In situ liberation

Some 4,5-dihydro[l,2,4]triazolo[3,4-r-]benzo[l,2,4]triazines 57 easily reacted with aromatic aldehydes to result in the formation of synthetically valuable azomethine imines 58 <2005EJO3553>. The transformation took place at room temperature in the presence of tetrafluoroboric acid in 10 min in high yields. The product 58 was conveniently prepared and stored in the form of tetrafluoroborate salt, and was subjected to further reactions (e.g., 1,3-dipolar cycoadditions see Section 11.19.5.4.) by in situ liberation of the free base prior to transformation. 

Scheme 32 Multistep synthesis of MNTS and the in situ liberation of diazomethane [70]...

The concept of in situ liberation of carbon monoxide would be even more attractive if a metal-free material could serve as the carbon monoxide source. In the ideal carbonylation method, the organic solvent itself could be exploited for controlled generation of carbon monoxide. In 2002, Wan et al. addressed this issue and developed a microwave-promoted carbamoylation process based on the commonly used solvent dimethylformamide (DMF) as the carbon monoxide precursor75. Firstly, it was discovered that aryl dimethyl amides were accessible from the corresponding bromides in the presence of a nucleophilic catalyst, imidazole (Scheme 2.34). Secondly, tertiary benzamides other than dimethylamides were synthesised by addition of 3 equiv of an external amine (Scheme 2.34). 

Recently, DMTMM 75 has been described as an efficient, one-pot coupling reagent for ester and amide bond formation (102). This reagent first undergoes an SNAr reaction as in the case of cyanuric fluoride 9. The activated ester then undergoes aminolysis. The in situ liberation of A-methyl morpholine avoids the use of an additional base conveniently. The triazi-none 76 by-product is eliminated easily by an aqueous wash (see Fig. 16). 

We chose benzyli dene acetone (4.39, Scheme 4.11) as a model dienophile for our studies. The uncatalysed Diels-Alder reaction of this compound with cyclopentadiene is slow, justifying a catalytic approach. Reaction of 4.39 with paraformaldehyde and dimethyl amine under acidic conditions in an aqueous ethanol solution, following a literature procedure, produced the HCl salt of 4.42 (Scheme 4.11). The dienophile was liberated in situ by adding one equivalent of base. 

Kelly applied this chemistry to the synthesis of cyclosexipyridine 66. This is an example of an intramolecular variation to this method. Masked enal 65 was prepared and treated with the standard reagents. The acidic medium liberated the aldehyde from its acetal protection. This in situ formation of the reactive species, similar to the above example, then undergoes cyclization to the expected pyridine derivative 66. 

An alternative method for generating enriched 1,2-diols from meso-epoxides consists of asymmetric copolymerization with carbon dioxide. Nozaki demonstrated that a zinc complex formed in situ from diethylzinc and diphenylprolinol catalyzed the copolymerization with cyclohexene oxide in high yield. Alkaline hydrolysis of the isotactic polymer then liberated the trans diol in 94% yield and 70% ee (Scheme 7.20) [40]. Coates later found that other zinc complexes such as 12 are also effective in forming isotactic polymers [41-42]. 

Man kann auch liber in situ erhaltene Imine zu Aminen gelangen. So werden z. B. aus cyclischen Ketonen in waBriger Alkylamin-Losung direkt mit guten Ausbeuten Amine er-halten5. 

Tetramethyl-l,2-cyclohexanedione (310) and methyl 2,3-diaminopropio-nate (311) (liberated in situ) gave methyl 5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8,-tetra-hydro-2-quinoxalinecarboxylate (312) [MeOH, molecular sieve (3A), reflux, 5 h 45% note the spontaneous aerial ( ) oxidation]7 ... 

Figure 10.19 Oxidative enzymatic generation of dihydroxyacetone phosphate in situ for stereoselective aldol reactions using DHAP aldolases (a), and extension by pH-controlled, integrated precursor preparation and product liberation (b).

Compounds containing carbon-nitrogen double bonds can be hydrolyzed to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones. For imines (W = R or H) the hydrolysis is easy and can be carried out with water. When W = H, the imine is seldom stable enough for isolation, and hydrolysis usually occurs in situ, without isolation. The hydrolysis of Schiff bases (W = Ar) is more difficult and requires acid or basic catalysis. Oximes (W = OH), arylhydrazones (W = NHAr), and, most easily, semicarbazones (W = NHCONH2) can also be hydrolyzed. Often a reactive aldehyde (e.g., formaldehyde) is added to combine with the liberated amine. 

