- A facile and versatile electro-reductive system for hydrodefunctionalization under ambient conditions
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A general electrochemical system for reductive hydrodefunctionalization is described, employing the inexpensive and easily available triethylamine (Et3N) as a sacrificial reductant. This protocol is characterized by facile operation, sustainable conditions, and exceptionally wide substrate scope covering the cleavage of C-halogen, N-S, N-C, O-S, O-C, C-C and C-N bonds. Notably, the selectivity and capability of reduction can be conveniently switched by simple incorporation or removal of an alcohol as a co-solvent.
- Huang, Binbin,Guo, Lin,Xia, Wujiong
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p. 2095 - 2103
(2021/03/26)
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- Ceramic boron carbonitrides for unlocking organic halides with visible light
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Photochemistry provides a sustainable pathway for organic transformations by inducing radical intermediates from substrates through electron transfer process. However, progress is limited by heterogeneous photocatalysts that are required to be efficient, stable, and inexpensive for long-term operation with easy recyclability and product separation. Here, we report that boron carbonitride (BCN) ceramics are such a system and can reduce organic halides, including (het)aryl and alkyl halides, with visible light irradiation. Cross-coupling of halides to afford new C-H, C-C, and C-S bonds can proceed at ambient reaction conditions. Hydrogen, (het)aryl, and sulfonyl groups were introduced into the arenes and heteroarenes at the designed positions by means of mesolytic C-X (carbon-halogen) bond cleavage in the absence of any metal-based catalysts or ligands. BCN can be used not only for half reactions, like reduction reactions with a sacrificial agent, but also redox reactions through oxidative and reductive interfacial electron transfer. The BCN photocatalyst shows tolerance to different substituents and conserved activity after five recycles. The apparent metal-free system opens new opportunities for a wide range of organic catalysts using light energy and sustainable materials, which are metal-free, inexpensive and stable. This journal is
- Yuan, Tao,Zheng, Meifang,Antonietti, Markus,Wang, Xinchen
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- Methylation with Dimethyl Carbonate/Dimethyl Sulfide Mixtures: An Integrated Process without Addition of Acid/Base and Formation of Residual Salts
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Dimethyl sulfide, a major byproduct of the Kraft pulping process, was used as an inexpensive and sustainable catalyst/co-reagent (methyl donor) for various methylations with dimethyl carbonate (as both reagent and solvent), which afforded excellent yields of O-methylated phenols and benzoic acids, and mono-C-methylated arylacetonitriles. Furthermore, these products could be isolated using a remarkably straightforward workup and purification procedure, realized by dimethyl sulfide‘s neutral and distillable nature and the absence of residual salts. The likely mechanisms of these methylations were elucidated using experimental and theoretical methods, which revealed that the key step involves the generation of a highly reactive trimethylsulfonium methylcarbonate intermediate. The phenol methylation process represents a rare example of a Williamson-type reaction that occurs without the addition of a Br?nsted base.
- Chan, Bun,Lui, Matthew Y.,Lui, Yuen Wai
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- Polyhydroxybenzoic acid derivatives as potential new antimalarial agents
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With more than 200 million cases and 400,000 related deaths, malaria remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases of 2021. Unfortunately, despite the availability of efficient treatments, we have observed an increase in people infected with malaria since 2015 (from 211 million in 2015 to 229 million in 2019). This trend could partially be due to the development of resistance to all the current drugs. Therefore, there is an urgent need for new alternatives. We have, thus, selected common natural scaffolds, polyhydroxybenzoic acids, and synthesized a library of derivatives to better understand the structure–activity relationships explaining their antiplasmodial effect. Only gallic acid derivatives showed a noticeable potential for further developments. Indeed, they showed a selective inhibitory effect on Plasmodium (IC50 ~20 μM, SI > 5) often associated with interesting water solubility. Moreover, this has confirmed the critical importance of free phenolic functions (pyrogallol moiety) for the antimalarial effect. Methyl 4-benzoxy-3,5-dihydroxybenzoate (39) has, for the first time, been recognized as a potential lead for future research because of its marked inhibitory activity against Plasmodium falciparum and its significant hydrosolubility (3.72 mM).
- Degotte, Gilles,Francotte, Pierre,Pirotte, Bernard,Frédérich, Michel
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- Trialkylammonium salt degradation: Implications for methylation and cross-coupling
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Trialkylammonium (most notably N,N,N-trimethylanilinium) salts are known to display dual reactivity through both the aryl group and the N-methyl groups. These salts have thus been widely applied in cross-coupling, aryl etherification, fluorine radiolabelling, phase-transfer catalysis, supramolecular recognition, polymer design, and (more recently) methylation. However, their application as electrophilic methylating reagents remains somewhat underexplored, and an understanding of their arylation versus methylation reactivities is lacking. This study presents a mechanistic degradation analysis of N,N,N-trimethylanilinium salts and highlights the implications for synthetic applications of this important class of salts. Kinetic degradation studies, in both solid and solution phases, have delivered insights into the physical and chemical parameters affecting anilinium salt stability. 1H NMR kinetic analysis of salt degradation has evidenced thermal degradation to methyl iodide and the parent aniline, consistent with a closed-shell SN2-centred degradative pathway, and methyl iodide being the key reactive species in applied methylation procedures. Furthermore, the effect of halide and non-nucleophilic counterions on salt degradation has been investigated, along with deuterium isotope and solvent effects. New mechanistic insights have enabled the investigation of the use of trimethylanilinium salts in O-methylation and in improved cross-coupling strategies. Finally, detailed computational studies have helped highlight limitations in the current state-of-the-art of solvation modelling of reaction in which the bulk medium undergoes experimentally observable changes over the reaction timecourse. This journal is
- Assante, Michele,Baillie, Sharon E.,Juba, Vanessa,Leach, Andrew G.,McKinney, David,Reid, Marc,Washington, Jack B.,Yan, Chunhui
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p. 6949 - 6963
(2021/06/02)
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- Catalytic Reductions Without External Hydrogen Gas: Broad Scope Hydrogenations with Tetrahydroxydiboron and a Tertiary Amine
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Facile reduction of aryl halides with a combination of 5% Pd/C, B2(OH)4, and 4-methylmorpholine is reported. Aryl bromides, iodides, and chlorides were efficiently reduced. Aryl dihalides containing two different halogen atoms underwent selective reduction: I over Br and Cl, and Br over Cl. Beyond these, aryl triflates were efficiently reduced. This combination was broadly general, effectuating reductions of benzylic halides and ethers, alkenes, alkynes, aldehydes, and azides, as well as for N-Cbz deprotection. A cyano group was unaffected, but a nitro group and a ketone underwent reduction to a low extent. When B2(OD)4 was used for aryl halide reduction, a significant amount of deuteriation occurred. However, H atom incorporation competed and increased in slower reactions. 4-Methylmorpholine was identified as a possible source of H atoms in this, but a combination of only 4-methylmorpholine and Pd/C did not result in reduction. Hydrogen gas has been observed to form with this reagent combination. Experiments aimed at understanding the chemistry led to the proposal of a plausible mechanism and to the identification of N,N-bis(methyl-d3)pyridin-4-amine (DMAP-d6) and B2(OD)4 as an effective combination for full aromatic deuteriation. (Figure presented.).
