Synthesis of optically active α-(allenyl)- and α-substituted-α-(allenyl)glycines

The synthesis of various types of optically active α-(allenylsilane-containing)glycines via a chirality-transferring ester-enolate Claisen rearrangement of α-acyloxy-α-alkynylsilanes is described. The conversion of the rearranged products into the optically active silicon-free α-(allenyl)- and α-substituted-α-(allenyl)glycines was achieved by the removal of the Me₂PhSi- or TMS group from the allene terminus.     

Synthesis of α-(perfluoroalkyl)-ω-(trialkylsilyl)alkanols

The synthesis of alkanols of the general formula R₃Si(CH₂)_nCH(OH)R_F (n = 1–3) is elaborated and their behavior under GC-MS is studied.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1516-1519, June, 1996.     

Thermal decomposition of α-(difluoroamino)polynitroalkanes

The compounds RC(NO₂)₂NF₂ differ little from their nitro analogs, RC(NO₂)₃, in stability. They decompose in the gas and liquid phases at identical rates and the decomposition is controlled by cleavage of a C-NO₂ bond. For R=NO₂, F, and Me the Arrhenius parameters, E (kJ mol^–1) and log (A/s), are: 161.3 and 16.00; 180.2 and 16.20; 168.4 and 16.00, respectively.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 649–651, April, 1995.The authors are grateful to A. A. Fainzil'berg and S. A. Shevelev for providing the compounds for the study.     

Synthesis and properties of α, α′ -bis -(p-benzylphenyl)xylene

Summary ,-bis-(p-Benzylphenyl)xylene was synthesized for the first time and its UV and infrared spectra determined.     

On the properties of the anions derived from α-deprotonation of α-(o-carboran-1-yl)- and α-ferrocenyl-1-alkylbenzotriazoles

The synthesis of 1-[(2-R-o-carboran-1-yl)methyl]benzotriazoles (R = Me, Ph) is described. α-Deprotonation of these compounds followed by reactions of the generated carbanions with MeI give the corresponding α-methylated products. Even at room temperature, they exist in solution as an equilibrium mixture of two conformers due to steric crowding around the C^α atom. In contrast, the anions generated by deprotonation of α-ferrocenyl derivatives of 1-methyl- and 1-ethylbenzotriazoles are ambident and are attacked by electrophiles at both the C^α and N(3) atoms.     

A direct synthesis of α-(hydroxymethyl) and α-alkyl-vinyl alkyl ketones

Reaction of 2,4-diketoesters 3a-c with aqueous formaldehyde using potassium carbonate solution as base affords the corresponding α-methylene-β-hydroxyalkanones 4a-c which provide a route to α,β-unsaturated alkyl ketones 6a-e via coupling of α-acetoxymethyl alkyl vinyl ketone 5a with Grignard reagents in the presence of a catalytic amount of LiCuBr₂ at low temperature.     

Electrochemical-Induced Ring Transformation of Cyclic α-(ortho-Iodophenyl)-β-oxoesters

Cyclic α-(ortho-iodophenyl)-β-oxoesters were converted in a ring-expanding transformation to furnish benzannulated cycloalkanone carboxylic esters. The reaction sequence started by electrochemical reduction of the iodoarene moiety. In a mechanistic rationale, the resulting carbanionic species was adding to the carbonyl group under formation of a strained, tricyclic benzocyclobutene intermediate, which underwent carbon–carbon bond cleavage and rearrangement of the carbon skeleton by retro-aldol reaction. The scope of the reaction sequence was investigated by converting cyclic oxoesters with different ring sizes yielding benzocycloheptanone, -nonanone and -decanone derivatives in moderate to good yields. Furthermore, acyclic starting materials and cyclic compounds carrying additional substituents on the iodophenyl ring were submitted to this reaction sequence. The starting materials for this transformation are straightforwardly obtained by conversion of β-oxoesters with phenyliodobis(trifluoroacetate).     

Reaction of α-(trialkylstannyl) acetylenes with metallic sodium

-Trialkylstannylacetylenes react under mild conditions with metallic sodium at the Sn-C(sp) bond to give hexaalkyldistannanes and sodium acetylalkynides inca. 65–85 % yields.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1109–1110, June, 1994.     

Rearrangement of enol acetates of α-(3,5-dimethyl-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2,4-dichloroacetophenone and α-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2,4-dichloropropiophenone

At 140 °C in acetic anhydride enol acetates of -(3,5-dimethyl-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2,4dichloroacetophenone and -(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2,4-dichloropropiophenone undergo 1,3and 1,5-rearrangement, respectively.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 182–184, January, 1995.     

