A novel annulation reaction of N-substituted-2-nitrosoanilines with esters of α-isocyano acids. A one-pot,two-step route to 2-benzimidazole-substituted esters of α-amino acids

A BF₃-promoted α-addition of isocyanides to both nitrogen atoms of N-aryl-2-nitrosoanilines leads to stable BF₃-complexes of 3-N-hydroxy-(2-alkylimino)benzimidazole derivatives, which, after reduction with Zn in AcOH produce 1-N-aryl-2-alkylaminobenzimidazoles. This two-step annulation proceeds efficiently in a one-pot protocol with isocyanides derived from esters of α-amino acids. The chirality of the latter remains unaffected in the reaction.     

5-Nitroisocoumarins from tandem Castro-Stephens coupling—6-endo-dig cyclisation of 2-iodo-3-nitrobenzoic acid and arylethynes and ring-closure of methyl 2-alkynyl-3-nitrobenzoates with electrophiles

Reaction of 2-iodo-3-nitrobenzoic acid with arylalkynyl copper(I) reagent gave 3-aryl-5-nitroisocoumarins. Castro-Stephens coupling was followed by in situ Cu-catalysed ring-closure. ¹H NMR and X-ray crystallography showed the cyclisations to be 6-endo, contrasting with reports of 5-exo cyclisation of analogous 2-iodobenzoate esters with alkynes. Sonogashira couplings of methyl 2-iodo-3-nitrobenzoate with phenylacetylene and with trimethylsilylacetylene gave the corresponding 2-alkynyl-3-nitrobenzoate esters. With HgSO₄, the phenylalkyne underwent 6-endo cyclisation to give 5-nitro-3-phenylisocoumarin. The disubstituted alkyne esters gave 4-phenylselenylisocoumarins with PhSeCl. 5-Nitro-3-phenyl-4-phenylselenylisocoumarin shows significant sterically-driven distortion of the isocoumarin ring. Reaction of methyl 3-nitro-2-phenylethynylbenzoate with ICl gave the 4-iodoisocoumarin. Thus the nitro group tends to direct these electrophile-driven cyclisations towards the 6-endo mode.     

1-Acyloxyaziridine-2,2-dicarboxylic acid esters

The reaction of diazomethane and O-acylisonitrosomalonates gave ²-1,2,3-triazoline-5,5-dicarboxylic acid esters, the rates of formation and thermal stabilities of which are determined by the character of ths substituent attached to the oxygen atom. Thermolysis of the triazolines leads to mixtures of 1-acyloxyaziridine-2,2-dicarboxylic acid esters and isomeric dialkyl O-acylisonitrososuccinates; acidolysis with BF₃·Et₂O makes it possible to obtain exclusively aziridines. The acidic decompositions of dimethyl 4-methyl-²-1,2,3-triazoline-5,5-dicarboxylate, which was obtained from the reaction of diazoethane and dimethyl O-tosylisonitrosomalonate, leads to dimethyl -tosyloxyamino--vinylmalonate. A dependence of the spin-spin coupling constants (SSCC) of the protons of the aziridine ring on the electronegativities of the substituents attached to the oxygen atom was observed.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 338–342, March, 1984.     

Reaction of organozinc reagents prepared from bromomalonic acid esters and zinc with 3-aryl-2-cyanopropenoic acid primary amides

Organozinc compounds prepared from bromomalonic acid esters and zinc react with 3-aryl-2-cyanopropenoic acid primary amides giving a single diastereomer of the corresponding 1-R′-4-aryl-2,6-dioxo-5-cyanopiperidine-3-carboxylic acid esters, or 3-R′-6-aryl-2,4-dioxo-5-cyano-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexene-1-carboxylic acid esters.     

Synthesis of cis-2-aryl-3-pyrrolidine carboxylic esters via diastereoselective cyclization of γ-imino esters using a TiCl4/Et3N reagent system

Facile synthesis of cis-2-aryl-3-pyrrolidine carboxylates from readily accessible γ-imino esters by intramolecular cyclization mediated by a TiCl₄/Et₃N reagent system is described.     

