Substituent Interactions in Di- and Tri-acyl Derivatives of cis- and trans- 2-Hydrazinocyclopentanol
The action of thionyl chloride followed by an alkaline work-up quantitatively isomerizes trans-1,2-dibenzoyl-1-(2-hydroxylcyclopentyl)hydrazine(5) to cis-2-benzoyl-1-(2-benzoyloxycyclopentyl)hydrazine (3). One equivalent of tosyl chloride in pyridine converts 5 to an intermediate which can be hydrolyzed to a mixture of 3 and 5 or can be transformed to the N-tosyl derivative 13 by tosylation and then hydrolysis. Oxazolidine structures are suggested as intermediates for these reactions.The alcohol 2 can also be isomerized to 3, using 0.8 N aqueous ethanolic hydrochloric acid, to which 5 is inert. The ester 3 is again the major product in the hydrolysis by this acid mixture of the cis-tribenzoyl derivative 17, the cis-N1-p-anisoyl derivative 21a and the cis-N1-acetyl derivative 21b, the amide group being cleaved much more rapidly than the ester, especially in the case of 21b. A mechanism involving ester participation by way of an oxazolidinium cation is proposed for these amide hydrolyses, and this is supported by tracer studies.The trans-esters 24a and b hydrolyze mainly at the ester group with retention of configuration.Polymorphism is a common phenomenon among the title compounds.