DMF reagents

Vilsmeier-Haack formylation of 2-(4-methyl-l-piperazinyl)-4//-pyrido-[l,2-n]pyrimidin-4-one with a mixture of POCI3 and DMF at 95°C gave a 3-formyl derivative (93FES1225) while ethyl 4-oxo-6,7,8, 9-tetrahydro-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidine-2-acetate at 50 °C yielded a 9-dimethylaminomethylene-3-formyl derivative (01MI4). 3-Formyl-2-hydroxy-8-[2-(4-isopropyl-l,3-thiazol-2-yl)-l-ethenyl]-4//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyri-midin-4-one was obtained from the 3-unsubstituted derivative with oxalyl chloride-DMF reagent in CH2CI2 at room temperature for 3h (OlMIPl). 

R. G. Edwards, L. Hough, A. C. Richardson, and E. Tarelli, The stereoselective displacement of hydroxyl by chloride using the mesyl chloride-DMF reagent, Carbohydr. Res., 35 (1974) 111-129. 

Secondary hydroxyl groups also react if sufficient amount of rm-butylchlorodi-phenylsilane — imidazole — DMF reagent is used. The less hindered OH-2 of 1,4-anhydro-5,6-0-isopropylidene-D-glucitol was silylated in more than 78% yield [447]. Of the two secondary hydroxyl groups of the 4, 6 -0-isopropylidene-a-D-glucopyra-nosyl part of a kinetic acetonation product of maltose, that one at C-3 was selectively protected [448]. 

Benzothiazolones (121) undergo Friedel-Crafts acylation through the reaction with acyl chlorides or anhydrides in the presence of a large excess (7-11 equivalents) of the AICI3-DMF reagent (Equation (21)). The same 6-acyl-2-(3//)-benzothiazolones (122) are obtained from (121) and anhydrides in the presence of polyphosphoric acid <94J0C1574>. 

All chemicals used in this study were reagent grade. Butyl isocyanate (BuNCO, 99% from the Upjohn Chemical Co.), hexamethy-lene diisocyanate (HDI, 99% from the Mobay Chemical Co.), phenyl isocyanate (PhNCO, 99%, from the Upjohn Chemical Co.), p-tolyl isocyanate (MePhNCO, 99% from the Aldrich Chmical Co.), p-chloro-phenyl isocyanate (CIPhNCO, 99%, from the Aldrich Chemical Co.) and cyclohexyl isocyanate (CHI, 98%, from the Aldrich Chemical Co.) were purified by vacuum distillation. Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI, 99%+, from the Mobay Chemical Co.) was used without further purification. N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF, reagent grade, from the Mallinckrodt) was dried by molecular sieves 4a. The NCO-terminated prepolymers were prepared from poly(oxy-tetramethylenediol) (POTMD, mol. wt. 650, 1000, 2000, Quaker Oats Chem. Co.) and MDI. 

Dimethylformamide (DMF). Reagent-grade DMF is adequate for resin washing however, it should be stored over activated 4 A molecular sieves for at least 24 h prior to use as the coupling reaction solvent to remove water and dimethylamine. For manual synthesis, fill a 500 mL squirt bottle with DMF for rapid resin washing. Dichloromethane (DCM). For manual synthesis, fill a 500 mL squirt bottle as for DMF. 

The above reagents (ok the safrole and H2O aren t reagent) are weighed or measured accordingly. The flask is securely clamped into place on the magnetic stirrer. Add the DMF and H2O. Start stirring, and then slowly add the palladium chloride and cuprous chloride. If you add the powders first then the liquids you ll have problems with the stir bar finding a place to spin. 

The /-butoxycarbonyl group (Boc, "t-box ) has been eMens vely used in peptide synthesis, and Boc derivatives of many amino acids are commercially available. The customary reagent for the preparation from the amine is t-butyl azidoformate in water, dioxane/water, DMSO, or DMF. The cleavage by acids of medium strength proceeds with concomitant loss of isobutene and carbon dioxide (L.A. Carpino, 1957, 1973 see section 4.1.2.2). 

With the dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCQ reagent racemization is more pronounced in polar solvents such as DMF than in CHjCl2, for example. An efficient method for reduction of racemization in coupling with DCC is to use additives such as N-hydroxysuccinimide or l-hydroxybenzotriazole. A possible explanation for this effect of nucleophilic additives is that they compete with the amino component for the acyl group to form active esters, which in turn reaa without racemization. There are some other condensation agents (e.g. 2-ethyl-7-hydroxybenz[d]isoxazolium and l-ethoxycarbonyl-2-ethoxy-l,2-dihydroquinoline) that have been found not to lead to significant racemization. They have, however, not been widely tested in peptide synthesis. 