- Korvinson, Kirill A.,Akula, Hari K.,Malinchak, Casina T.,Sebastian, Dellamol,Wei, Wei,Khandaker, Tashrique A.,Andrzejewska, Magdalena R.,Zajc, Barbara,Lakshman, Mahesh K.
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p. 166 - 176
(2020/01/02)
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- Hydrodebromination of Aromatic Bromides Catalyzed by Unsupported Nanoporous Gold: Heterolytic Cleavage of Hydrogen Molecule
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Unsupported nanoporous gold (AuNPore) is a highly efficient, practically applicable, and recyclable catalyst for hydrodebromination of aromatic bromides. The AuNPore-catalyzed hydrodebromination of aromatic bromides proceeded smoothly at relatively low hydrogen pressure and temperature to achieve good to excellent yields of the corresponding non-bromine variants. The selective hydrodebromination reaction occurred exclusively in the coexistence of chlorine atom. For the first time, a mechanistic study revealed that the H?H bond splits in a heterolysis manner on the surface of AuNPore to generate Au?H hydride species.
- Bao, Ming,Feng, Xiujuan,Yamamoto, Yoshinori,Zhang, Sheng,Zhao, Yuhui
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p. 4951 - 4957
(2020/09/09)
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- Antiproliferative activity of diarylnaphthylpyrrolidine derivative via dual target inhibition
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of deaths in women globally. Present communication deals with design and synthesis of a few diarylnaphthyls as possible anti-breast cancer agents. Among the thirteen thirty three representatives with significant antiproliferative activity compounds 23 and 50 were quite efficacious against human breast cancer cells. Compound 50 induced apoptosis in both MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells and exerted S phase and G2/M phase arrest respectively via distinct mechanistic pathways. It showed moderate microtubule destabilization. Further, it exhibited DNA topoisomerase-II inhibition effect in MCF-7 cells. It was well tolerable and found safe up to 300 mg/kg dose in Swiss albino mice. The dual action antiproliferative effect of compound 50 is quite interesting and warrants for future development.
- Chanda, Debabrata,Dudi, Rajesh Kumar,Fatima, Kaneez,Iqbal, Hina,Khan, Feroz,Kumar, Yogesh,Luqman, Suaib,Mondhe, D. M.,Negi, Arvind S.,Shanker, Karuna,Tabassum, Misbah,Verma, Amit Kumar
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- Structural features and antioxidant activities of Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis) fruits lignin during auto-catalyzed ethanol organosolv pretreatment
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Chinese quince fruits (Chaenomeles sinensis) have an abundance of lignins with antioxidant activities. To facilitate the utilization of Chinese quince fruits, lignin was isolated from it by auto-catalyzed ethanol organosolv pretreatment. The effects of three processing conditions (temperature, time, and ethanol concentration) on yield, structural features and antioxidant activities of the auto-catalyzed ethanol organosolv lignin samples were assessed individually. Results showed the pretreatment temperature was the most significant factor; it affected the molecular weight, S/G ratio, number of β-O-4′ linkages, thermal stability, and antioxidant activities of lignin samples. According to the GPC analyses, the molecular weight of lignin samples had a negative correlation with pretreatment temperature. 2D-HSQC NMR and Py-GC/MS results revealed that the S/G ratios of lignin samples increased with temperature, while total phenolic hydroxyl content of lignin samples decreased. The structural characterization clearly indicated that the various pretreatment conditions affected the structures of organosolv lignin, which further resulted in differences in the antioxidant activities of the lignin samples. These results can be helpful for controlling and optimizing delignification during auto-catalyzed ethanol organosolv pretreatment, and they provide theoretical support for the potential applications of Chinese quince fruits lignin as a natural antioxidant in the food industry.
- Cheng, Xi-Chuang,Guo, Xin-Ran,Liu, Hua-Min,Liu, Yu-Lan,Qin, Zhao,Wang, Xue-De
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(2020/09/22)
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- Hydrodehalogenation of Aryl Halides through Direct Electrolysis
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A catalyst- and metal-free electrochemical hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides is disclosed. Our reaction by a flexible protocol is operated in an undivided cell equipped with an inexpensive graphite rod anode and cathode. Trialkylamines nBu3N/Et3N behave as effective reductants and hydrogen atom donors for this electrochemical reductive reaction. Various aryl and heteroaryl bromides worked effectively. The typically less reactive aryl chlorides and fluorides can also be smoothly converted. The utility of our method is demonstrated by detoxification of harmful pesticides and hydrodebromination of a dibrominated biphenyl (analogues of flame-retardants) in gram scale.
