Industrial synthesis rearrangement

A related transformation is the rearrangement-aromatization of ketoisophorone to trimethylhydroquinone diacetate, an intermediate in the industrial synthesis of (all-rac)-a-tocopherol. Of heterogeneous catalysts, Nafion-silica exhibited the best catalyst performance858 [Eq. (5.313)], but activities decreased with repeated use because of the leaching of Nafion resin. 

Fig. 14.42. Industrial synthesis of caprolactam via the Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime.

The industrial synthesis of allethrolone follows a route developed by Frederick B. La Forge. [118, 119] Methyl acetoacetate is etherified with allyl alcohol. Deconjugation of the double bond enables a Claisen rearrangement. The resulting jS-keto-ester is reacted with pyruvaldehyde in presence of an amine, and an intramolecular aldol condensation leads then to racemic allethrolone. 

The acetylenic diol (8) used as an intermediate in an industrial synthesis (Isler, 1977) of retinol (1) underwent rearrangement in the presence of heavy metal ions to give the furans (53) and (54). 

A photochemical partial synthesis of aldosterone (19) made the hormone available on an industrial scale for the first time (114). Corticosterone acetate (51 acetate) is treated with nitrosyl chloride in pyridine at 20°C to yield the 11-nitrite (115). Irradiation of (115) leads to rearrangement with formation of the C g-oxime (116). Removal of the oxime residue with nitrous acid furnishes aldosterone (19) in excellent yield. 

In spite of the considerable progress in developing methods for total synthesis, this route to cephalosporins cannot compete with fermentation or penicillin rearrangement (see Sections 5.10.4.1 and 2) for the industrial production of cephalosporin antibiotics. While total synthesis does provide access to nuclear analogs not readily obtainable from fermentation products, none of the totally synthetic materials have displayed sufficient advantages to Warrant their development as new drug products (b-81MI51000). 

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Example describes the synthesis of acetylene (C2 H2) from calcium carbide (CaC2). Modem industrial production of acetylene is based on a reaction of methane (CH4) under carefully controlled conditions. At temperatures greater than 1600 K, two methane molecules rearrange to give three molecules of hydrogen and... 

The rearrangement reaction continues to be of synthetic utility, often involved in industrial processes. Patent references (e.g. Reference 48) refer to the formation of 4-amino phenols. Often the reactant nitro compound is reduced (to the hydroxylamine) in an acid environment so that the two-stage reaction can be accomplished as a one-pot synthesis. 4-Amino phenol itself 45 can be made in high yield directly from nitrobenzene49 and the 4-methoxy aniline derivative 46 similarly from 2-methylnitrobenzene by hydrogenation in MeOH/H2S0450. 

Apart from the uses in the production of e-caprolactam, the Beckmann rearrangement has been used industrially in the synthesis of various APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) or other compounds with economical value (essentially monomers for the production of polymers). A survey of the bulk reaction scaled in the GMP facilities at... 

The main renewable resource for L-carvone is spearmint oil (Mentha spicata), which contains up to 75% of this flavour chemical. There also exists a synthetic process for the manufacturing of L-carvone, which is based on (-t)-limonene, which is available as a by-product of the citrus juice industry as a major component of orange peel oil (Scheme 13.4). The synthesis was developed in the nineteenth century and starts with the reaction of (-t)-limonene and nitrosyl chloride, which ensures the asymmetry of the ring. Treatment with base of the nitrosyl chloride adduct results in elimination of hydrogen chloride and rearrangement of the nitrosyl function to an oxime. Acid treatment of the oxime finally results in l-carvone. 

A 2-cyclohexenone derivative can be transformed into the corresponding epoxy tosyl-hydrazone by sequential treatment with peracid and tosylhydrazine. The elimination of nitrogen and p-toluenesulfinate and fragmentation after rearrangement to the 3-tosylazo allylic alcohol may occur under mild conditions. Carbonyl compounds with 5,6-triple bonds are formed in high yields (J. Schreiber, 1967 M. Tanabe, 1967). If one applies this reaction to a 9,10-epoxy-1-decalone, a ten-membered 5-cyclodecyn-l-one ring is formed (D. Felix, 1971). This product is an important intermediate in the perfume industry and has been used on a large scale. For this purpose Eschenmoser developed a synthesis in which the readily removed styrene was split off instead of a sulfmic acid. Thus a l-amino-2-phenylaziridine hydrazone was used instead of a tosylhydrazone (D. Felix, 1968). ... 

Since regeneration with acceptable turnover numbers has not been possible up to now, this synthesis has not assumed any industrial significance to date. Anic 126 127) and Mitsui128) describe syntheses of 2,4,6-trimethyl-4-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-dien-4-one, which can undergo a rearrangement to give trimethylhydroquinone ... 

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