Esters from dimethylformamide acetals

In a more recent study, Westman and Lundin have described solid-phase syntheses of aminopropenones and aminopropenoates en route to heterocycles [32], Two different three-step methods for the preparation of these heterocycles were developed. The first method involved the formation of the respective ester from N-pro-tected glycine derivatives and Merrifield resin (Scheme 7.12 a), while the second method involved the use of aqueous methylamine solution for functionalization of the solid support (Scheme 7.12 b). The desired heterocycles were obtained by treatment of the generated polymer-bound benzylamine with the requisite acetophenones under similar conditions to those shown in Scheme 7.12 a, utilizing 5 equivalents of N,N-dimethylformamide diethyl acetal (DMFDEA) as reagent. The final... 

To a solution of L-threonine allyl ester hydrochloride [22,42] (6.0 g, 30.6 mmol, the corresponding hydrotrifluoroacetate or hydrotoluenesulfonate can also be used) in saturated NaHCOj solution (100 mL) and dioxane (100 mL) is added dropwise at 0°C a solution of 9-fiuorenylmethyl chloroformate (10.8 g, 41.8 mmol) in dioxane (50 mL). After stirring for 24 h, the solvent is evaporated in vacuo, the remainder dissolved in ethyl acetate (200 mL), washed with 0.5 N HC1, saturated NaHCOj solution, and water (each 100 mL), dried with MgS04, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product is subjected to chromatography on silica gel (300 g) in petroleum ether-ethyl acetate (4 1), and the obtained product is recrystallized from ethyl acetate-petroleum ether to give pure 24 yield, 11.2 g (96%) mp 98°-100°C [a]D -17.2° (c 1, dimethylformamide) R, 0.33 (petroleum ether-ethyl acetate 2 1). 

Carboxylic acid esters and phenolethers from carboxylic acids and phenols respectively with dimethylformamide acetals... 

Dimethylformamide dineopentyl acetal Carboxylic acid esters from carboxylic acids... 

To a solution of 4 g of sodium in 200 ml of n-propanol is added 39 g of homovanillic acid-n-propyl ester (boiling point 160°C to 162°C/4 mm Hg) and the mixture is concentrated by evaporation under vacuum. After dissolving the residue in 200 ml of dimethylformamide and the addition of 0.5 gof sodium iodide, 26.2 g of chloracetic acid-N,N-diethylamide are added drop-wise with stirring at an internal temperature of 130°C, and the mixture is further heated at 130°C for three hours. From the cooled reaction mixture the precipitated salts are removed by filtering off with suction. After driving off the dimethylformamide under vacuum, the product is fractionated under vacuum, and 44.3 g of 3-methoxy-4-N,N-diethylcarbamido-methoxy phenyl acetic acid-n-propyl ester are obtained as a yellowish oil of boiling point 210°C to 212°C/0,7 mm Hg,... 

The groups of Giacomelli and Taddei have developed a rapid solution-phase protocol for the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted pyrazole libraries (Scheme 6.194) [356]. The transformations involved the cyclization of a monosubstituted hydrazine with an enamino-/8-ketoester derived from a /8-ketoester and N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMFDMA). The sites for molecular diversity in this approach are the substituents on the hydrazine (R3) and on the starting j3-keto ester (R1, R2). Subjecting a solution of the /8-keto ester in DMFDMA as solvent to 5 min of microwave irradiation (domestic oven) led to full and clean conversion to the corresponding enamine. After evaporation of the excess DMFDMA, ethanol was added to the crude reaction mixture followed by 1 equivalent of the hydrazine hydrochloride and 1.5 equivalents of triethylamine base. Further microwave irradiation for 8 min provided - after purification by filtration through a short silica gel column - the desired pyrazoles in >90% purity. 

