7-Lactonic acid derivatives

CHsjOH. CHlCgHg). CH(COOH). CH. COOH COOH. CHlCgHg). CH(CHaOH). CH. COOH COOH. CH(C2Hg). CH(COOH). CH. CH OH AomoPilopic acid is very stable, and is probably therefore the y-lactonic acid of one of these three hydroxy-acids. Further, pilopic acid seems to be produced from its higher homologue by loss of carbon dioxide and oxidation of the contiguous carbon atom. Of the four y-lactonic acids derivable from these three hydroxy-acids only two (I and II) answer these conditions,... 

Compound 17 is the so-called (+)-Prelog-Djerassi lactonic acid derived via the degradation of either methymycin or narbomycin. This compound embodies important architectural features common to a series of macrolide antibiotics and has served as a focal point for the development of a variety of new stereoselective syntheses. Another preparation of compound 17 is shown in Scheme 3-7.11 Starting from 8, by treating the boron enolate with an aldehyde, 20 can be synthesized via an asymmetric aldol reaction with the expected stereochemistry at C-2 and C-2. Treating the lithium enolate of 8 with an electrophile affords 19 with the expected stereochemistry at C-5. Note that the stereochemistries in the aldol reaction and in a-alkylation are opposite each other. The combination of 19 and 20 gives the final product 17. 

The higher fatty acids and their lactones occurring in lichens can be divided into three groups ) -lactone acid derivatives [nine members, e.g., protolichesterinic acid (1)] dibasic fatty acids [roccellic acid (2)] and tri-basic fatty acids [caperatic, nor- and rangiformic acids (3)]. In addition, two tetrahydroxy fatty acids, e.g., ventosic acid [CH3(CH2)8(CHOH)2-CH2— (CH0H)2(CH2)7C00H] have been reported (Solberg, 1957). All aliphatic lichen acids are optically active. 

The conversion of carboxylic acid derivatives (halides, esters and lactones, tertiary amides and lactams, nitriles) into aldehydes can be achieved with bulky aluminum hydrides (e.g. DIBAL = diisobutylaluminum hydride, lithium trialkoxyalanates). Simple addition of three equivalents of an alcohol to LiAlH, in THF solution produces those deactivated and selective reagents, e.g. lithium triisopropoxyalanate, LiAlH(OPr )j (J. Malek, 1972). 

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. 

The benzoic acid derivative 457 is formed by the carbonylation of iodoben-zene in aqueous DMF (1 1) without using a phosphine ligand at room temperature and 1 atm[311]. As optimum conditions for the technical synthesis of the anthranilic acid derivative 458, it has been found that A-acetyl protection, which has a chelating effect, is important[312]. Phase-transfer catalysis is combined with the Pd-catalyzed carbonylation of halides[3l3]. Carbonylation of 1,1-dibromoalkenes in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst gives the gem-inal dicarboxylic acid 459. Use of a polar solvent is important[314]. Interestingly, addition of trimethylsilyl chloride (2 equiv.) increased yield of the lactone 460 remarkabiy[3l5]. Formate esters as a CO source and NaOR are used for the carbonylation of aryl iodides under a nitrogen atmosphere without using CO[316]. Chlorobenzene coordinated by Cr(CO)j is carbonylated with ethyl formate[3l7]. 

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. 

Methylation of Monocarboxylic Acids Derived from Aldoses. Structure of Pentamethyl a-Gluco-heptono-y-lactone, W. N. Haworth, E. L. Hirst, and M. Stacey, J. Chem. Soc., (1932) 2481-2485. 

The carhonyl of acid derivatives can be reduced in some cases. Lactones are converted to cyclic ethers hy treatment with Cp2TiCl2 followed by Et3SiH on Amberlyst 15 .- - ... 

Reduction of Cyclic Anhydrides to Lactones and Acid Derivatives to Alcohols... 

