Beckmann-Umlagerung und Fragmentierung,IV. Teil. 5- und 7-Zentren-Fragmentierung von γ-Keto-ketoximen: Fragmentierungsreaktionen, 21. Mitteilung

A heterolytic 7-centre fragmentation reaction of the type a-b-c-d-e-f-X → a b + c = d + e = f + X has been demonstrated for the first time utilizing γ-keto-ketoximes. This system may also undergo a novel 5-centre fragmentation. With sodium hydroxide in aqueous ethanol and with sodium ethoxide in ethanol the p-toluene-sulfonate of 1-oxo-9-methyl-5-oximino-trans-decalin (7b) is converted quantitatively into 9-cyano-6-methyl-non-5-enoic acid (10b) and the corresponding ethyl ester, respectively. With lower concentrations of nucleophile normal Beckmann rearrangement to the lactam 13a and the lactimether 19b predominates. In the case of the p-toluenesulfonate of the 9-nor-derivative 7a a base-induced 5-centre fragmentation reaction to the α,β-unsaturated ketone 12 competes with 7-centre fragmentation to 9-cyano-non-5-enoic acid (10a), strong bases favouring the former reaction. In the absence of strong bases of nucleophiles Beckmann rearrangement again dominates.     

Beckmann Fragmentation and Rearrangement. Part VI thian-3-one oximes. Fragmentation reactions no. 26

In 70% aqueous dioxane thian-3-one anti-oxime p-toluenesulfonate (tosylate) ( 8b ) undergoes concerted fragmentation to the methylidenesulfonium ion 14 , part of which recyclizes to 1,3-thiazepin-4-one ( 11 ). With the syn-isomer 8b rearrangement to 1,4-thiazepin-3-one ( 10 ) and fragmentation to 14 occur in the ratio 4:1. Analysis of the rate data in 80% ethanol shows that anti fragmentation is 142 times as fast as syn fragmentation, but only 26 times as fast as rearrangement of the ‘homomorphous’ thian-4-one oxime tosylate ( 18b ). A comparison of the rates of cyclohexanone oxime tosylate 20 , thian-3- and -4-one oxime tosylates reveals the rate retarding influence of sulfur. – The configurations assigned to the stereoisomeric thian-3-one oximes ( 8a ) in the literature have to be reversed in the light of present results.     

Chalcogenopyranones from disodium chalcogenide additions to 1,4-pentadiyn-3-ones. The role of enol ethers as intermediates

Enol ethers 9 are formed as a mixture of E- and Z-isomers from the addition of ethanol to 1,4-pentadiyn-3-ones 2 in sodium ethoxide/ethanol. The enol ethers react with disodium chalcogenides to give the corresponding 2,6-disubstituted chalcogenopyranones 1 bearing alkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl substituents in high yield as the only heterocyclic product of reaction. Diynones 2 react with disodium chalcogenides to give mixtures of products in which the chalcogenopyranones 1 are minor components and the dihydrochalcogenophenes 3 are the major products. The addition of hydrogen sulfide to diynone 2b in ethanol gives a product mixture nearly identical to that observed for the addition of disodium sulfide in sodium ethoxide in ethanol to 2b . Intermediates for the addition of hydrogen chalcogenides and disodium chalcogenides to both 2 and 9 are described, which lead to the heterocyclic products.     

Beckmann Fragmentation and Rearrangement. Part VII. Fragmentation and cyclization of α-methylthio-ketoximes. Fragmentation reactions no. 27

α-Methylthio-propiophenone anti-oxime p-toluenesulfonate (tosylate) ( 12b ) fragments quantitatively in 80% ethanol yielding benzonitrile and a methylidenesulfonium ion 15 . The syn-isomer, however, undergoes a Beckmann rearrangement. The fragmentation of α-methylthio-isobutyropher one anti-oxime tosylate ( 13b ) is accompanied by cyclization to the 1, 2-thiazetin-1-ium ion 27 , which is hydrolyzed via the sulfimine 29 to the keto sulfide 20 and the keto sulfoxide 30 . A comparison of the rates of the α-alkylthio anti-ketoxime tosylates 12b and 13b and of the homomorphous oxime tosylates 16b and 17b shows that fragmentation and cyclization are strongly assisted by the sulfur atom. Whereas both the anti- and syn-isomers of α-amino ketoxime derivatives fragment quantitatively, only the anti-isomers of α-alkylthio ketoxime derivatives undergo facile fragmentation.     

