Organic synthesis

ORGANIC SYNTHESIS

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ORGANIC SYNTHESIS METHODOLOGIES

The total synthesis of an organic compound would require starting each time from the elements that compose it. However, it is well known that simple organic compounds such as urea, methane, methanol, acetylene, acetic acid, ethanol can be obtained from the elements, and so on, increasingly complex structures can be built.

However, this is neither practical nor necessary as there are a large number of organic compounds that are commercially available or economically available and these can be used as starting materials. Strictly speaking, all of them derive from the elements that make them up or can be derived from them, so any synthesis that is undertaken from these raw materials will be “formally” a total synthesis.

The synthesis methodologies to face a successful synthesis have been changing with the passage of time and the development of chemistry itself as a science, hence the following are known:

Methodology of the “direct association”
Methodology of the “intermediate approach”
Methodology of "logical analysis"

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The elaboration of a " synthesis tree " based on generating intermediate or precursor molecules, step by step in the antithetic direction (retrosynthesis), that is, starting from the objective molecule, constitutes a method that can be better understood by considering the following general principles of said process.

1. Start with the final structure (MOb). Starting from the final structure, the target molecule, work backwards (retrosynthesis) until easily accessible raw materials are obtained. If the starting raw material is specified in the synthesis problem, this only limits the number of possible synthetic routes to be addressed.

2. Characterization of the target molecule (MOb ). When examining the structure of the target molecule, it is necessary to answer the following questions:

to. What kind of compound is it?

b. What functional group(s) does it contain?

c. What is the nature of the carbon skeleton?

d. Does the molecule have a normal or branched alkyl chain?

and. Does it contain rings and are they cycloalkyl or aromatic?

F. Does the MOb have actual or potential symmetry?

3. The Functional Group . In this regard, it will also be good to answer the following questions:

to. Is the reactivity, sensitivity and instability of the functional groups that the MOb possesses known?

b. What general methods are available for its preparation?

c. Which of them is applicable to the specific functional group of the problem molecule?

4. Stereochemical aspects . It will be analyzed in the MOb, preferably:

to. chirality centers

b. Shaping and configuration of rings

c. Proximity effects between groups

5. The carbonate skeleton . The main problem in most organic syntheses is the construction of the carbon skeleton. The exchange of functional groups (IGFs) is often simple to do, such as ketone to alcohol, aldehyde to acid, or alcohol to bromide. The questions that are asked regarding the construction of CC links are related to those that have already been raised regarding the functional group.

to. Are some of the methods available to form functional groups applicable to generate CC links? If so.

b. Is the method compatible with the specific carbon skeleton of the target molecule? If it is not.

c. Is there a procedure for forming a carbon chain that produces a convertible function to the required one?

6. Precursor Molecules (PM)

The analysis of the structure of the problem molecule and the consideration of the questions posed in steps 1) to 5), will give rise to two possible types of precursor molecules. One of them contains a functional group equivalent to that of the final structure.

The other is a compound with fewer carbon atoms than the target molecule. When the latter are brought together, the final carbon chain and the required functionality are achieved.

The generation of any of these types of precursor molecule should result in a simplification of the problem.

In general, if a projected path leads to precursors that are more difficult to synthesize than the problem itself (target), another path must be sought.

Fig. 1. TREE OF SYNTHESIS

The generation of precursor molecules, up to reaching the starting materials, generates a series of structures, which together form a kind of tree, fig.1. This is where the name of the synthetic method comes from.

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Synthesis of n-Hexanol ( MOb 02)

Solution : n-Hexanol (MOb 02) is a primary alcohol, whose carbon chain has no branches. Therefore, the strategy is reduced to looking for reactions that allow the chain to grow in a good number of carbon atoms. It is not advisable that the growth of the chain is one by one, since this path would lead to a synthesis plan with many stages, consequently a low yield.

As such, the opening of epoxide rings by a Grignard compound can be adequate for this purpose; as it can also be combined with acetylenic synthesis (use of derivatives of sodium acetylide and subsequent saturation of the triple bond).

The epoxide needed to combine with the Grignard is prepared from an alkene and a peracid acid. Thus, the present synthesis plan is deduced, where the starting materials can be acetylene and the ethanol.

