5.5- Dialkyl esters, synthesis

ROOC—COOH, are not. The dialkyl esters are characterized by good solvent properties and serve as starting materials in the synthesis of many organic compounds, such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and fine chemicals (qv). Among the diesters, dimethyl, diethyl, and di- -butyl oxalates are industrially important. Their physical properties are given in Table 7. 

Monoalkylated and dialkylated acetic acids can be prepared by the malonic ester synthesis, but trialkylated acetic acids (R3CCO2H) can t be prepared. Explain. 

Among other methods for the preparation of alkylated ketones are (1) the Stork enamine reaction (12-18), (2) the acetoacetic ester synthesis (10-104), (3) alkylation of p-keto sulfones or sulfoxides (10-104), (4) acylation of CH3SOCH2 followed by reductive cleavage (10-119), (5) treatment of a-halo ketones with lithium dialkyl-copper reagents (10-94), and (6) treatment of a-halo ketones with trialkylboranes (10-109). 

The preparation of phosphate esters has been reviewed and full details have appeared of the use of 2-chloromethyl-4-nitrophenyl esters (reported last year) in the synthesis of monoesters and mixed dialkyl esters of phosphoric acid. 

The synthesis of oxaphosphole derivatives 138 has been reported from the reaction of allenephosphonic dialkyl esters with phenylteluryl halides (Scheme 55) [123],... 

Steinberg, G.M., Reactions of dialkyl phosphites — synthesis of dialkyl chlo-rophosphates, tetraalkyl pyrophosphates, and mixed orthophosphate esters, /. Org. Chem., 15, 673, 1950. 

Issleib, K., Dopfer, K.-P, and Balszuweit, A., Contribution to the synthesis of a-aminoalkane phosphonic acid dialkyl esters, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 444,249, 1978. 

Symmetrical 5,5-dialkyl dithiocarbonates have been obtained by thermal rearrangement of the corresponding (9,5-dialkyl esters in the presence of Aliquat [43]. This procedure is not suitable for the preparation of unsymmetrical 5,5-dialkyl dithiocarbonates, as it has been reported that disproportionation of the products can lead to a mixture of the symmetrical and unsymmetrical esters. Alternatively, they can be prepared by a base-catalysed disproportionation of 5-alkyl-O-methyl dithiocarbonates [44] (Table 4.9). These methods for the synthesis of the 5,5-dialkyl esters are more convenient than the traditional procedures from the thiol and phosgene. 

In a one-pot synthesis of thioethers, starting from potassium 0-alkyl dithiocarbonate [36], the base hydrolyses of the intermediate dialkyl ester, and subsequent nucleophilic substitution reaction by the released thiolate anion upon the unhydrolysed 0,5-dialkyl ester produces the symmetrical thioether. Yields from the O-methyl ester tend to be poor, but are improved if cyclohexane is used as the solvent in the hydrolysis step (Table 4.13). In the alternative route from the 5,5-dialkyl dithiocarbonates, hydrolysis of the ester in the presence of an alkylating agent leads to the unsymmetrical thioether [39] (Table 4.14). The slow release of the thiolate anions in both reactions makes the procedure socially more acceptable and obviates losses by oxidation. 

Succinic acid. Succinic add is also available via fermentation of glucose, and has the potential to become a large-scale industrial chemical in the future. However, there are only a few reports on dehydration reactions involving succinic acids in the literature, and most of these are concerned with esterification to produce dialkyl esters. The synthesis of various dialkyl esters was reported using metal exchanged montmorillonite clays (Na, Mn ", ... 

Synthesis of Peptides Using Fmoc-Protected Phenylalanine (Difluoromethyl)phosphonate Dialkyl Ester Derivatives... 

Synthesis of Dialkyl Ester Tail Compounds 1661 Dihexadecyl 2-Ammopentanedioate [8, R = (CH2)15Me] ... 

