Tertiary alkoxy intermediate

A novel approach was developed very recently by Kita et al. [15]. DKR of allylic alcohols was performed by combining a lipase-catalyzed acylation with a racemization through the formation of allyl vanadate intermediates. Excellent yields and enantioselectivities were obtained. An example is shown in Figure 4.4. A limitation with this approach for the substrates shown in Figure 4.4 is that the allylic alcohol must be equally disubstituted in the allylic position (R = R ) since C—C single bond rotation is required in the tertiary alkoxy intermediate. Alternatively, R or R can be H if the two allylic alcohols formed by migration of the hydroxyl group are enantiomers (e.g. cyclic allylic acetates). 

For a secondary alkoxy, the products are an aldehyde and an alkyl radical. In the oxidation of a straight-chain hydrocarbon, aldehydes are likely to be major intermediates via this mechanism. They are the major precursors of acids. Because of the high reactivity of aldehydes, in most cases little aldehyde survives in the product. The alkyl radicals produced according to eq. (8) make a fresh entry into eq. (3). Tertiary alkoxys generate ketones, which oxidize much more slowly than aldehydes, but they, too, produce mostly acids [10]. 

The oligomerization of propene on zeolite H-Y has been studied [33,37] by variable-temperature MAS NMR. Alkoxy species formed between protonated alkenes and oxygens of the zeolitic framework were found to be important long-lived intermediates in these reactions. Simple secondary or tertiary carbocations are either absent in the zeolite at low temperatures, or are so transient as to be undetectable by NMR even at temperatures as low as 163 K. There was, however, evidence for long-lived alkyl-substituted cyclopentenyl carbocations, which are formed as free ions in the zeolite at room temperature. At 503 K the oligomers crack to form branched butanes, pentanes and other alkanes. The final product was highly aromatic coke. The structure, dynamics and reactivity of an alkoxy intermediate formed from acetylene on zeolite catalysts have been investigated by Lazo et. al. [32]. 

The preference for the /3-silyl isomer product complements methods available for hydrostannation of alkynes, for which the a-stannyl regioisomer is formed preferentially.70 7011 70c In addition, the /3-silyl products serve as the platform for a tertiary alcohol synthesis (Scheme 15). Upon treatment of vinylsilanes such as B with tetrabutylam-monium fluoride (TBAF) in DMF at 0 °C, a 1,2 carbon-to-silicon migration occurs, affording the tertiary heterosilane E. Oxidation of the C-Si bond then provides the tertiary alcohol. Good 1,2-diastereocontrol has been demonstrated for y-alkoxy substrates, as in the example shown. The studies suggest that the oxidation of the sterically demanding silane intermediate is facilitated by the intramolecular formation of a silyl hemiketal or silyllactone for ketone or ester substrates, respectively.71... 

V-alkoxycarbonylamino add (Figure 1.10, path B) did not occur without immediate expulsion of the alkyl group, giving the amino-acid Af-carboxyanhydride (see Section 7.13). 2-Alkoxy-5(47/)-oxazolones are now recognized as intermediates in coupling reactions and are products that are generated by the action of tertiary amines on activated A-alkoxy carbonyl amino adds (see Section 4.16).20 22... 

The Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction is the most used and well-known method for the synthesis of phosphonates and their derivatives and may also be used to synthesize phosphinates and tertiary phosphine oxides. The simplest form of the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction is the reaction of a trialkyl phosphite, 3, with an alkyl halide, 4, to yield a dialkyl alkylphosphonate, 6, and new alkyl halide, 7 (Scheme 2). During this transformation the phosphorus atom of a ter-valent phosphorus(III) species (3) acts as a nucleophile resulting in the formation of an intermediate alkoxy phosphonium salt 5, containing a new [P—C] bond. The precise structure of the intermediates 5 is a subject of debate—as reflected by common reference to them as pseudophosphonium salts —with a penta-coordinate species (containing a [P—X] bond) being proposed and detected in some cases.18 Decomposition (usually rapid under the reaction conditions) of the intermediate 5 by nucleophilic attack of X- on one of the alkyl groups R1, with concomitant formation of a [1 =0] bond yields the product pentavalent phosphorus(V) compound (6) and the new alkyl halide, 7. 

Alkoxy radicals produced by homolysis of hypohalites can attack non-activated C-H bonds, and lead to tetrahydro-furanoid structures after basic treatment of the intermediate halo-alcohols. Hypochlorites of [2y,2g] and C(20)-tertiary alcohols [28,2gJ gave 6 8,19- and 18,20-oxido derivatives respectively on irradiation and hydrolysis, but the more reactive hypobromites and hypoiodites are now preferred. Akhtar ef al. [30] distinguish between two modes of reaction of a 6jS-hypobromite (2), generated in situ by treating the alcohol with bromine and silver acetate. Experiments with... 

Tertiary a-halo ketimines 3 reacted with alcohols in the presence of nitrogen bases, e.g. triethylamine, 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, l,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene or 1,8-diaza-bicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, to afford mainly l-alkoxy-2,2-dialkylcyclopropylamines 4, together with variable amounts of a-alkoxy ketimines 5 and rearranged a-amino acetals 6. The geminal functionalized cyclopropanes 4, obtained in up to 80% yield, and the a-alkoxy ketimines 5, were formed via intermediate 2-(alkylamino)allylcarbenium ions 7. 

The retrosynthetic disconnection of isocomene leads primarily to the intermediate tertiary carbenium ion 1, which may arise from the intermediate carbenium ion 2 by anionotropic 1,2-alkyl shift. The latter turns out to be the protonation product of the tricycle 3 containing an exocyclic CC-double bond which is generated by a WiT-TiG-methylenation of the tricyclic ketone 4. The concept behind this is formation of the cyclobutane ring in 4 by means of an intramolecular [2-l-2]-photocycloaddition of the 1,6-diene 5. The enone substructure in 5 results from hydrolysis of the enolether and dehydration of the tertiary alcohol function in (65)-l-alkoxy-2,4-dimethyl-3-(2-methyl-l-penten-5-yl)cyclohexene 6. The tertiary alcohol 6 emerges from a nucleophilic alkylation of (65)-3-alkoxy-2,6-dimethyl-2-cyclohexen-l-one 7 with metallated 5-halo-2-methyl-l-pentene obtained by GrigNARD reaction or... 

Transition States in Acid-Cataiyzed Reactions on Zeolites. A considerable number of experimental attempts were carried out to elucidate the structure of intermediates in the acid-catalyzed reactions. This information may be used to deduce the nature of elusive transition states, which are present on the catalytic surface in concentrations far below detection limit. For example, adsorption of alcohols and unsaturated hydrocarbons on acidic zeolites gives rise to the MAS NMR signal attributed to alkoxy species (135). Transition of these surface complexes to the corresponding carbenium ions, an important step in their further transformations, was shown to have low activation energy. In the synthesis of methyl-tetrabuthyl ether on zeolite Beta, features due to secondary and tertiary carbon atoms in alkoxy species have been observed. This observation along... 

First it is important to note the small difference in energy of the protonated ground-state primary (n-butoxy) and tertiary (isobutoxy) alkoxy species in mordenite. The transition-state energies of the two corresponding intermediate carbenium ions, however, demonstrate a much larger energy difference. 

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