Pyridine p-toluenesulfonate

Table 2. Competition between C-protonation (formation of nitro compounds 45) and O-proton-ation (formation of the Nef-product 47) in the protonation of nitronate ions 44 (s. Scheme 8). The percentage of C-protonated product 45 for different buffers (pyridine/p-toluenesulfonic acid) and unbuffered p-toluenesulfonic acid (48) is listed...

Scheme 19. Synthesis of the poly[2]catenand 51b via demetalation of the poly[2]catenate 51a (i) 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine-p-toluenesulfonic acid 1 1 complex plus AT V -diisopro-pylcarbodiimide (ii) KCN, THF.

Methoxypregna-3,5-dien-20-oned A solution of progesterone (0.3 g) dissolved in 5 ml of 2,2-dimethoxypropane-dimethylformamide (1 1) is treated with p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (8 mg) and 0.1 ml of methanol and then heated under reflux for 3.5 hr. The cooled solution is neutralized with 45 mg of sodium bicarbonate, dissolved in 200 ml of ice water, stirred for 0.5 hr and filtered. The enol ether thus obtained (0.29 g, 92%) is purified by crystallization from acetone-methanol containing a trace of pyridine mp 135-160° [a]o —61° (CHCI3). 

If the temperature is not kept below 25°C during the reaction of primary alcohols with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in pyridine, it is sometimes observed that the isolated product is not the desired alkyl p-toluenesulfonate but is instead the corresponding alkyl chloride. Suggest a mechanistic explanation for this observation. 

A mixture of 200 grams of 2-benzoyloxyethanol in 2 liters of pyridine at -5°C is treated with 275 grams of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride and the resulting mixture is stirred at O C for 2 hours. Water is added slowly at O " to 5°C. Extracting with chloroform, washing the extract with dilute hydrochloric acid, water and potassium bicarbonate, and evaporating the solvent leaves benzyloxyethyl p-toluenesulfonate. 

Preparation of 11-Keto-6 -Methy progesterone 3,20-Bis-(Ethylene Ketal) A mixture of 5 g of 11-keto-6(3-methylprogesterone (Spero et al, 7. Am. them. Soc., 78, 6213 (1956)], 503 ml of benzene, 26 ml of ethylene glycol, and 0.152 g of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate was stirred and heated under reflux for 22 hours while water was removed by means of a water trap. The reaction mixture was then cooled to 30°C, 0.4 ml of pyridine was added, and stirring was continued for 10 minutes. 

A mixture of 1.759 g of 2a.3a-epithio-5Q -endrostan-17 3-ol, 2.3 ml of 1-methoxycyclopen-tene, 20 mg of pyridine salt of p-toluenesulfonic acid and 20 ml of t-butanol is stirred for 4 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture is poured into an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate and the whole extracted with dichloromethane. The extract is dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to remove solvent. Purification of the residue by chromatography over alumina gives 1.487 g of 17/3-(1-methoxycyclopentyl)oxy-2a,3a-epi-thio-50 -androstane. Yield68.2%. MP98°Cto 101°C. 

A solution of 1 g of the diacetate (III) in lOOcc of n-heptane containing 2.5 ccof cyclopentanol and 50 mg of p-toluenesulfonic acid is heated under reflux for 20 hours. After cooling, a few drops of pyridine are added and the solvent is eiiminated by evaporation under vacuum. The residue is taken up with methanol to give 3-cyclopentyl enolether of 17a-ethvnyl-19-nortes-tosterone ecetate which, after recrystalllzation from methanol, melts at 182°C to 1B4°C. 

Scheme 5.13 Synthesis of star polymers to isolate p-toluenesulfonic acid (PSTA, 7) or 4-(dial kylamino) pyridines (8) [30].

Aminooxazole 11, readily obtained by reaction of N-Boc-L-Val-OH with aminomalononitrile p-toluenesulfonate and EDC in pyridine [5], was converted directly to bromooxazole 12 by in situ bromination via a nitrosamine intermediate. 

The specific rates of solvolysis of benzyl p-toluenesulfonate and nine benzylic-ring-substituted derivatives (324) have been satisfactorily correlated using Aij and Tots scales within the extended Grunwald-Winstein equation. The reactions of Z-phenylethyl X-benzenesulfonates (325) with Y-pyridines (326) in acetonitrile at 60 °C have been studied at high pressures. The results indicated that the mechanism of the reaction moves from a dissociative 5)vr2 to an early-type concerted 5)vr2 with increasing pressure. 

A less obvious instance is the acylation of l,5-anhydro-4,6-0-benzylidene-D-glucitol. The 1,5-anhydride has a chair conformation, and the 2- and 3-hydroxyl groups are equatorially attached trans to each other, and are, apparently, essentially equivalent91 However, the 2-benzoate and 2-p-toluenesulfonate were obtained almost exclusively on using the acyl chlorides in pyridine, although in the former acylation, an appreciable proportion of the dibenzoate was formed. 

The Soft Nef-Reaction was carried out with different nitronate ions 44 and different buffers as shown in Table 2 [38]. As expected the use of p-toluenesulfonic acid (48) alone resulted in the formation of the Nef-products 47 whereas pyridine (50) and 2,6-dimethylpyridine (51) buffers gave the nitro compounds 45. 

The final, critical oxidative spirocyclization of the 2,3-disubstituted indole to the spiro oxindole was effected by treatment of 124 with tert-butyl hypochlorite in pyridine to provide the labile 125 [Fig. (34)]. The Pinacol-type rearrangement was conducted by treating compound 125 with p-toluenesulfonic acid in THF/water. It is assumed that the chlorination of 124 proceeds from the least hindered face of the indole, to give the a-chloroindolene 125. The hydration of the imine functionality must also occur from the same a-face that is syn to the relatively large chlorine atom furnishing the syn-chlorohydrin 126, that subsequently rearranges stereospecifically to the desired spiro oxindole 127. 

Methoxy-17,17-ethylenedioxy-1 S-methylestra-1,3,5(10)-/ne e.48b A solution of (+)3-methoxy-18-methylestra-l,3,5(10)-trien-17-one (5 g) dissolved in ethylene glycol (5 ml) and ethyl orthoformate (10 ml) containing p-toluenesulfonic acid (0.3 g) is heated under reflux for 2 hr in a nitrogen atmosphere. The resulting solution is diluted with methylene chloride and washed with dilute sodium bicarbonate and water. The organic phase is dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness in the presence of a trace of pyridine. Trituration of the residue with petroleum ether yields 4.7 g (82%) of the pure ketal. 

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