Acetylation-elimination

Analogous acyl migrations occur with dienol acetates of type (238) and (239), yielding products from the two possible recombinations—(240)/(241) and (243)/(244), respectively—besides the products of reductive acetyl elimination (see Experiment b below). 

Additional hypotheses concerning prostaglandin biosynthesis in P. homomalla resulted from isolation of 11R-HETE (76) from the polar lipid fraction [95]. Apparently, 11R-HETE (76) is also a minor product of incubations of arachidonic acid with acetone powder preparations of P. homomalla [95], In this alternate hypothesis (Scheme 8), an 11-hydroxy or 11-hydroperoxy-8,9-allene oxide intermediate is formed from a sequence of oxidations at C8 and Cll. Opening of the allene oxide to a transient C8 earboeation induces eycli-zation with a consequent addition of water to C15. This proposed pathway leads initially to formation of PGE2 (16 or 38), which following acetylation, elimination of acetic acid from Cl 1-12, and esterification, forms the observed major natural product in the coral, 15-acetoxy methyl PGA2 (36 or 54). Notably, if... 

Reaction of the nitromethyl derivative 77 obtained in four steps from cellobiose peracetate, with the glucose-derived aldehyde 78 and potassium fluoride/18-crown-6 leads to the expected condensation product 79. The acetylation-elimination-reduction sequence (— 80) followed by reductive denitration and total deprotection affords the 0,C-trimer mimic 81. 

Fluoride-induced condensation of the 5-deoxy-5-nitro furanoside 85 with the a-C-furanosyl formaldehyde 55 obtained by ring contraction of glucosamine and subsequent functional group manipulation lead to a diastereomeric mixture of the nitroaldols 86. An acetylation-elimination sequence followed by reduction of the alkene, denitration and hydrogenolysis provide the C-disaccharide 88. 

Acetylation-elimination to the support-hound diene (338) (Scheme 70) [314] Polymer-bound sulfonylated allylic alcohol (336) (3.1g) was allowed to swell in THF (35 mL) at 0 °C, and acetic anhydride (1.1 g, 1 mL, 11 mmol) and DBU (2.5 mL, 16.1 mmol) were added. The reaction was stirred at r. t. for one day, after which time the resin was collected by filtration using a medium sin-tered-glass fritted Buchner funnel and washed as follows ... 

The gradated reactivities of allylic acetates and carbonates have been exploited in synthesis. Thus chiral c/s-4-acetoxycyclohex-2-enol is converted into either one of the enantiomers of 2,4-cyclohexadien-l-ylacetic acid by direct displacement with sodiomalonate followed by acetylation, elimination, and saponification, or by displacement of the derived carbonate followed by elimination of the unreacted acetate. 

The effect of aromatic substrates on the formation of N02" is shown in the considerably increased substrate selectivity over that obtained with NO2+ salts. On the basis of the experimental data it is suggested that in these nitrations a weaker nitrating species than NO2+ must be involved in the primary interaction with the aromatic substrates. This incipient nitronium ion then attaches itself to the aromatics in a step giving high substrate selectivity. Whether the incipient nitronium ion is the nitracidium ion (H2NO3+), protonated acetyl nitrate (CH3COO—HN02 ) or probably a transition state of any of those unstable species to N02, in which water is loosened, but not yet completely eliminated, is difficult to say and no direct physical evidence is available. 

In these cydizations, the reaction can be terminated in other ways than elimination of /3-hydrogen. Typically the reaction ends by an anion capture process[154]. The following anion transfer agents are known H, OAc , CN, S02Ph, CH(C02R)2, NHRj, CO/ROH, and RM [M = Sn(IV), B(lll), Zn(II)]. Trapping with an amine after alkene insertion to give 189 and 190 is an example. A-Acetyl protection is important in this reaction[155]. 

Anilino vinyl derivatives of thiazolium (30, R = H) or acetanilido (30, R = C0CH3), as well as formyl methylene 30b (methods E-G), give asymmetrical dyes when condensed with a methyl reactive group of another species (Scheme 42). Mesosubstituted symmetrical or unsymmet-rical thiazolocyanines are obtainable via /S-alkylmercaptovinyl thiazolium derivatives (32) (methods H and I) (Scheme 43). a or /S carbon atoms of the trimethine chain can be substituted by acetyl when a dye is treated with acetic anhydride (method L). The hydrolysis of neocyanines lead to trimethine cyanine by fractional elimination of a composant chain (method K). 

Extraction of hemiceUulose is a complex process that alters or degrades hemiceUulose in some manner (11,138). Alkaline reagents that break hydrogen bonds are the most effective solvents but they de-estetify and initiate -elimination reactions. Polar solvents such as DMSO and dimethylformamide are more specific and are used to extract partiaUy acetylated polymers from milled wood or holoceUulose (11,139). Solvent mixtures of increasing solvent power are employed in a sequential manner (138) and advantage is taken of the different behavior of various alkaUes and alkaline complexes under different experimental conditions of extraction, concentration, and temperature (4,140). Some sequences for these elaborate extraction schemes have been summarized (138,139) and an experimenter should optimize them for the material involved and the desired end product (102). 

