1- Cyclohexyl-3-

Esters. Methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n butyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl... 

Methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-hutyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl esters of formic, acetic, oxalic, succinic, tartaric, citric, benzoic, salicylic (and other substituted benzoic acids), phthalic and cinnamic acids phenyl esters of acetic, benzoic and salicylic acids. 

A) (i) Distillate. Test for the alcohol. e.g., methyl, ethyl, benzyl, or cyclohexyl alcohol. 

M-Butyl formate. Ethyl iso-butyrate IsO -butyl acetate Ethyl butyrate -Propyl propionate Iso-amyl formate, -But> l acetate Iso-propyl butyrate Iso-butyl propionate n-Propyl -butyrate -Butyl propionate Iso-butyl isobutyrate Ethyl lactate Iso-butyl butyrate Cycloheicyl formate -Butyl -butyrate Iso-propyl lactate. Cyclohexyl acetate Diethyl oxalate Di-iao-propyl oxalate... 

Both have reasonable mechanisms, but we prefer (b) because it introduces more simphfication. Route (a) simply ehops off one carbon atom and leaves us with a new target almost as difficult to make as TM 16. Route (b) however breaks the molecule into two more equal pieces -acetone and cyclohexyl bromide. 

Alkyllithium bases are generally less suitable for deprotofiation of compounds with strongly electron-withdrawing groups such as C=0, COOR and CsN. In these cases lithium dialkylamides, especially those with bulky groups (isopropyl, cyclohexyl), are the reagents of choice. They are very easily obtained from butyllithium and the dialkylamine in the desired solvent. 

By using a lOOX excess of the metal (less than lOO for experiments on a large scale) one can save much time. Some Grignard reactions, especially those with tertiary alkyl chlorides and cyclohexyl chloride, are not easily started and it seemed desirable, therefore, to inform the user of this book about our experiences. 

Apparatus and procedure Closely similar to the preparation of tert.-Ci,H3MgCl, cyclohexyl-MgCl and cyclopentyl-MgCl (see Exp. 2). The yield (estimated from the results obtained from reactions with this reagent) is at least 90%. Here, too, it is essential to use M-butyl chloride which is free from butyl alcohol. 

A more eflicient and general synthetic procedure is the Masamune reaction of aldehydes with boron enolates of chiral a-silyloxy ketones. A double asymmetric induction generates two new chiral centres with enantioselectivities > 99%. It is again explained by a chair-like six-centre transition state. The repulsive interactions of the bulky cyclohexyl group with the vinylic hydrogen and the boron ligands dictate the approach of the enolate to the aldehyde (S. Masamune, 1981 A). The fi-hydroxy-x-methyl ketones obtained are pure threo products (threo = threose- or threonine-like Fischer formula also termed syn" = planar zig-zag chain with substituents on one side), and the reaction has successfully been applied to macrolide syntheses (S. Masamune, 1981 B). Optically pure threo (= syn") 8-hydroxy-a-methyl carboxylic acids are obtained by desilylation and periodate oxidation (S. Masamune, 1981 A). Chiral 0-((S)-trans-2,5-dimethyl-l-borolanyl) ketene thioketals giving pure erythro (= anti ) diastereomers have also been developed by S. Masamune (1986). 

The (partial) description of the synthesis and coupling of the five fragments starts with the cyclohexyl moiety C —C. The first step involved the enantio- and diastereoselective harpless epoxidation of l,4-pentadien-3-ol described on p. 126f. The epoxide was converted in four steps to a d-vinyl d-lactone which gave a 3-cyclohexenecarboxylate via Ireland-CIaisen rearrangement (cf. p. 87). Uncatalysed hydroboration and oxidation (cf. p. 131) yielded the desired trans-2-methoxycyclohexanol which was protected as a silyl ether. The methyl car-... 

Alkyl ketones can be prepared by the carbonylation of alkyl iodides in the presence of organoboranes. The carbonylation of iodocyclohexane with 9-octyl-9-BBN at 1 atm gives cyclohexyl octyl ketone in 65% yield[386]. This reaction is treated in Section 1.1.3.3. Methyl o-methylacetoacetate (919) is obtained by the reaction of the 2-bromopropionate 918, which has a /9-hydrogen, with CO and Me4Sn. PhjAs as a ligand gives better results than Ph3P[771]. 

Fig. 1-20. Percentage of free-radical cyclohexylation of thiaTole and the three monometliyl isomers (411.412).

The percentage of cyclohexylation is given in Fig. 1-20. (411,412). Hydrogen abstraction from the alkyl side-chain produces, in addition, secondary products resulting from the dimerization of thiazolylalkyl radicals or from their reaction with cyclohexyl radicals (Scheme 68) (411). 

Cyclohexyl, benzyl, and phenethylthioamides give a low yield (4 to 10%) of the corresponding 2-substituted thiazoles (595, 649). 

The free-radical reactivity of thiazoles has been well studied with various radicals such as methyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, cyclohexyl, and aromatic-heterocyclic, in nonpolar solvent or strong acids (180-182). 

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