- Direct 1,2-Dicarbonylation of Alkenes towards 1,4-Diketones via Photocatalysis
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1,4-Dicarbonyl compounds are intriguing motifs and versatile precursors in numerous pharmaceutical molecules and bioactive natural compounds. Direct incorporation of two carbonyl groups into a double bond at both ends is straightforward, but also challenging. Represented herein is the first example of 1,2-dicarbonylation of alkenes by photocatalysis. Key to success is that N(n-Bu)4+ not only associates with the alkyl anion to avoid protonation, but also activates the α-keto acid to undergo electrophilic addition. The α-keto acid is employed both for acyl generation and electrophilic addition. By tuning the reductive and electrophilic ability of the acyl precursor, unsymmetric 1,4-dicarbonylation is achieved for the first time. This metal-free, redox-neutral and regioselective 1,2-dicarbonylation of alkenes is executed by a photocatalyst for versatile substrates under extremely mild conditions and shows great potential in biomolecular and drug molecular derivatization.
- Chen, Bin,Cheng, Yuan-Yuan,Hou, Hong-Yu,Lei, Tao,Tung, Chen-Ho,Wu, Li-Zhu,Yu, Ji-Xin
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p. 26822 - 26828
(2021/11/17)
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- THE SYNTHESIS AND CHEMISTRY OF AZOLENINES. PART 18. PREPARATION OF 3-ETHOXYCARBONYL-3H-PYRROLES VIA THE PAAL-KNORR REACTION, AND SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENTS INVOLVING COMPETITIVE ESTER MIGRATIONS TO C-2, C-4 AND N.
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3H-Pyrrole-3-carboxylic esters (4) have been prepared, in some cases together with isomers (5) and (6) having exocyclic double bonds, by cyclization of suitably substituted 2-ethoxycarbonyl-1,4-diketones (1) with liquid ammonia, followed by dehydration of the isolable 2-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole intermediates (2) and (3) with aluminia in boiling solvents.Prolonged heating in toluene or p-xylene converts the 3H-pyrroles (4) quantitatively into isomeric 4-esters (11) and N-esters (13) of 1H-pyrroles via competitive sigmatropic rearrangements.Isolable intermediate 2H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic esters (12) are converted similarly into the same products, under the same conditions.Detection of 3H-pyrroles (4) as intermediates in the latter reaction demonstrates for the first time the reversibility of the thermal 2H-pyrrole to 3H-pyrrole interconversion.
- Chiu, Pak-Han,Sammes, Michael P.
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p. 3439 - 3456
(2007/10/02)
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