Phenols, direct acylation with acyl chlorides

Hf(OTf)4 catalyzes the Fries rearrangement (Eq. 17) [22]. Direct acylation of phenols is also possible by treatment with acid chloride to give orf/io-acylated product (Eq. 18). A crossover experiment showed that the reaction involves direct C-acylation and the rearrangement of the in situ-formed ester [22]. 

The Fries rearrangement of acyloxybenzene or naphthalene derivatives proceeds smoothly in the presence of a catalytic amount of Sc(OTf)3 (Eq. 6) [19]. It has also been found that the triflate was an efficient catalyst in 2-acylation (direct acylation) reactions of phenol or naphthol derivatives with acid chlorides. Both reactions were successfully conducted by use of a small amount of Sc(OTf)3. 

Regioselective direct acylation of phenol and naphthol derivatives with acid chlorides was achieved by using hafnium triflate, Hf(OTf)4 (5 to 20 mol%), as a catalyst (equations 40 and 41) 5. 

A further application of the metal-template effect in the ortho-regioselective acylation of phenols is represented by the direct synthesis of salicyloyl chloride and derivatives by the reaction of bromomagnesium phenolates 4 with phosgene. The reaction affords the unstable salicyloyl chloride-magnesium complexes 5 by a pathway similar to the mechanism depicted in Scheme 5.2. These intermediates can be in situ converted into the corresponding acids 6 (Scheme 5.3), esters, amides, or ketones by reaction with suitable reagents. 

Reaction of phenol derivatives with acyl chlorides in acidic conditions may result in O-acylation or C-acylation, either directly or via a Fries rearrangement. Studies of acylations in acetonitrile using trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (trifllc acid) have shown that O-acylation is favoured at a low acid concentration, while a high acid concentration favours C-acylation. It has also been shown that A-hydroxysuccinimidyl and phenyl esters of benzoic acids are activated by triflic acid and can be used to acylate electron-rich arenes such as ferrocene or pyrene the reactive acylating intermediate is likely to be an acyl triflate or its protonated form. In a polyphosphoric acid medium, the rearrangement of 1,5- 1,8- and 9,10-diacetylanthracenes leads to the formation of the ring-closed product (56). DFT calculations support the conclusion that the reaction involves the intermediacy of 1,9-diacetylanthracene formed under kinetic rather than under thermodynamic control. ... 

Scheme 8.42. Electrophilic aromatic substitution of phenol with an acyl group. The acylation of phenol with acetyl chloride (CH3COCI) in the presence of aluminum trichloride (AICI3) can apparently occur via a direct addition of the aluminum trichloride complexed acetyl chloride (in competition with O-acylation) or by a subsequent rearrangement of O-acylated phenol. The former is presented in the upper portion of the scheme, while the latter is shown in the lower portion.

The most important method used in the preparation of polyamides is direct amidation, usually through the intermediate formation of a salt of the diamine and dicarboxylic acid, but without it in the case of aminoacids or for pairs of monomers that do not readily form a salt. Esters can react with diamines to form polyamides with liberation of alcohol or phenol. Diamines can be reacted with diamides yielding polyamides and freeing ammonia. Polyamides have been prepared by acidolysis of acyl derivatives of diamines (compare Section 5.4 for acidolysis in polyester preparation). Bis-anhydrides react with diamines to form polyamides and, if reacted further, polyimides. The low-temperature reaction of acid chlorides with diamines has been used, interfacially or as a solution technique, to prepare certain polyamides (compare Section 5.7 for related reactions in polyester synthesis). 

Intramolecular alkenylchromium additions to aldehydes have been repotted and are outlined in Section 1.6.4.3. An intriguing example of an intramolecular organochromium reaction has been communicated by Gorques and coworkers. Treatment of (130 Scheme 5) with CrCh in HMPA elicits a reductive 1,5-acyl transposition and generates chromium phenoxide (131). Wodc-up with aqueous ammonium chloride affords phenol (132). However, when the reaction occurs in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate benzo[h]furan (133) is obtained directly in excellent yield. 

Direct tri-0-alkylation of calix[4]arenes has been reported to lead to the syn/syn isomer using bases such as BaO, BaO/Ba(OH)2 or CaH2 in DMF " . The tribenzoate of the p-unsubstituted calix[4]arene, one of the first examples of selectively derivatized calix[4]arenes, was obtained as the anti-syn isomer (benzoyl chloride/pyridine) , while the tribenzoate of 2a obtained in toluene with iV-methylimidazole as base (70% yield) was described as the syn-syn isomer, assuming a partial cone conformation with an inverted phenol ring . Both tris(3,5-dinitrobenzoates) of 2a were obtained by acylation with 3,5-dinitrobenzoyl chloride/l-methylimidazole. While 95% of the syn-syn isomer was formed in acetonitrile, 70% of the anti-syn isomer was obtained in chloroform . 

The acid 2.8 is used to provide the acid chloride which gives a route to dimethylene linked-compounds by Friedel-Crafts acylation and reduction of the product ketone [34] and the alcohol 2.7 is used for the methyl-eneoxy-linked systems [36] by a direct DEAD reaction to a phenol [37] or by conversion into an alkyl halide or tosylate and reaction with a phenolate anion. 

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