Acylation, hydroxy groups

Kinetic resolutions by means of the selective formation or hydrolysis of an ester group in enzyme-catalyzed reactions proved to be a successful strategy in the enantioseparation of 1,3-oxazine derivatives. Hydrolysis of the racemic laurate ester 275 in the presence of lipase QL resulted in formation of the enantiomerically pure alcohol derivative 276 besides the (23, 3R)-enantiomer of the unreacted ester 275 (Equation 25) <1996TA1241 >. The porcine pancreatic lipase-catalyzed acylation of 3-(tu-hydroxyalkyl)-4-substituted-3,4-dihydro-2/7-l,3-oxazines with vinyl acetate in tetrahydrofuran (THF) took place in an enantioselective fashion, despite the considerable distance of the acylated hydroxy group and the asymmetric center of the molecule <2001PAC167, 2003IJB1958>. 

A similar ring closure is observed when the carbodiimide with an acylated hydroxy group in the /3-position 640 is treated with ammonia to give the heterocycle 641. ... 

In a variant (15) of the carbodiimide method, two moles of an A-alkoxycarbonylamino acid are reacted with one mole of DCC in dichloromethane (DCM). After 30 minutes, the DCU is removed by filtration and the solution is mixed with the aminolyzing component. The DCM is sometimes replaced with dimethylformamide (DMF) for the aminolysis step. SyAn formation is very slow in DMF. The method is wasteful of substrate but gives clean reactions. Some SyAn have been isolated and stored (16, 17), but the practice is no longer in vogue. SyAn are less reactive and hence more selective than OAIU they do not acylate hydroxy groups that have not been deprotonated. They are especially effective for acylating secondary amines such as A-methylamino-acid residues. 

When unsubstituted, C-5 reacts with electrophilic reagents. Thus phosphorus pentachloride chlorinates the ring (36, 235). A hydroxy group in the 2-position activates the ring towards this reaction. 4-Methylthiazole does not react with bromine in chloroform (201, 236), whereas under the same conditions the 2-hydroxy analog reacts (55. 237-239. 557). Activation of C-5 works also for sulfonation (201. 236), nitration (201. 236. 237), Friede 1-Crafts reactions (201, 236, 237, 240-242), and acylation (243). However, iodination fails (201. 236). and the Gatterman or Reimer-Tieman reactions yield only small amounts of 4-methyl-5-carboxy-A-4-thiazoline-2-one. Recent kinetic investigations show that 2-thiazolones are nitrated via a free base mechanism. A 2-oxo substituent increases the rate of nitration at the 5-position by a factor of 9 log... 

Mocimycin has been chemically converted to aurodox by protection of the 4-hydroxy group at the pyridone moiety as the benzoylformate, followed by /V-methylation and hydrolytic removal of the protective group (1,55). Whereas aurodox esters are active growth promotors in animals, goldinamines that are A/-acylated by acids other than goldinonic acid, such as acetic, benzoic, or arylsulfonic acids, lack useful antimicrobial or growth-promoting activity (1). 

A number of steroids have been regioselectively acylated ia a similar manner (99,104). Chromobactenum viscosum hpase esterifies 5a-androstane-3P,17P-diol [571-20-0] (75) with 2,2,2-triduoroethyl butyrate ia acetone with high selectivity. The hpase acylates exclusively the hydroxy group ia the 3-position giving the 3P-(monobutyryl ester) of (75) ia 83% yield. In contrast, bacillus subtilis protease (subtihsia) displays a marked preference for the C-17 hydroxyl. Candida iylindracea]i 2Lse (CCL) suspended ia anhydrous benzene regioselectively acylates the 3a-hydroxyl group of several bile acid derivatives (104). 

Acyl-, 4-alkoxycarbonyl- and 4-phenylazo-pyrazolin-5-ones present the possibility of a fourth tautomer with an exocyclic double bond and a chelated structure. The molecular structure of (138) has been determined by X-ray crystallography (Table 5). It was shown that the hydroxy group participates in an intramolecular hydrogen bond with the carbonyl oxygen atom of the ethoxycarbonyl group at position 4 (8OCSCII21). On the other hand, the fourth isomer is the most stable in 4-phenylazopyrazolones (139), a chelated phenyl-hydrazone structure. 

The 17-hydroxy group of 2,3-epithiosteroids and the hydroxy groups of some epi-thiosugars may be acylated with acid anhydrides or chlorides without affecting the episulfide (77CPB1140). 

