Microwave-assisted synthesis utilizing supported reagents: a rapid and efficient acylation procedure

[reaction: see text] The application of microwave heating to a polymer-assisted solution-phase (PASP) synthesis technique has been utilized to develop a rapid and efficient protocol for the solution-phase synthesis of amides from either amine or carboxylic acid cores.     

Magnesium bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide as a new and efficient acylation catalyst

Magnesium bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide catalyzed the acetylation of phenols, alcohols, and thiols under solvent-free conditions at room temperature and in short times. Electron-deficient and sterically hindered phenols provided excellent yields. The catalyst was found to be general for acylation with other anhydrides, such as propionic, isobutyric, pivalic, chloroacetic, and benzoic anhydrides. The rate of acylation was influenced by the electronic and steric factors associated with the anhydride. The reaction with less electrophilic anhydrides (e.g., chloroacetic and benzoic anhydrides) required higher temperature (approximately 80 degrees C). Chemoselective acetylation, pivalation, and benzoylation took place with acid-sensitive alcohols without any competitive dehydration/rearrangement.     

Double Friedel-Crafts acylation reactions on the same ring of a metallocene: synthesis of a 2,5-diacetylphospharuthenocene

The synthetic outcome of the Friedel-Crafts acylation of 1',2',3,3',4,4',5'-heptamethylphospharuthenocene reflects the nature of the acylating agent, with alkanoyl anhydride/trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TfOH) reagents giving monosubstitution at the phospholyl ring, whereas alkanoyl chloride/AlCl(3) gives 2,5-disubstitution. DFT calculations indicate that this unusual double acylation can be facilitated by the intervention of the phosphorus atom at an early stage in the reaction trajectory, with the acyl group being delivered from the phosphorus atom into the ring 2- or 2,5-positions.     

Stereoselective synthesis of trans-hydrindanes by internal vinylsilane acylation

$\text{trans}$-Hydrindanediones (1, 3, and 15) have been synthesized in short steps through stereoselective introduction of vinylsilane units onto the cycloalkenones 5 or 10 followed by AgBF₄-mediated internal acylation of the vinylsilane moiety.     

Synthesis of 2-methyl-lysergic acid. A new Friedel-Craft method. 74. Ergot alkaloids

The new reagent 2-methoxy-1,3-dithiolane and cyclic ortho-thioesters can be used in a new reaction of the Friedel-Crafts type to introduce the corresponding aldehydic or ketonic thioacetal function directly into substrates containing an indole nucleus with free 2- or 3-position.     

1-acetoxyvinyl phosphonates: Facile synthesis via catalytic acylation of dialkyl phosphites

A new and facile method of synthesis of 1-acetoxyvinyl phosphonates ( 2 ) has been found. Dialkyl phosphites react readily with acetic anhydride in acetonitrile solution in the presence of catalysts to produce 2 and acylphosphonates ( 1 ) as a minor product. The most efficient catalysts are metal compounds of variable valency: iron(II), iron(III), and cobalt(II) chlorides. The same compounds catalyze transformation of 1 into 2 in an acetonitrile solution of acetic anhydride.     

Microwave initiated reactions: Pechmann coumarin synthesis, Biginelli reaction, and acylation

An energy-efficient protocol has been developed for solvent-free reactions that are mildly exothermic but not spontaneous. The exothermic reaction mixture—on several g-scale—is exposed for about 30 s to low power (about 200 W) microwaves and then the microwave oven is switched off. After this short burst of energy, the exothermic reaction gets initiated and proceeds on its own to completion. A number of coumarins were synthesized by the Pechmann reaction using this strategy.     

A new method for the acylation of pyrroles

N-Tosylpyrroles can be very efficiently converted into the corresponding 2-acylpyrroles by reaction with carboxylic acids and trifluoroacetic anhydride; little or none of the isomeric 3-acyl derivatives are formed.     

Effective synthesis of 1beta-acyl glucuronides by selective acylation

[reaction: see text] Acyl glucuronides are vital metabolites for many carboxylic acid containing drugs. We report an efficient new method for the chemical synthesis of these molecules by selective 1beta-acylation of allyl glucuronate with carboxylic acids catalyzed by HATU and then mild deprotection through treatment with Pd(PPh(3))(4) and morpholine. The method is effective for a range of aryl and alkyl carboxylic acids, including important drugs.     

Chemoenzymatic synthesis of structured triacylglycerols by highly regioselective acylation

A highly efficient two-step chemoenzymatic synthesis of structured triacylglycerols comprising a pure n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid at the mid-position and a pure saturated fatty acid located at the end-positions is described. In the first step an immobilized Candida antarctica lipase was observed to display an excellent regioselectivity toward the end-positions of glycerol at 0-4°C using vinyl esters as acylating agents. The n-3 fatty acids were introduced into the remaining mid-position highly efficient and in excellent yields using EDCI coupling agent.     

First C-3 lithiation of DMAP: a new entry into chemical tuning of acylation catalysts

A TMSCH2Li-based reagent promoted the first C-3 lithiation of DMAP opening a direct access to functional diversity in acylation catalysts.     

