Lactones carboxylic acid chlorides

A large number of organic compounds, including aldehydes, ketones, lactones, carboxylic acids, chlorides and anhydrides, esters, amides, anilides and alcohols, ketals, epoxides, nitro compounds, glucose, ascorbic acid, and some ethers, have been analyzed by Dahn et al. (1959)... 

Then as a result of reaction of 3a-acetoxy-lip-ol-18-one-pregnane lip,18-lactone 17-carboxylic acid and HCI the 3a-acetoxy-lip-ol-18-one-pregnane lip,18-lactone 17-carboxylic acid chloride was obtained. The 3a-acetoxy-lip-ol-18-one-pregnane lip,18-lactone 17-carboxylic acid chloride was treated with diazomethane to give 3a-acetoxy-lip-ol-18-one-pregnane lip,18-lactone 17-diazoketone. 

Functional group present Saturated ester or 6-membered ring lactone Saturated acid chloride Carboxylic acid... 

NaBHi is a much milder reducing agent than LiAlH,. In hydroxylic solvents it reduces aldehydes and ketones rapidly at 25° but is essentially inert to other functional groups epoxides, esters, lactones, carboxylic acids and salts, nitrile and nitro groups. Acid chlorides are reduced rapidly in diglyme or dioxane. 

Preparation of Carboxylic Acid Chlorides (and Anhydrides). Oxalyl chloride has found general application for the preparation of carboxylic acid chlorides since the reagent was introduced by Adams and Ulich. Acid chlorides produced by this means have subsequently featured in the synthesis of acyl azides, bromoalkenes, carboxamides, cinnolines, diazo ketones, (thio)esters, lactones, ketenes for cycloaddition reactions, intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation reactions, and the synthesis of pyridyl thioethers. ... 

Dimethyl terephthalate heated with 1 mole p-bis(tridiloromethyl)benzene in the presence of FeCla terephthaloyl chloride. Y ca. 92%. F. e. and catalysts s. V. Y. Vashchuk and V. N. Sokolenko, Izv. Vyssh. Udieb. Zaved., Khim. Khim. Tekhnol. 15, 1062 (1972) C. A. 77, 126183 with phosphorus compds, also diloro-carboxylic acid chlorides from lactones, and carboxylic acid bromides, cf. D. J. Burton and W. M. Koppes, Chem. Commun. 1973, 425. 

Mixtures of /3-lactone dimers and the symmetrical dimers, resulting from dimerization across the C=C bond, are also obtained from mono substituted ketenes. In the generation of these ketenes by dehydrochlorination of mono substituted carboxylic acid chlorides the /3-lactone dimers 4 are formed, while non-catalyzed dimerization from dilute solutions produces mainly the symmetrical dimers 5 The latter are in equilibrium with their enolate structure 6. 

In synthetic target molecules esters, lactones, amides, and lactams are the most common carboxylic acid derivatives. In order to synthesize them from carboxylic acids one has generally to produce an activated acid derivative, and an enormous variety of activating reagents is known, mostly developed for peptide syntheses (M. Bodanszky, 1976). In actual syntheses of complex esters and amides, however, only a small selection of these remedies is used, and we shall mention only generally applicable methods. The classic means of activating carboxyl groups arc the acyl azide method of Curtius and the acyl chloride method of Emil Fischer. 

P-Acetoxy-5-hydroxy-B-mrcholestan-6-carboxylic Acid 5,6-Lactone (TO)."" A solution of 5 g (0.011 mole) of keto acid (69), 4.4 g of benzoyl chloride and 10 ml of anhydrous pyridine is allowed to stand for 3 days at room temperature. After a short period the mixture turns red-brown and at the end of the reaction the dark semi-solid mass is poured into 200 ml of water and extracted with two 100 ml portions of ether. The ethereal extracts are washed twice with equal portions of 5 % sodium hydroxide and water, dried and the ether evaporated. The red sirupy residue is mixed with 10 ml of methanol and a brown solid separates immediately. After standing for 1 hr the solid is removed by filtration and washed with methanol. A second crop is obtained upon concentration of the filtrate. The combined crops are recrystallized twice from methanol to give (70) as white needles mp 124-125° yield 2.8 g (58 %). 

Esters undergo the same kinds of reactions that we ve seen for other carboxylic acid derivatives, but they are less reactive toward nucleophiles than either acid chlorides or anhydrides. All their reactions are equally applicable to both acyclic and cyclic esters, called lactones. 

Substituted allylsilanes are available from the corresponding carboxylic acid esters by treatment with an excess of trimethylsilylmethylmagncsium chloride and cerium(UI) chloride followed by acid catalyzed elimination31. Lactones give rise to 2-([Pg.344]

The phthalide 25, obtainable by condensation of 4,4 -bisdimethyl-aminobenzophenone-2-carboxylic acid with 3-dimethylaminoacetanilide and subsequent hydrolysis, was diazotized in sulfuric acid and the resultant diazonium salt treated with copper powder to yield 26. However, better yields are reportedly obtained by carrying out ring closure of the diazonium salt in phosphoric acid.103 A further synthetic route has also been described in which phthalides undergo intramolecular cyclization in the presence of aluminum chloride and urea.104,105 Thus, Crystal Violet lactone (2) has been directly converted into phthalide 26.106... 

