Esters neighboring group participation

The pify of the leaving group and the hydrophobe chain length can dramatically affect the efficiency of the perhydrolysis reaction. Additionally, the stmcture of the acid portion of the precursor can affect the yield and sensitivity of the reaction to pH. The mono-4-hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid ester of a-decylsuccinic acid (13) undergoes extremely efficient perhydrolysis at much lower pHs than other peracid precursors, eg, decanoyloxybenzene sulfonate (14). This may be because of the neighboring group participation of the adjacent carboxylate as shown in Table 2 (115). 

Although glycosyl triflates have been demonstrated to be intermediates with a number of armed donors, and even with disarmed donors not capable of neighboring-group participation, such as the sulfonate esters, typical disarmed donors with esters in the 2-position function in the anticipated manner through anchimeric... 

The neighboring group participation mechanism requires two conditions a neighboring ester group and traas-configmation. For example, in the course of 3- and 4-thioglycoside synthesis, a solvent-dependent kinetically controlled stereoselective mechanism was found (Figure 8). 

Stereoselectivity governed by neighboring group participation (e.g., of ester groups). 

Evidence comes from comparative rate studies.216 Thus 71 was hydrolyzed about 105 times faster than benzamide (PhCONH2) at about the same concentration of hydrogen ions. That this enhancement of rate was not caused by the resonance or field effects of COOH (an electron-withdrawing group) was shown by the fact both o-nitrobenzamide and terephthal-amic acid (the para isomer of 71) were hydrolyzed more slowly than benzamide. Many other examples of neighboring-group participation at a carbonyl carbon have been reported.2 7 It is likely that nucleophilic catalysis is involved in enzyme catalysis of ester hydrolysis. 

Neighboring Group Participation of C2 Esters to Afford 1,2-trans - G ly cosides... 

The hydroxy function may originate from the reduction of an a-halogenated carbonyl compound or a Grignard reaction. The oxirane oxygen is not always incorporated directly from a hydroxy group for instance, in the case of a carboxylic acid ester, it is derived with neighboring-group participation from an ortho-monoester intermediate. 

At temperatures around 200°, a-hydroxyacetates are transformed to oxiranes via a tautomeric ortho-monoester with neighboring-group participation. By the action of heat. CO2 is split off the carbonic acid esters of 1,2-diols and oxiranes are formed. Disecondary or ditertiary 1,2-diols react with diaryldialkoxysulfurane 66 by antiperiplanar intramolecular nucloephilic displacement via a (3-hydroxy-alkoxysulfonium ion intermediate 67 (Eq. 56). ... 

Hydrolysis of the ester does not change the configuration. The Woodward modification of the Prevost reaction is similar, but results in overall syn hydroxylation. The alkene is treated with iodine and silver acetate in a 1 1 molar ratio in acetic acid containing water. Here again, the initial product is a (3-halo ester the addition is anti and a nucleophilic replacement of the iodine occurs. However, in the presence of water, neighboring-group participation is prevented or greatly decreased by solvation of the ester function, and the mechanism is the normal Sn2 process, ... 

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