Ester chlorides, reactive

Conversion to p toluenesulfonate es ters (Section 8 14) Alcohols react with p toluenesulfonyl chloride to give p toluenesulfonate esters Sulfo nate esters are reactive substrates for nucleophilic substitution and elimma tion reactions The p toluenesulfo nate group is often abbreviated —OTs... 

The derivatization method is compensated by the electrophihc addition reaction using organosilicon reagents [40-43]. Thus, the squaric acid family of derivatives, e.g., dichloride 17, methyl ester chloride 18, amide chloride 19, and diester 5 are the partners of the reactions with allylsilanes, silyl enol ethers, and silyl ketene acetals (Scheme 3). In this case, 1,2- and 1,4-addition to 20 and 21, respectively, are regulated by the substitution pattern of unsaturated organosilanes, kind of Lewis acid catalysts, and the reactivity of acid derivatives. The less congested is the reaction site, the more preferable is 1,2-... 

By contrast, the use of allyltins /3-substituted by an electron-withdrawing group represents a particularly attractive option, due to their enhanced reactivity towards nucleophilic carbon radicals. For this purpose several allyltins were prepared with amide, ester, chloride, nitrile, trimethylsilyl and sulfones functionalities [292]. They have been used for the synthesis of 1,4-dienes [293] or 10-15 membered a-methylene lactones [294], in aminoacids [295] or carbohydrate chemistry [296]. The /3-functionalization by nonactivating alkyl groups is tolerated as well and was used in the synthesis of prostaglandins [297] or /3-lactams [298]. This was also applied to radical cascade reactions with up to four elementary steps with an excellent diastereoselectivity control (Scheme 6.34) [299]. 

The success of the last reaction depends upon the inertness of the ester carbonyl groups towards the organocadmium compound with its aid and the use of various ester acid chlorides, a carbon chain can be built up to any reasonable length whilst retaining a reactive functional group (the ester group) at one end of the chain. Experimental details are given for l-chloro-2-hexanone and propiophenone. The complete reaction (formation of ketones or keto-esters) can be carried out in one flask without isolation of intermediates, so that the preparation is really equivalent to one step. 

Treatment of 7r-allylpalladium chloride with CO in EtOH affords ethyl 3-butenoate (321)[284]., 3, y-Unsaturated esters, obtained by the carbonylation of TT-allylpalladium complexes, are reactive compounds for 7r-allyl complex formation and undergo further facile transformation via 7r-allylpalladium complex formation. For example, ethyl 3-butenoate (321) is easily converted into 1-carboethoxy-TT-allylpalladium chloride (322) by the treatment with Na PdCL in ethanol. Then the repeated carbonylation of the complex 322 gives ethyl 2-... 

Since the exocyclic sulfur is more reactive in the ambident anion than in A-4-thiazoIine-2-thione. greater nucleophilic reactivity is to be expected. Thus a large variety of thioethers were prepared in good yields starting from alkylhalides (e.g.. Scheme 38 (54, 91, 111, 166-179). lactones (54, 160), aryl halides (54, 152. 180, 181), acyl chlorides (54. 149, 182-184). halothiazoles (54, 185-190), a-haloesters (149. 152. 177. 191-194), cyanuric chloride (151). fV.N-dimethylthiocarbamoyl chloride (151, 152. 195. 196), /3-chloroethyl ester of acrylic acid (197), (3-dimethylaminoethyl chloride (152). l,4-dichloro-2-butyne (152), 1,4-dichloro-2-butene (152), and 2-chloro-propionitrile (152). A general... 

The mechanisms of the Fischer esterification and the reactions of alcohols with acyl chlorides and acid anhydrides will be discussed m detail m Chapters 19 and 20 after some fundamental principles of carbonyl group reactivity have been developed For the present it is sufficient to point out that most of the reactions that convert alcohols to esters leave the C—O bond of the alcohol intact... 

