Oxidative with lead tetraacetate

The moderate resistance of DMSO to oxidation permits it to be used as a solvent for oxidations with lead tetraacetate or the 2-nitropropane anion (33,34). Dichromate oxidation and permanganate oxidation have been used for quantitative deterrnination of DMSO (35,36). 

Pyridazine-3,6-diones (diazaquinones) are prepared from cyclic hydrazides by oxidation with lead tetraacetate or other oxidizing agents, such as r-butyl hypochlorite, chlorine or nickel peroxide. 

Dibenz[yellow-green colour (due to other pentacyclic impurities) has been removed by crystn from benzene or by selective oxidation with lead tetraacetate in acetic acid [Moriconi et al. J Am Chem Soc 82 3441 7960]. 

Oxidation with lead tetraacetate, 243 preparation of 3/3-hydroxy-18-methyl-androst-4-en-17-one from 18-methyl-pregn-4-ene-3/3,17o ,20-triol, 243... 

Since 1,5-enediones are usually obtained via pyrylium salts, syntheses of the type found in Section B, 2, a have a rather theroetical interest, save for a few special syntheses. There exist several direct syntheses of l,5-enediones, e.g., from j8-chlorovinyl ketones and j8-diketones or j8-keto esters special pathways to 1,5-enediones have also been described, namely, oxidation with lead tetraacetate or with periodic acid of cyclopentene-l,2-diols. ... 

Conjugate addition of methyl magnesium iodide in the presence of cuprous chloride to the enone (91) leads to the la-methyl product mesterolone (92) Although this is the thermodynamically unfavored axially disposed product, no possibility for isomerization exists in this case, since the ketone is once removed from this center. In an interesting synthesis of an oxa steroid, the enone (91) is first oxidized with lead tetraacetate the carbon at the 2 position is lost, affording the acid aldehyde. Reduction of this intermediate, also shown in the lactol form, with sodium borohydride affords the steroid lactone oxandrolone... 

Hydroxylation at C-5 or C-l3 has also been successfully achieved by lead tetraacetate oxidation, which was extensively studied in connection with isoquinoline alkaloids by Umezawa s group. (+)-Govanine (96) and (+)-discretine (97) were oxidized with lead tetraacetate in acetic acid to afford 5-acetoxy products 100,101, and 102 via p-quinol acetates (e.g., 99) (Scheme 23)... 

Scheme 23. Oxidation with lead tetraacetate. Reagents a, Pb(OAc)4, AcOH b, cone H2S04, Ac20 c, Pb(OAc)4, CH2C12.

Lead tetraacetate oxidation was applied to construct a benzo[c]-phenanthridine skeleton. The Hofmann degradation product 224 derived from the phenolic protoberberine 59a was oxidized with lead tetraacetate to afford the p-quinol acetate 225, which was cyclized to the benzo[c]-... 

Neither has oxidation, with lead tetraacetate, of the sirup obtained by dehydration of the D-galactose condensate VIII so far resulted in isolation of the expected dialdehyde. On the other hand, when the anhydride from the D-glucose condensate (XXXIV) was oxidized with lead tetraacetate, an appreciable amount of dialdehyde (XXXVI) was isolated. This discrepancy in behavior is probably attributable to the trans position of the hydroxyl groups of the anhydride derived from D-galactose as compared with the cis configuration for the anhydride from D-glucose. 

Thus, the substituted tetrazoles 113 upon oxidation with lead tetraacetate gave rise to the fused tetrazoles 114, in most cases in high yields. Tetrazole derivatives 115, bearing an anisidine side chain, also underwent oxidative cyclization and afforded 10-methoxycarbonylmethyltetrazolo[l,5- ]quinoxaline 116 in good yield. This compound was obtained as a mixture of tautomers (with participation of the methylene hydrogen atoms) and the depicted tautomeric form 116 proved to be dominant. 

Additional evidence was provided by Hockett, Dienes and Ramsden,29 who compared the rates of oxidation with lead tetraacetate of styracitol and methyl a-D-mannopyranoside, and also of polygalitol and methyl... 

