- Room-Temperature Benzylic Alkylation of Benzylic Carbonates: Improvement of Palladium Catalyst and Mechanistic Study
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The palladium catalyst for the nucleophilic substitution of benzyl carbonates was improved by using 1,1′-bis(diisopropylphosphino)ferrocene (DiPrPF) as the ligand. The [Pd(η3-C3H5)(cod)]BF4-DiPrPF catalyst allows the benzylic substitution with soft carbanions to proceed even at 30 °C, affording the desired products in high yields (up to 99% yield). Thermally unstable pyridylmethyl esters are employable as the electrophilic substrates for the benzylic alkylation with the improved catalyst. Furthermore, we investigated the mechanism of the catalytic benzylic alkylation by means of DiPrPF ligand. The palladium(0) complex bearing DiPrPF activates the benzylic C-O bond to form the (benzyl)palladium(II) intermediate at room temperature. The coordination mode of the benzyl ligand would be equilibrium between the η1- and η3-manner. The nucleophile would preferentially react with the η3-benzyl ligand to give the desired product.
- Kuwano, Ryoichi,Yokogi, Masashi,Sakai, Ken,Masaoka, Shigeyuki,Miura, Takashi,Won, Sungyong
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p. 1568 - 1579
(2019/09/04)
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- Organocatalytic Enantioselective Addition of α-Aminoalkyl Radicals to Isoquinolines
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With a dual organocatalytic system involving a chiral phosphoric acid and a dicyanopyrazine-derived chromophore (DPZ) photosensitizer and under the irradiation with visible light, an enantioselective Minisci-type addition of α-amino acid-derived redox-active esters (RAEs) to isoquinolines has been developed. A variety of prochiral α-aminoalkyl radicals generated from RAEs were successfully introduced on isoquinolines, providing a range of valuable α-isoquinoline-substituted chiral secondary amines in high yields with good to excellent enantioselectivities.
- Liu, Xiangyuan,Liu, Yang,Chai, Guobi,Qiao, Baokun,Zhao, Xiaowei,Jiang, Zhiyong
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p. 6298 - 6301
(2018/10/09)
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- Use of acetate as a leaving group in palladium-catalyzed nucleophilic substitution of benzylic esters
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The palladium complex prepared in situ from [Pd(η3-C3H5)(cod)]BF4 and bidentate phosphine DPPF was a good catalyst for the nucleophilic substitution of benzyl acetate. Significant acceleration of the palladium-catalyzed substitution was observed when an alcohol was employed as a reaction solvent. The palladium catalyst was effective for the benzylation of various stabilized carbanions, amines, and benzenesulfinate with benzylic acetates.
- Yokogi, Masashi,Kuwano, Ryoichi
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p. 6109 - 6112
(2008/03/12)
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- Anthranilic acid based CCK1 receptor antagonists: Preliminary investigation on their second "touch point"
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In this phase of structure-affinity relationship study of VL-0395, a new anthranilic acid based CCK1 selective antagonist, we propose a series of unnatural aminoacidic derivatives. The result of this work is the identification of a new CCK ligand, which possesses an affinity (IC50 = 35 nm) one order of magnitude greater than the lead and, as a general rule, it points out how the hypothesized receptorial pocket which accommodates the Phe residue allows much more structural modification than that interacting with the N-terminal group. Hence, the modification of the C-terminal pharmacophoric group of our lead VL-0395 can not only enhance the affinity of anthranilic acid derivatives but can modulate the selectivity for one CCK receptor subtype or afford mixed antagonists.
- Varnavas, Antonio,Lassiani, Lucia,Valenta, Valentina,Mennuni, Laura,Makovec, Francesco,Hadjipavlou-Litina, Dimitra
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p. 563 - 581
(2007/10/03)
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- Palladium-catalyzed benzylation of active methine compounds without additional base: Remarkable effect of 1,5-cyclooctadiene
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(Chemical Equation Presented) The palladium complex prepared from DPPF and Cp(η3-C3H5)Pd is an effective catalyst for the alkylation of active methine compounds with benzylic carbonates under neutral conditions. The additi
- Kuwano, Ryoichi,Kondo, Yutaka
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p. 3545 - 3547
(2007/10/03)
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- Palladium-catalyzed nucleophilic benzylic substitutions of benzylic esters
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A palladium complex generated in situ from [Pd(η3-C3H5)(cod)]BF4 and DPPF is a good catalyst for benzylic alkylation of benzyl methyl carbonate with the carbanion of dimethyl malonates. The catalytic reaction is applicable to a wide range of the benzylations of benzylic esters with malonates. The catalytic activity was heavily affected by the bite angle of the bidentate phosphine ligand on palladium. DPEphos ligand is superior to DPPF in the case of palladium-catalyzed benzylic amination of benzylic esters. Copyright
- Kuwano, Ryoichi,Kondo, Yutaka,Matsuyama, Yosuke
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p. 12104 - 12105
(2007/10/03)
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