The Effect of Acid Strength on the Mitsunobu Esterification Reaction: Carboxyl vs Hydroxyl Reactivity

In the presence of carboxylic acids, the adduct formed between triphenylphosphine and diisopropyl azodicarboxylate reacts to form mono- and bis-acylated hydrazides and the carboxylic acid anhydrides. These products are formed via attack of the carboxylate on the triphenylphosphonium group of the adduct, with weaker acids reacting much faster than stronger acids. This provides an explanation for the observation in the literature that acids stronger than acetic acid, such as 4-nitrobenzoic acid and chloroacetic acid, provide better yields in esterification reactions, since reaction of the alcohol with the phosphonium group of the adduct is more rapid than the competing reaction of the carboxylate for the phosphonium group.     

Carboxylphosphanes and Carboxyphosphane Chalcogenides

Abstract

Low temperature reactions of organo chloro phosphanes with carboxylic acids and their salts allow the preparation of carboxyphosphanes - mixed anhydrides of carboxylic acids with phosphinic acids. These are subject to thermal rearrangement reaction of the Michaelis-Arbusov type. Molecular oxygen converts them into carboxy-phosphorane oxides. These compounds are also obtainable by reacting organochlorophosphane oxides with carboxylates. Their thermal stability is higher than that of the P(III)compounds. Analoguous reactions of P-sulfides and selenides give the corresponding thio and seleno phosphoranes with higher thermal stability. At elevated temperatures a number of rearrangement reactions occur, thus producing phosphane oxides and phosphinic acid phosphinyl alkaryl ester. The reaction products of the following reaction sequences are discusses with regard to their NMR-, IR-, MS-spectra and hydrolytic and thermal properties:     

Activation of carboxylic acids by Burgess reagent: an efficient route to acyl ureas and amides

Carboxylic acids upon treatment with Burgess reagent are converted to novel mixed sulfocarboxy anhydrides. Subsequent treatment of such mixed anhydrides with amines at elevated temperatures yields acyl ureas and amides. The ratio of the two products appears to be temperature controlled. The method provides a simple and convenient route to diverse acyl ureas starting from carboxylic acids and amines.     

Beyond Kolbe and Hofer–Moest: Electrochemical Synthesis of Carboxylic Anhydrides from Carboxylic Acids

Herein we report a conceptually new non-decarboxylative electrolysis of carboxylic acids to obtain their corresponding anhydrides as highly valuable reagents in organic synthesis. All carbon atoms of the starting material are preserved in the product in an overall redox-neutral reaction. In a broad substrate scope of carboxylic acids the anhydrides are generated with high selectivity, which demonstrates the versatility of the developed method. Beneficially, no dehydrating reagents are required in comparison to conventional methods and the synthesis is based on uncritical starting materials using graphite and stainless steel as very inexpensive and eco-friendly electrode materials.     

NHC–Pd(II)–Im (NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene,Im=1-methylimidazole) complex catalyzed coupling reaction of arylboronic acids with carboxylic acid anhydrides in water

A well-defined N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)–palladium chloride–imidazole complex exhibited high catalytic activity in the coupling reaction of arylboronic acids with carboxylic acid anhydrides in pure water under mild conditions. Under the optimal conditions, all reactions gave the desired coupling products in moderate to high yields.     

A new and efficient method for the facile synthesis of N-acyl sulfonamides under Lewis acid catalysis

The N-acylation of sulfonamides with carboxylic acid anhydrides in the presence of Lewis acids is described. Several Lewis acids such as BF₃·Et₂O, ZnCl₂, MoCl₅, TiCl₄, B(C₆F₅)₃, Sc(OTf)₃ and I₂ were found to catalyze the reaction efficiently to furnish the N-acylated products in good yields under solvent-free conditions. The reactions of various sulfonamides were studied with different carboxylic acid anhydrides including the less reactive benzoic and pivalic anhydrides, in the presence of 3 mol % ZnCl₂ as the catalyst. Carboxylic acids were also successfully used as acylating agents via the mixed anhydride method.     

60]Fullerene-fused lactones: manganese(III) acetate-mediated synthesis and novel reductive ring opening

[reaction: see text] [60]Fullerene-fused lactones were prepared by the manganese(III) acetate-mediated reactions of [60]fullerene with carboxylic acids, carboxylic anhydrides, or malonic acids. Novel reductive ring opening of the lactones with Grignard reagents was observed.     

