Benzoyl trifluoromethanesulfonate

Benzoyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, CF,SOjO( OQH,. B.p. 92-94°/2.2 mm. The reagent is prepared from benzoyl chloride and triflic acid. It is extremely hygroscopic and unstable to air. 

Related Reagents. Benzoyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate Benzyl Bromide Benzyl Chloride Benzyl Iodide Benzyl... 

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... 

Abbreviations Ac acetyl AIBN azobisisobutyronitrile All allyl Bn benzyl Bz benzoyl ClAc chloroacetyl DAST diethylaminosulfur trifluoride DBU l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-undec-7-ene DDQ 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-/)-benzoquinone DMDO dimethyldioxirane DMTST dimethyl(methylthio)sulfonium trifluoromethanesulfonate Fmoc 9-fluorenyl-methoxycarbonyl HDTC hydrazine dithiocarboxylate IDCP iodonium di-collidine perchlorate Lev levulinoyl MBz 4-methylbenzoyl Me methyl MEK methyl ethyl ketone MP 4-methoxyphenyl NBS iV-bromosuccinimide NIS A-iodosuccinimide Pent n-pentenyl Pfp pentafluorophenyl Ph phenyl Phth phthaloyl Piv pivaloyl PMB 4-methoxybenzyl TBAF tetrabutylammonium fluoride TBDMS tcrt-butyldimethylsilyl TBDPS tert-butyldiphenylsilyl TCA trichloroacetyl TES triethylsilyl Tf trifluoromethanesulfonyl TMS trimethylsilyl Tol 4-methylphenyl Tr trityl Troc 2,2,2-trichloroethoxycarbonyl Ts tosyl. 

To a solution of silver trifluoromethanesulfonate (7.71 g, 30 mmol) in dry dichloromethane (100 mL) at —40°C in the dark is added dropwise a solution of 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbony 1 serine benzyl ester 11 (8.45 g, 20 nunol), 2,3,4-tri-O-benzoyl-a-D-xylopyranosyl bromide 12 (11.14 g, 21.2 nunol) and tetramethyl urea (3.65 g, 31.4 nunol) in dichloromethane (100 mL). After 18 h of stirring at room temperature, the precipitate is filtered off and washed with dichloromethane (200 mL). The organic solution is washed with water (200 mL), 1% KHCO3 solution (twice 200 mL) and water, dried with Na SO, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product is recrystallized from ethyl acetate-n-hexane. (If the reaction was not complete, chromatography on silica gel 60 in toluene/ethanol 9 1 is recommended). Yield 15 g (87%) mp 136°C, [a], —27.8° (c 1.3, CHCI3), 0.64 (toluene/ethanol 26 1). 

Kim and co-workers carried out a closely related synthesis of a /<-(l -4)-mannote-traose 300, using their method for the in situ conversion of hemiacetals to glycosyl triflates by means of reaction with phthalic anhydride ( phthalan ) followed by trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride. In this instance cleavage of the benzylidene acetal was effected with trifluoroacetic acid, and regioselective reprotection of the diol employed benzoyl chloride (Scheme 50).145... 

Synthesis of nucleosides. Reaction of shylated heterocycles with a protected 1-0-acyl or 1-0-alkyl sugar in 1,2-dichloroethane with either trimethylsilyl perchlorate or trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, (013)3810802-CF3, as catalyst gives nucleosides in high yield. The reaction is formulated for the reaction of silylated uracil (1) with l-0-acetyl-2,3,5-tri-0-benzoyl- 3-D-ribofuranose (2) either at 22 for a prolonged period or for 4 hr. at reflux temperature. The function of the catalyst is to convert the sugar into the glycosyl... 

One-carbon Homologation of Carboxylic Acids. l-[(Tri-methylsilyl)methyl]benzotriazole converts benzoyl chlorides to the corresponding (benzotriazol-l-yl)methyl aryl ketones in high yields (see eq 1). Treatment with triflic anhydride and 2,6-lutidine in CH2CI2 converts these ketones into their enolate triflates in 83-95% yields (eq 4). In the subsequent steps, the triflates are treated with sodium methoxide and then with ethanolic HCl to afford ethyl esters of the corresponding arylacetic acids in 89-98% yields (eq 5). The proposed reaction mechanism involves elimination of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid with sodium methoxide and final alcoholysis of the obtained l-(arylethynyl)benzotriazole intermediates with ethanolic HCl. A comparable classical method for one-carbon homologation of carboxylic acids, the Amdt-Eistert reaction, involves difficult to handle diazomethane and Q -diazoketones. ... 

Friedel-Crafts Reactions. Aluminum trifluoromethanesulfonate has been used for the Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction of toluene with isopropyl and tert-butyl chlorides (eq 1), and for the acylation of benzene and toluene with acetyl and benzoyl chlorides in low to moderate yields. Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation of an aromatic compound with Meldrum s acid has also been reported using catalytic amounts of Al(OTf)3. Acylation of 2-methoxynaphthalene with acetic anhydride has been reported using Al(OTf)3 and lithium perchlorate as an additive to afford the corresponding 6-acetylated adduct in 83% yield. Effective acylation of arenes with carboxylic acids has also been disclosed using polystyrene-supported Al(OTf)3. ... 

Ac, acetyl BSA, MO-hw-trimethylsilyl-acetamide Bz, benzoyl DMF, dimethylformamide Ibu, isobutyryl THF, tetrahydro-furan TMS-triflate, trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate Tol toluoyl Pal, palmitoyl. 

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