Reaction with /9-ketoesters

Coumarin can also be formed by the reaction of phenol with diketene (40). Similarly, diphenols can react with hydroxycarboxyUc acids or beta-ketoesters to give hydroxycoumaria derivatives. The reaction of resorciaol with malic acid produces umbeUiferone (7-hydroxycoumaria) and its reaction with ethyl acetoacetate gives beta-methylumbeUiferone (7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumaria). 

A reaction related to the Michael addition reactions of enamines to unsaturated esters, which leads to S-ketoesters, is the reaction with 1-carb-ethoxy-l-cyanocyclopropane (318). This gives access to ketones substituted with the next higher homologous acid chain. 

A significant number of examples exist in which 1,3-dicarbonyl derivatives undergo reaction with thioglycolates to produce thiophenes. ° Such reactions are particularly effective when used in conjunction with P-ketoesters, as demonstrated by the preparation of 27. ... 

As a further typical reaction of the hydrazine group of the 2-hydrazinoselenazoles (cf. Section I,C,2), pyrazolone formation was investigated. By condensation of the hydrazines with -ketoesters in acetic acid, it was possible to synthesize a series of l-(selenazol-2-yl)-3-alkylpyrazol-5-ones (16). ... 

Those steps are reversible reactions, with the equilibrium shifted to the left. However the overall reaction can be carried out in good yield since the /3-ketoester 2 is converted into the conjugate base 6 by the lost alkoxide 5 the ester is more acidic than the alcohol R OH 7 ... 

Hydrazinoseienazoles, electrophilic substitutions. in 5-position, 240 reaction with /S-ketoesters, 235 reducing agents, 234 table of pioducts, 234... 

On reaction with Li-HMDS 492 and subsequent treatment with MegSiCl 14 a-ketoesters such as 512 afford N-silylated Schiff bases such as 513, which can be reduced to amino acids 514 or amino alcohols 515 and dimerized with methanol or H2O to give the imidazolone 516 [95]. Analogous treatment of benzil with Li-HMDS 492 and quenching with Me3SiCl 14 gives 517, which reacts with the Li-enolate of methyl isobutyrate 498 at 78 °C in THF to give the adduct 518 in 75%... 

Further studies by Bode and co-workers have shown that enolate formation from a-chloroaldehydes and subsequent reaction with 4-oxo-enoates or unsaturated a-ketoesters 232 generates dihydropyranones 233 in excellent diastereo- and enantio-selectivities, and with impressively low catalyst loadings [90], This work has been extended to the generation of enolate equivalents from bisulfite adducts of a-haloaldehydes 234 under aqueous conditions (Scheme 12.50) [91]. 

Carbanions derived from optically active sulfoxides react with esters, affording generally optically active )S-ketoesters ° . Kunieda and coworkers revealed that treatment of (-t-)-(R)-methyl p-tolyl sulfoxide 107 with n-butyllithium or dimethy-lamine afforded the corresponding carbanion, which upon further reaction with ethyl benzoate gave (-l-)-(R)-a-(p-tolylsulfinyl)acetophenone 108. They also found that the reaction between chiral esters of carboxylic acids (R COOR ) and a-lithio aryl methyl sulfoxides gave optically active 3-ketosulfoxides The stereoselectivity was found to be markedly influenced by the size of the R group of the esters and the optical purity reached to 70.3% when R was a t-butyl group. 

In a similar sequence, reaction of ketoester 52 with 2-thienylmagnesium bromide gives a modest yield of the benzilic ester 53. Transesterification of this with aminoalcohol 51, prepared analogously to 45 by starting with methylamine, gives, after quaternization with methyl bromide, heteronium bromide... 

Crossed Claisen reactions with two different esters, each of which has a-H atoms, are seldom useful synthetically as there are, of course, four possible products. Crossed Claisen reactions are, however, often useful when one of the two esters has no a-H atoms, e.g. HCOzEt, ArC02Et, (C02Et)2, etc., as this can act only as a carbanion acceptor. Such species are in fact good acceptors, and the side reaction of the self-condensation of the other, e.g. RCH2C02Et, ester is not normally a problem. Intramolecular Claisen reactions, where both C02Et groups are part of the same molecule [e.g. (123)], are referred to as Dieckmann cyclisations. These work best, under simple conditions, for the formation of the anions of 5-, 6- or 7-membered cyclic / -ketoesters... 

Both overt carbanions and organometallic compounds, such as Grignard reagents, are powerful nucleophiles as we have seen in their addition reactions with C=0 (p. 221 et seq.) they tend therefore to promote an SN2 pathway in their displacement reactions. Particularly useful carbanions, in preparative terms, are those derived from CH2(C02Et)2, (3-ketoesters, l,3-( 3-)diketones, e.g. (55), a-cyanoesters, nitroalkanes, etc.—the so-called reactive methylenes ... 

