Anions esters

The first step is the interaction of the basic catalyst with the ester to produce the carbanion (I) the carbanion so formed then attacks the carbonyl carbon of a second molecule of ester to produce the anion (II), which is converted to ethyl acetoacetate (II) by the ejection of an ethoxide ion. Finally (III) reacts with ethoxide ion to produce acetoacetic ester anion (IV). This and other anions are mesomeric thus (IV) may be written ... 

Less basic malonic ester anions may be employed for the twofold alkylation of dibro-... 

If alkyl groups are attached to the ylide carbon atom, cis-olefins are formed at low temperatures with stereoselectivity up to 98Vo. Sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide is a recommended base for this purpose. Electron withdrawing groups at the ylide carbon atom give rise to trans-stereoselectivity. If the carbon atom is connected with a polyene, mixtures of cis- and rrans-alkenes are formed. The trans-olefin is also stereoseiectively produced when phosphonate diester a-carbanions are used, because the elimination of a phosphate ester anion is slow (W.S. Wadsworth, 1977). 

Some straightforward, efficient cyclopentanellation procedures were developed recently. Addition of a malonic ester anion to a cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylic ester followed by a Dieckmann condensation (S. Danishefsky, 1974) or addition of iJ-ketoester anions to a (l-phenylthiocyclopropyl)phosphonium cation followed by intramolecular Wittig reaction (J.P, Marino. 1975) produced cyclopentanones. Another procedure starts with a (2 + 21-cycloaddition of dichloroketene to alkenes followed by regioselective ring expansion with diazomethane. The resulting 2,2-dichlorocyclopentanones can be converted to a large variety of cyclopentane derivatives (A.E. Greene. 1979 J.-P. Deprds, 1980). 

Difunctional target molecules are generally easily disconnected in a re/ro-Michael type transform. As an example we have chosen a simple symmetrical molecule, namely 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,6-heptanedione. Only p-anisaldehyde and two acetone equivalents are needed as starting materials. The antithesis scheme given helow is self-explanatory. The aldol condensation product must be synthesized first and then be reacted under controlled conditions with a second enolate (e.g. a silyl enolate plus TiCl4 or a lithium enolate), enamine (M. Pfau, 1979), or best with acetoacetic ester anion as acetone equivalents. 

Table 3.11. Relative Rates of Cyclization of Diethyl (o>-Bromoall

The effect of a substituent may be substantially modified by fast, concurrent, reversible addition of the nucleophile to an electrophilic center in the substituent. Ortho- and para-CS.0 and pam-CN groups have been found by Miller and co-workers to have a much reduced activating effect on the displacement of halogen in 2-nitrohaloben-zenes with methoxide ion [reversible formation of hemiacetal (143) and imido ester anions (144)] than with azide ion (less interaction) or thiocyanate (little, if any, interaction). Formation of 0-acyl derivatives of 0x0 derivatives or of A-oxides, hydrogen bonding to these moieties, and ionization of substituents are other examples of reversible and often relatively complete modifications under reaction conditions. If the interaction is irreversible, such as hydrolysis of a... 

The mixed Claisen condensation of two different esters is similar to the mixed aldol condensation of two different aldehydes or ketones (Section 23.5). Mixed Claisen reactions are successful only when one of the two ester components has no a hydrogens and thus can t form an enolate ion. For example, ethyl benzoate and ethyl formate can t form enolate ions and thus can t serve as donors. They can, however, act as the electrophilic acceptor components in reactions with other ester anions to give mixed /3-keto ester products. 

THF, tetrahydrofuran DMF, dimethylformamide DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide DPSO, diphenyl sulfoxide en, ethylenediamine py, pyridine pic, picoline lut, lutidine nic, nicotinamide IMD, imidazole MelMD, N-methylimidazole 1-Cl-nap, 1-chloronaph-thyl acac, acetylacetonyl anion, CH3COCHCOCH3 C4H9O3, acetoacetic ester anion, CH3COCHCOOC2HS C4H,oN2, piperazine C7HSN2, benzimidazole. 

