Methyl dimethyl malonate

The addition of nucleophiles to cyclic fluoroolefins has been reviewed by Park et al. [2 ]. The reaction with alcohols proceeds by addition-elimination to yield the cyclic vinylic ether, as illustrated by tlie reaction of l,2-dichloro-3,3-di-fluorocyclopropene Further reaction results in cyclopropane ring opening at the bond opposite the difluoromethylene carbon to give preferentially the methyl and ortho esters of (Z)-3-chloro-2-fluoroacrylic acid and a small amount of dimethyl malonate [29] (equation 8). 

Although the Pinner pyrimidine synthesis was discovered a century ago only a few reports on the reaction mechanism have appeared. The condensation of acetylacetone, methyl acetoacetate, or dimethyl malonate with acetamidine (6) has been studied by Katritzky et al. and the reaction mechanisms for these processes have been proposed by these authors. Outlined below is the proposed mechanism of the condensation of methyl acetoacetate (4) with acetamidine (6)7... 

The diastereoselectivity and the stereochemical outcome of the addition of 2,3,4,6-tetrahydro-3, 4-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,4-oxazepine-5,7-dione, derived from ephedrine and methyl hydrogen malonate, to 1 -nitrocyclohexene was found to be dependent on the nature of the base and the solvent. The highest diastereoselectivity was obtained when potassium /tr/-butoxide in the presence of dicyclohcxyl-18-crown-6 was employed. In the absence of crown ether the diastereoselection was poor and the sense of the stereochemical outcome was reversed26. 

With the A-ring unit readily available, we directed our attention to the formation of the B-ring. At first, we duplicated the five step scheme reported in Sih s strigol synthesis involving 1) esterification of the acid 14, 2) allylic bromination with N-bromo 8 ucc i n imi d e (NBS) to 15, 3) condensation with the sodium salt of dimethyl malonate to 16, 4) alkylation with methyl bromoacetate to 17, and 5) acid catalyzed hydrolysis and decarboxylation to the acid 18. 

In spite of extensive cooling and precautions, a mixture of methyl azide, methanol and dimethyl malonate exploded violently while being sealed into a Carius tube. The vapour of the azide is very easily initiated by heat, even at low concentrations. 

Butanoic acid, methyl ester Malonic acid, dimethyl ester 1,1-Dimethylpropanoic acid, 1,1-dimethylester... 

This sequential substitution of the chloro and acetoxy groups makes the chloroacetates useful as building blocks. An example of the use of the chloroacetate 34 from isoprene for the synthesis of the Monarch butterfly pheromone is given in Scheme 737. Two different nucleophiles, sodium dimethyl malonate and sodium methyl acetoacetate, were employed in Pd(0)-catalyzed allylic substitutions. The transformation of 34 to 36 was also made... 

Dimethyl malonate was first treated dropwise with phenyl isothiocyanate in the presence of sodium hydride in N,7V-dimethylacetamide at 0°C. The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 1.5 hr and then cooled to 0°C, and methyl iodide was added dropwise. After stirring for 4 hr at room temperature, (methylthio)(phenylamino)methy-lenemalonate (341) was obtained in 79% yields (69T4649). 

Dimethyl malonate was added to a suspension of sodium hydride in THF at room temperature, and after 10 min, 2-methylthio-l-methylquinolinium iodide was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1.5 hr at ambient temperature to give dimethyl (1 -methyl-1,2-dihydro-2-quinolinyIidene)ma-lonate in 95% yield [81 H( 15)277]. 

Chloro- and 2-methylthio-l-methylquinolinium iodides were reacted with dimethyl malonate in the presence of l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) in DMF at 80°C for 1 hr, or in the presence of triethylamine for 5 hr, to afford dimethyl (1 -methyl-l,2-dihydro-2-quinolinylidene)malonate (86MI3). The use of DBU and the 2-methylthio derivative gave a better yield than that from triethylamine and the 2-chloro derivative. 

