Methyl trifluoroacetic acid

The blocking and deblocking of carboxyl groups occurs by reactions similar to those described for hydroxyl and amino groups. The most important protected derivatives are /-butyl, benzyl, and methyl esters. These may be cleaved in this order by trifluoroacetic acid, hydrogenolysis, and strong acid or base (J.F.W. McOmie, 1973). 2,2,2-Trihaloethyl esters are cleaved electro-lytically (M.F. Semmelhack, 1972) or by zinc in acetic acid like the Tbeoc- and Tceoc-protected hydroxyl and amino groups. 

On reaction with /V-methyl- /V-phenylhydrazine, however, the hydrazone (47) can be isolated, which on further treatment with anhydrous trifluoroacetic acid gives an A/-aLkenylpyrazole (48) (eq. 9). 

Catalytic reduction of folic acid to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolic acid (225) proceeds fast in trifluoroacetic acid (66HCA875), but a modified method using chemical reductants leads with sodium dithionite to 7,8-dihydrofolic acid (224). Further treatment with sodium borohydride gives (225) which has been converted into 5-formyl-(6i ,S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-L-folic acid (leucovorin) (226) by reaction with methyl formate (equation 70) (80HCA2554). 

Methyl-3,4-dinitropyrrole (170) undergoes some interesting reactions with nucleophilic reagents. With methanolic sodium methoxide it yields a product (171) which on treatment with trifluoroacetic acid gives the 2-methoxypyrrole (172) 78CC564). 

Surprisingly, there are very few examples of successful fV-oxidation of pyrazoles. Simple fV-alkylpyrazoles generally do not react with peracids (B-76MI40402,77JCS(P1)672). The only two positive results are the peracetic acid (hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid) transformation of 1-methylpyrazoIe into 1-methylpyrazole 2-oxide (268) in moderate yield and the peroxy-trifluoroacetic acid (90% hydrogen peroxide in trifluoroacetic acid) transformation of 5-amino-l-methylpyrazoIe into l-methyl-5-nitropyrazoIe 2-oxide (269). 

A number of 5-sulfenylthiocarbonates have been prepared to protect thiols. A benzyl derivative, R =CH2Ph, is stable to trifluoroacetic acid (25°, 1 h) and provides satisfactory protection during peptide syntheses a r-butyl derivative, R = r-Bu, is too labile in base to provide protection. A methyl derivative, R =CH3, has... 

The salts of some enamines crystallize as hydrates. In such cases it is possible that they are derived from either the tautomeric carbinolamine or the amino ketone forms. Amino ketone salts (93) ( = 5, 11) can serve as examples. The proton resonance spectra of 93 show that these salts exist in the open-chain forms in trifluoroacetic acid solution, rather than in the ring-closed forms (94, n = 5, 11). The spectrum of the 6-methylamino-l-phenylhexanone cation shows a multiplet at about 2.15 ppm for phenyl, a triplet for the N-methyl centered at 7.0 ppm and overlapped by signals for the methylene protons at about 8.2 ppm. The spectrum of 93 ( = 11) was similar. These assignments were confirmed by determination of the spectrum in deuterium oxide. Here the N-methyl group of 93 showed a sharp singlet at about 7.4 ppm since the splitting in —NDjMe was much reduced from that of the undeuterated compound. 

Conversely, when A-alkyl tryptophan methyl esters were condensed with aldehydes, the trans diastereomers were observed as the major products." X-ray-crystal structures of 1,2,3-trisubstituted tetrahydro-P-carbolines revealed that the Cl substituent preferentially adopted a pseudo-axial position, forcing the C3 substituent into a pseudo-equatorial orientation to give the kinetically and thermodynamically preferred trans isomer." As the steric size of the Cl and N2 substituents increased, the selectivity for the trans isomer became greater. A-alkyl-L-tryptophan methyl ester 42 was condensed with various aliphatic aldehydes in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid to give predominantly the trans isomers. ... 

In a more general approach toward pentacyclic heteroaromatics from tricyclic ketones, treatment of the N-methylated derivative of 112 with p-tolylhydrazine, followed by Fischer indolization of the resulting phenylhydrazone in a mixture of trifluoroacetic acid and acetic acid, produced only a low yield of 114, although this method proved to be considerably mrae efficient for synthesis of analogous systems containing other heteroatoms than nitrogen (98SC1239). 

A synthesis for the enantiomerically pure 535 was developed starting with D-phenylalanine which upon reaction with methyl chloroformate gave 528 whose reaction with methoxylamine afforded 529. Cyclization with bis(trifluoroacetoxy)iodobenzene in presence of trifluoroacetic acid gave the tetrahydroquinoline derivative 530 which was demethoxylated to give 531. Treatment of 531 with either benzyl chloroformate or... 

