Protonation catalyzed

Proton-catalyzed olefin cyclizations of open-chain educts may give tri- or tetracyclic products but low yields are typical (E.E. van Tamelen, 1968, 1977 see p. 91). More useful are cyclizations of monocyclic educts with appropriate side-chains. The chiral centre to which the chain is attached may direct the steric course of the cyclization, and several asymmetric centres may be formed stereoselectively since the cyclizations usually lead to traas-fused rings. 

The following acid-catalyzed cyclizations leading to steroid hormone precursors exemplify some important facts an acetylenic bond is less nucleophilic than an olelinic bond acetylenic bonds tend to form cyclopentane rather than cyclohexane derivatives, if there is a choice in proton-catalyzed olefin cyclizations the thermodynamically most stable Irons connection of cyclohexane rings is obtained selectively electroneutral nucleophilic agents such as ethylene carbonate can be used to terminate the cationic cyclization process forming stable enol derivatives which can be hydrolyzed to carbonyl compounds without this nucleophile and with trifluoroacetic acid the corresponding enol ester may be obtained (M.B. Gravestock, 1978, A,B P.E. Peterson, 1969). 

The desired extraction process is the exothermic proton-catalyzed hydrolysis of isobutylene to tert-huty alcohol. This alcohol is further dehydrated to yield pure isobutylene. At low concentrations the hydrolysis reaction is favored ... 

Pyrroles react with the conjugate acids of aldehydes and ketones to give carbinols (e.g. 67) which cannot normally be isolated but which undergo proton-catalyzed loss of water to give reactive electrophiles (e.g. 68). Subsequent reaction may lead to polymeric products, but in the case of reaction of pyrrole and acetone a cyclic tetramer (69) is formed in high yield. 

The change in mechanism with pH for compound 1 gives rise to the pH-rate profile shown in Fig. 8.7. The rates at the extremities pH < 2 and pH > 9 are proportional to [H+] and [ OH], respectively, and represent the specific proton-catalyzed and hydroxide-catalyzed mechanisms. In the absence of the intramolecular catalytic mechanisms, the... 

Thus, ynaminoketones with 1,2-diaminobenzene form benzodiazepines with retention of the dialkylamino group. The reaction occurs as a nucleophilic addition in the absence of catalysts. With Q, /3-acetylenic ketones 1,2-diaminobenzene reacts in the same manner, but under proton-catalyzed conditions (72LA24). At the same time, ynamines and enynamines furnish with 1,2-diaminobenzene substituted benzimidazoles as aresultof double attack at the acetylene bond(83ZOR926 84ZOR1648). 

However, only the initial formation of an imine from an aldehyde and ammonia or an amine and the subsequent proton-catalyzed addition of cyanide (path ) is in accord with the chemical... 

In this article we critically review most of the literature concerning non-catalyzed, proton-catalyzed and metal-catalyzed polyesterifications. Kinetic data relate both to model esterifications and polyeste-rificatiom. Using our own results we analyze the experimental studies, kinetic results and mechanisms which have been reported until now. In the case of Ti(OBu)f catalyzed reactions we show that most results were obtained under experimental conditions which modify the nature of the catalyst. In fact, the true nature of active sites in the case of metal catalysts remains largely unknown. 

The first studies on esterifications were carried out by Berthelot233,234). Goldschmidt235-239 studied many proton-catalyzed esterifications in alcohol at relatively low temperatures (below 80 °C) without removal of water. He suggested a pseudo first-order mechanism ... 

Micellar catalysis to enhance or diminish the rate of chemical reactions is well known [97]. Of somewhat greater interest is the influence of micelles on competing reactions, e.g., proton-catalyzed reactions. An example related to the effect of alkanesulfonates is the epoxidation of simple aliphatic olefins. The reaction of olefins and hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by strongly acidic Mo(VI)... 

Chiang and coworkers synthesized a dimer of compound 26 in which two diiron subunits are linked by two azadithiolate ligands as a model of the active site for the [FeFeJ-hydrogenase [203]. Protonation of 26 afforded the p-hydride complex [26-2H 2H ] via the initially protonated spieces [26-2H ] (Scheme 62). These three complexes were also characterized by the X-ray diffraction analyses. H2-generation was observed by electrochemical reduction of protons catalyzed by 26 in the presence of HBF4 as a proton source. It was experimentally ascertained that [26-2H 2H ] was converted into 26 by four irreversible reduction steps in the absence of HBF4. 

