1 Rearrangement Reactions
1 1 Rearrangement Reactions A rearrangement reaction is a board class of organic reactions in which an atom, ion, group of atoms, or chemical unit migrates from one atom to another atom in the same or different species, resulting in a structural isomer of the origi- nal molecule. Rearrangement reactions mostly involve breaking and/or making C—C, C—O, or C—N bonds. The migration origin is the atom from which the group moves, and the migration terminus is the atom to which it migrates. Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation or Rearrangement The Baeyer–Villiger oxidation is an organic reaction that converts a ketone to an ester or a cyclic ketone to a lactone in the presence of hydrogen peroxide or peroxy acids [1]. The reaction was discovered in 1899 by Adolf von Baeyer and Victor Villiger. It is an intramolecular anionotropic rearrangement where an alkyl group migrates from the carbonyl carbon atom (migration origin) to an electron-deficient oxygen atom (migration terminus). The most electron-rich alkyl group (most substituted carbon) that is able to stabilize a positive charge migrates most readily. The migration order is as follows: > > > > > > Tertiar y alkyl cyclohexyl secondary alkyl phenyl primary alkyl CH3 H. Several new catalysts including organics, inorganics, and enzymes have been developed for this reaction [2–76]. Amine or alkene functional groups are limi- tations, however, because of their easy and undesirable oxidation. O O R3 O H O O O Peroxyacid R R O 2 + 1 R3 OH R1 R2 or H2O2, CH2Cl2 Ester Ketone Applied Organic Chemistry: Reaction Mechanisms and Experimental Procedures in Medicinal Chemistry, First Edition.
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