Triethyl Orthoformate acetals

The synthesis of thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidines has been successfully accomplished by various methods. 4-Amino-5-ethoxycarbonylthiazole derivative has been cyclized to thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine by its reaction with phenyl isothiocyanate [87], Many 4-amino-5-carbamoylthiazole derivatives have been cyclized to the corresponding thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidines using triethyl orthoformate/acetic anhydride mixture [88-91], Moreover, 4-amino-5-cyano thiazoles have been used to prepare the same fused ring system via their reaction with triethyl orthoformate, followed by treatment of the intermediate with hydrogen sulfide, guanidine, amines, and isothiocyanates [92, 93], Other thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidines have been obtained from 4-amino-5-cyano, carbamoyl, or ethoxycarbonyl thiazoles via cyclization with acetic anhydride [94] or formic acid [95],... 

Fig. 2. Synthesis of uma2enil (18). The isonitrosoacetanihde is synthesized from 4-f1iioroani1ine. Cyclization using sulfuric acid is followed by oxidization using peracetic acid to the isatoic anhydride. Reaction of sarcosine in DMF and acetic acid leads to the benzodiazepine-2,5-dione. Deprotonation, phosphorylation, and subsequent reaction with diethyl malonate leads to the diester. After selective hydrolysis and decarboxylation the resulting monoester is nitrosated and catalyticaHy hydrogenated to the aminoester. Introduction of the final carbon atom is accompHshed by reaction of triethyl orthoformate to...

N-Alkylations, especially of oxo-di- and tetra-hydro derivatives, e.g. (28)->(29), have been carried out readily using a variety of reagents such as (usual) alkyl halide/alkali, alkyl sulfate/alkali, alkyl halide, tosylate or sulfate/NaH, trialkyloxonium fluoroborate and other Meerwein-type reagents, alcohols/DCCI, diazoalkanes, alkyl carbonates, oxalates or malon-ates, oxosulfonium ylides, DMF dimethyl acetal, and triethyl orthoformate/AcjO. Also used have been alkyl halide/lithium diisopropylamide and in one case benzyl chloride on the thallium derivative. In neutral conditions 8-alkylation is observed and preparation of some 8-nucleosides has also been reported (78JOC828, 77JOC997, 72JOC3975, 72JOC3980). 

Reactions of 3-hydrazino-l,2,4-triazine 1-oxide 31 or 3-hydrazinopyrido [2,3-c]-l,2,4-triazine 1-oxide 32 with diethoxymethyl acetate or triethyl orthoformate proceed as cyclization reactions at the N(4) atom and the amino group to form the corresponding pyrazolo[3,4-c]-l,2,4-triazine 6-oxides 33 and 34 (74MI, 80JOC5421, 80MI). 

Anilinofervenulin 4-oxides 151 were synthesized by the reaction of 6-hydra-zino-l,3-dimethyluracil with triethyl orthoformate, followed by the treatment of the hydrazide 152 with aniline and further cylization of 153 in the presence of potassium nitrate in acetic acid (82JHC1309). 

The one-pot MCR of methylene active nitriles 47 has been used in the synthesis of both pyrano- and pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4-diones in a single-mode microwave reactor [90]. Microwave irradiation of either barbituric acids 61 or 6-amino- or 6-(hydroxyamino)uracils 62 with triethyl-orthoformate and nitriles 47 (Z = CN, C02Et) with acetic anhydride at 75 °C for 2-8 min gave pyrano- and pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines in excellent yield and also provided a direct route to pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine N-oxides (Scheme 27). 

Reaction of the pyridine-2-thiol (109) with ketones and with triethyl orthoformate has led to A(5-acetals (112) and 1,3,4-thiadiazoles (110) which on methylation and subsequent ring opening gave two new pyridine derivatives (113) and (111) <96JPR516>. 

The pyrazoles 51 react with triethyl orthoformate and hydrazine to give the pyrazolopyrimidines 52 which react further with acetic anhydride and benzoyl chloride to give pyrazolotriazolopyrimidines 53 and with a-ketohydrazonoyl halides to give pyrazolopyrimidotriazines 54 <95MI01 96CA(124)86924>. 

The hydrazine 70 reacts with triethyl orthoformate, sodium nitrite in acetic acid, or pyruvic acid, to yield l,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]-, tetrazolo[l,5-c]- and l,2,4-triazino[5,6-c]pyrano [4 ,3 4,5]pyrrolo[3,2-e]pyrimidine derivatives 71(X= CH), 71(X= N) and 72 respectively <95KGS700 96CA(124)176023>. 

