Isoamyl group

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Disiamylborane adds only once to alkynes by virtue of its two bulky secondary isoamyl groups. Disiamylborane is prepared by the reaction of BH3 THF with an alkene. 

A particularly useful feature of the above-described synthesis for (7i ,85)-( + )-490 is the possibility of preparing the enantiomeric (75, 8/ )-( — )-disparlure (584) from 577 by simply reversing the order of alkyl group introduction. Treatment of the tosylate of 577 with di- -octyllithium cuprate in ether followed by boron trichloride demethylation provides the lactone 582. This is converted to 583, where the isoamyl group is introduced in the Wittig olefination step. Subsequent group transformations provide (7i5,8/ )-( —)-disparlure (584) (Scheme 129). Both (7i ,8 S)-( + )-490 and (7 S, 8/ )-( —)-584, prepared in quantities up to one gram, are 98% optically pure [185] (Scheme 129). 

Since (A) does not contain any other functional group in addition to the formyl group, one may predict that suitable reaction conditions could be found for all conversions into (A). Many other alternative target molecules can, of course, be formulated. The reduction of (H), for example, may require introduction of a protecting group, e.g. acetal formation. The industrial synthesis of (A) is based upon the oxidation of (E) since 3-methylbutanol (isoamyl alcohol) is a cheap distillation product from alcoholic fermentation ( fusel oils ). The second step of our simple antithetic analysis — systematic disconnection — will now be exemplified with all target molecules of the scheme above. For the sake of brevity we shall omit the syn-thons and indicate only the reagents and reaction conditions. 

Isoamyl acetate is the common name of the substance most responsible for the characteris tic odor of bananas Wnte a structural formula for isoamyl acetate given the information that it IS an ester in which the carbonyl group bears a methyl substituent and there is a 3 methylbutyl group attached to one of the oxygens... 

Other Higher Oleiins. Linear a-olefins, such as 1-hexene and 1-octene, are produced by catalytic oligomerization of ethylene with triethyl aluminum (6) or with nickel-based catalysts (7—9) (see Olefins, higher). Olefins with branched alkyl groups are usually produced by catalytic dehydration of corresponding alcohols. For example, 3-methyl-1-butene is produced from isoamyl alcohol using base-treated alumina (15). 

Iodine, acetone or DMF, ammonium acetate, it, 2 h. The tritylaminophenyl group is stable to isoamyl nitrite/acetic acid. ... 

This highly lipophilic group is cleaved with isoamyl nitrite in Pyr/AcOH. The use of a lipophilic 5 -phosphate protective group aids in reverse-phase HPLC purification of oligonucleotides. 

If an aliphatic amino group is to a COOR, CN, CHO, COR, and so on, and has an a hydrogen, treatment with nitrous acid gives not a diazonium salt, but a diazo compound Such diazo compounds can also be prepared, often more conveniently, by treatment of the substrate with isoamyl nitrite and a small amount of acid. Certain heterocyclic amines also give diazo compounds rather than diazonium salts. ... 

As mentioned in last year s Report, aromatic phosphoramidates have been used to protect 5 -phosphoryl groups in the stepwise synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotides. The appropriate monomer units are coupled with DCC and the phosphoramidate protecting group is removed when required with isoamyl nitrite. A rapid and general preparative method for oligonucleotides has been developed based on phosphoramidates of the highly lipophilic 4-aminophenyltriphenylmethane (25). Purification of... 

Ethyl formate34,52 or orthoformate5 3,54 reacts with two equivalents of phenylhydrazine to yield 1,5-diphenylformazan (11) the reaction takes place under acidic conditions and involves an oxidation. Under basic conditions, ethyl nitrate reacts at the methylene position to yield 3-methyl-1,5-diphenylformazan (37) which can also be obtained from the reaction of phenyl-azoethane (38) with isoamyl nitrite (Scheme 4).8,68 Aryl hydrazines react with a variety of s-triazines (39) to yield 1,5-diaryl formazans with hydrogen, methyl, or phenyl groups in the 3-position as in 40 (Eq. 6).56 Hydrazines have also been reported to react with benzotrichloride55,658 and sym-diamino tetrazine659 to yield formazans. 

Instead of sodium nitrite, isoamyl nitrite is sometimes used as a nitrosating agent in synthesis of the benzotriazole ring. With this reagent, the reaction conditions are very mild allowing survival of acid sensitive groups. In an example of such a reaction, methyl 3,4-diamino-2-methoxybenzoate 1286 is treated with isoamyl nitrite at room temperature. The reaction is fast and provides methyl 4-methoxybenzotriazole-5-carboxylate 1287 in 62% yield, isolated by simple filtration off the precipitate (Equation 31) <2006JME4762>. 

Chemical/Physical. Isoamyl alcohol will not hydrolyze because it has no hydrolyzable functional group (Kollig, 1993). 

Sodium in liquid ammonia and ethanol reduced benzoic acid to 1,4-dihy-drobenzoic acid. Reduction of p-toluic acid was more complicated and afforded a mixture of cis- and rranj-l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-p-toluic acid and cis-and tra j-l,4-dihydrotoluic acid. m-Methoxybenzoic acid yielded 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-5-methoxybenzoic acid, and 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid gave l,4-dihydro-3,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid in 87% yield (after hydrogenolysis of the methoxy group para to carboxyl) [984. In the case of 4 -methoxy-biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid, sodium in isoamyl alcohol at 130° reduced completely only the ring with the carboxylic group, thus giving 92% yield of 4-(p-methoxyphenyl)cyclohexanecarboxylic acid [955]. 

Condensation of the 5-methyl group in (80) (R = Me, Et, Ph, SMe) with aromatic aldehydes leads to 5-styrylthiadiazoles (79). The action of carboxylic acid esters gives ethoxalyl derivatives (81) and that of isoamyl nitrite produces the oxime (82) (Scheme 20) <82AHC(32)285>. These reactions are restricted exclusively to the 5-methyl group in (80) (R = Me), reflecting the greater reactivity of substituents in the 5-position compared to the 3-position in 1,2,4-thiadiazoles. This point is further illustrated when (80) (R = Me) is selectively converted into the carboxylic acid (83) on treatment with n-butyllithium and carbon dioxide (Scheme 20) <84CHEC-I(6)463). 

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