The interesting work of Martin and coworkers " on oxygen-substituted sul-furanes(VI) lO-S-4 and 12-S-6 species made available for the first time quasi mono-and bis-acetals of sulfones (1 and 2). Proton-catalyzed fragmentation of lb led to the sulfone isomer 3 the corresponding fragmentation of 2a gave, depending on reaction conditions, the isomeric sulfone 4 or a mixture of the sulfone isomers 4 and 5 . 

Only the isotopes of hydrogen have their own names deuterium and tritium. "Naked" hydrogen, the proton, catalyzes many important reactions. 

The exclusive and quantitative formation of oxepins upon Pd-catalyzed decomposition of 4-diazomethyl-4-methyl-4 //-pyrans (Entry 11) contrasts with the results of the CuCl-promoted reaction which affords a 2 1 mixture of oxepin (by 1,2-C migration) and 4-methylene-4//-pyran (by 1,2-H migration) under otherwise identical conditions 381J. When the methyl group at C-4 of the diazo precursor is replaced by H, the metal-catalyzed route to thiepins is no longer viable Pd- or Cu(I)-catalyzed decomposition of 4-diazomethyl-4//-thiopyrans invariably leads to 4-methylene-4H-thiopyrans 378 (Entry 10). Only the proton-catalyzed decomposition of these diazo compounds affords the desired thiepin, albeit in low yield 378). 

Finally, Scharf and Wolters report a method said to be superior to both the Paal-Knorr synthesis (starting materials more easily accessible) and the Feist-Benary synthesis (freer choice for 3-substituent). Thermal rearrangement-elimination by alkylated dioxolanes at 230 C gives alkyl substituted furans. Yields can be nearly quantitive since the only serious by-products also give the furans under proton-catalyzed thermolysis (Scheme 25).124 Photochemical methods are outlined in Section VII. 

In some cases the C /C2 double bond in methylene cyclopropenes and calicenes was found to show dienophilic functionality towards diene components. Thus, di-ethylamino butadiene combines with 497 to give the Diels-Alder adduct 507, whose proton-catalyzed elimination of amine interestingly did not lead to the dibenzo heptafulvalene 508, but to the methylene norcaradiene derivative 509293 ... 

The kinetics of formation and dissociation of the Ca2+, Sr2+ and Ba2+ complexes of the mono- and di-benzo-substituted forms of 2.2.2, namely (214) and (285), have been studied in water (Bemtgen et al., 1984). The introduction of the benzene rings causes a progressive drop in the formation rates the dissociation rate for the Ca2+ complex remains almost constant while those for the Sr2+ and Ba2+ complexes increase. All complexes undergo first-order, proton-catalyzed dissociation with 0bs — kd + /ch[H+]. The relative degree of acid catalysis increases in the order Ba2+ < Sr2+ < Ca2+ for a given ligand. The ability of the cryptate to achieve a conformation which is accessible to proton attack appears to be inversely proportional to the size of the complexed metal cation in these cases. 

Formation of ring-substituted arylamine thio ethers occurs also by proton-catalyzed thermal rearrangement of the corresponding sulfenamides73,82,83. This alternative pathway may not completely be excluded in thio ether formation from nitrosoarenes, but it seems unlikely since these thio ethers were produced at neutral pH and low temperatures68. The discovery of the fc -conjugate additionally favors the pathway of nucleophilic ring addition of thiolate to the sulfenamide cation. 

In proton-catalyzed hydrolysis (specific acid catalyzed hydrolysis), protonation of the carbonyl O-atom leads to polarization of the carbonyl group, facilitating addition of the nucleophile, i. e., a H20 molecule (Fig. 3.1, Pathway a). The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of esters is reversible because the neutral alcohol or phenol released is nucleophilic, whereas hydrolysis of amides is irreversible because the amine released is protonated in the acidic medium and, hence, has considerably reduced nucleophilicity. 

The term acid catalysis is often taken to mean proton catalysis ( specific acid catalysis ) in contrast to general acid catalysis. In this sense, acid-catalyzed hydrolysis begins with protonation of the carbonyl O-atom, which renders the carbonyl C-atom more susceptible to nucleophilic attack. The reaction continues as depicted in Fig. 7. l.a (Pathway a) with hydration of the car-bonium ion to form a tetrahedral intermediate. This is followed by acyl cleavage (heterolytic cleavage of the acyl-0 bond). Pathway b presents an mechanism that can be observed in the presence of concentrated inorganic acids, but which appears irrelevant to hydrolysis under physiological conditions. The same is true for another mechanism of alkyl cleavage not shown in Fig. 7.Fa. All mechanisms of proton-catalyzed ester hydrolysis are reversible. 

