Condensation of acetoacetic ester with aldehyde acetals

Conclusions The acetals of saturated aldehydes, substituted in the- and-positions, and also of p-nitrobenzaldehyde and crotonaldehyde, condense with acetoacetic ester under the influence of BF₃ etherate to yield alkoxy-ketoesters.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2341–2342, October, 1972.     

A new method for the synthesis of bicyclic pyran acetals

cis‐Fused bicyclic acetals were obtained from the unusual cyclization reaction between diols and dihydropyran. Furothiopyran, substituted pyranopyrans, and pyranooxepine and pyranobenzoxepine compounds were obtained with high diastereoselectivity and cis‐diastereomers were obtained in high yields.     

Utilization of perfluoroalkanoate-derived aluminium acetals as the convenient fluorinated aldehyde precursors

Aluminium acetals from the DIBAL partial reduction of perfluoroalkanoates 1 were successfully employed as the convenient and useful fluorinated aldehyde precursors, and reactions of such intermediates with sodium salts from some β-dicarbonyl compounds 2 as well as their possible utility as the Michael acceptors after transformation to the corresponding alkylidene malonates 8 were also demonstrated.     

A selective convenient ruthenium-mediated synthesis of mixed acetals

Addition of alcohols and phenols to allyl ethers catalyzed mainly by ruthenium complexes was studied. Complexes of ruthenium generated in situ from precursors such as {[RuCl₂(1,5-COD)]_x} or [Ru₃(CO)₁₂] and from external ligands such as phosphines (e.g. PPh₃, PBu₃, BINAP) or phosphites (e.g. P(OPh)₃, P(OMe)₃) were found to be particularly efficient catalysts of the studied reactions. Transacetalization reaction could be practically completely eliminated by the addition of a base (particularly Na₂CO₃) to the catalytic systems. It was observed that the selectivity of mixed acetals formation increases with increasing value of Θ parameter of phosphines. Especially interesting results (0–5% of transacetalization) have been obtained for catalytic systems generated from {[RuCl₂(1,5-COD)]_x} or [Ru₃(CO)₁₂], phosphines (PPh₃, BINAP, dppe, tris(2,4,6-tri-metylphenyl)phosphine, or dppf) and Na₂CO₃. The mechanism of mixed acetals formation has been investigated using deuterated reagents. It is postulated that the examined reaction is a nucleophilic addition of ROH to a hydrido-π-allyl complex formed during oxidative addition of allyl substrate to metal complex. As a result, a new, selective, and convenient method of the synthesis of symmetrical and, in particular, unsymmetrical (mixed) acetals has been developed. Mixed acetals CH₃CH₂CH(OR¹)(OR²) may be obtained in the reaction of R¹-O-allyl with R²OH or R¹OH with R²-O-allyl, depending on the structure of R¹ and R².     

Synthesis of aromatic aldehyde acetals from (dibromomethyl)arenes

Zinc chloride-catalyzed double debromoalkoxylation of (dibromomethyl)arenes on treatment with trialkyl orthoformates resulted in the corresponding aromatic aldehyde acetals. On the first step, α-brominated ether is formed, which undergoes the second debromoalkoxylation producing acetal. This method is tolerated to ester functionalized derivatives.     

The synthesis of acetylenic acetals

Zinc chloride on silica gel is an active catalyst for the condensation of ethyl orthoformate with terminal acetylenes.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1172–1173, May, 1990.     

Cyclic acetals in the synthesis of polyoxamacrocycles

Russian Chemical Bulletin - A selective one-pot procedure to access 8-, 9-, and 10-membered polyoxacycles bearing ester functions was elaborated. The procedure involved the copper-promoted...     

Amide acetals in the synthesis of pyridothienopyrimidines

Methyl 3-amino-4-arylaminothieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylates containing various substituents in the benzene ring were synthesized by the Thorpe-Ziegler reaction of 4-arylamino-2-chloropyridine-3-carbonitriles with methyl thioglycolates. The influence of the substituent in the benzene ring, acetal structure, the solvent and the process temperature on the reactions of obtained compounds with amide acetals was studied. It was established that reactions with dimethylacetamide dimethylacetal in toluene smoothly results in amidine derivatives, viz., methyl 4-arylamino-3-[1-(dimethylamino)ethylidene]aminothieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylates, regardless of the substituent in the benzene ring. Analogous reaction of p-fluoroderivative with dimethylacetamide dimethylacetal in refluxing anhydrous ethanol leads to intramolecular cyclocondensation to produce substituted pyridothienopyrimidines, viz., 5H-1-thia-3,5,8-triazaacenaphthenes, in good yields. Amidine derivatives were the major products in the case of the coupling of aminothienopyridines with dimethylformamide dimethylacetal under the same conditions. A new approach to the synthesis of substituted pyridothienopyrimidines, viz., 3H-1-thia-3,5,8-triazaacenaphthylenes, based on the prolonged heating of methyl 4-arylamino-3-[1-(dimethylamino)ethylidene]aminothieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylates in the excess of acetic anhydride was elaborated. Putative mechanisms of the processes concerned are given.     

