Acid-catalyzed hydroxy

Pyrrole has been condensed under alkaline conditions with formaldehyde to give products of either N- or C-hydroxymethylation (Scheme 22). Although acid-catalyzed hydroxy-methylation is not a practical possibility, by addition of a reducing agent to the reaction mixture overall reductive alkylation can be achieved (Scheme 23). 

The acid catalyzed condensation of benzaldehydes with 2-acetyIpyridine provides access to hydroxy- or amino-indolizines (Scheme 58a) (71CB1629,71CB1645). A remarkable synthesis of fused pyrrolidines in which aldehydes also provide C-2 is exemplified in Scheme 58b... 

Pyrazolino[2,3-c][l,2,3]triazoles, 5, 702 Pyrazolium hydroxide, l,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylanhydro-4-hydroxy-IR spectra, 5, 201 Pyrazolium salts dequatemization, 5, 269 H NMR, 5, 185 hydrogen exchange at ring carbon, 5, 245 mesoionic compounds, 5, 171 nitrodebromination, 5, 237 reactivity, 5, 217 reduction, 5, 68, 243 synthesis, 5, 156 UV spectra, 5, 199 Pyrazolium salts, amino-reactions, 5, 262 Pyrazolium salts, bromo-nucleophilic displacements, 5, 266 Pyrazolium salts, 1,2-dimethyl-deuteration, 5, 175, 245 hydrogen exchange, 5, 71 acid-catalyzed, 5, 239 reactions... 

RUZICKA - FUKUSHIMA Rearrangement Base or acid catalyzed rearrangement of I7a-hydroxy-20-keto steroids to 0-tiomo steroids. 

The dehydration of -hydroxy ketones is a closely related reaction. In the case of 5,6-disubstituted 3-ketones, the 6-substituent usually remains in the less stable configuration. With acid catalyzed elimination, prolonged treatment or high concentration may cause epimerization ... 

Whereas the acid-catalyzed ring opening of 4,5-epoxy-3-ketones in the a-and -series normally gives rise to the type of products discussed above, in some circumstances 4, 5jS-epoxy-3-ketones give abnormal, rearranged products. These products are 2a-hydroxy-A" -3-ketones (or esters thereof) (166). 

Acetic anhydride has also been used as the acylating agent. The formation of thiiranes from thiocyanatohydrins having a tertiary hydroxy group is best achieved by p-toluenesulfonic acid-catalyzed acetylation.The analogous thiocyanatohydrins with a secondary hydroxyl and a tertiary thiocyanate function give a predominance of epoxide from thiocyanatohydrin acetates since the hydrolysis rate of the secondary acetate grouping becomes competitive with that of the tertiary thiocyanate. 

A rather special procedure for the preparation of 21-hydroxy-20-ketopreg-nanes starts with the 17a-ethoxyethynyl-17 -hydroxy steroids described earlier. Free radical addition of ethanethiol to the triple bond, followed by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis and dehydration gives the 20-thioenol ether 21-aldehyde. This can be reduced with lithium aluminum hydride to the C-21 alcohol and then hydrolyzed to the C-20 ketone in the presence of mercuric chloride. The overall yield, without isolation of intermediates, is in the order of 50% ... 

The predominant, if not exclusive, formation of 5/7-fused hydroxy ketones was observed in the case of 4-alkylated dienones [(204) (205) (R = CH3) 6 1 from (201) (R = CH3)] ° and of prednisone 21-acetate [(206)-> (207)]. It appears therefore likely that intermediates which represent the conjugate acids of the postulated zwitterionic intermediates in the dienone photoisomerizations [c/. (202), (203)] participate both in the acid-catalyzed transformations of (200) and in the dienone photochemistry in protic solvents. 

Extension of the acid-catalyzed diazomethane homologation to 17j5-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one propionate (15b) gives 17j5-hydroxy-A-homo-androst-4a-en-3-one propionate (16b) in 20% yield. 

B-Homosteroids have also been prepared by acid-catalyzed reaction of diazomethane with a,/5-unsaturated ketones. 3/ -Hydroxycholest-5-en-7-one acetate (57) reacts with diazomethane in the presence of concentrated fluoroboric acid, boron trifluoride etherate or aluminum chloride to give 3yS-hydroxy-B-homo-cholest-5-en-7a-one acetate (67). The 7a-keto group is reported to be chemically less reactive than an 11-keto group. 

A-Nor-B-homo steroids with different substitution patterns than those described above may be prepared by acid catalyzed cyclization of 3)3-hydroxy-5(10)-seco-cholest-tra/w-l(l0)-en-5-one acetate (134a) formed in 30-40% yield by mercuric oxide-iodine sensitized irradiation of cholestane-3j3,5a-diol... 

