Boronic transesterification

For the most part boric acid esters are quantitated by hydrolysis in hot water followed by determination of the amount of boron by the mannitol titration (see Boron compounds, boric oxide, boric acid and borates). Separation of and measuring mixtures of borate esters can be difficult. Any water present causes hydrolysis and in mixtures, as a result of transesterification, it is possible to have a number of borate esters present. For some borate esters, such as triethanolamine borate, hydrolysis is sufftciendy slow that quantitation by hydrolysis and titration cannot be done. In these cases, a sodium carbonate fusion is necessary. 

The activating capacity of boronate groups can be combined with the ability for facile transesterification at boron to permit intramolecular reactions between vinyl-boronates and 2,4-dienols. 

The rates of transesterification of triglycerides to methyl esters, efficiently catalyzed by boron carbide (B4C), were, on the other hand, faster under microwave conditions, probably because of superheating of the boron carbide catalyst, which is known to be a very strong absorber of microwaves [40], Scheme 10.3. Yields of methyl ester of up to 98% were achieved. 

The boronic acid ester B was synthesized by transesterification of the corresponding pinacolester A with (lR,2R)-l,2-dicyclohexyl-l,2-dihydroxyethane. Stereoselective chlorination of B was carried out with (dichloromethyl) lithium and zinc chloride. Reaction of the obtained chloroboronic ester C with lithio 1-decyne followed by oxidation of the intermediate D with alkaline hydrogen peroxide afforded the propargylic alcohol E. Treatment with acid to saponify the tert-butyl ester moiety and to achieve ring closure, produced lactone F. Finally, Lindlar-hydrogenation provided japonilure 70 in an excellent yield and high enantiomeric purity. 

A wide variety of monomers, such as (3,5-dibromophenyl)boronic acid, 3,5-bis(trimethylsiloxy)benzoyl chloride, 3,5-diacetoxybenzoic acid, and 2,2-dimethylol propionic acid have been used for the synthesis of hyperbranched polymers. A selection of these polymers are described in Sect. 3. The majority of the polymers are synthesized via step-wise polymerizations where A B monomers are bulk-polymerized in the presence of a suitable catalyst, typically an acid or a transesterification reagent. To accomphsh a satisfactory conversion, the low molecular weight condensation product formed during the reaction has to be removed. This is most often achieved by a flow of argon or by reducing the pressure in the reaction flask. The resulting polymer is usually used without any purification or, in some cases, after precipitation of the dissolved reaction mixture into a non-solvent. 

Covalent polymers with reversible properties arising from dynamic covalent bonds such as disulfide exchange reaction [47 9], transesterification [50,51], transetherification [52], and boronate ester formation [53] were reported without respect to DCC. These studies should involve DCLs in... 

An alternative synthesis of pyrimidine boronic acids, which avoids lithiation chemistry altogether, has been developed <2001SL266>. Thus, reaction of 2,4-dimethoxy-5-iodopyrimidine 352 with cedrane-8,9-diolborane 351 using catalytic amounts of Pd(PPh3)4 and Cul gave the intermediate boronate 353 which could be converted to the free boronic acid 354 in 83% yield by transesterification with diethanolamine, followed by treatment with acid (Scheme 3) <2001SL266>. 

If a diastereomeric mixture of (S,S)-2,5-dimethyl-3.4-hexanediol esters 2 and 3 reacts with methylmagnesium bromide, the result is kinetic resolution, as verified for R1 = Bn. The diastereomeric mixture was prepared from the racemic ethylene glycol a-chloro boronic ester via transesterification with chiral diol. The products isolated were (S,S)-2,5-dimethyl-3,4-hexanediol [(/ )-2-phcnyl-l-methylethyl]boronate, diastereomeric ratio >95 5 as indicated by the rotation of the (/ )- -phenyl-2-propanol derived by deboronation with hydrogen peroxide, and (S,S)-2,5-dimethyl-3.4-hexanediol methylboronate. Phenylacetaldehyde was identified by 1H NMR4. 

