Alkyl with alcoholates

A variety of other carbon nucleophiles have been alkylated with alcohols including malonate esters, nitroaUcanes, ketonitriles [119, 120], barbituric acid [121], cyanoesters [122], arylacetonitriles [123], 4-hydroxycoumarins [124], oxi-ndoles [125], methylpyrimidines [126], indoles [127], and esters [128]. Selected examples are given in Scheme 35. Thus, benzyl alcohol 15 could be alkylated with nitroethane 147, 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid 148, phenylacetonitrile 149, methyl-pyrimidine 150, and even f-butyl acetate 151 to give the corresponding alkylated products 152-156. 

The alkylation with alcohols and amines can lead to alkyl derivatives or a-hydroxy and a-aminoalkyl derivatives according to the nature of the heteroaromatic base and the reaction conditions. The intermediate products in both cases are, however, the a-hydroxy and a-aminoalkyl dihydro derivatives, which can be aromatized by disproportionation or oxidation, while the loss of water or ammonia leads to the alkyl derivatives (Scheme 7). 

Alkylation with Alcohols. Alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons with alcohols86 151153 in the presence of protic catalysts yields the products expected from typical electrophilic alkylation ... 

An interesting example of alkylation with alcohols is the selective transformation of isomeric phenylpropanols under appropriate reaction conditions 199... 

Acidic clay catalysts can also be used in alkylation with alcohols 98 The main advantages of these catalysts are the reduced amount necessary to carry out alkylation compared with conventional Friedel-Crafts halides, possible regeneration, and good yields. Natural montmorillonite (K10 clay) doped with transition metal cations was shown to be an effective catalyst 200... 

Trost, B. M. McEachem, E. J. Toste, F. D. A two-component catalyst system for asymmetric allylic alkylations with alcohol pronucleophiles./. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 12702-12703. 

Aminothiazole, with acetaldehyde, 42 to 2-mercaptothiazoie, 370 4-Aminothiazole-2,5-diphenyl, to 2,5 di-phenyl-A-2-thiazoline-4-one, 421 Ammothiazoie-A -oxide, 118 2-Aminothiazoles. 12 acidity of, 90 and acrylophenone, 42 acylations of, with acetic acid. 53 with acetic anhydride, 52 with acyl halides, 48 with chloracetyl chloride, 49 with-y-chlorobutyrylchloride, 50 with 0-chloropropionylchloride, 50 with esters, 53 with ethy acrylate, 54 with indoiyl derivatives, 48 with malonic esters, 55 with malonyl chloride, 49 with oxalyl chloride, 50 with sodium acetate, 52 with unsaturated acyl chloride, 49 additions to double bonds, 40 with aldehydes, 98 alkylations, with alcohols, 38 with benzyhydryl chloride, 34 with benzyl chloride, 80 with chloracetic acid, 33 with chloracetic esters, 33 with 2-chloropropionic acid, 32 with dialkylaminoalkyl halides, 33 with dimethylaminoethylchloride, 35 with ethylene oxide, 34, 38... 

Alkylation with Alcohols, Ethers, Esters, Epoxides and Lactones 309... 

Alkylations. Meldrum s acid undergoes C-alkylation with alcohols by the... 

It was well known from the literature that aniUnes can be mono- or di-alkylated with alcohols in presence of acidic catalysts. However, preliminary experiments on several solid acidic catalysts in the vapor-phase gave complex mixtures of the desired product (NAA), as well as N-methyl-, N-dimethyl-, N-propyl- and N-isopropyl-M L4 as by-products. These can be explained by cleavage of the ether group of MOIP followed by reaction of the fragments with MEA. All atten Jts to improve the selectivity of this acid catalyzed alkylation Med. Therefore, the reductive alkylation route was chosen for further investigations. 

Figure 5. Proposed mechanism for the N-alkylation with alcohols and ethers.

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