IE53149B1 - Novel 4-(3'-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-benzoylacetic acid derivatives - Google Patents

Novel 4-(3'-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-benzoylacetic acid derivatives

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IE53149B1
IE53149B1 IE1642/87A IE164287A IE53149B1 IE 53149 B1 IE53149 B1 IE 53149B1 IE 1642/87 A IE1642/87 A IE 1642/87A IE 164287 A IE164287 A IE 164287A IE 53149 B1 IE53149 B1 IE 53149B1
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The invention relates to novel 4-(3’-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-benzoylacetic acid derivatives of formula II R J χ • z « I II • · / \ (II), \/VFi • · η ι wherein R3 is Ci-Ci,-alkoxy, allyloxy, propargyloxy, 2,2,2-tri5 ch'loroethoxy, 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy, 2-chloroethoxy, C2-Cs-alkoxyalkoxy, hydroxy or salts of those carbonic acids.
The compounds of formula XI are valuable intermediates for the synthesis of novel herbicidally active pyrones of formula I Rl\ z’\ zc Rs r/W \ 2 I II (I), \ I II \/ ;-CF3 wherein Rj and R2 independently of one another are each a Cj-Ci,alkyl group, or one of the two substituents is also hydrogen or Ri and R2 jointly form a C2-C6-alkylene bridge and R3 is as defined in formula II. 53146 Cj-Cii-alkyl as substituent or as part of a substituent Is n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, iso-butyl, tert-butyl and in particular methyl and ethyl.
Suitable salts are in particular metal salts, and salts with quaternary ammonium bases or organic nitrogen bases. Metals suitable for salt formation are for example: alkaline-earth metals, such as magnesium or calcium, especially however the alkali metals, such as lithium, potassium or sodium. Also applicable as salt formers are transition metals, such as iron, nickel, cobalt, copper, zine, chromium or manganese.
Examples of quaternary ammonium bases are the ammonium cation, tetraalkylammonium cations in which the alkyl groups independently of one another are straight-chain or branched-chain Ci-Ci-alkyl groups, such as the tetramethylaramonium cation, the tetraethylammonium cation or the trimethylethylammonium cation, and also the trimethylbenzylaromoniurn cation, the triethylbenzylammonium cation, the trimethyl-2-hydroxyethylammonium cation and the trimethyl-2chloroethylammonium cation.
Example of organic nitrogen bases suitable for forming salts are: primary, secondary and tertiary, aliphatic and aromatic amines which can be hydroxylated on the hydrocarbon radical, such as: methylamine, ethylamine, propylamine, isopropylamine, the four Isomeric butylamines, dimethylamine, diethylamine, di-n-propylamine, diisopropylamine, di-n-butylamine, pyrrolidine, piperidine, morpholine, trimethylamine, triethylamine, tri-n-propylamine, quinuclidine, pyridine, quinoline, isoqulnoline as well as methanolamine, ethanolamine, propanolamine, dimethanolamine, diethanolamine or triethanolamine.
Compounds of the formula I are produced, using a process analogous to that described in Bull. Soc. Chim. de France (1968), 288-298, by 53148 a) reacting a compound of the formula IX C-Rj CH2 I II \A (II) \ A /CFj II I wherein Ra has the meaning mentioned above, in an inert solvent, with a compound of the formula III Mg(OR’)t (III) wherein R' is a straight chain or branched-chain Ci-Ci,-alkyl group; b) reacting the resulting reaction product, in an inert solvent, with a compound of the formula V Rz—CH=C—e—Cl (V) wherein Ri and Ra have the same meaning as given above and c) cyclising the resulting product with an alcoholic solution of a strong acid, and, when R3 in the formula I is hydroxyl, saponifying the ester obtained, or optionally converting in the resulting ester of the formula I the group R3 , by transesterification, into another group R3 defined under the formula I.
The reactions described under a) and b) are in each case performed in an inert solvent. Suitable inert solvents are for example: benzene, toluene, xylene, ether, tetrahydrofuran or dioxane. 53148 The reaction of a compound of the formula XI with a compound of the formula III is advantageously performed at a temperature within the range of 0 to 150°C; and the reaction of the reaction product obtained under a) with a compound of the formula V at a temperature within the range of -10°C to room temperature.
The magnesium alcoholate of the formula III used in the reaction described under a) can be produced in situ by reaction of magnesium with a corresponding alcohol in the presence of CCli,.
