- Scalable and safe synthetic organic electroreduction inspired by Li-ion battery chemistry
-
Reductive electrosynthesis has faced long-standing challenges in applications to complex organic substrates at scale. Here, we show how decades of research in lithium-ion battery materials, electrolytes, and additives can serve as an inspiration for achieving practically scalable reductive electrosynthetic conditions for the Birch reduction. Specifically, we demonstrate that using a sacrificial anode material (magnesium or aluminum), combined with a cheap, nontoxic, and water-soluble proton source (dimethylurea), and an overcharge protectant inspired by battery technology [tris(pyrrolidino)phosphoramide] can allow for multigram-scale synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant building blocks. We show how these conditions have a very high level of functional-group tolerance relative to classical electrochemical and chemical dissolving-metal reductions. Finally, we demonstrate that the same electrochemical conditions can be applied to other dissolving metal-type reductive transformations, including McMurry couplings, reductive ketone deoxygenations, and epoxide openings.
- Peters, Byron K.,Rodriguez, Kevin X.,Reisberg, Solomon H.,Beil, Sebastian B.,Kawamata, Yu,Baran, Phil S.,Hickey, David P.,Klunder, Kevin,Gorey, Timothy J.,Anderson, Scott L.,Minteer, Shelley D.,Collins, Michael,Starr, Jeremy,Chen, Longrui,Udyavara, Sagar,Neurock, Matthew
-
p. 838 - 845
(2019/04/30)
-
- Visible-Light-Mediated Aerobic Oxidation of Organoboron Compounds Using in Situ Generated Hydrogen Peroxide
-
A simple and general visible-light-mediated oxidation of organoboron compounds has been developed with rose bengal as the photocatalyst, substoichiometric Et3N as the electron donor, as well as air as the oxidant. This mild and metal-free protocol shows a broad substrate scope and provides a wide range of aliphatic alcohols and phenols in moderate to excellent yields. Notably, the robustness of this method is demonstrated on the stereospecific aerobic oxidation of organoboron compounds.
- Weng, Wei-Zhi,Liang, Hao,Zhang, Bo
-
p. 4979 - 4983
(2018/08/24)
-
- Visible-Light-Mediated Anti-Markovnikov Hydration of Olefins
-
Considering that stoichiometric borane and oxidant are required in the classical alkene anti-Markovnikov hydration process, it remains appealing to achieve the transformation in a catalytic protocol. Herein, a visible-light-mediated anti-Markovnikov addition of water to alkenes by using an organic photoredox catalyst in conjunction with a redox-active hydrogen atom donor was developed, which avoided the need for a transition-metal catalyst, stoichiometric borane, as well as oxidant. Both terminal and internal olefins are readily accommodated in this transformation to obtain corresponding primary and secondary alcohols in good yields with single regioselectivity. This procedure can be scaled up to gram scale with a 230 turnover number based on photocatalyst.
- Hu, Xia,Zhang, Guoting,Bu, Faxiang,Lei, Aiwen
-
p. 1432 - 1437
(2017/08/09)
-
- Biocatalytic Formal Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination and Hydration of Aryl Alkenes
-
Biocatalytic anti-Markovnikov alkene hydroamination and hydration were achieved based on two concepts involving enzyme cascades: epoxidation-isomerization-amination for hydroamination and epoxidation-isomerization-reduction for hydration. An Escherichia coli strain coexpressing styrene monooxygenase (SMO), styrene oxide isomerase (SOI), ω-transaminase (CvTA), and alanine dehydrogenase (AlaDH) catalyzed the hydroamination of 12 aryl alkenes to give the corresponding valuable terminal amines in high conversion (many ≥86%) and exclusive anti-Markovnikov selectivity (>99:1). Another E. coli strain coexpressing SMO, SOI, and phenylacetaldehyde reductase (PAR) catalyzed the hydration of 12 aryl alkenes to the corresponding useful terminal alcohols in high conversion (many ≥80%) and very high anti-Markovnikov selectivity (>99:1). Importantly, SOI was discovered for stereoselective isomerization of a chiral epoxide to a chiral aldehyde, providing some insights on enzymatic epoxide rearrangement. Harnessing this stereoselective rearrangement, highly enantioselective anti-Markovnikov hydroamination and hydration were demonstrated to convert α-methylstyrene to the corresponding (S)-amine and (S)-alcohol in 84-81% conversion with 97-92% ee, respectively. The biocatalytic anti-Markovnikov hydroamination and hydration of alkenes, utilizing cheap and nontoxic chemicals (O2, NH3, and glucose) and cells, provide an environmentally friendly, highly selective, and high-yielding synthesis of terminal amines and alcohols.
