Alkoxides anion

The TT-allylpalladium complexes 241 formed from the ally carbonates 240 bearing an anion-stabilizing EWG are converted into the Pd complexes of TMM (trimethylenemethane) as reactive, dipolar intermediates 242 by intramolecular deprotonation with the alkoxide anion, and undergo [3 + 2] cycloaddition to give five-membered ring compounds 244 by Michael addition to an electron-deficient double bond and subsequent intramolecular allylation of the generated carbanion 243. This cycloaddition proceeds under neutral conditions, yielding the functionalized methylenecyclopentanes 244[148], The syn-... 

The mechanism of the Feist-Benary reaction involves an aldol reaction followed by an intramolecular 0-alkylation and dehydration to yield the furan product. In the example below, ethyl acetoacetate (9) is deprotonated by the base (B) to yield anion 10 this carbanion reacts with chloroacetaldehyde (8) to furnish aldol adduct 11. Protonation of the alkoxide anion followed by deprotonation of the [i-dicarbonyl in 12 leads to... 

Anion 3 can add to another ester 1. The resulting anionic species 4 reacts to the stable /3-keto ester by loss of an alkoxide anion R 0 5 ... 

One of the more common methods of alcohol protection is by reaction with a chlorotrialkylsilane, CI-S1R3, to yield a trialkylsilyl ether, R -O-SilTj. Chlorotrimethylsilane is often used, and the reaction is carried out in the presence of a base, such as tciethylamine, to help form the alkoxide anion from the alcohol and to remove the HC1 by-product from the reaction. 

Alcohols undergo many reactions and can be converted into many other functional groups. They can be dehydrated to give alkenes by treatment with POCI3 and can be transformed into alkyl halides by treatment with PBr3 or SOCU- Furthermore, alcohols are weakly acidic (p/C, — 16-18) and react with strong bases and with alkali metals to form alkoxide anions, which are used frequently in organic synthesis. 

The most common reaction of aldehydes and ketones is the nucleophilic addition reaction, in which a nucleophile, Nu , adds to the electrophilic carbon of the carbonyl group. Since the nucleophile uses an electron pair to form a new bond to carbon, two electrons from the carbon-oxygen double bond must move toward the electronegative oxygen atom to give an alkoxide anion. The carbonyl carbon rehybridizes from sp2 to sp3 during the reaction, and the alkoxide ion product therefore has tetrahedral geometry. 

Protonation of the alkoxide anion intermediate gives the neutral alcohol addition product. 

Base catalyzed nitrile hydrolysis involves nucleophilic addition of hydroxide ion to the polar C N bond to give an imine anion in a process similar to nucleophilic addition to a polar C=0 bond to give an alkoxide anion. Protonation then gives a hydroxy imine, which tautomerizes (Section 8.4) to an amide in a step similar to the tautomerization of an enol to a ketone. The mechanism is shown in Figure 20.4. 

On the other hand, in the case of a-halogenoethyl sulphoxides 503 an SN2-type displacement occurs with mercaptide anions and leads to a-alkylthioethyl sulphoxides 504, while the elimination-addition mechanism is operative with alkoxide anions, affording jS-alkoxyethyl sulphoxides577,596 505 (equation 306). Finally, the reaction of 1-halogeno-l-methylethyl derivatives with both nucleophiles mentioned above occurs via the elimination-addition mechanism596 (equation 307). The substitution reaction can also take place intramolecularly (equation 308) and it proceeds very easily (cf. Section IV.A.2.C)484,600. 

Alcohols can be selectively bound to the same host type if they are combined with an amine and vice versa, considering that a cation and an anion will be formed through a proton transfer. The so-formed alkoxide anion will bind to the boron atom, while the ammonium ion will be complexed by the crown ether (147, Fig. 39). Competition experiments involving benzyl-amine have shown enhanced selectivity for the complexation of alcohols with... 

Quite often in the ring-opening polymerization, the polymer is only the kinetic product and later is transformed to thermodynamically stable cycles. The cationic polymerization of ethylene oxide leads to a mixture of poly(ethylene oxide) and 1,4-dioxane. In the presence of a cationic initiator poly(ethylene oxide) can be almost quantitatively transformed to this cyclic dimer. On the other hand, anionic polymerization is not accompanied by cyclization due to the lower affinity of the alkoxide anion towards linear ethers only strained (and more electrophilic) monomers can react with the anion. 

