Cyclohexanone: acylation oxidation

While pyridine and quinoline N-oxides do not react directly with enamines, they have been found to form a-pyridyl and 2-quinolinyl-2 -cyclohexanones in good yields after prior acylation (371,372). 

Another recent patent (22) and related patent application (31) cover incorporation and use of many active metals into Si-TUD-1. Some active materials were incorporated simultaneously (e.g., NiW, NiMo, and Ga/Zn/Sn). The various catalysts have been used for many organic reactions [TUD-1 variants are shown in brackets] Alkylation of naphthalene with 1-hexadecene [Al-Si] Friedel-Crafts benzylation of benzene [Fe-Si, Ga-Si, Sn-Si and Ti-Si, see apphcation 2 above] oligomerization of 1-decene [Al-Si] selective oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone [Cr-Si, Mo-Si] and selective oxidation of cyclohexanol to cyclohexanone [Mo-Si], A dehydrogenation process (32) has been described using an immobilized pincer catalyst on a TUD-1 substrate. Previously these catalysts were homogeneous, which often caused problems in separation and recycle. Several other reactions were described, including acylation, hydrogenation, and ammoxidation. 

Nitration of ketones or enol ethers provides a useful method for the preparation of a-nitro ketones. Direct nitration of ketones with HN03 suffers from the formation of a variety of oxidative by-products. Alternatively, the conversion of ketones into their enolates, enol acetates, or enol ethers, followed by nitration with conventional nitrating agents such as acyl nitrates, gives a-nitro ketones (see Ref. 79, a 1980 review). The nitration of enol acetates of alkylated cyclohexanones with concentrated nitric acid in acetic anhydride at 15-22 °C leads to mixtures of cis- and rrans-substituted 2-nitrocyclohexanones in 75-92% yield. 4-Monoalkylated acetoxy-cyclohexanes give mainly m-compounds, and 3-monoalkylated ones yield fra/w-compounds (Eq. 2.40).80... 

Acyl nitroso compounds (3, Scheme 7.2) contain a nitroso group (-N=0) directly attached to a carbonyl carbon. Oxidation of an N-acyl hydroxylamine derivative provides the most direct method for the preparation of acyl C-nitroso compounds [10]. Treatment of hydroxamic acids, N-hydroxy carbamates or N-hydroxyureas with sodium periodate or tetra-alkyl ammonium periodate salts results in the formation of the corresponding acyl nitroso species (Scheme 7.2) [11-14]. Other oxidants including the Dess-Martin periodinane and both ruthenium (II) and iridium (I) based species efficiently convert N-acyl hydroxylamines to the corresponding acyl nitroso compounds [15-18]. The Swern oxidation also provides a useful alternative procedure for the oxidative preparation of acyl nitroso species [19]. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) catalyzed oxidation of N-hydroxyurea with hydrogen peroxide forms an acyl nitroso species, which can be trapped with 1, 3-cyclohexanone, giving evidence of the formation of these species with enzymatic oxidants [20]. 

Diphenylsila)cyclohexanone, an unusual cyclic acyl silane, has been found to undergo photo-oxidation promoted by ambient light to produce the silicon-containing lactone 55. 1,1-Diphenylsilacyclohexanone was stable in the presence of oxygen in the... 

Acyl radical cyclization to cyclohexanones.n Acyl radical cyclization to five-membered rings is well known, but this reaction is also useful for synthesis of substituted cyclohexanones as shown by a recent synthesis of the a-methylenecyclo-hexanone 3. Thus treatment of the selenol ester 1 with Bu3SnH and AIBN in C6H6 at 80° provides a 1 1 mixture of cyclohexanones 2 in 91 % yield. Oxidation of 2 with... 

