Regioselectivity acetate

The H202-HF-SbF5 system has been applied by Jacquesy and co-workers in the hydroxylation of a variety of functionalized arenes.624 Hydroxylation of phenyl esters has been shown to afford themeta and para isomers as main products625 [Eq. (5.217)]. Substantial amounts of the deacylated derivatives were obtained in the reaction of phenyl formate and diphenyl carbonate. In the hydroxylation of 2-chlorophenyl and 4-chlorophenyl acetate, regioselectivity is controlled by the chlorine substituent with the hydroxyl entering into the meta position to the ester group.626 A similar effect was observed in the hydroxylation of anilines and anilides. 

Oxidation of allylic andhomallylic acetates (cf. 10,175-176).1 This system is an efficient catalyst for oxygenation of terminal alkenes to methyl ketones (Wacker process). Similar oxidation of internal olefins is not useful because it is not regioselective. However, this catalyst effects oxygenation of allylic ethers and acetates regioselectively to give the corresponding /i-alkoxy ketones in 40-75% yield. Under the same conditions, homoallylic acetates are oxidized to y-acetoxy ketones as the major products. 

In one additional example, illustrating the applicability of the Ferrier cyclization to amine-based substrates, the same strategy allowed the synthesis of carba-glucosamine (Scheme 8.33). Starting from Cbz protected methyl a-D-glucosaminide 123, 4,6-benzylidene formation, di-benzylation, cleavage of the acetal, regioselective iodination and simultaneous elimination... 

Alkylation of allylic acetates. Regioselective monoalkylation of allylic acetates is possible by use of enol stannanes (prepared by reaction of lithium enolates with chlorotri-n-butyltin) in the presence of this Pd complex. The less substituted end of the allyl group is alkylated with formation of the (E)-isomer.4 Examples ... 

Enzymes with the same nominal specificity, such as acetyl xylanesterases, have different specificities in the deacetylation of cellulose acetate, according to their CE Family. This parallels, but in a more rational fashion, the use of lipases by synthetic chemists to deprotect sugar acetates regioselectively, or, in non-aqueous suspension, to acylate them selectively however, in these cases, the choice of lipase is purely empirical. 

C. Altaner, J. Puls, B. Saake, Enzyme aided analysis of the substituent distribution along the chain of cellulose acetates regioselectively modified by the action of an Aspergillus niger acetylesterase, Cellulose 10 (4) (2003) 391-395. 

Sosnovskikh VY, Irgashev RA, Kodess MI (2008) One-pot three-component reaction of 3-(polyfluoroacyl)chromones with active methylene compounds and ammonium acetate regioselective synthesis of novel R -containing nicotinic acid derivatives. Tetrahedron 64 2997-3004... 

Low molecular mass enol esters (e.g. acetates H.O. House, 1965) or enol ethers (e.g. silyl ethers H.O. House, 1969) of ketones can be synthesized regioselectively and/or separated by distillation. Treatment with lithium alkyls converts them into the corresponding lithi-... 

In contrast to oxidation in water, it has been found that 1-alkenes are directly oxidized with molecular oxygen in anhydrous, aprotic solvents, when a catalyst system of PdCl2(MeCN)2 and CuCl is used together with HMPA. In the absence of HMPA, no reaction takes place(100]. In the oxidation of 1-decene, the Oj uptake correlates with the amount of 2-decanone formed, and up to 0.5 mol of O2 is consumed for the production of 1 mol of the ketone. This result shows that both O atoms of molecular oxygen are incorporated into the product, and a bimetallic Pd(II) hydroperoxide coupled with a Cu salt is involved in oxidation of this type, and that the well known redox catalysis of PdXi and CuX is not always operalive[10 ]. The oxidation under anhydrous conditions is unique in terms of the regioselective formation of aldehyde 59 from X-allyl-A -methylbenzamide (58), whereas the use of aqueous DME results in the predominant formation of the methyl ketone 60. Similar results are obtained with allylic acetates and allylic carbonates[102]. The complete reversal of the regioselectivity in PdCli-catalyzed oxidation of alkenes is remarkable. 

The oxidation of the cyclic enol ether 93 in MeOH affords the methyl ester 95 by hydrolysis of the ketene acetal 94 formed initially by regioselective attack of the methoxy group at the anomeric carbon, rather than the a-alkoxy ketone[35]. Similarly, the double bond of the furan part in khellin (96) is converted ino the ester 98 via the ketene acetal 97[l23],... 

The allyl-substituted cyclopentadiene 122 was prepared by the reaction of cyclopentadiene anion with allylic acetates[83], Allyl chloride reacts with carbon nucleophiles without Pd catalyst, but sometimes Pd catalyst accelerates the reaction of allylic chlorides and gives higher selectivity. As an example, allylation of the anion of 6,6-dimethylfulvene 123 with allyl chloride proceeded regioselectively at the methyl group, yielding 124[84]. The uncatalyzed reaction was not selective. 

Another preparative method for the enone 554 is the reaction of the enol acetate 553 with allyl methyl carbonate using a bimetallic catalyst of Pd and Tin methoxide[354,358]. The enone formation is competitive with the allylation reaction (see Section 2.4.1). MeCN as a solvent and a low Pd to ligand ratio favor enone formation. Two regioisomeric steroidal dienones, 558 and 559, are prepared regioselectively from the respective dienol acetates 556 and 557 formed from the steroidal a, /3-unsaturated ketone 555. Enone formation from both silyl enol ethers and enol acetates proceeds via 7r-allylpalladium enolates as common intermediates. 

Reactions with Alcohols. The addition of alcohols to acrolein may be catalyzed by acids or bases. By the judicious choice of reaction conditions the regioselectivity of the addition maybe controlled and alkoxy propionaldehydes, acrolein acetals, or alkoxypropionaldehyde acetals produced in high yields (66). 

Bu2SnO, benzene BnBr, DMF, heat, 80% yield. This method has also been used to protect selectively the anomeric hydroxyl in a carbohydrate derivative. The replacement of Bu2SnO with Bu2Sn(OMe)2 improves the process procedurally. The use of stannylene acetals for the regioselective manipulation of hydroxyl groups has been reviewed. ... 

The Pomeranz-Fritsch-Bobbitt cyclisation of activated amino-acetal 38 yielded the desired 4-hydroxyquinoline 39 in acceptable yield. The non-obvious regioselectivity of the cyclisation can be attributed to the overriding para-directing effect of alkoxy groups. ... 

Extension of this work by reacting 5-nitropyrimidine with 0,0-ketene acetals and with other cyclic and non-cyclic enamines showed that also with these electron-rich dienophiles the addition is regioselective and gives rise to the formation of 2-mono- or 2,3-disubstituted 5-nitropyridines (Scheme 30). Thus, reaction of 5-nitropyrimidine with the cyclic N,S-ketene acetals 4,5-dihydro-1 -methyl-2-methylthiopyrrole and 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1 -methyl-2-methylthioazepine gives in low yields 2,3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-nitropyr-olo[2,3-h]pyridine and the 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-9-methyl-3-nitropyrido [2,3-Z)]azepine, respectively (89T2693) (Scheme 30). 

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