Acetic anhydride reaction with benzaldehyde

Dimethyl-6-nitroquinoxaline (3) undergoes reaction with benzaldehyde in acetic anhydride to yield 2,3-distyryl-6-nitroquinoxaline (4). ... 

The a proton of a substituted cyclopropane is also rendered acidic if the substituent is attached to the ring by C-P bonds. A few reports have appeared on a-substitution in such compounds.(Cyclopropyl)triphenylphosphonium bromide was converted to a (1-ethoxy-carbonylcyclopropyl)triphenylphosphonium salt 18 in 80% yield by sequential treatment with lithium diisopropylamide and ethyl chloroformate. Furthermore, some diethyl cyclopropyl-phosphonates were converted, in some cases in excellent yield, to diethyl (1-hydroxymethyl-cyclopropyl)phosphonates by treatment with lithium diisopropylamide followed by addition of an aldehyde." Thus, typically, diethyl 2-hexylcyclopropylphosphonate gave diethyl 2-hexyl-l-[hydroxy(phenyl)methyl] cyclopropylphosphonate (19b) in 90% yield on reaction with benzaldehyde. ° Other electrophiles such as acetone, acetyl chloride, acetic anhydride, and ethyl acetate, were not sufficiently reactive to undergo addition to the anion. 

Cinnamic acid is usually prepared by Perkin s reaction, benzaldehyde being heated with sodium acetate in the presence of acetic anhydride. It is probable that the benzaldehyde and the acetic anhydride combine under the catalytic action of the sodium acetate, and the product then readily loses water to give mono-benzylidene acetic anhydride (. ). The latter, when subsequently... 

Methyiaminoacetonitrile (216) reacts with carbon disulfide in the presence of acetic anhydride with ethyl acetate as solvent to give 2-thio-3-methyl-A-4-thiazoline in 74% yield (Scheme 113a) (326). If the reaction is carried out using benzaldehyde in place of acetic anhydride, the corresponding 5-benzylideneamino derivative of 217 is obtained in 70% yield. 

For the reactions of methylpyridazine 1-oxides with benzaldehyde in the presence of sodium methoxide, the order of reactivity of methyl groups at various positions is 5 > 4,6 > 3. 3-Methylpyridazine 1-oxide is converted by acetic anhydride into the 3-acetoxymethyl compound, which is easily hydrolyzed to 3-hydroxymethylpyridazine. 

The cinnamic acid is readily prepared by heating benzaldehyde with acetic anhydride and sodium acetate (the Perkin Reaction) (Figure 16.2). 

In 1972, van Leusen, Hoogenboom and Siderius introduced the utility of TosMIC for the synthesis of azoles (pyrroles, oxazoles, imidazoles, thiazoles, etc.) by delivering a C-N-C fragment to polarized double bonds. In addition to the synthesis of 5-phenyloxazole, they also described reaction of TosMIC with /7-nitro- and /7-chloro-benzaldehyde (3) to provide analogous oxazoles 4 in 91% and 57% yield, respectively. Reaction of TosMIC with acid chlorides, anhydrides, or esters leads to oxazoles in which the tosyl group is retained. For example, reaction of acetic anhydride and TosMIC furnish oxazole 5 in 73% yield. ... 

Michie, J.K. and Miller, J.A., A re-examination of the reactions of benzaldehyde with phosphorus trichloride in the presence of acetic anhydride, /. Chem. Soc., Perkin I, 785, 1981. 

Similarly, 3-(5-mercapto-l,2,4-triazol-3-yl)-7-methyl-l,4-dihydro-4-oxo-l,8-naphthyridines 432, after reaction with substituted benzaldehydes, chloroacetic acid in the presence of the mixture of acetic anhydride and acetic acid, gives the corresponding 3-(6-arylidene-5-oxo-5,6-dihydro-thiazolo[3,2- ]-l,2,4-triazol-2-yl)-7-methyl-l,4-dihydro4-oxo-1,8-naphthyridines 433 (Equation 92) <2002EJC323>. 

When benzaldehyde is condensed with hippuric acid in the presence of acetic anhydride a Perkin s reaction takes place and benzoyl-a-amido-cinnamic acid is formed —... 

A 2-Methylpyridine can be deprotonated by a base such as sodium methoxide and the resultant anion can be reacted with ben-zaldehyde to form a hydroxylated adduct (Scheme 2.21). This product can then be dehydrated by acid, or base, to form the conjugated compound stilbazole. Alternatively 2-methylpyridine can be A -acetylated by reaction with acetic anhydride and the initial product deprotonated to give an A -acetylenamine intermediate that traps benzaldehyde, A similar reaction to that of the first procedure occurs, but under the reaction conditions the zwitterionic (dipolar) product eventually loses acetic acid, perhaps by an interna shift of an acetyl group from nitrogen to oxygen. 