- Wu, Shuke,Liu, Ji,Li, Zhi
-
p. 5225 - 5233
(2017/08/17)
-
- Antiproliferative activity and SARs of caffeic acid esters with mono-substituted phenylethanols moiety
-
A series of CAPE derivatives with mono-substituted phenylethanols moiety were synthesized and evaluated by MTT assay on growth of 4 human cancer cell lines (Hela, DU-145, MCF-7 and ECA-109). The substituent effects on the antiproliferative activity were systematically investigated for the first time. It was found that electron-donating and hydrophobic substituents at 2′-position of phenylethanol moiety could significantly enhance CAPE's antiproliferative activity. 2′-Propoxyl derivative, as a novel caffeic acid ester, exhibited exquisite potency (IC50?=?0.4?±?0.02 & 0.6?±?0.03?μM against Hela and DU-145 respectively).
- Xie, Jin,Yang, Fengzhi,Zhang, Man,Lam, Celine,Qiao, Yixue,Xiao, Jia,Zhang, Dongdong,Ge, Yuxuan,Fu, Lei,Xie, Dongsheng
-
p. 131 - 134
(2016/12/27)
-
- Nucleophilic addition of arylmethylzinc reagents (ArCH2ZnCl) to formaldehyde: An easy access to 2-(hetro)arylethyl alcohols
-
The selective addition of arylmethylmagnesium halides with formaldehyde giving arylethyl alcohols is extremely challenging. To circumvent the difficulties, in the current communication, we have reported on the nucleophilic addition of benzyl zinc reagents derived from inexpensive and abundant benzyl chlorides to paraformaldehyde. The reaction investigated herein is hitherto unknown and was found to be selective, operationally simple, atom- and step-economical and high yielding to deliver phenethyl alcohols utilized as key perfumery ingredients in 60–83% yields. After successful establishment of the reaction condition, the reaction was also scaled up successfully to deliver a large-scale preparation of the phenethyl alcohol.
- Bhatt,Samant,Pednekar, Suhas
-
supporting information
p. 968 - 974
(2017/05/04)
-
- Cp2TiCl2-catalyzed cycloboration of α-olefins with PhBCl2in the synthesis of 2-alkyl(aryl,benzyl)-1-phenylboriranes
-
A one-pot method for the synthesis of 2-alkyl(aryl, benzyl)-1-phenylboriranes has been developed via the reaction of α-olefins with PhBCl2in the presence of Cp2TiCl2as the catalyst. The method implies the formation of boriranes as the result of transmetalation of titanacyclopropane intermediates generated in the reaction of α-olefins with Cp2TiCl2. Individual 1-phenyl-2-substituted boriranes were isolated and their structures confirmed by NMR spectral methods.
- Khusainova, Liliya I.,Khafizova, Leila O.,Tyumkina, Tatyana V.,Ryazanov, Kirill S.,Dzhemilev, Usein M.
-
-
- Highly efficient and chemoselective zinc-catalyzed hydrosilylation of esters under mild conditions
-
A mild and highly efficient catalytic hydrosilylation protocol for room-temperature ester reductions has been developed using diethylzinc as the catalyst. The methodology is operationally simple, displays high functional group tolerance and provides for a facile access to a broad range of different alcohols in excellent yields.
- Kovalenko, Oleksandr O.,Adolfsson, Hans
-
supporting information
p. 2785 - 2788
(2015/02/05)
-
- Temporal separation of catalytic activities allows anti-Markovnikov reductive functionalization of terminal alkynes
-
There is currently great interest in the development of multistep catalytic processes in which one or several catalysts act sequentially to rapidly build complex molecular structures. Many enzymes - often the inspiration for new synthetic transformations - are capable of processing a single substrate through a chain of discrete, mechanistically distinct catalytic steps. Here, we describe an approach to emulate the efficiency of these natural reaction cascades within a synthetic catalyst by the temporal separation of catalytic activities. In this approach, a single catalyst exhibits multiple catalytic activities sequentially, allowing for the efficient processing of a substrate through a cascade pathway. Application of this design strategy has led to the development of a method to effect the anti-Markovnikov (linear-selective) reductive functionalization of terminal alkynes. The strategy of temporal separation may facilitate the development of other efficient synthetic reaction cascades.
- Li, Le,Herzon, Seth B.
-
-
- Iron-catalyzed hydrosilylation of esters
-
The first hydrosilylation of esters catalyzed by a well defined iron complex has been developed. Esters are converted to the corresponding alcohols at 100 °C, under solvent-free conditions and visible light activation. Copyright
- Bezier, David,Venkanna, Gopaladasu T.,Castro, Luis C. Misal,Zheng, Jianxia,Roisnel, Thierry,Sortais, Jean-Baptiste,Darcel, Christophe
-
supporting information; experimental part
p. 1879 - 1884
(2012/09/22)
-
- Selective switchable iron-catalyzed hydrosilylation of carboxylic acids
-
Selective reduction of carboxylic acids either to aldehydes or alcohols is achieved using a one pot procedure based on iron-catalyzed hydrosilylations. Using phenylsilane and (COD)Fe(CO)3 catalyst under UV-irradiation at rt, alcohols were obtained specifically in good yields, whereas aldehydes were selectively obtained using TMDS and (t-PBO)Fe(CO)3 catalyst under thermal activation.