Then, 1-(3-acetylthio-2-methylpropanoyl)-L-proline is produced. The 1-(3-acetylthio-3-methyl-propanoyl)-L-proline tert-butyl ester (7.8 g) is dissolved in a mixture of anisole (55 ml) and trifluoroacetic acid (110 ml). After one hour storage at room temperature the solvent Is removed in vacuo and the residue is precipitated several times from ether-hexane. The residue (6.8 g) is dissolved in acetonitrile (40 ml) and dicyclohexylamine (4.5 ml) is added. The crystalline salt is boiled with fresh acetonitrile (100 ml), chilled to room temperature and filtered, yield 3 g, MP 187°C to 188°C. This material is recrystallized from isopropanol [ttlo -67° (C 1.4, EtOH). The crystalline dicyclohexylamine salt is suspended in a mixture of 5% aqueous potassium bisulfate and ethyl acetate. The organic phase is washed with water and concentrated to dryness. The residue is crystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane to yield the 1-(3-acetylthio-2-D-methylpropanoyl-L-proline, MP83°Cto 85°C. 

Attempts to effect ring expansion of methyl 2-azidobenzoate in the presence of other nucleophiles have failed. Thus, photolysis in tetrahydrofuran solution saturated with hydrogen sulfide, or with ammonia, produced methyl 2-aminobenzoate in 54 and 37 % yield, respectively, as the sole identifiable product.197 Photolysis of phenyl azide in ethanolic phenol gave 2-phenoxy-3//-azepine in poor yield (8 %).203,204 2-Mesityl-3//-azepine (10 %) is the surprising, and only tentatively explained, product from the photolysis of phenyl azide in mcsitylene in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid.179... 

Pyrrolo[l,2-a]azepin-5-one (11), prepared by cyclization of methyl 5-(pyrrol-2-yl)penta-2,4-dienoate (10) with sodium hydride in toluene, in trifluoroacetic acid solution forms the diatropic 5-hydroxypyrrolo[1,2-a]azepinium ion 12.216 6-Methyl-5//-pyrrolo[l,2-tf]azepin-5-one(mp41 -43 C), formed in low yield (20%) by the action of [(ethoxycarbonyl)methylene]triphenylphos-phorane on 4-(pyrrol-2-yl)but-3-en-2-one, behaves similarly. 

Kolbe radicals can also be trapped by oxygen to yield dialkylperoxides, aldehydes, and ketones [97]. Furthermore methyl and trifluoromethyl radicals from acetic acid and trifluoroacetic acid are trapped, although inefficiently, by pyridine (3-20%) [234], benzotrifluoride and benzonitrile[ 235]. 

The less highly substituted Mannich bases can also be prepared directly from ketones and dimethyl(methylene)ammonium trifluoroacetate by the procedure reported here, which takes advantage of the isomerization of Mannich bases in trifluoroacetic acid. (In acetic acid the Mannich bases undergo elimination of dimethylamine to give a-methylene ketones.) This method is rapid and affords products having an isomeric purity of at least 90% without difficult separations. The 49-57% yield of l-(di-methylamino)-4-methyl-3-pentanone obtained with this procedure compares favorably with the overall yields of amino ketones prepared by the indirect routes mentioned previously. 

Methanaminium, N-methyl-N-methylene-, salt with trifluoroacetic acid (1 1) (9) (25468-31-9)... 

Pyrrolidines have been prepared by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of N-(benzyli-dene)trimethylsilylamine/TMSOf 20 and methyl acrylate, N-methylmaleimide, or dimethyl maleate [35]. More recently, methyl trans-3-cyanociruiamate 1479 was reacted with N-benzyl-N-(trimethylsilylmethyl)aminomethyl methyl ether 1480 and trifluoroacetic acid in CH2CI2 at 0°C and 24°C to afford, via 1481, the pyrrolidine derivative 1482 in high yield and MeOSiMe3 13a [35a] (Scheme 9.20). Several... 

Scheme 2.12 shows some representative Mannich reactions. Entries 1 and 2 show the preparation of typical Mannich bases from a ketone, formaldehyde, and a dialkylamine following the classical procedure. Alternatively, formaldehyde equivalents may be used, such as l>is-(di methyl ami no)methane in Entry 3. On treatment with trifluoroacetic acid, this aminal generates the iminium trifluoroacetate as a reactive electrophile. lV,A-(Dimethyl)methylene ammonium iodide is commercially available and is known as Eschenmoser s salt.192 This compound is sufficiently electrophilic to react directly with silyl enol ethers in neutral solution.183 The reagent can be added to a solution of an enolate or enolate precursor, which permits the reaction to be carried out under nonacidic conditions. Entries 4 and 5 illustrate the preparation of Mannich bases using Eschenmoser s salt in reactions with preformed enolates. 

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