Equation 1 expresses a state of equilibrium between an alcohol A. on a molecule whose degree of polymerization is j, the catalyst C and the alkoxide anion A.C. In Relation 2 this activated intermediate reacts with monomeric anhydride A, forming an acid adduct A.AC, which dissociates, forming an unassociable carboxylic acid A.A. Reactions 3-5 depict the union of a carboxylic intermediate with a monomeric epoxide E, or with pendant oxiranes on macromole- ... 

With alcohols there is no such factor stabilising the alkoxide anion ROe, relative to the alcohol itself, and alcohols are thus very much less acidic than carboxylic acids. With phenols, however, there is again the possibility of relative stabilisation of the anion (2), by delocalisation of its negative charge through interaction with the n orbitals of the aromatic nucleus ... 

Initial attack by base on (34) yields the alkoxide anion (36), internal attack by this ROe then yields the epoxide (37) with inversion of configuration at C (these cyclic intermediates can actually be isolated in many cases) this carbon atomf, in turn, undergoes ordinary SN2 attack by eOH, with a second inversion of configuration at C. Finally, this second alkoxide anion (38) abstracts a proton from the solvent to yield the product 1,2-diol (35) with the same configuration as the starting material (34). This apparent retention of configuration has, however, been brought about by two successive inversions. 

These observations are consistent with the reactive species being constituted from tight ion pairs between cations and the alkoxide anions resulting from abstraction of hydrogen atoms in A, B and C (Scheme 3.11). 

The reactive species under these conditions consist of tight ion pairs involving the alkoxide anion from the carbohydrate (charge localized anion). The less reactive long chain methyl laurate leads to a later TS along the reaction coordinates and the magnitude of the microwave effect is therefore increased. 

The alkoxide anion is postulated to react with the azo compound, giving ester and acyl anion ... 

The data for the four compounds [83]—[86] show a good linear relationship (correlation coefficient r = 0.995) between the (C-)H" C( = 0) distance and the activation energy for hydride transfer reaction of the alkoxide anion (Fig. 16). Here also there is a simple and strong correlation between geometry and reactivity ground state structures closer to the presumed transition state structure give faster reactions. 

Gay and Hamer, 1970. The reference intermolecular reaction is the attack of hydroxide on the methyl ether of B.6.1, corrected (factor of 10) for the expected higher reactivity of an alkoxide anion... 

The addition of an alcohol to the basic two-phase system increases the apparent extraction of base into the organic phase, but it is generally acknowledged that it is the alkoxide anion which is being transferred [e.g. 43-50]. Optimum conditions for this co-catalytic effect requires the formation of highly lipophilic and highly basic alkoxides anions, either in the aqueous phase or at the interface. 

Reaction of haloafene chromium tricarboriyl complexes [Cr(CO)3ArX] with alkoxide anions... 

The generation of the dichloromethane under phase-transfer conditions may be facilitated by the addition of a trace of ethanol. Alkoxide anions, generated under the basic conditions, are more readily transferred across the two-phase interface than are hydroxide ions (see Chapter 1). Although this process may result in the increased solvolysis of the chloroform, it also produces a higher concentration of the carbene in the organic phase and thereby increases the rate of formation of the cyclopropane derivatives from reactive alkenes. 

Table 9.1). The rate of dehydrobromination from the intermediate bromoalkenes follows the pattern 2-bromoalkenes > Z-l-bromoalkenes > E- -bromoalkenes the corresponding chloro derivatives react more slowly. For optimum yield, the reaction temperature should be <100°C to reduce decomposition of the catalyst, and the concentration of base should be kept low to prevent isomerization of the resulting alkynes. [3-Elimination of HBr from 1,2-dibromo-1 -phenylethane can be controlled to yield 1-bromo-l-phenylethene in 83% yield [15]. The addition of alcohols and diols have a co-catalytic effect on the elimination reaction, as the alkoxide anions are transferred more effectively than the hydroxide ions into the organic phase [13]. 

C-alkylated Meldrum s acid derivatives are cleaved asymmetrically by alkoxide anions in the presence of quininium salts to yield chiral half esters (9.2.2) [11]. Thus, benzylquininium and cinchonidinium salts produce fl-hemi-esters and the cincho-nium and quinidinium salts produce the S-hemi-esters from, for example, 2,2,5-trimethyl-5-pheny 1-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione. 

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