Organocatalytic synthesis of α-hydroxy and α-aminophosphonates

A new and highly flexible procedure is described for the synthesis of α-amino- and α-hydroxy phosphonates. In the presence of a catalytic amount of oxalic acid (10 mol %), trimethyl phosphite reacts with aldehydes or imines (generated in situ from an aldehyde and an amine) to yield the corresponding coupled products in good yield.     

Synthesis of new α-hydroxyphosphonates and α-acetoxyphosphonates

A series of new α-hydroxyphosphonate (5–14) have been synthesized in high yields by reaction of β-chloro-α,β-unsaturated aldehydes (1–4) and trialkyl phosphite in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane at room temperature under solvent-free conditions. In addition, compounds (5–14) were reacted with acetic anhydride in DBU to give the new α-acetoxyphosphonate derivatives (15–23). All these phosphonates (5–23) were obtained as mixtures of two (E and Z) isomers and fully characterized by multinuclear (¹H, ¹³C, and ³¹P) NMR, IR spectroscopy and HRMS.     

Viscous and dielectric properties of α-tocopherol and α-tocopherol acetate

This article presents the results of the shear viscosity and the dielectric relaxation measurements performed for α-tocopherol and α-tocopherol acetate, two principal compounds from the vitamin E group. The temperature dependence of the viscosity and dielectric relaxation time of the compounds can be very well reproduced with the Vogel–Fulcher–Tammann equation. It was found that for both tocopherols, the viscosity and the relaxation time attain their infinite high value (solid-like state) at the temperature of ～60 K below the transition to the glass state.     

Preparation of n-oxides of α− and α′-A minonicotines

Summary All possible N-oxides of -benzamidonicotine were prepared and were hydrolyzed with hydrochloric acid to N-oxides of the corresponding -aminonicotines.     

Reaction of nitroalkanes with levoglucosenone and its α-bromo and α-iodo derivatives. Cyclopentaannulation of α-halocyclenones

Michael reactions of levoglucosenone and its α-bromo and α-iodo derivatives with α,ω-dinitroalkanes were studied under conditions of chemical and electrochemical generation of base. Procedures were developed for stereospecific fusion of a cyclopentane ring to α-bromo- and α-iodolevoglucosenones, 2-iodocyclopent-2-en-1-one, and 2-iodocyclohex-2-en-1-one by the action of 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dinitropropane.     

Palladium-catalyzed Hiyama couplings of α-silylenoates and α-silylenamides

The Hiyama couplings of both α-silylenoates and α-silylenamides are described. These sensitive substrate classes require particularly specific conditions, employing both appropriate silicon-based species and a silver additive to realize high yields of the coupling products. Regioselective platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylations provide a direct and convenient entry into these stereodefined trisubstituted alkenes.     

A straightforward synthesis of both enantiomers of α-vinylalanine and α-ethynylalanine

This report describes the synthesis of enantiomerically pure (S)- and (R)-α-vinylalanines and (S)- and (R)-α-ethynylalanines, four quaternary α-amino acids, using a straightforward synthetic route and starting from (S)- and (R)-N-Boc-N,O-isopropylidene-α-methylserinals.     

Copolymerization of α-Methylstyrene and Styrene

In this paper, the effects of temperature from 60 °C to 80 °C and the molar ratios in monomer feed on the copolymerization of α-methylstyrene(AMS) and styrene(St) were studied. The resulting copolymers, designated as PAS, were characterized by FTIR, GPC, NMR and TGA. When the reaction temperature was below 75 °C, the molecular weights increased almost linearly as the evolution of the copolymerization. The phenomenon revealed that AMS could mediate the conventional free radical polymerization having some features of a controlled system. As the AMS/St = 50/50(molar) in feed, the overall fraction of the AMS unit incorporated into the copolymer was as high as 42 mol%, the monomer conversion could be more than 90 wt% and the molecular weights could reach as high as 4400. However, since the styrene is more reactive than AMS, the AMS fraction in copolymer increased with the overall monomer conversion. The 13C-NMR revealed the products were random copolymers which had triads, such as-AMS-AMS-AMS-,-St-AMS-AMS-(-AMS-AMS-St-) and-St-AMS-St-. TGA curves demonstrated that the degradation temperature of the resulting copolymers went down from about 356.9 °C(0 mol% AMS) to 250.2 °C(42 mol% AMS). This behavior demonstrated that there exist weak bonds in the AMScontaining sequences which could be used as potential free radical generators.     

