Alcohols, primary with diethyl azodicarboxylate

Phenols and primary alcohols form ethers when heated with dicyclohexylcarbo-diimide606 (see 0 22). 1,2-Diols can be converted to epoxides by treatment with dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal [(MeO CHNMej],607 with diethyl azodicarboxylate [EtOOCN=NCOOEt] and Pl P,608 with a dialkoxytriphenylphosphorane,609 or with TsCl-NaOH-PhCH2NEt3+ Cl.610... 

This method is unusually mild, using neutral conditions and low temperatures (20 °C and less). It tolerates a number of functional groups in the components (e.g. acetals, esters, alkenes, etc.)- The alcohol, the carboxylic acid and triphenylphosphine are treated dropwise in an inert solvent (dichloromethane, THF, ether) with diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD). The ester is formed rapidly. However, tedious chromatography is frequently required to remove the by-products, triphenylphosphane oxide and hydrazo ester. The main value of the reaction lies in the clean inversion of configuration at a secondary carbinol center and in its selectivity towards primary hydroxy groups (vide infra). Inversions are usually performed with benzoic or p-nitrobenzoic acid. The benzoates are purified and saponified with aqueous base to furnish the inverted alcohols in overall yields of ca. 50%. Elimination is the main side reaction. Thus, from (44) 75% of the desired Sn2 product (45) is formed, along with 25% of the elimination product (46) (equation 19). The mechanism of the reaction has been clarified to the point that betaine (47) is the pri-... 

OH - —NTfCHj. Primary or secondary alcohols are converted to protected secondary amines by this triflamide under Mitsunobu conditions (triphenylphos-phine, diethyl azodicarboxylate) in 70-86% yield. The reaction proceeds with inversion, and is useful for preparation of optically active secondary amines. 

Direct alkylation of hydrazine itself with halides and sulfates usually gives mixtures of mono- and poly-alkylated hydrazines. It is possible to get useful yields of the monoalkylhydrazine by using an excess of hydrazine. Several specific procedures leading to monoalkylhydrazines are based on selective alkylation of hydrazine derivatives with protecting groups attached. So, easily prepared acetone N-(diethoxyphosphoryl)hydrazone (75) can be used. Phase-transfer catalyzed N-alkylation of (75), followed by deprotection with p-toluenesulfonic acid provides monoalkylhydrazine sulfonates (76 Scheme 17). Similarly, N-alkyl-N-arylhydrazines have been prepared by phase-transfer catalyzed N-alkylation of arylhydrazones (Scheme 18). An efficient, one-pot method for the synthesis of a variety of polysilyl-ated hydrazines employs hexamethyldisilane (equation 30). Polysilylated hydrazines were found to react with aldehydes or ketones to give hydrazones under anhydrous conditions. By treatment with triphenylphosphine and diethyl azodicarboxylate primary and secondary alcohols can be converted to hy-dr ine derivatives (equation 31). ... 

A preformed complex of diethyl azodicarboxylate/PhsP activates primary and secondary alcohols sufficiently for SN2-type reactions with LiF (Scheme 33). This Mitsunobu procedure is a rare example of a reaction useful with all four halogens. 

This reaction was initially reported by Fukuyama and co-workers in 1995. It is a two-step conversion of primary amines into secondary amines via ortho-nitrobenzenesulfonation in conjunction with the Mitsunobu Reaction and subsequent removal of the o-nitrobenzenesulfonyl group by thiophenol. Therefore, this reaction is generally known as the Fukuyama amine synthesis. In addition, it is also referred to as the Fukuyama-Mitsunobu A -alkylation," Fukuyama-Mitsunobu alkylation, Fukuyama-Mitsunobu condition, Fukuyama-Mitsunobu procedure, or Fukuyama-Mitsunobu Reaction. In this reaction, the o-nitrobenzenesulfonyl-protected amine is alkylated with alcohol in the presence of PPhs and diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD) or diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (DIAD), and the deprotection occurs in a very mild condition (almost neutral ). The o-nitrobenzenesulfonyl group is simply called the Fukuyama sulfonamide protecting groupThis reaction has become a versatile method... 

This reaction was first reported by Mitsunobu in 1967. It is the alkylation of compounds with active protons by using primary or secondary alcohols as the alkylating agents in combination with triphenylphosphine and diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD) or diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (DIAD), to form molecules like esters, ethers, thioethers, and amines. Therefore, this reaction is generally known as the Mitsunobu reaction or Mitsunobu coupling. In addition, the specific reaction for forming esters by means of DEAD (or DIAD) and PPhs is generally referred to as the Mitsunobu esterification." Occasionally, the Mitsunobu reaction is also called the Mitsunobu transformation (for the conversion of alcohol into amines) or Mitsunobu cyclizafion (for the formation of cyclic compounds). Because of its intrinsic features of stereospecificity, as well as its occurrence in neutral media and at room temperature without a prerequisite activation of alcohol, this reaction has been extensively studied and used to synthesize a variety of compounds since 1970. 

The Mitsunobu reaction, discovered by Oyo Mitsunobu (1934-2003) in 1967, is one of the most important among modern synthetic reactions. It allows the replacement of the OH group of primary and secondary alcohols with a variety of nucleophiles, with clean inversion of stereochemistry and under mild conditions. The key reagents are triphenylphosphine and a dialkyl azodicarboxylate the latter is very often diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD). In addition, a key requirement is that the nucleophile should be acidic (for reasons you ll see below) carboxylic acids, phenols, thiols, imides, and activated carbon acids are all appropriate nucleophiles. 

Alkyl and Alkenyl Bromides. LiBr has been extensively used as a source of bromide in nucleophilic substitution and addition reactions. Interconversion of halides and transformation of alcohols to alkyl bromides via the corresponding sulfonate or trifluoroacetate have been widely used in organic synthesis. Primary and secondary alcohols have been directly converted to alkyl bromides upon treatment with a mixture of Triphenylphosphine, Diethyl Azodicarboxylate, and LiBr. ... 

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