1266928-10-2Relevant articles and documents
Selective catalytic synthesis of α-alkylated ketones and β-disubstituted ketones via acceptorless dehydrogenative cross-coupling of alcohols
Bhattacharyya, Dipanjan,Sarmah, Bikash Kumar,Nandi, Sekhar,Srivastava, Hemant Kumar,Das, Animesh
supporting information, p. 869 - 875 (2021/02/06)
Herein, a phosphine-free pincer ruthenium(III) catalyzed β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols to α-alkylated ketones and two different secondary alcohols to β-branched ketones are reported. Notably, this transformation is environmentally benign and atom efficient with H2O and H2 gas as the only byproducts. The protocol is extended to gram-scale reaction and for functionalization of complex vitamin E and cholesterol derivatives.
Catalyst-free chemoselective conjugate addition and reduction of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds: Via a controllable boration/protodeboronation cascade pathway
Huang, Xi,Hu, Junjie,Wu, Mengying,Wang, Jiayi,Peng, Yanqing,Song, Gonghua
, p. 255 - 260 (2018/01/12)
A novel, efficient transition-metal-free and controllable boration/protodeboronation strategy has been developed for the chemoselective conjugate addition and 1,4-reduction of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Without any metal-catalyst or base, a series of β-boration products of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds was easily obtained in moderate to excellent yields in a mixed solvent of ethanol and water. The presence of a catalytic amount of Cs2CO3 can effectively induce further protodeboronation reaction towards 1,4-reduction products at higher reaction temperature. Therefore, by slightly changing the reaction conditions, the boration or reduction products of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds can be controllably obtained. Mechanistic studies revealed that Cs2CO3 played the key role in activating the protodeboronation step. This transition-metal-catalyst-free and product controllable method provides a useful and eco-friendly tool for the highly chemoselective preparation of the β-boration products and 1,4-reduction products of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.