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Formation of enols and enolates

The alpha carbon of compounds containing the carbonyl group (aldehydes, ketones, esters, diketones, diesters, nitrates, nitriles, etc.), is the center of many CC bond formation reactions. Due to the acidity of the H a , they undergo a -deprotonation in the presence of a suitable base, with the consequent formation of a carbanion. The resulting negative charge on C a to C=O is resonance stabilized by the same carbonyl group.

The selection of the base, for the formation of enolates, is subject to the fact that the pKa of the conjugate acid of the base must be greater by at least three units than the pKa of the carbonyl compound that has acidic H 's .

	pK _a = 20	MeO- pK _a = 15	Unfavorable enolate formation
	pK _a = 10	^tBuO- _ pK _a = 19	Very favorable enolate formation

Formation of enolates:

¨ The kinetic enolate

It occurs because the substrate has H α , easily accessible for deprotonation through a typical base such as LDA (pKa approx 30)

LDA (lithium diisopropylamide) is a strong, non-nucleophilic, sterically hindered base.

¨ Enolates of esters:

Esters are susceptible to a substitution reaction for the base, LDA can be problematic, which is why the non-nucleophilic base (lithium isopropylcyclohexyl amide) is used with esters.

¨ Thermodynamic enolate:

A reversible deprotonation can lead to more stable enolates, which occurs when the more substituted C=C of the enol form is obtained.

Typical conditions to form thermodynamic enolates are: RO-M+ in ROH as protic solvent (pKa of ROH = 15 to 18).

Kinetic and thermodynamic enolates can be trapped, isolated, separated, and purified to obtain regiochemically pure enolates. This can be accomplished by the formation of enol and silylene ether acetates.

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Reactions of Enols and Enolates

Aldol reactions and the so-called condensation reactions of carbonyl compounds and others of this type, which can form enol and enolate structures, participate in a large group of important reactions that allow us to understand the existence of an immense number of molecules resulting from the interaction of enols or enolates with a series of electrophilic groups.

The study of this type of reaction has made it possible to verify and establish the existence of two reaction mechanisms through which they occur, as explained below:

TO) When acid is used as a catalyst, the carbonyl compound is initially protonated and then tautomerized to its enol form , which is a nucleophile on the alpha carbon to the carbonyl group. The same acid medium is enough to activate the carbonyl group of another molecule, making it highly electrophilic, which generates optimal conditions to produce an unsaturated carbonyl compound.

The reaction normally proceeds until the dehydration of the enol formed, catalyzed by the same acid of the reaction.

B) When the catalyst is a base, such as an alkoxide, the aldol-type reaction proceeds via the nucleophilic attack of the resonance-stabilized enolate on the carbonyl group of another molecule.

By dehydration of the aldol, catalyzed by base, the dehydrated final product is formed.

As in the previous case, the base-catalyzed dehydration (sometimes written as a single step), allows to control the reaction and produce a dehydrated final product. In some cases, the formation of enolates is irreversible.

how it looks only a catalytic amount of base is required in some cases, the most usual procedure is to use a estequiométrica amount of strong base such as LDA or NaHMDS . In this case, enolate formation is irreversible, and the aldol product is not formed until the metal alkoxide of the aldol product is protonated in a later step.

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Organic synthesis, the heart of organic chemistry , is an essentially heuristic activity, that is, it is a process where the highly predictive creative activities of logical thought and empirical procedures, rich in artistic elaboration, merge, making the organic chemist a true innovative.

Like any method, the " disconnection or synthon method " has its own structure, symbology and language, which must initially be assimilated and understood by those who are willing to use this synthetic tool.

The method of synthesis of the disconnections or synthon , includes Two phases;

Retrosynthetic analysis phase . It shows all the transformations that will be carried out in the process of simplifying the structure of the molecule Aim , until arriving at the simple starting materials. It can be mentioned that in this phase, the chemist designs the strategy that he is going to assume and that was thought in try to reach a successful synthesis of the molecule Aim

Synthesis phase . Where what is "thought", based on criteria of mechanistic rationality and reactivity of organic compounds, materializes in a synthesis route, which will be written, as it is expected to occur in the chemical laboratory. It is where experience emerges and manifests the " art of doing or invent ” of the chemist, i.e. the heuristic of organic chemistry.