Fluoromethyl)phosphonate ester anions react with CO2 or COS to yield esters of the type (161 Y=0 or S) which may be dealkylated to the free acid through the use of bromotrimethyl-silane, but the course of the reaction with CS2 depends on the individual ester thus, (162) yields (163), but (165) is formed from (164). 22... 

The unified highly convergent total and formal syntheses of ( + )-macro-sphelides B (441 X = O) and A (441 X = a-OH, p-H), respectively, have been described (483). Key features of the syntheses include the concise synthesis of the optically active S-hydroxy-y-keto a, 3-unsaturated acid fragment 442 via the direct addition of a fra/i.s-vinylogous ester anion equivalent to a readily available Weinreb amide, and the facile construction of the 16-membered macrolide core of the macrosphelide series via an INOC. 

In the presence of catalytic amounts of sodium methoxide, dimethylketene /3-lactone dimer is polymerized at moderate temperature to a polyester.3 At higher temperatures (above 100°), disproportionation to the cyclic trimer, hexamethyl-1.3,5-cyclohexanetrione, takes place.9 Addition of a stoichiometric amount of sodium methoxide to the lactone dimer generates the sodium enolate of methyl 2,2,4-trimethyl-3-oxovalerate. This reaction provides a convenient entry into certain ester anion chemistry that formerly required the use of a strong base like tritylsodium.10... 

Another formal total synthesis of ( )-yohimbine has been worked out by Wenkert et al. (229) by preparing O-methylhexadehydroyohimbine (420), which was first prepared by Kametani and co-workers (224-226) as a key intermediate toward ( )-yohimbine. In Wenkert s approach, pyridinium salt 427 was y-alkylated with acetoacetic ester anion. The product 428 then underwent intramolecular condensation, affording tetracyclic quinone 429. Methylation of 429... 

Calculation of EM. The reference intramolecular reaction is nucleophilic attack by the anion of a carboxylic acid of pK, 3.15 on 2-phenoxy-l,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-2-oxide. The rate constant for this reaction can be calculated as 7.67 x 10-10 dm3 mol 1 s-1 at 39° using the formula derived by Khan and Kirby (1970), and allows the direct calculation of the EM for the corresponding intramolecular reaction (COO-—P3—6n of A.5.5). The EM is assumed to be the same for the corresponding endocyclic reaction of the diphenyl ester anion (A.5.6), and has been shown not to differ significantly for endocyclic and exocyclic displacements (Bromilow etal., 1972)... 

Sakai et al. determined procaine by a colorimetric method that was proposed for the assay of procaine on the basis of solvent extraction [39]. Tetrabromophenolphthalein ethyl ester anion was added to an aqueous solution containing procaine, and the extract took on a red color (absorbance maximum of the extract at 580 nm). The optimal pH range for extraction of the drug from the aqueous solution was found to be 8-9. Procaine was found to form a 1 1 associated ion pair compound with the reagent in 1,2-dichloroethane. 

Enolate hydroxylation is a problem of long standing. Direct oxygenation succeeds with the fully substituted enolates of certain a,a-disubstituted ketones and a variety of carboxylic acid derivatives (ester anions, acid dianions, amide anions), but the reaction of enolates, RCH = C(0 )R or CH2 = C(0 )R, with oxygen results in complex products of overoxidation. The stable... 

The profound influence of base on the course of the reaction led to the postulate that at high methoxide molarity it is the anion of the imine (306) which is in equilibrium with the ester anion (305). The former ionic species is readily hydrolyzed by acid to the pyran-2-one. However, at low molarities the unionized imine (307) is the equilibrating species and this is susceptible to nucleophilic attack at C-6 which occurs with ring opening. Subsequent cyclization gives the pyridone (Scheme 87). 

A variety of cyclopropyl derivatives has been prepared utilizing this methodology from malonic ester anion or related stabilized carbanions and Michael acceptors such as 56,57310 and 58311. The reactions are nonstereospecific in general as expected from the mechanism... 

Many important synthetic reactions in which C-C bonds are formed involve esters and are brought about by basic reagents. This is possible because the a hydrogens of an ester, such as RCH2C02C2H5, are weakly acidic, and a strong base, such as sodium ethoxide, can produce a significant concentration of the ester anion at equilibrium ... 

E Aidol-Type Additions of Ester Anions and the Reformatsky Reaction... 

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