5-benzylidene derivatives from

Dissolve 1 g. of the ketomethylene compound and 1 1 g. or 2 2 g. of pure benzaldehyde (according as to whether the compound may be regarded as RCOCHjR or as RCHjCOCHjR ) in about 10 ml. of rectified (or methylated) spirit, add 0 5 ml. of 5.N -sodium hydroxide solution, shake and allow the mixture to stand for about an hour at room temperature. The benzylidene derivative usually crystallises out or will do so upon scratching the walls of the vessel with a glass rod. Filter off the solid, wash it with a little cold alcohol, and recrystallise it from absolute alcohol (or absolute industrial spirit). 

There are many synthetic routes to alloxan. Probably the best is direct oxidation of barbituric acid (1004 R = H) with chromium trioxide (5208(32)6) but it may be made from barbituric acid via its benzylidene derivative by direct or indirect oxidation of uric acid from 5-chlorobarbituric acid (1004 R = C1) by nitration or from 5-nitrobarbituric acid (1004 R = N02) by chlorination, both via the intermediate (1005) (64M1057) or by permanganate oxidation of uracil (1006) under carefully controlled conditions (73BSF1167). 

Thebainol (Pschorr Dihydrometathebainone (Schopf i), CigHjgOjN, is obtained by the reduction of metothebainone, with sodium amalgam in dilute alkali. Crystallised from methyl alcohol, it melts at 54-5° and re-melts at 76-8°, but after crystallisation from dry ether it has m.p. 135-6° and [a]f ° + 67-05° (EtOH). The oxime has m.p. 217-8° and [a][, ° + 104-2° (acetic acid, 10%). The benzylidene derivative forms yellow needles, m.p. 100-2°. An amorphous dipiperonylidene derivative has been described by Gulland and Robinson.The methyl ether is amorphous, but yields a crystalline methiodide, m.p. 245°. Thebainol is represented as (L), produced by saturation of the ethylenic (C -C ) linkage in meta-thebainone (LII). 

The acylation of enamines derived from cyclic ketones, which can lead to the acyl ketone or ring expansion (692-694), was studied by NMR and mass spectroscopic analysis of the products (695,696). In a comparative study of the rates of diphenylketene addition to olefins, a pronounced activation was observed in enamines (697). Enamine N- and C-acylation products were obtained from reactions of Schiff s bases (698), vinylogous urethanes (699), cyanamides (699), amides (670,700), and 2-benzylidene-3-methylbenzothiazoline (672) with acid chlorides, anhydrides, and dithio-esters (699). 

O-isopropylidene derivative (10) was then phosphorylated with phosphorous oxychloride to form the phosphate ester (11) from which the protecting groups were removed by mild acid hydrolysis. The 3-phos-phate (15) was obtained by phosphorylating the 4,6-benzylidene derivative (13) of the same glycoside with phosphorus oxychloride, followed by hydrolytic removal of the protecting groups, from the ester (14) thus obtained. 

The ready synthesis of iminophosphorane 767 from 766 and its subsequent conversion to benzylidene derivative 768 and aza-Wittig reaction... 

Shammaet al. (144-146) utilized Hofmann degradation of 8-benzyltetrahy-droprotoberberine for selective C-8—N bond cleavage (Section II,A,1). Benzylidene products 17 and 271, derived from berberine (15) and coptisine (65), were subjected to Lemieux-Johnson-Pappu oxidation to provide (+)-canadaline (272) and ( )-aobamine (273), respectively, the latter of which was... 

Tab. 5.17 Benzylidene derivatives of 2-cineolylol from p-substituted benzaldehydes [27].

FIGURE 6.30 Approaches for the synthesis of monosubstituted trifunctional amino acids. (A) Monoesterification of dicarboxylic acids. (B) Aa-Alkoxycarbonylation of lysine through the e-benzylidene derivative [Bezas Zervas, 1963]. (C) SelectiveN -detritylation of ditrityl derivatives.138 (D) A- AI ko x y met hy 1 at 10 n of histidine by displacement of AP-substituents.137 Cbz-His(CH2OR)-OMe are obtained from Cbz-His(xAc)-OMe. = Acylating reagent. 

Closely related to the synthetic work reported in the previous section is the incorporation (131) of a 2,5-anhydro-3,4Hdi-0-methyl-D-mannitol residue (Figure 15) into the 18-crown-6 derivative d-91. Other derivatives of D-mannitol that have been built into crown ether receptors include l,4 3,6-dianhydro-D-maiuiitol (132), l,3 4,6-di-0-methylene-D-marmitol (13 134), and 1,3 4,6-di-O-benzylidene-D-mannitol (134). Examples of chiral crown compounds containing these residues include dd-92, dd-93, d-94, and d-95. Although not derived from carbohydrates—but rather (135) from the terpene, (-t-)-pulegone—... 

L-Iditol (sorbi6rite), the last of the four naturally occurring hexitols, occurs in service berries along with sorbitol. After removing sorbitol from the juice by fermentation to L-sorbose with the sorbose bacterium, Acetobacter xylinum, the n-iditol is crystallized as a benzylidene derivative. It has been prepared by the action of sodium amalgam on... 

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