figure 11.7 Pyrogram of a beeswax sample obtained with a microfurnace pyrolyser at 600°C, in the presence of HMDS. TIC total ion current m/z 117 profile of carboxylic acid trimethylsilyl esters, showing a maximum with palmitic acid m/z 57 profile of hydrocarbons, showing a maximum with heneicosane m/z 103 profile of alcohol trimethylsilyl ethers, showing a max imum with docosanol. For the identification of all peaks, see Bonaduce and Colombini [70]...

More recently on-line pyrolysis with HMDS has been performed successfully even if the pyrolysis interface was kept at 250°C. In fact, Domenech-Carbo and colleagues [57,58] have obtained very good results on a variety of art materials and on real paint samples as well. They have applied Py-GC/MS with on-line trimethylsilylation to the characterization of diterpenoid resins and, in contrast to previous literature data, the derivatization method enabled not only the identification of resinous carboxylic acids in the form of TMS esters, but also an efficient conversion of hydroxyl groups to TMS ethers. 

Protection of Amines and Carboxylic Acids Amines and carboxylic acids can also be converted to trimethylsilyl derivatives. A general reaction is... 

The unusual amino acid (S)-2-amino-(Z)-3,5-hexadienoic acid (269), which is a component of the toxic y-glutamyl dipeptide isolated from the defensive glands of the Colorado beetle [209], has been synthesized along Scheme 17, after two initial attempts had proved unsuccessful due to the instability of 269 towards various oxidation conditions [210]. Scheme 17 relies on the hydrolysis of an ortho ester to generate the required carboxylic acid. Thus, the L-serine aldehyde equivalent 270 was treated with ( )-l-trimethylsilyl-l-propene-3-boronate to give the addition product 271. Reaction of 271 with KH gave the stereochemically pure (Z)-diene 272. Mild acid treatment of 272 followed by... 

The different carbosilane dendrimer supports (generation 0, 1 R=H, Me) were then used for the synthesis of the / -lactam (13). As shown in Scheme 7.2, the first step was again an immobilization of a carboxylic acid via ester bond formation. Treatment with LDA and ZnCl2 yielded in situ the corresponding zinc ester enolate (11) which reacts with N-(trimethylsilyl)phenylimine (12) to form the final four membered lactam ring (13). The last reaction step includes several intermediates. The last one is a supported /9-amino ester which undergoes spontaneous... 

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