- Oxidation Under Reductive Conditions: From Benzylic Ethers to Acetals with Perfect Atom-Economy by Titanocene(III) Catalysis
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Described here is a titanocene-catalyzed reaction for the synthesis of acetals and hemiaminals from benzylic ethers and benzylic amines, respectively, with pendant epoxides. The reaction proceeds by catalysis in single-electron steps. The oxidative addition comprises an epoxide opening. An H-atom transfer, to generate a benzylic radical, serves as a radical translocation step, and an organometallic oxygen rebound as a reductive elimination. The reaction mechanism was studied by high-level dispersion corrected hybrid functional DFT with implicit solvation. The low-energy conformational space was searched by the efficient CREST program. The stereoselectivity was deduced from the lowest lying benzylic radical structures and their conformations are controlled by hyperconjugative interactions and steric interactions between the titanocene catalyst and the aryl groups of the substrate. An interesting mechanistic aspect is that the oxidation of the benzylic center occurs under reducing conditions.
- Funk, Pierre,Richrath, Ruben B.,Bohle, Fabian,Grimme, Stefan,Gans?uer, Andreas
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p. 5482 - 5488
(2021/02/03)
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- Tackling N-Alkyl Imines with 3d Metal Catalysis: Highly Enantioselective Iron-Catalyzed Synthesis of α-Chiral Amines
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A readily activated iron alkyl precatalyst effectively catalyzes the highly enantioselective hydroboration of N-alkyl imines. Employing a chiral bis(oxazolinylmethylidene)isoindoline pincer ligand, the asymmetric reduction of various acyclic N-alkyl imines provided the corresponding α-chiral amines in excellent yields and with up to >99 % ee. The applicability of this base metal catalytic system was further demonstrated with the synthesis of the pharmaceuticals Fendiline and Tecalcet.
- Blasius, Clemens K.,Gade, Lutz H.,Heinrich, Niklas F.,Vasilenko, Vladislav
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p. 15974 - 15977
(2020/07/04)
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- Structure-Reactivity Relationships on Substrates and Inhibitors of the Lysine Deacylase Sirtuin 2 from Schistosoma mansoni (SmSirt2)
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The only drug currently available for treatment of the neglected disease Schistosomiasis is Praziquantel, and the possible emergence of resistance makes research on novel therapeutic agents necessary and urgent. To this end, the targeting of Schistosoma m
- Monaldi, Daria,Rotili, Dante,Lancelot, Julien,Marek, Martin,W?ssner, Nathalie,Lucidi, Alessia,Tomaselli, Daniela,Ramos-Morales, Elizabeth,Romier, Christophe,Pierce, Raymond J.,Mai, Antonello,Jung, Manfred
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p. 8733 - 8759
(2019/10/11)
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- Disulfonimide-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reduction of N-Alkyl Imines
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A chiral disulfonimide (DSI)-catalyzed asymmetric reduction of N-alkyl imines with Hantzsch esters as a hydrogen source in the presence of Boc2O has been developed. The reaction delivers Boc-protected N-alkyl amines with excellent yields and enantioselectivity. The method tolerates a large variety of alkyl amines, thus illustrating potential for a general reductive cross-coupling of ketones with diverse amines, and it was applied in the synthesis of the pharmaceuticals (S)-Rivastigmine, NPS R-568 Hydrochloride, and (R)-Fendiline. A chiral disulfonimide (DSI)-catalyzed asymmetric reduction of N-alkyl imines with Hantzsch esters as a hydrogen source in the presence of Boc2O was developed. The reaction delivers Boc-protected N-alkyl amines with excellent yields and enantioselectivity. The method was successfully applied to the synthesis of the pharmaceuticals (S)-Rivastigmine, NPS R-568 Hydrochloride, and (R)-Fendiline.
- Wakchaure, Vijay N.,Kaib, Philip S. J.,Leutzsch, Markus,List, Benjamin
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p. 11852 - 11856
(2015/10/05)
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- Ind2TiMe2-catalyzed addition of methyl- and ethylamine to alkynes
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We describe a very simple hydrogenation-like experimental protocol for the addition of gaseous methyl- and ethylamine to alkynes in the presence of Ind2TiMe2 as the catalyst. For efficient hydroamination reactions it is sufficient to stir a mixture of the alkyne and the catalyst in toluene at temperatures between 80°C (terminal alkynes) and 105°C (internal alkynes) under a constant pressure of 1 atm of the corresponding amine. After subsequent reduction of the initially formed imines, methyl- and ethylamine derivatives are the final products of the described one-pot reaction sequences. In the case of 2-alkyl-1-phenylalkynes as starting materials, biologically interesting 2-phenylethylamine derivatives possessing a small methyl or ethyl substituent at the N atom are easily accessible by the new reaction protocol. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2005.
- Marcsekova, Klaudia,Wegener, Bernd,Doye, Sven
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p. 4843 - 4851
(2007/10/03)
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- Electrophilic amination of catecholboronate esters formed in the asymmetric hydroboration of vinylarenes
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(S)-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-ethyl-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole, (S)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole and (S)-1-indanyl-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole, intermediates in the catalytic asymmetric hydroboration of 4-chloro- and 4-methoxystyrene, were isolated as pure oils in 75%, 84% and 49% yield respectively. For the first example, amination with N-chloromagnesio-N-methyl-O-trimethylsilylhydroxylamine gave a mixture of (S)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N- methylethylamine in 33% yield, 88% e.e. and (S)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl) ethanol in 31% yield, 86% e.e.. Related results were obtained in the other cases, and the steps of catalytic hydroboration and amination could be combined in a single sequence without isolation of the intermediate Numerous variants were carried out in the amination procedure with only marginal improvements in chemoselectivity. An investigation of the mechanism was carried out using low temperature heteronuclear NMR on 13C-1-(S)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl-1,3,2-benzodioxaborole. The dual pathway is a result of an irreversible and unselective initial step.
- Knight, Frances I.,Brown, John M.,Lazzari, Dario,Ricci, Alfredo,Blacker, A. John
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p. 11411 - 11424
(2007/10/03)
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