- Para-Selective C-H Borylation of Common Arene Building Blocks Enabled by Ion-Pairing with a Bulky Countercation
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The selective functionalization of C-H bonds at the arene para position is highly challenging using transition metal catalysis. Iridium-catalyzed borylation has emerged as a leading technique for arene functionalization, but there are only a handful of strategies for para-selective borylation, which operate on specific substrate classes and use bespoke ligands or catalysts. We describe a remarkably general protocol which results in para-selectivity on some of the most common arene building blocks (anilines, benzylamines, phenols, benzyl alcohols) and uses standard borylation ligands. Our strategy hinges upon the facile conversion of the substrates into sulfate or sulfamate salts, wherein the anionic arene component is paired with a tetrabutylammonium cation. We hypothesize that the bulk of this cation disfavors meta-C-H borylation, thereby promoting the challenging para-selective reaction.
- Mihai, Madalina T.,Williams, Benjamin D.,Phipps, Robert J.
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p. 15477 - 15482
(2019/10/11)
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- Preparation method for hemihydrate lorcaserin hydrochloride
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The invention discloses a preparation method for hemihydrate lorcaserin hydrochloride. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) making a compound shown as a formula III react with ammonia to obtain a compound shown as a formula II; (2) under the protection of nitrogen gas, dissolving the compound shown as the formula II in an organic solvent, adding a hydrogen chloride solution of which the solvent is the organic solvent to salify, and adding water and cyclohexane to form a hemihydrate in order to obtain the compound shown as a formula I, wherein the organic solvent is isopropanol or 1,4-dioxane. In the preparation method disclosed by the invention, ammonium hydroxide substitutes for potassium carbonate in the prior art, so that unqualified ignition residues of a finial product caused by potassium chloride generated after salt removal can be avoided; an isopropoxide hydrochloride solution substitutes for the conventional hydrogen chloride gas, so that other impurities can be prevented from being introduced in a preparation process under the improper control of dosage and rate of the gas.
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- Scalable anti-Markovnikov hydrobromination of aliphatic and aromatic olefins
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To improve access to a key synthetic intermediate we targeted a direct hydrobromination-Negishi route. Unsurprisingly, the anti-Markovnikov addition of HBr to estragole in the presence of AIBN proved successful. However, even in the absence of an added initiator, anti-Markovnikov addition was observed. Re-examination of early reports revealed that selective Markovnikov addition, often simply termed "normal" addition, is not always observed with HBr unless air is excluded, leading to the rediscovery of a reproducible and scalable initiator-free protocol.
- Galli, Marzia,Fletcher, Catherine J.,Del Pozo, Marc,Goldup, Stephen M.
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p. 5622 - 5626
(2016/07/06)
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- Construction of chiral 2-substituted octahydroindoles from cyclic ketones and nitroolefins bearing only one α-substituent
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A dual catalytic system has been developed following the screening of a series of chiral primary amine catalysts and chiral phosphoric acid catalysts for the Michael addition of cyclic ketones to nitroolefins bearing only one α-substituent. The resulting γ-nitro ketones, which contain a substituent on the carbon connected to the nitro group, were formed in excellent yields (>80%) with high levels of stereoselectivity (up to 94:6 dr and 98% ee) when the reaction was performed in benzene at 0 °C with 10 mol% of the optimal amine/phosphoric acid combination (1:1) as a catalyst. Subsequent reduction of the nitro group followed by intramolecular reductive amination could afford optically active cis-octahydroindole analogues bearing a non-functional substituent at their 2-position.
- Han, Yong,Zheng, Bo,Peng, Yungui
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p. 1136 - 1142
(2015/04/22)
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- A novel method to access chiral nonnatural 2,4-disubstituted pyrrolidines from aldehydes and nitroolefins only with an α-substituent
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A series of α-substituted nitroolefins were employed in organocatalytic asymmetric Michael reactions with aldehydes. γ-Nitro carbonyl products were achieved in good yields (up to 86%) with good stereoselectivities (up to 96% ee and 24 : 1 dr). Reduction of the nitro group followed by intramolecular reductive amination successfully afforded various novel optically active 2,4-disubstituted pyrrolidine compounds.
- Zheng, Bo,Wang, Hui,Han, Yong,Liu, Changlu,Peng, Yungui
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supporting information
p. 4561 - 4563
(2013/06/04)
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- Stereochemical control in microbial reduction. Part 31: Reduction of alkyl 2-oxo-4-arylbutyrates by baker's yeast under selected reaction conditions
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Treatment of baker's yeast with phenacyl chloride in an aqueous-organic solvent has been proven to be an effective method of inhibiting the enzymes that afford (S)-enantiomers of α-hydroxy esters in the reduction of α-keto esters. The procedure is effective for the whole-cell system to produce the (R)-product with high chemical yield and high enantiomeric excess.
- Dao, Duc Hai,Okamura, Mutsuo,Akasaka, Takeshi,Kawai, Yasushi,Hida, Kouichi,Ohno, Atsuyoshi
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p. 2725 - 2737
(2007/10/03)
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- Synthesis and evaluation of novel alkylpiperazines as potential dopamine antagonists
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Several alkylpiperazines, monocyclic subfragments of known tricyclic neuroleptic agents, were evaluated as dopamine antagonists in the isolated rabbit ear artery preparation. Compounds prepared and evaluated are of the general structure Ar-X-(CH2)(n)-Y, where X = C, O, and N, n = 1-3, and Y, for the most part, was 4-methylpiperazine. Those compounds where X = NH, n = 3, and X = (Z)-CH=CH, n = 2, with an electron-witdrawing group meta to the side chain, possess dopamine antagonist activity comparable to that of clozapine. It is concluded that the entire tricyclic structure of phenothiazine-like agents (or at least more than a monocyclic ring system) is necessary for optimal activity as a dopamine antagonist in the receptor preparation used in this study.
- Glennon,Salley Jr.,Steinsland,Nelson
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p. 678 - 683
(2007/10/02)
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