Competing Fragmentation,Substitution and Elimination in the Solvolysis of Alkylated 3-Chloropropanols and their Ethers. Fragmentation reactions no. 28

The unstrained 3-chloroalcohols 1a , 2a and 3a do not undergo solvolytic fragmentation in neutral and weakly acidic 80% ethanol, only substitution and elimination products being formed by the limiting S_N1-E1 mechanisms. This also applies to the corresponding ethers 1b and 3b . Addition of sodium hydroxide causes the observed rate constants for the 3-chloroalcohols to rise steeply by factors of at least 10³ to 10⁵. These level off at higher base concentrations due to an opposing ionic strength effect. Whereas 3a fragments quantitatively in the presence of base, 1a and 2a fragment in competition with elimination to the Δ³-olefins 9a and 10 , respectively. 2a also yields 2% of the oxetane 6b . These results support a concerted base-induced fragmentation mechanism which competes with intramolecular base-induced elimination (E_i) in the case of the acyclic chloroalcohols 1a and 2a . The formation of small amounts of the oxetane 6b from 2a is attributed to intramolecular nucleophilic substitution at the tertiary carbon atom.     

The beckmann rearrangement of cyclohex-2-enone oximes. Synthesis of 4,5-diphenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-azepin-2-one

The Beckmann rearrangement of either syn or anti 3,4-diphenyl-cyclohexenone oxime 2a,b in polyphosphoric acid produces only one of the two possible isomeric unsaturated caprolactams 1 . Under neutral conditions, only the syn oxime tosylate 9b rearranges to lactam 1 , the anti oxime tosylate 9a remains unchanged. These results support earlier reports that alkyl migration is preferred over vinyl migration in the Beckmann rearrangement of unsaturated cyclic ketoximes. Structure proof of the lactam was made using deuterium exchange and HMQC nmr experiments.     

Mechanistic Studies on the Transformation of Ethanol into Ethene over Fe‐ZSM‐5 Zeolite

Ethanol, through the utilization of bioethanol as a chemical resource, has received considerable industrial attention as it provides an alternative route to produce more valuable hydrocarbons. Using a density functional theory approach incorporating the M06‐L functional, which includes dispersion interactions, a large 34T nanocluster model of Fe‐ZSM‐5 zeolite in which T is a Si or Al atom is employed to examine both the stepwise and concerted mechanisms of the transformation of ethanol into ethene. For the stepwise mechanism, ethanol dehydration commences from the first hydrogen abstraction of the ethanol OH group to form the ethoxide‐hydroxide intermediate with a low activation energy of 17.7 kcal mol^?1. Consequently, the ethoxide‐hydroxide intermediate is decomposed into ethene through hydrogen abstraction from the ethoxide methyl carbon to either the OH group of hydroxide or the oxygen of the ethoxide group with high activation energies of 64.8 and 63.5 kcal mol^?1, respectively. For the concerted mechanism, ethanol transformation into the ethene product occurs in a single step without intermediate formation, with an activation energy of 32.9 kcal mol^?1.     

Beckmann-Umlagerung und Fragmentierung,III. Teil Versuche zur 7-Zentren-Fragmentierung eines γ-Aminoketoxims: Fragmentierungsreaktionen, 20. Mitteilung

In aqueous dioxane the p-toluenesulfonate 11B of 1β-dimethylamino-5-oximino-trans-decalin (11a) undergoes almost quantitative Beckmann rearrangement to the lactam 23. Approx. 1%, only, of the product of so-called 7-centre fragmentation, i.e. trans-9-cyano-non-5-enal (14) is detectable. Furthermore, the picryl ether 11C of the oxime 11a reacts at a normal rate. The results confirm the conclusion reached earlier, namely that fragmentation cannot compete with the Beckmann rearrangement in the case of γ-amino ketoximes, in contrast to the behaviour of α-amino ketoximes.     

Die sterischen Bedingungen der Fragmentierungsreaktion. II. Teil. Stereoisomere 3-Aminocyclohexyl-p-toluolsulfonate. Fragmentierungsreaktionen, 15. Mitteilung

The solvolytic fragmentation of cis- and of trans-3-amino-cyclohexyl p-toluenesulfonates 8a and 9a and the corresponding N, N-dimethyl derivatives 8b and 9b has been studied. In 80% ethanol the cis-amino-tosylates 8a and 8b react faster than the homomorphous cis-3-alkyl-cyclohexyl tosylates 11a and 11b to yield fragmentation product exclusively or predominantly. The synchronous mechanism predictable on stereoelectronic grounds is therefore indicated.     