The terms, definitions or synthesis operations, recurrently used in this method, are the following:

Target Molecule (MOb) .

This is the name given to any molecule that is to be synthesized or prepared from simple and affordable materials, which in a problem may be previously defined or adjusted to the options that the chemist generates in his synthesis plan or design.

transformation . ( ).

The special unidirectional retrosynthesis arrow should be understood as a symbolic representation of the expression “ is prepared from ” and also represents some kind of transformation in the structure of the mob , which the chemist proposes, based on known reactions and reaction mechanisms, in order to arrive at the structure of synthons, chiral synthons (chirons) or simply synthetic equivalents; whose reaction forms or produces the molecule subjected to retrosynthetic analysis.

The types of transformation referred to are actually retrosynthetic operations such as: Disconnections, Reconnections, Rearrangements, Interconversion of Functional Groups (IGF), Addition of Functional Groups (AGF), Deletion of Functional Groups (SGF), etc.

Disconnection.

It is a retrosynthetic operation that represents the imaginary breaking of the chemical bonds that would have been formed in the target molecule, from the synthons or more precisely from their synthetic equivalents (precursor molecules), postulated.

It can be understood as the inverse of a chemical reaction, it is represented by an arrow (very different from that of a chemical reaction or equilibrium conditions) and a crossed wavy line over the bond that will be "disconnected".

It is even possible to place the proposed disconnection on the arrow: CC, CS. CX, CO, CN. etc.. Expressions that link us to the type of reaction that will be used, in the formation of the mob , from the synthetic equivalents, as for example: retro-Diels–Alder, retro-Aldol or r-Dieckmann, r–Friedel–Crafts. Etc.

In other cases, the disconnection model that is being used can be written, for example, it is common to find: 1, 3-diO, 1,4 –diCO, 1,5-diCO or α, β -insatCO . Etc.

Therefore, in a dioxygenated molecule, the following disconnections can be expected to occur:

heterolytic disconnections,

Homolytic or radical disconnections

Electrocyclic Disconnections

Reorder Disconnects

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DISCONNECTIONS OF 1,3-DIOXYGEN COMPOUNDS

Oxygenated organic compounds are the most abundant in nature and particularly dioxygenates, which is why many chemical researchers have modeled the retrosynthetic disconnection of these molecules, an aspect that will be studied in the following paragraphs.

To begin with, the disconnection models of dioxygenated molecules have been divided into two large groups, based on the nature of the synthons that are generated with the application of a basic synthetic operation called " DISCONNECTION" to the molecule to be synthesized and that generally it is referred to as a target molecule (MOb) .

These large groups are:

“ Logical ” disconnection models, and

“ Anomalous ” or “ illogical ” disconnection models

The so-called "logical" disconnection models are those that, by applying a "disconnection" of one or several chemical bonds in the mob , generate synthons, whose positive or negative charge, odd electron or polarity, on one or two points (atoms) of them, is clearly explained, based on a chemical reaction, capable of generating the chemical bond, object of the disconnection.

Compounds that can be classified as 1,3-dioxygen and 1,5-dioxygen, when subjected to retrosynthesis, generally form synthons considered "logical." On the other hand, organic molecules related to 1,2-dioxygenated, 1.4-dioxygenated and 1,6-dioxygenated, generate synthons considered “illogical”

Cut-off model 1,3-dioxygen

β-dicarbonyl compounds

The 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds are obtained with good yields through Claisen-type condensation reactions, which involve the reaction between esters and compounds with active hydrogens, such as: esters, ketones, aldehydes, nitriles, nitroderivatives, and some hydrocarbons in presence of alkaline reagents.

The β-diketones and β-ketoaldehydes are obtained by the crossed Claisen condensation, using a suitable ketone and ester. In the crossed Claisen condensation of ketones and esters, good yields are obtained because ketones are notably more acidic than esters, therefore, in the basic medium, the ketone is deprotonated to a greater degree than the ester.

Examples : Propose a synthesis design from simple materials, for the following molecules:

MOb 16

mob 17

MOb 18

Solution:

MOb 16 . Apparently the two disconnection alternatives (a) and (b), shown in the mob 16, lead to the Claisen condensation for the formation of the disconnected bonds and the generated synthetic equivalents.

