Pyrrole acetylation

CoTCPP Pt/poly Pyrrole poly pyrrole Acetyl-L- Cysteine +0.2 0.01 M KNO3 0 [111]... 

Ketones are rearranged oxidatively by reaction of the corresponding enols with thallium(III), e.g. to yield pyrroleacetic acids from acetyl pyrroles (G.W. Kenner, 1973 B W. Rotermund, 1975). 

These compounds typically react with electrophiles on carbon and in this respect they resemble enamines, enol ethers and enol thioethers. For example, both pyrrole and 1-pyrrolidinocyclohexene can be C-acetylated (Scheme 4). 

The high reactivity of pyrroles to electrophiles is similar to that of arylamines and is a reflection of the mesomeric release of electrons from nitrogen to ring carbons. Reactions with electrophilic reagents may result in addition rather than substitution. Thus furan reacts with acetyl nitrate to give a 2,5-adduct (33) and in a similar fashion an adduct (34) is obtained from the reaction of ethyl vinyl ether with hydrogen bromide. 

Thiophene is much more easily nitrated than benzene and it is therefore possible to use mild nitrating agents such as acetyl or benzoyl nitrate. Like pyrrole and furan the principal nitration product is the 2-derivative. The a selectivity decreases with increasing vigour of the reagent and up to 15% of the 3-isomer has been obtained. 

Pyrrole and alkylpyrroles can be acylated by heating with acid anhydrides at temperatures above 100 °C. Pyrrole itself gives a mixture of 2-acetyl- and 2,5-diacetyl-pyrrole on heating with acetic anhydride at 150-200 °C. iV-Acylpyrroles are obtained by reaction of the alkali-metal salts of pyrrole with an acyl halide. AC-Acetylimidazole efficiently acetylates pyrrole on nitrogen (65CI(L)1426). Pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde is acetylated on nitrogen in 80% yield by reaction with acetic anhydride in methylene chloride and in the presence of triethylamine and 4-dimethylaminopyridine (80CB2036). 

There are reports of an increasing number of palladium-assisted reactions, in some of which the palladium has a catalytic function. Thus furan and thiophene undergo facile palladium-assisted alkenylation giving 2-substituted products. Benzo[6 Jfuran and TV- acetyl-indole yield cyclization products, dibenzofurans and carbazoles respectively, in addition to alkenylated products (8UOC851). The arylation of pyrroles can be effected by treatment with palladium acetate and an arene (Scheme 86) (81CC254). 

X-ray, 4, 160 (79AX(B)2228> lH-Pyrrole-2,4-diamine, 1-t-butyl-JV, JV -dimethyl-3-phenyl-JV -phenylsulfonyl-X-ray, 4, 160 (78BSB893) lH-Pyrrole-3-methanol, 4-acetyl-X-ray, 4, 160 (78AX(B)1248> lH-Pyrrole-3-methanol, 4-acetyl-, hydrate X-ray, 4, 160 (78AX(B)1248> lH-Pyrrole-3-propanoic acid, ester C NMR, 4, 172 (74JCS(P2)1004>... 

Imidazolium halides pyrolysis, 5, 449 Imidazolium ions acylation, 5, 402 H NMR, 5, 352 hydrogen exchange, 5, 417 nucleophilic attack, 5, 375 reactivity, 5, 375 ring opening, S, 375 Imidazolium oxides in pyrrole synthesis, 4, 344 Imidazolium perchlorate, 1,3-diphenyl-acylation, 5, 402 Imidazolium salts 1-acetyl-... 

Vilsmeier-Haack formylation, 4, 222 Pyrrole, 3-acetyl-oxidation, 4, 289 protodeaeetylation, 4, 208 synthesis, 4, 218... 

Pyrrole, 3-acetyl-l,2-dimethyl-4-nitro-5-(2-nitrophenyl)-reduetion, 4, 244... 

Pyrrole, 2-aeetyl-l-(2-hydroxyethyl)-5-nitro-cyelization, 4, 74 ipso substitution, 4, 243 Pyrrole, 2-aeetyl-l-methyl-dipole moment, 4, 194 photocyelization reaetions with 2,3-dimethylbut-2-ene, 4, 269 Pyrrole, 3-acetyl-4-methyl-Vilsmeier-Haaek formylation, 4, 222 Pyrrole, 2-aeetyl-3-nitro-reduction, 4, 297 Pyrrole, aeyl-basicity, 4, 207 isomerization, 4, 208 oximes... 

Oxidation of the 3-(hydroxyalkyl)pyrrole derivative gives a pure 3-acylpyrrole derivative which is difficult to obtain by direct substitution in the pyrrole ring. Acylation of pyrrole yields 1- and/or 2-acetyl pyrrole, whereas acylation of 1-methyl pyrrole forms both 2- and 3-acetyl-1-methyl-... 

The Barton-Zard (BZ) pyrrole synthesis is similar both to the van Leusen pyrrole synthesis that uses Michael acceptors and TosMlC (Section 6.7) and the Montforts pyrrole synthesis using a,P-unsaturated sulfones and alkyl a-isocyanoacetates." An alternative to the use of the reactive nitroalkenes 1 is their in situ generation from P-acetoxy nitroalkanes, which are readily prepared via the Henry reaction between an aldehyde and a nitroalkane followed by acetylation. Examples are shown later. 

In certain cases where the heteroaromatic amine is insufficiently soluble in aqueous acid, it can be dissolved in the minimum volume of an organic solvent miscible with water. Dilute mineral acid and a solution of sodium nitrite are then added. An example is the diazotization of 2-phenyl-3-amino-4-acetyl-5-methyl-pyrrole (Dattolo et al., 1983). 

Trimethyl-4-acetyl-pyrrol — 2,3,5-Trimethyl-4-athyl-pyrroln 80% d.Th. 

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