Formylfuran behaves in a very similar manner to benzaldehyde and undergoes the usual reactions of an aromatic aldehyde, e.g. (i) the Cannizzaro reaction with cone, sodium hydroxide to give furan-2-ylmethanol and the sodium salt of furoic acid, (ii) the Perkin reaction with acetic anhydride and sodium acetate to yield an aldol product that dehydrates to 3-(furan-2-yl)propenoic acid, and (iii) a condensation with potassium cyanide in alcoholic solution to form furoin (under these conditions, benzaldehyde undergoes the benzoin condensation) (Scheme 6.32). 

Hydrogenation of benzaldehyde yields benzyl alcohol, condensation with aliphatic aldehydes leads to additional fragrance substances or their unsaturated intermediates. Unsaturated araliphatic acids are obtained through the Perkin reaction, for example, the reaction with acetic anhydride to give cinnamic acid. 

The preparation of the first unsaturated azlactone was reported in 1883 by Plochl/40 who condensed benzaldehyde with hippuric acid in presence of acetic anhydride. This approach was later used by Erlenmeyer/41 who extended the procedure to include other aldehydes and also established the usefulness of azlactones as intermediates in the synthesis of DHAs. The method involves the condensation of an A-acylglydne 4 with aldehydes and ketones in the presence of acetic anhydride and anhydrous sodium acetate (Scheme 2)J41 t5l Other catalysts such as copper(II) acetate/46 lead acetate/47,48 potassium carbonate/49 or potassium hydrogen carbonate 50 have also been used. The reaction proceeds via formation of an azlactone 5, which then condenses with the appropriate aldehyde or ketone to give unsaturated azlactone 6. Reaction of 6 with a nucleophile such as OH, OR, or NHR leads to the corresponding A-acyl-DHA derivatives 7. Reaction with the sodium salt of an amino acid gives a DHA containing dipeptide acid. 51 ... 

The synthetic steps are thus the conversion of IV-acetylglycine with acetic anhydride into 2-methyloxazol-5-one (62), followed by reaction of the active methylene group with benzaldehyde to afford the corresponding benzylidene derivative (61) (Expt 8.24 see also Section 5.14.3, p. 736). In a similar manner N-benzoylglycine gives 4-benzylidene-2-phenyloxazol-5-one. These azlactones have been used as starting materials for the preparation of phenylpyruvic acid and phenylalanine (Expts 5.175 and 5.182 respectively). 

In a third microreactor, the anion of 4-ferf-butyl l-ethyl-2-(diethox-yphosphoryl)succinate was prepared in situ using sodium ethoxide 237 (in EtOH) and the Wittig-Horner olefination with benzaldehyde 116 performed using a residence time of 47 min to afford (E)-ferf-butyl-l-ethyl-2-benzylidenesuccinate 238 in excellent selectivity (89% yield). In a fourth reactor, the acid-catalyzed (TFA 239) ferf-butyl ester deprotection was achieved using a residence time of 5 min at 34 °C and employing DCM as the reaction solvent to afford (E)-3-(ethoxycarbonyl)-4-phenylbut-3-enoic acid 246 in 82% yield. The deprotection was subsequently followed by a Friedel-Crafts acylation, using triethylamine 14 and acetic anhydride 37, to afford 4-acetoxy-naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester 241 in quantitative yield when conducted at 130 °C (residence time = 47 min). 

The formation and intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides formed by carbenoid reaction with C=N bonds has recently been studied by the authors group.84 Treatment of 2-(diazoace-tyl)benzaldehyde O-methyl oxime (176) with rhodium(II) octanoate in the presence of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate or N-phenylmaleimide produced cycloadducts 178 and 179, respectively. The cycloaddition was also carried out using p-quinone as the dipolarophile. The major product isolated corresponded to cycloadduct 180. The subsequent reaction of this material with excess acetic anhydride in pyridine afforded diacetate 181 in 67% overall yield from 176. The latter compound incorporates the basic dibenzofa, d -cyclohepten-5,10-imine skeleton found in MK-801,85 which is a selective ligand for brain cyclidine (PCP) receptors that has attracted considerable attention as a potent anticonvulsive and neuro-protective agent.86,87... 

Reaction of the acetylenic ketone (123) with hydroxylamine gave two isomeric isoxazoles.61 These were probably 124 and the 3-ferro-cenyl isomer. The reaction of A-ferrocenoylglycine with benzaldehyde and sodium acetate in acetic anhydride gave the oxazolone (125)68... 

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