Condensation reactions unsaturated ketones

Claisen-Schmidt reaction. Aromatic aldehydes condense with aliphatic or mixed alkyl-aryl ketones in the presence of aqueous alkali to form ap-unsaturated ketones ... 

There also exists an acidregioselective condensation of the aldol type, namely the Mannich reaction (B. Reichert, 1959 H. Hellmann, 1960 see also p. 291f.). The condensation of secondary amines with aldehydes yields Immonium salts, which react with ketones to give 3-amino ketones (=Mannich bases). Ketones with two enolizable CHj-groupings may form 1,5-diamino-3-pentanones, but monosubstitution products can always be obtained in high yield. Unsymmetrical ketones react preferentially at the most highly substituted carbon atom. Sterical hindrance can reverse this regioselectivity. Thermal elimination of amines leads to the a,)3-unsaturated ketone. Another efficient pathway to vinyl ketones starts with the addition of terminal alkynes to immonium salts. On mercury(ll) catalyzed hydration the product is converted to the Mannich base (H. Smith, 1964). 

The jS-hydroxy aldehydes or ketones formed in aldol reactions can be easily dehydrated to yield a -unsaturated products, or conjugated enones. In fact, it s this loss of water that gives the condensation reaction its name, because water condenses out of the reaction when the enone product forms. 

The first step of the Robinson annulation is simply a Michael reaction. An enamine or an enolate ion from a jS-keto ester or /3-diketone effects a conjugate addition to an a-,/3-unsaturated ketone, yielding a 1,5-diketone. But as we saw in Section 23.6,1,5-diketones undergo intramolecular aldol condensation to yield cyclohexenones when treated with base. Thus, the final product contains a six-membered ring, and an annulation has been accomplished. An example occurs during the commercial synthesis of the steroid hormone estrone (figure 23.9). 

In this example, the /3-diketone 2-methyJ-l,3-cyclopentanedione is used to generate the enolate ion required for Michael reaction and an aryl-substituted a,/3-unsaturated ketone is used as the acceptor. Base-catalyzed Michael reaction between the two partners yields an intermediate triketone, which then cyclizes in an intramolecular aldol condensation to give a Robinson annulation product. Several further transformations are required to complete the synthesis of estrone. 

Carbonyl condensation reactions are widely used in synthesis. One example of their versatility is the Robinson anuulation reaction, which leads to the formation of an substituted cyclohexenone. Treatment of a /3-diketone or /3-keto ester with an a,/3-unsaturated ketone leads first to a Michael addition, which is followed by intramolecular aldol cyclization. Condensation reactions are also used widely in nature for the biosynthesis of such molecules as fats and steroids. 

The Knoevenagel reaction is a carbonyl condensation reaction of an ester with an aldehyde or ketone to yield an a,j8-unsaturated product. Show the mechanism of the Knoevenagel reaction of diethyl malonate with benzaldchyde. 

Anionic Diels-Alder reactions have been studied less extensively with the interest having been focused mainly on the cycloaddition of enolates of a,/l-unsaturated ketones with electron-poor olefins [24] (Equations 1.8 and 1.9). These reactions are fast and stereoselective and can be regarded as a sequential double Michael condensation, but a mechanism involving a Diels-Alder cycloaddition seems to be preferred [24b,f, 25]. 

In the presence of a strong base, the ot carbon of a carboxylic ester can condense with the carbonyl carbon of an aldehyde or ketone to give a P-hydroxy ester, which may or may not be dehydrated to the a,P-unsaturated ester. This reaction is sometimes called the Claisen reaction,an unfortunate usage since that name is more firmly connected to 10-118. In a modem example of how the reaction is used, addition of tert-butyl acetate to LDA in hexane at -78°C gives the lithium salt of ferf-butyl acetate, " (12-21) an enolate anion. Subsequent reaction a ketone provides a simple rapid alternative to the Reformatsky reaction (16-31) as a means of preparing P-hydroxy erf-butyl esters. It is also possible for the a carbon of an aldehyde or ketone to add to the carbonyl carbon of a carboxylic ester, but this is a different reaction (10-119) involving nucleophilic substitution and not addition to a C=0 bond. It can, however, be a side reaction if the aldehyde or ketone has an a hydrogen. 

The general mechanistic features of the aldol addition and condensation reactions of aldehydes and ketones were discussed in Section 7.7 of Part A, where these general mechanisms can be reviewed. That mechanistic discussion pertains to reactions occurring in hydroxylic solvents and under thermodynamic control. These conditions are useful for the preparation of aldehyde dimers (aldols) and certain a,(3-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones. For example, the mixed condensation of aromatic aldehydes with aliphatic aldehydes and ketones is often done under these conditions. The conjugation in the (3-aryl enones provides a driving force for the elimination step. 

Compounds of this type with an electron-withdrawing substituent at C-a can be easily prepared by condensation of 2-(benzotriazol-l-yl)acetophenone 869 with aldehydes. Exclusively (E) isomers of a,(l-unsaturated ketones 870 are formed. Treatment with hydrazines converts derivatives 870 into pyrazolines 871. Elimination of benzotriazole from 871 in the presence of mild bases furnishes pyrazoles 872. When in these reactions hydroxylamine is used instead of hydrazines, the corresponding isoxazoles are obtained (Scheme 141) <2001JOC6787>. 

