Ethoxycarbonylation

Malathiun, 0,0-dimethyl-S-l,2-di(ethoxycarbonyl)ethyl phosphorotbiolothion-ate, CiflHigOePSi. An organophosphorus... 

With the dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCQ reagent racemization is more pronounced in polar solvents such as DMF than in CHjCl2, for example. An efficient method for reduction of racemization in coupling with DCC is to use additives such as N-hydroxysuccinimide or l-hydroxybenzotriazole. A possible explanation for this effect of nucleophilic additives is that they compete with the amino component for the acyl group to form active esters, which in turn reaa without racemization. There are some other condensation agents (e.g. 2-ethyl-7-hydroxybenz[d]isoxazolium and l-ethoxycarbonyl-2-ethoxy-l,2-dihydroquinoline) that have been found not to lead to significant racemization. They have, however, not been widely tested in peptide synthesis. 

Chloro-2-(ethoxycarbonyl)-3-(4-fluorophenyl) N-[5-Chloro-2-(4-fluorobenzoyl]benzamide, methyl bromoacetate (1) NaH (2) NaOMe 30 [2]... 

Ben/yloxy-2-(ethoxycarbonyl)-3-(2- phthalimidoethyl) Ethyl 2-(3-phthalimidopropyl)-3-oxobutatioate HCl, EtOH 51 [yj... 

In situ quaternization method ethyl 2-(ethoxycarbonyl)-2-formamido-3-(indol-3-yl)propanoate[7,8J... 

Ethoxycarbonyl)-7- methoxy-3-methyl- 4-propanoyl Propanoyl chloride, AICI3 93 L8J... 

Directed thallation has been useful for synthesis of some 4- and 7-substituted indoles. Electrophilic thallation directed by 3-substituents is a potential route to 4-substituled indoles. 3-Formyl[7], 3-acetyi[8] and 3-ethoxycarbonyl[7] groups can all promote 4-thallation. 1-Acetylindoline is the preferred starting... 

The high reactivity of the exocyclic 4-NH- group is again illustrated by the reaction of 2-imino-3-phenyl-4-amino-5-(ethoxycarbonyl)-4-thiazoline with EtOjCCH SCN, which yields 134 (296), and by the intramolecular preparation of the dihydrothiazolo[4,5-h]pyridine derivative 136 (297) (Scheme 89). 

The problem is more complicated when the ambident nucleophile. 2-aminothiazole, reacts with an ambident electrophilic center. Such an example is provided by the reaction between 2-amino-5-R-thiazole and ethoxycarbonyl isothiocyanate (144), which has been thoroughly studied by Nagano et al. (64, 78, 264) the various possibilities are summarized in Scheme 95. At 5°C, in ethyl acetate, the only observed products were 145a, 148. and 150. Product 148 must be heated to 180°C for 5 hr to give in low yield (25%) the thiazolo[3.2-a]-s-tnazine-2-thio-4-one (148a) (102). This establishes that attack 1-B is probably not possible at -5°C. When R = H the percentages of 145a. 148. and 150 are 29, 50, and 7%, respectively. These results show that ... 

The ambident reactivity of 2-amino-4,5-disubstituted thiazoles toward benzoylthiocyanate 153 has been studied (311) and parallels that of ethoxycarbonyl isothiocyanate (Scheme 98) the percentages of 154. 155. 

An unusual reaction was reported in which 2-(4-pyridyl)-4-carboxyethylthiazole (50) prepared from thioisonicotinamide (49) and ethylbromopyruvate (48) was converted to 51, which upon treatment with KNCS in the presence of NaHCOj gave 52 (618). This was again cyclized with 48 to yield 2-(4-pyridyI)-4-(4-ethoxycarbonyl-2-thiazolyl hydrazino-carbonyl)thiazole (S3) (Scheme 24). 

Modifications iaclude the use of P-ketoaldehydes as acetals, eg (9), which leads to loss of the formyl group (21) the product ia this example is 5-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methylpyrrole [3284-51 -3]. 

When large groups, such as phenyl, bromo, ethoxycarbonyl or nitro are attached at position 3, the principal products are l-alkylcinnolin-4(l/f)-ones. Cyanoethylation and acetylation of cinnolin-4(l/f)-one takes place exclusively at N-1. Phthalazin-l(2/f)-ones give 2-substituted derivatives on alkylation and acylation. Alkylation of 4-hydroxyphthala2in-l(2/f)-one with an equimolar amount of primary halide in the presence of a base leads to 2-alkyl-4-hydroxyphthalazin-l(2/f)-one and further alkylation results in the formation of 4-alkoxy-2-alkylphthalazinone. Methylation of 4-hydroxy-2-methyl-phthalazinone with dimethyl sulfate in aqueous alkali gives a mixture of 4-methoxy-2-methylphthalazin-l(2/f)-one and 2,3-dimethylphthalazine-l,4(2//,3//)-dione, whereas methylation of 4-methoxyphthalazin-l(2/f)-one under similar conditions affords only 4-methoxy-2-methylphthalazinone. 

Reaction of various pyridazine derivatives with nitromethane or nitroethane in DMSO affords the corresponding 5-methyl and 5-ethyl derivatives. The reaction proceeds as a nucleophilic attack of the nitroalkane at the position 5. In this way, 3,6-dichloro-4-cyano-pyridazine, 4-carboxy- and 4-ethoxycarbonyl-pyridazin-3(2//)-ones and 4-carboxy- and 4-ethoxycarbonyl-pyridazin-6(lH)-ones can be alkylated at position 5 (77CPB1856). 

Similar intermediates including o-ethoxycarbonyl-, o-cyano- and o-dimethyl-aminomethylene-piperidones or their imines have been used to give partially reduced analogues, e.g. (244), in the [2,3-. 

Mercury(II) acetate tends to mercurate all the free nuclear positions in pyrrole, furan and thiophene to give derivatives of type (74). The acetoxymercuration of thiophene has been estimated to proceed ca. 10 times faster than that of benzene. Mercuration of rings with deactivating substituents such as ethoxycarbonyl and nitro is still possible with this reagent, as shown by the formation of compounds (75) and (76). Mercury(II) chloride is a milder mercurating agent, as illustrated by the chloromercuration of thiophene to give either the 2- or 2,5-disubstituted product (Scheme 25). 

Among the less widely exploited interconversion processes are those involving thermal reactions with ethyl azidoformate, which convert furan into A-ethoxycarbonyl-A -pyrrolin-2-one, and thiophenes into A-ethoxycarbonylpyrroles (Scheme 96a) (64TL2185). The boron trifluoride catalyzed reaction of l,3-diphenylbenzo[c]furan with A-sulfinylaniline results in the replacement of the oxygen by an iV-phenyl group (Scheme 96b) 63JOC2464). 

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