1.3- Dioxane-4,6-diones malonic acid esters

MELDRUM S ACID 2,2-DIMETHYL-1,3-DIOXANE-4,6-DIONE MALONIC ACID, CYCLIC ISOPROPYLIDENE ESTER 1,3-DIOXANE-4,6-DIONE, 2,2-DIMETHYL- (2033-24-1), 67, 170 69, 33 p-Mentha-6,8-dien-2-one (6485-40-1), 66, 13... 

Heldrun s Acid 2,2-0imethyl-l,3-dioxane-4,6-dione Malonic acid, cyclic isopropylidene ester (8) l,3-Dioxane-4,6-dione, 2,2-dimethyl- (9) ... 

Malonic acid esters from l,3-dioxane-4,6-diones via malonic acid monoesters... 

The reaction of 2,2-dimethyl-4,6-dioxo-l,3-dioxane (Meldrum s acid 394) and its analogues with 3-dialkylaminophenols has been used to prepare some fluorescent 7-dialkylamino-4-hydroxycoumarins (Scheme 127) (77M499). The substituted malonic acid (395) or its dehydration product is a possible intermediate, since it is known that diaryl-malonic esters are accessible from phenols and the 1,3-dioxane. 3-Methoxyphenol yields the pyrano[3,2-c]benzopyran-2,5-dione (396) in this reaction, presumably by annelation of another ring on to initially formed 4-hydroxy-7-methoxycoumarin. 

Dimethyl-1,3-Dioxane-4,6-dione (Meldrum s Acid) Malonic acid, cyclic isopropylidene ester (8) 1,3-Dioxane-4,6-dione, 2,2-dimethyl- (9) (2033-24-1) Ethylenediammonium diacetate 1,2-Ethanediamine diacetate (9) (38734-69-9) (R)-Citronellal 6-Octenal, 3,7-dimethyl-, (R)-(+)- (8,9) (2385-77-5)... 

Although azide reagents have been utilized in a number of chemical transformations, to date PS-TsA has only been utilized for the direct transfer of a diazo function to methylene groups flanked by either two carbonyls (eq 2), a carbonyl and an aryl sulfonyl (eq 3), or the methylene of lO/ anthracen-9-one. Diazodicarbonyl compounds such as 5-diazo-2,2-dimethyl-[l,3]dioxane-4,6-dione, 2-diazo-3-oxo-butyric acid ethyl ester, lO-diazo-lO/ anthracen-9-one, 2-diazo malonic acid diethyl ester, and 2-diazo-3-oxo-butyric acid ter/-butyl ester, as well as... 

Ethyl 3-oxoalkanoates when not commercially available can be prepared by the acylation of tert-butyl ethyl malonate with an appropriate acid chloride by way of the magnesium enolate derivative. Hydrolysis and decarboxylation in acid solution yields the desired 3-oxo esters [59]. 3-Keto esters can also be prepared in excellent yields either from 2-alkanone by condensation with ethyl chloroformate by means of lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) [60] or from ethyl hydrogen malonate and alkanoyl chloride usingbutyllithium [61]. Alternatively P-keto esters have also been prepared by the alcoholysis of 5-acylated Mel-drum s acid (2,2-dimethyl-l,3-dioxane-4,6-dione). The latter are prepared in almost quantitative yield by the condensation of Meldrum s acid either with an appropriate fatty acid in the presence of DCCI and DMAP [62] or with an acid chloride in the presence of pyridine [62] (Scheme 7). 

Derivatives of 2,2-dimethyl-l,3-dioxan-4,6-dione (Meldrum s acid) and the sodium salts of substituted malonic esters undergo electrophilic C-arylation in high yield with aryllead triacetates this provides a useful route to a-arylalkanoic acids, compounds of interest in the pharmaceutical industry and as synthetic intermediates (Scheme 13.8) [36]. 

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