Esters with phosphoric acid

Monosaccharides also form phosphate esters with phosphoric acid. Monosaccharide phosphate esters are important molecules in biological system. For example, in the DNA and RNA nucleotides, phosphate esters of 2-deoxyribose and ribose are present, respectively. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the triphosphate ester at C-5 of ribose in adenosine, is found extensively in living systems. 

The —OH group is very weakly acidic (pKa -13.6). It can form esters with phosphoric acid or organic acids and is a site of attachment of sugar rings in glycoproteins. Hydroxyl groups of serine are found at the active centers of some enzymes. 

Hydroxy-l,2,4-thiadiazoles readily form esters with phosphoric acid and its various analogs. Because of the pesticidal properties of these organo-phosphorus compounds, and their reported relatively low toxicity to warmblooded animals, a large volume of preparative work has been undertaken. The patent literature exemplifies almost the full range of possible phosphoric and phosphonic acid derivatives, and their thio analogs. For their production, a hydroxy-1,2,4-thiadiazole is condensed with the phosphoro- or phosphono-chloridic ester (426 or 429), in the presence of a base.332-336 Alternatively, a halogeno-1,2,4-thiadiazole is allowed to react with the appropriate free acid (424 or 427).337-341 The use of mercapto-l,2,4-thiadiazoles, or of the... 

Lipids build up the cell membrane. Chemically, lipids are esters between fatty acids and the threefold alcohol glycerine. The latter can form three ester bonds. The third is an ester with phosphoric acid (Figure 11.5). In the membrane, the hydrophobic parts are parallel. The polar head groups are hydrophilic and point outward. 

The aldehyde group of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate is oxidized by NAD, forming 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate. In this reaction, the aldehyde is oxidized to a carboxylic acid, which then forms an ester with phosphoric acid. We looked at the mechanism of this reaction in Section 24.1. 

Serine (a-amino- 3-hydroxypropionic acid) contains an alcoholic hydroxyl group which may engage in the usual reactions, such as ester formation. Esters with phosphoric acid have physiological significance as components of nucleotides and some proteins. The unesterified serine residue appears to possess special functions in several enzymes. 

It is however more complicated, esters of phosphorous acid being also formed (c/. p. 308). Iodides are usually prepared by a modification of this method, the ethanol being mixed with red phosphorus, and iodine added. The phosphorus iodide is thus formed in situ, and at once reacts with ethanol to give the corres ponding iodide. 

Hydrogen Chloride as By-Product from Chemical Processes. Over 90% of the hydrogen chloride produced in the United States is a by-product from various chemical processes. The cmde HCl generated in these processes is generally contaminated with impurities such as unreacted chlorine, organics, chlorinated organics, and entrained catalyst particles. A wide variety of techniques are employed to treat these HCl streams to obtain either anhydrous HCl or hydrochloric acid. Some of the processes in which HCl is produced as a by-product are the manufacture of chlorofluorohydrocarbons, manufacture of aUphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, production of high surface area siUca (qv), and the manufacture of phosphoric acid [7664-38-2] and esters of phosphoric acid (see Phosphoric acid and phosphates). 

CP esters are generally prepared as the ammonium salt [9038-38-4] by the reaction of cellulose with phosphoric acid and urea at elevated temperatures (130—150°C). The effects of temperature and urea/H PO /cellulose composition on product analysis have been investigated (33). One of the first commercially feasible dameproofing procedures for cotton fabric, the Ban-Flame process (34,35), was based on this chemistry. It consists of mixing cellulose with a mixture of 50% urea, 18% H PO, and 32% water. It is then pressed to remove excess solution, heated to 150—175°C for 5—30 minutes, and thoroughly washed (36). 

Amine salts of acrylate ester polymers, which are physiologically acceptable and useful as surfactants, are prepared by transesterifying alkyl acrylate polymers with 4-morpholinethanol or alkanolamines and fatty alcohols or alkoxyl-ated alkylphenols and neutralizing with phosphoric acid. This polymer salt (pH of a 10% aqueous solution = 5.1) was used as an emulsifying agent for oils and waxes [70]. 

Stable liquid detergents are obtained by polyacetalcarboxylate builders, ionic or nonionic surfactants, and common ingredients of detergents. If esters of phosphoric acid are used as anionic surfactants a detergent of this kind with 62% of water retained a single phase after a 30-day storage [213]. 

An electric conductive rubber base containing carbon black is laminated with an electric conductive cover layer of phosphoric acid ester plasticizer and other ionic surfactants to prepare antistatic mats, where the covers have colors other than black. It is also reported that alkyl acid phosphates act as color stabilizer for rubber. Small amounts of phosphate esters are helpful in restoring reclaimed rubber to a workable viscosity [284,290]. Esters of phosphoric acid are used in the production of UV-stable and flame-retarded alkylbenzenesulfonate copolymer compositions containing aliphatic resins and showing a high-impact strength... 

