ALIPHATIC 0-KETOESTERS

Carbonyl ylide formation in the aliphatic ketoester 57 a was complicated due to competing reaction processes however, the diketone 57 b underwent cycloaddition at room temperature to give 58, Eq. 40 [70]. 

R = Aliphatic, aromatic, X = -OR, -NR2 R = Aromatic Scheme 20 Two step synthesis of pyrazoles from /3-ketoesters... 

Tautomerism, strictly defined, could be used to describe the reversible interconversion of isomers, in all cases and under all conditions. In practice, the term has increasingly been restricted to isomers that are fairly readily interconvertible, and that differ from each other only (a) in electron distribution, and (b) in the position of a relatively mobile atom or group. The mobile atom is, in the great majority of examples, hydrogen, and the phenomenon is then referred to as prototropy. Familiar examples are / -ketoesters, e.g. ethyl 2-ketobutano-ate (ethyl acetoacetate, 23), and aliphatic nitro compounds, e.g. nitro-methane (24) ... 

In the Diels-Alder reaction with inverse electron demand, the overlap of the LUMO of the 1-oxa-l,3-butadiene with the HOMO of the dienophile is dominant. Since the electron-withdrawing group at the oxabutadiene at the 3-position lowers its LUMO dramatically, the cycloaddition as well as the condensation usually take place at room or slightly elevated temperature. There is actually no restriction for the aldehydes. Thus, aromatic, heteroaromatic, saturated aliphatic and unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes may be used. For example, a-oxocarbocylic esters or 1,2-dike-tones for instance have been employed as ketones. Furthermore, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds cyclic and acyclic substances such as Meldmm s acid, barbituric acid and derivates, coumarins, any type of cycloalkane-1,3-dione, (1-ketoesters, and 1,3-diones as well as their phosphorus, nitrogen and sulfur analogues, can also be ap-... 

The carbonyl reductase from Candida magnoliae catalyzed the enantioselective reduction of a diversity of ketones, including aliphatic and aromatic ketones and a- and /3-ketoesters (Figure 7.17), to anti-Prelog configurated alcohols in excellent optical purity (99% ee or higher) [56]. 

A double tethered Biginelli reaction was carried out on the simple five-membered urea aldehyde 305 that reacted with the aliphatic and aromatic bis-ketoesters 306 and 307 giving compounds 308 and 309, respectively, in good yield, albeit with a diasteromeric ratio of 1 3. A series of different polycyclic bis-guanidines resembling betzelladine alkaloids were prepared <2003OL4485>. 

Fig. 23. Reduction of aliphatic ketones and some ketoesters with ruthenium complexes of 49 yields and ee values refer to isolated pure products.

This chemistry was extended to a catalytic enantioselective alkenylation and phenylation of aldehydes and a-ketoesters. Using CuF-DTBM-SEGPHOS complex, products were obtained with excellent enantioselectivity from a wide range of aldehydes including aromatic and aliphatic aldehdyes, [Eq. (13.26)]. Previously catalytic enantioselective vinylation and phenylation are restricted using the corresponding zinc reagents. The active nucleophile is proposed to be an alkenyl or phenyl copper, based on NMR studies. The chiral CuF catalyst can also be applied to a catalytic enantioselective aldol reaction to ketones... 

Following the cinchonine-catalyzed results, Schaus et al. [46] reported the use of cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl donors to access adjacent quaternary-tertiary stereogenic centers. Under similar reaction conditions cyclic (l-ketoester and 1,3-diketones afforded the corresponding Mannich adducts in excellent yields and stereoselectivities (Scheme 7). The methodology was also applicable to aryl propenyl imines (32) - a class of novel aliphatic imines. 

Using optimal bifunctional catalyst 166, the reaction scope was expanded to aromatic, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic nitro-olefms. Catalyst 166 also promoted the addition of a p-phenyl nitro-olefm to a-CHj-P-ketoester, achieving an asymmetric quaternary center in high yield and high enantiomeric ratio (Scheme 48). 

More specifically, 3,5-di-ferf-butylphenyl substitution on the 3,3 -position of the binaphthol backbone (260) provided overall best yields and selectivities. Using catalyst 260, the authors expanded the scope of substrates to include aliphatic and aromatic nitro-alkenes, and a-substituted P-ketoesters, while maintaining good yields and enantiomeric ratios (Scheme 71). 

The scope was illustrated with 35 examples using various P-ketoesters as well as acetylacetone as 1,3-dicarbonyl compound. The use of aliphatic a,P-unsaturated aldehydes resulted in low yield and inferior enantioselectivity. Transformation of the DHP products into other optically active heterocyclic... 

When the same lithiation process indicated in Scheme 152 was applied to aliphatic esters 578, the corresponding ketones 580 were mainly isolated after acidic work-np (Scheme 153). H NMR stndies show that the corresponding S-ketoesters 579 are intermediates in the process . 

With this method styrene derivatives are oxidized in very good yields (complete conversion at 56 °C after 2-5 hours), whereas aliphatic alkenes require longer reaction time (8-20 h) and increased amounts of oxidant (3.5 eq.), and afford methyl ketones in moderate to good yields. Besides terminal olefins also stilbene and ethyl cinnamate have been converted to benzyl phenyl ketone and /3-ketoester. The catalyst solution can be reused 8 times without decrease in yield. 

