Diketones from ketones

Iodine silver trifluoroacetate a-Diketones from ketones s. 16, 321... 

Oxidative Coupling. Both intermolecular and intramolecular oxidative coupling reactions can be effected using Cu(OTf)2. Examples of dimerization include one-pot syntheses of 1,4-diketones from ketone enolates or from silyl enol ethers (eqs 1 and 2), and coupling of allylstannanes with TMS-enol ethers... 

Oxidations with iodine/silver trifluoroacetate Aldehydes from prim, alcohols a-Diketones from ketones... 

The radicals that are formed from the enolate in this process are rapidly destroyed so that only the stable semidione species remains detectable for EPR study. Semidiones can also be generated oxidatively from ketones by reaction with oxygen in the presence of base. The diketone is presumably generated oxidatively and then reduced to the semidione via reduction by the enolate derived from the original ketone. 

Diiron enneacarbonyl, 50, 2J Diketones, from diazoketones and organoboranes, 53/ 82 3-DIKETONES FROM METHYL ALKYL KETONES 3-n-BUTYL-2,4-PENTANEDIONE, 51, 90 2,6-Dimethoxybenzaldehyde, by reduction of 2,6-dime thoxy-benzonitrile with Raney nickel alloy in formic acid,... 

In general, esters of /3-keto-acids are formed from two molecules of ester, and /3-diketones from ester and ketone. The use of formic esters leads, in both cases, to hydro xymethylene compounds ... 

Dave and co-workers have reported a successful synthesis of 2,2,4,4-tetranitroadamantane (117) which uses the mono-protected diketone (113) as a key intermediate. In this synthesis (113) is converted to the oxime (114) and then treated with ammonium nitrate and nitric acid in methylene chloride to yield the em-dinitro derivative (115). This nitration-oxidation step also removes the acetal-protecting group to leave the second ketone group free. Formation of the oxime (116) from ketone (115), followed by a similar nitration-oxidation with nitric acid and ammonium nitrate, yields 2,2,4,4-tetranitroadamantane (117). In this synthesis the protection strategy enables each carbonyl group to be treated separately and thus prevents the problem of internal nitroso dimer formation. 

Reaction of 2-aminobenzophenone with acetyl acetone in the presence of Bi(OTf)3 (5 mol%) results in the formation of 3-acetyl-2-methyl-4-phenylquinoline [117]. Various 1,3-diketones, acyclic ketones and cyclic ketone undergo the condensation with 2-aminoaryl ketones. The scope and generality of this process is illustrated with respect to various 2-aminoaryl ketones and a wide array of a-methylene ketones, and the results are summarized in Table 6. This method is free from side reactions such as the self-condensation of ketones, which is normally observed under basic conditions. Unlike reported methods, the present protocol does not require high temperature or drastic conditions to produce quinoline derivatives. 

P-DIKETONES FROM METHYL ALKYL KETONES 3-w-BUTYL-2,4-PENTANEDIONE... 

DIKETONES from methyl alkyl KETONES 3-n-BUTYL-2,4-PENTANEDIONE, 51, 90... 

A. From Ketones by Cycuzation 1. a-Diketones and a Second Ketone... 

Ring synthesis from non-heterocycles by closure y to the heteroatom are reported. Sulfonium ylides (135) with active methylene compounds such as malononitrile give a C-phenacyl product (136) however, when reacted with /3-diketones and /3-ketonic esters they produce furans quantitatively (74CL101). In these cases O-phenacylation takes place followed by cyclization to give the 3-hydroxydihydrofuran (137), which is dehydrated to the furan (138) (Scheme 30). These furans differ from those formed by the reaction of the diketone or ketonic esters with phenacyl halides. The latter reaction takes place by C-phenacylation, yielding the isomeric furans (139). 

When an a-chloroaldehyde or an a-chloroketone is condensed with a /3-ketoester, in the presence of aqueous base, a furan is produced bearing an ester substituent at the /3-position. It is thought that the reaction is of the aldol type intermediate dihydrofurans (256) have been isolated in certain cases (Scheme 70) (74BSF519). The condensation of ethyl bromopyru-vate and sodium oxaloacetate follows a similar mechanism (54JOC1671). The one-pot synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted furans (257) from ketones and ethyl 3,4-dibromo-2-butenoate is a useful addition to a well known route (80S52). The analogous reaction of cyclic /3-diketones, i.e. cyclohexane-1,3-dione and 5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-l,3-dione, results in the formation of the condensed furans (258) and (259). These reactions are preformed either in ethanol with sodium ethoxide or in DMF with potassium carbonate. 

The synthetic methods which are illustrated in this section are (a) the formation of symmetrical 1,4-diketones from 1,3- (or / -)keto esters (Expt 5.104), and (b) a Michael addition reaction involving nitroalkanes and a, /f-unsaturated ketones (Expt 5.105). The synthesis of symmetrical 1,4-diketones from the sodio derivatives of /f-keto esters, or their mono-alkyl derivatives, by treatment with iodine [Method (a)], may be formulated in the following general manner. 

A modified procedure for the preparation of pyrazoles includes the solventless condensation of diketones and hydrazines in the presence of a catalytic amount of sulfuric acid at ambient temperature <2004GC90>. 1,3-Diketones can be synthesized directly from ketones and acid chlorides and then converted in situ into pyrazoles by the addition of hydrazine <2006OL2675>. The possible modifications to the 1,3-dioxo component in the reaction with hydrazines include the use of -ketoesters, -ketonitriles, -halocarbonyl compounds, -hydroxyketones, -sulfonylketones, and 1,3-dihaloalkanes . 

Ketones and 1,2-diketones are readily converted into alkynes, which can subsequently be reduced to alkenes. Since there are a number of methods to reduce alkynes stereoselectively, this route offers a method of controlling the stereochemistry of acyclic alkenes derived from ketone starting materials. The most common approach for the ketone to alkyne transformation has been conversion of the starting ketone into a vicinal dichloride and subsequent bis elimination induced by strong base. ... 

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