Biosynthesis of verrucarins and roridins. 2. Incorporation of acetate in cis-transmuconic acid and of mevalonate in roridinic acid]

Incorporation experiments using sodium [1-¹⁴C]-acetate and sodium [2-¹⁴C]- and [2-¹⁴C,2-³H₂]-mevalonate and degradations of the verrucarin A ( 1 ) and roridin A ( 2 ) so produced demonstrate that cis,trans-muconic acid ( 3 ) is formed from 3 acetate units. The cis,trans-muconic acid and the C₂-side-chain structural elements of roridinic acid ( 6 ) are built up from 4 acetate units; the cis-oricntcd C(11)-carboxyl group of 6 originates from C(1) of acctic acid. The structural moiety of roridinic acid ( 6 ) corresponding to verrucarinic, acid ( 7 ) originates from mevalonate, as does 7 . A new degradation scheme was devised for roridinic acid ( 6 ); the oxime 23 of its 13 dehydro-detrahydro derivative 21 underwent cleavage with SOCl₂ and subsequent hydrolysis to yield verrucarinolactone ( 8 ), acetonitrile ( 26 ) and methyl adipaldohydate ( 27 ) by a heterolytic Beckmann fragmentation reaction.     

Furopyridines. IX. Syntheses and properties of 3-ethoxy derivatives of furo[2,3-b]-, furo[3,2-b]-, furo[2,3-c]- and furo[3,2-c]pyridine

Reaction of ethyl 3-ethoxycarbonylmethoxyfuropyridine-2-carboxylates 2a-2d with sodium ethoxide afforded 3-ethoxy derivatives 3a-3d which converted to 3-ethoxyfuropyridines 5a-5d by hydrolysis and decarboxylation of the ester group. Vilsmeier reaction of 5a and 5b gave 2-formyl-3-ethoxy derivatives 6a and 6b and 2-formyl-3-chloro derivatives 7a and 7b , while 5c and 5d did not give any formyl compound. Bromination of 3-ethoxyfuropyridines with 1 equivalent mole of bromine gave 2-bromo-3-ethoxyfuropyridines 9a-9d , whereas reaction with 3 equivalents of bromine yielded 2,2-dibromo-3,3-diethoxy-2,3-dihydrofuropyridines ( 10a and 10b ) and/or 2-bromo-3,3-diethoxy-2,3-dihydrofuropyridines 11b , 11c and 11d . Treatment of compounds 5a-5d with n-butyllithium in hexane-tetrahydrofuran at ?70° and subsequent addition of N,N-dimethylformamide yielded 2-formyl derivatives 6a-6d .     

Synthesis,Photophysical, and Electrochemical Properties of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes containing Open‐Chain Crown Ether

Four polypyridyl bridging ligands BL¹⁻⁴ containing open‐chain crown ether, where BL¹⁻³ formed by the condensation of 4,5‐diazafluoren‐9‐oxime with diethylene glycol di‐p‐tosylate, triethylene glycol di‐p‐tosylate, and tetraethylene glycol di‐p‐tosylate, respectively. BL⁴ formed by the reaction of 4‐(1,10‐phenanthrolin‐5‐ylimino)methylphenol with triethylene glycol di‐p‐tosylate, have been synthesized. Reaction of Ru(bpy)₂Cl₂·2H₂O with BL, respectively, afforded four bimetallic complexes [(bpy)₂RuBL¹⁻⁴Ru(bpy)₂]⁴⁺ as [PF₆]⁻ salts. Electrochemistry of these complexes is consistent with one Ru^II‐based oxidation and several ligand‐based reductions. These complexes show metal‐to‐ligand charge transfer absorption at 439‐452 nm and emission at 570‐597 nm.     

A simple convenient synthesis of trans-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,10b-octahydrophenanthridines

trans-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,10b-Octahydrophenanthridine, the 9-methoxy analog, and 5-methyl derivatives ( 6a,6b ) of each have been synthesized from trans-phenylcyclohexylamines ( 2a,2b ) and ethyl chloroformate followed by cyclization and reduction or by cyclization, N-methylation and reduction. The oximes ( la,1b ) of 2-phenylcyclohexanone and the m-methoxy relative, a mixture of the syn and anti isomers, were reduced to 2a and 2b with sodium and ethanol. Hydrogenation (platinum oxide-acetic acid) of 1a gave in addition to 2a , a small yield of 2-cyclohexylcyclohexyl-amine. Similar hydrogenation of 1b gave only this fully reduced compound.     