In the aliphatic series, the C-alkylation of enolates 17 is achieved through their O-silylated derivatives 66. In the presence of a catalytic amount of ZnBr2, the silyl enol ether 66 reacted with CICH2OCH3 to give only the C-alkylated a-ketoester 67. The alkylation is regiospecific but the ketoesters (67a, c) are obtained with modest yields (about 50% yield). 

The preparation of pyrimidines and hydropyrimidines from thioureas is well established.139,217,218 Since the latest review (1962) covering this reaction,218 several reports of the preparation of heterocyclic compounds by previously reported procedures have appeared in the literature. These involve reactions of thioureas with a,/3-unsaturated ketones,219-224 jS-ketoesters,225-228 aliphatic ketones,229-231 j8-dicar-bonyl compounds,232 and ethyl ethoxymethylenecyanoacetate.233 Selenoureas have also been reported to react with /3-ketoesters to give the analogous 2-selenopyrimidines.234,235 Two reports have appeared of the cyclization of l-/3-carboxyethyl-2-thioureas to hexahydro-pyrimidines in low yields in the presence of acetic anhydride 238,237 however, tetrahydrothiazines are the predominant products in these reactions. 

Table 8.6 shows that the equilibrium mixture consists of almost entirely keto form in the case of simple aliphatic and aromatic ketones, whereas significant amounts of enol tautomer are present in /J-diketones and /J-ketoesters. In these latter cases, the enol contains a conjugated tt electron system and an intramolecular hydrogen bond (30). Phenol exists entirely in the enol form, as the alter-... 

This method is suitable for the preparation of mono- and di-a-substituted /3-ketoesters. Bromoacetates fail in this reaction. Yields with ethyl a-bromopropionate are considerably lower (30-36% with capronitrile) however, ethyl esters are useful for higher-molecular-weight compounds whose sec-alkyl esters are cracked by distillation. With 3-pentyl a-bromopropionate, the yields are slightly higher (53-60% with capronitrile). Both aromatic and aliphatic nitriles are suitable benzonitrile gives yields comparable to those obtained with capronitrile. Alkyl substitution in the a- and /8-positions (cf. Note 4) of aliphatic nitriles lowers the yield to 29% and 38%), respectively 7-substitution has no effect. 

The reaction of pyrazolone bearing a /3-ketoester moiety with aliphatic dibasic functional reagents in EtOH afforded binary ring heterocycles. Whereas when using an excess of a dibasic reagent, dipyrazolo[3,4-z 3, 4 -/][l,2]di-azepine derivatives were obtained <2001SC1335>. 

Adenosine 5 -(tr1hydrogen diphosphate), 5 5 ester with 3-(ami nocarbonyl)-alcohol dehydrogenase, 63, 17 Adogen 464 [50934-77-5], 60, 11 Alanine, L-, N-carboxybenzyl ester, 63, 182 ALANINE, PHENYL-, N-tert-BUTOXYCARBONYL-, L-, 63, 160 Alanine, N-[(phenylmethoxy)carbonylL- [1142-20-7], 63, 182 Alcohols, alkynyl-, synthesis of, 63, 61 Alcohols, amino-, by reduction of acids, 63, 138 Aldol condensation, intramolecular, asymmetric, 63, 26, 37 Aldol condensation, diastereoselectlve, 63, 94, 104 ALIPHATIC B-KETOESTERS, 61, 5 Alkene photodimerization, 62, 125... 

Reactions of unsymmetrical methylene 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with enol ethers have been investigated by Yamauchi et al. [137]. As we have mentioned earlier, the a,/ -unsaturated ketone moiety in alkylidene-/ -ketoesters reacts exclusively as the oxabutadiene. However, high regioselectivity is also observed with mixed alkyl-phenyl-1,3-diketones with exclusive reaction of the aliphatic carbonyl group, whereas in alkylidene-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds bearing an aldehyde and a keto-moiety, the a,/J-unsaturated aldehyde reacts preferentially as oxabutadiene, but not exclusively [130a]. 

Similar but smaller effects of hydrogen concentration were observed with other aromatic and alkyl-aromatic trifluoromethyl ketones such as 2 and 3 (Table 2). On the contrary, in the hydrogenation of the aliphatic ketone 4 medium to high hydrogen pressure favoured the enantiodifferentiation. Note that this correlation is typical for the hydrogenation of a-ketoesters and other activated ketones over the Pt-CD system4. 

ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC P-KETOESTERS FROM MONOETHYL MALONATE ETHYL 2-BUTYRYLACETATE... 

In the early 1970s Stetter and co-workers succeeded in transferring the concept of the thiazolium catalyzed nucleophilic acylation to the substrate class of Michael acceptors (Stetter 1976 Stetter and Schreck-enberg 1973). Since then, the catalytic 1,4-addition of aldehydes 6 to an acceptor bearing an activated double bond 131 carries his name. The Stetter reaction enables a new catalytic pathway for the synthesis of 1,4-bifunctional molecules 132, such as 1,4-diketones, 4-ketoesters and 4-ketonitriles (Stetter and Kuhlmann 1991 for a short review, see Christmann 2005). The reaction can be catalyzed by a broad range of thiazolium salts. Stetter and co-workers found the benzyl-substituted thiazolium salt 86a to give the best results for the addition of aliphatic aldehydes, whereas 86b and 86c were chosen for the addition of aromatic aldehydes. Any one of these three was found to be suitable for additions with heterocyclic aldehydes. Salt 86d was utilized with a, )-unsaturated esters (Fig. 15). 

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