Alcohols dehydrative condensations with carboxylic acids

Dehydrative Condensation of Carboxylic Acids with Amines and Alcohols. In the presence of a mercuric catalyst, (1) causes dehydrative condensation of carboxylic acids with H-acidic materials such as amines and alcohols to give the corresponding amides, esters, lactones, and peptides in high yields. ... 

Dehydrative Condensation of Carboxylic Acids with Amines and Alcohols. For reversible fluorescent labeling of amino groups, ethoxy(trimethylsilyl)acetylene was used as a dehydrating reagent to couple dansylaminomethylmaleic acid (DAM) with benzylamine through a maleic anhydride intermediate (eq 6). ... 

Ruthenium catalysts have also been used in this context.200,201 In particular, the cationic ruthenium complex, CpRu(CH3CN)3PF6, in conjunction with carboxylic acid ligand 3, has been used to achieve the remarkably chemoselective allylation of a variety of alcohols via dehydrative condensation with allyl alcohol (Equation (50)).202 It is worth noting that this transformation proceeds with 0.05 mol% catalyst loading and does not require the use of excess allyl alcohol. 

Other recent relevant developments have been the replacement of conventional acid catalysts with greener analogues. Direct esterification of carbo Q lic acids and alcohols continues to be a focus of attention. As examples, diphenylammonium triflate 8 and bulky diatylammonium sulfonates were shown to catalyse ester condensation of carboxylic acids and alcohols efficiently, and without the need for azeotropic water removal in the former case. Pentafluorophenylammonium triflate 9 was shown to be an efficient and cost-effective catalyst not only for esterification, but also for thioesterification, transesterification and macrolactone formation without requiring a dehydrating system. The superior catal)4ic efficiency of 9 relative to 8 was ascribed to the lower basicity of the pentafluoroaniline counter amine compared to diphenylamine. In related work, polyaniline... 

Condensa.tlon, A variety of condensation reactions involving the hydroxyl or the carboxyl or both groups occur with lactic acid. The important reactions where products can be obtained ia high yields are esterificatioa (both iatramolecular and with another alcohol or acid), dehydration, and aminolysis. 

For the structural optimization of the tricyclic triazolium salt 119 the cw-tricyclic lactam 126 was chosen as the precursor for the synthesis of the tetracyclic triazolium salt 127. The diastereo- and enantiopure y-lactam 126 was synthesized following a procedure reported by Ennis et al. (Scheme 32) (Ennis et al. 1996 Nieman and Ennis 2000). a-Tetralone (124) was a-alkylated with ethyl bromoacetate and subsequently hydrolyzed to the corresponding carboxylic acid. Condensation with (R)-phenylglycinol yielded the lactam 125 as a single stereoisomer. Stereoselective reduction, dehydration of the alcohol, and acid-catalyzed enamine hydrolysis provided the cis-tricyclic lactam 126. The one-pot procedure that had previously been successful in the synthe-... 

In the presence of a strong base, the a carbon of a carboxylic ester or other acid derivative can condense with the carbonyl carbon of an aldehyde or ketone to give a p-hydroxy ester, ° amide, and so on., which may or may not be dehydrated to the a,p-unsaturated derivative. This reaction is sometimes called the Claisen reaction an rmfortunate usage since that name is more firmly connected to 16-85. Early reactions used hydroxide or an alkoxide base in water or alcohol solvents, where self-condensation was the major process. Under such conditions, the aldehyde or ketone was usually chosen for its lack of an a-proton. Much better control of the reaction was achieved when amide bases in aprotic solvents, such as ether or THE, were used. The reaction of tert-butyl acetate and in hexane... 

ArsBi bearing ortho methoxy groups mediates dehydrative condensation of a-monosubstituted carboxylic acids with alcohols and amines (Scheme 14.139) [288]. Macrocyclic esters can be synthesized by the ArsBi-templated reaction of diols with dicarboxylic acid derivatives [289]. The Bi-C bonds of Ar Bi are cleaved by diphenyl diselenide and ditelluride to give aryl phenyl selenides and tellurides, respectively (Scheme 14.140) [290]. The reaction of ArsBi with elemental chalcogen (E Se, Te) affords a mixture of the respective dichalcogenides (ArEEAr) and monochalcogenides (ArEAr). 

In these reactions, hydrolysis of diphenyl and triaryl phosphites to monoaryl phosphites and phenol was coupled by dehydration between carboxylic acids and amines or alcohols to the corresponding amides and esters. Therefore, the reaction can be generalized as a hydrolysis-dehydration reaction (Scheme 2). The concept of the hydrolysis-dehydration reaction using phosphites has been drown to be applicable also to reactions with other phosphorus compounds such as phosphinites, phos-phonites and phosphorates s Aryl esters of these phosphorus compounds are effective as condensing agents in the production of carboxylic amides and esters (from carboxylic acids and amines or alcohols, respectively) whereas alkyl esters are ineffective (Eqs. (1-3)) ... 

Plan We discussed substitution reactions (including addition-elimination and dehydration-condensation) and hydrolysis. In (a), a carboxylic acid and an alcohol react, so the reaction must be a substitution to form an ester and water. In (b), an amide reacts with OH, so it is hydrolyzed to an amine and a sodium carboxylate. 

Industrially, a selectivity to DAA of between 90—95% can be achieved (64). The principal by-products are mesityl oxide and acetone trimers. j W-Triacetone dialcohol [3682-91-5] can form by condensation of acetone with diacetone alcohol (116). Dehydration of ry/ -triacetone dialcohol can yield semiphorone [5857-71-6] (6-hydroxy-2,6-dimethyl-2-hepten-4-one), which may in turn ring close to form 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-y-pyrone [1197-66-6/, or ultimately dehydrate to phorone [504-20-1] (2,6-dimethyl-2,5-heptadien-4-one) (146). Similarly, an unsymmetrical acetone trimer can also be formed which dehydrates to 2,4-dimethyl-2,4-heptadiene-6-one. These impurities complicate the high purity recovery of DAA, and are thought to be responsible for a yellow discoloration of DAA. The addition of dibasic acid (147) or nitrogen containing carboxylic or phosphonic acids (148) has been patented as refined product stabilizing agents. 

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