Carboxylic cyclic

This reaction applies to many i,2 diketones, and is termed the Benzilic Acid Rearrangement. It provides a ready method for the preparation of disubstituted a4iydroxy-carboxylic acids. When applied to a cyclic 1,2-diketone, the ring system is necessarily reduced by one carbon atom for example, cyclohexan-i,2 ... 

Lactones, which may be regarded as cyclic or inner esters, react similarly. Anhydrides of carboxylic acids also react with hydroxylamine to form hydroxamic acids ... 

Supplement 1952 2666-3031 Carbonyl compounds Ethylene carbonate, 100. Piperonal, 116. Thioindigo, 177. Fluorescein, 222. Carboxylic acids Piperonylic acid, 269. Amines, 328. Three Cyclic Oxygens, 381. Four Cyclic Oxygens, 433. Fiite Cyclic Oxygens, 459.. . . ... 

XXU XXII, 1st 1935 3242-3457 One Cyclic Nitrogen (continued). Carboxylic acids Nicotinic acid, 38. 

In readily available (see p. 22f.) cyclic imidoesters (e.g. 2-oxazolines) the ot-carbon atom, is metallated by LDA or butyllithium. The heterocycle may be regarded as a masked formyl or carboxyl group (see p. 22f.), and the alkyl substituent represents the carbon chain. The lithium ion is mainly localized on the nitrogen. Suitable chiral oxazolines form chiral chelates with the lithium ion, which are stable at —78°C (A.I. Meyers, 1976 see p. 22f.). 

The decarboxylation of allyl /3-keto carboxylates generates 7r-allylpalladium enolates. Aldol condensation and Michael addition are typical reactions for metal enolates. Actually Pd enolates undergo intramolecular aldol condensation and Michael addition. When an aldehyde group is present in the allyl fi-keto ester 738, intramolecular aldol condensation takes place yielding the cyclic aldol 739 as a main product[463]. At the same time, the diketone 740 is formed as a minor product by /3-eIimination. This is Pd-catalyzed aldol condensation under neutral conditions. The reaction proceeds even in the presence of water, showing that the Pd enolate is not decomposed with water. The spiro-aldol 742 is obtained from 741. Allyl acetates with other EWGs such as allyl malonate, cyanoacetate 743, and sulfonylacetate undergo similar aldol-type cycliza-tions[464]. 

Hydroxy acids compounds that contain both a hydroxyl and a carboxylic acid function have the capacity to form cyclic esters called lactones This intramolecular esterification takes place spontaneously when the ring that is formed is five or six membered Lac tones that contain a five membered cyclic ester are referred to as 7 lactones, their six membered analogs are known as 8 lactones... 

Section 19 15 An intramolecular esterification can occur when a molecule contains both a hydroxyl and a carboxyl group Cyclic esters are called lactones and are most stable when the nng is five or six membered... 

After acyl halides acid anhydrides are the most reactive carboxylic acid derivatives Three of them acetic anhydride phthahc anhydride and maleic anhydride are mdus trial chemicals and are encountered far more often than others Phthahc anhydride and maleic anhydride have their anhydride function incorporated into a nng and are referred to as cyclic anhydrides... 

Hydrolysis (Section 20 6) Acid anhydrides react with water to yield two carboxylic acid func tions Cyclic anhydrides yield di carboxylic acids... 

Aldonic acid (Section 25 19) Carboxylic acid obtained by oxi dation of the aldehyde function of an aldose Aldose (Section 25 1) Carbohydrate that contains an aldehyde carbonyl group in its open chain form Alicyclic (Section 2 15) Term describing an a/iphatic cyclic structural unit... 

Critical micelle concentration (Section 19 5) Concentration above which substances such as salts of fatty acids aggre gate to form micelles in aqueous solution Crown ether (Section 16 4) A cyclic polyether that via lon-dipole attractive forces forms stable complexes with metal 10ns Such complexes along with their accompany mg anion are soluble in nonpolar solvents C terminus (Section 27 7) The amino acid at the end of a pep tide or protein chain that has its carboxyl group intact—that IS in which the carboxyl group is not part of a peptide bond Cumulated diene (Section 10 5) Diene of the type C=C=C in which a single carbon atom participates in double bonds with two others... 

When side chains of two or more different kinds are attached to a cyclic component, only the senior side chain is named by the conjunctive method. The remaining side chains are named as prefixes. Likewise, when there is a choice of cyclic component, the senior is chosen. Benzene derivatives may be named by the conjunctive method only when two or more identical side chains are present. Trivial names for oxo carboxylic acids may be used for the acyclic component. If the cyclic and acyclic components are joined by a double bond, the locants of this bond are placed as superscripts to a Greek capital delta that is inserted between the two names. The locant for the cyclic component precedes that for the acyclic component, e.g., indene-A - -acetic acid. 

In the oxaziridines (1) ring positions 1, 2 and 3 are attributed to oxygen, nitrogen and carbon respectively. The latter almost always is in the oxidation state of a carbonyl compound and only in rare cases that of a carboxylic acid. Oxaziridinones are not known. The nitrogen can be substituted by aryl, alkyl, H or acyl the substituent causes large differences in chemical behavior. Fused derivatives (4), accessible from cyclic starting materials (Section 5.08.4.1), do not differ from monocyclic oxaziridines. 

