Acetal formation aldehyde group

Other methods of protecting the aldehyde group include formation of an enol acetate, an enamine, or an imine (174,175). In the enamine route, regeneration of the aldehyde is accompHshed simply by the addition of water. 

X0 to hydroxy compounds. Lower temperatures favor ketone formation and sterically hindered carbonyls, such as 2-thienyl t-butyl ketone, are not reduced. The sensitivity of desulfurization to steric factors is evident by the failure to desulfurize 2,5-di-i-butyl-3-acetylthiophene. The carbonyl groups of both aldehydes and ketones can be protected by acetal formation, as particularly cyclic acetals are stable during desulfurization in methanol at room temperature. " The free aldehydes give primary alcohols on desulfurization. Another method to obtain only keto compounds is to oxidize the mixtures of ketone and secondary alcohol with CrOs after the desulfurization. - Through the desulfurization of 5,5 -diacetyl-2,2, 5, 2"-terthienyl (228), 2,15-hexadecandione (229) has been obtained, which... 

Acetal formation is similar to the hydration reaction discussed in Section 19.5. Like water, alcohols are weak nucleophiles that add to aldehydes and ketones only slowly under neutral conditions. Under acidic conditions, however, the reactivity of the carbonyl group is increased by protonation, so addition of an alcohol occurs rapidly. 

In this survey, selected synthetic applications of tandem hydroformylation sequences are described and complementing the more comprehensive reviews covering the literature up to 1998/99 [27], and up to 2003 [28,29]. The material is ordered according to the type of the additional transformation involving heterofunctionalization of the aldehyde group to form acetals, aminals, imines and enamines, as well as reduction of the latter in an overall hydroaminomethylation. Furthermore, numerous conversions of oxo aldehydes with additional C,C-bond formation at the carbonyl group or at the acidic... 

Three tactical approaches were surveyed in the evolution of our program. As outlined in Scheme 2.7, initially the aldol reaction (Path A) was performed direcdy between aldehyde 63 and the dianion derived from tricarbonyl 58. In this way, it was indeed possible to generate the Z-lithium enolate of 58 as shown in Scheme 2.7 which underwent successful aldol condensation. However, the resultant C7 P-hydroxyl functionality tended to cyclize to the C3 carbonyl group, thereby affording a rather unmanageable mixture of hydroxy ketone 59a and lactol 59b products. Lac-tol formation could be reversed following treatment of the crude aldol product under the conditions shown (Scheme 2.7) however, under these conditions an inseparable 4 1 mixture of diastereomeric products, 60 (a or b) 61 (a or b) [30], was obtained. This avenue was further impeded when it became apparent that neither the acetate nor TES groups were compatible with the remainder of the synthesis. 

Curiously, however, reaction of the dialdehyde (94b) with ethyl nitroacetate under practically identical conditions — aqueous ethanol in the presence of sodium acetate and sodium carbonate at pH 8.6 — takes a different course. The compound, isolated in 34% yield, constitutes a monoaddition product to one aldehyde group, as evidenced by the formation of a triacetate after hydrogenation and acetylation. It has been assigned structure (95) 5 ) and, as such, is a C-substituted derivative of the hemialdal form (94a) of the dialdehyde. Though some NMR data were cited as proof of this formulation 58) two alternatives, (96) and (97) respectively, cannot be ruled out. Of these, structure (97) derived from... 

The introduction of CHj requires that the terminal alkyne C first become a carbanion and then be methylated. Such a carbanion, acting like the R group of RMgX, would react with the C==0 group of another molecule before it could be methylated. To prevent this, C==0 is protected by acetal formation before the carbanion is formed. The acetal is stable under the basic conditions of the methylation reactions. The aldehyde is later unmasked by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis. 

Copolymers have been used to study the effect of neighboring groups of ligand units in a polymer chain. Hojo et al.5 3 62) reported the formation constants of the copolymers of PVA. The K value of partially acetalized PVA 31 with Cu decreased with degree of acetalization and also decreased for the various aldehyde groups... 

The position of equilibrium in acetal and hemiacetal formation is rather sensitive to steric hindrance. Large groups in either the aldehyde or the alcohol tend to make the reaction less favorable. Table 15-3 shows some typical conversions in acetal formation when 1 mole of aldehyde is allowed to come to equilibrium with 5 moles of alcohol. For ketones, the equilibria are still less favorable than for aldehydes, and to obtain reasonable conversion the water must be removed as it is formed. 

An interesting problem in stereoisomerism is found in the aldol reactions of the achiral aldehydes which are obtained by ozonolysis of the homoallylic alcohols 174. After stereospecific conversion by the FruA [230], the products can be readily induced to form an intramolecular glycoside 175 by acidic (R=OH) or alkaline treatment (R=C1), under which conditions the two equatorial ring hydroxyl groups completely direct the stereogenic acetal formation [234]. The corresponding RhuA catalyzed reactions deliver the enantiomeric... 

The reaction of a 1,2- or a 1,3-diol with an aldehyde or ketone under anhydrous conditions gives rise to a cyclic acetal. A discussion of this reaction is given in Section 5.10.3, p. 652, where some structural features for acetal formation and selectivity of removal are reviewed. Other instances of the value of this protective group are to be found in Expts 5.9 and 5.63 and in Section 5.8.8, p. 623. It should be pointed out that cyclic acetal formation is also an important procedure for the protection of the carbonyl group. 

Acetal formation reactions are reversible under acidic conditions but not under alkaline conditions. This characteristic makes an acetal an ideal protecting group for aldehyde molecules that must undergo further reactions. A protecting group is a group that is introduced into... 

An aldol reaction in acid solution ensures that the more substituted enol is formed and the aldehyde is by far the most electrophilic of all the carbonyl groups. The Diels-Alder reaction gives the free acid 30 which was resolved with a chiral amine and each enantiomer used for a different part of the B12 molecule. The slightly unusual reagent Cr(VI) was used for the alkene cleavage and acetal formation occurred spontaneously under the acidic conditions. 

Key Mechanism 18-6 Formation of Acetals 856 Problem-Solving Strategy Proposing Reaction Mechanisms 858 18-18 Use of Acetals as Protecting Groups 860 18-19 Oxidation of Aldehydes 861... 

Selective Acetal Formation Because aldehydes form acetals more readily than ketones, we can protect an aldehyde selectively in the presence of a ketone. This selective protection leaves the ketone available for modification under neutral or basic conditions without disturbing the more reactive aldehyde group. The following example shows the reduction of a ketone in the presence of a more reactive aldehyde ... 

Just as protonated carbonyl groups are much more electrophilic than unprotonated ones, these oxonium ions are powerful electrophiles. They can react rapidly with a second molecule of alcohol to form new, stable compounds known as acetals. An oxonium ion was also an intermediate in the formation of hemiacetals in acid solution. Before reading any further, it would be worthwhile to write out the whole mechanism of acetal formation from aldehyde or ketone plus alcohol through the hemiacetal to the acetal, preferably without looking at the fragments of mechanism above, or the answer below. 

Acetal formation involves nucleophilic attack of the OH group on the aldehyde so there is no change at the stereogenic centre. The stereochemistry of the new (acetal) centre may surprise you— why should the as-isomer be so favoured This is a conformational effect as both substituents can occupy pseudoequatorial positions. 

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