Substituent applications

Values of intermolecular force substituent constants used for the substituent applications are set forth in Table 3. 

A related method to interpret the diastereofecial selectivities of the reactions of double bonds has been proposed by Dannenberg and coworkers [8, 13, 14,]. Tins method also relies on the 7t frontier orbitals of non symmetrical molecules, and proposes breaking the symmetry of the n or it orbitals due to polarization induced by the substituents. Application of frontier molecular orbital theory, taking into account only the substrate MOs, gives a qualitative trend of stereoselection in a number of nucleophilic (reductions of carbonyl compounds) and electrophilic reactions. 

The applicability of the two-parameter equation and the constants devised by Brown to electrophilic aromatic substitutions was tested by plotting values of the partial rate factors for a reaction against the appropriate substituent constants. It was maintained that such comparisons yielded satisfactory linear correlations for the results of many electrophilic substitutions, the slopes of the correlations giving the values of the reaction constants. If the existence of linear free energy relationships in electrophilic aromatic substitutions were not in dispute, the above procedure would suffice, and the precision of the correlation would measure the usefulness of the p+cr+ equation. However, a point at issue was whether the effect of a substituent could be represented by a constant, or whether its nature depended on the specific reaction. To investigate the effect of a particular substituent in different reactions, the values for the various reactions of the logarithms of the partial rate factors for the substituent were plotted against the p+ values of the reactions. This procedure should show more readily whether the effect of a substituent depends on the reaction, in which case deviations from a hnear relationship would occur. It was concluded that any variation in substituent effects was random, and not a function of electron demand by the electrophile. ... 

The Peterson reaction has two more advantages over the Wittig reaction 1. it is sometimes less vulnerable to sterical hindrance, and 2. groups, which are susceptible to nucleophilic substitution, are not attacked by silylated carbanions. The introduction of a methylene group into a sterically hindered ketone (R.K. Boeckman, Jr., 1973) and the syntheses of olefins with sulfur, selenium, silicon, or tin substituents (D. Seebach, 1973 B.T. Grdbel, 1974, 1977) illustrate useful applications. The reaction is, however, more limited and time consuming than the Wittig reaction, since metallated silicon derivatives are difficult to synthesize and their reactions are rarely stereoselective (T.H. Chan, 1974 ... 

Syntheses of alkenes with three or four bulky substituents cannot be achieved with an ylide or by a direct coupling reaction. Sterical hindrance of substituents presumably does not allow the direct contact of polar or radical carbon synthons in the transition state. A generally applicable principle formulated by A. Eschenmoser indicates a possible solution to this problem //an intermolecular reaction is complex or slow, it is advisable to change the educt in such a way. that the critical bond formation can occur intramolecularly (A. Eschenmoser, 1970). 

A two-step synthesis of indoles from o-nitrobenzaldehydes proceeds by condensation with nitromcthanc followed by reductive cyclization. Like the Leim-gruber Batcho method, the principal application of the reaction is to indoles with only carbocyclic substituents. The forniation of the o,p-dinitrostyrenes is usually done under classical Henry condensation conditions but KF/18-crown-6 in propanol was found to be an advantageous reaction medium for acetoxy-substituted compounds[1]. The o,p-dinitrostyrenes can also be obtained by nitration of p-nitrostyrenes[2]. 

These conditions are so harsh that they are applicable only to indoles with the most inert substituents. Cyclization can be achieved at much lower temperatures by using alkyllithium reagents as the base. For example, treatment of o-methylpivalanilide with 3 eq. of n-butyllithium at 25 C gives 2-terr-butylindole in 87% yield[2]. These conditions can be used to make... 

As illustrated in Scheme 8.1, both 2-vinylpyrroles and 3-vinylpyiroles are potential precursors of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindolcs via Diels-Alder cyclizations. Vinylpyrroles are relatively reactive dienes. However, they are also rather sensitive compounds and this has tended to restrict their synthetic application. While l-methyl-2-vinylpyrrole gives a good yield of an indole with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, ot-substitiients on the vinyl group result in direct electrophilic attack at C5 of the pyrrole ring. This has been attributed to the stenc restriction on access to the necessary cisoid conformation of the 2-vinyl substituent[l]. 

Several groups have developed procedures for Pd-mediated coupling based on this general chemistry. The variety of such procedures and the range of compounds for which they are applicable suggest that Pd-calalysed coupling is currently the most versatile method for introduction of 2-substituents which cannot be prepared directly from organolithium intermediates. 

While both 2- and 3-vinylindole have been synthesized and characterized[l,2], they arc quite reactive and susceptible to polymerization. This is also true for simple l-alkyl derivatives which readily undergo acid-catalysed dimerization and polymerization[3]. For this reason, except for certain cases where in situ generation of the vinylindoles is practical, most synthetic applications of vinylindoles involve derivatives stabilized by EW-nitrogen substituents[4]. 

The Gabriel s synthesis is also applicable when a polysubstituted thiazole is required (381, 550). Thus 2,4,5-trisubstituted thiazoles are obtained by treating the corresponding a-acylaminoketones with phosphorus pentasulfide for a few minutes at 100°C (550) or at higher temperature for heavier substituents (381). (Table 11-31). 

Substituents on both sides of the double bond are considered separately. Additional vinyl carbons are treated as if they were alkyl carbons. The method is applicable to alicyclic alkenes in small rings carbons are counted twice, i.e., from both sides of the double bond where applicable. The constant in the equation is the chemical shift for ethylene. The effect of other substituent groups is tabulated below. 

