2568-29-8Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Intermolecular reactions of chlorohydrine anions: Acetalization of carbonyl compounds under basic conditions
Barbasiewicz, Michal,Makosza, Mieczyslaw
, p. 3745 - 3748 (2007/10/03)
Nonenolizable aldehydes and ketones react with 2-chloroethanol and 3-chloropropanol under basic conditions (t-BuOK, DMF/THF) with formation of 2-substituted 1,3-dioxolanes and 1,3-dioxanes, respectively. Conversion of the two-step addition-alkylation process depends on the electrophilicity of the carbonyl group that governs the equilibrium of addition of chloroalkoxides. This method of protection of carbonyl groups in the form of cyclic acetals under kinetically controlled conditions is complementary to the acid-catalyzed reaction with diols.
Reductive cleavage of acetals and ketals with 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane
Soderquist, John A.,Kock, Iveliz,Estrella, Maria E.
supporting information, p. 1076 - 1079 (2012/12/23)
The reductive cleavage of benzaldehyde acetals and acetophenone ketals with the air-stable crystalline 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]-nonane dimer provides monobenzylated ether derivatives of diols and 1,2-oxygen-transposed β-phenethyl alcohols, respectively. The boron moiety is effectively recovered through simple procedures which involve convenient air-stable reagents and boron byproducts. The process is particularly selective for 1,3-diols giving the more substituted monobenzyl ether derivatives exclusively. With acetophenone ketals both reduction and elimination occur, permitting 9-BBN-H to hydroborate the resulting styrene to produce 1,2-oxygen-transposed β-phenethyl alcohols cleanly. Potential applications of this new process were illustrated with the synthesis of the hallucinogen, mescaline, and the analgesic, ibufenac.
