- ZEOLITE-CuNaY CATALYZED DECOMPOSITION OF ARYLDIAZOMETHANE
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Decomposition of aryldiazomethanes is catalyzed by copper ion-exchanged Y-type zeolite to afford cis-1,2-diarylethylenes in high selectivity.The catalytic activity and selectivity are found to be affected by the exchange level of copper ions in zeolite and the solvent used.
- Onaka, Makoto,Kita, Hiroshi,Izumi, Yusuke
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- sym-1,2-Diarylethylenes from α-Lithiated Benzylic Sulfones. Catalysis by Elemental Tellurium
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The stability of α-lithiated alkyl, allyl, and benzyl phenyl sulfones was studied. α-Lithiated benzyl phenyl sulfones were found to give sym-1,2-diarylethylenes slowly when kept in tetrahydrofuran at ambient temperature for several days.The reaction time was significantly reduced if a catalytic amount (18-24percent) of elemental tellurium was present in the reaction.Other chalcogenides were less effective in this respect.The uncatalyzed reaction produced essentially pure trans olefins whereas the tellurium-catalyzed process afforded substantial amounts of cis isomer(usually 15-35percent).Tellurium tetrachloride in chloroform at ambient to reflux temperature was found to be highly effective in promoting cis/trans isomerization of 1,2-diarylethylenes.The involvement of a carbene mechanism or an intermolecular reaction of α-lithiated benzyl phenyl sulfones is considered in a mechanistic discussion.
- Engman, Lars
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- Energy-Transfer-Mediated Photocatalysis by a Bioinspired Organic Perylenephotosensitizer HiBRCP
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Energy transfer plays a special role in photocatalysis by utilizing the potential energy of the excited state through indirect excitation, in which a photosensitizer determines the thermodynamic feasibility of the reaction. Bioinspired by the energy-transfer ability of natural product cercosporin, here we developed a green and highly efficient organic photosensitizer HiBRCP (hexaisobutyryl reduced cercosporin) through structural modification of cercosporin. After structural manipulation, its triplet energy was greatly improved, and then, it could markedly promote the efficient geometrical isomerization of alkenes from the E-isomer to the Z-isomer. Moreover, it was also effective for energy-transfer-mediated organometallic catalysis, which allowed realization of the cross-coupling of aryl bromides and carboxylic acids through efficient energy transfer from HiBRCP to nickel complexes. Thus, the study on the relationship between structural manipulation and their photophysical properties provided guidance for further modification of cercosporin, which could be applied to more meaningful and challenging energy-transfer reactions.
- Zhang, Yan,Xia, Mingze,Li, Min,Ping, Qian,Yuan, Zhenbo,Liu, Xuanzhong,Yin, Huimin,Huang, Shuping,Rao, Yijian
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p. 15284 - 15297
(2021/11/01)
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- An Amine-Assisted Ionic Monohydride Mechanism Enables Selective Alkyne cis-Semihydrogenation with Ethanol: From Elementary Steps to Catalysis
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The selective synthesis of Z-alkenes in alkyne semihydrogenation relies on the reactivity difference of the catalysts toward the starting materials and the products. Here we report Z-selective semihydrogenation of alkynes with ethanol via a coordination-induced ionic monohydride mechanism. The EtOH-coordination-driven Cl- dissociation in a pincer Ir(III) hydridochloride complex (NCP)IrHCl (1) forms a cationic monohydride, [(NCP)IrH(EtOH)]+Cl-, that reacts selectively with alkynes over the corresponding Z-alkenes, thereby overcoming competing thermodynamically dominant alkene Z-E isomerization and overreduction. The challenge for establishing a catalytic cycle, however, lies in the alcoholysis step; the reaction of the alkyne insertion product (NCP)IrCl(vinyl) with EtOH does occur, but very slowly. Surprisingly, the alcoholysis does not proceed via direct protonolysis of the Ir-C(vinyl) bond. Instead, mechanistic data are consistent with an anion-involved alcoholysis pathway involving ionization of (NCP)IrCl(vinyl) via EtOH-for-Cl substitution and reversible protonation of Cl- ion with an Ir(III)-bound EtOH, followed by β-H elimination of the ethoxy ligand and C(vinyl)-H reductive elimination. The use of an amine is key to the monohydride mechanism by promoting the alcoholysis. The 1-amine-EtOH catalytic system exhibits an unprecedented level of substrate scope, generality, and compatibility, as demonstrated by Z-selective reduction of all alkyne classes, including challenging enynes and complex polyfunctionalized molecules. Comparison with a cationic monohydride complex bearing a noncoordinating BArF- ion elucidates the beneficial role of the Cl- ion in controlling the stereoselectivity, and comparison between 1-amine-EtOH and 1-NaOtBu-EtOH underscores the fact that this base variable, albeit in catalytic amounts, leads to different mechanisms and consequently different stereoselectivity.
