Ethyl phenylpropiolate

The direct combination of selenium and acetylene provides the most convenient source of selenophene (76JHC1319). Lesser amounts of many other compounds are formed concurrently and include 2- and 3-alkylselenophenes, benzo[6]selenophene and isomeric selenoloselenophenes (76CS(10)159). The commercial availability of thiophene makes comparable reactions of little interest for the obtention of the parent heterocycle in the laboratory. However, the reaction of substituted acetylenes with morpholinyl disulfide is of some synthetic value. The process, which appears to entail the initial formation of thionitroxyl radicals, converts phenylacetylene into a 3 1 mixture of 2,4- and 2,5-diphenylthiophene, methyl propiolate into dimethyl thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylate, and ethyl phenylpropiolate into diethyl 3,4-diphenylthiophene-2,5-dicarboxylate (Scheme 83a) (77TL3413). Dimethyl thiophene-2,4-dicarboxylate is obtained from methyl propiolate by treatment with dimethyl sulfoxide and thionyl chloride (Scheme 83b) (66CB1558). The rhodium carbonyl catalyzed carbonylation of alkynes in alcohols provides 5-alkoxy-2(5//)-furanones (Scheme 83c) (81CL993). The inclusion of ethylene provides 5-ethyl-2(5//)-furanones instead (82NKK242). The nickel acetate catalyzed addition of r-butyl isocyanide to alkynes provides access to 2-aminopyrroles (Scheme 83d) (70S593). 

Although the reaction of certain acetylenes such as phenylacetylene and ethyl phenylpropiolate with cold concentrated sulfuric acid to give acetophenone (15) and benzoylacetic acid (16) has been known since the 1880 s, it was only in the 1960 s that this reaction was studied mechanistically. 

The reaction of triphenylphosphine hydrobromide with phenylpropiolic acid gives a mixture of the )- and (Z)-isomers of 2-carboxy-l-phenyl-vinyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (67), not just the (Z)-isomer as previously reported. ( )-2-Ethoxycarbonyl-l-phenylvinyltriphenylphos-phonium bromide (68) can be prepared in a similar reaction from ethyl phenylpropiolate. 

A. Preparation.—The first reverse Wittig olefin synthesis has been reported. Triphenylphosphine oxide and dicyanoacetylene at 160 °C gave the stable ylide (1 78%) the reaction was reversed at 300 °C. No comparable reaction was observed with a variety of other activated acetylenes but tri phenyl arsine oxide gave the corresponding stable arsoranes with dicyanoacetylene (— 70 °C), methyl propiolate, hexafluorobut-2-yne, dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate, and ethyl phenylpropiolate (130 °C). 

Ethylphenyldichlorophosphine, 31, 89 Ethyl phenylpropiolate, 32, 75 Ethyl phosphite, 31, 111 Ethyl pyruvate, 31, 59 1,1 Eth vn ylene-6is-c yclohex ANOL, 32, 70... 

The reactions of heteroaromatic compounds such as furans, pyrroles, and indoles with alkynoates proceed under very mild conditions (in acetic acid or even in neutral solvents such as CH2C12 at room temperature). For example, the reaction of pyrrole with ethyl phenylpropiolate gives the 2-alkenylated pyrrole (Equation (44)).47c This reaction is applied to the direct synthesis of a /3-alkenylpyrrole, the pyrrole fragment of haemin (Equation (45)).47d The present reaction provides a very convenient method for functionalization of arenes and heteroarenes. 

The intermolecular reaction of phenols with propiolic esters occurs in the presence of a Pd(OAc)2 catalyst to afford coumarin derivatives directly.48,48a An exclusive formation of 5,6,7-trimethoxy-4-phenylcoumarin is observed in the Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed reaction of 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenol with ethyl phenylpropiolate in TFA (Equation (46)). Coumarin derivatives are obtained in high yields in the cases of electron-rich phenols, such as 3,4-methylenedioxyphenol, 3-methoxyphenol, 2-naphthol, and 3,5-dimethylphenol. A similar direct route to coumarin derivatives is accomplished by the reaction of phenols with propiolic acids (Equation (47)).49 A similar reaction proceeds in formic acid at room temperature for the synthesis of coumarins.50,50a Interestingly, Pd(0), rather than Pd(n), is involved in this reaction. 

Substituted acetophenones react with ethyl phenylpropiolate under the conditions of the Michael reaction to give pyrones. Formulate a mechanism. 

The reaction of aroylhydrazines with DMAD gives rise to the hydrazones of oxaloacetic ester, which undergo thermal transformation to the corresponding diaroylhydrazines. b. Hydrazones. Ethyl l,3,5-triphenylpyrazole-4-carboxylate has been reported to be formed in the reaction of benzaldehyde phenylhydrazone with ethyl phenylpropiolate. In a detailed investigation, George and co-workers have shown that aldehyde phenylhydrazones react with DMAD, yielding a mixture of pyrazoles and pyrazolines. Thus, in the reaction of benzaldehyde phenylhydrazone with DMAD, products such as dimethyl l,3-diphenylpyrazoline-4,5-dicarboxylate (129), dimethyl... 