Infrared spectra of heptafluorobutyric acid and some of its esters

Infrared spectra obtained for seven alkyl esters of heptafluorobutyric acid show that 18 vibrations of the CF₃CF₂CF₂CO₂ group have characteristic frequencies in these esters, with most having average deviations of only about 1 cm^?1. The relative intensities of the bands are also quite constant. The infrared spectrum obtained for heptafluorobutyric acid indicates that the acid is completely associated in the neat liquid.     

Synthesis of N-[5-alkoxy-2(5H)-furanonyl] amino acid propargyl esters

Using K₂CO₃ as a base and CH₃CN as solvent, different kinds of N-[5-alkoxy-2(5H)-furanonyl] amino acids were reacted with propargyl bromide via substitution reaction at 40?°C to give 16 N-[5-alkoxy-2(5H)-furanonyl] amino acid propargyl esters with the yields of 44?C85% (mostly over 74%). The structures of all newly synthesized compounds were elucidated and confirmed by FTIR, UV, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, MS, and elemental analysis. The rapid, efficient, and brief synthesis of the series propargyl esters with multiple bioactive units, will afford not only a basis for the activity test of potential drug molecules, but also an important synthetic strategy for 2(5H)-furanone derivatives with polyfunctional groups.     

The interaction between some ethyl esters of aminoacids and acetic acid in carbon tetrachloride

The dimerization constant, K₁ of acetic acid in CCl₄ is determined by an IR spectrometric method and is found to have a value of 2252M⁻¹ at 20°. The association constants, K₂, for the interaction between the acetic acid monomer and some aminoacid ethyl esters are determined by the same method and found to have the values given (in M⁻¹ at 20°) for the esters of the following aminoacids: glycine (282 ± 24), dl-alanine (236 ± 33), dl-α-aminobutyric acid (139 ± 11), α-aminoisobutyric acid (172 ± 18). dl-norvaline (104 ± 13), dl-valine (150 ± 8), dl-leucine (108 ± 18) and 3-phenyl-dl-alanine (140 ± 21). A correlation of these experimental values with some structural parameters related to the steric effect of the substituents on the esters is proposed.     

SIFT studies of the reactions of H3O+, NO+ and O+2 with a series of volatile carboxylic acids and esters

We report the results of a selected ion flow tube (SIFT) study of the reactions of H₃O⁺, NO⁺ and O⁺₂ with some nine carboxylic acids and eight esters. We assume that all the exothermic proton transfer reactions of H₃O⁺ with all the acid and esters molecules occur at the collisional rate, i.e. the rate coefficients, k, are equal to k_c; then it is seen that k values for most of the NO⁺ and O⁺₂ reactions also are equal to or close to k_c. The major ionic products of the H₃O⁺ reactions with both the acids and esters are the protonated parent molecules, MH⁺, but minor channels are also evident, these being the result of H₂O elimination from the excited (MH⁺)1 in some of the acid reactions and an alcohol molecule elimination (CH₃OH or C₂H₅OH) in some of the ester reactions. The NO⁺ reactions with the acids and esters result in both ion-molecule association producing NO⁺M in parallel with hydroxide ion (OH⁻) transfer with some of the acids, and parallel methoxide ion (CH₃O⁻) and ethoxide ion (C₂H₅O⁻) transfer as appropriate with some of the esters. The O⁺₂ reactions proceed by dissociative charge transfer with the production of two or more ionic fragments of the parent molecules, the different isomeric forms of both the acid and the ester molecules resulting in different product ions.     

Solution conformations of 2-amino-1-hydroxy-2-aryl ethylphosphonic acids and their diethyl esters

Conformations of 2-amino-1-hydroxy-2-aryl ethylphosphonic acids (in D₂O) and their diethyl esters (in CDCl₃ and CD₃OD) were determined by means of NMR on the basis of dependence between observed values of coupling constants (³J_PC, ³J_HH and ³J_PH) and corresponding dihedral angles. In case of diethyl esters we observed that the conformation was stabilised by the formation of the intramolecular hydrogen bond between (NH₂)?(OH) moieties in both solvents, whereas for acids formation of hydrogen bond between NH₃⁺?PO groups predominates.     