- Huang, Zhidao,Wang, Yulei,Leng, Xuebing,Huang, Zheng
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p. 4824 - 4836
(2021/04/07)
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- E, Z -Selectivity in the reductive cross-coupling of two benzaldehydes to stilbenes under substrate control
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Unsymmetrical E- and Z-stilbenes can be synthesized from two differently substituted benzaldehydes in a MesP(TMS)Li-promoted reductive coupling sequence. Depending on the order of addition of the two coupling partners, the same olefin can be produced in either E- or Z-enriched form under identical reaction conditions. A systematic study of the correlation between the stereochemical outcome of the reaction and the substitution pattern at the two aldehydes is presented. The results can be used as guidelines to predict the product stereochemistry. This journal is
- Arkhypchuk, Anna I.,D'Imperio, Nicolas,Ott, Sascha
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p. 6171 - 6179
(2020/10/21)
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- Using alcohols as simple H2-equivalents for copper-catalysed transfer semihydrogenations of alkynes
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Copper(i)/N-heterocyclic carbene complexes enable a transfer semihydrogenation of alkynes employing simple and readily available alcohols such as isopropanol. The practical overall protocol circumvents the use of commonly employed high pressure equipment when using dihydrogen (H2) on the one hand, and avoids the generation of stoichiometric silicon-based waste on the other hand, when hydrosilanes are used as terminal reductants.
- Kaicharla, Trinadh,Zimmermann, Birte M.,Oestreich, Martin,Teichert, Johannes F.
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p. 13410 - 13413
(2019/11/14)
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- Pd-Catalyzed Oxidative Heck Reaction of Grignard Reagents with Diaziridinone as Oxidant
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A novel Pd-catalyzed oxidative Heck reaction with readily available Grignard reagents using di-t-butyldiaziridinone as an oxidant has been developed. Various substituted olefins were obtained in 46-91% yields with high regioselectivity under mild reaction conditions.
- Dai, Qipu,Zhao, Baoguo,Yang, Yihui,Shi, Yian
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p. 5157 - 5161
(2019/07/04)
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- Photoinitiated carbonyl-metathesis: Deoxygenative reductive olefination of aromatic aldehydes: Via photoredox catalysis
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Carbonyl-carbonyl olefination, known as McMurry reaction, represents a powerful strategy for the construction of olefins. However, catalytic variants that directly couple two carbonyl groups in a single reaction are less explored. Here, we report a photoredox-catalysis that uses B2pin2 as terminal reductant and oxygen trap allowing for deoxygenative olefination of aromatic aldehydes under mild conditions. This strategy provides access to a diverse range of symmetrical and unsymmetrical alkenes with moderate to high yield (up to 83%) and functional-group tolerance. To follow the reaction pathway, a series of experiments were conducted including radical inhibition, deuterium labelling, fluorescence quenching and cyclic voltammetry. Furthermore, NMR studies and DFT calculations were combined to detect and analyze three active intermediates: a cyclic three-membered anionic species, an α-oxyboryl carbanion and a 1,1-benzyldiboronate ester. Based on these results, we propose a mechanism for the CC bond generation involving a sequential radical borylation, "bora-Brook" rearrangement, B2pin2-mediated deoxygenation and a boron-Wittig process.
