Rearrangement decarboxylation

Strecker aldehyde are generated by rearrangement, decarboxylation and hydrolysis. Thus the Strecker degradation is the oxidative de-amination and de-carboxylation of an a-amino acid in the presence of a dicarbonyl compound. An aldehyde with one fewer carbon atoms than the original amino acid is produced. The other class of product is an a-aminoketone. These are important as they are intermediates in the formation of heterocyclic compounds such as pyrazines, oxazoles and thiazoles, which are important in flavours. 

The procedure described illustrates a new general synthetic method for the preparation of (E)-3-allyloxyacryl ic acids and their conversion to a-unsubstituted y,5-unsaturated aldehydes by subsequent Claisen rearrangement-decarboxyl at ion. Such aldehydes are traditionally prepared by Claisen rearrangements of allyl vinyl ethers. Allyl vinyl ethers are typically prepared by either mercury-catalyzed vinyl ether exchange with allylic alcohols or acid-catalyzed vinylation of allylic alcohols with acetals. The basic conditions required for alkoxide addition to the betaine to produce carboxyvinyl allyl ethers, as described in this report, nicely complements these two methods. In addition, this Claisen rearrangement is an... 

These chemicals are produced by the Strecker degradation of the initial Schiff base (Figure 2.6). An a-amino carbonyl compound and Strecker aldehyde are generated by rearrangement, decarboxylation and hydro-... 

The enzymes for the citric acid cycle are found in the mitochondrial matrix space. The first enzyme catalyzes a reaction that joins the acetyl group of acetyl CoA (two carbons) to a four-carbon molecule (oxaloacetate) to produce citrate (six carbons). The remaining enzymes catalyze a series of rearrangements, decarboxylations (removal of CO2), and oxidation-reduction reactions. The eventual products of this cyclic pathway are two CO2 molecules and oxaloacetate—the molecule we began with. 

A large variety of organic oxidations, reductions, and rearrangements show photocatalysis at interfaces, usually of a semiconductor. The subject has been reviewed [326,327] some specific examples are the photo-Kolbe reaction (decarboxylation of acetic acid) using Pt supported on anatase [328], the pho-... 

The principal steps in the mechanism of polyisoprene formation in plants are known and should help to improve the natural production of hydrocarbons. Mevalonic acid, a key intermediate derived from plant carbohydrate via acetylcoen2yme A, is transformed into isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) via phosphorylation, dehydration, and decarboxylation (see Alkaloids). IPP then rearranges to dimethylaHyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP). DMAPP and... 

Itaconic 2Lcid[97-65-4] (methylenebutanedioic acid, methylenesuccinic acid) is a crystaUine, high, melting acid (mp = 167-168) produced commercially by fermentation of carbohydrates (1 4). Itaconic acid is produced in the broth from citric acid (qv). Isolated from the pyrolysis products of citric acid in 1836, this a-substituted acryUc acid received its name by rearrangement of aconitic, the acid from which it is formed by decarboxylation. 

Imidazole, 4-acetyl-5-methyl-2-phenyl-synthesis, 5, 475 Imidazole, 1-acyl-reactions, 5, 452 rearrangement, 5, 379 Imidazole, 2-acyl-synthesis, 5, 392, 402, 408 Imidazole, 4-acyl-synthesis, 5, 468 Imidazole, C-acyl-UV spectra, 5, 356 Imidazole, N-acyl-hydrolysis rate constant, 5, 350 reactions, 5, 451-453 synthesis, 5, 54, 390-393 Imidazole, alkenyl-oxidation, 5, 437 polymerization, 5, 437 Imidazole, 1-alkoxycarbonyl-decarboxylation, 5, 453 Imidazole, 2-alkoxy-l-methyl-reactions, 5, 102 thermal rearrangement, 5, 443 Imidazole, 4-alkoxymethyl-synthesis, 5, 480 Imidazole, alkyl-oxidation, 5, 430 synthesis, 5, 484 UV spectra, 5, 355 Imidazole, 1-alkyl-alkylation, 5, 73 bromination, 5, 398, 399 HNMR, 5, 353 synthesis, 5, 383 thermal rearrangement, 5, 363 Imidazole, 2-alkyl-reactions, 5, 88 synthesis, 5, 469... 