Aldehydes can be obtained by reaction of Grignard reagents with triethyl orthoformate. The addition step is preceded by elimination of one of the alkoxy groups to generate an electrophilic oxonium ion. The elimination is promoted by the magnesium ion acting as a Lewis acid.93 The acetals formed by the addition are stable to the reaction conditions, but are hydrolyzed to aldehydes by aqueous acid. 

Nitroacetaldehyde diethyl acetal is prepared by the reaction of nitromethane with triethyl orthoformate in the presence of ZnCl2 (Eq. 5.8).17 Jager and coworkers have used this reagent for the synthesis of amino sugars via nitro-aldol reaction.18 Preparation of this useful reagent is now described in volume 74 of Organic Synthesis.19... 

The imidazothienopyridines can be prepared in two different ways, both starting from the same amino-nitro-thienopyridine 48. This can be treated with triethyl orthoformate in acetic acid under reductive conditions to give... 

The cA-PtCl2(diphosphine)/SnCl2 constitutes the system mostly used in catalyzed hydroformylation of alkenes and many diphosphines have been tested. In the 1980s, Stille and co-workers reported on the preparation of platinum complexes with chiral diphosphines related to BPPM (82) and (83) and their activity in asymmetric hydroformylation of a variety of prochiral alkenes.312-314 Although the branched/normal ratios were low (0.5), ees in the range 70-80% were achieved in the hydroformylation of styrene and related substrates. When the hydroformylation of styrene, 2-ethenyl-6-methoxynaphthalene, and vinyl acetate with [(-)-BPPM]PtCl2-SnCl2 were carried out in the presence of triethyl orthoformate, enantiomerically pure acetals were obtained. 

Treating 644 with triethyl orthoformate gave l,2-dihydro-l-oxo[l,2,4]-triazino[4,5-a]indole 648, whose reaction with phosphorus oxychloride or phosphorus pentasulfide gave 650 and 649, respectively. Both reacted with hydrazine to give 651, which then was converted into [l,2,4]triazolo[3, 4 -/][1,2,4]triazino[4,5-a]indoles 652 and 653 by reaction with formic or acetic acid, respectively (80JHC77). 

Alkyl and aryl thiohydrazide derivatives react with orthoesters and trihalomethyls to afford 1,3,4-thiadiazoles. The reactions proceed via a thiosemicarbazone intermediate which cyclizes to eliminate either alcohol or hydrogen chloride. Treatment of the iV-thiohydrazide pyrazole 143 with triethyl orthoformate in acetic acid at reflux gave the 5-acetamido-l,3,4-thiadiazol-2-ylpyrazole 144 (Equation 51), and in the absence of acetic acid the 5-amino-l,3,4-thiadiazol-2-ylpyrazole 145 in 76% yield <2000JCM544>. 

A big problem in asymmetric hydroformylation is that the chiral aldehyde products may be unstable and may undergo racemization during the reaction. This problem is even more serious for the Pt catalyst systems, which are usually plagued by slow reaction rates. Stille et al.121 tackled this problem by using triethyl orthoformate to trap the aldehyde products as their diethyl acetals and consequently increased the product ee values significantly. 

Dipolar cycloaddition reactions, of nitrones to olefins, 46, 97 of 3-phenylsydnone, 46, 98 Dispiro[5.1.5.1]tetradecane-7,14-dione, photolysis to cyclohexylidene-cyclohexane, 47, 34 preparation from cyclohexanecarbonyl chloride and triethylamine, 47, 34 Displacement of bromine from 1-bromo-2-fluoroheptane to give 2-fluoro-heptyl acetate, 46, 37 N,N -Disubstituted formamidines from triethyl orthoformate and primary amines, 46, 41 N,N-Disubstituted thioureas from secondary amines and silicon tetra-isothiocyanate, 45, 69 N,N-Disubstituted ureas from secondary amines and silicon tetraiso-cyanate, 45, 69... 

Finally, the pyrrolo[2,l-/ [l,2,4]triazine moiety was also encountered in azulene derivatives. Reactions of l,8-diamino-3-phenyl-l-azaazulenium salt 54 with triethyl orthoformate and acetic anhydride gave l-phenyl-2a,3,5-mjzjbenzb. //]jzulcncs 55 and 56. The reaction of the same salt with ethyl pymvate gave 4-acetyl-l-phenyl-2a,3,5-triazabenz[c, /]azulene 14 <2000H(53)323>. 

