Diols, acid catalyzed sulfates

Sulfonic acid resins can be used as solid catalysts for esterifications and other acid-catalyzed reactions. Am-berlyst 15 was a more effective catalyst for the preparation of esters of phenethyl alcohol and cyclohexanol than sulfated zirconia, an acid clay, and dodecatungstophos-phoric acid.113 (Amberlyst and Amberlite are trademarks of Rohm Haas.) (See Chap. 6 for more detail on solid acids and bases.) The same catalyst gave 86-96% yields of hydroxyesters when a lactone was stored with a hy-droxyacid.114 Diols can be monoacylated in 58-92% yields by transesterification with ethyl propionate in the presence of Dowex 50W (a product of the Dow Chemical Co.).115 Modification of the sulfonic acid resin with 2-mercaptoethylamine produced a catalyst for the reaction of phenol with acetone to produce bisphenol A (5.30) in 99.5% yield.116 After 20 cycles the yield was still 98.7%. When used as catalysts, ion-exchange resins can last for 6 months to 2 years. 

The acid-catalyzed cyclodehydration of ( )- and meso-2,5-hexanediol has been shown to proceed with inversion of configuration in most cases, affording cis- and rra/if-2,S-dimethyltetrahydrofuran, respectively. However, various extents of racemization are observed in the actions of certain Lewis acids and H2S04. The stereospecific cyclization of diols to tetrahydrofurans occurs if phenylthio participation is involved. The reactions of 2-phenylthio-l,4-diols such as (118) with dimethyl sulfate afford (119) with net retention of configuration, whereas acid-catalyzed cyclizations of 4-phenylthio-l,3-diols such as (120) take place with PhS migration and hence inversion at both the migration origin and terminus (Scheme 50). °°... 

Cyclic sulfates can even be prepared from diols containing acid-sensitive groups acetonide, silyloxy) by reaction with thionyl chloride and N(C2H5)3 followed by oxidation of the isolated sulfites with Ru04 (catalytic). After reactions with a nucleophile, the resulting sulfate esters can be hydrolyzed by water (0.5-1.0 equiv.) in THF catalyzed by H2S04. The use of a minimal amount of water is crucial for chemoselectivity.2... 

Ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate or cerium(IV) sulfate will catalyze the selective oxidation of secondaiy alcohols with sodium bromate as cooxidant, in this case remote C—C double bonds interfere, but 1,2-diols are not cleaved. It has been found that sodium bromite in aqueous acetic acid will act as a selective oxidant for secondary mary diols without the need for other catalysts (Scheme 21). ... 

The diols (97) from asymmetric dil droxylation are easily converted to cyclic sii e esters (98) and thence to cyclic sulfate esters (99).This two-step process, reaction of the diol (97) with thionyl chloride followed by ruthenium tetroxide catalyzed oxidation, can be done in one pot if desired and transforms the relatively unreactive diol into an epoxide mimic, ue. the 1,2-cyclic sulfate (99), which is an excellent electrophile. A survey of reactions shows that cyclic sulfates can be opened by hydride, azide, fluoride, thiocyanide, carboxylate and nitrate ions. Benzylmagnesium chloride and thie anion of dimethyl malonate can also be used to open the cyclic sulfates. Opening by a nucleophile leads to formation of an intermediate 3-sidfate aiuon (100) which is easily hydrolyzed to a -hydroxy compound (101). Conditions for cat ytic acid hydrolysis have been developed that allow for selective removal of the sulfate ester in the presence of other acid sensitive groups such as acetals, ketals and silyl ethers. 

The major bile salt of the carp, Cyprinm carpio, is 5a-cyprinol sulfate [21]. When [4- C]cholesterol was injected intraperitoneally into the carp, radioactive 5a-cyprinol was isolated from gallbladder bile [148]. It has been shown that the initial step in the major pathway for the formation of 5a-cyprinol (VI) from cholesterol (XV) is the 7a-hydroxylation of cholesterol to form cholest-5-ene-3j8,7a-diol (XVI) [149] (Fig. 4). It has also been shown that the double bond is isomerized to the A position before being reduced [150]. These in vivo studies suggest that until the intermediary formation of a A compound, presumably 7 ,12a-dihydroxycholest-4-en-3-one (XVII), the sequence of reactions in the biosynthesis of 5 -cyprinol (VI) in the carp is the same as that in the conversion of cholesterol (XV) to cholic acid (XIV) in mammals. 7a,12a-Dihydroxycholest-4-en-3-one (XVII) was found to be converted into 5a-cholestane-3a,7a,12a-triol (XVIII) by the microsomal fraction of carp hver fortified with NADPH [151]. The conversion of the triol (XVIII) to 5a-cyprinol (VI) via 27-deoxy-5a-cyprinol (XIX) was also established. The 26-hydroxylation of the triol (XVIII) was catalyzed by the microsomal fraction fortified with NADPH, and the 27-hydroxylation of 27-deoxy-5a-cyprinol (XIX) was catalyzed by the mitochondrial fraction fortified with NADPH [151]. 

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