- Ke, Jie,Wang, Hongling,Zhou, Liejin,Mou, Chengli,Zhang, Jingjie,Pan, Lutai,Chi, Yonggui Robin
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p. 6911 - 6914
(2019/05/10)
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- Iron-catalyzed protodehalogenation of alkyl and aryl halides using hydrosilanes
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A simple and efficient iron-catalyzed protodehalogenation of alkyl and aryl halides using phenylhydrosilane is disclosed. The reaction utilizes FeCl3 without the requirement of ligands. Unactivated alkyl and aryl halides were successfully reduced in good yields; sterically hindered tertiary halides were also reduced including the less reactive chlorides. The scalability of this methodology was demonstrated by a gram-scale synthesis with a catalyst loading as low as 0.5 mol%. Notably, disproportionation of phenylsilane leads to diphenylsilane that further reduces the halides. Preliminary mechanistic studies revealed a non-radical pathway and the source of hydrogen is PhSiH3via deuterium labeling studies. Our methodology represents simplicity and provides a good alternative to typical tin, aluminum and boron hydride reagents.
- Pilli, Ramadevi,Balakrishnan, Venkadesh,Chandrasekaran, Revathi,Rasappan, Ramesh
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p. 1749 - 1753
(2019/02/20)
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- Rhodium-Catalyzed Pyridine N-Oxide Assisted Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reaction via C(O)-C Bond Activation
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A rhodium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction via C(O)-C bond activation to form 2-benzoylpyridine N-oxide derivatives is reported. Both the C(O)-C(sp2) and C(O)-C(sp3) bond could be activated during the reaction with yields up to 92%. The N-oxide moiety could be employed as a traceless directing group, leading to free pyridine ketones.
- Zhong, Jing,Long, Yang,Yan, Xufei,He, Shiyu,Ye, Runyou,Xiang, Haifeng,Zhou, Xiangge
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p. 9790 - 9794
(2019/12/24)
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- Hydro/deutero deamination of arylazo sulfones under metal and (photo)catalyst-free conditions
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Hydrodeaminated and monodeuterated aromatics were obtained via a visible-light driven reaction of arylazo sulfones. Deuteration occurs efficiently in deuterated media such as isopropanol-d8 or in THF-d8/water mixtures and exhibits a high tolerance to the nature and the position of the aromatic substituents.
- Amin, Hawraz I.M.,Raviola, Carlotta,Amin, Ahmed A.,Mannucci, Barbara,Protti, Stefano,Fagnoni, Maurizio
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- Ni: Vs. Pd in Suzuki-Miyaura sp2-sp2 cross-coupling: A head-to-head study in a comparable precatalyst/ligand system
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The Suzuki-Miyaura reaction is a cornerstone method for sp2-sp2 cross-coupling in industry. There has been a concerted effort to enable the use of Ni catalysis as an alternative to Pd in order to mitigate cost and improve sustainability. Despite significant advances, ligand development for Ni-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling remains underdeveloped when compared to Pd and, as a consequence, ligands for Ni-catalyzed processes are typically taken from the Pd arena. In this study we evaluate the effect of using a similar Ni and Pd precatalyst based on a common bidentate ligand (dppf) in a head-to-head format for the most common type of biaryl couplings, establishing the practical implications of direct replacement of Pd with Ni, and identifying the potential origins of these observations in a mechanistic context.
- West, Matthew J.,Watson, Allan J. B.
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p. 5055 - 5059
(2019/06/03)
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- Air-Stable Blue Phosphorescent Tetradentate Platinum(II) Complexes as Strong Photo-Reductant
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Strong photo-reductants have applications in photo-redox organic synthesis involving reductive activation of C?X(halide) and C=O bonds. We report herein air-stable PtII complexes supported by tetradentate bis(phenolate-NHC) ligands having peripheral electron-donating N-carbazolyl groups. Photo-physical, electrochemical, and computational studies reveal that the presence of N-carbazolyl groups enhances the light absorption and redox reversibility because of its involvement into the frontier MOs in both ground and excited states, making the complexes robust strong photo-reductant with E([Pt]+/*) over ?2.6 V vs. Cp2Fe+/0. The one-electron reduced [Pt]? species are stronger reductants with EPC([Pt]0/?) up to ?3.1 V vs. Cp2Fe+/0. By virtue of the strong reducing nature of these species generated upon light excitation, they can be used in light-driven reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds and reductive debromination of a wide range of unactivated aryl bromides.
- Li, Kai,Wan, Qingyun,Yang, Chen,Chang, Xiao-Yong,Low, Kam-Hung,Che, Chi-Ming
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p. 14129 - 14133
(2018/10/15)
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- NITROGEN-CONTAINING BIOPOLYMER-BASED CATALYSTS, THEIR PREPARATION AND USES IN HYDROGENATION PROCESSES, REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION AND OXIDATION
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The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a nitrogen containing biopolymer-based catalyst by pyrolysis of a metal complex with a nitrogen-containing biopolymer and to the nitrogen containing biopolymer-based catalysts obtainable by this process. In particular, the invention relates to a nitrogen containing biopolymer-based catalyst comprising metal particles and at least one nitrogen containing carbon layer. The invention also relates to the use of a nitrogen containing biopolymer-based catalyst in a hydrogenation process, preferably in a process for hydrogenation of nitroarenes, nitriles or imines; in a reductive dehalogenation process of C-X bonds, wherein X is CI, Br or I, preferably in a process for dehalogenation of organohalides or in a process for deuterium labelling of arenes via dehalogenation of organohalides; or in an oxidation process. Further, the invention relates to a metal complex with the nitrogen containing biopolymer, wherein the metal is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, ruthenium, cobalt, rhodium, nickel, palladium and platinum, preferably cobalt or nickel, and wherein the nitrogen containing biopolymer is selected from chitosan, chitin and a polyamino acid, preferably chitosan or chitin.