Fig. 7.13. HO -Catalyzed ring opening of pilocarpine (7.76) and isopilocarpine (7.77) to pilocarpic acid and isopilocarpic acid, respectively, and proton-catalyzed lactonization of the two acids to the respective lactone. Note that pilocarpine and isopilocarpine interconvert by a base-catalyzed reaction of epimerization (Reaction a).

The reverse reaction of lactonization of pilocarpic acid is proton-catalyzed and, hence, favored at low pH. Thus, the pilocarpine/pilocarpic acid ratio was 1.0, 1.6, 2.7, 4.0, 5.1, and 6.7 at pH values of 6.0, 5.6, 5.2, 4.8, 4.4, and 4.0, respectively [161]. Interestingly, the lactonization of isopilocarpic acid is ca. 17-fold faster than the lactonization of pilocarpic acid, since the second-order rate constants of proton-catalyzed lactonization at 25° were 0.96 and 0.055 M-1 min-1 for isopilocarpine and pilocarpine, respectively [162], A lack of planarity in the lactone ring of pilocarpine, and a more lac-tone-like planarity in isopilocarpine, appear to account for this difference in reactivity between the two epimers. 

Pathway b is the specific base catalyzed (HO -catalyzed) hydrolysis. This bimolecular 5n2 reaction leads to the alcohol and nitrate. A peculiar pathway is carbonyl elimination (Fig. 9.1,c). This bimolecular reaction is catalyzed by strong bases and produces a dismutation of the two moieties, the organic group being oxidized to a carbonyl compound and nitrate being reduced to nitrite. Note that proton-catalyzed hydrolysis does not appear in Fig. 9.1 since this mechanism either does not occur or is negligible. 

Fig. 10.11. Chemical mechanisms in the hydrolysis ofK-region epoxides. Pathway a characteristic proton-catalyzed hydrolysis under acidic conditions Pathway b nucleophilic hydrolysis by H2C) Pathway c HO"-catalyzed hydrolysis under basic conditions. Pathways b and c form the trans-diol. In the case of Pathway a, partial configurational inversion may occur at the carbonium ion, resulting in a mixture of the trans- and cw-diols. 

Fig. 10.14. Reactivity ofdiol epoxides (Nu = H20, HCT, or another nucleophile), a) Hydrolytic reaction of diol epoxides to tetrols. b) Internal H-bonding in diol epoxides with syw-config-uration and rendering the distal C-atom more electrophilic (modified from [104]). c) General representation of proton-catalyzed (A-H = H+), general acid catalyzed (A-H = acid), or intra-molecularly catalyzed (A-H = syn-OW group) activation of the distal C-atom toward... 

The hydrolysis of diphenhydramine and analogues (11.24, Fig. 11.2) has been studied extensively [46 - 48], These compounds are essentially inert toward base-catalyzed hydrolysis, but do undergo proton-catalyzed hydrolysis, the mechanism of which is shown in Fig. 11.2. The reaction begins with protonation of the ether O-atom and continues with the irreversible heterolytic cleavage of the C-0 bond to produce the benzhydryl cation. This reaction is greatly facilitated by the weakening effect of the benzhydryl moiety on the adjacent C-0 bond. The benzhydryl cation itself is stabilized by resonance, which also explains why the reaction is facilitated. The last step is the for-... 

Fig. 11.2. Mechanism of proton-catalyzed, hydrolysis of aminoalkyl benzhydryl ethers 11.24, e.g., diphenhydramine (R = R = H), orphenadrine (R = 2-Me, R = H), and chlorphenoxamine...

S. R. Blaszlowski and R. A. van Santen, Quantum chemical studies of zeolite proton catalyzed reactions. Top. Catal. 4, 145-156 (1997). 

The total synthesis of carbazomycin D (263) was completed using the quinone imine cyclization route as described for the total synthesis of carbazomycin A (261) (see Scheme 5.86). Electrophilic substitution of the arylamine 780a by reaction with the complex salt 779 provided the iron complex 800. Using different grades of manganese dioxide, the oxidative cyclization of complex 800 was achieved in a two-step sequence to afford the tricarbonyliron complexes 801 (38%) and 802 (4%). By a subsequent proton-catalyzed isomerization, the 8-methoxy isomer 802 could be quantitatively transformed to the 6-methoxy isomer 801 due to the regio-directing effect of the 2-methoxy substituent of the intermediate cyclohexadienyl cation. Demetalation of complex 801 with trimethylamine N-oxide, followed by O-methylation of the intermediate 3-hydroxycarbazole derivative, provided carbazomycin D (263) (five steps and 23% overall yield based on 779) (611) (Scheme 5.91). 

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