A common procedure in C-C-bond formation is the aldol addition of enolates derived from carboxylic acid derivatives with aldehydes to provide the anion of the [5-hydroxy carboxylic acid derivative. If one starts with an activated acid derivative, the formation of a [Mac lone can follow. This procedure has been used by the group of Taylor [137] for the first synthesis of the l-oxo-2-oxa-5-azaspiro[3.4]octane framework. Schick and coworkers have utilized the method for their assembly of key intermediates for the preparation of enzyme inhibitors of the tetrahydrolipstatin and tetrahydroesterastin type [138]. Romo and coworkers used a Mukaiyama aldol/lac-tonization sequence as a concise and direct route to 3-lactones of type 2-253, starting from different aldehydes 2-251 and readily available thiopyridylsilylketenes 2-252 (Scheme 2.60) [139]. 

The diversity of the Ugi-MCR mainly arises from the large number of available acids and amines, which can be used in this transformation. A special case is the reaction of an aldehyde 9-26 and an isocyanide 9-28 with an a-amino acid 9-25 in a nucleophilic solvent HX 9-30 (Scheme 9.5). Again, initially an iminium ion 9-27 is formed, which leads to the a-adduct 9-29. This does not undergo a rearrangement as usual, but the solvent HX 9-30 attacks the lactone moiety. Such a process can be used for the synthesis of aminodicarboxylic acid derivatives such as 9-31 [3, 30],... 

Simple phenolic compounds include (1) the phenylpropanoids, trans-cinnamic acid, p-coumaric acid and their derivatives (2) the phenylpropanoid lactones called coumarins (Fig. 3.4) and (3) benzoic acid derivatives in which two carbons have been cleaved from the three carbon side chain (Fig. 3.2). More complex molecules are elaborated by additions to these basic carbon skeletons. For example, the addition of quinic acid to caffeic acid produces chlorogenic acid, which accumulates in cut lettuce and contributes to tissue browning (Fig. 3.5). 

Like unsaturated ketones, a,0-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives, e.g. lactones and anhydrides, undergo cycloadditions to alkenes. As for the preparative conditions (direct irradiation or sensitized experiments) these compounds are situated somewhere in between enones on the one side and olefins on the other. 

The enantioselective hydrogenation of a,fj- or / ,y-unsaturated acid derivatives and ester substrates including itaconic acids, acrylic acid derivatives, buteno-lides, and dehydrojasmonates, is a practical and efficient methodology for accessing, amongst others, chiral acids, chiral a-hydroxy acids, chiral lactones and chiral amides. These are of particular importance across the pharmaceutical and the flavors and fragrances industries. 

As early as 1917, it was known that C2 and C3 in this trimethyl sugar each carried a methoxyl group, since (a) it failed to yield an osazone, and (b) the trimethyl-D-glucoheptonic acid derived from it by a cyanohydrin synthesis gave a lactone only with the concomitant loss of one of the methyl radicals.135 The production of a dimethyl- and not a trimethyl-... 

D-(l-2H)Glucopyranose was prepared (170) by direct reduction of D-glu-cono-1,5-lactone, in deuterium oxide solution, with sodium amalgam in the presence of phosphoric acid-rf3, or, alternatively, by reduction of the lactone tetrahydropyranyl derivative with sodium borodeuteride in tetrahydrofuran (171). 

The method outlined here competes well with the method developed earlier by Danheiser, et al.618 Its superiority is based on the fact that phenyl ester enolates give almost the same results as the S-phenyl thiolester enolates. However, handling the malodorous benzenethiol for the preparation of the active acid derivative and during workup of the p-lactone can be avoided. In addition, phenol is much cheaper than benzenethiol. The method is well suited for the preparation of p-lactones from symmetrical and unsymmetrical ketones. In addition to 3,3-dimethyM-oxaspiro[3.5]nonan-2-one, ( )-3-ethyl-1-oxaspiro[3.5]nonan-2-one and (3R, 4R )- and (3R, 4S )-4-isopropyl-4-methyl-3-octyl-2-oxetanone were prepared by this procedure in high yields (Notes 11 and 12). In the case of unsymmetrical ketones the less sterically crowded diasteroisomer is formed preferentially. With aldehydes as the carbonyl component the yields are unsatisfactory, because of the competitive formation of 1,3-dioxan-4-ones.6... 

Further transformation of the ester group in 126 was easily achieved. Thus, 126 with methylamine and 2-dimethylaminoethylamine gave the lactams 127 a and 127b. Reaction of the free acid derived from 126 with thionyl chloride yielded the lactone 127 c (Scheme 42) [7m, 60 a]. 

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