Hydroxy esters, conversion reagent

Hexafluoropropyldiethylamine is a particularly useful reagent for conversion of secondary benzylic hydroxy esters into the corresponding secondary benzyl fluorides The reactions proceed with inversion of configuration and a high degree of stereospecificity [86, 87] (equation 53)... 

There are two common ways to accomplish an asymmetric reaction. Either a second chiral center is created in a molecule under the influence of an existing chiral center in that molecule or a chiral reagent acts on a prochiral substrate to create a new chiral center. The conversion of chiral a-keto esters to di-, astereomeric a-hydroxy esters is an example of the first type of asymmetric reaction, and the asymmetric hydroboration of alkenes with chiral boranes is an example of the second type (Fig. 1). 

The traditional Reformatsky reaction involves the conversion of a a-haloester to a a-organozinc ester in the presence of zinc metal and an initiator such as I2 or 1,2-diiodoethane (the initiator is necessary to remove the layer of zinc oxide). The resulting organozinc reagent then reacts with an aldehyde or ketone to deliver a p-hydroxy ester. Other zinc sources such as Rieke zinc , dissolving lithium reductions with... 

The reagent has been used successfully for conversion of hydroxy carboxylic acid esters into the corresponding chloro esters.4 Bromo esters are obtained if CBr4 is used. The replacement occurs with inversion. The method is applicable to hindered a-hydroxy esters. Hooz and Gilani5 state that the reaction is more rapid if tri-n-octylphosphine is used in place of triphenylphosphine. 

Rubottom oxidation reactions have been conducted on enolsilanes derived from a number of different carbonyl derivatives including carboxylic acids and esters.15 For example, the Rubottom oxidation of bis(trimethylsilyl)ketene acetal 30 provided a-hydroxy carboxylic acid 31 in 81% yield. Use of alkyl trimethylsilyl ketene acetal substrates generates a-hydroxy esters, as seen in the conversion of 32 to 33.16 The synthesis of 3-hydroxy-a-ketoesters (e.g., 36) has been accomplished via Rubottom oxidation of enolsilanes such as 35 that are prepared via Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions of aldehydes and ketones with 2-silyloxy phosphonoacetate reagent 34.17 The a-hydroxylation of enolsilanes derived from P-dicarbonyl compounds has also been described, although in some cases direct oxidation of the P-dicarbonyl compound is feasible without enolsilane formation.18... 

The reaction could be extended to )3-hydroxy esters (Scheme 10-115) [144], In this case, TBAF proved the most effective reagent for providing an almost quantitative conversion to the corresponding alkoxysiladioxanes. Activation of the acetal functionality was best achieved with the superacid [TfOH2B(OTf)4], and trapping with allyltrime-thylsilane provided the anti diol products in excellent yield and stereoselectivity. The outcome is in accord with chelation-controlled intermolecular addition with axial attack of the nucleophile onto the cationic oxonium intermediate. 

Conversion ofpropargyl esters to dihydrofurans1 (11,469-470). The reaction can be used for an enantioselective synthesis of dihydrofurans. Thus reduction of 3-hydroxy-l-alkynyl ketones (2) with Midland s reagent, (+)-l, provides (4S)-2-bu-tyne-l,4-diols (3) in 84-91% ee. Monoacylation (4) followed by treatment with... 

One of the most important methods for lactone preparation, and hence of the corresponding hydroxy acids (or halogeno acids, Section 5.14.1 above) is the Baeyer- Villiger rearrangment of cyclic ketones by the action of peracids. A wide variety of peracids have been used in this reaction but currently the reagents of choice are pertrifluoroacetic acid, m-chloroperbenzoic acid, and permaleic acid. The mechanism is formulated below for the conversion of an acyclic ketone into an ester. 

Enantiomers of carboxylic acids may sometimes be separated by GC as methyl esters, but special derivatives are mostly prepared for this purpose. Ackman et al. [188] resolved enantiomers of isoprenoid fatty acids after their conversion into L-menthyl esters. The acids under analysis were chlorinated by refluxing with distilled freshly prepared thionyl chloride and the chlorides produced were treated with L-menthol in the presence of pyridine under strictly anhydrous conditions. GC separation was carried out in a capillary column coated with butanediol succinate polyester. Annett and Stumpf [189] made use of L-menthyloxycarbonyl derivatives for the separation of enantiomers of methyl esters of hydroxy acids. The derivatization reagent, L-menthyl chloroformate, was prepared by the reaction of L-menthol with phosgene, with cooling with ice. Diastereoisomers of different hydroxy acids were thus separated on 1.5% OV-210. 

The synthesis of the oxazole compound 45 starts with the coupling of the N-protected (/ )-methylcysteine compound 18 with threonine terf-butyl ester using bis(2-oxo-3-oxazolidi-nyl)phosphinyl chloride (BOP-Cl) [15] as a coupling reagent. Jones oxidation of the threonine hydroxy group leads to the ketoamide 44. The desired oxazole ring is closed by treatment with thionylchloride/pyridine. After deprotection, the oxazole, compound 45 is obtained. In the next step the oxazole compound 45 is coupled with the tris(thiazoline) compound 43 to yield the thioester 46. Now Fukuyama closes the fourth and last thiazoline ring (46 47). After conversion of the carboxylic acid function into a methyl-... 

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