Phosphorus pentachloride reaction with carboxylic acids

Several papers have been devoted to the subject of reactions of phosphoranes with carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Thus triphenylphosphine dibromide (111) in acetonitrile cleaves lactones,93 while the corresponding dichloride (112) converts esters into acid chlorides.94 The reactions of esters with phosphorus pentachloride (101) have been studied further,95 and the influence of structural changes on the yields of products (113) and (114) has resulted in minor modifications to the mechanism previously96 outlined. 

Chlorobenz[d]isothiazole-l, 1-dioxide ( pseudosaccharin chloride ) (6)3,24.25, lee, 25i, 26i, 262 displays the reactivity of a cyclic imidoyl chloride263 resembling very much carboxylic acid halides. In previous sections preparation of 3, 4, 5, 13, 68, 86, 89 from 6 has been mentioned. Derivatives of 6 substituted in the phenyl ring have been described.250 Interestingly, Meadow observed231 that crude 6 and material that contained phosphorus pentachloride reacted with thiols more readily than the pure compound. In the reaction of 6 with aromatic sulfonamides, aluminum chloride had been added for activation.252... 

Acid Chlorides. Acid chlorides can be made from the corresponding fatty acids by treatment with phosphorus halides. When liquid carboxylic acids are reacted, the phosphorus halide, PCU or POCU, may be added gradually. If the acid does not react energetically, as in the case of the higher members of the acetic acid series or with aromatic carboxylic acids, phosphorus pentachloride is used. The reactions may be represented as follows ... 

The reaction of carboxylic acid amides with phosphorus pentachloride, to yield compounds I and II, was investigated extensively by Wallach and his students in 1876-1882, and later by v. Braun, who utilized this reaction to degrade secondary amines to ammonia. The highly reactive imidoyl chlorides have been used, especially by v. Braun, as synthetic tools to produce a variety of compounds which could not easily be synthesized by other procedures. However, imidoyl chlorides never made the headlines in synthetic organic chemistry, most likely because of the inherent difficulty involved in handling these highly reactive compounds. 

The stereochemistry of the addition of phosphorus pentachloride to isolated acetylenes in non-polar solvents has been shown by n.m.r. to be CIS, as illustrated for the adduct (46) from propyne. This observation has been explained in terms of a four-centre process. Contrary to a previous report, the reaction of triphenylphosphine hydrobromide with phenyl-acetylene carboxylic acid (47) yields both the trans- and the known c/5-adducts. 

The traditional method for transforming carboxylic acids into reactive acylating agents capable of converting alcohols to esters or amines to amides is by formation of the acyl chloride. Molecules devoid of acid-sensitive functional groups can be converted to acyl chlorides with thionyl chloride or phosphorus pentachloride. When milder conditions are necessary, the reaction of the acid or its sodium salt with oxalyl chloride provides the acyl chloride. When a salt is used, the reaction solution remains essentially neutral. 

Xanthone is unreactive towards hydrazine and phenylhydrazine. The oxime is obtained by reaction of xanthione (xanthene-9-thione) with hydroxylamine, or from xanthone and hydroxylamine in pyridine. When the oxime is heated in water with phenylhydrazine, the phenylhydrazone is formed. In acid solution, xanthone reacts normally with 2,4-dinitro-phenylhydrazine but xanthone-1 -carboxylic acid (435) gives the pyridazinone (436), possibly via the hydrazone (57JCS1922). When the oxime is heated with phosphorus pentachloride it undergoes a Beckmann rearrangement to give the amide (437) (70MI22300). 

In neutral medium the deuterium solvent isotope effect, (A h2o/ D2o) in the hydrolysis of diaryldiacyloxyspirosulphuranes483, 404-407 has been found to be 1.66. In acidic medium the ratio of catalytic rate constants has been found to be 0.56. Heterocondensed imidazoles 408, are produced in the reaction of N-benzylamides, 409, of nitrogen heterocyclic carboxylic acids with phosphorus pentachloride. Deuterium labelling experiments have been carried out to understand the mechanism of this reaction involving a nitrile ylide species484. 