Chloro-3-ethoxy-2-methyl-2//-pyrazolo[4,3-reacted with the sodium salt of dimethyl malonate in DMF to give (pyrazolo[4,3-c/]pyrimidin-7-yl)malonate (499) [88JAP(K)246377]. 

The carbanion derived from dimethyl malonate reacts with the cyclic nitro compounds 422 of ring size 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12 to afford the corresponding esters 423. Acyclic allylic nitro compounds 424 (R = Me, CH2OAC or CC Et) are attacked by bulky nucleophiles, such as dimethyl malonate anion, mainly at the terminal primary carbon atom to give rearranged products 425, whereas smaller nucleophiles, e.g. the anion derived from methyl cyanoacetate, react at the tertiary carbon atom to yield 426409a 453 455. 

This work was repeated by several groups7 11 in the reaction of sodium dimethyl-malonate with methyl sorbate, Farmer and Metha9 observed small amounts of the 1,4-adduct besides the 1,6-addition product. Difficulties in conducting the transformations and analyzing the products are evident from reports on malonate additions to ethyl muconate12-14 depending on the reaction conditions, the expected 1,4-adduct (equation 4) or isomerization products formed by double bond displacement were isolated. Nucleophilic 1,4- and 1,6-addition reactions to 2,4-pentadienenitrile were also reported15-17. 

Only few examples have been reported so far on nucleophilic addition reactions to acceptor-substituted polyenes123,124,186 188. In 1933, Farmer and Martin186 examined the reaction of methyl 2,4,6-octatrienoate with sodium dimethyl malonate and isolated the 1,4-adduct as major product (equation 81). In contrast to this, 3,5,7-nonatrien-2-one and ethyl 2,4,6-octatrienoate react with organocuprates under 1,8-addition to provide the 4,6-dien-2-ones and 3,5-dienoates, respectively (equation 82)187. 

Ceric ammonium nitrate promoted oxidative addition of silyl enol ethers to 1,3-butadiene affords 1 1 mixtures of 4-(/J-oxoalkyl)-substituted 3-nitroxy-l-butene and l-nitroxy-2-butene27. Palladium(0)-catalyzed alkylation of the nitroxy isomeric mixture takes place through a common ij3 palladium complex which undergoes nucleophilic attack almost exclusively at the less substituted allylic carbon. Thus, oxidative addition of the silyl enol ether of 1-indanone to 1,3-butadiene followed by palladium-catalyzed substitution with sodium dimethyl malonate afforded 42% of a 19 1 mixture of methyl ( )-2-(methoxycarbonyl)-6-(l-oxo-2-indanyl)-4-hexenoate (5) and methyl 2-(methoxycarbonyl)-4-(l-oxo-2-indanyl)-3-vinylbutanoate (6), respectively (equation 12). 

Electrochemical oxidations of anions lead to radicals that may add to the carbon-carbon double bonds. In this way, the oxidation of anions of dimethyl malonate or methyl acetylacetate in the presence of olefines gives di- or tetrahy-drofurans derivatives in moderate yields (Scheme 43) [60]. 

Methyl 6-n-pentyl-2-hydroxy-4-oxo-cyclohexenecarboxilate. JOC, 42, 3456. To a solution of 32.5 g of sodium methoxide and 90 g of dimethyl malonate in 230 ml of dry methanol, is added... 

On their side, Yin and Linker [216] made use of a 2-C-branched hexopyranoside, the synthesis of which was achieved by addition of dimethyl malonate to tri-O-benzyl-D-glucal (TUPAC name 3,4,6-tri-0-benzyl-l,5-anhydro-2-deoxy-D-araZtino-hex-l-enitol, Scheme 45) [217], Thus, saponification of the 2-C-[bis(meth-oxycarbonyl)]methyl derivative 184 to the corresponding malonic acid 185 was followed by heating in refluxing toluene. This led to decarboxylation and lactoniza-tion giving 186. The method was optimized and applied to the synthesis of pentoses and disaccharides. 

