Concerning Tishchenko-Like Side Products in Oxidation of Hydroxymethyl to Formyl Groups

Zhiwei Guo; Raghavakaimal Padmakumar; Rawle I. Hollingsworth; K. V. Radhakrishnan; M. V. Nandakumar; Bert Fraser-Reid

doi:10.1055/s-2003-39307

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Concerning Tishchenko-Like Side Products in Oxidation of Hydroxymethyl to Formyl Groups

Zhiwei Guo^a, Raghavakaimal Padmakumar*^a, Rawle I. Hollingsworth^a, K. V. Radhakrishnan^b, M. V. Nandakumar^b, Bert Fraser-Reid*^b
^a Synthon Chiragenics, 7 Deer Park Drive, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI-48824, USA
e-Mail: kumar@synthoncorp.com;
^b Natural Products and Glycotechnology Research Institute, Inc., (NPG), 4118 Swarthmore Road, Durham, North Carolina, 27706, USA
e-Mail: Dglucose@aol.com;

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Oxidation of a hydroxymethyl group to an aldehyde sometimes gives a dimeric ester reminiscent of a Tishchenko aldehyde-ester disproportionation. This process has been observed only with Cr(VI)/pyridine based reagents, and can be avoided most notably by using Dess-Martin and Swern (DMSO/COCl₂) reagents.

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Tishchenko - Cr(VI)/pyridine based reagents - oxidation

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Synthesis of Aldehyde 6b from 6b with Dess-Martin Periodinane: To a stirred mixture of alcohol 5b (35 g), pyridine (87 mL) and anhyd DCM (500 mL) was added a cooled solution of DMP (15 wt% in CH₂Cl₂, 1000 mL) in 20 min. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 22 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated to 500 mL under reduced pressure, then diluted with 2 L of EtOAc followed by 100 mL of aq 2 M NaOH. After stirred for 1 h, the white precipitate was removed by filtration through a pad of Celite and washed with EtOAc. The combined filtrate and washings was washed with 100 mL of sat. NaHCO₃ and 100 mL of brine, dried over Na₂SO₄ (200 g) overnight, filtered, concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residue was purified on 350 g of silica gel eluted with hexane-EtOAc 1/0 to 7/3 to give 24.8 g of aldehyde 6b in 72% yield. ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 9.62 (s, 1 H), 7.2-7.6 (m, 5 H), 5.50 (s, 1 H), 4.1-4.3 (m, 2 H), 3.75-3.85 (m, 1 H), 1.6-2.0 (m, 2 H) ppm. ¹³C NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 200.68, 138.52, 129.69, 128.86 (2 C), 126.77 (2 C), 101.63, 80.88, 66.94, 26.40. GC-MS: 192 (M).