Carboxylic acids conversion protection

Some of the more common reagents for the conversion of carboxylic acids to trimethylsilyl esters are listed below. For additional methods that can be used to silylate acids, the section on alcohol protection should be consulted since many of the methods presented there are also applicable to carboxylic acids. Trimethylsilyl esters are cleaved in aqueous solutions. 

The phenyl group became a practical protective group for carboxylic acids when Sharpless published a mild, effective one-step method for its conversion to a carboxylic acid. It has recently been used in a synthesis of the amino acid statine, where it served as a masked or carboxylic acid equivalent. ... 

Because of the easy conversion of A-acylaziridines[471 into oxazolines, this method is also useful for protecting carboxylic acids furthermore, it is a means for resolving chiral carboxylic acids. 

An early effort to generate a 3-lithiated propionic acid derivative and react it with (external) electrophiles was reported in 1978 [42]. Since simple 3-lithioesters failed to undergo the required reaction, the alkyl carboxylate portion was protected by preceding conversion to the carboxylate anion. Treatment of lithium 3-bromo-propionate with lithium naphthalide generated the desired dilithiated propionic acid, which gave moderate yields of y-hydroxy acid addition products with carbonyl compounds, Eq. (45). 

Protected-amino phosphonic acid monoesters 51 are usually activated by conversion to the phosphonochloridates 52, then coupled with appropriate amine components such as C-protected amino adds or peptides to give phosphonoamidates 53 (Scheme 17). This procedure is in contrast to typical peptide coupling conditions, in which carboxylic acid chlorides are avoided because of their susceptibility to epimerization at the a-carbon. Since enolate-... 

Aminomethyl)pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid (85) was prepared from methyl 5-formylpyrrole-2-carboxylate by conversion to the oxime and subsequent reduction, Boc protection, and saponificationJ74 ... 

Carboxy terminal amino acid or peptide thiols are prepared from various p-amino alcohols by conversion into a thioacetate (R2NHCHR1CH2SAc) via a tosylate followed by saponification.Several methods have been used to prepare N-terminal peptide thiols, the most common procedure is the coupling of (acetylsulfanyl)- or (benzoylsulfanyl)alkanoic acids or add chlorides with a-amino esters or peptide esters, followed by deprotection of the sulfanyl and carboxy groups. 8 16 Other synthetic methods include deprotection of (trit-ylsulfanyl)alkanoyl peptides, 1718 alkaline treatment of the thiolactones from protected a-sulfanyl acids, 19 and preparation of P-sulfanylamides (HSCH2CHR1NHCOR2, retro-thior-phan derivatives) from N-protected amino acids by reaction of P-amine disulfides with carboxylic acid derivatives, followed by reduction. 20,21 In many cases, the amino acid or peptide thiols are synthesized as the disulfides and reduced to the corresponding thiols by the addition of dithiothreitol prior to use. 

Conversion of saturated, primary alkyl and aryl alkyl alcohols into the corresponding aldehydes can be achieved by this method provided that the alcohols are entirely dissolved in the organic phase. Relatively unstable protective groups are not affected, as in the oxidation of the acetonide of 1,2,6-hexanetriol, whereas conjugated and isolated double bonds give rise to side reactions which considerably decrease selectivities and yields.4 Some examples of aldehydes synthesized with this method are reported in Table 1. Under the same conditions, secondary alcohols are oxidized to ketones. Addition of catalytic amounts of quaternary onium salts allows fast and total conversion of primary alcohols and aldehydes into carboxylic acids making this methodology very versatile 4... 

The carboxyl group of aliphatic and alicyclic carboxylic acids may be protected by conversion into a variety of organic esters silylation affords a valuable alternative. 

In a different sequence of reactions, N-acetylation of 274 and exposure of the intermediate imide 275 to ethanolic KOH gave a mixture (about 2 1) of the desired carboxylic acid 276 together with the starting lactam 274 via the non-selective hydrolysis of the imide moiety of 275 (148a,c). When 276 was treated with /V-bromosuccinimide (NBS), an intermediate bromolactone was produced which was heated at reflux in pyridine in the presence of DBU to give 277. The conversion of the lactone 277 to the lactam 278 was effected by heating 277 in aqueous NaOH followed by protection of the resulting allylic alcohol function as a tetrahydropyranyl ether. 

Hydrogels prepared via homogeneous esterification of dextran with unsaturated carboxylic acids are advanced polysaccharide-based products useful for drug delivery systems and protective encapsulants, e.g. of viruses used in gene therapy [173]. Very promising in this regard is the dextran maleic acid monoester [174], which can be obtained by conversion of dextran in DMF/LiCl with the maleic anhydride in the presence of TEA. The DS of the products can be easily controlled with the amount of anhydride applied but... 

Conversion of the isolated A-TBDMS carboxylic acid 111 to the active ester and reaction with amino acid esters yielded after desilylation the /3-sultam peptides 112 and 113. Removal of the protecting groups was also possible with benzylic esters but attempted hydrolysis of alkyl ester groups resulted in hydrolysis of the /3-sultam ring. Catalytic hydrogenation of the benzyl esters afforded the N-silylated /3-sultam peptides 114 in quantitative yields (Scheme 34) <2004M979>. 

Chiral homoallylamines are valuable synthons for the preparation of biologically active components including P-amino carboxylic acids or esters, obtained by oxidation of the ally lie functionality.1-29 Because removal of the chiral auxiliary by hydrogenation leads to the loss of the allylic functionality, we developed alternative routes for the conversion of the adduct into the unprotected homoallylamines. As a typical example, (f ,f )-PGA-homoallylamine derived from isobutyraldehyde Hi was used to develop the so-called mroStrecker and the decarbonylation method for the conversion of (R)-phenylglycine amide protected homoallylamines into /V-benzylidene protected homoallylamines 15 (Scheme 25.7). 

Hydrazoic acid attacks the carbonyl and carboxy groups of fluorenone-l-carboxylic acid simultaneously giving mainly 4-amino-phenanthridone together with some acidic material, presumably phenanthridone-4-carboxylic acid.89 The latter is best prepared by prior protection of the carboxy group with pyrrolidine.106 112 The increase in strain associated with the conversion of 4,5-dimethyl-fluorenone into 1,10-dimethylphenanthridone is reflected in the relatively low yield (50%) obtained under Schmidt conditions.22... 

The conversion of pyrazolines to pyrazoles has been accomplished successfully in a number of cases by using potassium permanganate.64, 507, 514 Side-chain double bonds are oxidized to carboxylic acids by this treatment.515-519 Amino groups should be protected.620... 

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