- Misal Castro, Luis C.,Li, Haoquan,Sortais, Jean-Baptiste,Darcel, Christophe
-
supporting information
p. 10514 - 10516,3
(2020/09/02)
-
- Regioselective reductive hydration of alkynes to form branched or linear alcohols
-
The regioselective reductive hydration of terminal alkynes using two complementary dual catalytic systems is described. Branched or linear alcohols are obtained in 75-96% yield with ?25:1 regioselectivity from the same starting materials. The method is compatible with terminal, di-, and trisubstituted alkenes. This reductive hydration constitutes a strategic surrogate to alkene oxyfunctionalization and may be of utility in multistep settings.
- Li, Le,Herzon, Seth B.
-
supporting information
p. 17376 - 17379,4
(2020/09/16)
-
- Copper-catalyzed enantioselective additions to oxocarbenium ions: Alkynylation of isochroman acetals
-
We have developed an enantioselective, copper(I)-catalyzed addition of terminal alkynes to racemic isochroman acetals. This method is one of the first transition-metal-catalyzed approaches to enantioselective additions to prochiral oxocarbenium ions. In this reaction, TMSOTf is used to form the oxocarbenium ion in situ under conditions compatible with simultaneous formation of the chiral copper acetylide. By using a bis(oxazoline) ligand, good yields and enantioselectivities are observed for a variety of enantioenriched 1-alkynyl isochromans.
- Maity, Prantik,Srinivas, Harathi D.,Watson, Mary P.
-
supporting information; experimental part
p. 17142 - 17145
(2011/12/13)
-
- Design and synthesis of phenethyl benzo[1,4]oxazine-3-ones as potent inhibitors of PI3Kinaseγ
-
The Type 1 PI3Kinases comprise a family of enzymes, which primarily phosphorylate PIP2 to give the second messenger PIP3, a key player in many intracellular signaling processes [Science, 2002, 296, 1655; Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 2003, 24, 366]. Of the four type 1 PI3Ks, the γ-isoform, which is expressed almost exclusively in leukocytes [Curr. Biol., 1997, 7, R470], is of particular interest with respect to its role in inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [Mol. Med. Today, 2000, 6, 347]. Investigation of a series of 4,6-disubstituted-4H-benzo[1,4]oxazin-3-ones has led to the identification of single-digit nanomolar inhibitors of PI3Kγ, several of which had good cell based activity and were shown to be active in vivo in an aspectic peritonitis model of inflammatory cell migration.
- Lanni Jr., Thomas B.,Greene, Keri L.,Kolz, Christine N.,Para, Kimberly S.,Visnick, Melean,Mobley, James L.,Dudley, David T.,Baginski, Theodore J.,Liimatta, Marya B.
-
p. 756 - 760
(2007/10/03)
-
- [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement from chloromethyl ethers
-
The reaction of different chloromethyl ethers 1 with an excess of lithium powder and a catalytic amount of 4,4′-di-tert-butylbiphenyl (2.5 mol %) in THF at 0 °C leads to the corresponding α-lithiomethyl ether intermediates, through a chlorine-lithium exchange, which spontaneously undergo a clean [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement affording the expected homobenzylic alcohols 2. This is the first version of this rearrangement starting from easily available chloromethyl ethers.
- Gómez, Cecilia,Maciá, Beatriz,Lillo, Victor J.,Yus, Miguel
-
p. 9832 - 9839
(2007/10/03)
-
- Readily available biaryl P,N ligands for asymmetric catalysis
-
A short and modular synthesis of novel P,N ligands (pinap; see scheme; X = O or NH) is presented. A covalently bound chiral group allows the separation of the atropisomeric diastereomers, thus avoiding resolution involving chiral Pd-amine complexes. The utility of the ligands is demonstrated for three reactions catalyzed by different transition metals; in each case products are obtained with high enantiomeric excess (up to 99% ee).
- Knoepfel, Thomas F.,Aschwanden, Patrick,Ichikawa, Takashi,Watanabe, Takumi,Carreira, Erick M.