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- Efficient synthesis of α-substituted-α-arylmethyl phosphonates using trichloroacetimidate C–C coupling method
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A simple convenient protocol for the synthesis of diethyl α,α-diaryl methylphosphonate derivatives 5a-f, 6b-f, 7a-f and 8a-f, diethyl α-alkenyl α-aryl methylphosphonates 9a-d and 10a-d and α-(oxoalkyl) α-aryl methylphosphonate 11a-d and 12a-d is described. Trichloroacetimidates 3a-d were treated with activated arenes, styrene, allyltrimethylsilane or silylenol ethers C-nucleophiles in the presence TMSOTf to afford the desired products in good yields and short reaction time.
- Fathalla, Walid,Pazdera, Pavel,El-Rayes, Samir,Ali, Ibrahim.A.I.
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p. 1681 - 1691
(2018/03/01)
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- Three-dimensional composite of Co3O4 nanoparticles and nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide for lignin model compound oxidation
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A three-dimensional composite of Co3O4 nanoparticles and nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide (3D Co3O4/N-rGO) with a unique 3D porous structure was prepared, and its catalytic activity in lignin model compound oxidation was explored. The 3D Co3O4/N-rGO composite exhibits improved catalytic performance as compared to Co3O4 nanoparticles or 3D N-rGO in the oxidation of lignin model compounds. The higher catalytic activity of the 3D Co3O4/N-rGO composite is attributed to the combination of its porous structural features, large surface area that is provided by the 3D N-rGO matrix, and active Co3O4 nanoparticles doped on the N-rGO surface. The structural features of the 3D Co3O4/N-rGO are beneficial to reactant and product diffusion and transportation, and also are helpful in preventing aggregation of Co3O4 nanoparticles. In addition, the introduction of N atoms in rGO is also favorable for the formation of active oxygen species for the oxidation of model compounds. Given the high activity and the easy recovery from the reaction system, the 3D Co3O4/N-rGO composite should be applicable to non-noble metal catalytic systems for lignin model compounds.
- Zhang, Jiali,Zhang, Fangwei,Guo, Shouwu,Zhang, Jingyan
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(2018/07/05)
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- Modular synthesis of polymers containing 2,5-di(thiophenyl)-N-arylpyrrole
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A modular and facile route has been developed to synthesize functionalized 2,5-di(thiophen-2-yl)-1-H-arylpyrroles from readily available starting materials. These units are compatible with various polymerization conditions and are versatile building blocks for conjugated polymers. The polymers show high thermal stability and solubility in a number of solvents. Characterization of the polymers reveals a correlation between molecular packing, controllable by polymer design, and charge carrier mobility.
- Truong, Tran N. B.,Savagatrup, Suchol,Jeon, Intak,Swager, Timothy M.
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p. 1133 - 1139
(2018/03/27)
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- Trimetazidine hydrochloride intermediate preparation method
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The invention discloses a trimetazidine hydrochloride intermediate preparation method. The method takes 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene (II) as a starting raw material; a nucleophilic substitution reaction is performed under catalysis of a catalyst in a methanol solution of sodium methylate for obtaining an intermediate (III); and then a Duff reaction is performed on the intermediate (III), and finally an intermediate (I) is obtained. The solvent used in the method provided by the invention has low toxicity, and can be recycled and reused, so that the three-waste (waste gas, waste water and industrial residue) emission is reduced. The method simplifies the operation steps, reduces the production cost and is more beneficial to industrial reactions. The post-treatment process of the method is simpler, so that on the basis of increasing impurity removing efficiency, the complexity of the technological process is reduced further.
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- A Biomass-Derived Non-Noble Cobalt Catalyst for Selective Hydrodehalogenation of Alkyl and (Hetero)Aryl Halides
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Hydrodehalogenation is a straightforward approach for detoxifications of harmful anthropogenic organohalide-based pollutants, as well as removal of halide protecting groups used in multistep syntheses. A novel sustainable catalytic material was prepared from biowaste (chitosan) in combination with an earth-abundant cobalt salt. The heterogeneous catalyst was fully characterized by transmission electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, and successfully applied to hydrodehalogenation of alkyl and (hetero)aryl halides with broad scope (>40 examples) and excellent chemoselectivity using molecular hydrogen as a reductant. The general usefulness of this method is demonstrated by successful detoxification of non-degradable pesticides and fire retardants. Moreover, the potential of the catalyst as a deprotection tool is demonstrated in a multistep synthesis of (±)-peronatin B (alkaloid).
- Sahoo, Basudev,Surkus, Annette-Enrica,Pohl, Marga-Martina,Radnik, J?rg,Schneider, Matthias,Bachmann, Stephan,Scalone, Michelangelo,Junge, Kathrin,Beller, Matthias
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p. 11242 - 11247
(2017/09/02)
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- Masked N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Alkylation of Phenols with Organic Carbonates
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An easily prepared masked N-heterocyclic carbene, 1,3-dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate (DMI-CO2), was investigated as a “green” and inexpensive organocatalyst for the alkylation of phenols. The process made use of various low-toxicity and renewable alkylating agents, such as dimethyl- and diethyl carbonate, in a focused microwave reactor. DMI-CO2 was found to be a very active catalyst and excellent yields of a range of aryl alkyl ethers were obtained under relatively benign conditions. The observed difference in the conversion behavior of phenol methylation, in the presence of either the carbene or 1,8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene (DBU) catalyst, was rationalized on the basis of mechanistic investigations. The primary mode of action for the N-heterocyclic carbene is nucleophilic catalysis. Activation of the dialkyl carbonate electrophile results in concomitant evolution of an organo-soluble alkoxide, which deprotonates the phenolic starting material. In contrast, DBU is initially protonated by the phenol and thus consumed. Subsequent regeneration and participation in nucleophilic catalysis only becomes significant after some phenolate alkylation occurs.
