Carboxylic toluenesulfonyl chloride

The reaction of alcohols with acyl chlorides is analogous to their reaction with p toluenesulfonyl chloride described earlier (Section 8 14 and Table 15 2) In those reactions a p toluene sulfonate ester was formed by displacement of chloride from the sulfonyl group by the oxygen of the alcohol Carboxylic esters arise by displacement of chlonde from a carbonyl group by the alcohol oxygen... 

Sulfur compounds have also been widely studied as activating agents for polyesterification reactions. p-Toluenesulfonyl chloride (tosyl chloride) reacts with DMF in pyridine to form a Vilsmeir adduct which easily reacts with carboxylic acids at 100-120° C, giving highly reactive mixed carboxylic-sulfonic anhydrides.312 The reaction is efficient both for aromatic dicarboxylic acid-bisphenol312 and hydroxybenzoic acid314 polyesterifications (Scheme 2.31). The formation of phenyl tosylates as significant side products of this reaction has been reported.315... 

A variant that eliminates the production of water and that has proved effective for esterification of hydroxy and aromatic amino acids involves the use of thionyl chloride instead of acid. At a low temperature, the alcohol reacts with the chloride, generating methyl sulfinyl chloride, which produces the ester, probably through the mixed carboxylic acid-sulfinic acid anhydride (Figure 3.18, B). p-Toluenesulfonyl chloride added to the acid and benzyl alcohol serves the same purpose in the preparation of benzyl esters. 

Dialkyl N-(benzoxazin-4-yl)methylenemalonates and their optically active forms (1728) were prepared in the reaction of the appropriate pheny-laminomethylenemalonate (1727), triphenylphosphine, and diethyl azodi-carboxylate in THF at -20°C (89EUP3228I5). The hydroxyl group of racemic and optically active phenylaminomethylenemalonates (1727) were tosylated with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in pyridine, and the products were cyclized by heating in DMF at 80°C in the presence of potassium carbonate and a catalytic amount of 18-crown-6-ether to give 1728 (89EUP322815). 

Carboxylic acids, acyl chlorides, and sulfonyl chlorides used for deri-vatization of 4-aminophenylalanine and >-4-am i n op h e ny I a I a n i n e are as follows 5-hydantoinacetic acid, / ran, v - 4 - co t i n i n ec a r b o xy I i c acid, isonicotinic acid, 3-pyridinepropionic acid, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, 2-butynoic acid, 2-pyrazinecarboxylic acid, cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 3-hydroxy-2-qui-noxaline carboxylic acid, 5-bromovaleric acid, propargyl chloroformate, 3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl chloride, 2-thiophenesulfonyl chloride, 3-thiophene-carboxylic acid, 2-thiophenecarboxylic acid, 2-methylbutyric acid, 2-thio-pheneacetyl chloride, benzoic acid, furylacrylic acid, 4-nitrophenyl acetic acid, 2,5-dimethoxyphenylacetic acid, p-toluenesulfonyl chloride, 4-(di-methylamino)phenylacetic acid, 3-indolepropionic acid, phenoxyacetic acid, 3-(dimethylamino)benzoic acid, cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, naphtha-lenesulfonyl chloride, 4-bromophenylacetic acid, 4-bromobenzoic acid, 2-phenoxybutyric acid, 3,4-dichlorophenylacetic acid, (l-naphthoxy)acetic acid. 

Fig. 22 Schematic plot for the esterification of dextran with a-naphthylacetic acid (f), nicotinic acid (2), and naproxen (3) via in situ activation of carboxylic acids with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (TosCl)...

Toluene is first treated with chlorosulfonic acid to form o- and p-toluenesulfonyl chlorides, which are separated. The o-sulfonyl chloride is then treated with ammonia to form the amide and finally the methyl group is oxidized to the carboxylic acid. The carboxyl and the amino groups are reacted to form a cyclic imide ... 

The synthesis of an ampholytic block copolymer, namely PMAA-PDEAEMA, carrying carboxylic and tertiary amino side groups, has been also realized by ATRP, as has been reported by Tam and coworkers [15]. Initially, the synthesis of the tert-butyl protected PMAA block was performed using p-toluenesulfonyl chloride as an initiator and CuCl complexed with N,N,N ,N ,N ,N -hexamethyltriethylenetetraamine as a catalyst in 50 vol % anisole at 90 °C. The obtained polymer was used as the macroinitiator for the subsequent polymerization of the second monomer, DEAEMA, imder similar reaction conditions. Figure 3. The resulted copolymer was subjected to selective hydrolysis, imder acidic conditions, for removal of the tert-butyl protecting group. 

Sulfonyl chloride 178 also has the common name oimesyl chloride. Another very common derivative is 4-methylbenzenesulfonyl chloride (179), also called />am-toluenesulfonyl chloride, which is also called tosyl chloride) (nomenclature for benzene-containing compounds is discussed in Chapter 21). This particular compound is introduced here because it so common and clearly fits into this section. Thionyl bromide (SOBrg) converts sulfonic acids to the corresponding sulfonyl bromide. This reaction is exactly analogous to the reactions with carboxylic acids. 

An unknown organic carboxylic acid, mp = 139-141 °C, burned with a yellow, sooty flame. The sodium fusion test showed that nitrogen was present. It did not react with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride, but did give a positive test when treated with 5% aqueous ferrous ammonium sulfate solution, acidified with 3 M H2SO4, and then followed by methanolic KOH solution. A 200-mg sample of the acid neutralized 12.4 mL of 0.098 M sodium hydroxide solution. 

Metalation and Reactivity with Electrophiles. The reaction of 2-(trimethylsilyl)thiazole (1) with carbon electrophiles such as aldehydes, ketones, ketenes, carboxylic acid chlorides, and azaaryl cations has attracted considerable attention. In this series, Nagasaki and coworkers reported the use of trimethylsilyl heteroarenes as the heteroarenyl carbanion donors in the electrophilic cyanation and described, for example, the electrophilic cyanation of 2-TST (1) with p-toluenesulfonyl cyanide in the absence of solvent (eq 25). ... 

Catalyst (59) in a circulating fixed bed reactor served as an acyl transfer agent for reactions of acetyl chloride, isobutyl chloroformate, p-toluenesulfonyl chloride and isopropyl o-chlorophenyl phosphoryl chloride with nucleophiles such as alcohols, carboxylic acids, HF, thiols and amines. For example, excess benzoyl chloride in dichloromethane was circulated through a Teflon column containing 1-4 ml of polymer at 0 °C, followed by pure dichloromethane to remove excess benzoyl chloride. Circulation of p-nitrophenol through the column gave p-nitrophenyl thiobenzoate in quantitative yield as shown in Scheme 23. 

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