Synthesis. A series of latexes was prepared by semicontinuous emulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate. A dialkyl ester of sodium sulfosuccinic acid surfactant yielded the narrow particle size distribution required. An ammonium persulfate/sodium metabisulfate/ferrous sulfate initiator system was used. The initiator was fed over the polymerization time, allowing better control of the polymerization rate. For the smaller size latexes (200 to 450 nm), a seed latex was prepared in situ by polymerizing 10% of the monomer in the presence of the ammonium persulfate. Particle size was adjusted by varying the level of surfactant during the heel reaction. As the exotherm of this reaction subsided, the monomer and the sodium metabisulfate/ferrous sulfate feeds were started and continued over approximately one hour. The... 

Controlled, stepwise dialkylation may be performed as exemplified in equation 73, which shows a typical malonic ester synthesis including hydrolysis and decarboxylation to give an a,a-dialkylated acid. Acetoacetic ester synthesis and cyanoacetic ester syntheses give ketones (CH3COCHRR ) and nitriles (RR CHCN), respectively. 

Both acidic H atoms of a malonic ester can be replaced by alkyl groups. These dialky-lated malonic esters are formed by successively removing the acidic protons with sodium alkoxide and treatment of the enolates with an alkylating reagent. The subsequent hydrolysis and decarboxylation of these dialkylated malonic esters affords a,a-dialkylated acetic acids as another class of products accessible via the malonic ester synthesis. 

On heating with aqueous HCl, the alkylated (or dialkylated) acetoacetic ester is hydrolyzed to a jCJ-keto acid and then decarboxylated to yield the ketone product. The decarboxylation occurs in the same way as in the malonic ester synthesis and involves a ketone enol as initial product. 

The first enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-macbecin I was accomplished by R. Baker and co-workers. A key vinyl iodide precursor was prepared stereoselectively using the malonic ester synthesis. Diethyl methylmalonate was treated with in situ generated diiodocarbene in ether at reflux to afford diiodomethylmethylmalonate in good yield. This dialkylated malonic ester then was converted to ( )-3-iodo-2-methyl-2-propenoic acid by reacting it with aqueous KOH. The saponification was accompanied by a concomitant decarboxylation. 

Alternatively a dialkylacetonitrile with two different alkyl groups is readily obtained by two successive monoalkylations. The usual mild conditions are employed to introduce two primary alkyl groups introduction of more hindered alkyl groups requires reflux in THF for extended periods of time. In practice it is not necessary to isolate the intermediate monoalkyl derivative. Since dialkyl-acetonitriles are readily hydrolyzed to carboxylic acids, this new procedure provides an alternative to the classical malonic ester synthesis.9... 

Synthesis of bis(pyrrole) monomers. The condensation of ethyl diacetyl succinate with amines to give dialkyl esters of N substituted pyrroles proceeds in near quantitative yields to the bis(dicarboethoxy dimethyl pyrrole). 

One of the very first methods for the preparation of a-aminophosphonic acids appears to be the one described by Kabachnik and Medved [8]. The Kabachnik-Fields reaction is still very useful, especially for the preparation of dialkyl 1-aminoalkanephosphonates. According to this method, a-aminophosphonates were obtained reacting ammonia, carbonyl compounds (aldehydes and ketones), and dialkyl H-phosphonate. A little later. Fields [9] presented a method of synthesis of 1-aminoalkylphosphonic acids by replacing ammonia with amine—reacting both (aldehydes and ketones) with ammonia, or amine and dialkyl H-phosphonate to give dialkyl esters of 1-aminoalkylphosphonic acid (see Appendix). Hydrolysis of the esters produced free aminoalkylphosphonic acids. Yields of aminophosphonates vary from 40 to 47%. 

Phosphate ester synthesis and properties have been reviewed earlier [1,10-13]. The current treatise will consequently concentrate on manufacturing techniques with special emphasis on recent advances in preparing high monoalkyl phosphate (MAP) and high dialkyl phosphate (DAP) esters. 

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