- An efficient protocol for the cross-metathesis of sterically demanding olefins
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Cross-metathesis of a wide range of previously unreactive, sterically demanding alkenes can be achieved in fair to excellent yield using a commercially available catalyst by a facile strategy involving reversal of steric preference.
- Wang, Zhen J.,Jackson, W. Roy,Robinson, Andrea J.
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p. 3006 - 3009
(2013/07/26)
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- Six- vs seven-membered ring formation from the 1- bicyclo[4.1.0]heptanylmethyl radical: Synthetic and ab initio studies
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The viability of utilizing 1-bicyclo[4.1.0]heptanylmethyl radical (3) to serve as a progenitor of seven-membered carbocycles was examined. Rate constants for the rearrangement of this radical to 3-methylenecycloheptyl radical (4) and 2-methylenecyclohexyl-1-methyl radical (6) were measured using the competition method of 3 with thiophenol over the temperature range of -75 to 59 °C. Arrhenius functions were calculated for the conversions of 3 to 4 and 3 to 6 and found to be log(k/s-1) = (12.38 ± 0.20) - (5.63 ± 0.23)/θ and log(k/s-1) = (11.54 ± 0.32) - (5.26 ± 0.37)/θ, respectively. The rate constants for these conversions at 25 °C are 1.86 x 108 s-1 and 5.11 x 107 s-1, respectively. Hence, the seven-membered ring-expanded carbocycle is formed 3.6 times faster at 25 °C than the nonexpanded species. This suggests that the 1-bicyclo[4.1.0]heptanylmethyl radical system may be synthetically useful in seven-membered ring-forming methodology. Preliminary theoretical examination of this radical system qualitatively predicted the experimentally determined energies of activation: PMP4/6-31G*//HF/6-31G*ΔE(a) (3 → 6 - 3 → 4) = 3.0 kcal/mol with zero point energy correction. The HF/6-31G* optimized reaction coordinate stationary points suggest cyclopropyl substituent eclipsing interactions play an important role in determining the kinetic outcome of these rearrangements.
- Kantorowski, Eric J.,Eisenberg, Shawn W. E.,Fink, William H.,Kurth, Mark J.
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p. 570 - 580
(2007/10/03)
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- Cyclopropylcarbinyl radical-mediated ring expansion to seven-membered carbocycles
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Radical-mediated ring expansion methodology is presented wherein 7- membered carbocycles can be prepared from the corresponding xanthate derivatives of bicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-1-methanol. In certain systems, an intermediate cycloheptyl radical appears to be
- Kantorowski, Eric J.,Borhan, Babak,Nazarian, Saman,Kurth, Mark J.
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p. 2483 - 2486
(2007/10/03)
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- Regio- and stereo-selective coupling reactions of cyclo-1,3-dienes catalysed by titanium aryloxide compounds
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Highly selective non-Diels-Alder dimerization of cyclohexa-1,3-diene and cross-coupling of either cyclohexa-1,3-diene or cycloocta-1,3-diene with α-alkenes is catalysed by titanium aryloxide compounds.
- Waratuke, Steven A.,Johnson, Eric S.,Thorn, Matthew G.,Fanwick, Phillip E.,Rothwell, Ian P.
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p. 2617 - 2618
(2007/10/03)
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- Deoxygenative coupling of ketones and alkenes by tungsten(II) compounds
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Tungsten(II) compounds such as WCl2(PMePh2)4 (1) react with acetone and ethylene to give a good yield of the tungsten(IV)-oxo complexes W(O)(CH2=CH2)Cl2(PMePh2)2 (4) and a moderate amount of 3-methyl-1-butene. Cyclopentanone and ethylene plus 1 yield 4 and vinylcyclopentane; methyl vinyl ketone and ethylene give 4 and 3-methyl-1,4-pentadiene. The reaction of cyclopentanone and propylene with 1 yields a small amount of 2-cyclopentylpropene. Intramolecular deoxygenative coupling occurs with 6- and 7-en-2-ones to form 1-methyl-2-methylene-substituted cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl ring systems, respectively. The net result of these reactions is transfer of the ketone oxygen atom to tungsten, accompanied with its replacement by a hydrogen and a vinyl group. The suggested mechanism for this deoxygenative coupling (Scheme I) is coordination of both the ketone and ethylene to tungsten, coupling to form a 2-oxametallacyclopentane, β-hydrogen elimination to an allyloxy hydride species, C-O bond cleavage to an oxo allyl hydride complex, and reductive elimination of alkene. Consistent with the suggestion of an oxametallacycle, hydrolysis of the reaction mixture of 1 and 6-hepten-2-one provides stereospecifically trans-1,2-dimethylcyclopentanol. The enones methyl vinyl ketone and 5-hexen-2-one react with 1 to form stable complexes in which the enone is bound in an η4 fashion, similar to the proposed mixed alkene ketone intermediates in the coupling reactions. A related tungsten(II) butadiene complex, WCl2(CH2= CHCH=CH2) (PMePh2)2, has also been isolated.
- Bryan, Jeffrey C.,Arterburn, Jeffrey B.,Cook, Gerald K.,Mayer, James M.
