Succinaldehydes

Butanediol. 1,4-Butanediol [110-63-4] tetramethylene glycol, 1,4-butylene glycol, was first prepared in 1890 by acid hydrolysis of N,]S3-dinitro-l,4-butanediamine (117). Other early preparations were by reduction of succinaldehyde (118) or succinic esters (119) and by saponification of the diacetate prepared from 1,4-dihalobutanes (120). Catalytic hydrogenation of butynediol, now the principal commercial route, was first described in 1910 (121). Other processes used for commercial manufacture are described in the section on Manufacture. Physical properties of butanediol are Hsted in Table 2. 

Methylsuccinic acid has been prepared by the pyrolysis of tartaric acid from 1,2-dibromopropane or allyl halides by the action of potassium cyanide followed by hydrolysis by reduction of itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids by hydrolysis of ketovalerolactonecarboxylic acid by decarboxylation of 1,1,2-propane tricarboxylic acid by oxidation of /3-methylcyclo-hexanone by fusion of gamboge with alkali by hydrog. nation and condensation of sodium lactate over nickel oxide from acetoacetic ester by successive alkylation with a methyl halide and a monohaloacetic ester by hydrolysis of oi-methyl-o -oxalosuccinic ester or a-methyl-a -acetosuccinic ester by action of hot, concentrated potassium hydroxide upon methyl-succinaldehyde dioxime from the ammonium salt of a-methyl-butyric acid by oxidation with. hydrogen peroxide from /9-methyllevulinic acid by oxidation with dilute nitric acid or hypobromite from /J-methyladipic acid and from the decomposition products of glyceric acid and pyruvic acid. The method described above is a modification of that of Higginbotham and Lapworth. ... 

Styrene, monomer (phenylethylene) Succinaldehyde, see Glutaraldehyde Sucrose... 

The use of 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran (20) as a succinaldehyde equivalent has expanded the PK synthesis to include unsubstituted pyrroles, for example, 21. A novel synthesis of monosubstituted succinaldehydes is also available for the PK pyrrole synthesis. ... 

BerL Ber., abbrev. (Berliner Berichte) Berickte der deutscken chemiachen Gesellscka/t. Berliner-blau, n. Berlin blue, Prussian blue, -blaus ure, /. hydrocyanic acid, -braun, n. Prussian brown, -griin, n. Prussian green, -rot, n. Berlin red (a red lake color), -saure,/. prussic acid, -weiss, n. a kind of white lead. Bernstein, m. amber. — schwarzer —, jet. Bernstein-, amber succinic, succinyl, succino-. -alaun, m. aluminous amber, -aldehyd, n. succinaldehyde. bemateinartig, a. amber-like. 

Succinaldehyde, 7, 41 Succinic acid, 5, 10, 8, 13 Succinic ester (ethyl), 5, 10 Sulfonation, with chlorosulfomc acid, 5, 3... 

Some advances have been made in the Paal-Knorr synthesis of pyrroles by the condensation of primary amines with 1,4-dicarbonyl species. For instance, a new synthetic route to monosubstituted succinaldehydes allows for the facile preparation of 3-substituted pyrroles <96TL4099>. Additionally, a general method for the synthesis of 1-aminopyiroles has been devised by the condensation of commercially available 2,2,2-trichloroethyl- or 2-(tri-methylsilyl)ethylhydrazine with 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds <96JOCl 180>. A related route to such compounds involves the reaction of a-halohydrazones with p-dicarbonyl compounds <96H(43)1447>. Finally, hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) can be utilized as the amine component in the Paal-Knorr synthesis in the presence of alumina, and this modification has been employed in the synthesis of tm azaprostacyclin analog <96S1336>. 

The original Robinson synthesis (66) of tropinone (124), which consists of a reaction between succinaldehyde (140), methylamine (141), and the calcium salt of acetonedicarboxylic acid (142), proceeds in low yield (Scheme 2). However, it has the great merit of being the pioneering achievement in the field of biomimetic syntheses of natural products. 

Later, Schopf et al. (67,68) found that the yield could be raised to 83% by using, at 25°C, dilute solutions buffered at pH 5 (physiological conditions). Despite this relatively high yield the reaction was not very suitable for the production of tropinone (124), especially in large scale, because of the lack of a convenient method to obtain succinaldehyde (140). This obstacle was later circumvented when it was found that succinaldehyde (140) could be replaced by its synthetic equivalent, 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran (143) (Scheme 3). 

The bicyclo[2.2.2] system 2, as expected, 63,65) leads on thermolysis (Eq. 55), to ethylene (23-100%) and succinaldehyde, but the latter deteriorates extensively at the high temperatures involved 67). 

Finally, it is of interest to mention that the lactone-peroxide 17 decarboxylates at ca. 140 °C to afford succinaldehyde, but with light emission (Eq. 56)20). 

Similarly, the very labile keto-peroxide 15 also affords succinaldehyde with chemiluminescence on decarbonylation 20). Sufficient chemical energy is stored in these bicyclic peroxides to generate electronically excited products 68). 