The use of iodotrimethylsilane for this purpose provides an effective alternative to known methods. Thus the reaction of primary and secondary methyl ethers with iodotrimethylsilane in chloroform or acetonitrile at 25—60° for 2—64 hours affords the corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers in high yield. The alcohols may be liberated from the trimethylsilyl ethers by methanolysis. The mechanism of the ether cleavage is presumed to involve initial formation of a trimethylsilyl oxonium ion which is converted to the silyl ether by nucleophilic attack of iodide at the methyl group. tert-Butyl, trityl, and benzyl ethers of primary and secondary alcohols are rapidly converted to trimethylsilyl ethers by the action of iodotrimethylsilane, probably via heterolysis of silyl oxonium ion intermediates. The cleavage of aryl methyl ethers to aryl trimethylsilyl ethers may also be effected more slowly by reaction with iodotrimethylsilane at 25—50° in chloroform or sulfolane for 12-125 hours, with iodotrimethylsilane at 100—110° in the absence of solvent, " and with iodotrimethylsilane generated in situ from iodine and trimcthylphenylsilane at 100°. ... 

Low-valent lanthanides represented by Sm(II) compounds induce one-electron reduction. Recycling of the Sm(II) species is first performed by electrochemical reduction of the Sm(III) species [32], In one-component cell electrolysis, the use of sacrificial anodes of Mg or A1 allows the samarium-catalyzed pinacol coupling. Samarium alkoxides are involved in the transmet-allation reaction of Sm(III)/Mg(II), liberating the Sm(III) species followed by further electrochemical reduction to re-enter the catalytic cycle. The Mg(II) ion is formed in situ by anodic oxidation. SmCl3 can be used in DMF or NMP as a catalyst precursor without the preparation of air- and water-sensitive Sm(II) derivatives such as Sml2 or Cp2Sm. 

BCNU is synthesized by treating phosgene with ethyleneimine without the addition of a base to take up the HCl liberated. Reaction of the intermediate urea (46) in situ with hydrogen chloride serves to open the aziridine rings to afford sym-bis-2-chlorethylurea (47). This is nitrosated with sodium nitrite in formic acid to give BCNU (48). 

The best results were achieved by employing N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N -ethylcar-bodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) as coupling agent. After Fmoc deprotection with piperidine in N,N-dimethylformamide, additional diversity could be introduced by acylation of the liberated amine position. Finally, the acyl cyano phosphoranes could be efficiently cleaved by ozonolysis at -78 °C or by utilizing freshly distilled 3,3-dimethyloxirane at room temperature [65]. The released compounds constituted highly activated electrophiles, which could be further converted in situ with appropriate nucleophiles. 

The addition of an R-M moiety to the triple bond gives the corresponding vinylmetal intermediate 241, which is activated enough to react with the alkene moiety. Depending upon the nature of the R1 group, several options are open. In the case of an initial hydridometallation by a metal hydride, which is most often formed in situ through the oxidative addition to acetic acid (R-R1 = H-OAc), the resulting cyclization product 243 will liberate its metal component by... 

In analogy to the mechanism of the palladium-catalyzed enyne cyclization, it is postulated that exposure of palladium(O) to acetic acid promotes in situ generation of hydridopalladium acetate LnPd"(H)(OAc). Alkyne hydrometallation affords the vinylpalladium complex A-10, which upon r-carbopalladation of the appendant alkyne provides intermediate B-7. Silane-mediated cleavage of carbon-palladium bond liberates the cyclized product along palladium(O), which reacts with acetic acid to regenerate hydridopalladium acetate to close the cycle (Scheme 33). 

Explosive hydrogenation has been employed with gaseous fluorides and the liberated HF dissolved in situ in water. This requires a platinum-lined bomb to minimize corrosion. 

The cycloadditions of 1-substituted 1,2-cyclohexadienes and among them their dimerization are of interest because of the position selectivity. Does the reaction occur at the substituted or the unsubstituted ethylene subunit For that question to be answered, 1-methyl- (74), 1-phenyl- (75), 1-cyclopropyl- (76), l-(3-phenylpropyl)-(77) and l-trimethylsilyl-l,2-cyclohexadiene (79) were generated from the corresponding 1-substituted 6,6-dibromobicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes with methyllithium. Several of these dibromides are thermolabile, which particularly applies to the phenyl (93) [76] and the cydopropyl derivative [70], In those cases, it is advisable or necessary to prepare the dibromide in situ, that is, the dibromocarbene is liberated from tetrabro-momethane with methyllithium at -60 °C in the presence of the respective cyclopen-tene. Without workup, from the thus formed 6,6-dibromobicyclo[3.1.0]hexane, the 1,2-cyclohexadiene is then generated by addition of methyllithium at -30°C. 

A proposed mechanism of this reaction was reported by Magnus and Principle [10], which is nowadays widely accepted (Scheme 1). Recently, negative-ion electrospray collision experiments have confirmed this mechanism in detail [11]. Starting with the formation of the alkyne-Co2(CO)6 complex 2, olefin 3 coordination and subsequent insertion takes place at the less hindered end of the alkyne. The in situ formed metallacycle 4 reacts rapidly under insertion of a CO ligand 5 and reductive elimination of 6 proceeds to liberate the desired cyclopentenone 7. It is important to note that all the bond-forming steps occur on only one cobalt atom. The other cobalt atom of the complex is presumed to act as an anchor which has additional electronic influences on the bond-forming metal atom via the existing metal-metal bond [12]. 

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