Trityl iodide

The use of iodotrimethylsilane for this purpose provides an effective alternative to known methods. Thus the reaction of primary and secondary methyl ethers with iodotrimethylsilane in chloroform or acetonitrile at 25—60° for 2—64 hours affords the corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers in high yield. The alcohols may be liberated from the trimethylsilyl ethers by methanolysis. The mechanism of the ether cleavage is presumed to involve initial formation of a trimethylsilyl oxonium ion which is converted to the silyl ether by nucleophilic attack of iodide at the methyl group. tert-Butyl, trityl, and benzyl ethers of primary and secondary alcohols are rapidly converted to trimethylsilyl ethers by the action of iodotrimethylsilane, probably via heterolysis of silyl oxonium ion intermediates. The cleavage of aryl methyl ethers to aryl trimethylsilyl ethers may also be effected more slowly by reaction with iodotrimethylsilane at 25—50° in chloroform or sulfolane for 12-125 hours, with iodotrimethylsilane at 100—110° in the absence of solvent, " and with iodotrimethylsilane generated in situ from iodine and trimcthylphenylsilane at 100°. ... 

The diene fragment in the form of iodide 87 was synthesized from commercially available (+)-Roche ester 90 by tritylation, LAH reduction, and Swern... 

Alkylation of 5-amino-1,2,4-thiadiazoles (17) with methyl iodide leads to N-4 derivatives of type (18) which undergo a Dimroth rearrangement to (110) on warming in ethanol when R = H (Scheme 26). When R = methyl, phenyl, or benzyl the reaction is severly hindered <84CHEC-I(6)463>. In contrast, benzhydryl and trityl chlorides (which are harder electrophiles) alkylate (17) at the 5-amino function to give compounds of type (109) (Scheme 26). 

A reasonable mechanism for the iodine oxidation of 5-Trt cysteine peptides is given in Scheme 6. 45 Reaction of iodine with the divalent sulfur atom leads to the iodosulfonium ion 5 which is then transformed to the sulfenyl iodide 6 and the trityl cation. Sulfenyl iodides are also postulated as intermediates in the iodine oxidation of thiols to disulfides. The disulfide bond is then formed by disproportionation of two sulfenyl iodides or by reaction between the electrophilic sulfur atom of R -S-I and the nucleophilic S-atom of a second R -S-Trt molecule. The proposed mechanism suggests that any sulfur substitution (i.e., thiol protecting group) capable of forming a stabilized species on cleavage, such as the trityl cation, can be oxidatively cleaved by iodine. 

The copper-catalyzed conjugate addition of methyl magnesium iodide to cyclohexenone and trapping the enolate as its trimethylsilyl enol ether, followed by a trityl hexachloro-antinomate-catalyzed Mukaiyama reaction, is apphed to / -(—jcarvone. C-2, C-3 functionalized chiral cyclohexanones are converted into their a-cyano ketones, which are submitted to Robinson annulation with methyl vinyl ketone. Highly functionalized chiral decalones are obtained that can be used as starting compounds in the total synthesis of enantiomerically pure clerodanes (equation 70). 

The agents used for oxidative aromatization of 2/f-thiopyrans were trityl perchlorate,42-155,156 tetrafluoroborate,267 and iodide.267 Thus 3,5-diphen-yl-2//-thiopyran (222) was found to aromatize either on its own to thiopyrylium salts 396 or by S-methylation to l-methyl-3,5-diphenylthiabenzene (398) via intermediate 397,267 as shown in Scheme 18. 

Di-te/Y-butyl-4//-thiopyran (363) as well as its 4-methyl derivative 243 were readily aromatized to thiopyrylium salts 403 using trityl tetra-fluoroborate.286 2,4,6-Triphenyl-4//-thiopyran (45) (R = Ph) was analogously converted to salts 404 by the action of methyl iodide, dimethyl sulfate, triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate,39 perchloric acid,362 or oxygen in acetic acid.363... 

ALKENES Alkyl diphenyl phosphonates. o-Chloroallyllithium. Chlorotrynethyl-silane-Sodium iodide. Grignard reagents. Otganocuprates. Triphenylphosphine-lodoform-Imidazole. Trityl tetrafluoro-borate. 