In an aminoglycoside a vicinal amino hydroxy group can be protected as a Cu(II) chelate. After acylation of other amine groups, the chelate is cleaved by aqueous ammonia. The copper chelate can also be cleaved with Bu2NC(S)NHBz (EtOH, reflux, 2 h). ... 

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. 

The hydroxy group undergoes 0-acylation and deacylation (79JHC689). These reactions of functionalized hydroxyfurazans are valuable methods for modification of these compounds. Thus, hydroxybifurazan 248 was aroylated with benzoyl chloride in the presence of pyridine with concomitant cleavage of the unsubstituted furazan ring to give nitrile 262 (Scheme 170) (75LA1029). 

R = R = H, R = -0CH2CH20H), and the hydroxy group then was acylated with 2-(dimethylamino)acetic acid in CH2CI2 in the presence of 1,3-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine at room temperature (94EUP626378, 95USP5378720). 

The side chain hydroxy group of 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-methyl-9-methoxy-4//-pyrido[l,2-u]pyrimidin-4-one, and that of its 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro derivative was acylated with MeS02Cl in the presence of NEts in CH2CI2 at room temperature (95MIP4, 96MIP2). The hydroxy group of 2-[4-(4-hydro-xybenzoyl)benzyloxy]-3-methyl-4//-pyrido[l, 2-u]-pyrimidin-4-one, its 6-methyl derivative and 2-[4-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)benzylthio]-3-methyl-4//-pyrido[l, 2-u]pyrimidin-4-one was alkylated with 4-(2-chloroethyl)morpholine hydrochloride and 4-picolyl chloride hydrochloride (96EUP733633). 

Acylation of mesoionic pyrido[l,2-u]pyrimidin-4-ones 150 with aroyl chlorides in the presence of NEts yielded 2-aroyloxy-4//-pyrido[l,2-u]pyrimidin-4-ones 178 (96JHC663). None of the esters 178 could be rearranged to the 2-hydroxy-3-aroyl derivatives 179. The hydroxy group of 9-hydroxy-2-methyl-3- 2-[4-(6-fluoro-l,2-benzisoxazol-3-yl)-l-piperidinyl] ethyl -6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4//-pyrido[l, 2-u]pyrimidin-4-one was acylated with hexadecanoic acid in CH2CI2 in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodi-imide and 4-pyrrolidinopyridine at room temperature for 3 days in 80% yield (97MIP7). 

A convenient route to highly enantiomerically enriched a-alkoxy tributylslannanes 17 involves the enanlioselective reduction of acyl stannanes 16 with chiral reducing agents10. Thus reaction of acyl stannanes with lithium aluminum hydride, chirally modified by (S)-l,l -bi-naphthalene-2,2 -diol, followed by protection of the hydroxy group, lead to the desired a-alkoxy stannanes 17 in optical purities as high as 98 % ee. 

Doubt has been expressed as to the validity of the above mechanism by the observation that in the bromination of 2-hydroxy-4,6-methoxyacetophenone, bromine enters the 3 position and replaces the acyl group at a rate which is increased by acetylation of the hydroxy group, which should not be the case if a quinonoid intermediate is formed, as required above734. However, since the hydroxy group becomes acetylated during the course of the reaction, thereby partly changing the medium to bromine in acetic acid, this result is ambiguous... 

In the alkyl chain hydroxy groups or side chains may be present. The reaction is somewhat different when acyl halides are used. Hydroxymethanediphosphonic acid is prepared by reacting phosgene with an alkali metal, dialkyl phosphite. The reaction is rapid and exothermic. The temperature is controlled between 10 and 20°C. After hydrolysis with HC1, hydroxymethanediphosphonic acid is recovered [91,92]. 

However, the most common and important method of synthesis of chiral non-racemic hydroxy phosphoryl compounds has been the resolution of racemic substrates via a hydrolytic enzyme-promoted acylation of the hydroxy group or hydrolysis of the 0-acyl derivatives, both carried out under kinetic resolution conditions. The first attempts date from the early 1990s and have since been followed by a number of papers describing the use of a variety of enzymes and various types of organophosphorus substrates, differing both by the substituents at phosphorus and by the kind of hydroxy (acetoxy)-containing side chain. 

The aminoalkanephosphonic acids which bear an additional hydroxy group in the molecule were usually resolved via enzymatic acylation of this hydroxy group. For example, resolution of //-Cbz-phosphoserine dimethyl ester 60 using various lipases gave poor results. However, lipase PS-promoted acetylation of //-Chz-phosphoisoserine diethyl ester 61 gave both the unreacted substrate 61 and the 0-acetylated product 62 with almost 100% enantiomeric excess (E = 1000). ... 

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