Arndt–Eistert reaction

Overview of the Arndt–Eistert reaction



Arndt–Eistert synthesis is a series of chemical reactions designed to convert a carboxylic acid to a higher carboxylic acid homologue (i.e. contains one additional carbon atom) and is considered a homologation process.Named for the German chemists Fritz Arndt (1885–1969) and Bernd Eistert (1902–1978), Arndt–Eistert synthesis is a popular method of producing β-amino acids from α-amino acids. Acid chlorides react with diazomethane to give diazoketones. In the presence of a nucleophile (water) and a metal catalyst (Ag2O), diazoketones will form the desired acid homologue.
While the classic Arndt–Eistert synthesis uses thionyl chloride to convert the starting acid to an acid chloride, any procedure can be used that will generate an acid chloride.
Diazoketones are typically generated as described here, but other methods such as diazo-group transfer can also apply.
Since diazomethane is toxic and violently explosive, many safer alternatives have been developed,[ such as the usage of ynolates (Kowalski ester homologation) or diazo(trimethylsilyl)methane.

Reaction mechanism

The key step in the Arndt–Eistert synthesis is the metal-catalyzed Wolff rearrangement of the diazoketone to form a ketene. In the insertion homologation of t-BOC protected (S)-phenylalanine (2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid), t-BOC protected (S)-3-amino-4-phenylbutanoic acid is formed.
Homologation of N-boc-phenylalanine
Wolff rearrangement of the α-diazoketone intermediate forms a ketene via a 1,2-rearrangement, which is subsequently hydrolysed to form the carboxylic acid. The consequence of the 1,2-rearrangement is that the methylene group alpha to the carboxyl group in the product is the methylene group from the diazomethane reagant. It has been demonstrated that the rearrangement preserves the stereochemistry of the chiral centre as the product formed from t-BOC protected (S)-phenylalanine retains the (S) stereochemistry with a reported enantiomeric excess of at least 99%.
Heat, light, platinum, silver, and copper salts will also catalyze the Wolff rearrangement to produce the desired acid homologue.
Ardnt-Eistert Homologation


The Ardnt-Eistert synthesis is a series of chemical reactions designed to convert a carboxylic acid to a higher carboxylic homologue. In other words, the homologation process is used to add an additional carbon atom onto a carboxylic acid while generating an acid chloride. In the homologation process, first a carboxylic acid is activated, then, homologated with diazomethane, finally followed by the Wolff-Rearrangement of the intermediate diazoketones in the presence of nucleophiles.
The first step of an Arndt-Eistert Homologation:
Activation of Carboxylic acid group by chloronation with SOCl2.
        

The second step of an Arndt-Eistert Homologation:
Homologation with diazomethane.

 Excess diazomethane can be destroyed by addition of small amounts of 
acetic acid or vigorous stirring.













Recent Literature

Synthesis of Fmoc-β-Homoamino Acids by Ultrasound-Promoted Wolff Rearrangement
A. Müller, C. Vogt, N. Sewald, Synthesis, 1998, 837-841.

The Arndt-Eistert Reaction in Peptide Chemistry: A Facile Access to Homopeptides
J. Podlech, D. Seebach, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 1995, 34, 471-472.

Improved Arndt-Eistert Synthesis of α-Diazoketones Requiring Minimal Diazomethane in the Presence of Calcium Oxide as Acid Scavenger
V. Pace, G. Verniest, J.-V. Sinisterra, A. R. Alcántara, N. De Kimpe, J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 5760-5763.

Trimethylsilyldiazomethane in the preparation of diazoketones via mixed anhydride and coupling reagent methods: a new approach to the Arndt-Eistert synthesis
J. Cesar, M. Sollner Dolenc, Tetrahedron Lett., 2001, 42, 7099-7102.


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