The cyclisation described under c) can be performed with an alcoholic solution of a catalytic amount of a strong acid under reflux, for example with an alcoholic solution of hydrochloric acid, which is also obtainable in situ by reaction of acetyl chloride with alcohol.
The conversion of a group Ra into another group R3 defined under the formula I by transesterification can be carried out, in a manner known per se, by adding to a compound of the formula I a corresponding alchohol in the presence of a strong acid.
The new compounds of formula II have especially been developed for the synthesis of compounds of formula I.
In the German Offenlegungsschrift No. 2,436,012 are described 4-phenoxy-bentoylacetic acid and alkyl esters thereof in which the phenoxy group is unsubstituted or substituted by a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom or by a trifluorometbyl group. The alkyl esters are obtainable by Friedel-Crafts acylation of the corresponding diphenyl ethers with malonic ester chlorides, and the corresponding acids by subsequent saponification. (5 In addition to being obtainable by the processes already mentioned in the foregoing, compounds of the formula II can also be produced, using a process analogous to that described in J. Amer. Chem* Soc. 70 (1948), 3356-3360, by reaction of phenoxyphenyl derivatives with malonic acid methyl ester chloride.
Furthermore, compounds of the formula II in which R3 is Ci-Ci,-alkoxy can be produced, using a process analogous to that described in Tetrahedron 20 (1964), 1625-1632, according to the following reaction scheme: CH3 . ΐ ii \x\/CF3 fi ί C-Rj 1) NaH (2 equiv) yHj dioxane R7O—C—OR7 2) HOAc \ 7 \ I II • · II I (VIII) (II) In the above formulae R7 is Ci-Ci,-alkyl.
The compound of the formula VIII is known and can be produced by methods analogous to known methods (cf. for example US Patent Specification No. 4,125,729; and Belgian Patent Specification No. 639,727 [Ref. in Chem. Abst. 62 (1965), 14581h]).
Production Example for compounds of formula XX Example; 4-(3'-Trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-benzoylaeetic acid methyl ester (Compound 1 in table 1).
To a mixture of 29 g of NaH (2 equiv.; 55 % oil dispersion, washed three times with toluene) and 54 g of dimethylcarbonate in 400 ml of dioxane are added dropwise, at 85°C, 84,2 g of 4-(3'-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-acetophenone dissolved in 160 ml of dioxane, whereupon an evolution of hydrogen immediately occurs. After the reaction has subsided, the reaction mixture is stirredd at 85°C for a further 2 hours, and 100 ml of acetic acid are then added dropwise with ice cooling. To the paste obtained are added 400 ml of ether and about 200 g of neutral Alox 1 (aluminium oxide (alumina) Woelm, activity stage I), and the mixture is filtered. The filtrate is concentrated by evaporation, dissolved in acetone, washed successively with water, a saturated NaHCOa solution and a saturated NaCl solution, dried, and concentrated by evaporation. The viscous product obtained can be used directly for the production of compounds of the for_2 mula I, or it is distilled at 10 Torr and 160°C, or recrystallised from hexane (m.p. 50 - 55°C). The yield of pure product is about 65 g (65 % of theory).
The following compounds of the analogous manner: formula II can be produced ln an Rj A a I fi (II), « I Table 1: Nr. Ra Smp °C (constitution) 1 OCHa 50 - 55 2 OC2Hs (viscous) 3 OC3H7ISO (viscous) 4 OCsHgtert - 5 0CaH7n (viscous) 6 OCqHgn (viscous) 7 OCH2CH2C1 - 8 0CH2CH=CH2 - . 9 0CH2CSCH - 10 OCH2CH2OCH3 - 11 OCH2CF3 -

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1. A 4-(3‘-trifluoromethylphenoxy)benzoyl-aeetie acid derivative of formula XI II I (II), 5 wherein Ra is Cj-Cq-alkoxy, allyloxy, propargyloxy, 2,2,2-fcrichloroethoxy, 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy, 2-chloroethoxy, Cj-Cs-alkoxyalkoxy, hydroxy or a salt of those carbonic acids.
2. A 4-(3'-trifluoromethylphenoxy)benzoyl-acetic acid derivative of the formula II given and defined in Claim 1 or a possible salt 10 thereof, substantially as hereinbefore described and exemplified.
3. A process for preparing a 4-(3'-trifluoromethylphenoxy)benzoylacetic acid derivative of the formula II given and defined in Claim 1 or a possible salt thereof, substantially as hereinbefore described and exemplified. 15
4. A 4-(3'-trifluoromethylphenoxy)benzoyl-acetic acid derivative of the formula II given and defined in Claim 1 or a possible salt thereof, whenever prepared by a process claimed in Claim 3.
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