Carboxylic acids, preparation carbonylation

The methyl ester has also been obtained by esterification of cyclopentanecarboxylic acid.8 The acid, in turn, has been prepared by the Favorskii rearrangement,6 7 9-11 by the reaction of cyclopentyl Grignard reagent with carbon dioxide,12 by the carbonylation of cyclopentyl alcohol with nickel carbonyl13 or with formic acid in the presence of sulfuric acid,14 and by the hydrogenation of cyclopentene-1-carboxylic acid prepared from ethyl cyclopentanone-2-carboxylate 15 or from cyclopentanone cyanohydrin.16... 

Diphenylphosphinoferrocenecarboxylic acid, in Rh carbonyl complexes, 7, 133 l,l -Diphenylphosphinoferrocene carboxylic acid, preparation, 6, 200... 

If we copy Nature rather more exactly, the Claisen ester condensation can be carried out under neutral conditions. This requires rather different reagents. The enol component is the magnesium salt of a malonate mono-thiol-ester, while the electrophilic component is an imidazolide—an amide derived from the heterocycle imidazole. Imidazole has a pK of about 7, Imidazolides are therefore very reactive amides, of about the same electrophilic reactivity as thiol esters. They are prepared from carboxylic acids with carbonyl diimidazole (CDI). 

Oxidative decarboxylation. Dianions of carboxylic acids (prepared with LDA) react with O2 in ether at -78° to form a-hydroperoxy acids. These need not be isolated when DMF dimethyl acetal or an acid is added at room temperature, carbon dioxide is lost with formation of a carbonyl compound. 

Anionic Reactions. In a manner similar to o -silyl esters, trimethylsilylacetic acid (1) can be used to prepare a,fi-unsaturated carboxylic acids from carbonyl compounds by a Peterson alkenation reaction (eq 1). However, the dianion of acid (1) is required. The yields are generally inferior to analogous reactions with a-silyl esters. ... 

Benzoic acid and naphthoic acid are formed by the oxidative carbonylation by use of Pd(OAc)2 in AcOH. t-Bu02H and allyl chloride are used as reoxidants. Addition of phenanthroline gives a favorable effect[360], Furan and thiophene are also carbonylated selectively at the 2-position[361,362]. fndole-3-carboxylic acid is prepared by the carboxylation of 1-acetylindole using Pd(OAc)2 and peroxodisulfate (Na2S208)[362aj. Benzoic acid derivatives are obtained by the reaction of benzene derivatives with sodium palladium mal-onate in refluxing AcOH[363]. 

Formation of carboxylic acids ami their derivatives. Aryl and alkenyl halides undergo Pd-catalyzed carbonylation under mild conditions, offering useful synthetic methods for carbonyl compounds. The facile CO insertion into aryl- or alkenylpalladium complexes, followed by the nucleophilic attack of alcohol or water affords esters or carboxylic acids. Aromatic and a,/ -unsaturated carboxylic acids or esters are prepared by the carbonylation of aryl and alkenyl halides in water or alcohols[30l-305]. 

Most methods for their preparation convert one class of carboxylic acid derivative to another and the order of carbonyl group stabilization given m Figure 20 1 bears directly on the means by which these transformations may be achieved A reaction that converts one carboxylic acid derivative to another that lies below it m the figure is pracfical a reacfion fhaf converts if fo one fhaf lies above if is nol This is anofher way of saying fhaf one carboxylic acid derivative can be converted to another if the reaction leads to a more stabilized carbonyl group Numerous examples of reacfions of fhis fype will be pre senfed m fhe secfions fhaf follow... 

Alkenes are cleaved to carbonyl compounds by ozonolysis. This reaction is useful both for synthesis (preparation of aldehydes, ketones, or carboxylic acids) and analysis. When applied to analysis, the carbonyl compounds are isolated and identified, allowing the substituents attached to the double bond to be deduced. 

Section 15.3 Alcohols can be prepared from carbonyl compounds by reduction of carboxylic acids and esters. See Table 15.3. 