Pterin-6-cafboxylic acid, 3,8-dimethyl-rearrangements, 3, 309 Pterincarboxylic acids occurence, 3, 323 Pterin-6-carboxylic acids acidity, 3, 277 methylation, 3, 297 synthesis, 3, 295, 304 Pterin-7-carboxylic acids acidity, 3, 277 methylation, 3, 297 synthesis, 3, 295 Pterin coenzymes biochemical pathways, 1, 260-263 Pterin-6,7-dicarboxylic acid decarboxylation, 3, 304 reactions, 3, 304... 

Glycol and o -hydroxy acid cleavage Oxidative decarboxylation Oxidative rearrangement of olefins... 

Other methods for the preparation of cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde include the catalytic hydrogenation of 3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde, available from the Diels-Alder reaction of butadiene and acrolein, the reduction of cyclohexanecarbonyl chloride by lithium tri-tcrt-butoxy-aluminum hydride,the reduction of iV,A -dimethylcyclohexane-carboxamide with lithium diethoxyaluminum hydride, and the oxidation of the methane-sulfonate of cyclohexylmethanol with dimethyl sulfoxide. The hydrolysis, with simultaneous decarboxylation and rearrangement, of glycidic esters derived from cyclohexanone gives cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde. 

When ethyl trifluoroacetylacetate is treated with an allylic alkoxide, tran-sesterification is followed by ester enolate Claisen rearrangement m a process that on decarboxylation yields stereospecifically the tnfluoromethyl ketone product [22] (equation 19)... 

Trichloroacetic acid behaves somewhat similarly in that protonation of the enamine occurs l7J7d). Subsequent decarboxylation of the trichloro-acetate gives trichloromethyl anion, which adds to the iminium cation to give the trichloromethyl amine derivative. Thus the enamine (113) undergoes reaction with trichloroacetic acid to give N-[l-(trichloromethyl)cyclo-hexyl]-morpholine (8). The latter compound undergoes rearrangement on... 

Rearrangements of vinylogous urethanes to vinylogous carbonic acids and decarboxylation are other interesting enamine rearrangements which may be synthetically useful in the formation of cyclic enamines (623,624). 

In 1900, Gabriel and Colman reported the preparation of phthalimidoyl acetate 4 They had anticipated saponifying 4 with sodium ethoxide and were surprised to find, rather than hydrolysis, rearrangement to 5. The identity of the product was confirmed by hydrolysis of the newly formed ester and concomitant decarboxylation to provide 6, which was hydrogenated to the known isocarbostyril (7). 

The Gabriel-Colman reaction has been used to prepare 3-alkyl isoquinoline 1,4-diols. Phthalimides 8 and 9 rearrange as expected when treated with alkoxides. Further treatment with sodium ethoxide results in decarboxylation and the expected isoquinolinone 1,4-diols 12 and 13. 

It has been shown that 2,3-thiophenedicarboxylic acid is preferentially esterified in the 2-position and the dimethyl ester is preferentially hydrolyzed in this position. The structure proof was difficult to achieve as rearrangements occurred. Thus both isomeric amides (195) and (196) were decarboxylized to the N-methylanilide of 3-thiophenecarboxylic acid (197). The same carbomethoxy benzoyl-thiophene, proved to be 2-carbomethoxy-3-benzoylthiophene (198),... 

A similar rearrangement accompanied by decarboxylation was described for 2,4-dimethoxy-l,3,5-triazine-6-carboxylic aeid. ... 

An isocyanate 2 formed by a Curtius rearrangement can undergo various subsequent reactions, depending on the reaction conditions. In aqueous solution the isocyanate reacts with water to give a carbaminic acid 6, which immediately decarboxylates to yield an amine 3. When alcohol is used as solvent, the isocyanate reacts to a carbamate 7 ... 

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