Selective esterifications of alcohols and phenols through carbodiimide couplings

Esterification of carboxylic acids capable of forming ketene intermediates upon treatment with carbodiimides permits the selective acylation of alcohols in the presence of phenols lacking strong electron-withdrawing groups. The selectivity of acylations involving highly acidic phenols could be reversed through the addition of catalytic amount of acid. Esterification of other carboxylic acids was found to proceed through the formation of symmetric anhydrides and provide the opposite chemoselectivity. In both cases the relative acylation rates of substituted phenols are consistent with a reaction mechanism involving an attack of phenolate anions on electrophilic intermediates such as ketenes and symmetric anhydrides, with the carbodiimides serving both as an activating reagent and as a basic catalyst.     

Nickel or Palladium‐Catalyzed Decarbonylative Transformations of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

Carboxylic acid derivatives containing acyl halides, anhydrides, esters, amides and acyl nitriles are highly appealing electrophiles in transition‐metal‐catalyzed carbon‐carbon bond‐forming reactions due to their ready availability and low cost, which can provide divergent transformations of carboxylic acids into other value‐added products. In this Minireview, we focus on the recent advances of decarbonylative transformations of carboxylic acid derivatives in carbon‐carbon bond formations using Ni or Pd catalysts. A series of reaction types, product classifications and reaction pathways are presented herein, which show the advantageous features of carboxylic acid derivatives as alternative to aryl or alkyl halides in terms of reactivity and compatibility. The well‐accepted mechanism of nickel‐ or palladium‐catalyzed decarbonylative transformations involves initial oxidative addition of carboxylic acid derivatives, followed by decarbonylation or transmetalation (or insertion), and reductive elimination to generate the products, thereby regenerating the catalysts.     

Quantitative Analysis of Mixtures of Various Linear Anhydrides and Carboxylic Acids

Only a few quantitative methods have been described to analyze mixtures of symmetric anhydrides, mixed anhydrides and their corresponding carboxylic acids. Reversed-phase liquid chromatography using acetonitrile-water as solvent was optimized for the quantitative determination of such mixtures obtained by reacting acetic or propionic anhydrides with various fatty acids (from C3 to C18). Complex mixtures containing up to three mixed anhydrides, four symmetric anhydrides and four carboxylic acids have been quantitatively analyzed successfully in a single run.     

Methylendiformamid: Ausgangsmaterial für oligomere Carbonsäureamide und-imide

Methylene diformamide (1) is a suitable reagent for the introduction of the diaminomethylene group into polymers. Melt condensation of1 with aromatic carboxylic anhydrides (e.g. pyromellitic anhydride) gives oligomeric methylene imides. Reaction of carboxylic chlorides is best carried out by interface condensation in alkaline medium. Higher yields are obtained from the more stable aromatic carboxylic anhydrides than from aliphatic compounds. Intrinsic viscosity measurements show that the reaction of difunctional carboxylic acid derivatives with1 gave so far only oligomeric products.     

2-chloro-4,6-disubstituted-1,3,5-triazines a novel group of condensing reagents

The title, compounds form in reaction with carboxylic acids highly reactive intermediates, which are useful as acylating reagents in the preparation of esters, amides, acid anhydrides, and peptides in 64–98% yield.     

Dabco/SOCl 2 , Mild,and Convenient Reagent for the Preparation of Symmetrical Carboxylic Acid Anhydrides

Various types of carboxylic acids undergo rapid dehydration with 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, dabco/thionyl chloride, under mild reaction conditions to afford symmetrical acid anhydrides in high isolated yields.     

Chemistry of hetero analogs of isoflavones 25. Synthesis of 2-alkyl-3-(2-benzimidazolyl)-chromones

2-Alkyl-3-(1-methyl-2-benzimidazolyl)-7-acyloxychromones were synthesized by the reaction of substituted or unsubstituted 2-(2,4-dihydroxyphenacyl)-1-methylbenzimidazoles with the acid chlorides and anhydrides of carboxylic acids. The products were converted into 2-alkyl-7-hydroxychromones as a result of acid hydrolysis. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 26–30, January, 2008.     

The first asymmetric esterification of free carboxylic acids with racemic alcohols using benzoic anhydrides and tetramisole derivatives: an application to the kinetic resolution of secondary benzylic alcohols

A variety of optically active carboxylic esters are produced by the kinetic resolution of racemic secondary benzylic alcohols using free carboxylic acids with benzoic anhydride and tetramisole derivatives. 4-Methoxybenzoic anhydride (PMBA) is the best reagent to use in producing the corresponding esters in high ee when the reaction is catalyzed by (+)-benzotetramisole (BTM); by contrast, when non-substituted benzoic anhydride is used as a coupling reagent, the resulting optically active alcohols are obtained with high selectivities. This protocol directly produces chiral carboxylic esters from free carboxylic acids and racemic secondary alcohols by utilizing the trans-acylation process to generate mixed anhydrides from acid components and benzoic anhydride derivatives under the influence of chiral catalysts.     

