Anhydrides, synthesis from acid chlorides

It IS by a similar process that alizaiin has been synthesised w ith the oliject of ascertaining its constitution (see Notes on Prep. 110, p. 316), When two molecules of phenol and one molecule of phthalic anhydride are heated together with cone, sulphuric acid, then phenolphthalein is formed (Baeyei). Its constitution has been determined by its synthesis from phthalyl chloride and benzene by means of the Friedel-Crafts leaction (see Notes on Piep. 100, p. 309). Phthalyl chloride and benzene yield in presence of AlCl., phthalophenone. 

Reaction XLIII. (a) Formation of Esters by the action of Acid Anhydrides or of Acid Chlorides on an Alcohol in the presence of Magnesium Alkyl Halide (Grignard). (B., 39, 1738.)—This application of the Grig-nard reaction to the preparation of esters is of theoretical rather than practical interest as illustrating the wide applicability of this many-sided reaction. The steps in the synthesis will be clear from the examples given they are somewhat different from the usual phases of a Grignard reaction. 

Although a few methods for the direct conversion of acids into nitriles are kno vn, the most popular still proceed via dehydration of the corresponding amides. A new, mild, one-pot method to effect the acid-to-nitrile conversion in high yield involves the use of mixed sulphonic-carboxylic anhydrides (Scheme 23) the method, however, is not applicable to acids containing —NHa, — NHR, —OH, or —SH groups. In a similar vein, a new and efficient one-pot synthesis of nitriles from acid chlorides is mediated by sulphonamide at 120 °C. ... 

Diazomethane is a valuable and useful agent in organic synthesis that can be employed as a Ci building block in many single-step chemical reactions, for example, the methylation of alcohols or phenols, esteriflcations of carbonic adds, cyclopropanation reactions with alkenes, the synthesis of heterocycles, and the synthesis of a-diazoketones from acid chlorides or anhydrides. In general, the reactions proceed with release of nitrogen. Usually, diazomethane is freshly prepared from N-methyl-nitroso compounds and aqueous KOH solution and can be stored as a cooled solution for a couple of days. However, its low boiling point... 

Acid anhydride-diol reaction, 65 Acid anhydride-epoxy reaction, 85 Acid binders, 155, 157 Acid catalysis, of PET, 548-549 Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of nylon-6, 567-568 of nylon-6,6, 568 Acid chloride, poly(p-benzamide) synthesis from, 188-189 Acid chloride-alcohol reaction, 75-77 Acid chloride-alkali metal diphenol salt interfacial reactions, 77 Acid chloride polymerization, of polyamides, 155-157 Acid chloride-terminated polyesters, reaction with hydroxy-terminated polyethers, 89 Acid-etch tests, 245 Acid number, 94 Acidolysis, 74 of nylon-6,6, 568... 

The mechanism of the condensation in Part D probably involves thioformylation of the metallated isocyanoacetate followed by intramolecular 1,1-addition of the tautomeric enethiol to the isonitrile. This thi2izole synthesis is analogous to the formation of oxazoles from acylation of metallated isonitriles with acid chlorides or anhydrides. " Interestingly, ethyl formate does not react with isocyanoacetate under the conditions of this procedure. Ethyl and methyl isocyanoacetate have been prepared in a similar manner by dehydration of the corresponding N-formylglycine esters with phosgene and trichloromethyl chloroformate, respectively. The phosphoryl chloride method described here was provided to the submitters by Professor U. Schollkopf and is based on the procedure of Bohme and Fuchs. The preparation of O-ethyl thioformate in Part C was developed from a report by Ohno, Koi/.uma, and Tsuchihaski. " ... 

Trichloromethyl chloroformate has proven effective in the preparation of N-carboxy-a-amino acid anhydrides from amino acids, and various compounds having isocyanate, acid chloride, and chloroformate groups.For example, trichloromethyl chloroformate may be used instead of phosgene in the preparation of 2-tert-butoxycarbonyloxyimino-2-phenylacetonitrile. The use of this reagent is illustrated here by the synthesis of 3-isocyanato-propanoyl chloride from 3-aminopropanoic acid hydrochloride. 

The CO-X bond breaking is the result of an electrophilic attack (on the carbonyl oxygen atom, hence the catalytic role of acids in these rupture reactions) or a nucleophilic one (on the carbonyl carbon atom whose positive property is due to the X electron-withdrawing property). The dangers of this type of reaction come from its speed and high exothermicity and/or instability of the products obtained in some cases. The accidents that are described below can make one believe that acid anhydrides in general and acetic anhydride in particular represent greater risks than acid chlorides since they constitute the accident factor of almost all accidents described. This is obviously related to their frequent use in synthesis rather than acid chlorides, that are rarely used. 