Novel anionic polyaddition of 2‐trifluoromethylacrylate by double Michael reaction with ethyl cyanoacetate

Novel fluorinated polymer synthesis with anionic polyaddition by double Michael addition reaction of 2‐trifluoromethylacrylate derivatives with ethyl cyanoacetate (ECA) was proposed. Diaddition product of ECA with phenyl 2‐trifluoromethylacrylate was yielded in high yield by the catalysis of sodium ethoxide in tetrahydrofuran at 60 °C. Sodium hydroxide catalyzed double Michael addition reaction also produced diaddition product in high yield. Novel anionic polyaddition of 1,4‐phenylene bis(2‐trifluoromethylacrylate) [CH₂?C(CF₃)COOC₆H₄OCOC(CF₃)?CH₂] (PBFA) with ECA afforded the polymer of 1.2 × 10⁴ as the highest molecular weight. The isolated polymer gave the polymer of 2.8 × 10⁴ as a molecular weight by the reaction of the isolated polymer with PBFA in the presence of sodium ethoxide; which proved that the polymer end groups were mainly ECA moieties. The reaction mechanism that the proton abstraction from ECA followed by the addition of 2trifluoromethylacrylate was proposed. The reaction of acetylacetone with PBFA was also examined to give the polymer of 7.6 × 10³ as the highest molecular weight catalyzed by sodium hydroxide at room temperature. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 5698–5708, 2009     

Synthesis,Characterization, and Energetic Properties of Nitroso Compounds

Sodium and potassium methyl(nitroso)amide (M[CH₃N₂O], M = Na ( 1 ), K ( 2 )) were prepared by the reaction of monomethylhydrazine with iso‐pentyl nitrite or n‐butyl nitrite and a suitable metal ethoxide (M[CH₃CH₂O], M = Na, K) in an ethanol‐ether mixture. The reaction of monomethylhydrazine with a small excess of iso‐pentyl nitrite or n‐butyl nitrite and in the absence of a metal ethoxide led to the formation of N‐nitroso‐N‐methylhydrazine (CH₃(NO)N–NH₂, ( 3 )). Alternatively, compound 3 was prepared by the amination reaction of 1 or 2 using the sodium salt of HOSA in ethanol solution. Compounds 1–3 were characterized using elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, mass spectrometry, vibrational (infrared and Raman) and UV spectroscopy and multinuclear (¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N) NMR spectroscopy. For compounds 1–3 , several physical and chemical properties of interest and sensitivity data were measured and for compound 3 thermodynamic and explosive properties are also given. Additionally, the solid‐state structure of compound 3 was determined by single‐crystal X‐ray analysis and the structures of the cis‐ and trans‐[CH₃N₂O]^– anions and that of 3 were optimized using DFT calculations and used to calculate the NBO charges.     

Alkoxide-induced reactions of N-substituted saccharins. Synthesis of 1,2-benzothiazocine 1,1-dioxide and 2,3-dihydropyrrolo[1,2-b]-[1,2]benzisothiazole 5,5-dioxide derivatives

The reactions of saccharin derivatives 1 with sodium alkoxides were studied. Under mild conditions, compounds 1a-f gave the corresponding open sulfonamides 5a-f . Under drastic conditions, β-(saccharin-2)propionic acid derivatives 1a,b reacted with sodium ethoxide affording saccharin and β-ethoxypropionic acid derivatives 4a,b . γ-(Saccharin-2)butyric acid derivatives 1c,d and γ-(saccharin-2)-butyrophenone 1f reacted with sodium t-butoxide in dimethyl sulfoxide affording 5-substituted 6-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,2-benzothiazocine 1,1-dioxides 9 . From mother liquors, 1-substituted 2,3-dihydro-pyrrolo[1,2-b][1,2]benzisothiazole 5,5-dioxides 10 were isolated several hours later, though not detected immediately after completing the reaction. When the reactions were carried out in t-butyl alcohol, the yields of 9 diminished and those of 10 increased with product ratio inversion. Different experimental observations on the possible pathway generating 9 and 10 are discussed.     