In Scheme 6.230, the multistep synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones is highlighted [411]. The pathway described by Panunzio and coworkers starts from a dioxin-4-one precursor, which is readed with 2 equivalents of benzyl alcohol under solvent-free microwave conditions to furnish the corresponding /1-diketo benzyl esters. Subsequent treatment with 1 equivalent of N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMFDMA), again under solvent-free conditions, produces an enamine, which is then cyclized with an amine building block (1.1 equivalents) to produce the desired 4-pyridinone produds. All microwave protocols were conducted under open-vessel conditions using power control. 

Ethyl 7-(4-ethoxycarbonyl-l-piperazinyl)-6-fluoro-l,4-dihydro-4-oxo-l,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylate was suspended in dimethylformamide (10 ml) and to the suspension was added potassium carbonate (0.53 g). After the mixture was kept at 60°C for 10 minutes with stirring, ethyl iodide (1.2 g) was added to the solution. The mixture was stirred for 2 hours at 60°-70°C. The reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure, and water was added to the residue. After extraction with chloroform, the chloroform extract was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate. After removal of the chloroform by distillation, the resulting precipitate was recrystallized from a mixture of dichloromethane and n-hexane to give 0.89 g of ethyl l-ethyl-6-fluoro-l,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(4-ethoxycarbonyl-l-piperazinyl)-l,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylate (mp 171°-173°C). A mixture of the above ethyl ester (0.8 g), 10% sodium hydroxide (6 ml) and ethanol (2 ml) was refluxed by heating for 3 hours. After cooling, the solution was adjusted to pH 7.0-7.5 with 10% acetic acid. The precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with ethanol and recrystallized from a mixture of dimethylformamide and ethanol to give 0.57 g of l-ethyl-6-fluoro-l,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(l-piperazinyl)-l,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid. Melting point 220°-224°C. 

Schotten-Baumann type N-benzoylation was carried out on trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline 34,39 giving amide 43 in a satisfactory yield of 65%. The disappointing yield here could be attributed to difficulties experienced in recrystallization of the product 43. The amide 43 was esterified to give tert-butyl ester 44 using a modification of a procedure described by Widmer40 with dimethylformamide-dineopentyl acetal and tert-butanol as reagents. This provided crystalline 44 in 71% yield from 43 with no evidence of terf-butyl ether formation at the C-4 hydroxyl group (Scheme 12). 

Esters, tertiary amides, and nitriles are frequently used as solvents for organic reactions because they provide a polar reaction medium without O—H or N—H groups that can donate protons or act as nucleophiles. Ethyl acetate is a moderately polar solvent with a boiling point of 77 °C, convenient for easy evaporation from a reaction mixture. Acetonitrile, dimethylformamide (DMF), and dimethylacetamide (DMA) are highly polar solvents that solvate ions almost as well as water, but without the reactivity of O—H or N—H groups. These three solvents are miscible with water and are often used in solvent mixtures with water. 

Thus, two types of active esters are of interest those formed from an acid and a substituted phenol (12-15) and those formed from an acid and a substituted hydroxylamine (16-19). Both types are reactive by virtue of the electron-withdrawing properties of the OR moiety in 2. The level of activation of the substituted phenyl esters varies directly with the electronic effect going from 4-nitrophenyl to 2,4,5-trichlorophenyl, pentachlorophenyl, and pentafluorophenyl, which corresponds with the increasing acidity of the phenols. A diminution in the rate of aminolysis is caused by the presence of a substituent in the ortho position of the ring.f l An additional phenomenon contributes to the reactivity of the esters formed from substituted hydroxylamines, namely anchimeric assistance. Since the anoinolysis of active esters is a bimolecular reaction, it is dependent on concentration and can be forced to completion by an excess of one of the reactants. Aminolysis is also characterized by a pronounced dependence on the polarity of the solvent in particular for the esters formed from substituted phenols, the half-life of a 2,4,5-trichlorophenyl ester in the presence of benzylamine being one hundred times less in dimethylformamide than in benzene. Furthermore, aminolysis is catalyzed by mild acid such as acetic acid. The rate of anoinolysis is slowed if the side chain of the active ester contains a P-methyl substituent. 

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