The method was used in studies of a fungal heterogalactan.150 The polysaccharide was subjected to successive tritylation, methylation, detritylation, p-toluenesulfonylation, reaction with sodium iodide, and, finally, reaction with sodium p-toluenesulfinate. The product was then treated with sodium methylsulfinyl carbanion in dimethyl sulfoxide, the product remethylated, and the polysaccharide material recovered by gel chromatography. The polymer was hydrolyzed, and the sugars in the hydrolyzate were analyzed, as the alditol acetates, by g.l.c.-m.s.1 The analysis revealed that —60% of the hexose residues that were unsubstituted at C-6 had been eliminated. As the product was still polymeric, it was concluded that these residues had constituted a part of side chains linked to a main chain of (1 — 6)-linked D-galactose residues. 

The applications mentioned are well illustrated by the following example. Methyl-/ -D-glucopyranoside 2,3-dinitrate was converted in the presence of methyl iodide and silver oxide into the 4,6-dimethyl ether of the above nitrate, whereupon it was treated with trityl chloride and acetic anhydride in pyridine eventually yield methyl... 

Polystyrene-bound allylic or benzylic alcohols react smoothly with hydrogen chloride or hydrogen bromide to yield the corresponding halides. The more stable the intermediate carbocation, the more easily the solvolysis will proceed. Alternatively, thionyl chloride can be used to convert benzyl alcohols into chlorides [7,25,26]. A milder alternative for preparing bromides or iodides, which is also suitable for non-benzylic alcohols, is the treatment of alcohols with phosphines and halogens or the preformed adducts thereof (Table 6.2, Experimental Procedure 6.1 [27-31]). Benzhy-dryl and trityl alcohols bound to cross-linked or non-cross-linked polystyrene are particularly prone to solvolysis, and can be converted into the corresponding chlorides by treatment with acetyl chloride in toluene or similar solvents (Table 6.2 [32-35]). 

Triphenylphosphine-Diethyl azodicar-boxylate-Lithium halides, 332 Mukaiyama aldol reaction 1-Methoxy-l, 3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-l, 3-butadiene, 178 Tin(II) chloride, 298 Titanium(IV) chloride, 304 Trityl perchlorate, 339 Murahashi reaction N,N-Methylphenylaminotributylphos-phonium iodide, 191... 

Reductive coupling of carbonyls to alkenes Titanium(IV) chloride-Zinc, 310 of carbonyls to pinacols Titanium(III) chloride, 302 Titanium(IV) chloride-Zinc, 310 of other substrates Samarium(II) iodide, 270 Reductive cyclization 2-(Phenylseleno)acrylonitrile, 244 Tributylgermane, 313 Tributyltin hydride, 316 Triphenyltin hydride, 335 Trityl perchlorate, 339 Reductive hydrolysis (see Hydrolysis) Reductive silylation Chlorotrimethylsilane-Zinc, 82... 

Norephedrine, 200 Organoaluminum reagents, 202 Organotitanium reagents, 213 9-(Phenylseleno)-9-borabicyclo-[3.3.1]nonane, 245 Tin(II) chloride, 298 Titanium(IV) chloride, 304 Trityllithium, 338 Trityl perchlorate, 339 Zinc chloride, 349 By other reactions Chloromethyl ethyl ether, 75 Dibutyltin oxide, 95 Samarium(II) iodide, 270 Tributyltin hydride, 316 Hydroxy amides a-Hydroxy amides... 

Trialkylaluminums, 204 Trichloroisopropoxytitanium, 300 Triisobutylaluminum, 205 Trimethylaluminum, 205 Trityl perchlorate, 339 Trityl tetrafluoroborate, 301 Zinc bromide, 349 Zinc chloride, 44, 108, 181, 190, 349 Zinc iodide, 88, 112, 280, 349, 350 Zirconium(IV) acetylacetonate, 351 Zirconium(IV) chloride, 16 Zirconium(IV) isopropoxide, 311 Other Organic and Inorganic Acids Acetic acid, 45 Benzoic acid, 312 Camphor-10-sulfonic acid, 62, 64 Formic acid, 137... 

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