Acetylation reaction conditions

An extract of the brown alga Cystoseiras. (Montana Clara Island, Mediterranean Sea) exposed to acetylation reaction conditions yielded two novel meroditerpenes, cystoseirone diacetate (17), with an unusual C-6—C-12... 

Carbanions stabilized by phosphorus and acyl substituents have also been frequently used in sophisticated cyclization reactions under mild reaction conditions. Perhaps the most spectacular case is the formation of an ylide from the >S-lactam given below using polymeric Hflnig base (diisopropylaminomethylated polystyrene) for removal of protons. The phosphorus ylide in hot toluene then underwent an intramolecular Wlttig reaction with an acetyl-thio group to yield the extremely acid-sensitive penicillin analogue (a penem I. Ernest, 1979). 

Acylation. Reaction conditions employed to acylate an aminophenol (using acetic anhydride in alkaU or pyridine, acetyl chloride and pyridine in toluene, or ketene in ethanol) usually lead to involvement of the amino function. If an excess of reagent is used, however, especially with 2-aminophenol, 0,A/-diacylated products are formed. Aminophenol carboxylates (0-acylated aminophenols) normally are prepared by the reduction of the corresponding nitrophenyl carboxylates, which is of particular importance with the 4-aminophenol derivatives. A migration of the acyl group from the O to the N position is known to occur for some 2- and 4-aminophenol acylated products. Whereas ethyl 4-aminophenyl carbonate is relatively stable in dilute acid, the 2-derivative has been shown to rearrange slowly to give ethyl 2-hydroxyphenyl carbamate [35580-89-3] (26). 

BzCl or BZ2O, Pyr, 0°. Benzoyl chloride is the most common reagent for the introduction of the benzoate group. Reaction conditions vaiy depending on the nature of the alcohol to be protected. Cosolvents such as CH2CI2 are often used with pyridine. Benzoylation in a polyhydroxylated system is much more selective than acetylation. A primary alcohol is selectively... 

The earliest preparation of cellulose acetate is credited to Schiitzenberger in 1865. The method used was to heat the cotton with acetic anhydride in sealed tubes at 130-140°C. The severe reaction conditions led to a white amorphous polymer but the product would have been severely degraded and the process difficult to control. Subsequent studies made by Liebermann, Francimont, Miles, the Bayer Company and by other workers led to techniques for controlled acetylation under less severe conditions. 

Two different sets of experimental conditions have been used. Buu-Hoi et al. and Hansen have employed the method introduced by Papa et using Raney nickel alloy directly for the desulfurization in an alkaline medium. Under these conditions most functional groups are removed and this method is most convenient for the preparation of aliphatic acids. The other method uses Raney nickel catalysts of different reactivity in various solvents such as aqueous ammonia, alcohol, ether, or acetone. The solvent and activity of the catalyst can have an appreciable influence on yields and types of compounds formed, but have not yet been investigated in detail. In acetic anhydride, for instance, desulfurization of thiophenes does not occur and these reaction conditions have been employed for reductive acetylation of nitrothiophenes. Even under the mildest conditions, all double bonds are hydrogenated and all halogens removed. Nitro and oxime groups are reduced to amines. 

The Skraup reaction is of wide scope for the synthesis of substituted quinolines. Certain primary amines, bearing a cyano, acetyl or methyl group, may however be subject to decomposition under the usual reaction conditions. 

Acylation of thiosemicarbazide with propionyl chloride, interestingly, does not stop at the acylated product (124). Instead, this intermediate cyclizes to the thiadiazole, 125, under the reaction conditions. Hydrolysis then affords the heterocyclic amine, 126. Acylation by 88 followed by removal qf the acetyl group affords sulfaethidole (116) variation of thle acid chloride used in the preparation of the heterocycle leads to 117 and 118. 

Note that the (E)-isomer of 150 was not detected under any reaction conditions. The total synthesis of 151 was then completed by methanolysis of the two acetyl groups. 

Surprisingly, the corresponding glycinonitrile HHT 28 also tolerated these reaction conditions and has been used in a similar process to generate GLYH3 via the analogous N-acetyl-N-halomethylglycinonitrile intermediates (54). 

The mild character of the reaction conditions is exemplified effectively here by the preparation of 2-acetyl-2-cyclohexen-l-one from 2-acetyIcyclohexanone. The crude product is initially isolated entirely in the less stable enedione form which is partially converted to the more stable enol form, 2-ace tyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-l-ol, during distillation at 45-55°. A series of a,(3-unsaturated j3-keto esters, -diketones, and a p-keto sulfoxide have also been prepared in the unenolized form by this... 

Scheme 4.8 Convergent synthesis plan fortriclosan. Reaction conditions (i) acetyl chloride, AICI3 catalyst (ei = 94.3%) (i) 2CI2 (ef = 81 %) (ii) I/2K2CO3, CuCI catalyst, xylenes (s2 = 48.3%) (iii) 62.5% H2O2, 1/2 maleic anhydride, CH2CI2 ( 3 = 91.3%) (iv) MeOH, 35% HCI catalyst ( 4 = 94.5%). Molecular weights in g/mol are given in parentheses.

