- Photochemical Activation of Aromatic Aldehydes: Synthesis of Amides, Hydroxamic Acids and Esters
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A cheap, facile and metal-free photochemical protocol for the activation of aromatic aldehydes has been developed. Utilizing thioxanthen-9-one as the photocatalyst and cheap household lamps as the light source, a variety of aromatic aldehydes have been activated and subsequently converted in a one-pot reaction into amides, hydroxamic acids and esters in good to high yields. The applicability of this method was highlighted in the synthesis of Moclobemide, a drug against depression and social anxiety. Extended and detailed mechanistic studies have been conducted, in order to determine a plausible mechanism for the reaction.
- Nikitas, Nikolaos F.,Apostolopoulou, Mary K.,Skolia, Elpida,Tsoukaki, Anna,Kokotos, Christoforos G.
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p. 7915 - 7922
(2021/05/03)
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- Hydrogen-bond-assisted transition-metal-free catalytic transformation of amides to esters
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The amide C-N cleavage has drawn a broad interest in synthetic chemistry, biological process and pharmaceutical industry. Transition-metal, luxury ligand or excess base were always vital to the transformation. Here, we developed a transition-metal-free hydrogen-bond-assisted esterification of amides with only catalytic amount of base. The proposed crucial role of hydrogen bonding for assisting esterification was supported by control experiments, density functional theory (DFT) calculations and kinetic studies. Besides broad substrate scopes and excellent functional groups tolerance, this base-catalyzed protocol complements the conventional transition-metal-catalyzed esterification of amides and provides a new pathway to catalytic cleavage of amide C-N bonds for organic synthesis and pharmaceutical industry. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
- Huang, Changyu,Li, Jinpeng,Wang, Jiaquan,Zheng, Qingshu,Li, Zhenhua,Tu, Tao
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- Catalytic Metal-free Allylic C?H Amination of Terpenoids
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The selective replacement of C?H bonds in complex molecules, especially natural products like terpenoids, is a highly efficient way to introduce new functionality and/or couple fragments. Here, we report the development of a new metal-free allylic amination of alkenes that allows the introduction of a wide range of nitrogen functionality at the allylic position of alkenes with unique regioselectivity and no allylic transposition. This reaction employs catalytic amounts of selenium in the form of phosphine selenides or selenoureas. Simple sulfonamides and sulfamates can be used directly in the reaction without the need to prepare isolated nitrenoid precursors. We demonstrate the utility of this transformation by aminating a large set of terpenoids in high yield and regioselectivity.
- Teh, Wei Pin,Obenschain, Derek C.,Black, Blaise M.,Michael, Forrest E.
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supporting information
p. 16716 - 16722
(2020/11/09)
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- Esterification of Tertiary Amides by Alcohols Through C?N Bond Cleavage over CeO2
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CeO2 has been found to promote ester forming alcoholysis reactions of tertiary amides. The present catalytic system is operationally simple, recyclable, and it does not require additives. The esterification process displays a wide substrate scope (>45 examples; up to 93 % isolated yield). Results of a density functional theory (DFT) study combined with in situ FT-IR observations indicate that the process proceeds through rate limiting addition of a CeO2 lattice oxygen to the carbonyl group of the adsorbed acetamide species with energy barrier of 17.0 kcal/mol. This value matches well with experimental value (17.9 kcal/mol) obtained from analysis of the Arrhenius plot. Further studies by in situ FT-IR and temperature programmed desorption using probe molecules demonstrate that both acidic and basic properties are important, and consequently, CeO2 showed the best performance for the C?N bond cleavage reaction.
- Toyao, Takashi,Nurnobi Rashed, Md.,Morita, Yoshitsugu,Kamachi, Takashi,Hakim Siddiki,Ali, Md. A.,Touchy,Kon, Kenichi,Maeno, Zen,Yoshizawa, Kazunari,Shimizu, Ken-ichi
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p. 449 - 456
(2018/09/11)
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- A radical procedure for the anti-markovnikov hydroazidation of alkenes
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A one-pot procedure for the efficient hydroazidation of alkenes involving hydroboration with catecholborane followed by reaction with benzenesulfonyl azide in the presence of a radical initiator is described. The regioselectivity is controlled by the hydroboration step and corresponds in most cases to an anti-Markovnikov regioselectivity. This procedure is applicable to a wide range of alkenes and gives excellent results with 1,2-disubstituted and trisubstituted alkenes.
- Kapat, Ajoy,Koenig, Andreas,Montermini, Florian,Renaud, Philippe
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 13890 - 13893
(2011/10/31)
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- Enhancement of antiproliferative activity by molecular simplification of catalpol
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Two iridoid scaffolds were synthesized enantioselectively using as key step an l-proline-catalyzed α-formyl oxidation. The in vitro antiproliferative activities were evaluated against a representative panel of human solid tumor cell lines. Both iridoids induced considerably growth inhibition in the range 0.38-1.86 μM. Cell cycle studies for these compounds showed the induction of cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase. This result was consistent with a decrease in the expression of cyclin D1. Damaged cells underwent apoptosis as indicated by specific Annexin V staining.
- García, Celina,León, Leticia G.,Pungitore, Carlos R.,Ríos-Luci, Carla,Daranas, Antonio H.,Montero, Juan C.,Pandiella, Atanasio,Tonn, Carlos E.,Martín, Víctor S.,Padrón, José M.
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experimental part
p. 2515 - 2523
(2010/06/17)
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