New general synthesis of α-alkoxyketones via α'-alkylation, α-alkylation and α,α'-dialkylation of α-alkoxyketimines

α-Methoxy- and α-ethoxyketones, as important intermediates in organic synthesis and flavor compounds in food chemistry, were synthesized by deprotonation of N-(1-alkoxy-2-propylidene)isopropylamine, prepared by condensation of the corresponding α-alkoxyacetone with isopropylamine, and subsequent reaction of the corresponding 1-azaallylic anions with alkyl halides to afford α'-alkylated, α-alkylated and α,α'-dialkylated ketimines. Hydrolysis of the imino function led to the desired substituted α-alkoxyketones. The ratio of α-, α'-, and α,α'-(di)alkylated compounds depended on the amount of base used and on the nature of the alkylating reagent.     

Synthesis of new dialkyl α-aminophosphonates and dialkyl α-aminothiophosphonates

New dialkyl α-aminophosphonates and α-aminothiophosphonates were synthesized by reactions of dialkyl phosphites orO,O-dialkyl thiophosphites withN-benzylidene 2-(vinyloxy)ethylamine orN-(4-fluorobenzylidene)-2-(vinyloxy)ethylamine. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1815–1817, September, 1999.     

Study of the enantioselectivity of the CAL-B-catalysed transesterification of α-substituted α-propylmethanols and α-substituted benzyl alcohols

A study of the enantioselectivity exhibited by the lipase B from Candida antarctica in the transesterification of different α-substituted α-propylmethanols with vinyl acetate is shown. The best results are obtained when the large-sized (L) substituent of the alcohol is either a phenyl group or more especially a cyclohexyl group, although the reaction rates are lower than when linear or slightly branched groups are present. It is also found that ramification at the β-position of the L substituent has a deleterious effect on both lipase activity and enantioselectivity. Moreover, some α-substituted benzyl alcohols bearing medium-sized (M) substituents larger than an ethyl and smaller than a propyl group are resolved by means of this methodology with moderate-good enantioselectivities (E=46–57) and similar reaction rates.     

Regiospecific synthesis of α-chloro- and α-fluoro-1,2-diones

α-Chloro-1,2-diones and α-fluoro-1,2-diones were prepared from the corresponding α-chloroaldimines by a sequence of reactions involving cyanation to α-cyanoenamines, α-halogenation to form α-chloro- or α-fluoroimidoyl cyanides and addition of organolithium reagents across the nitrile moiety, followed by acidic hydrolysis. All steps are straightforward and occur without side reactions finally leading to regiospecifically chlorinated and fluorinated 1,2-diones in good yields.     

Conformational investigation of α-methylthio and α-phenylthio derivatives of acetone and cyclohexanone by molecular mechanics. An x-ray study of α-phenylthioacetone

A conformational investigation of -methylthioacetone, -methylthiocyclohexanone, -phenylthioacetone, and -phenylthiocyclohexanone was undertaken in the MM2(87) force field. In all cases theac-G rotamers with unidirectional orientation of the C=O and S-R bonds are preferred in accordance with the experimental investigations. In all cases the energy of dipole-dipole interaction makes a contribution to the stabilization of these forms. For the eclipsedsp conformers the relatively high calculated values of the energies contradict the data of the experimental investigations, which take account of their participation in the equilibrium. X-ray crystallographic analysis of -phenylthioacetone (3) showed that thesp-T structure with a planar orientation of the thioanisole fragment is realized in the solid phase.A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan' Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 420083 Kazan'. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1364–1371, June, 1992.     

Bromination of α-tocopherol methano-dimer and ethano-dimer

Bromination of the ethano-dimer of α-tocopherol (6) afforded pyrano-spirodimer of α-tocopherol (7) quantitatively, while the methano-dimer of α-tocopherol (10) produced a mixture of products, including the furano-spirodimer 11, pyrano-spirodimer 7, and 5-bromo-γ-tocopherol (12), the latter two formed in an unusual dealkylative fragmentation step. The mechanisms were studied by a combination of trapping reactions as well as kinetic and computational studies.     

Synthesis and Isolation of α-Oxo Sulfines

The synthesis of several α-oxo sulfines is discribed. Various α-oxo sulfines can be isolated as such. The Diels-Alder reaction of these sulfines with 1,3-dienes can be catalyzed by Lewis acids.     

The Structure and Spectroscopy of α-Hydroxyphosphonates

Abstract

α-Hydroxyphosphonates are important intermediates in the preparation of various organophosphorus compounds. Methods for their preparation have been described.¹ We now report new aspects of their structure and spectroscopy. In the solid state, O,O-dimethyl α-hydroxy-α-phenyl-β-chloroethylphosphonate has been shown by X-ray diffraction studies to consist of hydrogen-bonded dimers with a hydrosen-bond length between the phosphoryl oxygen and hydroxyl hydrogen atom of 1.74 Å. The P=0 bond is relatively short (1.463).