Synthesis dimethyl acetals

In 1971, Batcho and Leimgruber introduced a new method for the synthesis of indoles. For example, condensation of o-nitrotoluene (5) with N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (6) (DMFDMA) was followed by reduction of the rrans-P-dimethylamino-2-nitrostyrene (7) which resulted to provide the indole (8). ... 

Several approaches based on nitro-aldol for the synthesis of amino sugars have been reported Alumina-catalyzed reaction of methyl 3- nitropropanoate with O-benzyl-o-lactaldehyde gives the o-ribo-nitro-aldol fanti, and isomeri in 63% yield, which is converted into L-dannosamine fsee Secdon 3 3 Jager and coworkers have reported a short synthesis of L-acosamine based on the stereoselective nitro-aldol reaction of 2-O-benzyl-L-lactaldehyde with 3-nitropropanal dimethyl acetal as shovm in Scheme 3 10 The stereoselecdve nitro-aldol reacdon is carried ont by the silyl nitronate approach as discussed in Secdon 3 3... 

Fewer procedures have been explored recently for the synthesis of simple six-membered heterocycles by microwave-assisted MCRs. Libraries of 3,5,6-trisubstituted 2-pyridones have been prepared by the rapid solution phase three-component condensation of CH-acidic carbonyl compounds 44, NJ -dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal 45 and methylene active nitriles 47 imder microwave irradiation [77]. In this one-pot, two-step process for the synthesis of simple pyridones, initial condensation between 44 and 45 under solvent-free conditions was facilitated in 5 -10 min at either ambient temperature or 100 ° C by microwave irradiation, depending upon the CH-acidic carbonyl compound 44 used, to give enamine intermediate 46 (Scheme 19). Addition of the nitrile 47 and catalytic piperidine, and irradiation at 100 °C for 5 min, gave a library of 2-pyridones 48 in reasonable overall yield and high individual purities. 

Benzothiophenes have always been of interest for medicinal chemistry and can be found in a number of marketed drugs such as Sertaconazole (Gineder-mofix), Zileuton (Leutrol) and Raloxifene (Evista). The classical synthesis of benzo thiophenes starts from thiophenols, reacting with bromoacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, followed by cycUzation using strong acid. An alternative and more convenient route was also described starting from benzaldehydes which... 

The condensation between enaminones and cyanoacetamide is a well-established method for the synthesis of 2-pyridones (see c, Scheme 2, Sect. 2.1), and the use of malonodinitrile instead of the amide component has also been shown to yield 2-pyridones [39-41]. Recently, Gorobets et al. developed a microwave-assisted modification of this reaction suitable for combinatorial synthesis, as they set out to synthesize a small library of compounds containing a 2-pyridone scaffold substituted at the 3, 5, and 6-positions [42]. The 2-pyridones were prepared by a three-component, two-step reaction where eight different carbonyl building blocks were reacted with N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMFDMA) to yield enaminones 7 (Fig. 2). The reactions were performed under solvent-free conditions at el-... 

Nitroimidazoles substituted by an aromatic ring at the 2-position are also active as antitrichomonal agents. Reaction of p-fluorobenzonitrile (83) with saturated ethanolic hydrogen chloride affords imino-ether 84. Condensation of that intermediate with the dimethyl acetal from 2-aminoacetaldehyde gives the imidazole 85. Nitration of that heterocycle with nitric acid in acetic anhydride gives 86. Alkylation with ethylene chlorohydrin, presumably under neutral conditions, completes the synthesis of the anti-... 

Partly saturated pyrazino[l,2-r-]pyrimidines were prepared by formation of the pyrazine ring. 2-Substituted-8-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-177,277-pyrazino[l,2-r-]pyrimidin-l-ones were prepared by a [6+0] synthesis involving cyclization of 6-hydroxy-pyrimidine-4-(fV-hydroxyethyl)carboxamides <2005W02005/087766>. The 2/7-pyra-zino[l,2-c]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide 164 (Y = NH) was formed from [5+1] atom fragments via the uracil derivative 163 (Y = NH) and DMF-dimethyl acetal. Compounds 163 were prepared from 6-chloromethyluracil and glycine methyl ester 162 (Y = NH) (Scheme 20) <2004W02004/014354>. 

Conceptually interesting is the synthesis of the oxazole system 94 through a Beckmann rearrangement of a-formyl ketoxime dimethyl acetals 93 which demonstrated the possibility of a non-amino acid pathway in the biosynthesis of marine derived oxazoles <06CC1742>. 

The groups of Giacomelli and Taddei have developed a rapid solution-phase protocol for the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted pyrazole libraries (Scheme 6.194) [356]. The transformations involved the cyclization of a monosubstituted hydrazine with an enamino-/8-ketoester derived from a /8-ketoester and N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMFDMA). The sites for molecular diversity in this approach are the substituents on the hydrazine (R3) and on the starting j3-keto ester (R1, R2). Subjecting a solution of the /8-keto ester in DMFDMA as solvent to 5 min of microwave irradiation (domestic oven) led to full and clean conversion to the corresponding enamine. After evaporation of the excess DMFDMA, ethanol was added to the crude reaction mixture followed by 1 equivalent of the hydrazine hydrochloride and 1.5 equivalents of triethylamine base. Further microwave irradiation for 8 min provided - after purification by filtration through a short silica gel column - the desired pyrazoles in >90% purity. 

In Scheme 6.230, the multistep synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones is highlighted [411]. The pathway described by Panunzio and coworkers starts from a dioxin-4-one precursor, which is readed with 2 equivalents of benzyl alcohol under solvent-free microwave conditions to furnish the corresponding /1-diketo benzyl esters. Subsequent treatment with 1 equivalent of N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMFDMA), again under solvent-free conditions, produces an enamine, which is then cyclized with an amine building block (1.1 equivalents) to produce the desired 4-pyridinone produds. All microwave protocols were conducted under open-vessel conditions using power control. 

In another variation of a type E synthesis, thioamides or thioureas condense with /V,/V-dimcthylacylamide dimethyl acetal to give imino compounds which react with amino-transfer reagents like hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid and mesitylsulfonyloxyamine (MSH) to give 3,5-substituted-l,2,4-thiadiazoles in excellent yields <1996CHEC-II(4)307>. There have been no new reports of type E syntheses since the publication of CHEC-II(1996). 

The potentialities of this method are such that, with the proper choice of hexofuranose derivative, access can be gained to 2,5-anhydroaldoses in which the side chains have the cis orientation, as would be required for further elaboration into C-nucleosides. Matsui and coworkers62 reported the synthesis of modified C-nucleosides by acidic treatment of 3-0-benzyl-l,2-0-isopropylidene-5,6-di-0-(methylsulfonyl)-/3-L-talofuranose (60), to give 2,5-anhydro-3-0-benzyl-6-0-(methylsulfonyl)-aidehydo-D-allose dimethyl acetal (61). 

NITR0CYCL00CTENE, 50, 84 Nitrogen atmosphere, apparatus for maintaining, 52, 46 Nitrogen, purification, 50, 69 1-Nitro-l-octadecene, 50, 86 o-Nitrophenylacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, 52, 139 4-p-Nitrophenyl-l,2,4-triazoline- 3, 5-dione, synthesis of, 51, 125... 

Total Synthesis of Octosyl Acid A and Octosyl Acid C Dimethyl Acetal... 

Figure 25. Final steps in the synthesis of octosyl acid C dimethyl acetal.

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