Benzaldehyde reaction with acetals

A 2-Methylpyridine can be deprotonated by a base such as sodium methoxide and the resultant anion can be reacted with ben-zaldehyde to form a hydroxylated adduct (Scheme 2.21). This product can then be dehydrated by acid, or base, to form the conjugated compound stilbazole. Alternatively 2-methylpyridine can be A -acetylated by reaction with acetic anhydride and the initial product deprotonated to give an A -acetylenamine intermediate that traps benzaldehyde, A similar reaction to that of the first procedure occurs, but under the reaction conditions the zwitterionic (dipolar) product eventually loses acetic acid, perhaps by an interna shift of an acetyl group from nitrogen to oxygen. 

Formylfuran behaves in a very similar manner to benzaldehyde and undergoes the usual reactions of an aromatic aldehyde, e.g. (i) the Cannizzaro reaction with cone, sodium hydroxide to give furan-2-ylmethanol and the sodium salt of furoic acid, (ii) the Perkin reaction with acetic anhydride and sodium acetate to yield an aldol product that dehydrates to 3-(furan-2-yl)propenoic acid, and (iii) a condensation with potassium cyanide in alcoholic solution to form furoin (under these conditions, benzaldehyde undergoes the benzoin condensation) (Scheme 6.32). 

Hydrogenation of benzaldehyde yields benzyl alcohol, condensation with aliphatic aldehydes leads to additional fragrance substances or their unsaturated intermediates. Unsaturated araliphatic acids are obtained through the Perkin reaction, for example, the reaction with acetic anhydride to give cinnamic acid. 

A powerful oxidizer. Explosive reaction with acetaldehyde, acetic acid + heat, acetic anhydride + heat, benzaldehyde, benzene, benzylthylaniUne, butyraldehyde, 1,3-dimethylhexahydropyrimidone, diethyl ether, ethylacetate, isopropylacetate, methyl dioxane, pelargonic acid, pentyl acetate, phosphoms + heat, propionaldehyde, and other organic materials or solvents. Forms a friction- and heat-sensitive explosive mixture with potassium hexacyanoferrate. Ignites on contact with alcohols, acetic anhydride + tetrahydronaphthalene, acetone, butanol, chromium(II) sulfide, cyclohexanol, dimethyl formamide, ethanol, ethylene glycol, methanol, 2-propanol, pyridine. Violent reaction with acetic anhydride + 3-methylphenol (above 75°C), acetylene, bromine pentafluoride, glycerol, hexamethylphosphoramide, peroxyformic acid, selenium, sodium amide. Incandescent reaction with alkali metals (e.g., sodium, potassium), ammonia, arsenic, butyric acid (above 100°C), chlorine trifluoride, hydrogen sulfide + heat, sodium + heat, and sulfur. Incompatible with N,N-dimethylformamide. 

Furthermore, it is proposed that the active structures of Co " and Co " in anhydrous acetic acid are represented largely by uncharged sixfold-coordinated complexes such as Co (OAc)2(HOAc)4 and Co" (OAc)3(HOAc)3. An addition of water, substituted benzaldehydes, benzoic acids, or phenols might result in exchange reactions with acetic acid ligands, and influence the catalytic properties analogously to the effects observed upon addition of zirconium(IV) acetate [14w]. Thus, only at high cobalt(II) concentrations catalytically less active dimers will play a relevant role. 

Cinnamic acid is usually prepared by Perkin s reaction, benzaldehyde being heated with sodium acetate in the presence of acetic anhydride. It is probable that the benzaldehyde and the acetic anhydride combine under the catalytic action of the sodium acetate, and the product then readily loses water to give mono-benzylidene acetic anhydride (. ). The latter, when subsequently... 

Acetalation. As polyhydroxy compounds, carbohydrates react with aldehydes and ketones to form cycHc acetals (1,13). Examples are the reaction of D-glucose with acetone and a protic or Lewis acid catalyst to form l,2 5,6-di-0-isoprop5lidene-a-D-glucofuranose [582-52-5] and its reaction with benzaldehyde to form 4,6-0-benzyhdene-D-glucopyranose [25152-90-3]. The 4,6-0-(l-carboxyethyhdine) group (related to pymvic acid) occurs naturally in some polysaccharides. 

Benzal chloride is hydrolyzed to benzaldehyde under both acid and alkaline conditions. Typical conditions include reaction with steam in the presence of ferric chloride or a zinc phosphate catalyst (22) and reaction at 100°C with water containing an organic amine (23). Cinnamic acid in low yield is formed by heating benzal chloride and potassium acetate with an amine as catalyst (24). 

The cinnamic acid is readily prepared by heating benzaldehyde with acetic anhydride and sodium acetate (the Perkin Reaction) (Figure 16.2). 

In 1972, van Leusen, Hoogenboom and Siderius introduced the utility of TosMIC for the synthesis of azoles (pyrroles, oxazoles, imidazoles, thiazoles, etc.) by delivering a C-N-C fragment to polarized double bonds. In addition to the synthesis of 5-phenyloxazole, they also described reaction of TosMIC with /7-nitro- and /7-chloro-benzaldehyde (3) to provide analogous oxazoles 4 in 91% and 57% yield, respectively. Reaction of TosMIC with acid chlorides, anhydrides, or esters leads to oxazoles in which the tosyl group is retained. For example, reaction of acetic anhydride and TosMIC furnish oxazole 5 in 73% yield. ... 

The second group of reactions is called vicinal difunctionalization. They embrace the C2 and C3 positions of the furan ring simultaneously. Thus, complex 3 (X = O, R = R = R = H) reacts with benzaldehyde dimethyl acetal to give 4H-furanium cation (the product of electrophile addition at C4), which experiences further attack by the methoxide group with formation of the acetal 8 (950M2861). This reaction is possible in the presence of the Lewis acid (BF3—OEt2). Reaction with methyl vinyl ketone in methanol, when run in identical conditions. 

