Aldehydes, from acyl halides

Aldehydes from acyl halides. Acyl halides, for example benzoyl chloride, are converted into aldehydes, for example hcnzaldehyde, by treatment with sodium tetra-carbonylfcrratc(-lI) in the presence of triphenylphosphine and an acid. The aldehydes... 

The pyrazole ring is resistant to most reducing agents and survives intact when other heterocycles are cleaved. An illustration is provided by the reaction of the pyrazoloimidazolidinone (1) with LAH. Here the imidazolidine unit is sensitized to nucleophilic attack by the presence of a lactam carbonyl group, and the product formed is the monocyclic pyrazole (2). The stability of pyrazoles to reduction has been exploited in a synthesis of aldehydes from acyl halides. Thus N-acylpyrazoles (3) on reduction with LAH produce complexes of the type (4) these when hydrolyzed yield aldehydes and the parent pyrazoles (5). ... 

The availability of amino-substituted furazans, both by direct synthesis from aminogly-oximes and via Hofmann degradation of the corresponding carboxamides, allows urea, thiourea, imino and acylamido derivatives, for example, to be prepared by reaction with isocyanates, isothiocyanates, aldehydes and acyl halides, respectively (73JPR791, 77JCS(P1)1616). Alkoxy and acyloxy derivatives are likewise formed from hydroxyfurazans (79JHC689). 

From mechanistic studies of carbonylation, it has become apparent that an important step in carbonylation is the insertion of carbon monoxide to aryl- and alkylpalladium bonds to form acylpalladium bonds (so-called alkyl-acyl rearrangement). The reverse reaction, namely, decarbonylation of acylpalladium bonds, proceeds under certain conditions. In fact, efficient Pd-catalyzed decarbonylation reactions of aldehydes and acyl halides at high temperature are known (Scheme 1). 

The lithiated oxathiolan dioxide (19) has been used as a carbonyl anion equivalent to give high yields of aldehydes from alkyl halides and acyloins from cyclic ketones.The /8-acyl anion equivalent (20 X = Li), which can be prepared from the stannylated diene (20 X = SnRs) by metal exchange, reacts with a variety of electrophiles (E ) to give dienes (20 X = E) in good to excellent yields.The thiophosphate (21) gives a,/3-unsaturated esters in 48—68% yield... 

Aldehydes have been prepared from carboxylic acids or acyl halides by first converting them to certain types of amides that are easily reducible. The following are some examples ... 

Other carbanionic groups, such as acetylide ions, and ions derived from a-methylpyridines have also been used as nucleophiles. A particularly useful nucleophile is the methylsulfinyl carbanion (CH3SOCHJ), the conjugate base of DMSO, since the P-keto sulfoxide produced can easily be reduced to a methyl ketone (p. 549). The methylsulfonyl carbanion (CH3SO2CH2 ), the conjugate base of dimethyl sulfone, behaves similarly, and the product can be similarly reduced. Certain carboxylic esters, acyl halides, and DMF acylate 1,3-dithianes (see 10-10. )2008 Qxj(jatjye hydrolysis with NBS or NCS, a-keto aldehydes or a-... 

An intermediate acylnickel halide is first formed by oxidative addition of acyl halides to zero-valent nickel. This intermediate can attack unsaturated ligands with subsequent proton attack from water. It can give rise to benzyl- or benzoin-type coupling products, partially decarbonylate to give ketones, or react with organic halides to give ketones as well. Protonation of certain complexes can give aldehydes. Nickel chloride also acts as catalyst for Friedel-Crafts-type reactions. 

Studies show that the Zr-bearing bulky ligand is exclusively located in the bottom hemisphere with respect to the plane of the (Z)-enolate. The aldehyde molecule coordinates with the Zr atom and approaches from the same side, adopting a chair-like transition state. This leads to the formation of erythro-aldols (Scheme 3-9 and 23). For lithium enolate, the attack of alkyl or acyl halides in alkylation or acylation occurs directly on the top face of the enolate. 

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