- Wang, Shun,Lokesh, Nanjundappa,Hioe, Johnny,Gschwind, Ruth M.,K?nig, Burkhard
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p. 4580 - 4587
(2019/05/14)
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- Redesign of a Pyrylium Photoredox Catalyst and Its Application to the Generation of Carbonyl Ylides
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We report the exploration into photoredox generation of carbonyl ylides from benzylic epoxides using newly designed 4-mesityl-2,6-diphenylpyrylium tetrafluoroborate (MDPT) and 4-mesityl-2,6-di-p-tolylpyrylium tetrafluoroborate (MD(p-tolyl)PT) catalysts. These catalysts are excited at visible wavelengths, are highly robust, and exhibit some of the highest oxidation potentials reported. Their utility was demonstrated in the mild and efficient generation of carbonyl ylides from benzylic epoxides that otherwise could not be carried out by current common photoredox catalysts.
- Alfonzo, Edwin,Alfonso, Felix Steven,Beeler, Aaron B.
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p. 2989 - 2992
(2017/06/07)
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- An alkene-promoted borane-catalyzed highly stereoselective hydrogenation of alkynes to give Z- And E-alkenes
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The stereoselective hydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes is an extremely useful transformation in synthetic chemistry. Despite numerous reports for the synthesis of Zalkenes, the hydrogenation of alkynes to give E-alkenes is still not well resolved. In particular, selective preparation of both Z- and E-alkenes by the same catalytic hydrogenation system using molecular H2 has rarely been reported. In this paper, a novel strategy of using simple alkenes as promoters for the HB(C6F5)2-catalyzed metal-free hydrogenation of alkynes was adopted. Significantly, both Z - and E-alkenes can be furnished by hydrogenation with molecular H2 in high yields with excellent stereoselectivities. Further experimental and theoretical mechanistic studies suggest that interactions between H and F atoms of the alkene promoter, borane intermediate, and H2 play an essential role in promoting the hydrogenolysis reaction.
- Liu, Yongbing,Hu, Lianrui,Chen, Hui,Du, Haifeng
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p. 3495 - 3501
(2015/03/04)
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- Synthesis of a guanidine NHC complex and its application in borylation reactions
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Synthesis of guanidine-linked NHC can be achieved easily through reacting amino-NHC with carbodiimide. Subsequently, guanidine-NHC Ag and Cu complexes were isolated and fully characterized. These Cu complexes are found to be versatile catalysts for hydroboration, semihydrogenation and carboboration of alkynes in a highly stereo- and regioselective fashion.
- Tai, Chia-Cheng,Yu, Ming-Shiuan,Chen, Yi-Lin,Chuang, Wen-Hang,Lin, Ting-Hua,Yap, Glenn P. A.,Ong, Tiow-Gan
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p. 4344 - 4346
(2014/04/17)
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- Unequivocal experimental evidence for a unified lithium salt-free wittig reaction mechanism for all phosphonium ylide types: Reactions with β-heteroatom-substituted aldehydes are consistently selective for cis-oxaphosphetane-derived products
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The true course of the lithium salt-free Wittig reaction has long been a contentious issue in organic chemistry. Herein we report an experimental effect that is common to the Wittig reactions of all of the three major phosphonium ylide classes (non-stabilized, semi-stabilized, and stabilized): there is consistently increased selectivity for cis-oxaphosphetane and its derived products (Z-alkene and erythro-β-hydroxyphosphonium salt) in reactions involving aldehydes bearing heteroatom substituents in the β-position. The effect operates with both benzaldehydes and aliphatic aldehydes and is shown not to operate in the absence of the heteroatom substituent on the aldehyde. The discovery of an effect that is common to reactions of all ylide types strongly argues for the operation of a common mechanism in all Li salt-free Wittig reactions. In addition, the results are shown to be most easily explained by the [2+2] cycloaddition mechanism proposed by Vedejs and co-workers as supplemented by Aggarwal, Harvey, and co-workers, thus providing strong confirmatory evidence in support of that mechanism. Notably, a cooperative effect of ortho-substituents in the case of semi-stabilized ylides is confirmed and is accommodated by the cycloaddition mechanism. The effect is also shown to operate in reactions of triphenylphosphine-derived ylides and has previously been observed for reactions under aqueous conditions, thus for the first time providing evidence that kinetic control is in operation in both of these cases.