Alternatively, TiCl reacts with a cold mixture of acetic acid and acetic anhydride. If the mixture is heated, condensation occurs with elimination of acetyl chloride to yield hexaacetoxydititanoxane [4861 -18-1] (126,127). 

Two disadvantages are associated with the use of S-acetyl or 5-benzoyl derivatives in peptide syntheses (a) base-catalyzed hydrolysis of 5-acetyl- and 5-benzoylcys-teine occurs with /S-elimination to give olefinic side products, CH2=C-(NHPG)CO—(b) the yields of peptides formed by coupling an unprotected amino group in an 5-acylcysteine are low because of prior S-N acyl migration. ... 

The ability to promote /S elimination and the electron-donor capacity of the /3-metalloid substituents can be exploited in a very useful way in synthetic chemistry. Vinylstannanes and vinylsilanes react readily with electrophiles. The resulting intermediates then undergo elimination of the stannyl or silyl substituent, so that the net effect is replacement of the stannyl or silyl group by the electrophile. An example is the replacement of a trimethylsilyl substituent by an acetyl group by reaction with acetyl chloride. 

NMca. CHa. CHj. O. CO. CH CH. C6H2(OMe)a. OAc, from which the acetyl group was readily eliminated yielding a product, which on treatment with methyl iodide was converted into sinapine iodide, NMcgl. CHj. CHj. O. CO. CH CH. CgH2(OMe)2. OH, identical with that obtainable from the natural alkaloid. 

The acetyl group in aconitine may be eliminated in two other ways (a) by heating aconitine in sealed tubes with methyl alcohol, when methylbenzoylaconine, m.p. 210-1°, is formed, or (b) by heating the alkaloid at its melting-point, when pyraconitine, C32H43O9N, m.p. 167-5° (171°, Schulze), [a] ° — 112-2° (EtOH), is formed. The latter yields crystalline, laevorotatory salts, and on hydrolysis by alkalis affords benzoic acid and pyraconine, C2sH3gOgN, amorphous, [a]n — 91° (HgO), but yields a crystalline hydrochloride, B. HCl. 2-5H20, m.p. 154° (135°, Schulze), Md - 102° (HgO) (- 124-6°, Schulze). ... 

The properties of chlorine azide resemble those of bromine azide. Pon-sold has taken advantage of the stronger carbon-chlorine bond, i.e., the resistance to elimination, in the chloro azide adducts and thus synthesized several steroidal aziridines. 5a-Chloro-6 -azidocholestan-3 -ol (101) can be converted into 5, 6 -iminocholestan-3l -ol (102) in almost quantitative yield with lithium aluminum hydride. It is noteworthy that this aziridine cannot be synthesized by the more general mesyloxyazide route. Addition of chlorine azide to testosterone followed by acetylation gives both a cis- and a trans-2iddMct from which 4/S-chloro-17/S-hydroxy-5a-azidoandrostan-3-one acetate (104) is obtained by fractional crystallization. In this case, sodium borohydride is used for the stereoselective reduction of the 3-ketone... 

A considerable extension of the synthetic utility of the hypoiodite reaction is achieved if the steroid hypoiodite (2) is generated from the alcohol and acetyl hypoiodite and then decomposed in a nonpolar solvent. In this case ionic hydrogen iodide elimination in the 1,5-iodohydrin intermediate (3) is slow, thereby allowing (3) to be converted into an iodo hypoiodite (5). 

Sulfur tnoxide adds to 2,2 difluoroethylenesulfonyl fluoride to afford the P sultone and its rearrangement product, bis(fluorosulfonyl)acetyl fluoride Potassium fluoride acts as a base and reacts with the acetyl fluoride to eliminate the elements of hydrogen fluoride and produce bis(fluorosulfonyl)ketene [IS] (equation 6)... 

Dehydrochlorination of bis(tnfluoromethylthio)acetyl chloride with calcium oxide gives bis(trifluoromethylthio)ketene [5] (equation 6) Elimination of hydrogen chloride or hydrogen bromide by means of tetrabutylammonium or potassium fluoride from vinylic chlorides or bromides leads to acetylenes or allenes [6 (equation 7) Addition of dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 ether raises the yields of potassium fluoride-promoted elimination of hydrogen bromide from (Z)-P-bromo-p-ni-trostyrene in acetonitrile from 0 to 53-71 % In dimethyl formamide, yields increase from 28-35% to 58-68%... 

In the reactions of 2,5-disubstituted thiophenes elimination of an a-substituent occurs to a much greater extent than in the benzene series. The Friedel-Crafts acetylation of 5-bromo-2-ethylthiophene in the presence of SnCE gives 2-ethyl-5-acetyIthiophene. Elimination of an a-bromine occurs also in the chloromethylation of 2,5-di-bromothiophene, leading to a mixture of 2-bromo-5-chloromethyIthio-phene and 2,5-dibromo-3-chloromethyIthiophene. Bromine atoms at both the and -position are exchanged for chlorine in the... 

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