Carboxylic esters synthesis

All carboxylic esters syntheses in cells depend on activated acyl species. The most important are thioesters formed between coenzyme A (Fig. 1) and the acyl group. There are different ways for the formation of the thioester (acyl-CoA), depending on the metabolic pathway, as summarized in Figure 2. The presence of the sulfur atom diminishes the possibility of resonance, usually stabilizing esters, and the energy liberated by the hydrolysis of acyl-CoA is around 31 kJ/mol. 

WITTIG OLEFINATION OF PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ESTERS SYNTHESIS OF 1,1,1-TRIFLUORO-2-ETHOXY-5-PHENYLPENT-2-ENE AND 1-PERFLUOROALKYL EPOXY ETHERS 1,1,1-TRIFLUORO-2-ETHOXY-2.3-EPOXY-5-PHENYLPENTANE (Oxirane, 2-ethoxy-3-(2-phenylethyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)-, cis-(+)-)... 

ANTI-SELECTIVE BORON-MEDIATED ASYMMETRIC ALDOL REACTION OF CARBOXYLIC ESTERS SYNTHESIS OF (2S, 3R)-2,4-DIMETHYL-1,3-PENTANEDIOL... 

Wittig Olefination of Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylic Esters Synthesis of... 

Indole-2-carboxylic esters.- Benzs he mates followed by addition of alkyl oxalau indole-2-carboxylic ester synthesis on treain... 

A new carboxylic ester synthesis involves the addition of lithium dialkyl-cuprates to 5-2-pyridylthioates in the presence of oxygen, whereas in its absence very good yields of ketones are obtained."" Additionally, ketones (52) react with 2-lithioesters (53) to give a, -unsaturated esters (54), which can be elaborated to A -butenolides by acidification and reduction. ... 

In the Table II are reported some results obtained in the carboxylate esters synthesis employing both procedures. 

Methylsulfinyl enolates are more recently developed d -reagents. They are readily prepared from carboxylic esters and dimsyl anion. Methanesulfenic acid can be eliminated thermally after the condensation has taken place. An example is found in Bartlett s Brefeldin synthesis (P.A. Bartlett. 1978). 

One route to o-nitrobenzyl ketones is by acylation of carbon nucleophiles by o-nitrophenylacetyl chloride. This reaction has been applied to such nucleophiles as diethyl malonatc[l], methyl acetoacetate[2], Meldrum s acid[3] and enamines[4]. The procedure given below for ethyl indole-2-acetate is a good example of this methodology. Acylation of u-nitrobenzyl anions, as illustrated by the reaction with diethyl oxalate in the classic Reissert procedure for preparing indolc-2-carboxylate esters[5], is another route to o-nitrobenzyl ketones. The o-nitrophenyl enamines generated in the first step of the Leimgruber-Batcho synthesis (see Section 2.1) are also potential substrates for C-acylation[6,7], Deformylation and reduction leads to 2-sub-stituted indoles. 

The main example of a category I indole synthesis is the Hemetsberger procedure for preparation of indole-2-carboxylate esters from ot-azidocinna-mates[l]. The procedure involves condensation of an aromatic aldehyde with an azidoacetate ester, followed by thermolysis of the resulting a-azidocinna-mate. The conditions used for the base-catalysed condensation are critical since the azidoacetate enolate can decompose by elimination of nitrogen. Conditions developed by Moody usually give good yields[2]. This involves slow addition of the aldehyde and 3-5 equiv. of the azide to a cold solution of sodium ethoxide. While the thermolysis might be viewed as a nitrene insertion reaction, it has been demonstrated that azirine intermediates can be isolated at intermediate temperatures[3]. 

Lewis acids such as zinc triflate[16] and BF3[17] have been used to effect the reaction of indole with jV-proiected aziridine-2-carboxylate esters. These alkylations by aziridines constitute a potential method for the enantioselective introduction of tryptophan side-chains in a single step. (See Chapter 13 for other methods of synthesis of tryptophans.)... 

The thermal decarboxylation of malonic acid derivatives is the last step m a multistep synthesis of carboxylic acids known as the malonic ester synthesis This synthetic method will be described m Section 21 7... 

The malonic ester synthesis is a method for the preparation of carboxylic acids and is represented by the general equation... 

Among the methods for preparing carboxylic acids carboxylation of a Grignard reagent and preparation and hydrolysis of a nitrile convert RBr to RCO2H The malonic ester synthesis converts RBr to RCH2CO2H... 

Section 21 7 The malonic ester synthesis is related to the acetoacetic ester synthesis Alkyl halides (RX) are converted to carboxylic acids of the type RCH2COOH by reaction with the enolate ion derived from diethyl mal onate followed by saponification and decarboxylation... 

Malonic ester synthesis (Section 21 7) Synthetic method for the preparation of carboxylic acids involving alkylation of the enolate of diethyl malonate... 

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