However, alternative (b) turns out to be the most suitable, since, in the basic reaction medium, the carbanion formed PhCOCH ₂ ^- would be better stabilized, due to resonance and inductive effects.

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DISCONNECTIONS OF 1,5-DIOXYGEN COMPOUNDS

The 1,5-dioxygenated compounds are generally the result of conjugate addition reactions of nucleophiles from carbonyl compounds, with acidic H α (enols, enolates, enamines, etc.), as well as nitriles and nitrates, on substrates alpha beta unsaturated with respect to to carbonyl groups and the like, known as the Michael reaction, with complementary options being the Nef reaction and the Robinson annulation (annulation) reaction.

Disconnect model 1, 5 dioxygen (1,5-diO)

The 1,5-diO disconnection model can be applied, after the necessary functionalization, to compounds such as: 1,5-dihydroxyls, 1,5-hydroxyaldehydes, 1,5-hydroxyketones, 1,5-hydroxyesters, 1, 5-ketoaldehydes, 1,5-diketones, 1,5-ketoesters, 1,5-dialdehydes, etc.

The possibilities increase if nitroderivatives and nitriles are also taken into account, which can form very reactive carbanions in a basic medium capable of adding to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to obtain 1,5-diO type products.

The fundamental analysis of the disconnection of 1,5-diO compounds is as follows:

The choice of disconnection (a) or (b), around C3, will depend on the nature of the R1 and R2 groups, which may confer greater or lesser stability to the synthon or synthetic equivalent necessary for the formation of the molecule Aim. Likewise, the activation of the enolate must be adequately controlled.

Propose a synthesis design for MOb 29, 30 and 31, to from simple and affordable materials:

MOb 29

MOb 30

MOb 31

Solution:

MOb 29 . Retrosynthetic analysis: The carbanion needed to add to the a , b -unsaturated compound CO It can be obtained from diethyl malonate in a basic medium. Which will subsequently force a decarboxylation, to reach the Target Molecule.

Synthesis: The bond formed by the ketoaldehydes at a distance of 1.5 generally occurs due to the attack of the nucleophile that originates the methyl ketone, in a basic medium on the formyl group, due to the greater reactivity of the latter.

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In the synthesis design of a molecule with several functional groups, it is very common that a reagent that produces a transformation on a functional group also affects another group present in another part of the molecule. In cases where adequate chemoselectivity cannot be achieved on the functional group to be transformed, the group that must remain unchanged is protected by temporarily converting it to functionality inert to the reaction conditions.

The protection operation requires the following procedure:

· Protect the most reactive functional group(s) selectively and under mild conditions.

· Carry out the reaction on the required functional group without affecting the protected group

· Unprotect functional group, subjected to protection

The protection action must satisfy the following basic requirements:

· The reaction must perform well and be chemoselective.

· The new functional group must be stable under the reaction conditions of the group that will react.

· The introduced functionality must not add chiral centers to the molecule that can generate diasteromers

· The original functional group must be able to be regenerated with good yield and without affecting the rest of the molecule.

The use of protectors should be reduced to the essential minimum and their choice should be such that they do not need to be replaced throughout the synthesis, since the introduction and removal steps (deprotection) add cost and work to the synthesis and decrease the yield. Example.

The ketonic group of the molecule has been protected by transforming it into a cyclic ketal, with an ethanediol in a slightly acid medium, subsequently this molecule has been reacted with two moles of phenyl magnesium bromide, which acts on the ester group, to transform it into a tertiary alcohol, with two methyl substituents contributed by the Grignard. Finally, the cyclic ketal is hydrolyzed to regenerate the ketone.

In practice, there is no perfect protective group for each functionality, instead it can be affirmed that there is a large battery of possible protectors, each of which meets the above conditions under certain circumstances. A short list of protection of the most common groups is included in the following sections:

PROTECTION FROM ALDEHYDES AND KETONES

One way of protecting ketones and aldehydes is their conversion to acetals. Acetals can be deprotected under mild conditions by acid hydrolysis reactions.

