114379-93-0Relevant articles and documents
Ring-contraction of hantzsch esters and their derivatives to pyrrolesviaelectrochemical extrusion of ethyl acetate out of aromatic rings
Liu, Xu,Liu, Chang,Cheng, Xu
supporting information, p. 3468 - 3473 (2021/05/21)
Electrochemical ring-contraction of HEs and theirs pyridine derivatives is developed to obtain polysubstituted pyrroles. This process provides an orthogonal utilization of Hantzsch esters for the well-documented application as side chain or hydrogen donors. The formal transformation shows an extrusion of ethyl acetate out of the pyridine ring in a single step. In addition to the novel transformation, we also discovered the Lewis acid's intermolecular control of regioselectivity during an intramolecular electrochemical process. The reaction provides a number of polysubstituted pyrroles that have never been accessed, including pharmaceutical intermediates and photoswitches. An unusual 4-electron continuous reduction drives the unprecedented anionic dearomatization/ring-contraction/rearomatization pathway.
Influence of Alkoxy Groups on Rates of Acetal Hydrolysis and Tosylate Solvolysis: Electrostatic Stabilization of Developing Oxocarbenium Ion Intermediates and Neighboring-Group Participation to Form Oxonium Ions
Garcia, Angie,Otte, Douglas A. L.,Salamant, Walter A.,Sanzone, Jillian R.,Woerpel
, p. 4470 - 4480 (2015/05/13)
The hydrolysis of 4-alkoxy-substituted acetals was accelerated by about 20-fold compared to that of sterically comparable substrates that do not have an alkoxy group. Rate accelerations are largest when the two functional groups are linked by a flexible cyclic tether. When controlled for the inductive destabilization, an alkoxy group can accelerate acetal hydrolysis by up to 200-fold. The difference in rates of acetal hydrolysis between a substrate where the alkoxy group was tethered to the acetal group by a five-membered ring compared to one where it was tethered by an eight-membered ring was less than 100-fold, suggesting that fused-ring intermediates were not formed. By comparison, the difference in rates of solvolysis of structurally related tosylates were nearly 106-fold between the five- and eight-membered ring series. This observation implicates neighboring-group participation in the solvolysis of tosylates but not in the hydrolysis of acetals. The acceleration of acetal hydrolysis by an alkoxy group is better explained by electrostatic stabilization of intermediates that accumulate positive charge at the acetal carbon atom. (Chemical Presented).