Efficient synthesis of N-acylarenesulfenamides by acylation of arenesulfenamides

Acylation of arenesulfenamides proceeds efficiently by using either perfluorocarboxylic anhydrides or acid chlorides in the presence of pyridine as a base at low temperatures to give N-acylarenesulfenamides. Some N-alkylcarbonyl derivatives exist with imidic acid tautomers in an aprotic solvent.     

Efficient synthesis of tyrosine-derived marine sponge metabolites via acylation of amines with a coumarin

Condensation of N-acetylglycine with aldehyde 15 in acetic anhydride gave acetamido coumarin 16. Hydrolysis to the enol coumarin 17 and reaction with hydroxylamine gave the oximino coumarin 18. Reaction of the oximino coumarin 18 with a range of nucleophiles gave the phenolic oximes in excellent yield. The rates of acylation of histamine with the oximino coumarin 18 and methyl ester 9 were compared. Oxidative spirocyclization of three representative phenolic oximes with polymer-supported (diacetoxyiodo) benzene gave the spiroisoxazolines.     

Cyclopalladated imines in synthesis 2 : a new synthesis of isoquinolines

Reaction of cyclopalladated arylimines with acrylonitrile, followed by thermolysis gives isoquinolines by an electrocyclic ring forming process and a subsequent eliminative aromatisation step.     

Catalytic and stoichiometric approaches to the desymmetrisation of centrosymmetric piperazines by enantioselective acylation: a total synthesis of dragmacidin A

The enantioselective desymmetrisation of centrosymmetric piperazines was investigated using both catalytic and stoichiometric asymmetric acylation approaches. The catalytic approach involved the desymmetrisation of 2,5-trans-dimethylpiperazine under the control of chiral DMAP analogues. With one equivalent of piperazine, relative to the acylating agent, low yields of products were obtained in up to 70% ee. It was shown that an inevitable 'proof reading' effect was occurring which increased the enantiomeric excess of the desymmetrised product through its kinetic resolution. The desymmetrisation of centrosymmetric piperazines with chiral acylating agents [(1R,2R)-N-formyl-1,2-bis(pentafluoro-benzenesulfonamido)cyclohexane and (1R,2R)-N-acetyl-1,2-bis(trifluoromethanesulfonamido)-cyclohexane] was also studied. The yield and enantioselectivity of the process was highly dependent on the solvent used and the substitution of the piperazine. However, in some cases, good yields of enantiomerically enriched products could be obtained (up to 87% based on the limiting chiral reagent) in good enantiomeric excesses (up to 84% ee). The approach was exploited in the total synthesis of Dragmacidin A.     

Lipase-catalyzed asymmetric acylation in the chemoenzymatic synthesis of furan-based alcohols

Eight racemic 1-(furan-2-yl)ethanols were prepared from the corresponding carbonyl compounds for enantioselective acylation studies, and seven of them were used in preparative-scale kinetic resolutions with Candida antarctica lipase B (Novozym 435) and vinyl acetate in dried diisopropyl ether. Mechanism-based competition between the (R)-acetate (enzymatic acylation product), vinyl acetate (added acylating reagent), and acetic acid (enzymatic hydrolysis product) toward CAL-B, together with the residual water of the lipase were shown to be potential reasons for side reactions, which affected the course of the kinetic resolution of 1-[5-(2-chlorophenyl) and (4-bromophenyl)furan-2-yl]ethanols. Clear effects were not observed with the other alcoholic substrates. Alcoholysis of the enantiomerically enriched (R)-acetates with methanol and CAL-B in diisopropyl ether was shown to be a potential method for the deprotection of the (R)-acetates and the formation of (R)-alcohols.     

Hydroxylammonium fluorometalate: synthesis and characterisation of a new fluorozincate

Abstract  

A new coordination compound of zinc fluoride and hydroxylammonium, (NH₃OH)₂ZnF₄, was obtained after dissolving zinc powder in hydrofluoric acid (40%) and adding solid hydroxylammonium fluoride. The colourless crystals were characterised chemically, magnetically, structurally by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, and thermogravimetrically by TGA and DSC analysis. The structure consists of NH₃OH⁺ cations and ZnF₆ octahedra in which the metal ion lies on the inversion centre. Each of the ZnF₆ octahedra shares four of its vertices in a way that each vertex is shared between two octahedra. Oxygen and nitrogen atoms of hydroxylammonium cations are donors of hydrogen bonds. Hydroxylamonium fluorozincate crystallizes monoclinic, P21/c, with cell parameters a = 8.1604(4) ?, b = 5.8406(3) ?, c = 5.6586(2) ? and β = 94.745(3)°. The compound decomposes above 373 K in four steps, obtaining ZnO as the final residue. Magnetic properties of the compound were studied between 2 and 300 K, giving the prevailing diamagnetic behaviour with room temperature susceptibility of −9 × 10⁻⁵ emu mol⁻¹.     

Friedel-Crafts acylation and metalation strategies in the synthesis of calothrixins A and B

The total syntheses of calothrixins A and B starting from readily available indole and the acid chloride 4 are described.     

Manganese as a template: a new synthesis of corrole

The reaction of 2,2'-bisdipyrrins 1, 2, and 3 with manganese(II) acetate tetrahydrate and molecular dioxygen yields the manganese(III)corroles 4, 5 and 6, which are readily demetalated to the respective free-base corroles.