Alkyl derivatives formylation reactions

Several chlorophyll derivatives have been prepared by electrophilic substitution, inter alia by formylation reactions. Adopting methods from corrin chemistry.50 alkylation with chloro-methyl methyl ether (caution toxic),32k chloromethyl methyl sulfide,51 and dichloromethyl methyl ether (caution toxic)52 in the presence of Lewis acids are the methods of choice to introduce carbon residues into the chlorin frame work. The compounds listed below have been prepared by these methods. 

Different 5-alkyl-2-formyl- and 5-alkyl-2-acetylselenophenes have been synthesized as well as semicarbazones derived from them.92 The acetyl derivatives have in the following reaction sequence (Eq. 27) been used for preparation of epoxyselenophenes.93... 

Transition metal complexes have been used in a number of reactions leading to the direct synthesis of pyridine derivatives from acyclic compounds and from other heterocycles. It is pertinent also to describe two methods that have been employed to prepare difficultly accessible 3-alkyl-, 3-formyl-, and 3-acylpyridines. By elaborating on reported194,195 procedures used in aromatic reactions, it is possible to convert 3-bromopyridines to products containing a 3-oxoalkyl function196 (Scheme 129). A minor problem in this simple catalytic process is caused by the formation in some cases of 2-substituted pyridines but this is minimized by using dimethyl-formamide as the solvent.196... 

A highly modified methyl testosterone derivative also exhibits antiandrogenic activity. One synthesis of this compound involves initial alkylation of methyl testosterone (35) by means of strong base and methyl iodide to afford the 4,4-dimethyl derivative 6. Formylation with alkoxide and methyl formate leads to the 2-hydroxymethyl derivative 37. Reaction of this last with hydroxyl amine leads to formation of an isoxazole ring. There is then obtained azastene (38) . 

Under appropriate conditions activated thiazoles are alkylated at the 5-position 2-amino 4-methylthiazole is alkylated in the 5-position by heating with /-butyl alcohol in sulfuric acid (24). Under similar conditions 4-methyl-2-phenylthiazole is alkylated by cyclohexanol. 2-Acetylamino-4-methylthiazole reacts with dimethylamine and formaldehyde to afford the corresponding Mannich base (25). 2-Hydroxy-4-methyIthiazole fails to react when submitted to Friedel-Crafts benzoylation conditions whereas it reacts normally in Gatter-mann and in Reimer-Tiemann formylation reactions yielding the 5-formyl derivative (26). 2,4-Dimethylthiazole undergoes perfluoroalkylation when heated at 200 °C for 8 h in a sealed tube with perfluoropropyl iodide and sodium acetate (27). 

The formation constants of an actinium isopropyltropolonate complex were determined. Thermochemically relevant studies of thorium enolates generally involve bis(pentamethyl-cyclopentadienyl)thorium derivatives. Cp 2Th(Cl)(C(0)CFl2Bu-f) with an anionic acyl group that readily rearranges to the isomeric enolate Cp 2Th(Cl)OCH=CHBu-t. The Z-isomer is formed upon heating and the -isomer upon catalysis with Cp 2ThH2. Is the E or Z enolate thermodynamically more stable For the simple alkyl enolates MeCH=CHOR, the equilibration reaction of the Z- and E-isomers is nearly thermo-neutral . Consider the two species Cp 2Th(H)OCH(Bu-t)2 and Cp 2Th(H)0-2,6-C6H3 (Bu-f)2. The reversible addition of CO yields the rp- formyl derivative in reactions that are 19 4 and 25 6 kJmoR exothermic. These formyl species dimerize to form the classical enediolate, Cp 2Th(OR)OCH=CHO(OR)ThCp 2. This product is formed as the Z-isomer, plausibly thermodynamically preferred over the -isomer, much as (Z)-MeOCH=CHOMe is preferred over its E-counterpart by 6.0 0.2 kJmoR. ... 

In addition to phenols, naphthols, their alkyl derivatives and the heterocyclic compounds mentioned above, a large variety of substituted monocyclic as well as condensed phenols have been subjected to the Reimer-Tiemann reaction. Although with a few exceptions the yields are only moderate, the facile reaction conditions, at least on a laboratory scale, have assured the reaction a permanent place among the variety of methods by which an aldehyde group can be attached to an aromatic nucleus. For example, phenolphthalein (1) has been formylated under standard Reimer-Tiemann conditions by van Kampen to yield the o-hydroxy aldehyde in 59% yield (equation 5)."... 