Hydroxamic acids are an important class of compounds targeted as potential therapeutic agents. A-Fmoc-aminooxy-2-chlorotrityl polystyrene resin 61 allowed the synthesis and subsequent cleavage under mild conditions of both peptidyl and small molecule hydroxamic acids (Fig. 14) [70]. An alternative hydroxylamine linkage 62 was prepared from trityl chloride resin and tV-hydroxyphthalimide followed by treatment with hydrazine at room temperature (Scheme 30) [71]. A series of hydroxamic acids were prepared by the addition of substituted succinic anhydrides to the resin followed by coupling with a variety of amines, and cleavage with HCOOH-THF(l 3). 

Structurally similar photochromic maleic anhydride derivatives 177 with a similar reaction mechanism were prepared by Irie (05CL64) by a one-pot synthesis from 2-methoxybenzothiophene, oxalyl chloride, and pentene-3-carboxylic acid (3-pentenoic acid) in dichloromethane in the presence of triethylamine at 5°C for 2 h according to Scheme 54. 

The usual procedure of preparing acid azides, which involves treating an acid chloride with sodium azide,8,9 suffers from the disadvantage that it is often difficult to obtain pure acid chlorides in good yields from acids which either decompose or undergo isomerization in the presence of mineral acids.7 Synthesis of the azide by way of the ester and hydrazide10 has been used to circumvent this difficulty but is much less convenient. The present procedure permits ready formation of acid azides in excellent yields from mixed carboxylic-carbonic anhydrides and sodium azide under very mild conditions. 

The Bayer synthesis of ciprofloxacin (1) patented in 1981 utilized 2,4-dichloro-5-fluorobenzoyl chloride (15) as the starting material. With the aide of magnesium ethoxide, condensation of acid chloride 15 and diethyl malonate assembled ketone 16, which was subsequently decarboxylated using tosylic acid to form ethyl 2,4-dichloro-5-fluorobenzoylacetate (17) in 82% yield in two steps from 15. A Dieckman-like condensation of 17 with ethyl orthoformate was carried out in refluxing acetic anhydride... 

Treatment of an a-amino acid with an anhydride in the presence of pyridine, known as the Dakin-West reaction,[1431 gives access to a racemic a-amido ketone.1 44 1451 The mechanism involves formation of an oxazolinone (98)J146 In the modified Dakin-West reaction, the oxazolinone is reacted with an acid chloride (Scheme 33)J136 139] Due to the rapid epimer-ization of the oxazolinones, a diastereomeric mixture of product 99 is obtained. No detailed protocol has been published so far for the modified Dakin-West synthesis applied to (oxomethyleneamino) peptides, but the procedure is adapted from that already reported for (oxomethylene) peptides containing the tp[CO-CH2] link.1147 ... 

Methyl anthraquinone has been obtained by the oxidation of /3-methyl anthracene by several investigators 1 and material of the same origin, obtained by the benzene-extraction of crude commercial anthraquinone,2 has been fully described. As regards the synthesis from phthalic anhydride and toluene, both the preparation and properties of />-toluyl-o-benzoic acid 3 and the complete synthesis 4 have been the subject of several papers. This acid has also been prepared from o-carbomethoxy benzoyl chloride and toluene.5 The phthalic anhydride synthesis of anthraquinone derivatives in general has received considerable attention. An account of this work, together with extensive references, is given by Barnett.6... 

N-Acetyl and N-benzoyl derivatives may be readily prepared from the corresponding acid chloride or, in the case of acetyl derivatives, acetic anhydride. General procedures are detailed in Sections 9.6.21, p. 1273, and 9.6.23, p. 1279, and the use of /V-acetyl derivatives in amino acid synthesis is to be found, for example, in Expts 5.183 and 5.184. 

Amides can also be synthesised from acid anhydrides and esters but in general these reactions offer no advantage over acid chlorides because acid anhydrides and esters are less reactive. Moreover, with acid anhydrides, half of the parent carboxylic acid is lost as the leaving group. Thus, acid anhydrides are only used for the synthesis of amides if the acid anhydride is cheap and freely available (e.g. acetic anhydride). 

Monosubstituted oxadiazoles (119 R = alkyl, aryl, hetaryl, styryl or C02Et) are formed in a relay synthesis from triazolylbenzamidines (118) on treatment with acid chlorides RCOC1 or anhydrides (RC0)20 (69JPR646). 

A convenient synthesis of quinazolines has been reported, and has been applied to the synthesis of representative alkaloids of the quinazoline group (Scheme 5).27 The procedure depends on the formation of sulphinamide anhydrides (23) from the reaction of anthranilic acids with thionyl chloride and the generation in situ of the iminoketens (24). Addition of the latter to the imine (25) or to 2-piperidone, for example, afforded alkaloid (27). Arborine (26) was prepared similarly from N-methylanthranilic acid application of the method to the synthesis of rutecarpine is described in Chapter 11. 

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