The presence of the unsaturated substituent along this polyester backbone gives this polymer crosslinking possibilities through a secondary reaction of the double bond. These polymers are used in paints, varnishes, and lacquers, where the ultimate cross-linked product results from the oxidation of the double bond as the coating cures. A cross-linked polyester could also result from reaction (5.J) without the unsaturated carboxylic acid, but the latter would produce a gel in which the entire reaction mass solidified and is not as well suited to coatings applications as the polymer that crosslinks upon drying. ... 

Applications. Among the P—O- and P—N-substituted polymers, the fluoroalkoxy- and aryloxy-substituted polymers have so far shown the greatest commercial promise (14—16). Both poly[bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene] [27290-40-0] and poly(diphenoxyphosphazene) [28212-48-8] are microcrystalline, thermoplastic polymers. However, when the substituent symmetry is dismpted with a randomly placed second substituent of different length, the polymers become amorphous and serve as good elastomers. Following initial development of the fluorophosphazene elastomers by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., both the fluoroalkoxy (EYPEL-F) and aryloxy (EYPEL-A) elastomers were manufactured by the Ethyl Corp. in the United States from the mid-1980s until 1993 (see ELASTOLffiRS,SYNTHETic-PHOSPHAZENEs). 

Applications. Polymers with small alkyl substituents, particularly (13), are ideal candidates for elastomer formulation because of quite low temperature flexibiUty, hydrolytic and chemical stabiUty, and high temperature stabiUty. The abiUty to readily incorporate other substituents (ia addition to methyl), particularly vinyl groups, should provide for conventional cure sites. In light of the biocompatibiUty of polysdoxanes and P—O- and P—N-substituted polyphosphazenes, poly(alkyl/arylphosphazenes) are also likely to be biocompatible polymers. Therefore, biomedical appHcations can also be envisaged for (3). A third potential appHcation is ia the area of soHd-state batteries. The first steps toward ionic conductivity have been observed with polymers (13) and (15) using lithium and silver salts (78). 

Interest in the synthesis of 19-norsteroids as orally active progestins prompted efforts to remove the C19 angular methyl substituent of readily available steroid precursors. Industrial applications include the direct conversion of androsta-l,4-diene-3,17-dione [897-06-3] (92) to estrone [53-16-7] (26) by thermolysis in mineral oil at about 500°C (136), and reductive elimination of the angular methyl group of the 17-ketal of the dione [2398-63-2] (93) with lithium biphenyl radical anion to form the 17-ketal of estrone [900-83-4] (94) (137). 

This method is suitable only for the preparation of 4-substituted and/or 3,4-disubstituted derivatives, the substituents being only alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl groups. The presence of electron-withdrawing groups in the unsaturated side chain prevents the cyclization step. This is understandable if the influence of such groups on the stability of the intermediate carbonium ion is considered. Of more limited application is the analogous cyclization of diazotized o-aminophenylpropiolic acids, the reaction being referred to as the Richter synthesis (Scheme 70). A related synthesis (also referred to as the Neber-Bossel synthesis)... 

Isoxazoles are susceptible to attack by nucleophiles, the reactions involving displacement of a substituent, addition to the ring, or proton abstraction with subsequent ring-opening. Isoxazolium salts are even more susceptible to attack by a variety of nucleophiles, providing useful applications of the isoxazole nucleus in organic synthesis. Especially useful is the reductive cleavage of isoxazoles, which may be considered as masked 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds or enaminoketones. 

The reactions of 3-unsubstituted iso.xazolium salts (123) with hydroxide, alkoxide, cyanide and azide ions have also been studied, and they can in general be rationalized in terms of the ketoketenimine intermediate (124). The results of these reactions are summarized below. The application of such reactions to 3-unsubstituted isoxazolium salts bearing substituents other than alkyl and aryl groups has received little attention, but 5-aminoisoxazolium salts have been studied (74CB13). 

The NMR chemical shifts of non-aromatic isothiazoles can be predicted with reasonable accuracy using standard substituent increments. A particular usefulness of NMR is its ability to distinguish between very similar compounds, and for this reason NMR finds application in pharmaceutical and other analyses. As an example CNMR allows ready distinction of the dlastereolsomers of dehydromethionine (14) and the possibility of detection of one dlastereolsomer in the presence of the other (79JOC2632). 

A wide variety of /3-lactams are available by these routes because of the range of substituents possible in either the ketene or its equivalent substituted acetic acid derivative. Considerable diversity in imine structure is also possible. In addition to simple Schiff bases, imino esters and thioethers, amidines, cyclic imines and conjugated imines such as cinnamy-lidineaniline have found wide application in the synthesis of functionalized /3-lactams. A-Acylhydrazones can be used, but phenylhydrazones and O-alkyloximes do not give /3-lactams. These /3-lactam forming reactions give both cis and /raMS-azetidin-2-ones some control over stereochemistry can, however, be exercised by choice of reactants and conditions. 

Cephalosporanic acid, 3 -deacetoxy-, 7, 289 Cephalosporin, 3 -deacetoxy-absorption, 7, 293 synthesis, 7, 293 Cephalosporin, 3,4-dihydro-synthesis, 7, 292 Cephalosporin, 7a-hydroxy-synthesis, 7, 290 Cephalosporin C, 7, 288 as pharmaceutical, 1, 152 total synthesis, 7, 294 Woodward s total synthesis, 7, 294 Cephalosporin C, deacetoxy-synthesis, 7, 292 Cephalosporins, 7, 267, 285-298 7-acylamino substituent configuration, 7, 290 analogues synthesis, 7, 288 as antibiotics, 2, 519 3, 1038 application, 7, 296... 

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