Propionic acid, methyl 2- benzene alkylation with

Few reports describe reactions of substituents at the benzene ring of benzotriazoles. The facile deprotonation of the methyl group in N-Boc-7-methyl-1-aminobenzotriazole (403) with butyllithium followed by reactions with electrophiles gives substituted products (404) (Scheme 78). The electrophile can be an alkyl halide, an aldehyde or a ketone, and the Boc group is removed by brief exposure to CF3CO2H in CH2CI2 <93TL6935>. 1-Acetylbenzotriazole (405) is hydrolyzed to form 3-(177-5-hydroxybenzotriazol-6-yl)propionic acid (406), which is then converted (Scheme 79) to... 

Stereoselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation. 4 Alkylation of benzene with methyl (S)-2-(mesyloxy)propionate, derived from (S)-lactic acid, under Friedel-Crafts conditions (2 equiv. of A1C13) affords methyl (S)-phenylpropionate in 50-80% chemical yield and as high as 97% optical yield. Unfortunately extension to other aromatics results in mixtures of isomeric products. 

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