In the presence of higher concentrations of ammonia, primary amines or amino acids, 3-deoxyosone preferentially gives rise to 2-formyl-5-hydroxymethylpyrrole (III in Formula 4.59) or the corresponding N-alkylated derivatives rather than to HMF. The most important reaction intermediate is 3,4-dideoxyosone (cf. Formula 4.60), which can react with amino compounds with the elimination of water to give the corresponding pyrrole (Formula 4.61) or pyridine derivatives (Formula 4.62). The reaction... 

Reaction of 2-(A -alkyl-A -benzylamino)- and 2-[A -(rraM-crotyl)-A -ben-zylamino]-3-formyl-4/7-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidin-4-ones (260, R = H, Me) with tosylamine gave compounds 268 via compounds 266 and 267 (96T13097). The results of kinetic studies and MP3 calculations on the 3-formyl derivatives 252, 260 and the imines 262, 263 suggested a concerted nature for azepine-ring formation. 

The well-known reaction of a-alkyl-/3-ketoaldehydes and hydroxyl-amine has been applied to the elucidation of the structure of formyl-ation products of ketones the conclusions are, however, open to question. Some workers attempted to overcome the ambiguity of the reaction of j8-ketoaldehydes and hydroxylamine, which results in a mixture of 3- and 5-monosubstituted isoxazoles and thus considerably lowers the preparative value of the method, by using various derivatives of yS-ketoaldehydes, especially those of their enolic forms (jS-substituted vinylketones) investigated by Kochetkov et al. The use of readily available /3-chlorovinylketones (12) in the reaction with hydroxylamine represents a rather useful preparative method to synthesize monoalkylisoxazoles but again gives rise to a mixture of 3- (13) and 5-alkylisoxazoles (14). This is due to the attack... 

Other electrophilic substitution reactions on aromatic and heteroaromatic systems are summarized in Scheme 6.143. Friedel-Crafts alkylation of N,N-dimethyl-aniline with squaric acid dichloride was accomplished by heating the two components in dichloromethane at 120 °C in the absence of a Lewis acid catalyst to provide a 23% yield of the 2-aryl-l-chlorocydobut-l-ene-3,4-dione product (Scheme 6.143 a) [281]. Hydrolysis of the monochloride provided a 2-aryl-l-hydroxycyclobut-l-ene-3,4-dione, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatases [281], Formylation of 4-chloro-3-nitrophenol with hexamethylenetetramine and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) at 115 °C for 5 h furnished the corresponding benzaldehyde in 43% yield, which was further manipulated into a benzofuran derivative (Scheme 6.143b) [282]. 4-Chloro-5-bromo-pyrazolopyrimidine is an important intermediate in the synthesis of pyrazolopyrimi-dine derivatives showing activity against multiple kinase subfamilies (see also Scheme 6.20) and can be rapidly prepared from 4-chloropyrazolopyrimidine and N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) by microwave irradiation in acetonitrile (Scheme... 

Under favourable circumstances, the initially formed /V-ylid reacts further through C-N cleavage. Thus, in the presence of a strong nucleophile, such as a phenoxide anion, the quaternary dichloromethylammonium cation forms an ion-pair with the phenoxide anion (Scheme 7.27), which decomposes to yield the alkyl aryl ether and the /V-formyl derivative of the secondary amine [22, 23]. Although no sound rationale is available, the reaction appears to be favoured by the presence of bulky groups at the 4-position of the aryl ring. In the absence of the bulky substituents, the Reimer-Tiemann reaction products are formed, either through the breakdown of the ion-pair, or by the more direct attack of dichlorocarbene upon the phenoxide anion [22,23],... 

Reductive alkylation can also be accomplished by heating carbonyl compounds at 150-250° with 4-5 mol of ammonium formate, formamide, or formates or formamides prepared by heating primary on secondary amines with formic acid at 180-190° (Leuckart reaction) [322]. An excess of85-90% formic acid is frequently used. Formyl derivatives of primary or secondary amines are sometimes obtained as products and have to be hydrolyzed to the corres-... 

The Reimer-Tiemann reaction is not an effective route to formyl-pyrroles or -indoles (see Section 3.05.1.6) and the oxidation of alkyl and hydroxyalkyl derivatives of the heterocycles and the reduction of carboxylic acid derivatives are discussed in Sections 3.05.2.2 and 3.05.2.4, respectively. 

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