In the Diels-Alder reaction with inverse electron demand, the overlap of the LUMO of the 1-oxa-l,3-butadiene with the HOMO of the dienophile is dominant. Since the electron-withdrawing group at the oxabutadiene at the 3-position lowers its LUMO dramatically, the cycloaddition as well as the condensation usually take place at room or slightly elevated temperature. There is actually no restriction for the aldehydes. Thus, aromatic, heteroaromatic, saturated aliphatic and unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes may be used. For example, a-oxocarbocylic esters or 1,2-dike-tones for instance have been employed as ketones. Furthermore, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds cyclic and acyclic substances such as Meldmm s acid, barbituric acid and derivates, coumarins, any type of cycloalkane-1,3-dione, (1-ketoesters, and 1,3-diones as well as their phosphorus, nitrogen and sulfur analogues, can also be ap-... 

Dihydropyrrole a-ketoester 423 when reacted with 2,2,2-trichloroethyl carbazate in refluxing xylene underwent smooth cycloaddition to afford cycloadduct 48 in 86% yield. Reaction of 423 with thiosemicarbazide in acetic acid yielded a product mixture to give the tetracycle 48. Its benzyloxycarbonyl group was cleaved by reaction with HBr to give crystalline 424 <2002JOG7880> (Scheme 94). 

Annual Volume 71 contains 30 checked and edited experimental procedures that illustrate important new synthetic methods or describe the preparation of particularly useful chemicals. This compilation begins with procedures exemplifying three important methods for preparing enantiomerically pure substances by asymmetric catalysis. The preparation of (R)-(-)-METHYL 3-HYDROXYBUTANOATE details the convenient preparation of a BINAP-ruthenium catalyst that is broadly useful for the asymmetric reduction of p-ketoesters. Catalysis of the carbonyl ene reaction by a chiral Lewis acid, in this case a binapthol-derived titanium catalyst, is illustrated in the preparation of METHYL (2R)-2-HYDROXY-4-PHENYL-4-PENTENOATE. The enantiomerically pure diamines, (1 R,2R)-(+)- AND (1S,2S)-(-)-1,2-DIPHENYL-1,2-ETHYLENEDIAMINE, are useful for a variety of asymmetric transformations hydrogenations, Michael additions, osmylations, epoxidations, allylations, aldol condensations and Diels-Alder reactions. Promotion of the Diels-Alder reaction with a diaminoalane derived from the (S,S)-diamine is demonstrated in the synthesis of (1S,endo)-3-(BICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPT-5-EN-2-YLCARBONYL)-2-OXAZOLIDINONE. 

J0rgensen and co-workers (229,230) examined the use of a-ketoesters and 1,2-diones as heterodienophiles in reactions with Danishefsky s diene. Catalyst 269c was found to exert the highest facial bias in these reactions, and is generally tolerant of substitution on the dione. These reactions may be conducted with as little as 0.05 mol% catalyst loadings. 

Reaction of 4a with TiCl4 was carried out in the presence of siloxyalkene 3 as nucleophile and the results are summarized in Table III. In the reaction with ketene silyl acetals 3a and 3e at -78 °C, y-ketoesters 15a and 15e were obtained instead of chloride product 8 which is a major product in the absence of 3. Formation of product 15 is likely to result from trapping of alkylideneallyl cation 5 with 3 at the sp2 carbon. In contrast, the reactions with silyl enol ethers 3f and 3g gave no acyclic product 15, but gave cyclopentanone derivatives 16-18. The product distribution depends on the mode of addition of TiCl4 (entries 4-7). 

The methylene hydrogens between the two carbonyls are the most acidic, so this is where enolate anion formation occurs. Now follows an Sn2 reaction with the dibromide reagent. It is soon apparent that this sequence of enolate anion formation and Sn2 displacement can be repeated, since the substrate still contains an acidic hydrogen. We soon end up with an alkylated ketoester. 

The use of /i-ketocstcrs and malonic ester enolates has largely been supplanted by the development of the newer procedures based on selective enolate formation that permit direct alkylation of ketone and ester enolates and avoid the hydrolysis and decarboxylation of ketoesters intermediates. Most enolate alkylations are carried out by deprotonating the ketone under conditions that are appropriate for kinetic or thermodynamic control. Enolates can also be prepared from silyl enol ethers and by reduction of enones (see Section 1.3). Alkylation also can be carried out using silyl enol ethers by reaction with fluoride ion.31 Tetraalkylammonium fluoride salts in anhydrous solvents are normally the... 

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