- Room Temperature, Reductive Alkylation of Activated Methylene Compounds: Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Driven by the Rhodium-Catalyzed Water-Gas Shift Reaction
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The rhodium-catalyzed water-gas shift reaction has been demonstrated to drive the reductive alkylation of several classes of activated methylene compounds at room temperature. Under catalysis by rhodium trichloride (2-3 mol %), carbon monoxide (10 bar), water (2-50 equiv), and triethylamine (2.5-7 equiv), the scope has been successfully expanded to cover a wide range of alkylating agents, including aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes, as well as cyclic ketones, in moderate to high yields. This method is comparable to, and for certain aspects, surpasses the established reductive alkylation protocols.
- Denmark, Scott E.,Ibrahim, Malek Y. S.,Ambrosi, Andrea
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p. 613 - 630
(2017/06/05)
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- Development of drug intermediates by using direct organocatalytic multi-component reactions
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Development of drug intermediates by using direct amino acid organocatalytic multi-component reaction was investigated. Hydrogenations of double-bond containing compounds including carbonyls, imines and olefins are important for living organisms as well as for the industrial production of chemicals. Amino acid catalysis has emerged as a powerful green synthetic tool for the development of both achiral and chiral catalysis of condensations and cycloadditions and the 1,2- and 1,4-additions of enals, enones and ketones including electrophiles. It was found that the amino acid proline 4a catalyzes the Knoevenagel condenstion of cyclohexanone 1a with the CH-acid ethyl cyanoacetate 2a to furnish the active olefin 9aa. This simple and environmentally friendly approach can be used to construct highly substituted hydrogenated products in a regioselective fashion with good yields.
- Ramachary, Dhevalapally B.,Kishor,Reddy, G. Babul
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p. 1641 - 1646
(2008/02/03)
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