Both L-gulose12,13 (9) and D-gulose (d-9, see Ref. 10) have been oxidized with bromine to L- or D-gulonic acid, respectively (see Scheme 1). L-Gulose (9) has been prepared by a number of different procedures. Schemes 2 and 3 show two early procedures that afforded L-gu-lose, but the overall yields were low (<30%). In the first procedure12 (see Scheme 2), D-glucitol (10) was converted into 2,4-O-benzylidene-D-glucitol (11), which was then oxidized with lead tetraacetate to 2,4-O-benzylidene-L-xylose (12). Nitromethane was added to 12 to afford crystalline 13 in 50% yield. Hydrolysis of 13 provided 14, which was treated with sodium hydroxide, followed by sulfuric acid, to afford 9, which was isolated in 52% yield as the 2-benzyl-2-phenylhydrazone. 

Reaction of 2-amino-5-aryl-thiadiazole (88 R = Ar) with aryl nitriles in the presence of aluminum chloride produced the aryl amidine (89) which was oxidized with lead tetraacetate to yield the 2,6-diaryl-[ 1,2,4]-triazolo[5,1 -( ]-1,3,4-thiadiazoles (90) <91 UC(B)435>. 

Michael Reaction. 5(47/)-Oxazolones undergo base-catalyzed conjugate addition to activated unsaturated compounds to afford the corresponding C-4 Michael adducts. For example, base-catalyzed addition of a 4-monosubstituted-5(4//)-oxazolone 157 to methyl propiolate yields a mixture of diastereomeric methyl 3-(5-oxo-2-phenyl-2-oxazolin-4-yl)acrylates 158. Hydrolytic ring opening of 158 and subsequent oxidation with lead tetraacetate affords 3-acylacrylates 160... 

As regards the l,l-bis(acylamido)-l-deoxyalditols, the first structural study was that of Fletcher and coworkers,69 who conducted oxidations with lead tetraacetate. These authors postulated an empirical relationship between the position of the oxidation curve in a graph and the number of hydroxyl groups present. They compared the curves afforded by a series of l,l-bis(acetamido)-l-deoxyalditols with those of alditols having the same number of free hydroxyl groups, and observed a close correspondence. At present, periodate oxidation is widely applied to these mono- or di-saccharide derivatives. Under controlled conditions, the methylation technique can also be applied.42... 

Oxidation with lead tetraacetate is a far less selective process.490,491 Studied mainly in the oxidation of cycloalkenes, it gives stereoisomeric 1,2-diol diacetates, but side reactions (allylic acetoxylation, skeletal rearrangement) often occur. A change in reaction conditions in the oxidation of cyclopentadiene allows the synthesis of different isomeric mono- and diesters.492... 

Reactions of 4,7-phenanthroline-5,6-dione have been the subject of considerable study. It is reduced to 5,6-dihydroxy-4,7-phenanthroline by Raney nickel hydrogenation226,249 or by aromatic thiols in benzene,262 and oxidized by permanganate to 3,3 -bipyridyl-2,2 -dicarboxylic acid.263 It forms bishemiketals with alcohols226 and diepoxides with diazomethane.226 The diepoxides by reaction with hydrochloric acid form diols of type 57, R = Cl, which on oxidation with lead tetraacetate give 3,3 -bipyridyl diketones of type 58, R = Cl. Methyl ketones of type 58, R = H, are also obtained by lead(IV) acetate oxidation of the diol 57, R = H, obtained by lithium aluminum hydride reduction of 57, R = Cl. With phenyldiazomethane and diphenyldiazomethane the dione forms 1,3-dioxole derivatives,264,265 which readily hydrolyze back to the dione with concomitant formation of benzaldehyde and benzophenone, respectively. 

Direct amination of quinoxalinones with hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid produces the 1-amino derivatives (135) in 70-80% yield, and subsequent oxidation with lead tetraacetate gives the 1,2,4-benzotriazines (138). Benzotriazine formation probably involves the formation of an intermediate nitrene (136), ring expansion to a benzo-triazepinone (137) and subsequent loss of carbon monoxide. The nitrene (136 R = Ph) was trapped as the sulfoximide 139 when the oxidation was carried out in the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide.147... 

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