The chemistry of the carbonyl group is probably the single most important aspect of organic chemical reactivity Classes of compounds that contain the carbonyl group include many derived from carboxylic acids (acyl chlorides acid anhydrides esters and amides) as well as the two related classes discussed m this chapter aldehydes and ketones... 

Nucleophilic acyl substitutions at the ester carbonyl group are summarized m Table 20 5 on page 849 Esters are less reactive than acyl chlorides and acid anhydrides Nude ophilic acyl substitution m esters especially ester hydrolysis has been extensively mves tigated from a mechanistic perspective Indeed much of what we know concerning the general topic of nucleophilic acyl substitution comes from studies carried out on esters The following sections describe those mechanistic studies... 

Nitrogen is a better electron parr donor than oxygen and amides have a more stabilized carbonyl group than esters and anhydrides Chlorine is the poorest electron pair donor and acyl chlorides have the least stabi lized carbonyl group and are the most reactive... 

Section 20 6 Acid anhydrides are less reactive toward nucleophilic acyl substitution than acyl chlorides but are useful reagents for preparing esters and amides... 

Amines are convert ed to amides on reaction with acyl chlorides Other acylating agents such as carboxylic acid anhydrides and esters may also be used but are less reactive... 

Much of the chloroacetyl chloride produced is used captively as a reactive intermediate. It is useful in many acylation reactions and in the production of adrenalin [51-43-4] diazepam [439-15-5] chloroacetophenone [532-27-4] chloroacetate esters, and chloroacetic anhydride [541-88-8]. A major use is in the production of chloroacetamide herbicides (3) such as alachlor [15972-60-8]. 

Chloroacetate esters are usually made by removing water from a mixture of chloroacetic acid and the corresponding alcohol. Reaction of alcohol with chloroacetyl chloride is an anhydrous process which Hberates HCl. Chloroacetic acid will react with olefins in the presence of a catalyst to yield chloroacetate esters. Dichloroacetic and trichloroacetic acid esters are also known. These esters are usehil in synthesis. They are more reactive than the parent acids. Ethyl chloroacetate can be converted to sodium fluoroacetate by reaction with potassium fluoride (see Fluorine compounds, organic). Both methyl and ethyl chloroacetate are used as agricultural and pharmaceutical intermediates, specialty solvents, flavors, and fragrances. Methyl chloroacetate and P ionone undergo a Dar2ens reaction to form an intermediate in the synthesis of Vitamin A. Reaction of methyl chloroacetate with ammonia produces chloroacetamide [79-07-2] C2H ClNO (53). 

Uses ndReactions. Dihydromyrcene is used primarily for manufacture of dihydromyrcenol (25), but there are no known uses for the pseudocitroneUene. Dihydromyrcene can be catalyticaUy hydrated to dihydromyrcenol by a variety of methods (103). Reaction takes place at the more reactive tri-substituted double bond. Reaction of dihydromyrcene with formic acid gives a mixture of the alcohol and the formate ester and hydrolysis of the mixture with base yields dihydromyrcenol (104). The mixture of the alcohol and its formate ester is also a commercially avaUable product known as Dimyrcetol. Sulfuric acid is reported to have advantages over formic acid and hydrogen chloride in that it is less compUcated and gives a higher yield of dihydromyrcenol (105). 

Chloroformates are reactive intermediates that combine acid chloride and ester functions. They undergo many reactions similar to those of acid chlorides however, the rates are usually slower (4—8). Those containing smaller organic (hydrocarbon) substituents react faster than those containing large organic (hydrocarbon) substituents (3). Reactions of chloroformates and other acid chlorides proceed faster with better yields when alkaU hydroxides or tertiary amines are present to react with the HCl as it forms. These bases act as stoichiometric acid acceptors rather than as tme catalysts. 

Fatty acid chlorides are very reactive and can be used instead of conventional methods to faciUtate production of amides and esters. lmida2oles are effective recyclable catalysts for the reaction with phosgene (qv) (24). 

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