Carboxylic acid derivatives addition

The conversion of carboxylic acid derivatives (halides, esters and lactones, tertiary amides and lactams, nitriles) into aldehydes can be achieved with bulky aluminum hydrides (e.g. DIBAL = diisobutylaluminum hydride, lithium trialkoxyalanates). Simple addition of three equivalents of an alcohol to LiAlH, in THF solution produces those deactivated and selective reagents, e.g. lithium triisopropoxyalanate, LiAlH(OPr )j (J. Malek, 1972). 

The first stage of the mechanism is exactly the same as for nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group of an aldehyde or ketone Many of the same nucleophiles that add to aldehydes and ketones—water (Section 17 6) alcohols (Section 17 8) amines (Sections 17 10-17 11)—add to the carbonyl groups of carboxylic acid derivatives... 

Palytoxin carboxylic acid, C,23H2i3N053 (Figure 1, R -R = H), derived from palytoxin, C,29H223N3054, contains 41 hydroxyl groups, one amino group, one ketal, one hemiketal, and one carboxylic acid, in addition to some double bonds and ether linkages. 

Tetrahedral intermediate (Section 19.14 and Chapter 20) The key intermediate in nucleophilic acyl substitution. Formed by nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group of a carboxylic acid derivative. 

Carboxylic acid derivatives, CH3C(=0)Z, are similar to aldehydes and ketones in that they contain a polar carbonyl group. Therefore, nucleophiles should add to the carbonyl carbon, although the rate of addition may depend on the Z group. 

The formulated mechanism is supported by the finding that no halogen from the phosphorus trihalide is transferred to the a-carbon of the carboxylic acid. For instance, the reaction of a carboxylic acid with phosphorus tribromide and chlorine yields exclusively an a-chlorinated carboxylic acid. In addition, carboxylic acid derivatives that enolize easily—e.g. acyl halides and anhydrides—do react without a catalyst present. 

The second fundamental reaction of carbonyl compounds, nucleophilic acyl substitution, is related to the nucleophilic addition reaction just discussed but occurs only with carboxylic acid derivatives rather than with aldehydes and ketones. When the carbonyl group of a carboxylic acid derivative reacts with a nucleophile, addition occurs in the usual way, but the initially formed tetra-... 

In addition to those methods already discussed, ketones can also be prepared from certain carboxylic acid derivatives, just as aldehydes can. Among the most useful reactions of this type is that between an acid chloride and a Gilman diorganocopper reagent such as we saw in Section 10.8. We ll discuss this subject in more detail in Section 21.4. 

As a general rule, nucleophilic addition reactions are characteristic only of aldehydes and ketones, not of carboxylic acid derivatives. The reason for the difference is structural. As discussed previously in A Preview of Carbonyl Compounds and shown in Figure 19.14, the tetrahedral intermediate produced by addition of a nucleophile to a carboxylic acid derivative can eliminate a leaving group, leading to a net nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction. The tetrahedral intermediate... 

Figure 19.14 Carboxylic acid derivatives have an electronegative substituent Y = -Br, —Cl, -OR, -NR2 that can be expelled as a leaving group from the tetrahedral intermediate formed by nucleophilic addition. Aldehydes and ketones have no such leaving group and thus do not usually undergo this reaction.

The addition of a nucleophile to a polar C=0 bond is the key step in thre< of the four major carbonyl-group reactions. We saw in Chapter 19 that when. nucleophile adds to an aldehyde or ketone, the initially formed tetrahedra intermediate either can be protonated to yield an alcohol or can eliminate th< carbonyl oxygen, leading to a new C=Nu bond. When a nucleophile adds to carboxylic acid derivative, however, a different reaction course is followed. Tin initially formed tetrahedral intermediate eliminates one of the two substituent originally bonded to the carbonyl carbon, leading to a net nucleophilic acy substitution reaction (Figure 21.1. ... 

Problem 21.6 The following structure represents a tetrahedral alkoxide ion intermediate formed by addition of a nucleophile to a carboxylic acid derivative. Identify the nucleophile, the leaving group, the starting acid derivative, and the ultimate product. 

Acid halides are among the most reactive of carboxylic acid derivatives and can be converted into many other kinds of compounds by nucleophilic acyl substitution mechanisms. The halogen can be replaced by -OH to yield an acid, by —OCOR to yield an anhydride, by -OR to yield an ester, or by -NH2 to yield an amide. In addition, the reduction of an acid halide yields a primary alcohol, and reaction with a Grignard reagent yields a tertiary alcohol. Although the reactions we ll be discussing in this section are illustrated only for acid chlorides, similar processes take place with other acid halides. 

Another occasionally used method for the preparation of acyclic A-(l-alkoxyalkyl)amides (or carbamates) proceeds via addition of reactive carboxylic acid derivatives to aldimines. In a one-pot procedure, treatment of the imine with the acid chloride (or ethyl chloroformate) and subsequent (m)ethanolysisofthe intermediary a-chloroamide leads to the oc-alkoxyamide56-58. 

PhsSnflV)] carboxylates and of some 1 1 addition compounds of PhsSnCl and 2,3-disubstituted thiazolidin-4-ones indicate that the carboxylates in the solid state are monomeric with a Sn atom = 2.14—2.54 mm s the only exception being the furan-2-carboxylic acid derivative, which is polymeric. The PhsSnCl adducts are Thp (I Ag p I = 2.97-3.08 mm s ) with the three Ph groups in a not coplanar eq plane. These complexes are effective inhibitors of C. The 2,3-disubstituted... 