Several papers have been devoted to the subject of reactions of phosphoranes with carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Thus triphenylphosphine dibromide (111) in acetonitrile cleaves lactones,93 while the corresponding dichloride (112) converts esters into acid chlorides.94 The reactions of esters with phosphorus pentachloride (101) have been studied further,95 and the influence of structural changes on the yields of products (113) and (114) has resulted in minor modifications to the mechanism previously96 outlined. 

Alternatively, the lactone mixture 7 and 8 may be ring opened by hydrolysis, followed by the separation of the corresponding carboxylic acids. The desired atropisomer may be converted into the product alkaloid, whereas the undesired isomer may be recycled by conversion back to the lactone mixture using oxalyl chloride for the acyl activation36. 

Oxetanones can be generally prepared by displacement processes on various /3-substituted carboxylic acids or by halolactonization of /3,y-unsaturated acids. A very general and reliable method consists of treatment of a /8-hydroxy acid with benzenesulfonyl chloride and pyridine at 0°C (equation 91). The yields of /3-lactones are usually in excess of 80% (79JOC356, 74JOC1322). An alternative method involves cyclization of the benzenethiol ester of a /3-hydroxy carboxylic acid by means of mercury(II) methanesulfonate in acetonitrile (equation 92). The yields were excellent in the two cases reported (76JA7874). 

The terminal carhanionic sites of "living" polymers can be reacted with various electrophilic compounds of yield (o)-functional polymers. Esters, nitriles, acid chlorides, anhydrides, lactones, epoxides, benzyl or allyl halogenides have been used for their high reactivity with metal organic sites, to yield appropriate functions.2 Carbon dioxide is also an efficient reagent to yield terminal carboxylic functions. 

The addition of an allyl metal to a-amino aldehydes has been used by Vara Prasad and Rich (Scheme 12)J23l After the addition step, the allyl group is oxidized to a carboxylic acid and lactonized. Then, the a-carbon of the lactone is alkylated stereoselectively. These investigators also systematically examined the addition reaction to determine its diastereo-selectivity. The highest diastereoselectivity was obtained when allyltrimethylsilane was used in the presence of tin(IV) chloride. An increase in the steric bulk of the protecting group and of the side chain also resulted in a better diastereoselection. Alternatively, Taddei and co-workers 24-26 used a 2-(halomethyl)allylsilane and the side chains were introduced by nucleophilic substitution of the halogen (Scheme 13). 

Recently, it has been shown that acyl chlorides may be prepared from cyanuric chloride and carboxylic acids (79TL3037). Cyanuric chloride is also valuable for effecting the formation of macrocyclic lactones (Scheme 44) (80TL1893). Similarly, aryl oximes may be converted to... 

A synthetic antioxidant, 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid (613) is oxidized by iron (III) chloride or alkaline potassium ferricyanide to the quinone (614) and lactone (615) (75MI22303). 

Arene(tricarbonyl)chromium complexes, 19 Nickel boride, 197 to trans-alkenes Chromium(II) sulfate, 84 of anhydrides to lactones Tetrachlorotris[bis(l,4-diphenyl-phosphine)butane]diruthenium, 288 of aromatic rings Palladium catalysts, 230 Raney nickel, 265 Sodium borohydride-1,3-Dicyano-benzene, 279 of aryl halides to arenes Palladium on carbon, 230 of benzyl ethers to alcohols Palladium catalysts, 230 of carboxylic acids to aldehydes Vilsmeier reagent, 341 of epoxides to alcohols Samarium(II) iodide, 270 Sodium hydride-Sodium /-amyloxide-Nickel(II) chloride, 281 Sodium hydride-Sodium /-amyloxide-Zinc chloride, 281 of esters to alcohols Sodium borohydride, 278 of imines and related compounds Arene(tricarbonyl)chromium complexes, 19... 

The at complex from DIB AH and butyllithium is a selective reducing agent.16 It is used tor the 1,2-reduction of acyclic and cyclic enones. Esters and lactones are reduced at room temperature to alcohols, and at -78 C to alcohols and aldehydes. Acid chlorides are rapidly reduced with excess reagent at -78 C to alcohols, but a mixture of alcohols, aldehydes, and acid chlorides results from use of an equimolar amount of reagent at -78 C. Acid anhydrides are reduced at -78 C to alcohols and carboxylic acids. Carboxylic acids and both primary and secondary amides are inert at room temperature, whereas tertiary amides (as in the present case) are reduced between 0 C and room temperature to aldehydes. The at complex rapidly reduces primary alkyl, benzylic, and allylic bromides, while tertiary alkyl and aryl halides are inert. Epoxides are reduced exclusively to the more highly substituted alcohols. Disulfides lead to thiols, but both sulfoxides and sulfones are inert. Moreover, this at complex from DIBAH and butyllithium is able to reduce ketones selectively in the presence of esters. 

Recently, Sames and co-workers showed an interesting application, in which it was demonstrated that the Shilov chemistry permits heteroatom-directed functionalization of polyfunctional molecules [16]. The amino acid valine (10) was allowed to react in an aqueous solution of the oxidation catalyst PtCU and Cu(ii) chloride as stoichiometric oxidant (Scheme 3). At temperatures >130 °C a catalytic reaction was observed, and a regioselective C-H functionalization delivered the hydroxyvaline lactone 11 as a 3 1 mixture of anti/syn isomers. It was noted that the hydroxylation of amino acid substrates occurred with a regioselectivity different from those for simple aliphatic amines and carboxylic acids. The authors therefore proposed that the amino acid functionalization proceeded through a chelate-directed C-H activation. 

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