Benzoic acid acylation with

Substituted benzylic alcohols and aromatic aldehydes can be oxidized efficiently to substituted benzaldehydes and benzoic acids, respectively, with F-Teda BF4.101,102 The conversion proceeds via the acid fluoride which enables aldehydes to function as acylating agents in a one-pot procedure. 

The reactions are catalyzed by acyl-CoA amino acid A-acyltransferase, of which two distinct A-acyltransferases exist in mammalian mitochondria. The predominant transferase conjugates medium-chained fatty acyl CoA and substituted benzoic acid derivatives with glycine and is termed an aralkyl-CoA glycine A-acyltransferase, while the other enzyme conjugates arylacetic acid derivatives with glycine, glutamine, or arginine and is an arylacetyl-CoA amino acid A-transferase. 

Kasuya, E, Igarashi, K., Fukui, M. Participation of a medium chain acyl-CoA synthetase in glycine conjugation of the benzoic acid derivatives with the electron-donating groups. Biochem. Pharmacol. 1996, 51, 805-809. 

Gourmelon and Graff " ° have examined the reaction of 3,5-dimethoxy-benzoic acid 155 with MA. In addition to acylation product 156, a significant amount of the spiro compound 157 was formed. A rigorous structure proof for the products was given. 

Acylation. Aromatic amines react with acids, acid chlorides, anhydrides, and esters to form amides. In general, acid chlorides give the best yield of the pure product. The reaction with acetic, propionic, butanoic, or benzoic acid can be catalyzed with phosphoms oxychloride or trichloride. 

The reaction of 1,2,4-triazine 4-oxides 55 with water in the presence of benzoyl chloride affords 3-hydroxy-1,2,4-triazines 78. The mechanism suggested for this reaction includes acylation of the substrate at the oxygen of the iV-oxide group, followed by the addition of water to the 1,2,4-tiiazinium cation and the autoaromatization of the (T -adducts with the elimination of benzoic acid. 

In a variation of the scheme above, alkylation of p-hydroxy-benzoic acid with cyclohexyl iodide affords the cyclohexyl ether, 55. (Under alkaline reaction conditions, the ester formed concurrently does not survive the reaction.) Acylation of the acid chloride obtained from 55 with the preformed side chain (56) gives cyclomethycaine (57). ... 

Further substitution of benzoic acid leads to a drug with antiemetic activity. Alkylation of the sodium salt of p-hydroxy-benzaldehyde (8) with 2-dimethylaminoethyl chloride affords the so-called basic ether (9). Reductive amination of the aldehyde in the presence of ammonia gives diamine, 10. Acylation of that product with 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl chloride affords trimetho-benzamide (11). ... 

The benzoic acid moiety common to many of the benzamides is prepared in straightforward manner from the methyl ether of p-aminosalicylic acid 141. Acylation on nitrogen (142) followed by chlorination gives intermediate 143 benzoic acid 144 is then obtained by removal of the acetyl group. Condensation of this acid with an aminopiperidine could be achieved by means of the mixed anhydride (prepared by reaction with ethyl chlonoformate), which affords clebopride (145). Reaction with 3-aminoquinuclidine (146) of the intermediate prepared from acid 144 with carbonyldiimidazole affords zacopride (147) [36]. 

Derivatives of oxazolofS -eNl ltriazines 620 were prepared (87AJC977) by cyclodehydration of the respective 6-acylaminotriazin-5-ones 619, obtained by acylating 618, with phosphorus oxychloride or phosphorus pentoxide. 6-Phenyloxazolotriazines 620 (R1 = Ph) were also obtained directly when aminotriazinones 618 were heated with benzoic acid anhydride. By a different route, 6-aminotriazin-5-one 618 was con-... 

The aerobic reduction of aryl and alkyl carboxylates to the corresponding aldehydes. The reaction involves formation of an acyl-AMP intermediate by reaction of the carboxylic acid with ATP NADPH then reduces this to the aldehyde (Li and Rosazza 1998 He et al. 2004). The oxidoreductase from Nocardia sp. is able to accept a range of substituted benzoic acids, naphthoic acids, and a few heterocyclic carboxylic acids (Li and Rosazza 1997). 

If we make the assumption that the reverse of reaction 15.5 is diffusion-controlled and assume that the activation enthalpy for the acyl radicals recombination is 8 kJ mol-1, the enthalpy of reaction 15.5 will be equal to (121 - 8) = 113 kJ mol-1. This conclusion helps us derive other useful data. Assuming that the thermal correction to 298.15 K is small and that the solvation enthalpies of the peroxide and the acyl radicals approximately cancel, we can accept that the enthalpy of reaction 15.5 in the gas phase is equal to 113 kJ mol-1 with an estimated uncertainty of, say, 15 kJ mol-1. Therefore, as the standard enthalpy of formation of gaseous PhC(0)00(0)CPh is available (-271.7 5.2 kJ mol-1 [59]), we can derive the standard enthalpy of formation of the acyl radical Af//°[PhC(0)0, g] -79 8 kJ mol-1. This value can finally be used, together with the standard enthalpy of formation of benzoic acid in the gas phase (-294.0 2.2 kJ mol-1 [59]), to obtain the O-H bond dissociation enthalpy in PhC(0)0H DH° [PhC(0)0-H] = 433 8 kJ mol-1. 