Palladium-catalysed arylation of acetoacetate esters to yield 2-arylacetic acid esters

The coupling reaction between ethyl acetoacetate and a number of aryl halides in the presence of palladium acetate, a bulky and electron rich phosphine and K₃PO₄ is described. The arylated acetoacetate ester is de-acylated under the reaction conditions resulting in the generation of 2-arylacetic acid esters, constituting a mild alternative to direct arylation of carboxylate esters.     

3-Oxo-1,2-benzoisothiazoline-2-acetic acid 1,1-dioxide derivatives. I. Reaction of esters with alkoxides

Reaction of 3-oxo-1,2-benzoisothiazoline-2-acetic acid alkyl esters 1,1-dioxide ( 1a-d ) with alkaline alkoxides was carried out under various conditions. Under mild conditions, o-(N-carboxymethylsulfamyl)benzoic acids dialkyl esters ( 2a-d ) were obtained with good yields. Reaction of 1a-d or 2a-d with sodium alkoxides under drastic conditions afforded 4-hydroxy-2H-1,2-benzothiazine-3-carboxylic acid alkyl esters 1,1-dioxide ( 3a-d ). Transesterification was observed when esters 1b-d were treated with sodium methoxide in methanol. Esters 3a-d were hydrolyzed in concentrated aqueous sodium hydroxide affording the acid 6 . Attempts to recrystallize 6 from water resulted in its decarboxylation to give 2H-1,2-benzothiazine-4-(3H)one 1,1-dioxide (7). Compound 6 could not be obtained by acid hydrolysis of esters 3a-d or by rearrangement of 3-oxo-1,2-benzoisothiazoline-2-acetic acid 1,1-dioxide ( 8 ). Different experimental evidence supports the suggestion that rearrangement took place by ethanolysis of the carboxamide linkage affording the open sulfonamides (fast step) followed by a Dieckmann cyclization (slow step). It was demonstrated that transesterification took place in the open sulfonamides 2 .     

An efficient synthesis of functionalized tetrahydro-lH-indeno[2, 1-c]pyridine derivatives by a PPh3-promoted condensation reaction between acetylene esters and 1,3-dioxo-N-aryl-2,3- dihydro-1 H-indene-2-carboxamides

A reaction between 1,3-dioxo-N-aryl-2,3-dihydro-lH-indene-2-carboxamides, dialkyl acetylenedicar- boxylates, and triphenylphosphine or trimethylphosphite is described as a simple and efficient method for the synthesis of 5-hydroxy-4-aryl-2,5-dihydrofuran-2,3-dicarboxylate derivatives.     

Reaction of the zinc enolate derived from 1,1-dibromo-3,3-dimethylbutan-2-one with 3-aryl-2-cyanopropenoic acid amides and esters and 2-oxochromene-3-carboxamides

Zinc enolate derived from 1,1-dibromo-3,3-dimethylbutan-2-one reacts with 3-aryl-2-cyanoprop-2-enamides and aryl 3-aryl-2-cyanoprop-2-enoates to give the corresponding derivatives of 3-aryl-2-(2,2-dimethylpropanoyl)-1-cyanocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as a single stereoisomer with cis arrangement of the hydrogen atoms at the cyclopropane ring. The reactions of the same zinc enolate with 3-morpholinocarbonyl-2H-chromen-2-one and 2-morpholinocarbonyl-3H-benzo[f]chromen-3-one lead to formation of 1-(2,2-dimethylpropanoyl)-1a-morpholinocarbonyl-1a,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromen-2-one and 1-(2,2-dimethylpropanoyl)-1a-morpholinocarbonyl-1a,9c-dihydrobenzo[f]cyclopropa[c]chromen-2-one, respectively as a single stereoisomer.     