In the reduction of a ketoester to ketoalcohol. Protection of the ketone in the form of an acetal is very convenient because the acetal resists the reducing conditions under which it will be used in the conversion of the ester group to a hydroxyl group.

The following scheme shows the complete synthesis sequence that allows achieving the reduction of the ester without affecting the ketone:

In the first stage, the ketone is converted to a cyclic acetal by reaction with ethylene glycol in the presence of an acid catalyst. In the second stage, the ester is reduced with LiAlH ₄ . This reagent does not attack the acetal. Finally, in the third stage, the alcohol-acetal is treated in an aqueous acid medium. Under these conditions, the acetal is hydrolyzed, regenerating the ketonic carbonyl group. Each of the three stages is chemoselective since in each of them the preferred reaction of a functional group is achieved. in the presence of another.

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Control of condensation of carbonyl compounds

Control in organic synthesis is one of the most important tasks to achieve the required or planned transformation. and/or to avoid the formation of those by-products that substantially impair the optimal development of the organic synthesis in question. Likewise, from a more general perspective, the control can also include or cover the aspects of symmetry and selectivity.

Then, control should be understood as a series of synthetic operations that allow the chemist to form the carbon skeleton with the intended functionality or to "place" a group or atom in the required place or position.

Consequently, these operations may be of a varied range of routines with an intention reflected by the chemist and that demand certain cognitive abilities and skills similar to artistic ones, for the construction (synthesis) of organic molecules.

Therefore, in condensation reactions, as in others, control operations may be included in one of the following categories.

Competing reactions (self-condensation and/or cross-condensation)

Activation – deactivation

Selectivity and specificity

Protection-deprotection

Competing reactions (self-condensation and/or cross-condensation)

In the condensation reactions of carbonyl compounds, it is essential to establish the order of events in advance to minimize or, if necessary, suppress the possibilities of self-condensation and the occurrence of cross-condensation, which unfortunately are an evident threat in these reactions.

self condensation

All carbonyl compounds that have one or more alpha hydrogens, on the carbons adjacent to the carbonyl group, run the risk of suffering a self-condensation reaction if the corresponding rigor is not followed.

Thus, for example, if a non-hydroxylated base such as EtONa is added to a 2-butanone, an enolate will be formed that could eventually combine with another molecule of the same ketone. Similarly, if H+ is added, self-condensation can also occur, as can be seen in the following scheme: This can be minimized by adding at the same rate, from separate feeders, the base or acid to the compound that will provide the enol or enolate and the carbonyl compound that will be attacked on the carbonyl carbon. A three-necked flask and magnetic stirring can be used.

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cross condensation

Ideally, in condensation reactions of carbonyl compounds, one of the reacting molecules should enolize rapidly, while the other should preferably have no Hα. , to ensure that no other by-products are formed

The retrosynthesis that is analyzed below is a good example of what was previously indicated.

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Disconnection of 1,2-dioxygenated compounds

The disconnections studied so far have led to the formation of logical synthons, consisting of cations or anions, whose charges have been stabilized by functional groups or completely clear structures. Unfortunately this is not always the case. There is a fairly significant set of organic molecules that present very specific disconnections, so it is difficult to find a general disconnection model, which is why they are studied individually.

1.- Compounds a -hydroxycarbonyl

α-Hydroxycarbonyl compounds are disconnected at the CC bond that joins the two functions. This operation leads to a natural or logical synthon (the cationic synthon) and to an unnatural or illogical synthon (the anionic synthon). The synthetic equivalents can be aldehydes and acetylide ion respectively.

The terminal acetylene group with mercuric salts in an acid medium forms a methyl ketone. This reaction is also useful if the acetylene group is internal and also symmetric.

A special case of α-hydroxyketones are benzoins or diarylhydroxyketones , where the two R groups are aromatic or heterocycles. Benzoins are the result of the self-condensation of benzaldehyde catalyzed by cyanide ions.

The benzoins may not be symmetrical, for example one of the aldehydes may be a pyridine aldehyde. The cyanide ion does not catalyze aliphatic aldehydes, which undergo the same coupling in the presence of thiazolium salts.

Aliphatic α-hydroxyketones can be formed from the condensation of carboxylic esters with metallic sodium in an inert solvent and under reflux. These hydroxyketones are called acyloins , and condensation reactions can occur intramolecularly and intermolecularly.