The treatment of 4-oxo-4Z/-pyrido[ 1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylic acid 429 with phosphorus pentachloride in dichloromethane at 0°C gave acid chloride 430, which reacted with amine 431 in tetrahydrofuran in the presence of /V-methyl-TV-trimethylsilyl trifluoroacetamide at room temperature overnight to give /-substituted 3-carboxamide 432 (88USP4777252). After catalytic debenzylation, the 3-substituent of 4//-pyrido[l, 2-a]py-rimidin-4-one 433 was involved in different reactions to give antibacterial derivative 434 (see Scheme 25). 

The 8-oxo-7-phenylacetylamino-5-thia-l-aza-bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-l-ene-2-carboxylic acid benzhydryl ester is reacted with phosphorus pentachloride/pyridine reagent in methylene dichloride, and the reaction mixture is thereafter cooled to -35°C and treated with methanol to produce hydrochloride of 7-amino-8-oxo-5-thia-l-azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid benzhydryl ester. This hydrochloride is reacted with 4-(3-aminothiophen-2-yl)-5-oxohex-3-enoic acid 3-methylbut-2-enyl ester. Then 7-[2-(2-benzoylamino-thiazol-5-yl)(3-tert-butyl-4,4-dimethylpent-2-enoxycarbonyl)-pent-2-enoylamino]-8-oxo-5-thia-l-azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid synthesized is reacted with aluminum chloride in anisole and diluted hydrochloric acid and then with dimethylmalonate to give 5-thia-l-azabicyclo(4.2.0)oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid, 7-(((2Z)-2-(2-amino-4-thiazolyl)-4-carboxy-l-oxo-2-butenyl)amino)-8-oxo-, (6R,7R)- (Ceftibuten). 

Thieno[2,3-c]isothiazole-3-carboxylic acid was the compound obtained by the reaction of ethyl 3-cyano-5,5-diethoxy-2-oxopentanoate with phosphorus pentachloride in refluxing toluene, previously assumed (55JA4069) to yield thieno[3,4-c ]isothiazole-4-carboxylic acid. The proposed mechanism involves the cyclization of the intermediate 3-cyano-2,5-dithioxopentanoate as shown in Scheme 20. The parent heterocycle, which is a weak base and fails to give quaternary salts with alkyl halides, was obtained by decarboxylation of the acid and also by independent synthesis (82AJC385). 

Sulfonic acids and carboxylic acids can be converted into their acid chlorides by treatment with phosphorus pentachloride or phosphorus oxychloride. Thionyl chloride, SOCl is effective for the synthesis of acyl chlorides, and sulfonyl chlorides can be prepared directly from the aromatic compound by reaction with an excess of chlorosulfonic acid. The acid chlorides are efficient Friedel-Crafts acylating agents, yielding sul-... 

The group (—COOH) is known as the carboxyl group. The general formula for acids of this class is then R—COOH or (C H2n+i)—COOH which agrees with our conception of the valence of carbon. The reaction between acetic acid and phosphorus pentachloride and that between the acid and sodium may then be written as follows ... 

Preparation of acid chlorides. The thionyl chloride method of preparing acid chlorides fails with some carboxylic acids (e.g., p-NOjCsHaCOzH) and with all sulfonic acids. Bosshard and co-workers" found that dimethylformamide catalyzes both reactions, either when used as solvent or when employed in catalytic amount in an inert solvent. The reactive, hygroscopic intermediate dimethylformirainium chloride was isolated from one equivalent each of dimethylformamide and thionyl chloride, and also obtained by reaction of dimethylformamide with phosgene, oxalyl chloride, or phosphorus pentachloride. It reacts with an acid with regeneration of dimethylformamide, the catalyst. In one example, 0.3 mole of p-nitrobenzoic acid was heated briefly at 90-95° with 0.315 mole of thionyl chloride and 0.03 mole... 

This ring is formed by acid-catalysed reaction of a 2-thiocyanatobenzoyl chloride with hydrogen chloride, or of the corresponding carboxylic acid with phosphorus pentachloride (review of this kind of reaction [2SS7]). The chlorine atom in the product is labile. 

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