- Byrne, Peter A.,Gilheany, Declan G.
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p. 9225 - 9239
(2012/07/14)
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- Rhodium (I)-catalyzed reductive cyclocarbonylation of internal alkynes: Atom-economic process for synthesis of 2-cyclopenten-1-ones, 5-alkylidenefuran-2(5H)-ones and indan-1-ones
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The reductive cyclocarbonylation of internal alkynes with carbon monoxide catalyzed by [{RhCl(CO)2}2]/CO(NH2)2 in the presence of water has been investigated. Dialkyl alkynes underwent a reductive [2+2+1] cycloc
- Huang, Qiufeng,Hua, Ruimao
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p. 3817 - 3822
(2009/12/07)
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- Catalytic enantioselective allyl- and crotylboration of aldehydes using chiral diol·SnCl4 complexes. Optimization, substrate scope and mechanistic investigations
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We report a novel class of C2-symmetric chiral diols derived from the hydrobenzoin skeleton. The combination of these diols with SnCl 4 under Yamamoto's concept of Lewis acid assisted Bronsted acidity (LBA catalysis) leads to high levels of asymmetric induction in the allylboration of aldehydes by commercially available allylboronic acid pinacol ester 1a. The corresponding homoallylic alcohol products of synthetically useful aliphatic aldehydes are obtained in excellent yields with up to 98:2 er. This combined acid manifold is also efficient in catalyzing the diastereo- and enantioselective crotylboration of aldehydes, thus providing the propionate units in >95:5 dr and up to 98:2 er. The X-ray crystal structure of the optimal diol·SnCl4 complex, Vivol (4m)·SnCl 4, unambiguously shows the Bronsted acidic character of this LBA catalyst and its highly dissymmetrical environment. Further controls have ruled out a possible boron transesterification mechanism with the chiral diol and point to LBA catalyst-derived activation of the pinacol allylic boronates 1. Due to slow dissociation of the diol·SnCl4 complex, a small excess of diol is required in order to suppress a competing racemic cycle catalyzed by free SnCl4.
- Rauniyar, Vivek,Zhai, Huimin,Hall, Dennis G.
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p. 8481 - 8490
(2009/02/02)
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- Photoisomerization by Hula twist: 2,2′-Dimethylstilbene and a ring-fused analogue
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Let's twist again: While the photoisomerization of stilbene analogues in fluid solution occurs by a one-bond-flip mechanism and involves only configurational changes, in a solid solution (glass) a Hula-twist mechanism operates and results in conformationa
- Imamoto, Yasushi,Kuroda, Takayuki,Kataoka, Mikio,Shevyakov, Sergey,Krishnamoorthy,Liu, Robert S. H.
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- Flash vacuum pyrolysis of stabilised phosphorus ylides. Part 12. Extrusion of Ph3P from sulfonyl ylides and reactivity of the resulting sulfonyl carbenes
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Twelve sulfonyl stabilised phosphorus ylides have been prepared and their behaviour upon flash vacuum pyrolysis at 600°C has been examined. Examples with an arylsulfonyl substituent undergo loss of Ph3PO to give intractable products but those with an arylmethylsulfonyl substituent separately lose Ph3P and SO2 to give products consistent with the intermediacy of sulfonyl carbenes. X-Ray structure determinations of one ylide from each series show a more significant P-O non-bonding interaction in the first case, providing some explanation for the different thermal reactivity.
- Aitken, R. Alan,Drysdale, Martin J.,Ferguson, George,Lough, Alan J.