The bimolecular reduction of ketones to pinacols is one of the few radical reactions of synthetic utility, due to the ability of these pinacoles to participate in rearrangement reactions, called pinacolinic rearrangement, to produce tert-alkylketones.

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DISCONNECTION OF 1,4-DIOXYGEN COMPOUNDS

Another group of compounds of great importance in chemical synthesis is made up of dioxygenated molecules that are found in a distance ratio of 1.4. These compounds, when subjected to a retrosynthetic disconnection analysis, generate synthons, where one of them, the electrophile or nucleophile, can be considered "anomalous" or "illogical", because the charge assigned to one of the atoms does not can be explained in terms of its intrinsic or induced electronegativity.

1. 1,4-dioxygen compounds (1,4-diO)

In this type of compounds, the disconnection also leads to a logical synthon and to another illogical (non-natural) synthon, which can be a nucleophile or an electrophile, whose synthetic equivalent still has to be adequately reworked, in order to be used in the reaction. chemistry.

1. 1. Compounds 1,4-dicarbonyl

1.1.1. 1,4-diketone compounds

The disconnection alternatives of this type of compounds or molecules to be synthesized (MOb), can lead to the following options:

to. A logical anion synthon and an illogical cation synthon

The synthetic equivalent of the anion is the enolate ion or the enol itself of the carbonyl compound. Instead the synthetic equivalent for the carbocation is alpha halocarbonyl. (Umpoloung)

b. A logical cation synthon and an illogical anion synthon

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The synthetic equivalent of the logical cation synthon is the α,β–unsaturated carbonyl compound. A suitable synthetic equivalent for the anion synthon may be a nitroalkane anion. The –NO ₂ group in alkanes can be transformed into C=O, by means of the Nef reaction, or by the variants of the McMurry reaction, where by action of TiCl _3, the nitroalkane is transformed into an imine, which is then It is hydrolyzed in an acid medium to the respective carbonyl compound.

1.1.2. 1,4-ketoester compounds

γ-Ketoesters, 1,4-diesters, and 1,4-diacids can be disconnected to a natural cation synthon, the synthetic equivalent of which is an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound, and to the non-natural (“illogical”) anion synthon. (-) COOR, whose synthetic equivalent is the cyanide ion.

Examples: Propose a synthesis design, from simple and affordable materials, for each of the following molecules:

MOb 35

MOb 36

MOb 37

MOb 38

MOb 35 (a). Retrosynthetic analysis . The molecule can be disconnected according to the 1,4-diCO model. The generated precursor cyclopentanone must be previously activated so that its Cα is more nucleophilic, and then be used in the reaction with α.bromoacetone.

synthesis . The nucleophilicity of cyclopentanone is controlled and guaranteed, using LDA, to arrive at the Mob 35.

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DISCONNECTION OF 1,6-DIOXYGEN COMPOUNDS

The 1,6-difunctionalized compounds preferably use the reconnection strategy for their respective synthesis; This strategy can very well be combined with the Diels-Alder reaction, which generally produces six-membered olefinic adducts, or the Birch reduction of benzene rings, which likewise generates six-membered olefinic products.

1. 1,6-dioxygenated compounds

The reaction that generates dicarbonyl compounds, of different possible combinations: diketones, ketoacids, ketoaldehydes, diacids, etc. and at different distances from one another, is undoubtedly the reaction of ozonolysis of olefinic compounds.

Depending on the structure of the substrate and the reaction conditions on the ozonide intermediate formed, an enormous diversity of compounds will be achieved as a result of the cleavage of the olefinic double bond. Of these, those that are in a 1, 6 – dioxygenated ratio are of special interest, as can be inferred from the following synthetic “reconnection” operation:

The best way to understand the operation of this "synthetic reconnection operation" is will be achieved through the solution of the synthesis of the following organic molecules:

MOb 50

MOb 51

MOb 52

MOb 53

MOb 54

MOb 55

MOb 50 . Retrosynthetic analysis : In the first instance it is disconnected by the lactone function of the molecule. On the generated precursor molecule, in turn, it can be argued that its formation may have occurred from the diacarboxylic acid in position 1-6. Which are reconnected to give rise to the alkene that produced them by oxidative ozonolysis reaction. The alkene formed is a typical Diels-Alder adduct between cyclopentadiene and crotonaldehyde.