Other alkali/alkaline earth metal iodides either cleave esters less efficiently or form insoluble carboxylate salts and are therefore not as effective as Lil. Addition of Li and l" compounds capable of forming Lil under reaction conditions works as well as initially charging Lil (Table IV). The acetaldehyde producing step. Equation 17, is carried out with the cobalt-based catalyst. Since the carboxylate half of the ester is not involved with the cobalt center, any methyl ester which can be cleaved by Lil should also show activity. We have found that methyl isobutyrate, dimethyl malonate, methyl propionate, and dimethyl succinate yield acetaldehyde and the corresponding carboxylic acids in high yield under the same conditions utilized with methyl acetate. 

Methyl azide, A serious explosion occurred in condensation with dimethyl malonate in the presence of sodium methylate (Ref 69)... 

Relatively subtle changes in the steric environment of the allyl termini result in substantial variations in regioselectivity, as shown in a series of ir-allyl ligands having a methyl at one terminus and either Pr", Bu or PH at the other terminus. This series varies from a 77 23 ratio favoring the less substituted terminus to >99 1 as the difference in group size increases, with dimethyl malonate as nucleophile (equation 207).399... 

The size of the nucleophile can also exert effects on the regiochemical outcome of the reaction. On switching from a dimethyl malonate to a more bulky methyl(methylsulfonyl) acetate, the preference for attack at the less substituted terminus increases, as seen by comparing equations (208) and (209).380... 

Shibasaki made several improvements in the asymmetric Michael addition reaction using the previously developed BINOL-based (R)-ALB, (R)-6, and (R)-LPB, (R)-7 [1]. The former is prepared from (R)-BINOL, diisobutylaluminum hydride, and butyllithium, while the latter is from (R)-BINOL, La(Oz -Pr)3, and potassium f-butoxide. Only 0.1 mol % of (R)-6 and 0.09 mol % of potassium f-butoxide were needed to catalyze the addition of dimethyl malonate to 2-cy-clohexenone on a kilogram scale in >99% ee, when 4-A molecular sieves were added [15,16]. (R)-6 in the presence of sodium f-butoxide catalyzes the asymmetric 1,4-addition of the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reagent [17]. (R)-7 catalyzes the addition of nitromethane to chalcone [18]. Feringa prepared another aluminum complex from BINOL and lithium aluminum hydride and used this in the addition of nitroacetate to methyl vinyl ketone [19]. Later, Shibasaki developed a linked lanthanum reagent (R,R)-8 for the same asymmetric addition, in which two BINOLs were connected at the 3-positions with a 2-oxapropylene... 

Methyl-2-diphenylphosphino-3-(l -isoquinolyl)indole with pallada-cycle derived from dimethyl-1-naphthyl ethylamine and potassium hexa-fluorophosphate yields chelate 310 (97T4035). With [(r)3-PhCH = CH = CHPh)Pd( j.-Cl)]2, allyl 311 follows in the presence of silver tetrafluor-oborate. Addition of ligands 312 (R = R1 = H, Me) to [(r 3-PhCHCHCHPh)Pd (Cl) ]2 under conditions of allylic alkylation of 1,3-diphenylprop-2-enyl acetate with dimethyl malonate leads to the formation of P,N-chelates 313 (R = R1 = H, Me), the active species of the catalytic reaction (00T(A)4753). 

Methyl vinyl ketone (entry 3) and the tert-butyl cation (entry 4) are also reactive toward complex 3. The naphthalenium complexes resulting from the addition of these electrophiles will add the conjugate base of dimethyl malonate (generated in situ from a combination of dimethyl malonate (DMM) and diisopropylethylamine (DIEA)) to complete the tandem additions. Oxidation of the resulting complexes yields cis-l,4-dihydronaphthalenes. The entire sequence of complexation, tandem addition, and demetalation employed for all entries in Table 4 can be performed using bench-top conditions (i.e., a non-inert atmosphere). 

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