Butane-2,3-dione, synthesis

Butanediol dehydration, 41 155 Butane-2,3-dione synthesis, 41 302-303 Butanethiol, dissociation, 37 292 -Butanol, see 1-Butanol 2-Butanol... 

King Jr reported a facile synthesis of chlorinated dioxo-lanones by a simple, one-pot, direct addition of phosgene to 1,2-diones (Ref. 225). Thus, the reaction of 2,3-butane dione with phosgene in the presence of pyridine affords trans-4,5-dichloro-4,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-2-one in 82% yield as shown in scheme 172. 

Attempted synthesis of the bis(2//-azirine) system from the 2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diphenyl-1,4-butane-dione bis(hydrazonium) salt under basic conditions gives 3,4-dimethyl-2,5-diphenylpyrrole in 89% yield (equation 66). ° ... 

The reaction between amino group (-NH2) and a carbonyl group (C=0) elsewhere in the same molecule has been used in the synthesis of many heterocyclic compounds. For example as shown in Equation 9.53, substituted quinolines can be produced by acid-catalyzed cyclization of the appropriate aminoketones (formed during the Friedlander synthesis, in this instance between propanone and ortho-aminobenzaldehyde, in an aldol-type reaction with loss of water this chapter, vide infra), and even more than one reaction can be induced to occur. Thus, in Equation 9.54,1,2-benzenediamine (ort/io-aminoaniline) undergoes acid-catalyzed addition to 2,3-butane-dione to produce 2,3-dimethyl-13-benzopyrazine (23-dime thy Iquinoxaline). ... 

Mosslemin MH, Yavaii I, Anary-Abbasinejad M, Nateghi MR (2004) Reaction between tert-butyl isocyanide and l,l,l-trifluoro-4-aryl-butane-2,4-diones. Synthesis of new trifluoro-methylated furan derivatives. J Fluor Chem 125 1497-1500... 

Synthesis The condensation of 4-methylacetophenone with ethyl acetate by means of NaOMe in refluxing methanol gives 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(4-methylphenyl)butane-1,3-dione, which cyclized with 4-hydrazinophenyl-sulfonamide in refluxing ethanol (Graul et al., 1977 Talley et al. (Searle Co.), 1995. 

An interesting approach for the synthesis of some fused pyrimidines has been reported by Shaaban [102] via reaction of 4,4,4-trifluoro-l-(thien-2-yl)butane-1,3-dione in the presence of triethylorthoformate with 5-aminopyrazole or 1,2,4-aminotriazole or 2-aminobenzimidazole under microwave irradiation. The resulting trifluoromethyl derivatives of pyrazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidine 56, l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-a] pyrimidine 57 and pyrimido[l,2-a]benzimidazoles 58 were obtained in excellent yields and purity (Scheme 42). 

Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure C2-symmetric Vicinal Diamines via Chirality Transfer from DPEN. Several C2-sym-metric vicinal diamines and their derivatives are prepared in optically pure form by chirality transfer from DPEN. For example, condensation of (5, 5)-DPEN with butane-2,3-dione in benzene at the reflux temperature is followed by stereoselective reduction with NaBHsCN and PPTS at -20 °C to afford the (25,35,5R,6R)-piperazine 4 and its diastereomer in a 15 1 ratio (eq 12). The crude product is purified by silica gel column chromatography. Formation of the biscarbamate followed by reductive cleavage of benzylic C-N bonds with lithium in liquid ammonia, and then removal of isobutyloxycarbonyl with HBr in acetic acid results in (/ ,/ )-2,3-diaminobutane dihydrobromide 5 in 99% ee. 

Another situation in which the chemically robust nature of the 4-methyI-l, 2,4-triazole-3,5-dione adducts has been exploited is in the synthesis of bicyclobutane derivatives.Addition of 4-methyl-l,2,4-triazole-3,5-dione to bicyclo[1.1.0]butane gave the urazole 20, which was converted to 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.1.1]hex-2-ene and by thermolysis or photolysis back to bi-cyclo[1.1.0]butane. While this is not in itself a useful synthetic sequence, the urazole intermediates in such a sequence can be chemically modified in ways that would be impossible for the bicyclobutanes themselves. Hence for the adduct 21 of dimethyl bicyclo[1.1.0]butane-l,3-dicarboxylate, the ester groups can be modified into ethyl, vinyl, substituted vinyl, hydroxymethyl, bromo and other substituents and this was used to prepare, for example, 1,3-divinylbicyclo[1.1.0]butane (22) and l-ethyl-3-vinylbicyclo[1.1.0]butane. ... 

Chromones.- Enamines have previously been converted into chromones and in another approach, the enamine (104) reacted with thionyl chloride to give the chromone (105 n=2) in moderate yield. The sulphinic acid was readily oxidized to the sulphonic acid (105 n=3) by 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid.110 A convenient synthesis has been described of 2-methylchromene-4-thione in 57% yield from 4-(2-hydroxyphenyl)butane-1,3-dione.111 The t-amino-methylchromones (106) have been synthesized and shown to be central nervous system depressants. A new synthesis of 2-substituted chromones (including flavones) uses 2-acetoxyphenacyl bromide (107) which is converted into its phosphorane (108). Heating this with an alkanoyl or aroyl chloride or anhydride in pyridine gave good yields of the chromone (109).113... 

This sequence has been used for the synthesis of 6-methoxymurrayanine (232) (Scheme 55) [214]. Reaction of butane-2,3-dione (226) with 4-methoxyphenyl isocyanate (227) to 4,5-dimethylene-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-l,3-oxazolidin-2-one (228) followed by regioselective boron trifluoride-catalyzed Diels-Alder reaction with acrolein afforded the oxazolone 229. Only minor amounts of the undesired regioisomer were formed. Aromatization using 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-l,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) afforded the benzoxazol-2-one 230. Saponification of the cyclic carbamate and subsequent O-methylation led to the diarylamine 231. Finally, oxidative cyclization using stoichiometric amounts of palladium(ll) acetate provided 6-methoxymurrayanine (232). 

Synthesis of HDBNTFA (8) Dithiobenzoic acid l-(4-(4,4,4-trifluoro-butane-l,3-dione)-naphthalen-l-yl)-ethyl ester (HDBNTFA)... 

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