Carboxylic acids, RC02H, occupy a central place among carbonyl compounds. Not only are they valuable in themselves, they also serve as starting materials for preparing numerous acyl derivatives such as acid chlorides, esters, amides, and thioesters. In addition, carboxylic acids are present in the majority of biological pathways. We ll look both at acids and at their close relatives, nitriles (RC=N), in this chapter and at acyl derivatives in the next chapter. 

Nitriles are similar in some respects to carboxylic acids and are prepared either by SN2 reaction of an alkyl halide with cyanide ion or by dehydration of an amide. Nitriles undergo nucleophilic addition to the polar C=N bond in the same way that carbonyl compounds do. The most important reactions of nitriles are their hydrolysis to carboxylic acids, reduction to primary amines, and reaction with organometallic reagents to yield ketones. 

Carboxylic acids, a-bromination of 55, 31 CARBOXYLIC ACID CHLORIDES, ketones from, 55, 122 CARBYLAMINE REACTION, 55, 96 Ceric ammonium nitrate [Ammonium hexa mtrocerate(IV)[, 55, 43 Chlorine, 55, 33, 35, 63 CHROMIUM TRIOXIDE-PYRIDINE COMPLEX, preparation in situ, 55, 84 Cinnamomtnle, a-phenyl- [2-Propeneni-tnle 2,3-diphenyl-], 55, 92 Copper(l) iodide, 55, 105, 123, 124 Copper thiophenoxide [Benzenethiol, copper(I) salt], 55, 123 CYCLIZATION, free radical, 55, 57 CYCLOBUTADIENE, 55, 43 Cyclobutadieneiron tricarbonyl [Iron, tn-carbonyl(r)4-l,3-cyclo-butadiene)-], 55,43... 

AyV -Carbonyl-2,2 -biimidazole (A V7-carbonyl-2,2 -biimidazyl) prepared from 2,2 -biimidazole and phosgene is relatively unreactive on hydrolysis, and shows reduced reactivity in reactions with carboxylic acids.[19],[2]... 

The zwitterion (59) is thereby prevented from reacting with the ketone (58) to form the ozonide in the normal way, and both (58) and (60) may now be isolated and identified. In preparative ozonolysis it is important to decompose the ozonide (57a) by a suitable reductive process, as otherwise H202 is produced (on decomposition of the ozonide with H20, for example) which can further oxidise sensitive carbonyl compounds, e.g. aldehydes— carboxylic acids. 

The reaction of alcohols with CO was catalyzed by Pd compounds, iodides and/or bromides, and amides (or thioamides). Thus, MeOH was carbonylated in the presence of Pd acetate, NiCl2, tV-methylpyrrolidone, Mel, and Lil to give HOAc. AcOH is prepared by the reaction of MeOH with CO in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a Pd compound, an ionic Br or I compound other than HBr or HI, a sulfone or sulfoxide, and, in some cases, a Ni compound and a phosphine oxide or a phosphinic acid.60 Palladium(II) salts catalyze the carbonylation of methyl iodide in methanol to methyl acetate in the presence of an excess of iodide, even without amine or phosphine co-ligands platinum(II) salts are less effective.61 A novel Pd11 complex (13) is a highly efficient catalyst for the carbonylation of organic alcohols and alkenes to carboxylic acids/esters.62... 

Hydroxycarbonylation and alkoxycarbonylation of alkenes catalyzed by metal catalyst have been studied for the synthesis of acids, esters, and related derivatives. Palladium systems in particular have been popular and their use in hydroxycarbonylation and alkoxycarbonylation reactions has been reviewed.625,626 The catalysts were mainly designed for the carbonylation of alkenes in the presence of alcohols in order to prepare carboxylic esters, but they also work well for synthesizing carboxylic acids or anhydrides.137 627 They have also been used as catalysts in many other carbonyl-based processes that are of interest to industry. The hydroxycarbonylation of butadiene, the dicarboxylation of alkenes, the carbonylation of alkenes, the carbonylation of benzyl- and aryl-halide compounds, and oxidative carbonylations have been reviewed.6 8 The Pd-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation of alkenes has attracted considerable interest in recent years as a way of obtaining carboxylic acids. In general, in acidic media, palladium salts in the presence of mono- or bidentate phosphines afford a mixture of linear and branched acids (see Scheme 9). 

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