Sulfonic esters reaction with lithium aluminum hydride

In general, on reaction with lithium aluminum hydride, secondary sulfonic esters are desulfonylated, with formation of the corresponding secondary alcohol. An exception is provided in an observation by Reist and coworkers, who treated 6-0-benzoyl-l,2-0-isopropyli-dene-5-O-p-tolylsulfonyl-a-D-glucofuranose, with lithium aluminum hydride in ether and obtained a product thought to be 6-deoxy-l,2-0-isopropylidene-y3-L-idofuranose, derived from an intermediate 5,6-anhydro-L-ido derivative later, Ryan and coworkers showed, from its nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum, that the product was 5-deoxy-l,2-0-isopropylidene-a-D- t/Zo-hexofuranose. The problem has been re-examined by Overend and coworkers the repetition experiment under the conditions of Reist and coworkers afforded 5-deoxy-... 

An aiyl methane- or toluenesulfonate ester is stable to reduction with lithium aluminum hydride, to the acidic conditions used for nitration of an aromatic ring (HNO3/HOAC), and to the high temperatures (200-250°) of an Ullman reaction. Aiyl sulfonate esters, formed by reaction of a phenol with a sulfonyl chloride in pyridine or aqueous sodium hydroxide, are cleaved by warming in aqueous sodium hydroxide. ... 

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. 

The importance of reactions with complex, metal hydrides in carbohydrate chemistry is well documented by a vast number of publications that deal mainly with reduction of carbonyl groups, N- and O-acyl functions, lactones, azides, and epoxides, as well as with reactions of sulfonic esters. With rare exceptions, lithium aluminum hydride and lithium, sodium, or potassium borohydride are the... 

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