Lewis synthesis

Oxazoles are also obtained by the reaction of a-halogenoketones (78) with primary amides (the Bliimlein-Lewy synthesis), and this method is particularly appropriate for oxazoles containing one or more aryl groups as in (79). Formamide may also be used in this process, resulting in a free 2-position in the oxazole, and when a urea derivative (80) is used, 2-aminooxazoles (81) are formed (80ZOR2185, 78IJC(B)1030, 78JIC264). Numerous applications of these procedures are described in Chapter 4.18. 

LT048 Moinuddin, S. G., S. Hishiyama, M. H. Cho, L. B. Davin, and N. G. Lewis. Synthesis and chiral HPLC analysis of the dibenzyltetrahydrofuran lignans, larreatricins, 8 -epi-larreatricins, 3,3 -didemethoxyverrucosins and meso-3,3 -didemethoxynectandrin B in the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) evidence for regiospecific control of coupling. Org Biomol Chem 2003 1(13) 2307-2313. 

N—C—O + C—C. The construction of the oxazole ring by the condensation of a-halogeno ketones with primary amides (equation 122) is the Bliimlein-Lewy synthesis (1884/1888). The method succeeds best when the resulting oxazole contains one or more aryl substituents. The use of formamide leads to oxazoles with a free 2-position and in this case it is possible that the reaction proceeds as in equation (113). 2-Aminooxazoles are produced by the action of a-halogeno ketones on urea and its derivatives (equation 123) or on cyanamide (80ZOR2185). The mercury(II) sulfate-catalyzed condensation of alkynic alcohols or their esters with primary amides leads to trisubstituted oxazoles (equation 124). 

Halogeno and (a-hydroxy)ketones undergo cyclocondensation with carboxamides to give oxazoles BlUmlein-Lewy synthesis) ... 

Bischler-Napieralski synthesis (isoquinoline) 413 Bltimlein-Lewy synthesis (oxazole) 172 B oekelheide reaction 362 Bonnemann synthesis (pyridine) 373 Bohlmann-Rahtz synthesis (pyridine) 369 Borsche synthesis (cinnoline) 494 von Braun degradation 432 Brederek synthesis... 

Lewis D W, Sankar G, Wyles J K, Thomas J M, Catlow C R A and Willock D J 1997 Synthesis of a small-pore microporous material using a computationally designed template Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 36 2675-7... 

D J, D W Lewis, C R A Catlow, G J Hutchings and J M Thomas 1997. Designing Templates for Synthesis of Microporous Solids Using De Novo Molecular Design Methods. Journal of Molecular alysis A Chemical 119 415-424. 

Synthesis Carried out by Lewis (J. Chem. Soc. (C), 1971, 753) using enamines for each... 

With the catalysis of strong Lewis acids, such as tin(IV) chloride, dipyrromethenes may aiso be alkylated. A very successful porphyrin synthesis involves 5-bromo-S -bromomethyl and 5 -unsubstituted 5-methyl-dipyrromethenes. In the first alkylation step a tetrapyrrolic intermediate is formed which cyclizes to produce the porphyrin in DMSO in the presence of pyridine. This reaction sequence is useful for the synthesis of completely unsymmetrical porphyrins (K.M. Smith, 1975). 

Another category Ic indole synthesis involves cyclization of a-anilino aldehydes or ketones under the influence of protonic or Lewis acids. This corresponds to retro.synthetic path d in Scheme 4.1. Considerable work on such reactions was done in the early 1960s by Julia and co-workers. The most successful examples involved alkylation of anilines with y-haloacetoacetic esters or amides. For example, heating IV-substituted anilines with ethyl 4-bromoacetoacetate followed by cyclization w ith ZnClj gave indole-3-acetate esterfi]. Additional examples are given in Table 4.3. 

Lewis acids such as zinc triflate[16] and BF3[17] have been used to effect the reaction of indole with jV-proiected aziridine-2-carboxylate esters. These alkylations by aziridines constitute a potential method for the enantioselective introduction of tryptophan side-chains in a single step. (See Chapter 13 for other methods of synthesis of tryptophans.)... 

As improvements over P-methylumbeUiferone (55—57), 4-methyl-7-amino-coumarin [26093-31-2] (12a) and 7-dimethylamino-4-methylcoumarin [87-014] (12b) (58—61) were proposed. These compounds are used for brightening wool and nylon either in soap powders or detergents, or as salts under acid dyeing conditions. They are obtained by the Pechmaim synthesis from appropriately substituted phenols and P-ketocarboxyflc acid esters or nitriles in the presence of Lewis acid catalysts (see Coumarin). 

With the improvement of refining and purification techniques, many pure olefinic monomers are available for polymerization. Under Lewis acid polymerization, such as with boron trifluoride, very light colored resins are routinely produced. These resins are based on monomers such as styrene, a-methylstryene, and vinyltoluene (mixed meta- and i ra-methylstyrene). More recently, purified i ra-methylstyrene has become commercially available and is used in resin synthesis. Low molecular weight thermoplastic resins produced from pure styrene have been available since the mid-1940s resins obtained from substituted styrenes are more recent. 

Friedel-Crafts (Lewis) acids have been shown to be much more effective in the initiation of cationic polymerization when in the presence of a cocatalyst such as water, alkyl haUdes, and protic acids. Virtually all feedstocks used in the synthesis of hydrocarbon resins contain at least traces of water, which serves as a cocatalyst. The accepted mechanism for the activation of boron trifluoride in the presence of water is shown in equation 1 (10). Other Lewis acids are activated by similar mechanisms. In a more general sense, water may be replaced by any appropriate electron-donating species (eg, ether, alcohol, alkyl haUde) to generate a cationic intermediate and a Lewis acid complex counterion. 

G-5 Aliphatic Petroleum Resins. Carbocationic polymerization of C-5 feedstreams has been accomptished with various Friedel-Crafts catalyst systems. Table 3 compares the efficiencies of selected Lewis acids ia the polymerization of a typical C-5 stream containing 43 wt % C-5—C-6 diolefias and 47 wt % C-5—C-6 olefins (20). Based on weight percent yield of resia at equimolar coaceatratioas of catalyst (5.62 mmol/100 g), efficieacy follows AICI3 AlBr3 > BF3etherate-H20 > TiCfy > SnCl. The most commonly used catalyst in petroleum resin synthesis is AlCl. ... 

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