Sulfonation hydroxy group activation

Sulfinic acids and sulfoxides are not particularly common, being readily oxidized to the sulfonic acids and sulfones, respectively. Sulfonic acids have high melting points and probably exist as zwitterions. They are amphoteric, but mainly display the characteristics of weak acids. The sulfonic acid group activates an adjacent halogen to nucleophilic displacement, and may itself be displaced, e.g. reaction of alkylamines with benzimidazole-2-sulfonic acid. Imidazolesulfonic acids resist esterification and acid chloride formation, and are only hydrolyzed by concentrated hydrochloric acid at 170 °C the 2-isomers are more resistant than the 4- or 5-isomers. Aqueous alkali converts the free acids into hydroxy derivatives. Sulfonyl chlorides are accessible via the thiols (Section 4.07.3.6.1) which react with ammonia to form sulfonamides, or are reduced by tin(II) chloride to thiols (77JHC889). 

When unsubstituted, C-5 reacts with electrophilic reagents. Thus phosphorus pentachloride chlorinates the ring (36, 235). A hydroxy group in the 2-position activates the ring towards this reaction. 4-Methylthiazole does not react with bromine in chloroform (201, 236), whereas under the same conditions the 2-hydroxy analog reacts (55. 237-239. 557). Activation of C-5 works also for sulfonation (201. 236), nitration (201. 236. 237), Friede 1-Crafts reactions (201, 236, 237, 240-242), and acylation (243). However, iodination fails (201. 236). and the Gatterman or Reimer-Tieman reactions yield only small amounts of 4-methyl-5-carboxy-A-4-thiazoline-2-one. Recent kinetic investigations show that 2-thiazolones are nitrated via a free base mechanism. A 2-oxo substituent increases the rate of nitration at the 5-position by a factor of 9 log... 

In 1965, Breslow and Chipman discovered that zinc or nickel ion complexes of (E)-2-pyridinecarbaldehyde oxime (5) are remarkably active catalyst for the hydrolysis of 8-acetoxyquinoline 5-sulfonate l2). Some years later, Sigman and Jorgensen showed that the zinc ion complex of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine (3) is very active in the transesterification from p-nitrophenyl picolinate (7)13). In the latter case, noteworthy is a change of the reaction mode at the aminolysis in the absence of zinc ion to the alcoholysis in the presence of zinc ion. Thus, the zinc ion in the complex greatly enhances the nucleophilic activity of the hydroxy group of 3. In search for more powerful complexes for the release of p-nitrophenol from 7, we examined the activities of the metal ion complexes of ligand 2-72 14,15). 

Nucleophilic substitution reactions, to which the aromatic rings are activated by the presence of the carbonyl groups, are commonly used in the elaboration of the anthraquinone nucleus, particularly for the introduction of hydroxy and amino groups. Commonly these substitution reactions are catalysed by either boric acid or by transition metal ions. As an example, amino and hydroxy groups may be introduced into the anthraquinone system by nucleophilic displacement of sulfonic acid groups. Another example of an industrially useful nucleophilic substitution is the reaction of l-amino-4-bromoanthraquinone-2-sulfonic acid (bromamine acid) (76) with aromatic amines, as shown in Scheme 4.5, to give a series of useful water-soluble blue dyes. The displacement of bromine in these reactions is catalysed markedly by the presence of copper(n) ions. 

Pyridinesulfonic acids exist as zwitterions (e.g., 896). As for benzenesulfonic acid, the sulfonic acid group can be replaced by hydroxy or cyano groups under vigorous conditions, e.g., 896 897, 898, or under milder conditions when activated by conjugation, as in the conversion of 899 into 900 <20030BC2710, 20040BC2671>. 

An interpretation of the volume profiles in the context of the complexa-tion mechanism previously discussed, offers a global view of the inclusion process. The inclusion mechanism begins with the encounter of the dye and a-CD mainly due to hydrophobic interactions followed by a partial desolvation of the entering sulfonate/sulfonamide head of the dye. The latter interacts with the two activated water molecules inside the cavity of the free host, and their complete release through the smaller rim of the a-CD is retarded by the primary hydroxy groups. 

Optically active a, -epoxy stdfones. - The Darzens reaction of ethyl methyl ketone with chloromethyl / -tolyl sulfone in a two-phase system in the presence of chiral ammonium salts such as N-ethylephedrinium bromide results in a,/3-epoxy sulfones with 0-2.57o optical yields. However, if the supported catalyst (1) is used, optical yields of up to 23% can be obtained as in the example formulated in equation (I). On the other hand, the reaction is slower when the catalyst is supported. The presence of a hydroxy group jS to the nitrogen atom of the catalyst is essential for asymmetric induction. 

Commercial hexythiazox is a racemic mixture of the two trans enantiomers Scheme 26.2.2 shows the main synthetic pathways [11, 17, 19]. Starting from 4-chloro propiophenone the key intermediate erythro amino alcohol may be obtained by stereoselective catalytic reduction of the corresponding hydroxy imi-noketone or by sodium borohydride reduction of the aminoketones obtained via Gabriel synthesis. Different routes lead from this aminoalcohol to the trans-thiazolidinone system the basis of all routes is activation of the hydroxy group, e.g., in form of the sulfonate and a ring forming reaction with carbon disulfide or carbonyl sulfide. The final acylation of the NH group with cyclohexyl isocyanate leads to hexythiazox. 

In view of the relative ease of stereocontrolled formation of the 26-di-alkylaminoalkylthio derivatives obtained from pristinamycin 11 which were active in vivo in association with pristinamycin I, the chemistry of these compounds was explored further. Their in vivo activity in association with pristinamycin 1 might be explained by oxidative metabolism of these thioethers in the animal model to the corresponding sulfoxides and/or sulfones. Due to the presence of different oxidizable functionalities including the hydroxy group (see Sect. 5.4.1), the conjugated double bonds (see Sect. 5.4.4), the amino function of... 

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