Synthesis of Eudesmanolides Possessing Denebutenolide and Endocyclic α,β-Unsaturated Butenolide from α-(-)-Santonin

A new and efficient method of double bond functionalization of eudesmanolide was carried out by rearrangement of epoxide with methoxide. which is important to synthesis of bioactive natural products containing denebutenolid (1) and endocyclic α, β -unsaturated butenolide (2).     

Asymmetric Synthesis of α, α′-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids Based on Natural (1R)-( + )-Camphor

Optically active nonproteinogenic amino acids[ 1] are valuable compounds of high interest not only owing to their remarkable pharmacological and biological activities, but also for their role as an investigative topographic probe for bioactive conformations of peptides and the mechanisms of enzyme reactions.[2]     

Synthesis and Reactivity of α-Bromo-4-(difluoromethylthio)acetophenone

A synthesis is reported for -bromo-4-difluoromethylthioacetophenone and the conditions for the condensation of this compound with 2-aminothiazole, 2-amino-5-chloropyridine, 2-amino-4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrrole, benzimidazoline-2-thione, oxadiazoline-2-thione, and thiourea were studied. S- and N-substituted azaheterocycles containing the 4-(difluoromethylthio)phenyl fragment were synthesized and characterized.     

Cyclization of α- and β-amino ketones. (Review)

In this review data on the synthesis of three-, four-, five-, and six-membered heterocycles, as well as of condensed heterocyclic compounds from -amino ketones and Mannich bases are classified for the first time.Samara State Technical University, Samara 433100, Russia. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 723–735, June, 1999.     

Inclusion complexes of α- andβ-cyclodextrin with α-lipoic acid

A UV spectroscopic study has been performed in neutral aqueous solution to give the complex stability constants. Data analyses assuming 1:1 stoichiometry were successfully applied to both of the host-guest combinations employed, where 1:1 host-guest complex formations were observed at lower concentration of cyclodextrins (CDs). X-ray powder diffraction and IR spectroscopy measurements also demonstrated that inclusion complexes were formed in the solid state. Furthermore, thermogravimetry and DTA were used to investigated the thermal properties of these complexes. The differential thermal analysis, as well as temperature variation experiments below 100°C, indicated that after complexing the 1,2-thiolane moiety of -lipoic acid (LP) penetrated into the cavity of the CD and the S-S linkage was protected against heat.     

Synthesis of α- and β-Methyl NEU5Ac α-(2→8) NEU5Ac Disaccharides

ABSTRACT

Acid hydrolysis of colominic acid, an α-(2→8)-linked oligomer of sialic acid, yielded Neu5Ac α-(2→8) Neu5Ac (di-Neu5Ac) 2 as one of the products. Starting from this disaccharide, it was possible to prepare two potential di-Neu5Ac donors, 5 and 8, as their corresponding 2-chloro derivatives. Subsequent reaction of the donor 8 with methanol as a simple acceptor led to the α- and β-methyl Neu5Ac α-(2→8) Neu5Ac glycosides.     

Concise Synthesis of α-(Hydroxymethyl) Alkyl and Aryl Vinyl Ketones

2,4-Diketoesters 2 have first been reported as starting materials for the synthesis of a new class of α-hydroxymethyl-α,β-unsaturated ketones 3. Thus, under heterogeneous liquid–liquid medium in the presence of concentrated aqueous potassium carbonate as a base, both aliphatic and aromatic 2,4-dioxoalkanoates 2 react with aqueous formaldehyde to afford the corresponding ketones 3 in fair to good yields.     

Synthesis of chiral α-(tetrazol-1-yl)-substituted carboxylic acids

Optically active α-(tetrazol-1-yl)-substituted carboxylic acid OBO-esters were synthesized from the corresponding a-isocyano OBO-esters and trimethylsilyl azide in up to 92% yield. Subsequent acidic hydrolysis proceeds without epimerization and makes it possible to prepare enantiomerically pure α-(tetrazol-1-yl)-substituted carboxylic acids in up to 89% yield.

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Synthesis of optically active analogs of α-tocopherol based on (S)-(+)-dihydromyrcene

New optically active analogs of α-tocopherol (vitamin E) were synthesized starting from enantiomerically enriched (ee≈50%) (S)-(+)-dihydromyrcene. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1631–1634, September, 2000.