A comparison of nucleophilic reactions of 3-benzenesulfonyloxyalloxazine and its 1-methyl analog

Reactions of 3-benzenesulfonyloxyalloxazine ( 1a ) and its 1-methyl analog 1b with a number of nucleophilic reagents are reported. Relatively small nucleophiles, such as hydroxide ion, methanol, ethanol, methylamine, hydrazine and hydroxylamine converted 1a to 4-carboxy-s-triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1(2H)-ones and the corresponding esters or amides. As the size of the amine increased from methylamine to ethylamine, dimethylamine, propylamine and isopropylamine, there were obtained 4-(carboxamido)-s-triazolo[4,3-a]quin-oxalin-1(2H)-ones, (1-carboxamido)imidazolo[4,5-b]quinoxalines and 2,3-bis(ureido)quinoxalines. Sodium hydride or potassium cyanide in hot DMF degraded 1a to imidazolo[4,5-b]quinoxaline. However, methylmer-captide and benzylmercaptide ions attacked the sulfonate group of 1a to form 3-hydroxyalloxazine. 1-Methyl-3-benzenesulfonyloxyalloxazine ( 1b ) reacted with methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, and to some degree 2-propanol, in the presence of triethylamine to furnish anhydro-1-hydroxy-3-methyl-4-(alkoxycarbonyl)-s-triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalinium hydroxides. However, sodium methoxide in methanol converted this starting material to a mixture of anhydro-1-hydroxy-3-methyl-s-triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalinium hydroxide and 1-methyl-3-hydroxyflavazole. A saturated aqueous solution of triethylamine transformed 1b to anhydro-1-hydroxy-3-methyl-s-triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalinium hydroxide, apparently via the corresponding unstable 4-carboxylic acid. The reactions of 1b with a number of aliphatic amines yielded either amides based on the above mesoionic system or on the 3-carboxamido-2-quinoxalyl semicarbazide structure. The reaction of 1b with potassium cyanide furnished 1-methylimidazolo[4,5-b]quinoxaline. Mechanisms to explain all of the degradations are advanced.     

The Synthesis of Aminophosphinocarbonic Acids

Abstract

A practical synthesis of racemic phosphinothricin and both of its enantiomers by the Michael addition of Schiff base of glycine to vinylphosphinate in the presence of sodium ethoxide or potassium hydroxide in ethanol was reported (I).     

Die heterolytische Fragmentierung von Benzoin-O-(carbamoyl)oximen

The Heterolytic Fragmentation of Benzoin-O-(carbamoyl)oximes While the known heterolytic fragmentation reactions give only three, thermal decomposition of benzoin-O-(carbamoyl)oximes results in at least four fragments: nitrile or isocyanide, carbonyl compound, CO₂ and amine. This exception is due to the transformation of the nucleofugal group 3 into the unstable carbamic acid and its decomposition (s. Scheme 1). Since only the configuration of benzoin (E)-O-(carbamoyl)oximes is satisfactory for concerted reactions, we conclude that the nitrile producing fragmentation of these (E)-compounds is concerted, whereas in the isocyanide producing fragmentation of the corresponding (Z)-compounds several steps are involved. – In contrast to the benzoin-O-(carbamoyl)oximes the pyrolysis of benzil-(E)-O-(methylcarbamoyl)oxime starts with the elimination of methyl isocyanate and the following fragmentation is that of the oxime.     

Acetylinic ketones. Part II.. Reaction of acetylenic ketones with nucleophilic nitrogen compounds

Aroylphenylacetylenes (I) reacted with ethyl and phenyl hydrazinecarboxylates (II) to give ω-aroylacetophenone-N-ethoxycarbonyl-(Vla-f) and N-phenoxycarbonyl-(VIg-l) hydrazones, respectively. When these were healed with acetic anhydride they were converted to 5-aryl-1-ethoxycarbonyl-and 1-phenoxycarbonyl-3-phenylpyrazoles (VII), respectively, which on hydrolysis with rnethanolic potassium hydroxide gave the corresponding 5(3)aryl-3(5)phenylpyrazoles (VIII). Reaction of the above acetylenic ketones with guanidine hydrochloride in the presence of sodium carbonate gave the corresponding 2-amino-6-aryl-4-phenylpyrimidines (XII). Similarly, reaction of benzoylphenylacetylene with thiourea and with urea in the presence of sodium ethoxide gave rise to 2,4-diphenylpyrimidine-2-thione (XVIII) and 2,4-diphenyl-2(1H)pyrimidin-one (XV), respectively.