- Catalytic functionalization of unactivated sp3 C-H bonds via exo -directing groups: Synthesis of chemically differentiated 1,2-Diols
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We describe a Pd-catalyzed site-selective functionalization of unactivated aliphatic C-H bonds, providing chemically differentiated 1,2-diols from monoalcohol derivatives. The oxime was employed as both a directing group (DG) and an alcohol surrogate for this transformation. As demonstrated in a range of substrates, the C-H bonds β to the oxime group are selectively oxidized. Besides activation of the methyl groups, methylene groups (CH2) in cyclic substrates and methine groups (CH) at bridge-head positions can also be functionalized. In addition, an intriguing oxidative skeleton rearrangement was observed using the menthol-derived substrate. The use of exo-directing groups in C-H activation, as illustrated in this work, would potentially open doors for the discovery of new transformations and new cleavable DGs.
- Ren, Zhi,Mo, Fanyang,Dong, Guangbin
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p. 16991 - 16994,4
(2020/09/02)
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- Aerobic oxidation of alkenes to esters of vicinal diols with a syn-configuration catalyzed by I2 and the H5PV 2Mo10O40 polyoxometalate
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A new method for the synthesis of vicinal diols from alkenes has been developed. Reaction of molecular iodine in the presence of a polyoxometalate as oxidation catalyst under aerobic conditions in acetic acid solvent leads to the oxidative iodoacetoxylation of an alkene, i.e. formation of a 1,2-iodoacetate. Further in situ substitution of the iodide by water yields the 1,2-diol monoacetate with a predominantly (ca. 4.5:1) cis-configuration. Further esterification under the reaction's acidic conditions leads also to the cis-diacetate. The method may be valuable for the synthesis of cis-vicinal diols without use of toxic osmium catalysts. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
- Branytska, Olena,Neumann, Ronny
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p. 2525 - 2527
(2007/10/03)
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- Kinetic resolution of 2-acylated-1,2-diols by lipase-catalyzed enantiomer selective acylation
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Enantiomer selectivity of lipase catalyzed acylation of 2-acylated 1,2-diols was studied. First, acylation of 2-acetoxyheptan-1-ol rac-3b with vinyl acetate was investigated by varying the enzymes and the solvent, showing the highest enantiomer selectivity by using lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens (PfL) in hexane-vinyl acetate (VA). We have found varying or even reversed enantiomer selectivity for different secondary acyl moieties in 2-acyloxyheptan-1-ols rac-3bA-F. Next, all six possible types of enantiomer selective biotransformations (hydrolysis of diacetate and the two kinds of monoacetetes; acylation of diol and the two kinds of monoacetates) were compared on two model diols rac-4b,d. Among the transformations investigated, acetylation of secondary monoacetates rac-3b,d showed the highest enantiomer selectivity. Finally, PfL catalyzed acetylations of several 2-acetylated 1,2-diols rac-3a-g were investigated under our optimum conditions.
- Egri, Gabriella,Baitz-Gacs, Eszter,Poppe, Laszlo
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p. 1437 - 1448
(2007/10/03)
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