A Convenient,Highly Efficient One-Pot Preparation of Peracetylated Glycals From Reducing Sugars

ABSTRACT

A convenient, highly efficient, one-pot, three-step procedure has been developed for the synthesis of peracetylated glycal derivatives from various reducing sugars including D-glucose, D-galactose, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose, D-maltose, D-lactose, and maltotriose. This procedure involves peracetylation of the reducing sugars with acetic anhydride and HBr/acetic acid followed by the transformation of the anomeric acetates to the corresponding bromides with additional HBr/acetic acid and finally reductive elimination of the 1-bromo and 2-acetoxy groups with Zn/CuSO₄·5H₂O in acetic acid/water containing sodium acetate. The overall yields of purified peracetylated glycals from the corresponding sugars range from 50 - 98%.

     

A New Procedure for Highly Regio‐ and Stereoselective Iodoacetoxylation of Protected Glycals and α‐1,2‐Cyclopropanated Sugars

Protected glycals and α‐1,2‐cyclopropanated sugars were converted in high yields and selectivities in less than 2 h at low temperatures to 2‐deoxy‐2‐iodoglycosyl acetates or novel 2‐deoxy‐2‐iodomethylglycosyl acetates using the simple, inexpensive reagent mixture of ammonium iodide, hydrogen peroxide, and acetic anhydride/acetic acid in acetonitrile. The protected glycals gave rise to 2‐deoxy‐2‐bromoglycosyl acetates when ammonium bromide was used instead of the iodide, although longer reaction times were required and selectivities were inferior. Other simple olefins such as styrene and indene were also converted to their corresponding 1,2‐trans‐iodoacetates.     

Reaction of triphenylantimony and triphenylbismuth withtert-butyl peracetate

Triphenylantimony and triphenylbismuth diacetates, Ph₃M(OAc)₂ (M = Sb, Bi), were obtained in 50–94 % yields by the reaction of triphenylantimony and triphenylbismuth withtert-butyl peracetate in the presence of acetic acid or acetic anhydride (molar ratio 1 1 1) in toluene.tert-Butyl peracetate oxidizes Ph₃M into alkoxides, Ph₃M(OAc)OBu^t, which at the instant of formation are acylated with acetic acid or acetic anhydride to give the corresponding derivatives, Ph₃M(OAc)₂.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 964–967, May, 1995.This study was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 94-03-08846).     

Indium-mediated one-pot reductive conversion of nitroarenes to N-arylacetamides

N-Arylacetamides were prepared in excellent yields from nitroarenes in the presence of acetic anhydride, acetic acid and indium by a one-pot procedure.     

Catalysis by HBr in the bromination of o-xylene in acetic acid

Hydrogen bromide is known to inhibit the bromination of aromatic substrates (ArH), either by fixing up bromine as HBr₃ or ArH as ArH · HBr. However, there is catalysis by HBr in the bromination of mesitylene in acetic acid. The bromination of o-xylene in acetic acid in the dark is found to be autocatalytic, and the reaction is overall third order, first order in o-xylene with the orders in Br₂ and HBr depending on the concentrations. A composite rate expression involving Br₂ and HBr as electrophiles has been proposed and verified using iodine bromide as a catalyst where the orders are one in each of the reactants, irrespective of the concentrations used.     

One-pot, three-component reaction of isocyanides, dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates, and non-cyclic anhydrides: synthesis of 2,5-diaminofuran derivatives and dialkyl (E)-2-[(N-acyl-N-alkylamino)carbonyl]-2-butenedioates

Abstract  

Isocyanides, dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates, and non-cyclic anhydrides, for example acetic anhydride or benzoic anhydride, react in one-pot to afford 2,5-diaminofuran derivatives and dialkyl (E)-2-[(N-acyl-N-alkylamino)carbonyl]-2-butenedioates in fairly good yields at room temperature.     

A simple, efficient alternative for highly stereoselective iodoacetoxylation of protected glycals

Protected glycals are converted in high yields and selectivities in less than 2 h at low temperatures to 2-deoxy-2-iodoglycosyl acetates using the simple, inexpensive reagent mixture of ammonium iodide, hydrogen peroxide and acetic anhydride/acetic acid in acetonitrile. The corresponding 2-deoxy-2-bromoglycosyl acetates are obtained using ammonium bromide instead of the iodide, although longer reaction times are required and selectivities are inferior.     

Esters of alternating copolymers of maleic or 2,3-dimethylmaleic anhydride with alkyl vinyl ethers

Maleic anhydride or 2,3-dimethylmaleic anhydride was copolymerized with a number of alkyl vinyl ethers, with AIBN as the initiator. The comonomers were always alternating and were obtained in yields ranging from 15 to 99%. The acid anhydride group in both series of copolymers was converted to the corresponding methyl esters in a two-step reaction. The structure of these polymers was established by elemental analysis and by infrared, ¹H-and ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy. Addtional characterization of these copolymers were carried out by viscosity measurements, differential scanning calorimetry for the determination of glass transition temperatures, and thermal degradation for the determination of the thermal stability of the copolymers.     