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p. 3965 - 3970
(2008/10/08)
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- Roles of Surface Protanation on the Photodynamic, Catalytic, and Other Properties of Polyoxometalates Probed by the Photochemical Functionalization of Alkalies. Implications for Irradiated Semiconductor Metal Oxides
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This paper further addresses the photodynamic and redox properties of polyoxometalates and the legitimacy of these compounds as discrete molecular representations for semiconductor metal oxides. The effect of protonation on redox, photochemical, catalytic, and other basic properties of a representative polyoxometalate, decatungstate (W10O324-), in aprotic media has been examined in detail. Protonation results in minimal perturbation of the electronic absorption spectral features of W10O324- including the HOMO-LUMO gap (band gap in semiconductor formalism) but a shift of ~ 1 V in the ground-state redox potentials (two quasi-reversible one-electron waves at -1.2 and -1.8 V become one quasi-reversible two-electron wave at -0.1 V vs Ag/AgNO3). The quantum yields (Φ) for the photooxidation of several alkanes by W10O324- (homogeneous reactions in CH3CN solution, 25 °C, Ar atmosphere, 322-nm light) all increase substantially upon protonation, with the increases dependent on alkane (ΦH+/ΦnoH+ ≈ 6.9 for cyclooctane (least increase) to ~ 25 for most alkanes). The alkane oxidation products in these processes also change upon protonation from those largely derived from freely diffusing alkyl radical intermediates to those largely derived from carbocation intermediates. The EPR spectra (X band) obtained from photooxidation of alkanes by W10O324- in the absence and presence of acid in frozen CH3CN glasses at 10 K and at 25 °C along with evidence from UV-visible spectra and oxidative titration data establish that the one-electron (EPR-active, S = 1/2) and two-electron (EPR-silent, S = 0) reduced forms of decatungstate, W10O325- and W10O326-, respectively, are produced in a 3:7 mol ratio in the absence of acid while the two-electron reduced form is produced exclusively in the presence of acid. EPR spectra as a function of irradiation time and as a function of acid concentration further establish that the two forms of the one-electron-reduced decatungstate present under acidic conditions are W10O325- and HW10O324-. The quantum yields, organic product distributions, polyoxometalate product distributions, UV-vis spectra, and ground-state redox potentials have all been assessed as a function of the number of equivalents of acid added per equivalent of W10O324-. All change monotonically with added acid, are well correlated, and attain a limiting behavior when ~ 2.5 equiv of acid has been added. The addition of W10O324- to acidified CH3CN solutions of branched alkenes suppresses acid-catalyzed alkene isomerization, providing another independent confirmation of W10O324- protonation. Protonation significantly decreases the rate of reduced decatungstate reoxidation by dioxygen in line with the effect of protonation on the ground-state redox potentials. The rate laws of the protonated and unprotonated forms are very similar: Both are variable order in W10O324-, apparently first order in substrate, and first order in light intensity. A rate law consistent with all the data that covers both protonation phenomena and the important coupled thermal process of electron-transfer oxidation of intermediate radicals has been formulated. The ratios of the rate constant for total deactivation of the excited state to the specific rate constant for alkane photooxidation by the excited state, assessed by double reciprocal plots, are 0.86 and 3.4 for the acidified and nonacidified reactions, respectively. The ratios of the rate constant for radiationless decay to that specifically for alkane photooxidation are 0.095 and 1.63 for the acidified and nonacidified systems, respectively.
- Renneke, Roman F.,Kadkhodayan, Miryam,Pasquali, Marzia,Hill, Craig L.
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p. 8357 - 8367
(2007/10/02)
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- Carbonium Ion Rearrangements Controlled by the Presence of a Silyl Group
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γ-Silyl tertiary alcohols rearrange in protic acid with 1,2-shift of hydride, phenyl, or alkyl groups, and loss of the silyl group to give alkenes.The placing of the silyl group thus controls the carbonium ion rearrangement in a preparatively useful way.Methoxycarbonyl groups do not migrate; instead, cyclopropanes are formed, except when the conformation suitable for cyclopropane formation is unattainable.When the alkene product is 2,2-disubstituted, it can be reprotonated under the reaction conditions and does not therefore always survive.This can be avoided by carrying out the reaction using a Lewis acid on the silyl ether.The starting γ-silyl alcohols are prepared by a variety of versatile methods.
- Fleming, Ian,Patel, Shailesh K.,Urch, Christopher J.
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p. 115 - 124
(2007/10/02)
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- CHLOROMETHYL-LITHIUM AND 1-CHLORO-2-METHYLPROP-1-ENYL-LITHIUM: USEFUL INTERMEDIATES IN THE SYNTHESIS OF UNSATURATED AND BIFUNCTIONALIZED COMPOUNDS
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The reaction of in situ generated chloromethyl-lithium with ketones (5) at -78 deg C afforded, after lithiation with lithium naphthalenide at the same temperature, β-oxidoalkyl-lithium compounds (6), which on reaction with electrophiles (deuterium oxide, dimethyl disulphide, carbon dioxide, cyclohexanone, and allyl bromide) yielded bifunctionalized compounds (7).When the lithiation step was carried out with lithium powder and at temperatures ranging between -60 deg C and 20 deg C, the corresponding decomposition of intermediates (6) derived from aldehydes and ketones (5) took place spontaneously giving the corresponding terminal or exocyclic olefins (11) regioselectively.The use of in situ generated 1-chloro-2-methylprop-1-enyl-lithium as organolithium reagent in the addition to carbonyl compounds (5) at -110 deg C, followed by transformation of the resulting chlorohydrin (13) into the corresponding methyl ether (14) (successive treatment with sodium hydride and methyl iodide at 0-20 deg C) gave, after lithiation with lithium phenanthrenide at room temperature, the corresponding substituted cumulenes (12).
- Barluenga, Jose,Fernandez-Simon, Jose L.,Concellon, Jose M.,Yus, Miguel
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p. 3339 - 3344
(2007/10/02)
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- Methylenation of Carbonyl Compounds Using Chloromethyl-lithium; a New Method for Terminal and Exocyclic Olefins
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The in situ generated chloromethyl-lithium reacts at -78 deg C with different aldehydes and ketones to afford, after lithiation with lithium powder, terminal and exocyclic olefins.
- Barluenga, Jose,Fernandez-Simon, Jose L.,Concellon, Jose M.,Yus, Miguel
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