Intramolecular additions of carbocations to a C-C triple bond or to a chlorovinyl group provide a pathway to cycloalkanones and cycloalkyl ketones. Such syntheses proceeding via ring closure which have already been redo not generally require a strongly acidic medium but can instead be performed in formic acid or trifluoroethanol.
ConclusionThe methods considered in this review for the synthesis of carboxylic acids, aldehydes, and ketones are not only of preparative importance but also permit a further insight into the chemical behavior of carbocations. Thus the first generation of a "primary" vinyl cation [(55a)] devoid of stabilizing substituents was accomplished by addition of the I-adamantyl cation to acetylene and the reaction of this cation monitored. On the other hand, it has been found that the reactions of amidomethyl cations with chloroolefins in sulfuric acid do not involve a carbocation but an oxazonium ion as intermediate. These results could prove valuable for the planning of new syntheses. The availability of the starting materials should also encourage the exploitation of these reactions.
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Synthesis of Intermediates by Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation By Hardo Siegel and Walter Himmele[']Dedicated to Professor Matthias Seefelder on the occasion of his 60th birthdayThe reaction of olefins with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to give aldehydes is referred to as hydroformylation (0x0 reaction). As catalyst for this reaction rhodium is about three to four orders of magnitude more active than the more commonly employed cobalt. With special rhodium compounds, e. g. di-p-chlorobis(q-l,5-cyclooctadiene)dirhodium [RhCl(CsH1z)]z, in the presence of chiral phosphanes, even asymmetric hydroformylations can be achieved; however, the enantiomeric purity of the products (20-30%) is not high enough for industrial-scale syntheses.