Of special biochemical importance are the esters of monosaccharides with phosphoric acid. They are generally termed phosphates (e.g. glucose 6-phosphate). In biochemical use, the term phosphate indicates the phosphate residue regardless of the state of ionization or the counter ions. 

Use antidote (poisoning with phosphoric acid esters (e. g. E 605))... 

A. Synthetic Methods.—There have been no strikingly new approaches to the general problem of phosphorylation, but several ingenious methods of preparing suitable active esters under mild conditions have been reported. Typical of these is the reactive intermediate (1) formed from reaction of a mono- or di-ester of phosphoric acid with (2), itself produced by reaction of triphenylphosphine with bis(2-pyridyl) disulphide (preferably in the presence of mercuric ion as scavenger for the 2-mercaptopyridine liberated). 

As will be shown below in subsequent chapters, CDI reacts in a corresponding way with sulfonic acids, which lead via the corresponding imidazolides to sulfonamides or sulfonic esters, and with phosphoric acid, which reacts with CDI to give the corresponding imidazolides of phosphoric acids that can in turn be used for phosphorylations. 

Among cations, potassium, acetylcholine, some cationic surfactants (where the ion-exchanger ion is the / -chlorotetraphenylborate or tetra-phenylborate), calcium (long-chain alkyl esters of phosphoric acid as ion-exchanger ions), among anions, nitrate, perchlorate and tetrafluoro-borate (long-chain tetraalkylammonium cations in the membrane), etc., are determined with this type of ion-selective electrodes. 

Benzyl esters of phosphoric acid have been employed also with success in organic synthesis. Usually palladium catalysts are used to remove the benzyl protecting group (Scheme 4.50). 

Enzymes that react with a specific type of ester linkage are known as general hydrolysing enzymes. Thus lipases hydrolyse a wide range of organic esters. Generally, phosphatases will break down phosphate esters into phosphoric acid and an alcohol. 

Variations of the rearrangement occurring in good yield are also noted with thioallylic177 and thiovinylic178 esters of phosphorous acid. 

Nerve Agent Substances that interfere with the central nervous system. Organic esters of phosphoric acid used as a chemical warfare agent because of their extreme toxicity (tabun-GA, sarin-GB, soman-GD, GF, and VX). All are potent inhibitors of the enzyme, acetylcholinesterase, which is responsible for the degradation of the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine in neuronal synapses or myoneural junctions. Nerve agents are readily absorbed by inhalation and/or through intact skin. 

Thus, 4-substituted 5-amino-3-benzylsulfanyl-l/7-pyrazole 65 derivatives (R = CN or COOEt) were treated with phosphoric acid ethyl ester chloride isocyanate in the presence of triethylamine under mild conditions (0-20 °C) for 3 h to give the ring-closed product 66 in medium to good yields (70% and 61%, respectively). 

This is a general reaction. Thus ethylene oxide with phosphoric acid gives partial or complete esterification. Phosphorous acid, even when completely esterified, gives only the di-ester 1... 

Cyclic Esters of Phosphorous Acid.—A large number of 2-substituted-4-methyl-l,3,2-dioxaphospholans (88) have been prepared and their stereochemistry and conformations investigated by 1H and 31P n.m.r.69 Unlike the corresponding 1,3-dioxans, the tra/w-isomer (88a) is favoured in all cases, and each isomer is best described in terms of two rapidly equilibrating half-chair conformers with the 4-alkyl group pseudo-axial or pseudo-equatorial. 

While nitramines are formed from the reaction of secondary amines with nitronium salts the success of the reaction depends on the basicity of the amine (Equation 5.11). Thus, amines of low to moderate basicity are A-nitrated in good yields. The nitration of more basic amines is slow and the nitrosamine is often observed as a significant by-product, a consequence of the partial reduction of the nitronium salt to the nitrosonium salt during the reaction. Increased reaction temperature is also found to increase the amount of nitrosamine formed. The amine substrate is usually used in excess to compensate for the release of the strong mineral acid formed during the reactions. Both nitronium tetrafluoroborate and the more soluble hexafluorophosphate are commonly used for A-nitrations. Solvents like acetonitrile, methylene chloride, nitromethane, dioxane, sulfolane, ethyl acetate and esters of phosphoric acid are commonly used. 

Whilst many biochemicals are mono-esters of phosphoric acid, the nucleic acids DNA and RNA (see Section 14.2) provide us with good examples of diesters. A short portion of one strand of a DNA molecule is shown here the most significant difference in RNA is the use of ribose rather than deoxyribose as the sugar unit. 

Cellulose phosphate esters are produced from reaction with phosphoric acid and urea. The products are used to treat hypercalciuria because of its ability to bind calcium. It has also been used for the treatment of kidney stones. 

---