By methods analogous to those used for the tetrahedral intermediates related to carboxylic acid derivatives, Guthrie proceeded from the heat of formation of pentaeth-oxyphosphorane to free energies of the P(OEt) (OH)5 species. °° This allowed the calculation of the equilibrium constants for addition of water or hydroxide to simple alkyl esters of phosphoric acid see Table 1.7. 

Use of the relatively small cyclopropane ring drastically reduces the potential for deleterious steric bulk effects and adds only a relatively small lipophilic increment to the partition coefficient of the drug. One of the clever elements of the rolicyprine synthesis itself is the reaction of d,l tranylcypromine (67) with L-5-pyrrolidone-2-carboxylic acid (derived from glutamic acid) to form a highly crystalline diastereomeric salt, thereby effecting resolution. Addition of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide activates the carboxyl group to nucleophilic attack by the primary amine thus forming the amide rolicyprine (68). 

A common procedure in C-C-bond formation is the aldol addition of enolates derived from carboxylic acid derivatives with aldehydes to provide the anion of the [5-hydroxy carboxylic acid derivative. If one starts with an activated acid derivative, the formation of a [Mac lone can follow. This procedure has been used by the group of Taylor [137] for the first synthesis of the l-oxo-2-oxa-5-azaspiro[3.4]octane framework. Schick and coworkers have utilized the method for their assembly of key intermediates for the preparation of enzyme inhibitors of the tetrahydrolipstatin and tetrahydroesterastin type [138]. Romo and coworkers used a Mukaiyama aldol/lac-tonization sequence as a concise and direct route to 3-lactones of type 2-253, starting from different aldehydes 2-251 and readily available thiopyridylsilylketenes 2-252 (Scheme 2.60) [139]. 

Phenylthio)nitroalkenes are also excellent intermediates for the synthesis of other heterocyclic ring systems. For example, tetrahydropyran carboxylic acid derivatives are formed by the intramolecular addition of oxygen nucleophile to l-(phenylthio)nitroalkene predominantly as the m-isomer (9.1 1) (see Eq. 4.40). The reaction may proceed via the chair-like transition state with two pseudo-equatorial substituents.50... 

The literature presents a large number of examples concerning the use of known oxazolidinones as chiral auxiliaries in many kinds of reactions. Rare is the use of A-amino derivatives of oxazolidinones, which were used to synthesise new A-acylhydrazones 207. Radical addition reactions occurred with high diastereoselectivity <00JA8329>. The use of glycolate oxazolidinones 210 proved to be efficient for the enantioselective preparation of a-alkoxy carboxylic acid derivatives . Photochemical reaction of vinyl... 

The asymmetric synthesis of / -branched carboxylic acid derivatives was accomplished by conjugate addition of mixed organoaluminum reagents to optically active Arabinose-derived c -unsaturated A-acyloxazolidinones (Scheme 47). Efficient stereocontrol was achieved using different optically active bicyclic oxazolidinones, yielding (.R)- or ( -configured / -branched carboxylic acid derivatives.136a... 

The development of diversification linkers allows introduction of an additional element of diversity. Upon completion of the synthesis sequence, the linker is activated facilitating nucleophilic release of the library members from support In the ideal case, as implemented with the acylsulfonamide linker (Scheme 4a), the activated linker is sufficiently reactive that limiting amounts of nucleophile may be added to provide pure product after resin filtration.181 Diversification linkers have been developed for the preparation of carboxylic acid derivatives (Scheme 4a), amines (Scheme 4b),191 aromatic (Scheme 4c) and even heteroaromatic compounds (Scheme 4d).1101... 

Reduction of a., -unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Hydrosilanes, particularly (QH,)2SiH2, in the presence of Pd(0), and a Lewis acid, particularly ZnCl2, can effect selective conjugate reduction of unsaturated ketones, aldehydes, and carboxylic acid derivatives. Chloroform is the solvent of choice. In addition, 1 equiv. of water is required. Experiments with D,0 and (C6H,),SiD2 indicate that... 

Attack on Unsaturated Carbon. The annual addition of phosphites to every variety of activated double bond continues. These include nitro-alkenes,9 a/S-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives,10 maleimides,11 fulvenes,12 and pyridinium salts.13 The reaction of diethyl phosphite with keten 0,N-, S,N, and Al,AT-acetals has been used to prepare the enamine phosphonates (19).14... 

Since the solvent properties of dimethyl sulfoxide are widely different from those of hydrocarbons and halogenated hydrocarbons, it may be difficult to compare the kinetic and thermodynamic data for the C02H group (Table 16) directly with others. However, heating the carboxylic acid (68, X = OH) in toluene affords the sp isomer almost exclusively. Probably, the observed results with the carboxylic acid derive from difficulty in the formation of a hydrogen bond owing to a steric effect, in addition to the nonplanar conformation of the carboxyl group relative to the naphthalene. 

Before discussmg the mechanism of cleavage of carboxylic acid esters and amides by hydrolases, some chemical principles are worth recalling. The chemical hydrolysis of carboxylic acid derivatives can be catalyzed by acid or base, and, in both cases, the mechanisms involve addition-elimination via a tetrahedral intermediate. A general scheme of ester and amide hydrolysis is presented in Fig. 3. / the chemical mechanisms of ester hydrolysis will be... 

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