Convenient Formation of Diphenylmethyl Esters Using Diphenylmethyl Trichloroacetimidate
摘要:
Diphenylmethyl trichloroacetimidate is a useful reagent for the protection of carboxylic acids as their corresponding diphenylmethyl esters. These esterifications proceed rapidly without the need for an added catalyst or promoter. A variety of carboxylic acid substrates undergo esterification in excellent yields with the trichloroacetimidate reagent, including substrates possessing acid- or base-sensitive functionality. Protection of a carboxylic acid with a highly enolizable alpha-stereocenter using diphenylmethyl imidate was also accomplished without racemization.
Ester Formation via Symbiotic Activation Utilizing Trichloroacetimidate Electrophiles
作者:Nivedita S. Mahajani、Rowan I. L. Meador、Tomas J. Smith、Sarah E. Canarelli、Arijit A. Adhikari、Jigisha P. Shah、Christopher M. Russo、Daniel R. Wallach、Kyle T. Howard、Alexandra M. Millimaci、John D. Chisholm
DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.9b00745
日期:2019.6.21
Trichloroacetimidates are useful reagents for the synthesis of esters under mild conditions that do not require an exogenous promoter. These conditions avoid the undesired decomposition of substrates with sensitive functional groups that are often observed with the use of strong Lewis or Brønsted acids. With heating, these reactions have been extended to benzyl esters without electron-donating groups. These inexpensive