Butylethylidene and 1-phenylethylidene ketals were prepared selectively from the C4-C6, 1,3-diol in glucose by an acid-catalyzed transketalization reaction [e.g., Me3CC(OMe)2CH3, TsOH/DMF, 24 h, 79% yield PhC(OMe)2Me, TsOH, DMF, 24 h, 90% yield, respectively]. They are cleaved by acidic hydrolysis AcOH, 20°, 90 min, 100% yield, and AcOH, 20°, 3 days, 100% yield, respectively. Ozonolysis of the /-butylmethylidene ketal affords hydroxy ester, albeit with poor regiocontrol, but a more sterically differentiated derivative may give better selectivity, as was observed with the ethylidene ketal. ... 

The mercaptals obtained by the acid catalyzed reaction of J3-ketoesters, e.g., ethyl acetoacetate, with methyl thioglycolate (73) undergo the Dieckmann cyclization with alcoholic potassium hydroxide at lower temperatures to give ethyl 3-hydroxy-5-methyl-2-thiophenecarboxylate (74) in 75% yield. ° Besides ethyl acetoacetate, ethyl a-ethylacetoacetate, ethyl benzoyl acetate, and ethyl cyclopentanonecarboxylate were also used in this reaction/ It is claimed that /8-diketones, hydroxy- or alkoxy-methyleneketones, or /8-ketoaldehyde acetals also can be used in this reaction. From acetylacetone and thioglycolic acid, 3,5-dimethyl-2-thiophenecarboxyl-ic acid is obtained. ... 

Acid-catalyzed dehydration of 3-hydroxy-3-phenylcycIohexanone leads to an unsaturated ketone. What possible structures are there for the product At what position in the IR spectrum would you expect each to absorb If the actual product has an absorption at 1670 cm-1, what is its structure ... 

Thus, in contrast to benzothiepins, dibenzo compounds can be synthesized by direct acid-catalyzed elimination of water from hydroxy derivatives, or of amines from amino derivatives, at elevated temperatures due to their thermal stability. As in the case of benzothiepins, dibenzo derivatives can also be prepared by base-catalyzed elimination from the corresponding halo derivatives however, the yields are somewhat lower compared to the acid-catalyzed reactions. As a special case, an aziridine derivative was deaminated by palladium-catalyzed hydrogenation to afford the corresponding dibenzothiepin.69... 

The first cyclopent[A]azepine 19 was obtained as dark-green crystals by the acid-catalyzed condensation of 4-hydroxy-2,3,4-triphenylcyclopent-2-en-l-one (18) with pyrrolidine in refluxing toluene.106... 

The cyclohexyloxy(dimethyl)silyl unit in 8 serves as a hydroxy surrogate and is converted into an alcohol via the Tamao oxidation after the allylboration reaction. The allylsilane products of asymmetric allylboration reactions of the dimethylphenylsilyl reagent 7 are readily converted into optically active 2-butene-l, 4-diols via epoxidation with dimethyl dioxirane followed by acid-catalyzed Peterson elimination of the intermediate epoxysilane. Although several chiral (Z)-y-alkoxyallylboron reagents were described in Section 1.3.3.3.3.1.4., relatively few applications in double asymmetric reactions with chiral aldehydes have been reported. One notable example involves the matched double asymmetric reaction of the diisopinocampheyl [(Z)-methoxy-2-propenyl]boron reagent with a chiral x/ -dialkoxyaldehyde87. 

Chiral oxazolidines 6, or mixtures with their corresponding imines 7, are obtained in quantitative yield from acid-catalyzed condensation of methyl ketones and ( + )- or ( )-2-amino-l-phcnylpropanol (norephedrine, 5) with azeotropic removal of water. Metalation of these chiral oxazolidines (or their imine mixtures) using lithium diisopropylamide generates lithioazaeno-lates which, upon treatment with tin(II) chloride, are converted to cyclic tin(II) azaenolates. After enantioselective reaction with a variety of aldehydes at 0°C and hydrolysis, ft-hydroxy ketones 8 are obtained in 58-86% op4. 

Acid anhydride-diol reaction, 65 Acid anhydride-epoxy reaction, 85 Acid binders, 155, 157 Acid catalysis, of PET, 548-549 Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of nylon-6, 567-568 of nylon-6,6, 568 Acid chloride, poly(p-benzamide) synthesis from, 188-189 Acid chloride-alcohol reaction, 75-77 Acid chloride-alkali metal diphenol salt interfacial reactions, 77 Acid chloride polymerization, of polyamides, 155-157 Acid chloride-terminated polyesters, reaction with hydroxy-terminated polyethers, 89 Acid-etch tests, 245 Acid number, 94 Acidolysis, 74 of nylon-6,6, 568... 

In contrast, the acid-catalyzed hydration of arylbenzoylacetylenes differs markedly from the hydration of a-unsaturated ketones. Hydration of unsaturated ketones has been shown to proceed via a 1,4-addition mechanism where protonation occurs on oxygen to give an oxonium salt, followed by attack of water at the 0-carbon to give a hydroxy enol. The rate-limiting step has been shown to be the protonation of the hydroxy enol (27) ... 

The acid-catalyzed mechanism involves carbocation formation and substituent migration assisted by the hydroxy group. 

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