Reactions of alkyl (halomethyl)furancarboxylates with hexamethylenetetramine
摘要:
All isomers of (aminomethyl)furancarboxylic acids were prepared by the Delepine reaction from alkyl (halomethyl)furancarboxylates. Treatment of the initially formed quaternary salt with an ethanolic HCl solution yielded the salts of the corresponding unstable amino acid esters. A procedure for their purification to a high degree of purity was developed. Hydrolysis of the crude esters yielded stable amino acid salts.
Ethyl 5-isobutyl-2-methylfuran-3-carboxylate is selectively brominated with N-bromosuccin-imide by the methyl group to give an unstable bromide. The latter on heating or in the presence of bases undergoes dehydrobromination accompanied by rearrangement, leading to a (2,2-dimethylvinyl)furan derivative. Phosphorylation of this bromide with trimethyl phosphite gives a 2-dimethoxyphosphorylmethyl derivative and a product containing the phosphonate group alpha to the isobutyl radical. Chloromethylation of the starting ester proceeds in the 4 position of the furan ring. The resulting chloride undergoes phosphorylation under conditions of the Michaelis-Becker reaction to give the corresponding 4-(dialkoxyphosphorylmethyl)furan, and under the action of trimethyl phosphite a mixture of the same phosphonate and a dehalogenation product having a dimethylvinyl fragment. Bromination of the 4-chloromethyl derivative with N-bromosuccinimide involves the 2-methyl group. The dihalide reacts with trimethyl phosphite by way of reduction of the bromomethyl group to give 4-chloromethyl- or 4-dimethoxyphosphorylmethyl derivatives, as well as analogous dehydrohalogenation products containing a 5-dimethylvinyl fragment. A scheme describing the sequence of formation of these products in the course of the reaction is offered.