A total synthesis of (35, 4/ )-(+)-eldanolide (246), a sex attractant pheromone, has been reported (243). Compound 246 was synthesized by two different routes, both involving the butenolide 245 as the key precursor. The higher-yielding sequence is described here. Treatment of the tosylate acetal 242 with methanolic sodium methoxide led, as previously described by Hoffman and Ladner (244), to the epoxide 243. Addition of lithium diiso-butenylcuprate to 243 afforded 244, which after successive hydrolysis of the isopropylidene group, treatment with triethyl orthoformate, and pyrolysis,... 

H) [a]D -64.1° (CHCI3), c 1.0). The optical purity of this adduct was 95% as determined by 200 MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy and GC analysis (capillary column PEG, 0.25 mm x 25 m, purchased from Gaskuro Kogyo Company, Ltd. in Japan) after conversion to the corresponding chiral acetal as follows A solution of the adduct, (2R,4R)-(-)-pentanediol (1.2 equiv, obtained from Wako Pure Chemical Industries), triethyl orthoformate (1.2 equiv), and p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (as a 5 mM solution) in dry benzene is stirred at ambient temperature for 3 hr. The mixture is poured into saturated sodium bicarbonate and the product is extracted with ether. The... 

The reaction of 1-amino-4,6-diphenylpyridine-2(l//)-thione (147) with dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal or triethyl orthoformate afforded 2-phenyl-4//-pyrido[2,l-a]phthalazine-4-thione (148) [81AQ(C)248],... 

The unsubstituted 1,2,4-oxadiazole has been prepared from formamidoxime and the mixed anhydride of acetic and formic acid, or formamide <67BSB92>. 5-Unsubstituted 1,2,4-oxadiazoles are formed by heating the condensation products of amide oximes with formic acid <63CI(M)1238>. Alternatively, amidoximes are treated with triethyl orthoformate in the presence or absence of... 

Triethyl orthoformate is often used in reactions with enolates and carbanions to form diethyl acetals that on treatment with dilute acid give the corresponding formyl derivatives. However, when indole is heated at 160 C with triethyl orthoformate the locus of reaction is at N-1 rather than at C-3, and 1-(diethoxymethyl)indole is formed (Scheme 7.6). The A -substituent is easily removed by acidic hydrolysis to reform indole. 

All the syntheses of this type give piperid-4-ones or pyrid-4-ones. Errera reported that diethyl acetonedicarboxylate condensed with triethyl orthoformate in hot acetic anhydride, and that treatment of the product with ammonia gave a poor yield of the pyrid-4-one (644) (1898CB1682). It is certain that the intermediate is the di(ethoxyvinyl) ketone (643), so that this is perhaps better classified as a [5 + 1] synthesis, but most developments from this beginning do not involve isolation of intermediates. An arylamine has been used to obtain an A-arylpyrid-4-one (645) (46JA1253). 

The reaction of 303 with triethyl orthoformate in acetic anhydride gives 304a. On refluxing 303 with acetic anhydride, 304b is produced. Reaction of 303 with carbon disulfide in the presence of sodium hydroxide gives 305 (Scheme 22) <2003EJM27>. A series of thiazolo[4,5-r/]pyrimidinethiones were prepared via cyclization of 4-amino-2-thioxo-3-thiazole-5-carboxylic acids <1999BML1185>. 

The pyrimido[4,5- ][l,2,4]triazines (6-azapteridines) 18a and 18b, shown in Scheme 18, were formed upon the reaction of the ethyl l,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylates 121 with benzamidine, a reaction which proceeds via the action of boiling acetic acid upon the characterized intermediate salt 122 <2003CCC965>. The same researchers (Scheme 19) also showed that the 5-amino-l,2,4-triazine-6-carboxamide 123 (R =OMe) can undergo reaction in neat benzaldehyde to furnish a low yield of the 6-azapteridine 18b. More importantly, the 5-amino-l,2,4-triazine-6-carboxamides 123 were found to undergo reaction with triethyl orthoformate to yield the 6-unsubstituted-3-arylpyr-imido[4,5-( ][l,2,4]triazines 18c and 18d, also shown in Scheme 19 (R = H) <2003CCC965>, one of only a few entries to such compounds. 

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