In neutral or alkaline buffer solution at 37°, the hydrolytic breakdown of A-formylbenzamide (4.166, R=H) produced only benzamide (4.167). In contrast, the higher homologues were hydrolyzed at the two amide bonds, with benzamide (4.167) and benzoic acid (4.168) formed in a 3 2 ratio. Plasma-catalyzed hydrolysis occurred predominantly at the distal amide bond to produce benzamide. Under these conditions, hydrolysis was very rapid for N-formylbenzamide (80% hydrolysis in 15 min, i. e., ca. 500-fold faster than under abiotic conditions). The rate of enzymatic hydrolysis was also markedly influenced by the length of the A-acyl group, and decreased in the order H>Me>Bu>Pr>Et. 

Carbonylation of bromobenzene (Scheme 5.7) with [Pd(TPPTS)3] required still higher temperatures (150 T). The possible acyl intermediates of such reactions [PdBr(C6H5CO) Ph3)2] and [PdBr(C6H5CO)(TPPTS)2] were synthetized and characterized [26]. Bromobenzene was also carbonylated to benzoic acid in water/toluene using a catalyst prepared from [PdCl2(COD)j and 27 in the presence of NEt3 [21]. 

From this point of view, a brief comparison of acyloxylation of cis- or irany-stilbenes in electrochemical and chemical conditions is also relevant. Oxidation of cis- or irany-stilbene at the platinum anode in the presence of acetic or benzoic acid gives predominantly meyo-diacylates of hydroxy-benzoin or, if some water is present, t/treo-monoacylate. None of the stereoisomeric erythro-mono-acylate and rac-diacylate were obtained in either case. There was no evidence of isomerization of cis- to trany-stilbene nnder the electrolytic conditions employed (Mango and Bonner 1964, Koyama et al. 1969). The sequence of reaction steps in Scheme 2.27 was proposed. Adsorption-controlled one-electron oxidation of the snbstrate takes place. Then the cis-stilbene cation-radical interact with acetate to form an oxonium ion. The phenyl groups in the oxoninm adopt the trans mntnal disposition which is thermodynamically preferential. The trany-benzoxoninm ion is the common intermediate for conversions of both cis- and trany-stilbenes and, of conrse, for all the final prodncts (Scheme... 

With phenyllithium, the iminophosphoranes of benzoic acid hydrazides 157 can be deprotonated, as shown in Scheme 62.0-Acylation of the amide-enolates 158 affords intermediates 159, which are in turn cyclized by an aza-Wittig reaction to 1,3,4-oxadiazoles 160 (68JA5626). 

Indapamide Indapamide, 4-chloro-N-(2-methyl-l-indolinyl)-3-sulfamoylbenzamide (21.3.33), is synthesized from 2-methylendoline, the nitrosation of which gives 2-methyl-1-nitrosoindoline (21.3.31). Reducing this with lithium aluminum hydride leads to formation of l-amino-2-methylendoline (21.3.32). Acylating this with 3-sulfonylamino-4-chlor-benzoic acid chloride leads to (21.3.33) [53,54]. 

The imide (86) (see (16a) in Section 4.06.5.2) is a reactive acylating reagent under mild conditions. Reaction with aniline or phenol yields diphenylurea (PhNH)2CO or diphenyl carbonate (PhO)2CO respectively. With benzoic acid, 2-phenyl-4-benzoyl-l,3,4-oxadiazoline-5-thione is formed, hence reaction of (86) with benzoic acid and nucleophiles NuH (Nu = NHPh, OPh, SPh) yields amide PhCONHPh, ester PhC02Ph, and thioester PhCOSPh respectively. With diamines R(NH2)2, (86) forms polyureas [-CONHRNH-] <89BCJ539>. 

The acylation of dibenzofuran is carried out under the usual Friedel-Crafts conditions with an acid chloride or an acid anhydride in the presence of aluminum chloride. Dibenzofuran on treatment with 2-trifluoromethane-sulfonyloxypyridine and benzoic acid in boiling trifluoroacetic acid produces the 2-benzoyl derivative in 75% yield. The species responsible for benzoyla-tion is probably a mixed anhydride of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and benzoic acid. Dibenzofuran on treatment with 2-benzoyloxypyridine and trifluoroacetic acid also produces the 2-benzoyl compound (21%). The kinetics of the acetylation of dibenzofuran with acetyl chloride and aluminum chloride in nitroethane at 25"C have been studied. Only the 2-acetyl compound was detected by the methods used. The rate obtained is in general agreement with the studies mentioned previously. The rate of acetylation of diphenyl ether relative to toluene was 138 (+ 16), whereas that of dibenzofuran was 5.9 ( 0.3). In contrast, the benzoylation of dibenzofuran with benzoyl chloride in the presence of aluminum chloride in nitrobenzene at... 

N-acylamino acids does not appear to have been studied previously. In solution, N-acyl-N-nitroso-a-amino acids are moderately stable to weak bases, such as triethylamine or sodium carbonate, but are decomposed rapidly at 0° to expel nitrogen on addition of sodium hydroxide (43). For example, treatment of N-nitroso-N-benzoyl-D,L-pheny1-alanine LXIIb with an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at 0 gives benzoic acid and 1-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoic acid LXVa in a 93% yield. The facile base-catalysed formations of a-hydroxy acids LXV are a general reaction and probably occur by intramolecular attack as shown in LXII->LXIII->LXIV. Oxadiazolone LXIV can decompose by various possible pathways to give LXV among which the carbonium ion pathway is least likely. 

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