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- Stereoselective addition of diphenylphosphine to substituted diphenylethynes: Synthetic, NMR and X-ray crystallographic studies
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The base-catalysed addition of diphenylphosphine to the substituted diphenylethynes RC≡CR′ (R = Ph, R′ = Ph, o-tolyl, m-tolyl or 2-biphenyl; R = m-tolyl, R′ = o-tolyl or m-tolyl) yielded Ph2PC(R)=CHR′ and/or Ph2PCH(R)CH(R′)PPh2. Proton, 13C, 13P and two-dimensional rotating frame Overhauser enhancement 1H NMR spectra have been used to determine the stereochemical pathways of the reactions and the stereochemistry of the products. In general the more hindered alkynes undergo monoaddition ultimately to yield phosphinoalkenes with the Ph2P attached to the carbon bearing the least bulky substituent and cis to the olefinic proton, while for the less hindered alkynes the trans isomer is formed initially and this then reacts further to give mesolerythro-diphosphinoalkanes. Bis(o-tolyl)ethyne does not react with Ph2PH under the same conditions. Crystal structures were determined for E- and Z-Ph2P(Ph)C=CHPh and show distortions of interbond angles consistent with the pattern of strain implied by the foregoing reactions. The sulfides of the phosphinoalkenes and the Mo(CO)4 complexes of the diphosphinoalkanes were also prepared and their 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectra recorded. In several cases the pattern of 13CO NMR signals for the complexes was used unambiguously to determine the stereochemistry of the parent diphosphines.
- Bookham, Jonathan L.,Smithies, Darren M.,Wright, Anna,Thornton-Pett, Mark,McFarlane, William
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- Dehalogenation of organic halides by flash vacuum pyrolysis over magnesium: A versatile synthetic method
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Flash vacuum pyrolysis over magnesium at 600°C results in efficient dehalogenation of a variety of organic halides and provides a preparatively useful method for C-C bond formation and other reactions.
- Aitken, R. Alan,Hodgson, Philip K. G.,Oyewale, Adebayo O.,Morrison, John J.
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- Intramolecular Reactivity of Arylcarbenes: Derivatives of o-Tolylcarbene
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Various CH2X groups have been attached to the ortho position of phenylcarbene.If 2'- or 3'-C-H bonds are present, as in 23 (X = Me), 71 (X = CMe3), and 58 (X = SiMe3), C-H insertion leading to five- or six-membered rings predominates in the gas phase and competes with intermolecular reactions in solution.The formation of benzocyclobutenes via insertion into 1'-C-H bonds is a very minor reaction path of 23 and 71.In contrast, 58 produces substantial amounts of the benzocyclobutene 59 by way of C-Si insertion, particularly in the gas phase.Insertion into the Si-Me bonds of 58 also occurs while the C-F bonds of 37 (X = CF3) and 50 (X = F) are inert.In the gas phase, 37 and 50 give mainly benzocyclobutenes whereas intermolecular reactions prevail in solution.The effects of sensitization and of solvent polarity suggest that benzocyclobutenes arise from singlet arylcarbenes.The amount of carbene-carbene rearrangement decreases in the order 7 (X = H) > 37 (X = CF3) > 23 (X = Me); no rearrangement was observed with 50 (X = F), 58 (X = SiMe3), and 71 (X = CMe3).
- Kirmse, Wolfgang,Konrad, Wolfgang,Schnitzler, Dirk
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- Ramberg Baecklund type reactions of phosphonium salts
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Alkenes may be synthesised from (α-bromobenzyl)benzyldiphenylphosphonium salts by the action of amine bases. A series of stilbenes was synthesised by the action of N-bromosuccinimide and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine directly upon dibenzyldiphenylphosphonium salts. The reaction, essentially a phosphonium analogue of the Ramberg Baecklund displays a similar level of cis selectivity as that shown by the parent sulfone.
