Benzoyl trifluoroacetate

The following table shows results of treatment of hydroxy compounds with benzoyl trifluoroacetate (1.3 mmol) at 20°C for 24 hours [702],... 

Thus a mixture of benzoic acid and the anhydride was stirred under reflux for 30 min., the trifluoroacetic anhydride and acid were distilled in vacuum, and the benzoyl trifluoroacetate was distilled at 100°/0.5 mm. Infrared study of this reaction in rt-butyl ether and in acetonitrile showed that equilibrium is established immediately and that benzoyl trifluoroacetate is formed quantitatively. 

Thiophene is also readily acylated under both Friedel-Crafts and Vilsmeier-Haack conditions and similarly to pyrrole and furan gives 2-acylated products. An almost quantitative conversion of thiophene into its 2-benzoyl derivative is obtained by reaction with 2-benzoyloxypyridine and trifluoroacetic acid. The attempted preparation of 2-benzoylthiophene under standard Friedel-Crafts conditions, however, failed (80S139). 

The bicyclic oxepin 8//-3-oxacyclohept[d]oxepin-8-one dissolved in trifluoroacetic acid undergoes a rearrangement to the expected phenol derivative 1. Substituents in the 2- and/or 7-position of the oxepin part, however, give rise to the formation of l-acylazulen-6-ols 2 by ring contraction.148 The 2,7-diphenyl derivative affords a mixture of l-benzoyl-2-phenylazulen-6-ol (37%), l-benzoyl-2-phenylazulen-6(l//)-one (35%), and 2-phenylazulen-6-ol (23%), which was presumably formed via the azulenone and a shift of the benzoyl substituent to the oxygen. 

Free-radical acyloxylation of aromatic substrates has been accomplished with a number of reagents including copper(II) acetate,benzoyl peroxide-iodine, silver(II) complexes, and cobalt(III) trifluoroacetate. ... 

Treatment of N-benzoyl-L-alanine with oxalyl chloride, followed by methanolic triethylamine, yields methyl 4-methyl-2-phenyloxazole-5-carboxylate 32 <95CC2335>. a-Keto imidoyl chlorides, obtained from acyl chlorides and ethyl isocyanoacetate, cyclise to 5-ethoxyoxazoles by the action of triethylamine (e.g.. Scheme 8) <96SC1149>. The azetidinone 33 is converted into the oxazole 34 when heated with sodium azide and titanium chloride in acetonitrile <95JHC1409>. Another unusual reaction is the cyclisation of compound 35 to the oxazole 36 on sequential treatment with trifluoroacetic anhydride and methanol <95JFC(75)221>. 

Due to the low solubility of the monomer 1III) in benzene, the polymerization had to be carried out at less than 10% (w/v) monomer concentration. A yield of 92% was obtained by AIBN initiation at 60°C. Ammonium persulfate and benzoyl peroxide initiators were found to be ineffective. The solubility characteristics of poly(N-pheny1-3,4-dimethylenepyrroline) are listed in Table I. The polymer was insoluble in most common solvents except for formic acid and trifluoroacetic acid. The polymer was characterized by C,H elemental analysis, IR and NMR. 

Electron-rich aromatic compounds such as durene, p-dimethoxybenzene, mesitylene, anisole, thiophene, and fluorene can be benzoylated or acetylated by the corresponding Af-acylimidazole in trifluoroacetic acid to give the corresponding benzophenone or acetophenone derivative in good yield (Method A). As the actual acylating agent, a mixed anhydride of trifluoroacetic acid and benzoic acid has been proposed 1973... 

A few nucleophiles either did not give any spin adduct with PBN or directly gave the benzoyl nitrone [9], Bromide ion did not give any spin adduct, explicable by the very short lifetime of Br-PBN (Rehorek and Janzen, 1984) and trifluoroacetate, nitrate, phenylsulfinate and chloride ion produced [9]. This can either be explained by the rapid further oxidation of the spin adduct formed [similar to reaction (29) see Table 4] or a rapid solvolysis reaction of the latter (Scheme 2), forming [9] by reaction of the intermediate carbocation... 

Scheme 18. Reagents and Conditions (i) Immobilised poly-(L)-leucine, urea hydrogen peroxide, DBU, THF, 12 h, 76%, 94% e.e. (ii) mCPBA, CH2CI2, 94%. (iii) HCl (g), CH2CI2, 66%. (iv) Amberlite IRA-420 ( OH), THF, 80%. (v) NaNj, MeOH, H20,94%. (vi) H2, Pd/C, EtOAc. (vii) NH3,MeOH. (viii) benzoyl chloride, (ix) trifluoroacetic acid, CH2CI2,74%...

