O-Acylation

Mannosides are difficult to obtain since here a 2-O-acyl group blocks the -position. 2-O-Benzyl-a-mannosyl bromides give, however, high yields of pure -glycosides with a heterogeneous silver silicate catalyst preventing anomerization and SnI reaction of the bromide H. Paulsen, 1981 B, Q. 

Retrosynthetic path b in Scheme 3.1 corresponds to reversal of the electrophilic and nucleophilic components with respect to the Madelung synthesis and identifies o-acyl-iV-alkylanilines as potential indole precursors. The known examples require an aryl or EW group on the iV-alkyl substituent and these substituents are presumably required to facilitate deprotonation in the condensation. The preparation of these starting materials usually involves iV-alkyla-tion of an o-acylaniline. Table 3.3 gives some examples of this synthesis. 

Acylatmg agents such as acyl chlorides and carboxylic acid anhydrides can react with phenols either at the aromatic ring (C acylation) or at the hydroxyl oxygen (O acylation)... 

As shown in the sixth entry of Table 24 4 C acylation of phenols is observed under the customary conditions of the Friedel-Crafts reaction (treatment with an acyl chloride or acid anhydride m the presence of aluminum chloride) In the absence of aluminum chloride however O acylation occurs instead... 

The O acylation of phenols with carboxylic acid anhydrides can be conveniently catalyzed m either of two ways One method involves converting the acid anhydride to a more powerful acylatmg agent by protonation of one of its carbonyl oxygens Addi tion of a few drops of sulfuric acid is usually sufficient... 

The preference for O acylation of phenols arises because these reactions are kmetically controlled O acylation is faster than C acylation The C acyl isomers are more stable how ever and it is known that aluminum chloride is a very effective catalyst for the conversion of aryl esters to aryl ketones This isomerization is called the Fries rearrangement... 

On reaction with acyl chlorides and acid anhydrides phenols may undergo either acylation of the hydroxyl group (O acylation) or acylation of the ring (C acylation) The product of C acylation is more stable and predominates under conditions of thermodynamic control when alu mmum chloride is present (see entry 6 m Table 24 4 Section 24 8) O acylation is faster than C acylation and aryl esters are formed under conditions of kinetic control... 

Most other acylating agents act on salts of either primary or secondary nitroparaffins by O-acylation, giving first the nitronic anhydrides which rearrange to give, eg, nitrosoacyloxy compounds (28). 

O-Acylation of 2-nitropropane occurs on reaction with either ketene or acetic anhydride (61) in the presence of dry sodium acetate at 70—80°C. Ketovinylation of 2-nitropropane at the 1-position occurs on treatment of sodium 2-propanenitronate with a chlorovinyl ketone (62). 

Acylation of pyridazinones and related compounds in the presence of weakly basic catalysts such as pyridine or sodium acetate produces IV-acylated products, while O-acylated products are obtained under strongly basic conditions. However, the reaction between 6-chloropyridazin-3(2//)-one with chlorocarbonates and that of maleic hydrazide with unsaturated acid chlorides or chloromethylsulfonyl chloride gives preferentially N-substituted products. 

Acylation of -ones and -diones appears to occur mainly at oxygen, but in the fused pyridazino[4,5-6]quinoline (312) the O-acyl derivative (313) was formed via an iV,0-diacyl derivative (72BSF1588). Reduced derivatives, however, are acylated at nitrogen. 

Hydroxy derivatives of type (503) show more phenolic character thus 4-hydroxy-isothiazoles are normally O-methylated and O-acylated (72AHC(14)l). 

Rearrangement involving cleavage of the C—O bond is also observed with the phenyl isocyanate adduct (59). In place of an O-acylated nitrone its product (60) of acyl migration is isolated (67JPR(36)86). 

The conversion of alcohols to esters by O-acylation and of amines to amides by N-acylation are fundamental organic reactions. These reactions are the reverse of the hydrolytic procedures discussed in the preceding sections. Section 3.4 in Part B discusses these reactions from the point of view of synthetic applications and methods. 

The acylation of enamino ketones can take place on oxygen or on carbon. While reaction at nitrogen is a possibility, the N-acylated products are themselves acylating agents, and further reaction normally takes place. The first reported acylation of enamino ketones (72) was that of 129, prepared by acylation of the enamine (113), which was shown to have undergone O acylation because on mild hydrolysis the enol ester (130) could be isolated. A similar reaction took place with other aliphatic acid chlorides (80) and with dibasic acid chlorides [e.g., with succinyl chloride to give 118 above]. 

Acylation with aromatic acid chlorides was believed to occur on carbon 91). The dibenzoylation of the enamine (113) with benzoyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine has, however, been shown to give a mixture of three products (92). The major components are the cis and Irons isomers of the O-acylated enamino ketone (Ola and b) and the minor isomer is the 2,6-diacylated enamine (132). 

It would thus appear that O acylation is the normal course of the acylation of enamino ketones. Surprisingly the enamino ketones 49 and 50 undergo reaction with acid chlorides not having an a-hydrogen (e.g., benzoyl and pivalyl chlorides) to give the products of C acylation (133). 

This result has been rationalized by consideration of the stability of the intermediate iminium salts (93). O acylation would give 134, whereas C acylation would give 135. The latter can undergo loss of a proton to give the product, whereas 134 cannot, but can revert to reactants, so that in this... 

From the outset, the further O acylation of the initial ketonic products was recognized. Detailed studies have been made of the benzoylation of morpholinoeyclohexene (379-382) and of the effect of the amine moiety of cyclohexanone derived enamines on the ratio of produets (iS5) obtained from acylations. 

Several additional points should be made. First, although oxygen esters usually have lower group-transfer potentials than thiol esters, the O—acyl bonds in acylcarnitines have high group-transfer potentials, and the transesterification reactions mediated by the acyl transferases have equilibrium constants close to 1. Second, note that eukaryotic cells maintain separate pools of CoA in the mitochondria and in the cytosol. The cytosolic pool is utilized principally in fatty acid biosynthesis (Chapter 25), and the mitochondrial pool is important in the oxidation of fatty acids and pyruvate, as well as some amino acids. 

These quinazolines are obtained in high yields by heating o-acyl (and formyl) anilides in a sealed tube with saturated alcoholic ammonia for a few hours (see 4a). A variant of this method... 

Hydroquinazolines have been prepared by fusing o-acyl (and formyl) anilines with urea, and the parent substance has also been prepared by fusing potassium isatinate with urea or urethane followed by decarboxylation. ... 

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