Carboxylates, activated

Inspired by the many hydrolytically-active metallo enzymes encountered in nature, extensive studies have been performed on so-called metallo micelles. These investigations usually focus on mixed micelles of a common surfactant together with a special chelating surfactant that exhibits a high affinity for transition-metal ions. These aggregates can have remarkable catalytic effects on the hydrolysis of activated carboxylic acid esters, phosphate esters and amides. In these reactions the exact role of the metal ion is not clear and may vary from one system to another. However, there are strong indications that the major function of the metal ion is the coordination of hydroxide anion in the Stem region of the micelle where it is in the proximity of the micelle-bound substrate. The first report of catalysis of a hydrolysis reaction by me tall omi cell es stems from 1978. In the years that... 

In synthetic target molecules esters, lactones, amides, and lactams are the most common carboxylic acid derivatives. In order to synthesize them from carboxylic acids one has generally to produce an activated acid derivative, and an enormous variety of activating reagents is known, mostly developed for peptide syntheses (M. Bodanszky, 1976). In actual syntheses of complex esters and amides, however, only a small selection of these remedies is used, and we shall mention only generally applicable methods. The classic means of activating carboxyl groups arc the acyl azide method of Curtius and the acyl chloride method of Emil Fischer. 

The asymmetric cyclopalladation of dimethylaminomethylferrocene takes place in the presence of an optically active carboxylic acid (e.g, A -acetylvaline), giving the cyclopalladation product 478 in 78% ee, from which optically active ferrocene derivatives were prepared[434]. 

Hydrolysis of cinenn I gives an optically active carboxylic acid (+) chrysanthemic acid Ozonolysis of (+) chrysanthemic acid followed by oxidation gives acetone and an optically active dicarboxyhc acid (—) caronic acid (C7H10O4) What is the struc ture of (—) caronic acid" Are the two carboxyl groups cis or trans to each other What does this information tell you about the structure of (+) chrysanthemic acid" ... 

The cinnamyl ester can be prepared from an activated carboxylic acid derivative and cinnamyl alcohol it is cleaved under nearly neutral conditions [Hg(OAc)2, MeOH, 23°, 2-4 h KSCN, H2O, 23°, 12-16 h, 90% yield]. 

Thiol esters, which are more reactive to nucleophiles than are the corresponding oxygen esters, have been prepared to activate carboxyl groups for both lactoniza-tion and peptide bond formation. For lactonization S-f-butyl and S-2-pyridyP esters are widely used. Some methods used to prepare thiol esters are shown below. The S-r-butyl ester is included in Reactivity Chart 6. 

Chirazymes. These are commercially available enzymes e.g. lipases, esterases, that can be used for the preparation of a variety of optically active carboxylic acids, alcohols and amines. They can cause regio and stereospecific hydrolysis and do not require cofactors. Some can be used also for esterification or transesterification in neat organic solvents. The proteases, amidases and oxidases are obtained from bacteria or fungi, whereas esterases are from pig liver and thermophilic bacteria. For preparative work the enzymes are covalently bound to a carrier and do not therefore contaminate the reaction products. Chirazymes are available form Roche Molecular Biochemicals and are used without further purification. 

The cinnamyl ester can be prepared from an activated carboxylic acid derivative and cinnamyl alcohol or by transesterification with cinnamyl alcohol in the presence of the H-Beta Zeolite (toluene, reflux, 8 h, 59-96% yield). It is cleaved under nearly neutral conditions [Hg(OAc)2, MeOH, 23°, 2-A h KSCN, H2O, 23°, 12-16 h, 90% yield]or by treatment with Sulfated-Sn02, toluene, anisole, reflux. The latter conditions also cleave crotyl and prenyl esters. 

In 2000, an efficient three-step procedure for the synthesis of 5-substituted 3-isoxazolols (without formation of undesired 5-isoxazolone byproduct) was published. The method uses an activated carboxylic acid derivative to acylate Meldrum s acid, which is treated with A,0-bis(ten-butoxycarbonyl)hydroxylamine to provide the N,0-di-Boc-protected P-keto hydroxamic acids 14. Cyclization to the corresponding 5-substituted 3-isoxazolols 15 occurs upon treatment with hydrochloric acid in 76-99% yield. 

When a solution of magnesium methoxide (prepared by the reaction of magnesium with methanol) is saturated with carbon dioxide, an active carboxylating agent, MMC, is produced. The reagent carboxylates substrates capable of enolization apparently by promoting formation of the magnesium chelate of the a-adduct. The reaction has been... 

A key step in the synthesis of 13-membered meta ansa and 14-membered para ansa peptide alkaloids involves catalytic hydrogenolysis of carbobenzyl-oxypeptide pentafluorophenyl esters. The most suitable solvent is dioxane with addition of a catalytic amount of pyrrolidinopyridine and 2% ethanol. Temperature should not exceed 90°C. The authors believe that after deblocking, the amino function remains on the surface until ring formation with the activated carboxylic function is accomplished (/5/). 

Compound A, C/H, was found to be optically active. On catalytic reductior over a palladium catalyst, 2 equivalents of hydrogen were absorbed, yielding compound B, CyH. On ozonolysis of A, two fragments were obtained. One fragment was identified as acetic acid. The other fragment, compound C, wa an optically active carboxylic acid, C5Hl002- Write the reactions, and drav structures for A. B and C. 

When an optically active carboxylic acid such as (jR)-2-phenylpropanoic acid is brominated under Hell-Volhard-Zelinskii conditions, is the product optically active or racemic Explain. 

The preparation of enantiomerically enriched a-ketosulphoxides 272 was also based on a kinetic resolution involving the reaction of the carbanion 273 derived from racemic aryl methyl sulphoxides with a deficiency of optically active carboxylic esters 274334, (equation 151). The degree of stereoselectivity in this reaction is strongly dependent on the nature of both the group R and the chiral residue R in 274. Thus, the a-ketosulphoxide formed in the reaction with menthyl esters had an optical yield of 1.3% for R = Et. In the... 

Tributyltin(IV) derivatives of six different pharmaceutically active carboxylates were synthesized and their antibacterial activities were tested using 10 different bacteria (B. cereus, C. diphtheria, E. C. ETEC, K. pneumonia, P. mirabilis, P. aeroginosa,... 

Compounds 137 and 138 are thus synthons for carboxylic acids this is another indirect method for the a alkylation of a carboxylic acid, representing an alternative to the malonic ester synthesis (10-104) and to 10-106 and 10-109. The method can be adapted to the preparation of optically active carboxylic acids by the use of a chiral reagent. Note that, unlike 132, 137 can be alkylated even if R is alkyl. However, the C=N bond of 137 and 138 cannot be effectively reduced, so that aldehyde synthesis is not feasible here. ... 

Like similarly activated carboxylate esters, these aromatic phosphonate diesters 30 were readily hydrolyzed to GLYH3 in good yield and purity under typical strongly acidic or basic conditions, or in a stepwise fashion under extremely mild conditions via the zwitterionic monoaryl esters 32 (44). Products such as 32 or 33 readily precipitated after a few hours at room temperature from aqueous acetone. 

Activated carboxylic acids served as versatile precursors in lactam synthesis. Robl described some a-amino-c-alkyl-c-caprolactam syntheses, Eqs. (4-7)] [12]. Ring closure was induced after an EDC/HOBt activation of the acid function of 31 to form the 6-propyllactam 32 in 51 % yield, Eq. (4). The cyclization of... 

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