Carboxylic acids copper acetate

A cursory inspection of key intermediate 8 (see Scheme 1) reveals that it possesses both vicinal and remote stereochemical relationships. To cope with the stereochemical challenge posed by this intermediate and to enhance overall efficiency, a convergent approach featuring the union of optically active intermediates 18 and 19 was adopted. Scheme 5a illustrates the synthesis of intermediate 18. Thus, oxidative cleavage of the trisubstituted olefin of (/ )-citronellic acid benzyl ester (28) with ozone, followed by oxidative workup with Jones reagent, affords a carboxylic acid which can be oxidatively decarboxylated to 29 with lead tetraacetate and copper(n) acetate. Saponification of the benzyl ester in 29 with potassium hydroxide provides an unsaturated carboxylic acid which undergoes smooth conversion to trans iodolactone 30 on treatment with iodine in acetonitrile at -15 °C (89% yield from 29).24 The diastereoselectivity of the thermodynamically controlled iodolacto-nization reaction is approximately 20 1 in favor of the more stable trans iodolactone 30. 

Carboxylic acids can be prepared in moderate-to-high yields by treatment of diazonium fluoroborates with carbon monoxide and palladium acetate or copper(II) chloride. The mixed anhydride ArCOOCOMe is an intermediate that can be isolated. Other mixed anhydrides can be prepared by the use of other salts instead of sodium acetate." An arylpalladium compound is probably an intermediate." ... 

Interestingly, the Fischer indole synthesis does not easily proceed from acetaldehyde to afford indole. Usually, indole-2-carboxylic acid is prepared from phenylhydrazine with a pyruvate ester followed by hydrolysis. Traditional methods for decarboxylation of indole-2-carboxylic acid to form indole are not environmentally benign. They include pyrolysis or heating with copper-bronze powder, copper(I) chloride, copper chromite, copper acetate or copper(II) oxide, in for example, heat-transfer oils, glycerol, quinoline or 2-benzylpyridine. Decomposition of the product during lengthy thermolysis or purification affects the yields. 

Ames and Ribeira (75JCS(Pl)1390) described a method for the preparation of thieno[2,3-c]pyridin-7-ones (Scheme 68). The sodium salt of 3-bromothiophene-2-carboxylic acid reacts with carbanions in the presence of copper or copper(II) acetate to give condensation products (274) by displacement of bromide ion, often with simultaneous deacetylation. Cyclization of (274) provides a convenient route to thieno[2,3-c]pyridin-7-ones. Thieno[2,3-c]pyridin-4-ones and thieno[3,2-c]pyridin-7-ones have been prepared by Friedel-Crafts cyclization of AT-(2-thenyl)- and A-(3-thenyl)-glycine derivatives (81H(l6)127l). 

Carboxylic acids (acetic, halo substituted acetic and benzoic adds, HA) have been shown75 to interact with V-phenylbenzohydroxamates of copper(II), nickel(II) and cobalt(II) with the formation of adducts with the formula M(LL)2(HA)2 (where LL is the anion of hydroxamic acid). 

Copper(II) acetate in methanol catalyzes the oxidation in air of acid hydrazides to carboxylic acids or esters (equation 2 88),621 and that of 1,2-dihydrazones to acetylenes (equation 289).61S... 

The reactions of ethanol, ethyl acetate, and acetic acid in the presence of hydrogen on silica-supported copper were chosen to illustrate kinetic analyses of reaction schemes leading to multiple reaction products. Copper-containing catalysts are extremely important for the reduction of oxygenated compounds, such as alcohols, esters, and carboxylic acids. Such materials... 

Benzo[c]thiophene may be prepared by low-pressure (20 mm) vapor-phase catalytic dehydrogenation of l,3-dihydrobenzo[c]thio-phene (Section III,A) at 330° under nitrogen,5,8 by decarboxylation of benzo[c]thiophene-1 -carboxylic acid (Section III,C) with copper in quinoline16,38 or by dehydration of l,3-dihydrobenzo[c]thiophene 2-oxide (Section VI,A) in acetic anhydride or over aluminum oxide at 20 mm Hg and 100°-125° in a sublimation tube.52 A trace of water appears to be beneficial to the first reaction, and it has been suggested53... 

Copper(II) acetate and, very probably, other copper salts of carboxylic acids are dimeric (Fig. 11-1). In the acetate hydrate, the two cupric ions have been shown to be linked by four acetate bridges. The... 

Cellulose can be modified with organostannane chlorides, such as dibutyl or triphenyl derivatives [91,92], or with organotin halides in the presence of bisethylenediamine copper(II) hydroxide [93]. Epoxy-activated cellulose was prepared by reacting cellulose acetate fibers with sodium methoxide, followed by reacting it with epichlorohydrin in DMSO. This epoxy-activated cellulose has proved to be a useful intermediate to react with substances containing active hydrogen, such as amine, amino acid, or carboxylic acids [94], as shown in Fig. 3. Epoxidized cellulose has also been converted to a thiol derivative via reduction of a thiosulfate intermediate [95], and sulfoethylcellu-[ose has been obtained from sodium chloroethanesulfonate [96]. Cellulose... 

The formation of a dimerized extracted species was first reported for the extraction of copper(II) with propanoic acid (40, 41). Later, nickel and cobalt were found to be extracted as dimers (22), and a mixed copper(II) carboxylate dimer involving acetate and decanoate was reported (147). More recently, attention has been drawn to the extraction of heteropolynuclear metal carboxylates (90, 91). 

The oxidative decarboxylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids is best achieved by treatment of the acid with LTA in benzene, in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper(II) acetate. The latter serves to trap the radical intermediate and so bring about elimination, possibly through a six-membered transition state. Primary carboxylic acids lead to terminal alkenes, indicating that carbocations are probably not involved. The reaction has been reviewed. The synthesis of an optically pure derivative of L-vinylglycine from L-aspartic acid (equation 14) is illustrative. The same transformation has also been effected with sodium persulfate and catalytic quantities of silver nitrate and copper(II) sulfate, and with the combination of iodosylbenzene diacetate and copper(II) acetate. ... 

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