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Irreversible catalytic ester hydrolysis of allyl esters to give acids and aldehydes by homogeneous ruthenium and ruthenium/palladium dual catalyst systems
Nakamura, Asami,Hamasaki, Akiyuki,Goto, Sachihiko,Utsunomiya, Masaru,Tokunaga, Makoto
supporting information; experimental part, p. 973 - 984 (2011/06/19)
An irreversible hydrolysis reaction of allyl esters (1) into carboxylic acids (2) and propanal (3) was achieved with a ruthenium/palladium (Ru/Pd) dual catalyst system. The optimized catalysts consists of a 1:1:1 mixture of (cyclopentadienyl)tris(acetonitrile)ruthenium hexafluorophosphate {[RuCp(MeCN)3] PF6}, bis(acetonitrile)palladium dichloride [PdCl2(MeCN)2] and 1,6-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)hexane (DPPHex). The reaction proceeds via isomerization of allyl esters to 1-propenyl esters and hydrolysis of them to give 2 and 3. The first isomerization step was virtually catalyzed by the Ru components and the second hydrolysis step was mainly catalyzed by the Pd components. The optimized bidentate phosphine (DPPHex) which has long alkylene chain effectively generates two vacant sites on the Ru centers by bridging coordination. When a chelating bidentate phosphine such as DPPE was employed, only one vacant site remained on the Ru center and resulted in a low activity. This chelating Ru complex of DPPE formed even in the presence of 2 equivalents of Ru or additional 1 equivalent of Pd. These differences in coordination behaviour between DPPHex and 1,2- bis(diphenylphosphanyl)ethane (DPPE) cause the differences of the catalytic activity in the first step. The phosphine coordination to Pd center slightly decreases the activity of second hydrolysis step but which was compensated by the increasing of the stability of Pd. On the whole, the optimized Ru/Pd dual catalyst system exhibited good performances on the irreversible hydrolysis of allyl esters.
Reaction of dicarbonates with carboxylic acids catalyzed by weak Lewis acids: General method for the synthesis of anhydrides and esters
Bartoli, Giuseppe,Bosco, Marcella,Carlone, Armando,Dalpozzo, Renato,Marcantoni, Enrico,Melchiorre, Paolo,Sambri, Letizia
, p. 3489 - 3496 (2008/09/19)
The reaction between carboxylic acids (RCOOH) and dialkyl dicarbonates [(R1OCO)2O], in the presence of a weak Lewis acid such as magnesium chloride and the corresponding alcohol (R1OH) as the solvent, leads to the esters RCOOR1 in excellent yields. The mechanism involves a double addition of the acid to the dicarbonate, affording a carboxylic anhydride [(RCO)2O], R1OH and carbon dioxide. The esters arise from the attack of the alcohols on the anhydrides. Exploiting the lesser reactivity of tert-butyl alcohol in comparison with other alcohols, a clean synthesis of both carboxylic anhydrides and esters has been set up. In the former reaction, an acid/Boc2O molecular ratio of 2:1 leads to the anhydride in good to excellent yields, depending on the stability of the resulting anhydride to the usual workup conditions. In the latter reaction, stoichiometric mixtures of the acid and Boc2O are allowed to react with a twofold excess of a primary alcohol, secondary alcohol or phenol (R 2OH) to give the corresponding esters (RCOOR2). Purification of the products is particularly easy since all byproducts are volatile or water soluble. A very easy chromatography is required only in the case of nonvolatile alcohols. A broad variety of sensitive functional groups is tolerated on both the acid and the alcohol, in particular a high chemoselectivity is observed. In fact, no transesterification processes occur with the acid-sensitive acetoxy group and methyl esters. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
Transesterifications with 1,8-Diazabicycloundec-7-ene/Lithium Bromide (DBU/LiBr) - Also Applicable to Cleavage of Peptides from Resins in Merrifield Syntheses
Seebach, Dieter,Thaler, Adrian,Blaser, Denis,Ko, Soo Y.
, p. 1102 - 1118 (2007/10/02)
A mixture of the amidine base 1,8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene (DBU) and LiBr (preferably 0.5 and 5 equiv., resp.) turns out to be a highly efficient catalyst (at 0-25 deg C) for saponifications (in THF/H2O) and transesterifications (in ROH).The scope and limitations of the method are determined using ca. two dozens of different ester/alcohol combinations (Schemes 2 and 3).The investigation is focused on peptides as substrates.Under carefully controlled conditions, no epimerization occurs with N-Boc- and N-Z-protected peptide esters, when methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, or allyl esters are the products, as shown for peptides containing up to six amino acids, with Ala, Leu, MeLeu, Asp(OEt), or Tyr at the C-terminus (Scheme 3 and Tables 1 and 2).Hydrolytic and transesterifying detachments of Boc-Leu-Ala-Gly-Val-OR and Boc-Leu-Ala-Gly-Phe-OR (R = H, Me) from PAM and Wang resins (1-8 h at 0-25 deg C, 2 equiv. of DBU, 5 equiv. of LiBr) can be achieved by this method without epimerization of the C-terminal stereogenic center; a comparison with other methods (HF, Ti(OR)4) is given (Schemes 4 and 5).Possible protecting-group strategies involving the DBU/LiBr method are discussed (Table 3).Extensive experimental details are given.
