2-hydroxymethyl-, reduction

Hydroxyalkylthiazoles are also obtained by cyclization or from alkoxyalkyl-thiazoles by hydrolysis (36, 44, 45, 52, 55-57) and by lithium aluminium hydride reduction of the esters of thiazolecarboxylic acids (58-60) or of the thiazoleacetic adds. The Cannizzaro reaction of 4-thiazolealdehyde gives 4-(hydroxymethyl)-thiazole (53). The main reactions of hydroxyalkyl thiazoles are the synthesis of halogenated derivatives by the action of hydrobroraic acid (55, 61-63), thionyl chloride (44, 45, 63-66), phosphoryl chloride (52, 62, 67), phosphorus penta-chloride (58), tribromide (38, 68), esterification (58, 68-71), and elimination that leads to the alkenylthiazoles (49, 72). 

Reduction with sodium in alcohol was unsuccessful (54). The introduction of lithium aluminium hydride has provided an elegant method for the reduction of thiazole esters to hydroxythiazoles for example, ethyl 2-methyl-4-thiazolecarboxylate (11 with lithium aluminium hydride in diethyl ether gives 2-methyl-4-(hydroxymethyl)thiazole (12) in 66 to 69% yield (Scheme 7) (53),... 

The simplest pyrimidine antibiotic is bacimethrin, 5-hydroxymethyl-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-amine (985), which was isolated in 1961 from Bacillus megatherium and is active against several yeasts and bacteria in vitro as well as against staphylococcal infections in vivo it has some anticarcinoma activity in mice (69MI21301). It may be synthesized by LAH reduction of ethyl 4-amino-2-methoxypyrimidine-5-carboxylate (984) which may be made by primary synthesis in poor yield, or better, from the sulfone (983) (B-68MI21304). 

Pyrrole has been condensed under alkaline conditions with formaldehyde to give products of either N- or C-hydroxymethylation (Scheme 22). Although acid-catalyzed hydroxy-methylation is not a practical possibility, by addition of a reducing agent to the reaction mixture overall reductive alkylation can be achieved (Scheme 23). 

Borohydride reduction of 3-aryl-l,2-benzisothiazole 1,1-dioxides gives the 2,3-dihydro compounds 73JMC1170). Reduction of either 2-methylsaccharin or 2-hydroxymethylsac-charin with lithium aluminum hydride gives the same product, iV-methyl-o-hydroxymethyl-benzenesulfonamide (73AHC(15)233). 

Carbazole, 2-hydroxy-reactions with citral, 4, 235 Carbazole, 2-hydroxy-9-methyl-synthesis, 4, 294 Carbazole, N-hydroxymethyl-as metabolite of carbazole, 1, 230 Carbazole, N-isopropyl-PE spectroscopy, 4, 190 Carbazole, A7-methyl- N NMR, 4, 175 X-ray spectroscopy, 4, 163 Carbazole, 1-nitro-synthesis, 4, 282 Carbazole, tetrahydro-dehydrogenation, 4, 282, 312 synthesis, 4, 107, 337, 353 Carbazole, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-reduction, 4, 255, 256 synthesis, 4, 312, 325, 352 Carbazole, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1 -oxo-synthesis, 4, 337 Carbazole, 9-trifluoroacetyl-synthesis, 4, 218 Carbazole, vinyl-polymers, 1, 275, 301 Carbazole, 9-vinyl-copolymer... 

Chromanone, 3-acetamido-2-methyl-reduction, 3, 729 Chromanone, 3-amino-synthesis, 3, 734 Chromanone, 3-arylidene-thermoisomerization, 3, 722 Chromanone, 3-benzylidene-thermolysis, 3, 728 Chromanone, 3-bromo-2-hydroxy-benzofuran from, 3, 729 Chromanone, 6,8-dimethyl-hydroxymethylation, 3, 731 Chromanone, 2,3-epoxy-as synthon, 3, 735... 

Pyrrole, 3-hydroxy-geometry, 4, 158 synthesis, 4, 343 tautomerism, 4, 36, 198 Pyrrole, 3-([Pg.816]

Reduction of 2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-177,5i/-pyrido[3,2,l-//]quinazoline-l,3,7-trione and 7-chloro-6-formyl-2,3-dihydro-177,5i/-pyrido[3,2,1 -(/]quinazo-line-l,3-dione with NaBH4 in THF in the presence of 60% aqueous solution of NaOH gave 7-hydroxy and 7-chloro-6-hydroxymethyl derivatives, respectively (01MI28). 

Treatment of perhydropyrido[2,l-c][l,4]oxazine-3,6-dione 232 with B2H6 yielded (—)-(2i )-[(2S)-hydroxymethyl)piperldin-1 -yl]-2-phenylethanol (233) (00T233). Reduction of ( )-(3i ,4i ,9aS)-4-methyl-3-phenylperhydropyr-ido[2,l-c][l,4]oxazin-3-ol (234) with NaBH4 yielded ring-opened product 235 (97JHC1813). 

Reduction of a 7-(2-oxoethyl) derivative with NaBH4 in EtOH at room temperature gave 7-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-(2-pyrimidinyl)perhydropyrido[l, 2-u]pyrazine (99MIP6). Reduction of 7-formyl-8-[(4-cyanophenyl)methoxy]-1,3,4,6,11,1 lu-hexahydro-2//-pyrazino[l,2-A]isoquinoline-l,4-dione with NaBH4 yielded a 7-hydroxymethyl derivative (98MIP7). 

Nitromethane is reacted with formaldehyde to give tris(hydroxymethyl)nitromethane in an initial step. This Intermediate may be reduced by catalytic hydrogenation (U.S. Patent 2,174,242) or by electrolytic reduction (U.S. Patent 2,485,982),... 

Reduction of ethyl l//-azepine-l-carboxylate (1) with lithium aluminum hydride in diethyl ether at — 15°C yields l-(hydroxymethyl)-l//-azepine (2) as a thermally unstable, yellow oil, whereas reduction in refluxing diethyl ether yields the equally unstable 1-methyl-l//-azepine (3)-231... 

In contrast, (benzyloxymethoxymethyl)lithium underwent addition to the a,/(-unsaturated y-lactone in the nonchelated confonnation to give, after reductive desulfurization, a protected (S)-dihydro-4-(hydroxymethyl)-2(3/f)-furanone19. 

Pd, or Ni (Scheme 5-3). First, P-H oxidative addition of PH3 or hydroxymethyl-substituted derivatives gives a phosphido hydride complex. P-C bond formation was then suggested to occur in two possible pathways. In one, formaldehyde insertion into the M-H bond gives a hydroxymethyl complex, which undergoes P-C reductive elimination to give the product. Alternatively, nucleophilic attack of the phosphido group on formaldehyde gives a zwitterionic species, followed by proton transfer to form the O-H bond [7]. 

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