The amino add analysis of all peptide chains on the resins indicated a ratio of Pro Val 6.6 6.0 (calcd. 6 6). The peptides were then cleaved from the resin with 30% HBr in acetic acid and chromatogra phed on sephadex LH-20 in 0.001 M HCl. 335 mg dodecapeptide was isolated. Hydrolysis followed by quantitative amino acid analysis gave a ratio of Pro Val - 6.0 5.6 (calcd. 6 6). Cycll2ation in DMF with Woodward s reagent K (see scheme below) yielded after purification 138 mg of needles of the desired cyc-lododecapeptide with one equiv of acetic add. The compound yielded a yellow adduct with potassium picrate, and here an analytically more acceptable ratio Pro Val of 1.03 1.00 (calcd. 1 1) was found. The mass spectrum contained a molecular ion peak. No other spectral measurements (lack of ORD, NMR) have been reported. For a thirty-six step synthesis in which each step may cause side-reaaions the characterization of the final product should, of course, be more elaborate. 

DMF is used extensively as a solvent, reagent, and catalyst in synthetic organic chemistry. Several comprehensive reviews describe its uses in this area (30—32). 

Orthoesters. The value of cycHc orthoesters as intermediates for selective acylation of carbohydrates has been demonstrated (73). Treatment of sucrose with trimethylorthoacetate and DMF in the presence of toluene-/)-sulfonic acid followed by acid hydrolysis gave the 6-0-acetylsucrose as the major and the 4-0-acetylsucrose [63648-80-6] as the minor component. The latter compound underwent acetyl migration from C-4 to C-6 when treated with an organic base, such as / fZ-butylamine, in DMF to give sucrose 6-acetate in >90% yield (74). When the kinetic reagent 2,2-dimethoxyethene was used,... 

N-Alkylations, especially of oxo-di- and tetra-hydro derivatives, e.g. (28)->(29), have been carried out readily using a variety of reagents such as (usual) alkyl halide/alkali, alkyl sulfate/alkali, alkyl halide, tosylate or sulfate/NaH, trialkyloxonium fluoroborate and other Meerwein-type reagents, alcohols/DCCI, diazoalkanes, alkyl carbonates, oxalates or malon-ates, oxosulfonium ylides, DMF dimethyl acetal, and triethyl orthoformate/AcjO. Also used have been alkyl halide/lithium diisopropylamide and in one case benzyl chloride on the thallium derivative. In neutral conditions 8-alkylation is observed and preparation of some 8-nucleosides has also been reported (78JOC828, 77JOC997, 72JOC3975, 72JOC3980). 

The stabilized phosphonium ylide (601) reacts with aromatic aldehydes to give N-phenacylpyrazoles (602) in good yields (73CC7). Ketone semicarbazones and ketazines react with two moles of phosphorus oxychloride-DMF, the Vilsmeier-Haack reagent, with the formation of 4-formylpyrazoles (603 R = H or PhC=CH2) (70JHC25, 70TL4215). 

Me2NC5H5NCPh3 Cr, CH2CI2, 25°, 16 h, 95% yield. In this case a pri-maiy alcohol is cleanly protected over a secondary alcohol. The reagent is a stable isolable salt. If the solvent is changed from CH2CI2 to DMF, the amine of serine can be selectively protected. 

Et3SiCl, Pyr. Triethylsilyl chloride is by far the most common reagent for the introduction of the TES group. Silylation also occurs with imidazole and DMF arid with dimethylaminopyridine as a catalyst. Phenols, carboxylic acids, and amines have also been silylated with TESCl. 

TBDMSCl, imidazole, DMF, 25°, 10 h, high yields. This is the most common method for the introduction of the TBDMS group on alcohols with low steric demand. The method works best when the reactions are mn in very concentrated solutions. This combination of reagents also silylates phenols, hydroperoxides, and hydroxyl amines. Thiols, amines, and carboxylic acids are not effectively silylated under these conditions. ... 

AcOCgFs, Et3N, DMF, 80°, 12-60 h, 72-95% yield. This reagent reacts with amines (25°, no Et3N) selectively in the presence of alcohols to form N-acetyl derivatives in 80-90% yield. 

CI2CHCOCCI3, DMF, 56% yield. This reagent was used to acylate selectively the 6-position of an a-methylglucoside... 

Ni(CO)4, TMEDA, DMF, 55°, 4 h, 87-95% yield. Because of the toxicio associated with nickel carbonyl, this method is rarely used and has largeb been supplanted by palladium-based reagents. 

Cupric chloride can be used, but it tends to chlorinate the products and cuprous chloride is preferable reagent grade dimethylformamide (DMF) was distilled before use. 

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