- Lui, Matthew Y.,Yuen, Alexander K. L.,Masters, Anthony F.,Maschmeyer, Thomas
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- A 2, 3, 4-trimethoxybenzene process for the preparation of formaldehyde
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The invention relates to a method for preparing 2, 3, 4-trimethoxybenzaldehyde which is a medical intermediate. The method includes that a coking gallic acid is utilized as a raw material, dimethyl sulfate is utilized as an alkylate reagent, under the condition of existence of sodium hydroxide, methylation is performed through an O-alkylation reaction to obtain an intermediate 1, 2, 3-trimethoxybenzene, and the 1 ,2, 3-trimethoxybenzene and a Vilsmeier-Haack reagent are subjected to a formylation reaction to obtain the 2, 3, 4-trimethoxybenzaldehyde. The method for preparing the 2, 3, 4-trimethoxybenzaldehyde has the advantages that the product purity is above 99%, the total yield reaches to 73%, raw materials are easy to obtain, and the method is suitable for industrial production.
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- Process technology for producing 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene directly from gallic acid
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The invention discloses a process technology for producing 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene directly from gallic acid. According to the process technology, 325 kg of gallic acid monohydrate is put in a 2,000-L reaction tank, conduction oil is used for heating, the temperature is controlled at 220-240 DEG C, a decarboxylation reaction is conducted for 30-35 minutes, and decarboxylation is completed when it is observed that no bubble is generated on the liquid level; decarboxylation liquid is put in a reaction tank, the temperature is dropped to 35-45 DEG C, 2 kg of the catalyst tetrabutylammonium bromide is added, 5 kg of activated carbon is added after methylation is conducted three times, filter-pressing is conducted after the temperature is kept for 20-40 min, and 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene is obtained. By means of the process technology, resources are effectively saved, the yield of primary products is raised, production cost is lowered, the market competitiveness of the products is improved, economic benefits are increased, and high practical value and market application prospects are achieved.
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- Preparation of Vinyl Arenes by Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Aryl Halides with Vinyl Bromides
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This work emphasizes the synthesis of substituted vinyl arenes by reductive coupling of aryl halides with vinyl bromides under mild and easy-to-operate nickel-catalyzed reaction conditions. A broad range of aryl halides, including heteroaromatics, and vinyl bromides were employed to yielding products in moderate to excellent yields with high functional-group tolerance. The nickel-catalytic system displays good chemoselectivity between the two C(sp2)-halide coupling partners, thus demonstrating a mechanistic pathway distinct from other stepwise protocols.
- Liu, Jiandong,Ren, Qinghua,Zhang, Xinghua,Gong, Hegui
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p. 15544 - 15548
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- Radical Hydrodeiodination of Aryl, Alkenyl, Alkynyl, and Alkyl Iodides with an Alcoholate as Organic Chain Reductant through Electron Catalysis
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A simple and efficient method for radical hydrodeiodination is reported. The novel approach uses electron catalysis. In situ generated Na-alcoholates are introduced as radical chain reducing reagents and reactions work with O2as cheap initiator. Hydrodeiodination works on aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl iodides and a tert-alkyl iodide also gets reduced applying the method. Albeit less general, the method is also applicable to the reduction of aryl bromides. The novel reagent is successfully used to conduct typical reductive radical cyclization reactions and mechanistic studies are reported.
- Dewanji, Abhishek,Mück-Lichtenfeld, Christian,Studer, Armido
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p. 6749 - 6752
(2016/06/09)
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- Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Fibrous Silica (KCC-1-PEI/Pd): A Sustainable Nanocatalyst for Decarbonylation Reactions
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A practical and convenient decarbonylation of a variety of aromatic, heteroaromatic, and alkenyl aldehydes by using palladium nanoparticles supported on novel, fibrous nanosilica, named KCC-1-PEI/Pd, has been developed. Complete conversion of aldehyde functionalities into deformylated products was achieved in all cases and in nearly all cycles tested by reusing the catalyst systems. This method eliminates further purification of products after their isolation. Syntheses of at least three different deformylated products have been shown in sequence with the same catalyst system, which neither requires use of any additives, such as oxidants and bases, nor CO scavengers.
- Kundu, Pintu K.,Dhiman, Mahak,Modak, Atanu,Chowdhury, Arindam,Polshettiwar, Vivek,Maiti, Debabrata
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- Are of a kind of preparation are connected and method
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The invention belongs to the field of marine chemical industry medicine intermediates, and particularly relates to a method for preparing pyrogallol and phloroglucinol, wherein the preparation route that trimethoxybenzaldehyde is subjected to catalysis decarbonylation under a hydrogen atmosphere is adopted, the modified raney nickel is adopted as a catalyst to carry out a catalysis decarbonylation reaction in a solvent, the modified raney nickel is subjected to bulk phase and surface modification based on the conventional raney nickel preparation method, the modified component is one or a plurality of materials selected from Mn, Fe, Cr, Mo, Ti and W, and the modified component content (wt) is 0.5-10 wt%. The method has characteristics of environmental protection, easy operation, wide raw material source, short reaction step, simple catalyst preparation and capability of being repeatedly applied multiple times, and is suitable for industrialization.
