A DETAILED, CONVENIENT PREPARATION OF DIMETHYL "1,2,4,5-TETRAZINE-3,6-DICARBOXYLATE
A DETAILED, CONVENIENT PREPARATION OF DIMETHYL "1,2,4,5-TETRAZINE-3,6-DICARBOXYLATE
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DOI:
10.1021/jo00225a076
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发表时间:
1985-12-13
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
SAUER, J
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作者:
BOGER, DL;COLEMAN, RS;SAUER, J
4 R= CH3 co2ch3 proved procedure for its preparation. We have had oc-casional difficulty conveniently reproducing the prepara-tion of 1 from the information that is available in prior published work, and to date no report details a complete procedure for the preparation of 1. Herein, we detail a convenient, large scale, four-step preparation of 1 that is capable of providing 20-40 g of material (34% overallyield) and is based on the original base-promoted dimerization of ethyl diazoacetate reported by Curtis, 48 an improved protonation procedure detailed originally by Wiberg, 4b an improved and convenient es-terification developed by Sauer, 4c and a new, modified oxidation procedure utilizing nitrous gases (Scheme I). Attempts to shorten this procedure by direct conversion of 2 to 4 have not been successful, 4 5 attempts to convert 3 to 4 utilizing other methods of esterification have been less successful, 6 efforts to esterify l, 2, 4, 5-tetrazine-3, 6-dicarboxylate7 have not been successful, and alternative oxidation methods for the conversion of 4 to l8 were less successful. The failure of these attempts and the modest yields in two of the steps we describe can be attributed to the reactivity of the system. Dimethyl 1, 2, 4, 5-tetrazine-3, 6-dicarboxylate (1) is not completely stableto chroma-tography on silica gel, undergoes slowdecomposition upon warming, and like dihydro-1, 2, 4, 5-tetrazines 3/4 is prone to acid-promoted rearrangement.(4)(a) Curtius, T.; Darapsky, A.; Müller, E. Ber. 1906, 39, 3410; 1907, 40, 84; 1908, 41, 3161. Curtius, T.; Lang, JJ Prakt. Chem. 1888, 38, 531. Hantzsch, A.; Lehmann, M. Ber. 1900, 33 3668. Hantzsch, A.; Silberrad, O. Ber. 1900, 33, 58.(b) Spencer, G. H.; Jr.; Cross, P. C.; Wiberg, K. B. J. Chem. Phys. 1961, 35, 1939.(c) Sauer, J.; Mielert, A.; Lang, D.; Peter, D. Chem. Ber. 1965, 98, 1435.(5) For instance, treatment of 2 with thionyl chloride in methanol at 0 C (0.5 h) and 25 C (6 h) failed to provide 4.(6) For instance, treatment of 3 with diazomethane in ether provided only poor yields of 4 in addition to JV-methylated material; see also: Lin, C. H.; Lieber, E.; Horwitz, JP J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1954, 76, 427. Simple Fischer esterification (methanol/hydrochloric acid) failed to produce 4.(7) For instance, treatment of l, 2, 4, 5-tetrazine-3, 6-dicarboxylic acid with diazomethane in ether or with methanol/dicyclohexylcarbodi-imide/1-hydroxybenzotriazole in dimethylformamide failed to provide 1. Treatment of disodium l, 2, 4, 5-tetrazine-3, 6-dicarboxylate with methyl iodide in dimethylformamide or hexamethylphosphoramide or with thionyl chloride in methanol failedto provide 1.(8) Our methods exploredin an effort to convert 4 to 1 were unsuc-cessful (Mn02 in methylene chloride) or less successful than the proce-dure detailed herein (KN02, acetic acid/benzene).