Sonochemical Synthesis and Characterization of Some Alkoxyl-Functionalized Ionic Liquids Derived from 1-Butoxyl-3-butyl Imidazolium Bromide

Non-conventional techniques, such as power ultrasound (US) has been used to promote one-pot synthesis of second generation ionic liquids (ILs), reducing reaction times and improving yields. Because of the emerging importance of the ILs as green materials with wide ranging applications and our general interests in green processes such as sonication, 1-butoxyl-3-butyl imidazolium bromide (alkoxyl-functionalized) and their derivatives were synthesized using a facile and green US assisted procedure. Their structures were characterized by FT–IR, ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR and mass spectroscopy.     

ZrCl4 as a mild and efficient catalyst for the one-pot conversion of TBS and THP ethers to acetates

A mild, efficient and chemoselective method has been developed for the direct transformation of tert-butyldimethylsilyl and tetrahydropyranyl protected alcohols into the corresponding acetates with acetic anhydride and zirconium(IV) chloride as the catalyst in acetonitrile, in a one-pot reaction with high yields and short reaction times. This method has been applied to a variety of substrates.     

Tandem acetalation-acetylation of sugars and related derivatives with enolacetates under solvent-free conditions

Molecular iodine catalyzes acetalation and acetylation of reducing sugars and sugar glycosides with stoichiometric amounts of enol acetates under solvent-free conditions, thereby facilitating the synthesis of various types of orthogonally protected sugar derivatives in short time and good yields. The outcome of the reaction can be controlled by variation in temperature. Thus at lower temperature, it is possible to obtain the acetonide acetate as a single product whereas peracetate is the major product at higher temperature.     

Regioselective ortho-nitration of N-phenyl carboxamides and primary anilines using bismuth nitrate/acetic anhydride

An efficient and one-pot synthetic method for the regioselective ortho-nitration of the N-phenyl carboxamides and primary anilines has been developed by using bismuth nitrate and acetic anhydride as the nitrating reagents. Reaction proceeds at room temperature and results in corresponding ortho-nitrated products in moderate to excellent yields. This method provides an operationally simple, regioselective, and efficient access to synthesize o-nitro anilines under the mild conditions.     

Equilibrium and kinetics studies of reactions of manganese acetate, cobalt acetate, and bromide salts in acetic acid solutions

The oxidation of hydrogen bromide and alkali metal bromide salts to bromine in acetic acid by cobalt(III) acetate has been studied. The oxidation is inhibited by Mn(OAc)(2) and Co(OAc)(2), which lower the bromide concentration through complexation. Stability constants for Co(II)Br(n)() were redetermined in acetic acid containing 0.1% water as a function of temperature. This amount of water lowers the stability constant values as compared to glacial acetic acid. Mn(II)Br(n)() complexes were identified by UV-visible spectroscopy, and the stability constants for Mn(II)Br(n)() were determined by electrochemical methods. The kinetics of HBr oxidation shows that there is a new pathway in the presence of M(II)Br(n)(). Analysis of the concentration dependences shows that CoBr(2) and MnBr(2) are the principal and perhaps sole forms of the divalent metals that react with Co(III) and Mn(III). The interpretation of these data is in terms of this step (M, N = Mn or Co): M(OAc)(3) + N(II)Br(2) + HOAc --> M(OAc)(2) + N(III)Br(2)OAc. The second-order rate constants (L mol(-)(1) s(-)(1)) for different M, N pairs in glacial acetic acid are 4.8 (Co, Co at 40 degrees C), 0.96 (Mn, Co at 20 degrees C), 0.15 (Mn(III).Co(II), Co at 20 degrees C), and 0.07 (Mn, Mn at 20 degrees C). Following that, reductive elimination of the dibromide radical is proposed to occur: N(III)Br(2)OAc + HOAc --> N(OAc)(2) + HBr(2)(*). This finding implicates the dibromide radical as a key intermediate in this chemistry, and indeed in the cobalt-bromide catalyzed autoxidation of methylarenes, for which some form of zerovalent bromine has been identified. The selectivity for CoBr(2) and MnBr(2) is consistent with a pathway that forms this radical rather than bromine atoms which are at a considerably higher Gibbs energy. Mn(OAc)(3) oxidizes PhCH(2)Br, k = 1.3 L mol(-)(1) s(-)(1) at 50.0 degrees C in HOAc.     

Serine and Threonine Schiff Base Esters React with β-Anomeric Peracetates in the Presence of BF3·Et2O to Produce β-Glycosides

Improved procedures are reported for the glycosylation of L-serine and L-threonine utilizing activated Schiff base glycosyl acceptors, which are less expensive and more efficient alternatives to published methods. L-serine or L-threonine benzyl ester hydrochloride salts were reacted with the diarylketimine bis-(4-methoxyphenyl)-methanimine in CH₃CN at rt to form the more nucleophilic Schiff bases 3a and 3b in excellent yield. These Schiff bases exhibited ring-chain tautomerism in CDCl₃ as shown by ¹H NMR. Schiff bases 3a and 3b, acting as glycosyl acceptors, reacted at rt with simple sugar peracetate donors with BF₃·OEt₂ promotion to provide the corresponding L-serine and L-threonine O-linked glycosides in excellent yields and purities. The dipeptide ester Schiff base Ar₂C = N-Ser-Val-OCH₃ 3e also reacted to provide β-glycosides in excellent yields, and without epimerization. With microwave irradiation the reactions were complete in 2 to 5 min. To investigate this reaction further, classical AgOTf-promoted Koenigs-Knorr reaction of D-glucopyranosyl, lactosyl, and maltosyl bromides were examined, providing the β-glycosides with yields ranging from 35% to 68%. The difference in reactivity between α- and β-carbohydrate peracetate donors was remarkable. The less configurationally stable D-xylopyranosyl tetra-acetate (a pentose) showed no selectivity (αvsβ-configuration) toward the Schiff bases.     