The consecutive reduction and cyclization of O-benzoyl protected 5-0-methylhexose 0-(terf-butyldiphenylsilyl)oxime (104) with dimethylphenylsilane in trifluoroacetic acid afforded a iV-hydroxypyrrolidine (105) ring system in good yield (equation 44). The mechanism involves a cascade of neighboring group participation steps involving the 0-benzoyl protecting groups " ". ... 

V-Benzoyl-C-phenylglycine with trifluoroacetic anhydride at room temperature yields the bright yellow 4-trifluoroacetyl-l,3-oxazol-5-one (66, R = R = Ph R = COCFj), but the corresponding reaction with... 

The triphenyl derivative (91, R = R = R = Ph, R = H) is formed in a mechanistically interesting reaction between benzoyl formic acid anil (Ph-N=CPh-C02H), trifluoroacetic anhydride, and pyridine. Its 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with alkynes and alkenes have been reported. ... 

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... 

The reaction of the parent compound did not take place in trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), but did proceed on the addition of triflic acid to give the alkylated product in low yield (Table 5.24). In neat triflic acid the reaction is faster and the product is formed in much higher yield. Similar changes were observed with the other 1,3-diphenylpropanones. Substituents on the benzoyl group also induce significant differences in reactivities (compare the results for R = Me and CF3 in Table 5.24). These observations suggest that the protosolvated dicationic species 79 is involved in the rate-determining step of cyclization (Scheme 5.35). 

Cyclic enamides 79 are formed by treatment of the 2-arylaminonicotinonitriles 75 with either anhydrous hydrogen chloride in benzene, ethanol or dioxane, or perchloric acid in glacial acetic acid, followed by the acylation of heterocycles 76 by acetic, succinic, trifluoroacetic anhydrides as well as benzoyl chloride67 (equation 28). 

Ac, acetyl AIBN, azobis(isobutanonitrile) All, allyl AR, aryl Bn, benzyl f-BOC, ferf-butoxycarbonyl Bu, Butyl Bz, benzoyl CAN, ceric ammonium nitrate Cbz, benzyloxycarbonyl m-CPBA, m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid DAST, diethylaminosulfur trifluoride DBU, l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene DCC, /V. /V - d i eye I oh e x y I c ar bo -diimide DCM, dichloromethyl DCMME, dichloromethyl methyl ether DDQ, 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-l,4-benzoquinone DEAD, diethyl azodicarboxylate l-(+)-DET, L-(+)-diethyl tartrate l-DIPT, L-diisopropyl tartrate d-DIPT, D-diisopropyl tartrate DMAP, 4-dimethylaminopyridine DME, 1,2-dimethoxyethane DMF, /V./V-dimethylformamide DMP, 2,2-dimethoxypropane Et, ethyl Im, imidazole KHMDS, potassium hexamethyldisilazane Me, methyl Me2SO, dimethyl sulfoxide MOM, methoxymethyl MOMC1, methoxymethyl chloride Ms, methylsulfonyl MS, molecular sieves NBS, N-bromosuccinimide NIS, /V-iodosuccinimide NMO, /V-methylmorpho-line N-oxide PCC, pyridinium chlorochromate Ph, phenyl PMB, / -methoxvbenzyl PPTs, pyridiniump-toluenesulfonate i-Pr, isopropyl Py, pyridine rt, room temperature TBAF, tetrabutylammonium fluoride TBS, ferf-butyl dimethylsilyl TBDMSC1, f-butylchlorodimethylsilane Tf, trifhioromethylsulfonyl Tf20, trifluoromethylsulfonic anhydride TFA, trifluoroacetic acid THF, tetrahydrofuran TMS, trimethylsilyl TPAP, tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate / -TsOH. / -toluenesulfonic acid... 

Several acylation transformations of 1,4,7-triazonane were reported. Benzoylation of 1,4,7-triazonane under kine-tical control, that is, through formation of dianion with 2 equiv of -BuLi in THF, led to an 85% yield of mono- and disubstituted compounds in 20 1 ratio <1999JOC7661>. Reaction of triazonane with ethyl trifluoroacetate is a facile method of incorporation of two protecting groups and results in 94% yield of the product when reaction is performed in methanol in the presence of triethylamine <2003TL2481>. 

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