Malonic acid synthesis

Malonic Acid Syntheses.—Malonic acid is one of the most important synthetic compounds in organic chemistry as it yields derivatives... 

The only practical methods for the preparation of vinylacet.ic acid involve hydrolysis of allyl cyanide 6 carbonation of allylmag-nesium bromide 8 or the malonic acid synthesis.9... 

The acid chlorides have served as useful synthetic intermediates leading to ketones via the malonic acid synthesis and Friedel rafts reaction, thiadiazole acetic acid derivatives, and halo ketones via the Arndt Eistert synthesis and carbinols by hydride reduction <68AHC(9)107>. The dialkylcadmium conversion of acid chlorides into ketones fails in the 1,2,5-thiadiazole series. The major product is either a tertiary carbinol or the corresponding dehydration product, by virtue of the high reactivity of the intermediate ketone. 

The characteristic functional group produced by the malonic acid synthesis is a carboxylic acid in which the a-carbon has one or two methyl, primary, or possibly secondary alkyl groups. Using retrosynthetic analysis derives the desired carboxylic acid from a diester of malonic acid, and one or two appropriate methyl, primary, or possibly secondary alkyl groups with a leaving group attached, sufficient to allow an Sj. 2 reaction. 

Sosnovskikh VY, Usachev BI (2002) A simple and efficient synthesis of 2-methyl-2-trifluoromethylchroman-4-ones from 2-trifluoromethyl-4//-chromen-4-imines and malonic acid. Synthesis 2002 2341-2343... 

The malonic acid synthesis can be used to prepare q cloalkanecarboxylic acids by a double alkylation using a dihalide. Write the structure of the product of each of the steps in the following sequence. 

What is the product of a malonic acid synthesis if the final step uses aqueous hydroxide ion in a saponification reaction followed by careful neutralization with HCl rather than an acid-catalyzed hydrolysis reaction ... 

Synthesis No control is needed in the first step there is only one enolisable H atom on eitlier aldehyde. If we use malonic acid for the second step, cychsation and decarboxylation will be spontaneous (Monatshefte, 1904, 2 13). 

The thermal decarboxylation of malonic acid derivatives is the last step m a multistep synthesis of carboxylic acids known as the malonic ester synthesis This synthetic method will be described m Section 21 7... 

The malonic ester synthesis is a method for the preparation of carboxylic acids and is represented by the general equation... 

The properties of diethyl malonate that make the malonic ester synthesis a useful procedure are the same as those responsible for the synthetic value of ethyl acetoacetate The hydrogens at C 2 of diethyl malonate are relatively acidic and one is readily removed on treatment with sodium ethoxide... 

Among the methods for preparing carboxylic acids carboxylation of a Grignard reagent and preparation and hydrolysis of a nitrile convert RBr to RCO2H The malonic ester synthesis converts RBr to RCH2CO2H... 

In a typical example of the malonic ester synthesis 6 heptenoic acid has been pre pared from 5 bromo 1 pentene... 

By performing two successive alkylation steps the malonic ester synthesis can be applied to the synthesis of a a disubstituted derivatives of acetic acid... 

The malonic ester synthesis has been adapted to the preparation of cyclo alkanecarboxyhc acids from dihaloalkanes... 

Section 21 7 The malonic ester synthesis is related to the acetoacetic ester synthesis Alkyl halides (RX) are converted to carboxylic acids of the type RCH2COOH by reaction with the enolate ion derived from diethyl mal onate followed by saponification and decarboxylation... 

The most widely used method for the laboratory synthesis of a ammo acids is a modification of the malonic ester synthesis (Section 21 7) The key reagent is diethyl acetamidomalonate a derivative of malonic ester that already has the critical nitrogen substituent m place at the a carbon atom The side chain is introduced by alkylating diethyl acetamidomalonate m the same way as diethyl malonate itself is alkylated... 

Malonic ester synthesis (Section 21 7) Synthetic method for the preparation of carboxylic acids involving alkylation of the enolate of diethyl malonate... 

Uses. Malonic acid is used instead of the less expensive malonates for the introduction of a CH—COOH group under mild conditions by Knoevenagel condensation and subsequent decarboxylation. The synthesis of 3,4,5-trimethoxycinnaniic acid, the key intermediate for the coronary vasohdator Cinepa2et maleate [50679-07-7] (5) involves such a pathway (13). 

Knoevenagel condensation of malonic acid with heptaldehyde [111-71-7] followed by ring closure, gives the fragrance y-nonanoic lactone [104-61-0] (6) (14). Beside organic synthesis, malonic acid can also be used as electrolyte additive for anodization of aluminum [7429-90-5] (15), or as additive in adhesive compositions (16). 

The first synthesis of sorbic acid was from crotonaldehyde [4170-30-3] and malonic acid [141-82-2] in pyridine in 32% yield (2,17,18)- The yield can be improved with the use of malonic acid salts (19). One of the first commercial methods involved the reaction of ketene and crotonaldehyde in the presence of boron trifluoride in ether at 0°C (20,21). A P-lactone (4) forms and then reacts with acid, giving a 70% yield. 

Beryllium, calcium, boron, and aluminum act in a similar manner. Malonic acid is made from monochloroacetic acid by reaction with potassium cyanide followed by hydrolysis. The acid and the intermediate cyanoacetic acid are used for the synthesis of polymethine dyes, synthetic caffeine, and for the manufacture of diethyl malonate, which is used in the synthesis of barbiturates. Most metals dissolve in aqueous potassium cyanide solutions in the presence of oxygen to form complex cyanides (see Coordination compounds). 

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