Synthesis of 1,3,4‐Oxadiazole Acyclo C‐Nucleosides Bearing 5‐Methylthio{7‐substituted‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐d]tetrazol‐6‐yl}moieties

Oxidative cyclization of the sugar hydrazones ( 3_a‐f ) derived from {7H‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐d]tetrazol‐6‐ylsulfanyl}acetic acid hydrazide ( 1 ) and aldopentoses 2_a‐c or aldohexoses 2_d‐f with bromine in acetic acid in the presence of anhydrous sodium acetate, followed by acetylation with acetic anhydride gave the corresponding 2‐(per‐O‐acetyl‐alditol‐l‐yl)‐5‐methylthio{7H‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐d]tetrazol‐6‐yl}‐1,3,4‐oxadiazoles ( 5_a‐f ). Condensative cyclization of the sugar hydrazones ( 3_a‐f ) by heating with acetic anhydride gave the corresponding 3‐acetyl‐2‐(per‐O‐acetyl‐alditol‐1‐yl)‐2,3‐dihydro‐5‐methylthio{7‐acetyl‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐d]tetrazol‐6‐yl}‐1,3,4‐oxadiazoles ( 11_a‐f ). De‐O‐acetylation of the acyclo C‐nucleoside peracetates ( 5 and 11 ) with methanolic ammonia afforded the hydrazono lactones ( 7 ) and the acyclo C‐nucleosides ( 12 ), respectively. The structures of new oxadiazole derivatives were confirmed by analytical and spectral data.     

Oxidative Phosphonylation of Aromatic Compounds

Abstract

Aryl phosphonates can be prepared in good yields from the respective arenes and tri- or dialkylphosphites by either chemical or electrochemical oxidation^1. The anodic oxidation proceeds either via phosphonium radical cations which then attack the arenes electrophilically or via arene radical cations which add the trialkyl-phosphite as nucleophile^1,2. Aryl phosphonates are also obtained in good yields by chemical oxidation with peroxidisulfate/AgNO₃, Iron(III)- or Cerium(IV)-complexes in acetonitrile/water or glacial acetic acid^3.     

Trifluoroacetic anhydride. A convenient NMR solvent for carbohydrates. 270 MHz 1H NMR studies of 2-acetamido-2-deoxyhexoses

The use of trifluoroacetic anhydride as an NMR solvent for sugars has been explored. Dissolution of carbohydrates in this solvent is accompanied by trifluoroacetylation at the hydroxyl groups. Esterification results in downfield shifts of the sugar protons yielding very well resolved ¹H NMR spectra. The use of trifluoroacetic anhydride in the analysis of complex systems is exemplified.     

Room-Temperature,Metal-Free,and One-Pot Preparation of 2H-Indazoles through a Mills Reaction and Cyclization Sequence

The Mills reaction and cyclization of readily available 2-aminobenzyl alcohols and nitrosobenzenes using thionyl bromide provided 2H-indazoles in up to 88 % yields. In the metal-free process, acetic acid played a crucial role for the both Mills reaction and cyclization. A brominated 2H-indazole could also be obtained through the one-pot sequence.     

A Simple Method for the Synthesis of Acylated Pyranoid Glycals Under Aprotic Conditions

Abstract

Per-O-acylated glycals³ (1,4- or 1,5-anhydro-2-deoxyald-1-enitols, e. g., 9) represent one of the most useful types of carbohydrate derivatives available for various syntheses. The classical method⁴ for their preparation is the reaction of acetobromo sugars (e. g., 2) with zinc dust in aqueous acetic acid, but the yields are variable and solvolysis products, among others, are formed in side reactions.⁵     

Synthesis of 1-vinylpyrrole-2-carbonitriles

A new highly synthetically potent series of bifunctional pyrroles, 1-vinylpyrrole-2-carbonitriles, were synthesized from readily available 1-vinylpyrrole-2-carbaldehyde oximes by two methods: (1) reaction with acetylene (KOH/DMSO, 70 °C, 10 min, yields 58-67%) and (2) reaction with acetic anhydride (90-100 °C, 5 h, yields 83-93%). Starting from 2-phenyl-1-vinylpyrrole, the one-pot synthesis of the corresponding 1-vinyl-2-carbonitrile was accomplished directly by successive treatment with a DMF/(COCl)₂ complex, NH₂OH·HCl/NaOAc, and acetic anhydride (yield 58%).