Resin-Supported Diketones

The polymer-assisted solution-phase (PASP) synthesis of a 192-member group of 1,5-biaryl pyrazoles from 1,3-diketones and 4-hydrazinobenzoic acid as precursors has been reported <2004JC0332>. Condensation of aromatic or aliphatic esters with resin-supported sulfonamides 527, followed by cyclization with hydrazines, activation with trimethylsilyldiazomethane, and cleavage using amines, provided highly substituted, isomeric pyrazoles 528 and 529 (Scheme 63) <20000L2789>. 

Kirschning and coworkers have recently reported the synthesis of a resin-bound diketone for the sequestration of amines and hydrazines [14]. The resin-bound diketone was synthesized via oxidation of a chloromethyl resin, followed by reductive coupling with 2,4-pentadione, to provide the requisite scavenger resin. This resin was found to be more efficient than supported-aldehydes for amine and hydrazine scavenging and, furthermore, found to be selective for the scavenging of primary amines over secondary amines (Scheme 8.10). 

Alkylation of j8-diketones using polymers as supports for the intermediate enolate anion has also been reported (Gelbard and Colonna, 1977). Reaction of several cyclohexyl j3-diketones with Amberlite IRA-9(K) formed a resin-linked j8-diketonate that could be readily alkylated. Similarly, it was shown that alkylation of phenoxide anions can be readily effected when the anions are supported via an ionic bond with the resin (Gelbard and Colonna, 1977). Alkylations of /3-diketones were also shown to occur if a fluoride-substituted, strongly basic resin (Amberlyst A26, A27, or Dowex MSA-1) is used (Miller et at., 1978). In this case, the presence of the fluoride ion was necessary before reaction would proceed. Considering the report on the use of Amberlite IRA-900— a very similar resin— the necessity for a fluoride ion is puzzling. In the same publication, the 0-alkylation of phenols, the sulfenylation of /3-diketones, and the Michael addition of a thiol to an ot,/8-unsaturated ketone were also investigated. 

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