Synthesis: The Diels-Alder reaction between cyplopentadiene and the α,β-unsaturated aldehyde provides the alkene adduct, for its corresponding opening by oxidative ozonolysis, prior to a protection reaction of the aldehyde group, which is subsequently deprotected, to be reduced to the alcohol function. This alcohol reacts with the ester group in an acid medium to form the desired lactone, MOb 50

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Baeyer–Villiger oxidation

Another reaction that can be associated with the strategy of the Retrosynthesis is the oxidation of ketones by peroxyacids, better known as the Baeyer-Villiger reaction. In cyclic ketones, oxidation with peracids generates lactones. The groups attached to the asymmetric ketones have a migratory ability, which allows, in literal terms, to "insert an oxygen atom" between the carbonyl group and the migrating group, thus producing an ester or a lactone.

It should be taken into account that enones (α, β unsaturated ketones) are not good substrates for the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, because the alkene is much more reactive than the ketone. However There are special structures where the alkene can be protected by a nearby substituent due to the steric effect and thus direct the attack of the peracid towards the carbonyl group.

…

Remember that the migratory aptitude of the different groups, in the Baeyer-Villiger reaction, is as follows:

H> Ph> 3º alkyl> cycloalkyl> 2º alkyl> 1º alkyl> Me

Propose a synthesis plan for the following molecules:

MOb 56

L-Dopa

MOb 57

MOb 58

MOb 59

MOb 60

mob 61

MOb 56. Retrosynthetic analysis. The alpha amino acid the mob , it can be prepared by the reaction Strecker's and also one of the OH groups of benzene or both can result from the hydrolysis of an ester, formed by the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, on a ketonic substrate. The rest of the IGFs are easy to execute based on basic reactions.

Synthesis. For For the formation of the required Grignard, the ortho OH of the benzene is protected. The Strecker synthesis allows the formation of the alpha amino acid, which is oxidized according to Baeyer-Villiger with a peracid and the product undergoes acid hydrolysis of the ester group, which leads to the formation of the mob 56.

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The Beckmann transposition as a strategy in the retrosynthesis

The rearrangement of oximes in an acid medium, called the Beckman rearrangement, produces an amide or lactam if the starting ketone is linear or cyclic, respectively.

To improve the performance of this type of reaction, various catalysts and acid media have been studied. Thus, for example, new acid media used as catalysts, with the indicated purpose, are: TCT/DMF, DAST/CH ₂ CL ₂ , CF ₃ SO ₃ H, PCl ₅ , HgCl ₂ /MeCN and the ZnO.

TCT:

trichlorotriazine

……

DAST:

diethylaminosulfide trifluoride

The migratory fitness of the groups is the same as in the Baeyer-Villiger reaction. Propose a synthesis design for each of the following molecules:

MOb 62

mob 63

MOb 64

MOb 62 . Retrosynthetic analysis. The MOb 62 is an amide that could be prepared by the Beckmann rearrangement of an oxime. Subsequent disconnections of the aromatic ketone lead to simple starting materials

Synthesis. The reaction of the intermediate aromatic ketone with NH ₂ OH and its subsequent treatment with an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and ZnO, allows the formation of the aromatic amide MOb 62.

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Other synthesis strategies that use “illogical” syntons

1. triple bond addition

The strategy of "adding" a triple bond, between two oxygenated functions in position 1,4, allows working later with a disconnection based on the chemistry of acetylides. In order to exemplify this strategy, let us see the elaboration of a synthesis plan for the MOb 40:

MOb. 40. Retrosynthetic Analysis . A first IGF in the mob , allows us to understand the necessary addition of unsaturations, to form an internal acetylene, which had to be combined with two carbonyl precursor molecules, as can be seen below:

Synthesis. The diacetylide or acetylide in stages, combines with molecules of different aldehydes, the intermediate molecule formed is hydrogenated and then its alcohols are oxidized to the diketonic compound Mob 40.

