Hydroxymethyl ketones

SYNS KETONE, HYDROXYMETHYL 2-INDOLYL- HYDROXYMETHYL 2-INDOLYL KETONE... 

SYNS 2-(2-HYDROXYACETYL)-l-METHYLINDOLE HYDROXYMETHYL 1-METH YL-2-INDOLYL KETONE KETONE, HYDROXYMETHYL 1-METHYD2-INDOLYL-... 

SYNS INDOLE, 3-(HYDROXYACETYL)-l-METHYL KETONE, HYDROXYMETHYL 1-METHYD3-INDOLYL... 

Ai,A/-bis(hydroxymethyl) formamide [6921-98-8] (21), which in solution is in equiUbrium with the monomethylol derivative [13052-19-2] and formaldehyde. With ben2aldehyde in the presence of pyridine, formamide condenses to yield ben2yhdene bisformamide [14328-12-2]. Similar reactions occur with ketones, which, however, requite more drastic reaction conditions. Formamide is a valuable reagent in the synthesis of heterocycHc compounds. Synthetic routes to various types of compounds like imida2oles, oxa2oles, pyrimidines, tria2ines, xanthines, and even complex purine alkaloids, eg, theophylline [58-55-9] theobromine [83-67-0], and caffeine [58-08-2], have been devised (22). 

Dimethyl peroxide Diethyl peroxide Di-t-butyl-di-peroxyphthalate Difuroyl peroxide Dibenzoyl peroxide Dimeric ethylidene peroxide Dimeric acetone peroxide Dimeric cyclohexanone peroxide Diozonide of phorone Dimethyl ketone peroxide Ethyl hydroperoxide Ethylene ozonide Hydroxymethyl methyl peroxide Hydroxymethyl hydroperoxide... 

Besitzen Aldehyd und Keton a-H-Atome, so werden diese zunachst durch Hydroxy-methyl-Gruppen ersetzt. Auf diese Weise erhalt man z. B. aus Acetaldehyd und vier Molen Formaldehyd Pentaerythrit (73% d.Th.)4 bzw. aus Cyclohexanon mit fiinf Molen Formaldehyd 2-Hydroxy-1,1,3,3-tetrakis-[hydroxymethyl]-cyclohexan (73-85% d.Th.). Da es sich hierbei zunachst um eine Aufbaureaktion handelt, wird diese Umsetzung in Bd. VI/la/2, S. 1314f. geschlossen abgehandelt (vgl. auch Lit.s). 

Dimethyl peroxide Diethyl peroxide Di-t-butyl-di-peroxyphthalate Difuroyl peroxide Dibenzoyl peroxide Dimeric ethylidene peroxide Dimeric acetone peroxide Dimeric cyclohexanone peroxide Diozonide of phorone Dimethyl ketone peroxide Ethyl hydroperoxide Ethylene ozonide Hydroxymethyl methyl peroxide Hydroxymethyl hydroperoxide 1-Hydroxyethyl ethyl peroxide 1 -Hydroperoxy-1 -acetoxycyclodecan-6-one Isopropyl percarbonate Isopropyl hydroperoxide Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide Methyl hydroperoxide Methyl ethyl peroxide Monoperoxy succinic acid Nonanoyl peroxide (75% hydrocarbon solution) 1-Naphthoyl peroxide Oxalic acid ester of t-butyl hydroperoxide Ozonide of maleic anhydride Phenylhydrazone hydroperoxide Polymeric butadiene peroxide Polymeric isoprene peroxide Polymeric dimethylbutadiene peroxide Polymeric peroxides of methacrylic acid esters and styrene... 

Optically active 5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-phenyl-2-isoxazoline 13 is a versatile key intermediate for the syntheses of /3-hydroxy ketones, y-amino alcohols,and y-amino acids. However, the Upase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of isoxazoline ( )-13 has not been reported so far probably because of the low enantioselectivity expected for primary alcohols (Scheme 3). The enantioselectivity was found to be very low E value = 4-5 in /-Pr20) at room temperature however, it could be markedly improved up to an value of 249 at —60°C by using lipase PS-C 11 in acetone, which was the best solvent among those tested (THF, /-Pt20) 1 )-... 

Ruthenium tetroxide can also be used in the oxidation of alkenes. Conditions that are selective for formation of ketols have been developed.36 Use of 1 mol % of RuC13 and five equivalents of KHS05 (Oxone ) in an ethyl acetate-acetonitrile-water mixture gives mainly hydroxymethyl ketones from terminal alkenes. 

Hydrogenolysis of the isoxazoline ring with Ra-Ni in the presence of hydrogen results in conversion to a hydroxymethyl ketone (Scheme 4.142).540... 

Three compounds acetoacetate, P-hydroxybutyrate, and acetone, are known as ketone bodies. They are suboxidized metabolic intermediates, chiefly those of fatty acids and of the carbon skeletons of the so-called ketogenic amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, lysine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan). The ketone body production, or ketogenesis, is effected in the hepatic mitochondria (in other tissues, ketogenesis is inoperative). Two pathways are possible for ketogenesis. The more active of the two is the hydroxymethyl glutarate cycle which is named after the key intermediate involved in this cycle. The other one is the deacylase cycle. In activity, this cycle is inferior to the former one. Acetyl-CoA is the starting compound for the biosynthesis of ketone bodies. 

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