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- Base-catalysed cleavage of lignin β-O-4 model compounds in dimethyl carbonate
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A base-catalysed transformation and cleavage of lignin β-O-4 model compounds in dimethyl carbonate is reported. The reaction system consists of readily available bases and inexpensive dimethyl carbonate as a solvent and reagent, affording methoxy benzene or 2-aryloxyvinyl benzene derivatives in good to very good yields. The applicability of the system for the bond cleavage in an organosolv lignin sample was demonstrated.
- Dabral, Saumya,Mottweiler, Jakob,Rinesch, Torsten,Bolm, CarstenU
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p. 4908 - 4912
(2015/11/11)
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- Experimental and theoretical mechanistic investigation of the iridium-catalyzed dehydrogenative decarbonylation of primary alcohols
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The mechanism for the iridium-BINAP catalyzed dehydrogenative decarbonylation of primary alcohols with the liberation of molecular hydrogen and carbon monoxide was studied experimentally and computationally. The reaction takes place by tandem catalysis through two catalytic cycles involving dehydrogenation of the alcohol and decarbonylation of the resulting aldehyde. The square planar complex IrCl(CO)(rac-BINAP) was isolated from the reaction between [Ir(cod)Cl]2, rac-BINAP, and benzyl alcohol. The complex was catalytically active and applied in the study of the individual steps in the catalytic cycles. One carbon monoxide ligand was shown to remain coordinated to iridium throughout the reaction, and release of carbon monoxide was suggested to occur from a dicarbonyl complex. IrH2Cl(CO)(rac-BINAP) was also synthesized and detected in the dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol. In the same experiment, IrHCl2(CO)(rac-BINAP) was detected from the release of HCl in the dehydrogenation and subsequent reaction with IrCl(CO)(rac-BINAP). This indicated a substitution of chloride with the alcohol to form a square planar iridium alkoxo complex that could undergo a β-hydride elimination. A KIE of 1.0 was determined for the decarbonylation and 1.42 for the overall reaction. Electron rich benzyl alcohols were converted faster than electron poor alcohols, but no electronic effect was found when comparing aldehydes of different electronic character. The lack of electronic and kinetic isotope effects implies a rate-determining phosphine dissociation for the decarbonylation of aldehydes.
- Olsen, Esben P. K.,Singh, Thishana,Harris, Pernille,Andersson, Pher G.,Madsen, Robert
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p. 834 - 842
(2015/01/30)
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- Application of cooperative iron/copper catalysis to a palladium-free borylation of aryl bromides with pinacolborane
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A new cooperative copper/iron catalysis for the borylation of various aryl bromides with pinacolborane, at -10 °C, is reported. Use of the toxic, precious metal Pd is avoided. The mechanism of the protodebromination side reaction is discussed.
- Labre, Flavien,Gimbert, Yves,Bannwarth, Pierre,Olivero, Sandra,Dunach, Elisabet,Chavant, Pierre Y.
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supporting information
p. 2366 - 2369
(2014/05/20)
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- Exploring the reactivity of nickel complexes in hydrodecyanation reactions
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In the present study, the nickel-catalyzed hydrodecyanation of organic cyanides with lithium borohydride as a cheap hydride source has been examined in detail. As precatalysts straightforward nickel complexes modified by tridentate O,N,O′-ligands and triphenylphosphane as co-ligand have been applied. Noteworthy, excellent yields and chemoselectivities were feasible for a variety of organic cyanides at low catalyst loadings and low temperature (70 C) within short reaction time (3 h).
- Enthaler, Stephan,Weidauer, Maik,Irran, Elisabeth,Epping, Jan Dirk,Kretschmer, Robert,Someya, Chika I.
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p. 262 - 274
(2013/10/01)
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- Csp2-N bond formation via ligand-free Pd-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction of N -tosylhydrazones and indole derivatives
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In a fresh approach to the synthesis of N-vinylazoles, a ligand-free palladium catalytic system was found to promote the Csp2-N bond-forming reaction utilizing N-tosylhydrazones and N-H azoles. This process shows functional group tolerance; di-, tri-, and tetrasubstituted N-vinylazoles were obtained in high yields. Under the optimized conditions, the reaction proceeds with high stereoselectivity depending on the nature of the coupling partners.
- Roche, Maxime,Frison, Gilles,Brion, Jean-Daniel,Provot, Olivier,Hamze, Abdallah,Alami, Mouad
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p. 8485 - 8495
(2013/09/24)
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- A closer look at the bromine-lithium exchange with tert-butyllithium in an aryl sulfonamide synthesis
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A practical protocol for the one-pot synthesis of various aryl sulfonamides, notably of pyridine-core-substituted 7-azaindolyl sulfonamides, is described. A key step is the well-known bromine-lithium exchange reaction of an aryl bromide with tert-butyllithium (t-BuLi). Differing from the common practice to use 2 or more equiv of organolithium, the exact amount of t-BuLi needed for a sufficient exchange reaction is determined for each aryl bromide in a GC-MS-assisted experiment.
- Waldmann, Christopher,Schober, Otmar,Haufe, Guenter,Kopka, Klaus
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p. 2954 - 2957
(2013/07/26)
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- An efficient dehydroxymethylation reaction by a palladium catalyst
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A general method for selective dehydroxymethylation has been discovered by using widely available Pd(OAc)2. The present study offers a new synthetic strategy for the regioselective functionalization by employing the steric, electronic and coordinating nature of the hydroxymethyl (-CH 2OH) group temporarily.