-
p. 5971 - 5973
(2007/10/03)
-
- The scope of catalytic asymmetric hydroboration/oxidation with rhodium complexes of 1,1'-(2-diarylphosphino-1-naphthyl)isoquinolines
-
Preformed cationic Rh complexes of the title ligands are effective for the asymmetric hydroboration/oxidation of vinylarenes at ambient temperature. These vinylarenes may carry E- or Z-β substituents but not a substituents. Enantiomer excesses of up to 97% can be obtained in the most favourable cases. The enantioselectivity is moderately sensitive to the structure of the ligand: the difurylphosphino ligand gave superior results for electron-poor styrenes and the diphenylphosphino ligand the best results for electron-rich reactants. Mechanistic aspects are discussed.
- Doucet, Henri,Fernandez, Elena,Layzell, Timothy P.,Brown, John M.
-
p. 1320 - 1330
(2007/10/03)
-
- Catalytic ethylation of phenols
-
Alkylation of phenol and cresols with ethanol in the presence of iron-aluminum catalyst was studied.
- Agaev,Shakhtakhtinskaya,Eminov,Guliev
-
p. 651 - 653
(2007/10/03)
-
- Stereochemical control in microbial reduction. Part 31: Reduction of alkyl 2-oxo-4-arylbutyrates by baker's yeast under selected reaction conditions
-
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
-
p. 2725 - 2737
(2007/10/03)
-
- METHOD FOR TREATING ANXIETY
-
The present invention provides a method for treating anxiety in humans using azacyclic or azabicyclic compounds.
- -
-
-
- HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND THEIR PREPARATION AND USE
-
The present invention relates to therapeutically active azacyclic or azabicyclic compounds, a method of preparing the same and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The novel compounds are useful in treating diseases in the central nervous system caused by malfunctioning of the muscarinic cholinergic system.
- -
-
-
- Synthesis of substituted chrysenes and phenanthrenes
-
3-Methylchrysene (9a), 2, 3, 9-trimethylchrysene (9b), 2, 6-dimethylphenanthrene (16a) and 1-isopropyl-4,6-dimethylphenanthrene (16b) have been synthesised in the following steps. β-(1-Naphthyl)ethyl bromide (6a), β-(6,7-dimethyl-1-naphthyl)ethyl bromide (6b), β-(3-methylphenyl)ethyl bromide (13a) and β-(2-isopropyl-5-methylphenyl)ethyl bromide (13b) are separately condensed with potassium salt of 1-carbethoxy-4-methylcyclohexane-2-one (1) to give respectively 7a, 7b, 14a and 14b. PPA cyclisation of 7a and 7b affords 8a and 8b while 14a affords 15a and 14b gives a mixture of 15b and 15c. Aromatisation of 8a and 8b leads to 9a and 9b and that of 15a gives 16a while 15b and 15c both produce 16b. The structures assigned are consistent with their spectral data.
- Mitra, Ashutosh,Ghoshe, Swati
-
p. 785 - 789
(2007/10/03)
-
- Substituent Effects on the Intramolecular Photochemical Reactions of Phenyl-Ethenyl Non-conjugated Bichromophoric Systems
-
The effects of substitution on the photochemistry of phenyl-ethenyl bichromophoric systems are reported.Methyl substitution at the 2-, 3-, 5-, and 1,1,2-positions in the pentene moiety of 5-phenylpent-1-ene reduces both reaction efficiency and selectivity but in contrast to intramolecular analogues the photoreaction of 3-phenethylcyclohexene is comparable with that of the corresponding cyclopentene.Incorporation of ester units in the connecting unit between the chromophores or on the ethene inhibits intramolecular cyclisation as does the presence of para OMe, CN, or COMe groups in 5-phenylpent-1-ene.In contrast reaction selectivity and efficiency are greatly promoted by ortho Me or OMe groups and the products reflect exlusive 1,3-cycloaddition.The presence of a para Me group in 5-phenylpent-1-ene leads to specific 2,6-intramolecular cyclisation but the reaction of the meta-Me derivative leads to four products derived from 1,3- and 1,5-intramolecular cycloaddition.The observations are discussed in terms of mechanisms of arene-ethene photoreactions and preferred conformations of the bichromophores.
- Ellis-Davies, Graham C. R.,Gilbert, Andrew,Heath, Peter,Lane, Jon C.,Warrington, John V.,Westover, David L.
-
p. 1833 - 1842
(2007/10/02)
-
- Kinetic Acidity Function Hc. Part 3. Applicability to Hydration of Styrenes
-
Variation of rate of hydration of substituted styrenes with acidity has been measured in aqueous sulphuric acid solutions.This reaction proceeds through a rate-limiting carbon protonation step.Linear Pfluger plots of unit slope result from the data.These appear to validate the applicability of an acidity function to the results; possible sources of error in this and related conclusions are carefully discussed.
- Ellis, Graham W. L.,Johnson, C. David
-
p. 1025 - 1028
(2007/10/02)
-