The γ-lactones can also be prepared in an analogous way, as shown below:

2. Adding the COOR group as an activating group

The addition of the COOR group, in addition to activating the anion synthon, facilitates the disconnection of a 1,4 diX molecule.

synthesize the mob 41, to from simple materials :

MOb 41. Retrosynthetic analysis. the MOb 41, is transformed into a γ-hydroxycarbonyl and an ester group is added to the C _α of the precursor molecule, to later disconnect as 1,4-diO. The next steps are already known.

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SYNTHESIS OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS I

(Synthesis Tree Method)

Propose a synthesis plan, using toluene or xylene as starting materials, for the following molecules:

(MOb 12)

1-isopropyl-7-methylnaphthalene

(MOb 13)

2,7-dimethylnaphthalene

(MOb 14)

1-isopropyl-6-methylnaphthalene

(MOb 15)

4-methox-1,2,7-trimethylnaphthalene

Solution: (MOb 12).

In the strategy that is assumed, it is taken into account that the last stage can respond to an "aromatization" process, for which it is proposed that the precursor molecule presents a non-aromatic ring, with a double bond. on the carbon containing the double bond and the alkyl group.

This structure can be achieved by the action of a Grignard on a carbonyl and the subsequent dehydration of the alcohol formed. The ketone is formed by acylation on the appropriate benzene compound with succinic anhydride and its subsequent Friedel-Crafts intramolecular acylation closures.

Solution (MOb 13).

Once again, the precursor molecule has to be "aromatized", the most appropriate strategy among others It is based on the combination of acylation with substituted succinic anhydride and the Clemmensen reduction.

The final carbonyl is reduced to alcohol that will then be dehydrated with molecular hydrogen and a catalyst called copper chromyl.

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SYNTHESIS OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS II

(Synthesis Tree Method)

Although one of the first problems to be solved in the synthesis of multi-substituted aromatic compounds is the control of the orientation effects and the formation of undesired isomers, it is also important to study the reactivity of the arenes, since at some point In the sense of the presence of aliphatic groups in the aromatic compound, many times, they present characteristics and reactivities, typical of the type of organic compound to which they belong and the particular ones that result from the mutual interaction of the aliphatic and aromatic groups.

On this purpose, it is based, the synthesis of molecules No. 20 to 27, this time from specified materials, so the question is presented as follows: What are the reactions that Justify the following transformations?

MOb. twenty

MOb. 24

MOb. twenty-one

MOb. 25

MOb, 22

MOb 26

mob 23

MOb. 27

MOb 28

MOb 29

Mob 20 solution.

We know that there is no possibility of the acetylide ion acting directly on benzene, therefore the triple bond is obtained from an alkyl group vec-dibrominated, which is obtained by brominating styrene, previously obtained by dehydrobrominating of a benzyl halide formed by a bromination by the free radical mechanism on ethylbenzene

Solution Mob 21.

The para nitrostyrene cannot be obtained by direct nitration of styrene, because the ethenyl group attached to the ring is unstable under nitration conditions.

As such, the precursor molecule will have a group that is easy to dehydrobrominate. This precursor is obtained by radical bromination of the ethyl group linked to the benzene ring, which was previously nitrated mainly in the para position.

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SYNTHESIS OF ALCOHOLS

(Synthesis Tree Method)

Propose a synthesis plan for the indicated target molecules from the indicated single molecules (MOb 30 -41). To do this, use the reagents and reaction conditions that you think are necessary:

MOb 30 solution.

Strategy: It is observed that the starting molecule has been dehydrated and in the initially unsubstituted allylic position, a hydrogen has been displaced by the cyano or nitrile group. This last reaction can occur only if the precursor molecule is an allylic halide, which is why it is proposed as a precursor of the mob 30.

The Br is introduced in the desired position with the NBS and the alkene is the product of the dehydration of the starting molecule.

Solution MOb 31.

Strategy : It is a uncle ether, the necessary precursor molecule will be a 1,3-cyclopentadiene halide.

This halide is prepared by the action of NBS on the dienic cycloalkene, which in turn is prepared by the dehydrobromination of the precursor molecule, which is reached by the action of NBS on the cycloalkene formed. previously by dehydrohalogenation of the starting molecule brominated by radicals

Mob 32 solution.

Strategy : It is similar to the one used in obtaining the mob 30