- Lawrence, Nicholas J.,Muhammad, Faiz
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- Formation and Reactivity of ?-Radical Cation Intermediates in the C-C Coupling Reaction of Phenyldiazomethanes by One-Electron Oxidation
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One-electron oxidation of phenyldiazomethanes afforded cis-stilbene predominantly.The reaction was independent of the oxidation methods, e.g., electrolysis, copper(II), triarylaminium salts, or photosensitized one-electron oxidtions.The C-C coupling reaction was retarded by introducing α-substituents on phenyldiazomethanes.The ESR spectra of diazoalkane radical cations could be obtained during the electrolysis at low temperature and the resulting spectra revealed their unique electronic structure as ?-radicals for most cases.When a bulky tert-butyl group was substituted, the corresponding ?-radical cation was observed, but the C-C coupling reaction did not occur.The novel HOMO-LUMO switching by one-electron removal from the HOMO ?-orbital of diazomethane is explained by the interaction of phenyl group with the C-N-N ?-radical moiety.The C-C coupling reaction proceeds via facile cycloaddition between the diazomethane and ?-radical cation, and the preferential formation of cis-olefins is based on the secondary orbital interaction between the two phenyl groups.The structure and the stability of radical cation intermediates are rationalized on the basis of ab initio calculations.
- Ishiguro, Katsuya,Ikeda, Masatoshi,Sawaki, Yasuhiko
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- REDUCTIVE COUPLING OF BENZOIC ACID HALIDES AND ESTERS USING LOW-VALENT TITANIUM
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The reductive coupling of (substituted) benzoic acid chlorides and esters is achieved using low-valent titanium, generated from TiCl3 and LiAlH4.Both acid chlorides and esters seem to follow the same two reaction pathways: one path via tolanes to stilbenes, the other via benzils to complex mixtures of products arising from reduction and further coupling reactions.Although the exact product balance depends upon the reaction conditions the major product is (substituted) cis-stilbene.
- Dang, Y.,Geise, H. J.
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- Ultrasound-Mediated Synthesis and Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation of Dimethyl-Substituted 1,2-Diphenylethanols, Convenient Dimethylstilbene Precursors
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1,2-Diarylethanols were obtained in high yields by ultrasonic irradiation of mixtures of lithium sand, benzylic chlorides, and arenecarbaldehydes or aryl methyl ketones.The mass spectra of the alcohols contained dominant peaks for species formed by dehydration, α-cleavage processes and rearrangement involving hydrogen transfer.Acid-catalyzed dehydration of the alcohols gave the corresponding stilbenes in quantitative yields.
- Burkow, Ivan C.,Sydnes, Leiv K.,Ubeda, Danielle C. N.
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p. 235 - 244
(2007/10/02)
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- Gas-Phase Diels-Alder Reaction of the o-Quinodimethane Radical Cation and Neutral Styrene
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The collision complex formed in the ion-molecule reaction of o-quinodimethane radical cation and neutral styrene was investigated by using mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (MS/MS) techniques.The reaction was conducted in a high-pressure chemical-ionization source, where the reagents were ionized by low-energy charge exchange and the reaction products were collisionally stabilized.The collision complex was shown to have the structure of 2-phenyltetralin through the use of deuterium labeling and direct comparison with the properties of reference radical cations.These results establish the structural integrity of low-energy o-quinodimethane radical ions and are evidence for a Diels-Alder reaction mechanism.
- Chess, Edward K.,Lin, Ping-Huang,Gross, Michael L.
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- NEW SIMPLE METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF CIS-STILBENES
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A new method involving catalytic acetylenic condensation as the key stage was developed for the synthesis of cis-stilbenes.Subsequent selective hydrogenation of the synthesized alkyltolanes over Pd-CaCO3 gave a series of alkyl-substituted stilbenes. 1,8-Dimethylphenanthrene was obtained from o-iodotoluene.
- Merkushev, E. B.,Skorokhodova, T. S.
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p. 308 - 311
(2007/10/02)
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- RHODIUM ION CATALYZED DECOMPOSITION OF ARYLDIAZOALKANES
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Aryldiazomethanes are converted by rhodium(II)acetate and iodorhodium(III) tetraphenylporphyrin to cis- rather than trans-1,2-diarylethylenes.Secondary aryldiazoalkanes react with rhodium(II) acetate to give azines.
- Shankar, B.K. Ravi,Shechter, Harold
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p. 2277 - 2280
(2007/10/02)
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