Isopropylidene groups

The furanoid vinyl ethers described above are of interest in view of the structure of the nucleoside antibiotic angustmycin A (2) (15) which also contains an exocyclic double bond. As a first step towards the synthesis of analogs of angustmycin A (2), preparation of exocyclic vinyl ethers from hexulofuranoid derivatives was studied. Benzoylation of 2,3 4,6-di-0-isopropylidene-a-L-ryZo-hexulofuranose (44) followed by selective acid hydrolysis of the 4,6-O-isopropylidene group afforded l-0-benzoyl-2,3-0-isopropylidene-a-L-ryZohexulofuranose (45) in 72%... 

Catalytic hydrogenation of 146 and oxidation with PCC gave the 3-C-pro-panoyl derivative 147. Selective hydrolysis of the 5,6-0-isopropylidene group, followed by periodic acid oxidation, provided the aldehyde 148. 

The isopropylidene group can also be introduced by acid-catalyzed exchange with 2,2-dimethoxypropane.213... 

During work-up of the products of ozonolysis of R- and S-citronellic acids, a substantial quantity of the highly explosive trimeric acetone peroxide (3,3,6,6,9,9-hexamethyl-l,2,4,5,7,8-hexoxonane) was unwittingly isolated by distillation at 105-135°C to give the solid m.p. 95°C. The peroxide appears to have been produced by ozonolysis of the isopropylidene group in citronellic acid, and presumably the same could occur when any isopropylidene group is ozonised. Appropriate care is advised. 

V-( 1,1 -dimcthylbut-3-cnyl)-hydroxylamine followed by intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, was easily converted into the polyhydroxylated quinolizidine 192 by removal of the isopropylidene group and hydrogenolysis of the N-O bond in the presence of Raney-nickel accompanied by intramolecular reductive amination (Scheme 35) <2001CC915>. 

Selective removal of one isopropylidene group from a diacetal may be achieved by a variety of procedures, most of them involving protic or Lewis acids.100 Particularly common is the hydrolysis of the acetal engaging of the primary position of di-O-isopropylidene derivatives. Bhaskar et al,101 studied the selective deprotection of di-O-isopropylidene acetals derived from D-glucose, D-xylose, and D-mannose, using acid zeolites and montmorillonite K-10. When 102 was submitted to acid hydrolysis in aqueous methanol, the best yields (85—96%) for the monoacetal 105 were obtained when H-beta and HZSM-5 zeolites were employed as catalysts (Scheme 24, Table IV). HY zeolite proved to be ineffective, whereas the yield obtained for the montmorillonite K-10-catalyzed reaction was low (22%). The zeolites found most effective were then used for the hydrolysis of the diacetal 103 and 104, providing excellent yields for the desired corresponding monoacetals 106 and 107. 

HC104-Si02 selectively cleaves terminal isopropylidene groups of the diisopropyl-idene derivatives of D-glucose, D-allose, and methyl D-gluconate in high yield. 

V. K. Rajput, B. Roy, and B. Mukhopadhyay, Sulfuric acid immobilized on silica An efficient reusable catalyst for selective hydrolysis of the terminal O-isopropylidene group of sugar derivatives, Tetrahedron Lett., 47 (2006) 6987-6991. 

Blocking the C-l OH of D-fructose and L-sorbose (Scheme 25) was effected in excellent yields through regioselective isopropylidene acetalation of the free ketoses, followed by etherification (benzylation or allylation) of the remaining primary alcohol. Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the isopropylidene groups and condensation with HSCN efficiently produced a sole fused bicyclic OZT. 

A total synthesis of (35, 4/ )-(+)-eldanolide (246), a sex attractant pheromone, has been reported (243). Compound 246 was synthesized by two different routes, both involving the butenolide 245 as the key precursor. The higher-yielding sequence is described here. Treatment of the tosylate acetal 242 with methanolic sodium methoxide led, as previously described by Hoffman and Ladner (244), to the epoxide 243. Addition of lithium diiso-butenylcuprate to 243 afforded 244, which after successive hydrolysis of the isopropylidene group, treatment with triethyl orthoformate, and pyrolysis,... 

The relatively minor role of the isopropylidene group in the radiation degradation of Bis-A PSF was further demonstrated by the small difference in GISO ) for Bis-A PSF (0.146) and Hq PSF (0.136), a wholly aromatic polymer. The small reduction in G(S02) may be due to a slightly higher aromatic content in Hq PSF compared with Bis-A PSF. 

This research demonstrates the utility of a well-defined set of polymers with carefully controlled structure for relating structure to radiation resistance. The presence of the isopropylidene group in the polymer apparently had little effect on the radiation resistance of the polymer, as determined from volatile product yields, contrary to initial expectations. G(CH ) was extremely small, indicating that isopropylidene bond scission is of a low probability. This was further confirmed from G(SO ) measurements. 

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