The procedure described is essentially that of Shioiri and Yamada. Diphenyl phosphorazidate is a useful and versatile reagent in organic synthesis. It has been used for racemlzatlon-free peptide syntheses, thiol ester synthesis, a modified Curtius reaction, an esterification of a-substituted carboxylic acld, formation of diketoplperazines, alkyl azide synthesis, phosphorylation of alcohols and amines,and polymerization of amino acids and peptides. - Furthermore, diphenyl phosphorazidate acts as a nitrene source and as a 1,3-dipole.An example in the ring contraction of cyclic ketones to form cycloalkanecarboxylic acids is presented in the next procedure, this volume. 

Even the earliest reports discuss the use of components such as polymer syrups bearing carboxylic acid functionality as a minor component to improve adhesion [21]. Later, methacrylic acid was specifically added to adhesive compositions to increase the rate of cure [22]. Maleic acid (or dibasic acids capable of cyclic tautomerism) have also been reported to increase both cure rate and bond strength [23]. Maleic acid has also been reported to improve adhesion to polymeric substrates such as Nylon and epoxies [24]. Adducts of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and various anhydrides (such as phthalic) have also been reported as acid-bearing monomers [25]. Organic acids have a specific role in the cure of some blocked organoboranes, as will be discussed later. 

However, certain additives can decrease the rate of thermal decomposition [28]. These additives include cyclic sulfates, sulfones, sultones, aliphatic and aromatic anhydrides, and polymers with pendant carboxylic acid functional groups. Most of these materials are latent acids, which decompose on heating in the presence of moisture to form a strong acid, as shown for cyclic sulfate, 9, in Eq. 5. 

According to Quinkert, photoexcited cyclic ketones may be transformed to open-chain unsaturated carboxylic acids in the presence of molecular oxygen. This reaction may compete efficiently with a-cleavage and secondary transformations thereof. Thus, both stereo iso meric 17-ketones (109) and (110) yield as much as 20% of the unsaturated acid (111) when irradiated in benzene under a stream of oxygen. This photolytic autoxidation has been used notably for partial syntheses of naturally occurring unsaturated 3,4-seco-acids from 3-oxo triterpenes (for references, see ref. 72). 

During electrochemical fluorination retention of important functional groups or atoms in molecules is essential. Acyl fluorides and chlorides, but not carboxylic acids and anhydrides (which decarboxylate), survive perfluorination to the perfluorinated acid fluorides, albeit with some cyclization in longer chain (>C4) species [73]. Electrochemical fluorination of acetyl fluoride produces perfluoro-acetyl fluoride in 36-45% yields [85]. Electrochemical fluorination of octanoyl chloride results in perfluorinated cyclic ethers as well as perfluorinated octanoyl fluonde. Cyclization decreases as initial substrate concentration increases and has been linked to hydrogen-bonded onium polycations [73]. Cyclization is a common phenomenon involving longer (>C4) and branched chains. a-Alkyl-substituted carboxylic acid chlorides, fluorides, and methyl esters produce both the perfluorinated cyclic five- and six-membered ring ethers as well as the perfluorinated acid... 

Electrochemical fluonnation ot N,N dialkylammo-substituted carboxylic acids as their methyl esters produces the analogous perfluonnated tertiary amine carboxylic acid derivatives in 18-30% yields as well as cyclic amine ethers [JOO]... 

Photochemically induced reduction of alkyl perfluoro carboxylates in hexa-methylphosphoramide (FfMPA) can replace one, two, or (in the case of tn-fluoroacetate) three a-fluonne atoms with hydrogen [7, S] (equation 5) Chlorine-containing fluorocarboxylates preferentially lose a-chlorme and may even lose P-chlorinc in preference to a fluonne [9] (equation 6) Cyclic a-fluoroketones are also defluonnated photochemically [10] (equation 7)... 

Similar sulfenylation reactions of the 2-subsdtuted cyclic enamines of -keto carboxylic acid anilides are also possible, The trifluoromethanesulfenyl substitution takes place according to ring size Sulfenylation occurs at positions 2 and 5 with five-membered rings, at posibon 6 with six-membered tings, and at position 7 with seven-membered rings [5J (equation 4) (Table 1). Acid hydrolysis of the enamines proceeds readily to form the corresponding keto compounds. 

Polyfluorinated a-diketones react with 1,2-diainino compounds, such as ortlio-phenylenediamine, to give 2,3-substituted quinoxalmes [103] Furthermore, the carboxyl function of trifluoropyruvates offers an additional electrophilic center. Cyclic products are obtained with binucleophiles [13, 104] With aliphatic or aromatic 1,2-diamines, six-memhered heterocycles are formed Anilines and phenols undergo C-alkylation with trifluoropyruvates in the ortho position followed by ring closure to form y-lactams and y-lactones [11, 13, 52, 53, 54] (equation 23). 

Pentafluorobenzyl bromide has been used in the derivatization of mercaptans [55] and phenols [36], m the analysis of prostaglandins [37], and in quantitative GC-MS [5S] 1,3 Dichlorotetrafluoroacetone is used for the derivatization of amino acids to the corresponding cyclic oxazolidinones and allows the rapid analysis of all 20 protein ammo acids [d] Pentafluorophenyldialkylchlorosilane derivatives have facilitated the gas chromatographic analysis of a wide range of functionally substituted organic compounds, including steroids, alcohols, phenols, amines, carboxylic acids, and chlorohydrms [4]... 

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