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Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-blennolide A
Tietze, Lutz F.,Ma, Ling,Reiner, Johannes R.,Jackenkroll, Stefan,Heidemann, Sven
, p. 8610 - 8614 (2013)
Blennolide A can be synthesized through an enantioselective domino-Wacker/carbonylation/methoxylation reaction of 7 a with 96 % ee and an enantioselective Wacker oxidation of 7 b with 89 % ee. Further transformations led to the α,β-unsaturated ester (E)-17, which was subjected to a highly selective Michael addition, introducing a methyl group to give 18 a. After a threefold oxidation and an intramolecular acylation, the tetrahydroxanthenone 4 was obtained, which could be transformed into (-)-blennolide A (ent-1) in a few steps. Domino effect: An enantioselective domino-Wacker/carbonylation/methoxylation process and an enantioselective Wacker oxidation are the key steps in the first total synthesis of the fungal metabolite blennolide A (see scheme). Copyright
Carbon Kinetic Isotope Effects and the Mechanisms of Acid-Catalyzed Decarboxylation of 2,4-Dimethoxybenzoic Acid and CO2 Incorporation into 1,3-Dimethoxybenzene
Vandersteen, Adelle A.,Howe, Graeme W.,Sherwood Lollar, Barbara,Kluger, Ronald
, p. 15049 - 15053 (2017)
The rate of decarboxylation of 2,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid (1) is accelerated in parallel to the extent that the carboxyl group acquires a second proton (1H+). However, the conjugate acid would resist C-C bond breaking as that would lead to formation of doubly protonated CO2. An alternative via formation of a higher-energy protonated phenyl tautomer (2H+) prior to C-C bond breaking would produce protonated CO2, an energetically inaccessible species that can be avoided by transfer of the carboxyl proton to water in the same step. Headspace sampling of CO2 that evolves in the acid-catalyzed process and analysis by GC-IRMS gives a smaller than expected value of 1.022 for the carbon kinetic isotope (CKIE), k12/k13. While this value establishes that C-C cleavage is part of the rate-determining process, intrinsic CKIEs for decarboxylation reactions are typically greater than 1.03. Computational analysis of the C-C bond cleavage from 2H+ gives an intrinsic CKIE of 1.051 and suggests two partially rate-determining steps in the decarboxylation of 1: transfer of the second carboxyl proton to the adjacent phenyl carbon and C-C cleavage in which the carboxyl proton is also transferred to water. Applying the principle of microscopic reversibility to fixation of CO2 in acidic solutions reveals the importance of proton transfers to both carbon and oxygen in the overall fixation process.
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Thoms,Siebeling
, p. 2135 (1911)
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Polyfuryl(aryl)alkanes and their derivatives. 12. C-fur bond cleavage in the series of polyfuryl(aryl)alkanes
Butin,Stroganova,Kul'nevich
, p. 153 - 157 (1996)
Reactions taking place with cleavage of the C-Fur bond are examined. It was established that disproportionation in two directions, leading to the formation of tris(5-methyl-2-furyl)methane, takes place when 3,4-dimethoxyphenylbis(5-methyl-2-furyl)methane is boiled in an acidic medium. The acid-catalyzed reaction of 5-methylfurfural with ethylene glycol leads to the formation of either 2-(5-methyl-2-furyl)-1,3-dioxolane or tris(5-methyl-2-furyl)methane, depending on the catalyst. The treatment of 2-(5-methyl-2-furyl)-1,3-dioxolane or gemtris(5·methyl-2-furyl)ethane with trityl perchlorate leads to tris(5-methyl-2-furyl)carbenium or bis(5-methyl-2-furyl)methylcarbenium perchlorates respectively. 1996 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Zweig et al.
, p. 4124,4125 (1964)
Catalytic SNAr Hydroxylation and Alkoxylation of Aryl Fluorides
Kang, Qi-Kai,Li, Ke,Li, Yuntong,Lin, Yunzhi,Shi, Hang,Xu, Lun
supporting information, p. 20391 - 20399 (2021/08/13)
Nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) is a powerful strategy for incorporating a heteroatom into an aromatic ring by displacement of a leaving group with a nucleophile, but this method is limited to electron-deficient arenes. We have now established a reliable method for accessing phenols and phenyl alkyl ethers via catalytic SNAr reactions. The method is applicable to a broad array of electron-rich and neutral aryl fluorides, which are inert under classical SNAr conditions. Although the mechanism of SNAr reactions involving metal arene complexes is hypothesized to involve a stepwise pathway (addition followed by elimination), experimental data that support this hypothesis is still under exploration. Mechanistic studies and DFT calculations suggest either a stepwise or stepwise-like energy profile. Notably, we isolated a rhodium η5-cyclohexadienyl complex intermediate with an sp3-hybridized carbon bearing both a nucleophile and a leaving group.
Methylation with Dimethyl Carbonate/Dimethyl Sulfide Mixtures: An Integrated Process without Addition of Acid/Base and Formation of Residual Salts
Chan, Bun,Lui, Matthew Y.,Lui, Yuen Wai
, (2022/01/08)
Dimethyl sulfide, a major byproduct of the Kraft pulping process, was used as an inexpensive and sustainable catalyst/co-reagent (methyl donor) for various methylations with dimethyl carbonate (as both reagent and solvent), which afforded excellent yields of O-methylated phenols and benzoic acids, and mono-C-methylated arylacetonitriles. Furthermore, these products could be isolated using a remarkably straightforward workup and purification procedure, realized by dimethyl sulfide‘s neutral and distillable nature and the absence of residual salts. The likely mechanisms of these methylations were elucidated using experimental and theoretical methods, which revealed that the key step involves the generation of a highly reactive trimethylsulfonium methylcarbonate intermediate. The phenol methylation process represents a rare example of a Williamson-type reaction that occurs without the addition of a Br?nsted base.