The reaction of arylacetamides with ethyl phenylpropiolate gives 4,5-diaryl-l,5-dihydro-2//,67/-pyridine-2,6-diones (197). - It has been suggested that the pyridinediones in these reactions are formed through the initial addition of either the amide anion (195) or the carbanion (196), generated under basic conditions, to ethyl phenylpropiolate (Scheme 30). 

Avalos and co-workers (220-228) extensively investigated the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition chemistry of 2-aminothioisomiinchnones with both acetylenic and olefinic dipolarophiles. For example, sugar derivatives of the mesoionic imi-dazo[2,l-Z7]thiazolium-3-olate system react regioselectively with a variety of acetylenic dipolarophiles [DMAD, diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD), methyl propiolate, ethyl phenylpropiolate] to give the corresponding imidazo[l,2-a]pyr-idin-4-ones (e.g., 323) following sulfur extrusion from the not isolable cycloadducts (220). Similarly, these thioisomtinchnones react with diethyl azodicarboxylate and arylisocyanates in the expected fashion (221), and also with aryl aldehydes to form episulfides (222). 

Most annulation procedures, which produce nitrogen heterocycles start from a tert-butvlimine, where the sacrificial organic moiety is released in the course of the process as isobutene. Ring closure of the 2-iodoveratraldehyde derivative shown in 4.34. and ethyl phenylpropiolate, for example, led to the formation of the appropriate isoquinoline derivative in excellent yield. Formation of the isomeric 4-phenylisoquinoline compound was also observed (5%).42... 

General methods for preparation of imidazolidin-4-one-2-thiones include the reaction of thioureas with a-dicarbonyl compounds,37,38 with ethyl phenylpropiolate,39 and with phenyl chlorothiolacetate,40 and cyclization in acid of l-(carbethoxymethyl)-2-thioureas.41 The analogous reaction of a-diearbonyl compounds with selenoureas produce imidazolidin-4-one-2-selones.42 Berlin and Levi43 utilized the acid-catalyzed cyclization of l-aryl-3-carbalkoxymethyl-2-thioureas to produce 3-arylimidazolidin-4-one-2-thiones (23). 

In the reversible Wittig reaction, triphenylarsine oxide reacted with electron-deficient acetylene derivatives to form stable ylides. Thus triphenylarsine oxide reacted readily with methyl propiolate, ethyl phenylpropiolate, dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, and hexafluoro-2-butyne as well as dicyanoacetylene to give arsonium ylides (12). The reaction temperatures required ranged from -70°C in the case of dicyanoacetylene to 130°C in the case of ethyl phenylpropiolate (15). 

The method is an adaptation of the procedure of Light and Hauser.2 2-( -Methoxyphenyl) -6-phenyl-4-pyrone has been prepared in 50% yield by a Claisen-type acylation of -methoxy-acetophenone with ethyl phenylpropiolate accompanied by cyclization.3... 

Ethyl 3 phenylpropenoate, AT50 Ethyl phenylpropiolate, AT22 Ethyl phenylpropynoate, AT22 Ethyl phenyl sulfide, ANY3 Ethyl phenyl thioether, AN73... 

Mesoionic compounds have been known for many years and have been extensively utilized as substrates in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions.158-160 Of the known mesoionic heterocycles, munchnones and sydnones have generated the most interest in recent years. These heterocyclic dipoles contain a mesoionic aromatic system i.e. 206) which can only be depicted with polar resonance structures.158 Although sydnones were extensively investigated after their initial discoveiy in 1935,160 their 1,3-dipolar character was not recognized until the azomethine imine system was spotted in the middle structure of (206). C-Methyl-N-phenylsydnone (206) combines with ethyl phenylpropiolate to give the tetrasub-... 

Al-Jallo and Al-Biaty24 prepared 4-phenyl-2-oxo-2H-pyrido[l,2-c<]-pyrimidines from 2-aminopyridines and ethyl phenylpropiolate. When the reactions were carried out in deuterium oxide, the 3-deuterated derivatives were obtained. 2-Amino-5-nitropyridine failed to react. 

Isotope experiments revealed that D-atoms were incorporated to the vinyl position of adducts either in inter- or intramolecular reactions in d-TFA (Scheme 5) [3b, c]. Reaction of heteroarenes with alkynoates in AcOD gave similar results [4]. Also, addition of heteroaromatic C-D bonds to the C-C multiple bonds and the large isotope effect k,HlkD = 3) between pyrrole and ds-pyrrole in the reaction with ethyl phenylpropiolate were observed. 

Pd(ll)-catalyzed Reaction of 3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenol with Ethyl Phenylpropiolate. 5,6,7-Trimethoxy-4-phenylcoumarin... 

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