However, all attempts to activate the a-position of the cyclohexanone ring in order to facilitate a subsequent diazotization, which was to be followed by rhodium carbenoid-mediated aryl C-H insertion onto C-4 [21], were unsatisfactory [22], One of the approaches was based on the generation of the silyl enol ether 35, but attempts to achieve its a-acylation led only to the formation of Paal-Knorr-type cyclization products 36. Chemoselective formylation of 34 to 37 was possible by reaction with ethyl formate in the presence of a large excess of sodium ethoxide, but in situ oxidation of the desired compound 37 to 38, which was the major isolated product, made the reaction impractical (Scheme 6). 

The Baeyer-Villiger reaction occurs with retention of stereochemistry at die migrating center. This stereoselectivity has been utilized in a practical method for the preparation of isotopically chiral metiiyl acetic acid (5) ftom [2- H]cyclohexanone (4) prepared by enzyme-catalyzed stereoselective exchange of the pro-R a -proton and enantioconvergent exchange of the a-proton with deuterium (Scheme 2). As a cautionary note, prior epimerization of an acyl group prior to oxidation has been observed. ... 

A serious obstacle to the use of the Julia alkenation for the synthesis of trisubstituted alkenes is illustrated in Scheme 31. Addition of cyclohexanone to the lithiated sulfone (86) gave intermediate (87), which could not be acylated under the reaction conditions because of the sterically hindered tertiary alk-oxide. Owing to an unfavorable equilibrium, (87) reverted back to starting materials. However, by reversing the functionality of the fragments a stable adduct (88) was formed in which the less hindered secondary alkoxide was acylated and the resultant -benzoyloxy sulfone (89) reductively eliminated to the alkene (90) in 54% overall yield. Trisubstimted alkenes have been generated by reductive elimination of 3-hydroxy sulfones ° but, in general, retroaldol reactions compete. 

Together with enantioselective hydrolysis/acylation reactions, enantioselective ketone reductions dominate biocatalytic reactions in the pharma industry [10], In addition, oxidases [11] have found synthetic applications, such as in enantioselective Baeyer-Villiger reactions [12] catalyzed by, for example, cyclohexanone monooxygenase (EC 1.14.13) or in the TEMPO-mediated oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes, catalyzed by laccases [13]. Hence, the class of oxidoreductases is receiving increased attention in the field of biocatalysis. Traditionally they have been perceived as difficult due to cofactor requirements etc, but recent examples with immobilization and cofactor regeneration seem to prove the opposite. 

The kinetics of carbon monoxide and dioxide generation in the oxidation of cyclohexanone labelled with a 14C carbonyl group has been investigated [279]. It was suggested that CO and C02 were formed by the decay of acyl and acyl peroxy radicals. 

In terms of its chemical reactivity, an ylid such as 126 may be viewed as a phosphorus-stabilized carbanion that will undergo acyl addition with an aldehyde or a ketone. When this ylid is mixed with cyclohexanone (80), there are two isolated products. The one that is more interesting to an organic chemist is methylenecyclohexane (129), formed in 52% yield the other is tri-phenylphosphine oxide, 130. It is obvious that 129 is not the expected acyl addition product. Formation of 130 indicates that the carbon atom of the ylid has been transferred to the ketone, but the oxygen atom of the ketone has been transferred to the phosphorous atom. Analysis of the reaction shows that the oxygen atom is lost from the ketone, and the CH2 unit of ylid 126 is transferred to form a new C=C bond (in green in the illustration). What is the mechanism ... 

The synthesis continued with reduction of the cyclohexanone to the alcohol oxidation state, taking it out of play for a series of reactions that constructed the sidechain (49 54). The sidechain ketone was then protected as an acetal, and the cyclohexanone was reinstalled by deprotection and oxidation of the cyclohexanol. Regioselective acylation of 55 under conditions of thermodynamic control, followed by reduction of the intermediate /3-ketoester, gave 56 (for comparison see 3 —> 14 on Steroids-3). Formation of the tosylate, a /3-elimination, and ketal hydrolysis completed the synthesis of 14. 

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