Ketone, ethyl trityl

Ertas and Seebach " have studied the synr-anti isomerization of aldol adducts chelated to aluminum for the reaction of ethyl trityl ketone with aldehydes in the presence of trimethylaluminum (Scheme 52). 

Compound 89 was converted into 91 through epimerization at C5 of the ketone 90. The aldehyde 93 reacted with the lithium enolate of ethyl trityl ketone to give the desired aldol 94 as a sole product, which was converted into the (R)-sulfoxide 95 through the epimerization of the (S)-sulfoxide. The lithiated 95 was added to the ketone 91, followed by desulfurization and desilylation, to give the adduct 96. The seco-acid derived from 96 was cyclized by Corey s method followed by deprotection to give (9S)-9-dihydroerythronolide B, which was converted to erythronolide B (55) after 3,5-0-benzylidenation, oxidation and debenzylidenation. 

The reactions of 2-lithio- and 2-sodio-imidazoles and -benzimidazoles are not particularly novel. The compounds do, however, prove a means of introducing a variety of functional groups into the 2-position of the heterocyclic ring. Such metalation reactions at C-2 can only occur readily when there is no alternative site for the metal. Therefore, only N-substituted imidazoles are of synthetic utility, and it may be necessary to select an N-substituent which can be removed later. For this reason, benzyl (removed by reductive or oxidative methods), benzenesulfonyl (removed by ammoniacal ethanol), trityl (hydrolyzed by mild acid treatment) and alkoxymethyl (easily hydrolyzed in acid or basic medium) groups have proved useful in this context. A typical reaction sequence is shown in Scheme 136 <78JOC438l, 77JHC517). In addition, reactions with aldehydes and ketones (to form alcohols), with ethyl formate (to form the alcohol) and with carbon dioxide (to form carboxylic acids) have found application (B-76MI40701). 

Abbreviations Ac acetyl AIBN azobisisobutyronitrile All allyl Bn benzyl Bz benzoyl ClAc chloroacetyl DAST diethylaminosulfur trifluoride DBU l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-undec-7-ene DDQ 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-/)-benzoquinone DMDO dimethyldioxirane DMTST dimethyl(methylthio)sulfonium trifluoromethanesulfonate Fmoc 9-fluorenyl-methoxycarbonyl HDTC hydrazine dithiocarboxylate IDCP iodonium di-collidine perchlorate Lev levulinoyl MBz 4-methylbenzoyl Me methyl MEK methyl ethyl ketone MP 4-methoxyphenyl NBS iV-bromosuccinimide NIS A-iodosuccinimide Pent n-pentenyl Pfp pentafluorophenyl Ph phenyl Phth phthaloyl Piv pivaloyl PMB 4-methoxybenzyl TBAF tetrabutylammonium fluoride TBDMS tcrt-butyldimethylsilyl TBDPS tert-butyldiphenylsilyl TCA trichloroacetyl TES triethylsilyl Tf trifluoromethanesulfonyl TMS trimethylsilyl Tol 4-methylphenyl Tr trityl Troc 2,2,2-trichloroethoxycarbonyl Ts tosyl. 

Heterocycles Acetylacetone. N-Aminophthalimide. Boron trichloride. Dichloro-formoxime. Oicyanodiamide. Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. Dietboxymethyl acetate. Diethyl oxalate. Diketene. Dimethylformaniide diethylacetal. Diphenyldiazomethene. Ethyl ethoxy-methylenecyanoacetate. Formaldehyde. Formamide. Formamidine acetate. Formic acid. Glyoxal. Hydrazine. Hydrazoic acid. Hydroxylamine. Hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid. Methyl vinyl ketone. o-Phenylenediamine. Phenylhydrazine. Phosphorus pentasullide. Piperidine. Folyphosphoric acid. Potassium diazomethanedisulfonate. Sodium ethoxide. Sodium nitrite. Sodium thiocyanate. Tetracyanoethylene. Thiosemicarbozide. Thiourea. Triethyl orthoformate. Tris-formaminomethane. Trityl perchlorate. Urea. Vinyl triphenyl-phosphonium bromide. 

NaH stirred ca. 45 min. at 65-70° under Ng in excess dimethyl sulfoxide until Hg-evolution is complete, allowed to react with 1 equivalent of ethyl triphenyl-phosphonium bromide, then with 0.85 equivalent of benzophenone 1,1-di-phenyl-l-propene. Y 97.5%.—The reactivity of the methylsulfinyl carbanion (formed by reaction of NaH with dimethyl sulfoxide), which is even more basic than the trityl anion, is sufficient to convert phosphonium salts into ylides thereby permitting a simple and convenient modification of the Wittig reaction. E. J. Gorey and M. Ghaykowsky, Am. Soc. 8A, 866 (1962) / -diketones from carboxylic acid esters and ketones (s. Synth. Meth. 6, 737), sym. ) -diketones, s. J. J. Bloomfield, J. Org. Chem. 27, 2742 (1962). 

Deprotonation has only rarely been applied for the formation of aluminum enolates, for example, by treatment of trityl-ethyl or mesityl-ethyl ketones with trimethylaluminum [124]. In general, however, this reaction is plagued by side reactions, in particular addition to the carbonyl group. Concerning zinc enolates, in situ deprotonation of aryl-alkyl ketones occurs when they are... 

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