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ArndtEistertSynthesis
TheArndtEistertSynthesisallowstheformationofhomologatedcarboxylicacidsortheirderivativesbyreactionoftheactivatedcarboxylicacidswithdiazomethane
andsubsequentWolffRearrangementoftheintermediatediazoketonesinthepresenceofnucleophilessuchaswater,alcohols,oramines.
MechanismoftheArndtEistertSynthesis
Inthefirststepofthisonecarbonhomologation,thediazomethanecarbonisacylatedbyanacidchlorideormixedanhydride,togiveandiazoketone.Theexcess
diazomethanecanbedestroyedbyadditionofsmallamountsofaceticacidorvigorousstirring.Mostdiazoketonesarestableandcanbeisolatedandpurifiedby
columnchromatography(seerecentliteratureforspecificmethods).
ThekeystepoftheArndtEistertHomologationistheWolffRearrangementofthediazoketonestoketenes,whichcanbeaccomplishedthermally(overtherange
betweenr.t.and750C[Zeller,Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.,1975,14,32.DOI]),photochemicallyorbysilver(I)catalysis.Thereactionisconductedinthepresenceof
nucleophilessuchaswater(toyieldcarboxylicacids),alcohols(togiveesters)oramines(togiveamides),tocapturetheketeneintermediateandavoidthecompeting
formationofdiketenes.
Themethodiswidelyusednowadaysforthesynthesisofaminoacids.Peptidesthatcontainaminoacidsfeaturealowerrateofmetabolicdegradationandare
thereforeofinterestforpharmaceuticalapplications.
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RecentLiterature
SynthesisofFmocHomoaminoAcidsbyUltrasoundPromotedWolffRearrangement
A.Mller,C.Vogt,N.Sewald,Synthesis,1998,837841.
TheArndtEistertReactioninPeptideChemistry:AFacileAccesstoHomopeptides
J.Podlech,D.Seebach,Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.,1995,34,471472.
ImprovedArndtEistertSynthesisofDiazoketonesRequiringMinimalDiazomethaneinthePresenceofCalciumOxideasAcidScavenger
V.Pace,G.Verniest,J.V.Sinisterra,A.R.Alcntara,N.DeKimpe,J.Org.Chem.,2010,75,57605763.
Trimethylsilyldiazomethaneinthepreparationofdiazoketonesviamixedanhydrideandcouplingreagentmethods:anewapproachtotheArndtEistertsynthesis
J.Cesar,M.SollnerDolenc,TetrahedronLett.,2001,42,70997102.
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