141632-19-1Relevant articles and documents
Direct Wittig Olefination of Alcohols
Li, Qiang-Qiang,Shah, Zaher,Qu, Jian-Ping,Kang, Yan-Biao
, p. 296 - 302 (2018)
A base-promoted transition metal-free approach to substituted alkenes using alcohols under aerobic conditions using air as the inexpensive and clean oxidant is described. Aldehydes are relatively difficult to handle compared to corresponding alcohols due to their volatility and penchant to polymerize and autoxidize. Wittig ylides are easily oxidized to aldehydes and consequently form homo-olefination products. By the strategy of simultaneously in situ generation of ylides and aldehydes, for the first time, alcohols are directly transferred to olefins with no need of prepreparation of either aldehydes or ylides. Thus, the di/monocontrollable olefination of diols is accomplished. This synthetically practical method has been applied in the gram-scale synthesis of pharmaceuticals, such as DMU-212 and resveratrol from alcohols.
Preparation of Vinyl Arenes by Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Aryl Halides with Vinyl Bromides
Liu, Jiandong,Ren, Qinghua,Zhang, Xinghua,Gong, Hegui
, p. 15544 - 15548 (2016/12/09)
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.