A direct reduction of aliphatic aldehyde, acyl chloride, ester, and carboxylic functions into a methyl group

The aliphatic carboxylic group was efficiently reduced to the methyl group by HSiEt(3) in the presence of catalytic amounts of B(C(6)F(5))(3). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of a direct exhaustive reduction of aliphatic carboxylic function. Aliphatic aldehydes, acyl chlorides, anhydrides, and esters also underwent complete reduction under similar reaction conditions. Aromatic carboxylic acids, as well as other carbonyl functional equivalents, underwent smooth partial reduction to the corresponding TES-protected benzylic alcohols. It was shown that, unlike the reduction of aliphatic substrates, the exhaustive reduction of aromatic substrates was not straightforward: a concurrent Friedel-Crafts-like alkylation process competed with the reduction yielding trace to notable amounts of dimeric products, thus decreasing the overall selectivity of the reduction process.     

Scandium Trifluoromethanesulfonate as an Extremely Active Lewis Acid Catalyst in Acylation of Alcohols with Acid Anhydrides and Mixed Anhydrides

Scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate), which is commercially available, is a practical and useful Lewis acid catalyst for acylation of alcohols with acid anhydrides or the esterification of alcohols by carboxylic acids in the presence of p-nitrobenzoic anhydrides. The remarkably high catalytic activity of scandium triflate can be used for assisting the acylation by acid anhydrides of not only primary alcohols but also sterically-hindered secondary or tertiary alcohols. The method presented is especially effective for selective macrolactonization of omega-hydroxy carboxylic acids.     

FT-IR and FT-raman spectroscopy study of the cyclic anhydride intermediates for esterification of cellulose: I. Formation of anhydrides without a catalyst

In recent years, extensive efforts have been made to find nonformaldehyde durable press finishes to replace the traditional formaldehyde-based reagents for producing wrinkle-free cotton fabrics. 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) has been the most effective nonformaldehyde crosslinking agent. Our previous research has indicated that a polycarboxylic acid esterifies cellulose in two steps: the formation of a 5-membered cyclic anhydride intermediate by the dehydration of two adjacent carboxyl groups, and the reaction between cellulose and the anhydride intermediate to form an ester linkage. In this research, we used Fourier transform infrared and Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy to study the formation of cyclic anhydride intermediates by BTCA and other polycarboxylic acids without the presence of a catalyst. We found that BTCA and other polycarboxylic acids in a crystalline state start to form 5-membered cyclic carboxylic anhydrides when the temperature reaches the vicinity of their melting points with the exception of bifunctional acids, which form cyclic anhydrides at temperatures much higher than their melting points. Intermolecular hydrogen bonding between carboxylic acid groups prevents the formation of the cyclic anhydride intermediates at lower temperatures. We also found that polycarboxylic acids in an amorphous state form cyclic anhydrides at much lower temperatures.     

Synthesis of α,β-epoxy diazomethyl ketones

The preparation of eighteen epoxy diazomethyl ketones 1 is described. Two general methods were developed. Firstly, treatment of the mixed anhydrides of glycidic acids and carbonic acid ester with diazomethane led to the title compounds in yields ranging from 17–74%. Secondly, glycidyl chlorides which were obtained from sodium glycidates and oxalyl chloride, gave the desired products upon treatment with diazomethane (yields 60–74%). The required α,β-epoxy carboxylic esters were prepared by Darzens condensation and epoxidation of α,β-unsaturated esters, but in some cases also by reaction of α-oxo carboxylic esters with diazomethane.     

Oxidation of thiolesters : Some aspects of the chemistry of s-acylthiol s-oxides and related compounds

In the ozone oxidation of thiolesters in 1,2-dichloroethane at room temperature, S-acylthiol S-oxides 3 are proposed as intermediates. The isolation of carboxylic acid anhydrides and dialkyl disulphides as the actual reaction products can be explained as resulting from the decomposition of the unstable. S-acyl S-acyloxysul-phonium salt 4 arising probably from the reaction of the intermediate S-acylthiol S-oxides with another mole of thiolester. However, in the case of hindered thiolesters, the S-acylthiol S-oxides formed rearrange, possibly via an S→ O acyl shift, to the corresponding acyl sulphenates 12 which on further oxidation lead to the mixed carboxylic acid sulphonic acid anhydrides 13.