- Modak, Atanu,Naveen, Togati,Maiti, Debabrata
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supporting information
p. 252 - 254
(2013/02/22)
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- Iridium-catalyzed dehydrogenative decarbonylation of primary alcohols with the liberation of syngas
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A new iridium-catalyzed reaction in which molecular hydrogen and carbon monoxide are cleaved from primary alcohols in the absence of any stoichiometric additives has been developed. The dehydrogenative decarbonylation was achieved with a catalyst generated in situ from [Ir(coe)2Cl]2 (coe=cyclooctene) and racemic 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl (rac-BINAP) in a mesitylene solution saturated with water. A catalytic amount of lithium chloride was also added to improve the catalyst turnover. The reaction has been applied to a variety of primary alcohols and gives rise to products in good to excellent yields. Ethers, esters, imides, and aryl halides are stable under the reaction conditions, whereas olefins are partially saturated. The reaction is believed to proceed by two consecutive organometallic transformations that are catalyzed by the same iridium(I)-BINAP species. First, dehydrogenation of the primary alcohol to the corresponding aldehyde takes place, which is then followed by decarbonylation to the product with one less carbon atom.
- Olsen, Esben P. K.,Madsen, Robert
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supporting information
p. 16023 - 16029
(2013/02/22)
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- Regioselective cross-coupling of allylboronic acid pinacol ester derivatives with aryl halides via Pd-PEPPSI-IPent
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The cross-coupling reactions of allylboronic acid pinacol ester derivatives with aryl and heteroaryl halides occurred with high selectivity (>97%) at the α-carbon of the allylboron reagent in the presence of Pd-PEPPSI-IPent precatalyst and 5 M KOH in refluxing THF. In the case of trisubstituted allylboronates with different substituents on the olefin, minor olefin geometry isomerization was observed (E/Z & 80/20).
- Farmer, Jennifer L.,Hunter, Howard N.,Organ, Michael G.
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supporting information
p. 17470 - 17473
(2013/01/15)
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- Decarboxylative etherification of aromatic carboxylic acids
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Decarboxylative Chan-Evans-Lam-type couplings are presented as a new strategy for the regiospecific construction of diaryl and alkyl aryl ethers starting from easily available aromatic carboxylic acids. They allow converting various aromatic carboxylate salts into the corresponding aryl ethers by reaction with alkyl orthosilicates or aryl borates, under aerobic conditions in the presence of silver carbonate as the decarboxylation catalyst and copper acetate as the cross-coupling catalyst.
- Bhadra, Sukalyan,Dzik, Wojciech I.,Goossen, Lukas J.
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p. 9938 - 9941
(2012/08/08)
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- A general and efficient aldehyde decarbonylation reaction by using a palladium catalyst
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A facile decarbonylation reaction of aldehydes has been developed by employing Pd(OAc)2. A wide variety of substrates are decarbonylated, without using any exogenous ligand for palladium as well as CO-scavenger.
- Modak, Atanu,Deb, Arghya,Patra, Tuhin,Rana, Sujoy,Maity, Soham,Maiti, Debabrata
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 4253 - 4255
(2012/05/04)
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- Microwave-assisted palladium mediated decarbonylation reaction: Synthesis of eulatachromene
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Microwave-assisted decarbonylation reactions were investigated using a palladium catalyst. A large number of aldehydes can be decarbonylated efficiently with lower catalyst loadings and under shorter reaction times compared to conventional heating. A successful decarbonylation led to the synthesis of natural product eulatachromene in three steps starting from easily available materials.
- Akanksha,Maiti, Debabrata
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experimental part
p. 2314 - 2320
(2012/09/21)
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- Asymmetric synthesis of the natural erythro-(1R,2S)-8-O-4′-neolignan myrislignan
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An efficient and practical asymmetric synthesis of erythro-(1R,2S)-8-O- 4′-neolignan myrislignan was achieved by using vanillin and pyrogallic acid as the starting materials. Two key steps are involved: preparation of an enantiopure threo alcohol of predictable stereochemistry by dihydroxylation with AD-mix-β, and inversion of the absolute configuration from the threo to the erythro isomer using a Mitsunobu reaction. The route illustrates a new methodology for the synthesis of erythro-8-O-4′-neolignan. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
- Xia,Wang, Wei
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p. 93 - 96
(2011/10/01)
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- Synthesis of (1R,2S)-2-(4'-allyl-2',6'-dimethoxyphenoxyl)-1-(4''-hydroxy- 3'', 5''-dimethoxyphenyl)propan-1-ol
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The asymmetric synthesis of the natural neolignan (1R,2S)-2-(4'-allyl-2', 6'-dimethoxyphenoxyl)-1-(4''-hydroxy-3'',5''- dimethoxyphenyl)propan-1-ol based on an asymmetric dihydroxylation as a key reaction using AD-mix-β to preparing the chiral threo-(1R,2R)-glycerol. The reaction, threo-alcohols were inverted by an SN2 reaction into erythro-(1R,2S)-isomers.
- Ding, Junwei,Qi, Rongwei,Zhou, Haitang,Jiao, Bin,Xia, Yamu
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p. 519 - 521
(2011/11/29)
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- A new shortcut synthesis route for (±)raphidecursinol
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The new shortcut synthesis route of (±)raphidecursinol 1, a racemic 8,4′-oxyneolignan compound, can be more easily achieved by the synthesis route, starting from readily available inexpensive 3,4,5-trimethoxy-benzaldehyde and 1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene. All structures were confirmed by 1H NMR, IR and MS.