Typical protocols for the preparation of chiral allyl boronates involve Matteson homologation of vinyl boronates 159 with halomethyl lithium 160 or the vinylation of halomethyl boronate 163 with vinyl Grignard 162 followed by transesterification with dialkyl tartrate 164 (Scheme 26) <1996JOC100>. 

To determine the diastereoselectivity of the above bora-ene reaction, boronate 193 derived from a-pinene was synthesized. Reaction of a-pinene 192 with Schlosser s base (BunLi + KOBu ) furnishes the allyl carbanion, which upon treatment with triisopropyl borate and subsequent transesterification with pinacol yields a-pinanyl pinacol boronate 193. Bora-ene reaction with this allyl boronate and S02 at — 78 °C in CH2CI2 yields the mixed anhydride 194 as a 2.3 1 mixture of diastereomers upon removal of excess S02. Treatment of this mixture of anhydrides with aryl Grignard led to the formation of two diastereomers of aryl sulfoxides 195 in 3.2 1 ratio (Scheme 33) <2006TL2783>. 

Another common synthesis of cyclic boron compounds involves transesterification. For example, the chiral allyl boronates 155 can be synthesized via the reaction of dioxaborolane 329 with dialkyl tartrate 330 in high yield. The transacetalization affords an attractive alternative to the formation of these chiral boronates, which are otherwise difficult to prepare (Equation 13). 

Important examples of this type of compounds include pinacolborane, catecholborane, etc. These compounds are readily available by the reaction of pinacol 331 or catechol with either borane or boron halides. Transesterification also provides an attractive alternative for the synthesis of these compounds (Scheme 55). 

Micalizio and Schreiber [47] developed a key reaction, the transesterification of unsaturated boronic esters with allylic esters or propargylic alcohols. This reaction transiently provided mixed organoboronic esters that could be trapped by using... 

Boron trifluoride in methanol is a rapid and simple transesterification catalyst but it has a limited shelf-life unless refrigerated the use of old solutions that are too concentrated can result in the production of artifacts and the loss of large amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids. 

Acylation of a simple thiol with an alkyl carboxylate is not a very suitable method for preparation of S-alkyl thiocarboxylates. Transesterification is, however, possible if either the thiol or the carboxylic ester is activated. The enhanced reactivity of boron, aluminum and silicon thiolates has been utilized for the synthesis of a large variety of thiocarboxylic S-esters, including hydroxy derivatives (from lactones). a,P-Unsaturated thiol esters, e.g. cinnamoyl or 2-butenoyl derivatives, are also accessible. Michael addition, an undesirable side reaction of thiols, is completely avoided if alkyl trimethylsilyl sulfides ortris(arylthio)boranes are applied. ... 

In applying this method to carbohydrate 1,3-diols, a British groups preferred to liberate carbohydrate 1,3-diols firom their boronates by transesterification with propane-1,3-diol rather than with ethylene glycol. The boronate was treated in acetone with propane-1,3-diol and the solution evaporated to dryness. Extraction with petroluem ether removed the exchanged boronate and crystallization of the residue afforded the carbohydrate component. 

The synthesis starts with the thioester 64 to get the cis boron enolate 75 we need for the syn product Once the adduct 76 has been made, the sulfur has done its work and can be removed. Transesterification with MeOH and HgCl2 and straightforward steps lead to iodide 78. Once this iodide has reacted with the enolate of pentanone, there will be no trace of the carbonyl that originally allowed the aldol chemistry to be performed. 

Bulky chloroboranes such as 2.21 (R = Me, Et, PhCH2OCH2CH2, R = tert-Bu) or analogs of 2.16 (R = Cl) can reduce even slightly unsymmetrical ketones [589, 592, 593], but these reactions are very slow. Chiral boronates 2.22 have been prepared by Matteson [594] by oxidation of a-pinene followed by transesterification. The reaction of 2.22 with LiCHCl2 at low temperature forms chiral ate-complexes, which are transformed into a-chloroboronates 2.23. These chloroboronates are precursors of numerous chiral compounds however, their use is limited by the low temperatures required to generate them (-78 to -100°C) [595],... 

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