Benzaldehyde reacts with formamide and MesSiCl 14 on heating to give, via 435, the N,N-acetal 469, which reacts in situ with p-toluenesulfinic acid, in high yields, to give 470 [58]. The analogous reaction of excess a,)9-unsaturated ahphatic primary amide with aliphatic aldehydes in the presence of TMSOTf 20 in 1,2-di-chloroethane at 25 °C affords the unsaturated N,N-acetals in high yield [58 a]. Benzaldehyde also condenses with excess HMDS 2, in the presence of catalytic amounts of ZnCl2, via 471, to 472 and HMDSO 7 [59] (Scheme 5.21). 

Trialkylstannyl enolates can be prepared from enol acetates by reaction with trialkyltin alkoxides and are sufficiently reactive to add to aldehydes. Uncatalyzed addition of trialkylstannyl enolates to benzaldehyde shows anti stereoselectivity.31... 

Acetal handle 78 synthesized from Merrifield resin and 4-hydroxy-benzaldehyde was applied to the solid-phase synthesis of carbohydrates and 1-oxacephams (Scheme 41) [90]. For the latter, a 1,3-diol was initially anchored to the support to form a cyclic acetal. A ring opening reaction with DIBAL generated a resin-bound alcohol which was converted to the corresponding triflate for A-alkylation with 4-vinyl-oxyazetidin-2-one. A Lewis acid catalyzed ring closure released 1-oxa-cephams from the support. 

The product possesses a homoallylic stannane moiety, which can be utilized as a useful synthon for cyclopropane formation (Scheme 68). Upon treatment of the homoallylstannane with HI, destannative cyclization takes place to give cyclopropylmethylsilane.271,272 A Lewis acid-catalyzed reaction with benzaldehyde dimethyl acetal affords vinylcyclopropane.273... 

Similarly, 3-(5-mercapto-l,2,4-triazol-3-yl)-7-methyl-l,4-dihydro-4-oxo-l,8-naphthyridines 432, after reaction with substituted benzaldehydes, chloroacetic acid in the presence of the mixture of acetic anhydride and acetic acid, gives the corresponding 3-(6-arylidene-5-oxo-5,6-dihydro-thiazolo[3,2- ]-l,2,4-triazol-2-yl)-7-methyl-l,4-dihydro4-oxo-1,8-naphthyridines 433 (Equation 92) <2002EJC323>. 

Acetals of benzaldehydes may undergo EGA-catalyzed aldol reactions also with alkyl enol ethers, (22) (R = alkyl), as nucleophiles [31] but in contrast to the reaction with enol silyl ethers the threo isomer is favored in this case. 

The mechanism of the aldol-Tishchenko reaction has been probed by determination of kinetics and isotope effects for formation of diol-monoester on reaction between the lithium enolate of p-(phenylsulfonyl)isobutyrophenone (LiSIBP) and two molecules of benzaldehyde. ". The results are consistent with the formation of an initial lithium aldolate (25) followed by reaction with a second aldehyde to form an acetal (26), and finally a rate-limiting intramolecular hydride transfer (Tishchenko... 

Hydrolysis of the diethylacetal function employing p-toluenesulphonic acid in acetone, pyridinium p-toluene-sulphonate in EtOH, and a suspension of Si02 in hexane. In all cases the corresponding aldehyde is obtained in high yield as a Z E isomeric mixture. Transmetallation of acetal with Me2Cu(CN)Li2 followed by treatment with c-hexenones giving the 1,4-addition product. Alternatively, transmetallation with n-BuLi and reaction with benzaldehyde giving the expected alcohol. 

The pyrimido[4,5- ][l,2,4]triazines (6-azapteridines) 18a and 18b, shown in Scheme 18, were formed upon the reaction of the ethyl l,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylates 121 with benzamidine, a reaction which proceeds via the action of boiling acetic acid upon the characterized intermediate salt 122 <2003CCC965>. The same researchers (Scheme 19) also showed that the 5-amino-l,2,4-triazine-6-carboxamide 123 (R =OMe) can undergo reaction in neat benzaldehyde to furnish a low yield of the 6-azapteridine 18b. More importantly, the 5-amino-l,2,4-triazine-6-carboxamides 123 were found to undergo reaction with triethyl orthoformate to yield the 6-unsubstituted-3-arylpyr-imido[4,5-( ][l,2,4]triazines 18c and 18d, also shown in Scheme 19 (R = H) <2003CCC965>, one of only a few entries to such compounds. 

Reactions of 4,7-phenanthroline-5,6-dione have been the subject of considerable study. It is reduced to 5,6-dihydroxy-4,7-phenanthroline by Raney nickel hydrogenation226,249 or by aromatic thiols in benzene,262 and oxidized by permanganate to 3,3 -bipyridyl-2,2 -dicarboxylic acid.263 It forms bishemiketals with alcohols226 and diepoxides with diazomethane.226 The diepoxides by reaction with hydrochloric acid form diols of type 57, R = Cl, which on oxidation with lead tetraacetate give 3,3 -bipyridyl diketones of type 58, R = Cl. Methyl ketones of type 58, R = H, are also obtained by lead(IV) acetate oxidation of the diol 57, R = H, obtained by lithium aluminum hydride reduction of 57, R = Cl. With phenyldiazomethane and diphenyldiazomethane the dione forms 1,3-dioxole derivatives,264,265 which readily hydrolyze back to the dione with concomitant formation of benzaldehyde and benzophenone, respectively. 

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