The cyclizations to obtain cyclic thioureas have been performed using thiocarbonyldiimidazole.232 Reaction of methyl acetoacetate, thiourea and an aliphatic aldehyde in the presence of the zinc iodide (Znl2) was studied. Under the normal pressure, reaction has not been occurred whereas at high pressure (300 MPa) conditions 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2-thione was obtained only in 10% yield.233 The same one-pot three-component cyclocondensation reaction in the presence of iodide (I2) provides a variety of 3,4-dihydropyrimi-dine-2-thione in high yields.234 Condensation reaction of thioureas with a,p-unsaturated ketones in the presence of the sodium methoxide in methanol affords 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2-thione derivatives.235,236 Acylation of N,N -disubstituted thioureas with methyl malonyl chloride followed by base-catalysed cyclization leads in the formation of l,3-disubstituted-2-thiobarbituric acids (Scheme 78).237... 

Knoevenagel condensation of diethyl malonate or related compounds with a,fi-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones results in diene esters (equation 40)78. This condensation reaction has been used to extend the polyene chain length of vitamin A related compounds (equations 4179 and 4280). 

In almost the same manner, tandem hydroformylation/aldol condensation aldol condensation of ketoolefins, such as p,y-unsaturated ketones, gives a single cyclization product under acid catalysis. Similar to the stepwise reaction, the in situ generated aldehyde preferentially acts as the electrophilic carbonyl component, while the ketone acts as the nucleophilic enol to form the five-membered ring product. Subsequent dehydration and hydrogenation of the resulting enone readily occurs under the reductive reaction conditions used (Scheme 30) [84],... 

Despite a very unfavorable proton transfer using (35) as an EGB, condensation of acetophenone with an aromatic aldehyde took place within a matter of hours. The reaction led to Q , 8-unsaturated ketones, which underwent the Michael addition with a second equivalent of deprotonated ketone. Scheme 30, [80, 81]. The EGB was generated ex situ. 

Simple reactivity inversion" implies using an umpoled synthon whose origin has, in principle, nothing in common with the synthon with "unnatural" polarity. An example of this type of reactivity inversion is found in one of the possible synthesis of cw-jasmone (3) in which the nitroethane (4) is used as an equivalent of an "acetyl anion" and reacts with an a,P-unsaturated ketone to give the corresponding 1,4-bifunctional system which can then be transformed by a Nef-type reaction into the dissonant 1,4-dicarbonyl system [5]. An intramolecular aldol condensation finally affords the target molecule (Scheme 5.3). 

Another advantage of this method is that no catalyst is needed for the addition reaction this means that the base-catalyzed polymerization of the electrophilic olefin (i.e., a,j8-unsaturated ketones, esters, etc.) is not normally a factor to contend with, as it is in the usual base-catalyzed reactions of the Michael typCi It also means that the carbonyl compound is not subject to aldol condensation which often is the predominant reaction in base-catalyzed reactions. An unsaturated aldehyde can be used only in a Michael addition reaction when the enamine method is employed. 

A possible mechanism for the P-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols catalyzed by a 1/base system is illustrated in Scheme 5.28. The first step of the reaction involves oxidation of the primary and secondary alcohols to aldehydes and ketones, accompanied by the transitory generation of a hydrido iridium species. A base-mediated cross-aldol condensation then occurs to give an a,P-unsaturated ketone. Finally, successive transfer hydrogenation of the C=C and C=0 double bonds of the a,P-unsaturated ketone by the hydrido iridium species occurs to give the product. 

Dicarbonyl derivatives from aldehydes and a,P-unsaturated ketones. The thi-azolium catalyst serves as a safe surrogate for CN. Also known as the Mi-chael-Stetter reaction. Cf. Benzoin condensation. 

The name aldol is derived from the names of the two functional groups, aldehyde and alcohol, present in the products. The aldol and ketol readily lose water to give a,p-unsaturated carbonyl compounds which are aldol condensation products and the reaction is called Aldol condensation. Though ketones give ketols (compounds containing a keto and alcohol groups), the general name aldol condensation still applies to the reactions of ketones due to their similarity with aldehydes. 

The anions of primary nitramines, like other nucleophiles, can undergo Michael 1,4-addition reactions with a range of a,-unsaturated substrates to form secondary nitramines of varying molecular complexity (Equation 5.18). Kissinger and Schwartz prepared a number of secondary nitramines from the condensation of primary nitramines with a,/3-unsaturated ketones, esters, amides and cyanides. In a standard experiment a solution of the primary nitramine and... 

In an extension of traditional Stetter methodology, Miiller and co-workers have used the Stetter reaction in a one-pot multicomponent reaction for the synthesis of furans and pyrroles (Scheme 19) [85,86], The ot,P-unsaturated ketone XXVI is formed in situ and undergoes a Stetter reaction followed by a Paal-Knorr condensation. 

For example, the formation of mixtures of 4,5- and 4,7-dihydroisomers 45 and 46 was observed by Werman and Hartman [79] in the reaction of 3-amino-l,2,4-triazole with two equivalents of methylarylketone in the presence of ZnCl2 as a catalyst (Scheme 20). The ratios between two position isomers were from 50 50 to 74 26. However, Desenko et al. [80] established that treatment of the same starting compounds under acidic catalysis (acetic or mineral acids) yielded only 4,5-dihy-droderivatives 46 and heterocycles 47 [81]. In the latter case, the third component of the multicomponent condensation was the solvent - DMF. It is worth noting that heterocychc compounds 46 were also the products of the reaction between 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole with a,p-unsaturated ketones 48 (Scheme 20). 

According to the Cd 18-90 AOCS ° official method, the ANV is 100 times the optical density measured in a 1 cm cell, at 350 nm, of a solution containing 1.00 g of oil in 100 ml of the test solution. The measured absorbance is due to Schiff bases (167) formed when p-anisidine (166) undergoes condensation reaction with carbonyl compounds, according to equation 55. The carbonyl compounds are secondary oxidation products of lipids, such as a, S-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones derived from the hydroperoxides (see Scheme 1 in Section n.A.2.c), and their presence points to advanced oxidation of the oil. 

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