Synthesis and characterization of tri(o-fluorobenzyl)tin esters of heteroaromatic carboxylic acid and crystal structures of tri(o-fluorobenzyl)tin esters of 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid and 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid

Reaction of tri(o-fluorobenzyl)tin chloride with sodium of heteroaromatic carboxylic acid in 1:1 stoichiometry yielded complexes of the type (2-F-Bz)₃SnOOCR (R=2-furanyl, 2-furanvingl, 2-thiophenyl, 2-pyridinyl, 3-pyridinyl, 4-pyridinyl, 3-indolyl, 3-indolmethyl and 3-indolpropyl), respectively. These complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structures of tri(o-fluorobenzyl)tin esters of 4-pyridinecarboxylic acid (5) and 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid (6) were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. In the crystals of compounds 5 and 6, the tin atoms are rendered five-coordinate in a trigonal bipyramidal structure by coordinating with pyridine N atom of carboxylate group. The resulting structure is a one-dimensional linear polymer containing Sn-O bond lengths of 2.161(4), 2.202(9) Å and Sn-N bond lengths of 2.518(5), 2.454(10) Å.     

Chemistry of iminofuran: VIII. Recyclization of 5-aryl-3-arylimino-3H-furan-2-ones effected by cyanoacetic acid derivatives

The recyclization of 5-aryl-3-arylimino-3H-furan-2-ones under the action of esters, nitriles, and amides of cycnoacetic acids resulted in the corresponding esters, nitriles, and amides of (5E)-2-amino-1-aryl-4-oxo-5-(2-oxoethylidene)-1H-4,5-dihydropyrrole-3-carboxylic acids.     

An efficient synthesis of dialkyl 2-(diphenoxyphosphoryl)-3-(alkylthio)succinates from alkylthiols, triphenyl phosphite and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates

An efficient synthesis of dialkyl 2-(diphenoxyphosphoryl)-3-(alkylthio)succinates, as a mixture of two diastereomers, in 78–90% yields, is described via reaction between alkylthiols, dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates, and triphenyl phosphite. The structures of products were deduced from their high-field ¹H, ¹³C, and ³¹P NMR spectra, and IR spectral data. Since these hosphonate esters possess two stereogenic centers, two diastereomers with gauche HCCH arrangements are possible. Observation of ³ J _HH = 3.5-4.6 Hz for the vicinal methine protons confirmed the dominance of the gauche arrangement. A mechanism is proposed for the formation of products.     

Synthesis of racemic cis-1-alkyl- and 1-aryl-2-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic esters

The title cyclic β-amino esters were synthesized stereo- and regioselectively. Starting from the corresponding 1-aryl- and 1-alkylcyclopropane-1,2-dicarboxylates, selective monosaponification and subsequent Curtius reaction leads to certain cis-1-alkyl- and 1-aryl-2-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic esters. These β-aminocyclopropanecarboxylate derivatives (β-ACCs) can be seen as useful building blocks for β-peptides.     

RuH2(CO)(PPh3)3-catalyzed arylation of aromatic esters using arylboronates via C-H bond cleavages

The RuH₂(CO)(PPh₃)₃-catalyzed C-H functionalization of aromatic esters with 5,5-dimethyl-2-aryl-[1,3,2]dioxaborinanes (arylboronates) gave the ortho arylation products. This coupling reaction can be performed with various combinations of isopropyl benzoate derivatives and arylboronates. Introduction of CF₃ group in the aromatic ring increased the reactivity of the esters. Pinacolone effectively served as an acceptor of a hydride generated by C-H bond cleavage, and the amount of pinacolone used also affected the yield of the arylation product.     

Methylene chloride chemical ionization of fumaric and maleic acids and their esters

The chemical ionization (CI) mass spectrometry of fumaric and maleic acids and their esters with methylene chloride as reagent gas is described. The introduction of methylene chloride to the CI(CH₄) plasma led to the formation of new characteristic ions in addition to the protonation and the subsequent fragmentation, revealing diagnostic information on the configuration of geometrical isomers. The new characteristic ions have been found to arise from the addition of the reactant ion of methylene chloride, [CH₂Cl]⁺, to the substrates and, for higher dialkyl esters, from the further McLafferty rearrangement of the adduct ion [M + CH₂Cl]⁺.