- Yuan, Hua Jie,Cheng, Yao Yao,Qian, Shan,Xiao, Xiang,Wu, Yong
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p. 127 - 130
(2010/11/18)
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- Flavonoids in the poisonous plant oxytropis falcata
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Three new flavonoids, oxytropisoflavans A (1) and B (2) and (6aR,11aR)-3,8-dihydroxy-9,10-dimethoxypterocarpan (3), together with 30 known flavonoids (4-33), were isolated from the aerial parts and roots of Oxytropis falcata. The absolute configurations of 3 and C-3 in 1 and 2 were deduced by circular dichroism. The structure of flavonoid 2 was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and that of flavonoid 3 by total synthesis of its racemate. Oxytropisoflavan A (1) is an unprecedented chalcan-isoflavan biflavonoid, whereas oxytropisoflavan B (2) possesses a rare modified A-ring. Pterocarpan 3 has good radical-scavenging activity in the 1,1-diphenyl-2- picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay.
- Chen, Wen-Hao,Wang, Rui,Shi, Yan-Ping
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p. 1398 - 1403
(2010/10/21)
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- Novel 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazole derivatives: Synthesis and antiproliferative activity
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Microwave irradiation promotes the rapid O,N-acylation-cyclodehydration cascade reaction of oximes and acid chloride. Twenty novel 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazole derivatives containing heterocycle moiety were synthesized and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity. The twenty compounds are all first reported and their structures were established by elemental analysis, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra. The bioassay tests showed that compounds 2-(2-(2-fluorophenyl)-4-(2,3,4-trimethoxyphenyl)oxazol-5-ylthio)benzo[d]thiazole (6af), 2-(2-(pyridin-3-yl)-4-(2,3,4-trimethoxyphenyl)oxazol-5-ylthio)pyrimidine (6bg) and 2-(2-(2-fluorophenyl)-4-(2,3,4-trimethoxyphenyl)oxazol-5-ylthio)-5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole (6cf) displayed good antiproliferative activity in vitro, which were comparable to the positive control (5-fluorouracil).
- Liu, Xin-Hua,Lv, Peng-Cheng,Xue, Jia-Yu,Song, Bao-An,Zhu, Hai-Liang
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experimental part
p. 3930 - 3935
(2009/12/04)
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- Thieme journal awardees - Where are they now? on cobalt-catalyzed biaryl coupling reactions
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An operationally simple biaryl coupling reaction has been developed. The underlying domino process involves in situ Grignard formation from aryl bromides and subsequent homocoupling with catalytic CoCl2 and 1 bar synthetic air as terminal oxidant. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
- Mayer, Matthias,Czaplik, Waldemar Maximilian,Jacobi Von Wangelin, Axel
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experimental part
p. 2919 - 2923
(2010/01/21)
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- Kinetics of bromine-magnesium exchange reactions in substituted bromobenzenes
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Competition experiments have been performed to determine the relative reactivities of substituted bromobenzenes, bromonaphthalenes, and 9-bromoanthracene toward i-PrMgCl·;LiCl in THF at 0 °C. The rates of the bromine-magnesium exchange reactions are accelerated by electron-acceptor substituents, the activating efficiency of which increases in the order para 2 = 0.83) with the proton affinities of analogously substituted aryllithiums (slope 0.8). The kinetics of two representative bromoarenes with i-PrMgCl·LiCl were found to be first-order in both bromoarene and i-PrMgCl·LiCl. Combination of the resulting second-order rate constants with the krel values from competition experiments allowed us to calculate reaction times for the bromine-magnesium exchange reactions of a large variety of bromoarenes.
- Shi, Lei,Chu, Yuanyuan,Knoechel, Paul,Mayr, Herbert
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p. 2760 - 2764
(2009/08/15)
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- Sequential Ni-catalyzed borylation and cross-coupling of aryl halides via in situ prepared neopentylglycolborane
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(Chemical Equation Presented) A procedure for NiCl2(dppp)- catalyzed pinacolborylation and neopentylglycolborylation that utilizes in situ prepared inexpensive pinacolborane and neopentylglycolborane is reported. The scope of this reaction was demonstrated with a variety of aryl bromides and iodides. The resulting aryl neopentylglycolboronic esters undergo a NiCl 2(dppe)-catalyzed cross-coupling with aryl halides, resulting in an extremely efficient and cost-effective method for the synthesis of functional biaryls, dendritic building blocks, and other complex architectures.
- Rosen, Brad M.,Huang, Chenghong,Percec, Virgil
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 2597 - 2600
(2009/05/27)
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- Mechanistic study of a Pd/C-catalyzed reduction of aryl sulfonates using the Mg-MeOH-NH4OAc system
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A method for the deoxygenation of phenolic hydroxy groups via aryl triflates or mesylates has been established by using a combination of Pd/ C-Mg-MeOH. The addition of NH4OAc to the system markedly accelerated the reaction rate and expanded the scope of the reaction. Mechanistic studies suggested that a single-electron transfer process from the Pd0 center to the benzene ring is involved in the reduction of aryl sulfonates and that NH4OAc works as a solubilization re agent of the Mg salt and as an accelerator of the electron transfer, thus enhancing the reaction process. Our method was also applicable to the regioselective deuteration of benzene derivatives with CH3OD as the solvent and deuterium source: the original hydroxy group could be efficiently replaced with a deuterium atom.
- Mori, Akinori,Mizusaki, Tomoteru,Ikawa, Takashi,Maegawa, Tomohiro,Monguchi, Yasunari,Sajiki, Hironao
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p. 1432 - 1441
(2008/02/04)
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- A practical palladium catalyzed dehalogenation of aryl halides and α-haloketones
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A practical and high-yielding protocol for the dehalogenation of aromatic halides is presented. In the presence of palladium acetate, triphenylphosphine, and potassium carbonate, a number of highly functionalized aromatic halides as well as α-haloketones were dehalogenated with alcohols as hydrogen donors.
- Chen, Jingbo,Zhang, Yushun,Yang, Liquan,Zhang, Xiang,Liu, Jianping,Li, Liang,Zhang, Hongbin
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p. 4266 - 4270
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