A new method for the synthesis of mixed orthoesters from O-allyl acetals

Two new methods for the synthesis of orthoesters and compounds containing an orthoester moiety (dihydroisoxazoles) are presented. Mixed orthoesters of general formulas RC(OR¹)(OR²)₂ and RC(OR¹)(OR²)(OR³) were prepared via addition of ROH (R = Bu or m-methylphenyl) to O-allyl acetals (acrolein acetals: diethyl or cyclic, i.e., 2-vinyl-1,3-dioxanes or dioxolanes). The catalytic systems for these reactions were generated from [RuCl₂(PPh₃)₃] and Na₂CO₃; {[RuCl₂(COD)]_x} or {[OsCl₂(1,5-COD)]_x}, PPh₃, and Na₂CO₃. Compounds containing an orthoester moiety (dihydroisoxazoles) were prepared via tandem isomerization of O-allyl acetals (to O-vinyl acetals) catalyzed by ruthenium complexes followed by cycloaddition to in situ-generated 2,6-dichlorophenylnitrile oxide.     

A selective and convenient ruthenium mediated method for the synthesis of mixed acetals and orthoesters

Addition of alcohols and phenols to O-allyl compounds (allyl ethers and acrolein acetals), catalyzed by [RuCl₂(PPh₃)₃], was examined. Intramolecular addition of an OH group, leading to the formation of cyclic acetals and orthoesters, was also investigated. As a result, a new, selective and convenient method for the synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical (mixed) acetals and orthoesters was developed.     

Novel synthesis and application of mixed acetals (acetyl methyl acetals)

A novel synthetic method for mixed acetals (acetyl methyl acetals) by electrolysis of hemithioacetals derived from methoxy- (phenylthio)methane is newly developed. Synthetic application of these mixed acetals as an aldehyde equivalent is also demonstrated.     

One-pot synthesis of N-protected α-amino aldehyde acetals from three-component reaction of fluoroalkanesulfonyl azide, vinyl ether and alcohol

A facile one-step method has been developed for the synthesis of N-protected α-amino aldehyde acetals in moderate to good yields by three-component reaction of fluoroalkanesulfonyl azides, vinyl ethers and alcohol at 0 °C within 10 min. This practical synthetic method provides a convenient and expeditious access to N-per(poly)fluoroalkanesulfonyl α-amino aldehyde acetals.     

The first synthesis of cyclopropanone acetals from the reaction of Fischer carbene complexes with ketene acetals

The reaction of iso-propoxy stabilized Fischer carbene complexes with ketene acetals gives moderate to excellent yields of cyclopropanone acetals when carried out under a carbon monoxide atmosphere. This is in contrast to the known reaction of methoxy substituted complexes which give cyclic ortho esters under the same conditions. A mechanism is proposed which involves a branch point between the two products as the zwitterionic intermediate resulting from nucleophilic addition of the ketene acetal to the carbene carbon. A 1,3-migration of the methoxyl group to the cationic center leads to the ortho ester and a ring closure by backside attack leads to the cyclopropanone acetal. A double-labeling experiment shows that the 1,3-migration occurs by an intramolecular process that is proposed to involve a bridging oxonium ion. The effect of the isopropoxy group is thus interpreted to be to sterically hinder the formation of a bridged oxonium ion.     

Diastereoselective Prins-type reaction of cycloalkenylcyclopropanol silyl ethers and alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehyde acetals

Electrophilic addition of 1-(1-cyclohexenyl)-1-cyclopropanol trimethylsilyl ether to alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehyde acetals under Lewis acidic conditions proceeds with good to excellent diastereoselectivity to afford spirocyclobutanones containing three contiguous stereocenters. A convenient entry to enantioselective syntheses is available by use of a nonracemic C2-symmetric acetal. Elaboration of the resulting adducts provides ready access to medium-sized carbocycles.