The GC/FID conditions were as follows column, 1.5% OV-17 (2 m x 3-mm i.d.) glass column N2 carrier gas flow rate, 45mLmin temperature of injection port, column and detector, 240,235 and 235 °C, respectively. The recoveries of these amino derivatives with fortification level ranging from 0.5 to lO.Omgkg" were 62-101% for chlornitrofen, 62-101% for nitrofen and 58-101% for chlomethoxyfen, and satisfactory recoveries from soil were obtained at high concentrations, but the recoveries at lower concentration averaged about 66% for the least recovered compound. Interference from other substances in the soil extracts derived from the acetylation reaction was negligible. 

Compared to the cyclic ketones, the coupling of aliphatic aldehydes to prepare 3-substituted indoles was less successful, except for phenyl acetaldehyde, which afforded 3-phenyl indole 83 in 76% yield (Scheme 4.22). The lack of imine formation or the instability of the aliphatic aldehyde towards the reaction conditions may be responsible for the inefficiency of these reactions. Therefore, a suitable aldehyde equivalent was considered. With the facile removal of a 2-trialkylsilyl group from an indole, an acyl silane was tested as a means of preparing 3-substituted indoles. Indeed, coupling of acetyl trimethylsilane with the iodoaniline 24 gave a 2 1 mixture of 2-TMS-indole 84 and indole (85) in a combined 64% yield. Evidently, the reaction conditions did lead to some desilylation. Regardless, the silyl group of 84 was quantitatively removed upon treatment with HC1 to afford indole (85). 

Clerici and Porta reported that phenyl, acetyl and methyl radicals add to the Ca atom of the iminium ion, PhN+Me=CHMe, formed in situ by the titanium-catalyzed condensation of /V-methylanilinc with acetaldehyde to give PhNMeCHMePh, PhNMeCHMeAc, and PhNMeCHMe2 in 80% overall yield.83 Recently, Miyabe and co-workers studied the addition of various alkyl radicals to imine derivatives. Alkyl radicals generated from alkyl iodide and triethylborane were added to imine derivatives such as oxime ethers, hydrazones, and nitrones in an aqueous medium.84 The reaction also proceeds on solid support.85 A-sulfonylimines are also effective under such reaction conditions.86 Indium is also effective as the mediator (Eq. 11.49).87 A tandem radical addition-cyclization reaction of oxime ether and hydrazone was also developed (Eq. 11.50).88 Li and co-workers reported the synthesis of a-amino acid derivatives and amines via the addition of simple alkyl halides to imines and enamides mediated by zinc in water (Eq. 11.51).89 The zinc-mediated radical reaction of the hydrazone bearing a chiral camphorsultam provided the corresponding alkylated products with good diastereoselectivities that can be converted into enantiomerically pure a-amino acids (Eq. 11.52).90... 

During the attempted nitrolysis of the triacetyl compound to the 1-acetyl-3,5-dinitro compound with 99% nitric acid in trifluoroacetic anhydride at 30°C, following a general procedure [1], a violent explosion occurred on the 1 g scale [2], This was ascribed to the formation of acetyl nitrate, expected to be formed under the reaction conditions [3,4], Caution with nitrolysis of any acetyl compound is urged [3],... 

GuoetaLhavereported Diels-Alder reaction of differently substituted2-acetyl-[l, 2,3] diazaphospholes, 6 with cyclopentadiene and obtained both endo and exo cycloadducts in moderate yields depending on the reaction conditions (Scheme 28). By quenching the room temperature reaction after only 5 min, endo product 89 was obtained exclusively in 65-75% yields, while prolongation of reaction time to 3 days led to the isolation of only exo product 90 in 50-75% yields [19]. 

The comparatively unreactive complex Mn(CO)3(C5H5BMe) (14) with MeCOCl/AlCl3 produces the 2-acetyl derivative 84 and small amounts of [Mn(CO)3(PhMe)]+ (27). The product ratio is rather insensitive to reaction conditions. It is reasonable to assume a common intermediate 85 (of unspecified stereochemistry at C-6) which under kinetic control may either irreversibly deprotonate to 84 or undergo a rearrangement ultimately leading to the ring-member substitution product (27). 

Substituents in the para position, such as methoxy, chloro, cyano, and acetyl groups, were compatible with the reaction conditions employed. 

Wang et al. reported two different reaction conditions for a solvent free Friedlander quinoline synthesis. Initially, they reported the reaction of 2-acetyl anilines 73 with a variety of P-diketoesters 74 using / -Ts()H as the catalyst under microwave conditions to form substituted quinolines 75 <060BC104>. They also reported the same reaction using BiCl3 as the catalyst under thermal conditions <06LOC289>. Both sets of conditions afford high yields and simpler experimental procedures. 

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