The domino approach is also used by Nature for the synthesis of several alkaloids, the most prominent example being the biosynthesis of tropinone (0-16). In this case, a biomimetic synthesis was developed before the biosynthesis had been disclosed. Shortly after the publication of a more than 20-step synthesis of tropinone by Willstatter [14], Robinson [15] described a domino process (which was later improved by Schopf [16]) using succinaldehyde (0-13), methylamine (0-14) and acetonedicarboxylic acid (0-15) to give tropinone (0-16) in excellent yield without isolating any intermediates (Scheme 0.5). 

JOC8210>. Condensation of succinaldehyde with arylhydrazines and benzotriazole gives 1-aminopyrrolidines 646 that upon treatment with organomagnesium reagents rearrange to 1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridazines 647 <1998S1627>. 

The synthesis of bicyclic molecules containing guanidinium subunits, such as 156 (Scheme 22), are of considerable interest due to the wide range of biological activities presented by this family of natural products (see Section 11.11.9). In one of the first biomimetic studies toward ptylomycalin A, a series of polycyclic compounds have been prepared through an intermediate l-imino-hexahydropyrrolo[l,2-f]pyrimidin-3(4//)-one such as 155. Succinaldehyde... 

Take the total amount of succinaldehyde (obtained from 4 of the above syntheses combined) and without further treatment or purification (this had better be 15.5 g of succindialdehyde) put into an Erlenmeyer flask of 4-5 liters capacity. Add 21.6 g of methylamine hydrochloride, 46.7 g of acetonedicarboxylic acid, and enough water to make a total volume of 2 liters. Adjust the pH to 8-10 by slowly adding a saturated solution of disodium phosphate. The condensate of this reaction (allow to set for about 6 days) is extracted with ether, the ethereal solution is dried over sodium sulphate and distilled, the product coming over at 113° at 25 mm of pressure is collected. Upon cooling, 14 g of tropinone crystallizes in the pure state. Tropinone can also be obtained by oxidation of tropine with potassium dichromate, hut I could not find the specifics for this operation. 

Another interesting example is the synthesis of 77-(2-thiazolyl)-nortropinon 121. Stoll and co-authors [175] described the synthesis of this drug-like product via the legendary first total synthetic approach proposed by Robinson in 1917 [176] for the natural alkoloid tropinone, also well known as a good example of biomimetic reaction. In this tandem treatment, 2-aminothiazole was reacted with succinaldehyde and acetonedicarboxylic acid yielding 77-(2-thiazolyl)-nortropinon 121 in moderate yields (Scheme 58). 

Mukaiyama et al. 200) synthesized optically active 3-substituted succinialdehyde acid esters (204) via a Michael-addition. The methyl ester of fumaraldehydic acid was converted into the corresponding aminal (203) by treatment with the (S)-proline-derived chiral diamine (99). The Michael-addition of Grignard reagent to the aminal, followed by hydrolysis produced stereoselectivily 3-substituted succinaldehydic acid ester (204) in good yield. 

A variety of 1-substituted pyrroles can be prepared using 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran as a succinaldehyde equivalent (52ACS667,78JMC962). Even non-nucleophilic amines such as 2,6-dinitroani-line and benzenesulfonamide can be converted to pyrroles in good yield (73SC303,92HCA2608). 

Monoacetals of substituted succinaldehydes (162), readily prepared by hydroformylation of optically active a,(3-unsaturated aldehyde acetals, were used to synthesize 3-substituted thiophenes having an optically active substituent (163). In these cases, while the use of hydrogen sulfide and HC1 in methanol at room temperature was more convenient, comparison with formation of (163) by the Paal synthesis from an appropriately substituted succinic acid salt gave products having about the same amount of racemization (73JOC2361). 

Limpricht,1 in 1873, prepared furan by heating barium 2-furancarboxylate with soda lime. It has since been prepared by the dry distillation of barium 2-furancarboxylate 2 in small amounts by distillation of calcium succinate 3 by the destructive distillation of resinous pine wood 4 by heating succinaldehyde with water at 1800 0 and by heating 2-furancarboxylic acid in a sealed tube.2... 

Scheme I.—Reactions of Radicals Derived from Ethylene Glycol. [The G-values of products19 of a N,0-saturated, 0.1 Af solution of ethylene glycol at 20° and at a dose rate of 0.1 W.kg-1 are G(tetritol, 21) = 0.15, G(glycolaldehyde, 22) = 1.05, G(acetaldehyde, 24) = 1.2, G(2-deoxytetrose, 25) = 0.25, and G(succinaldehyde, 26) = 1.7],...

An interesting aspect of the Bi-mediated Barbier-type allylation is that the reaction can be conducted in aqueous media. When the reaction is carried out using metallic bismuth powder in water, addition of an equimolar amount of potassium fluoride improves the yield of homoallyl alcohol (Equation (40)).74 The reaction is also compatible with hydroxyl and carboxyl groups of the carbonyl substrates. When succinaldehydic acid, 4-oxopentanoic acid,... 

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