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Upstream product

• 22966-10-5 (E)-3-(2-bromophenyl)-1-phenylprop-2-en-1-one 
• 98-86-2 acetophenone 
• 6630-33-7 ortho-bromobenzaldehyde 
• 167367-47-7 (E)-1-bromo-2-(3'-hydroxy-3'-phenylprop-1'-enyl)benzene 
• 4393-06-0 1-Phenyl-2-propen-1-ol 
• 583-55-1 1-Bromo-2-iodobenzene 
• 107408-16-2 3-(o-bromophenyl)propanal 
• 873-77-8 (4-chlorphenyl)magnesium bromide 
• 100-58-3 phenylmagnesium bromide 
• 98-85-1 1-Phenylethanol 
• 18982-54-2 o-bromobenzyl alcohol 

Downstream Products

• 494-12-2 flavan 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Lewis Acid Mediated Domino Intramolecular Cyclization: Synthesis of Dihydrobenzo[ a]fluorenes

An efficient and facile method for the regioselective synthesis of novel dihydrobenzo[a]fluorenes from readily accessible alkynols is presented. The current strategy triggers the formation of a dual C-C bond intramolecularly via Lewis acid catalysis under mild reaction conditions. Notably, secondary as well as tertiary alcohols bearing an alkyne moiety have been smoothly transformed into the corresponding products. As a result, novel tetracyclic dihydrobenzo[a]fluorenes have been accomplished using this approach.

One pot tandem dual CC and CO bond reductions in the β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols by ruthenium complexes of amido and picolyl functionalized N-heterocyclic carbenes

Two different classes of ruthenium complexes, namely, [1-mesityl-3-(2,6-Me2-phenylacetamido)-imidazol-2-ylidene]Ru(p-cymene)Cl (1c) and {[1-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-3-(2,6-Me2-phenyl)-imidazol-2-ylidene]Ru(p-cymene)Cl}Cl (2c), successfully catalyzed the one-pot tandem alcohol-alcohol coupling reactions of a variety of secondary and primary alcohols, in moderate to good yields of ca. 63-89%. The mechanistic investigation performed on two representative catalytic substrates, 1-phenylethanol and benzyl alcohol using the neutral ruthenium (1c) complex showed that the catalysis proceeded via a partially reduced CC hydrogenated carbonyl species, [PhCOCH2CH2Ph] (3′), to the fully reduced CO and CC hydrogenated secondary alcohol, [PhCH(OH)CH2CH2Ph] (3). Furthermore, the time dependent study showed that the major product of the catalysis modulated between (3′) and (3) during the catalysis run performed over an extended period of 120 hours. Finally, the practical utility of the alcohol-alcohol coupling reaction was demonstrated by preparing five different flavan derivatives (13-17) related to various bioactive flavonoid natural products, in a one-pot tandem fashion.

Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular C(sp3)?H Insertion by Decarbenation of Cycloheptatrienes

A novel synthesis of indanes and dihydronaphtalenes based on the intramolecular insertion into C(sp3)?H bonds of gold(I) carbenes generated by retro-Buchner reaction (decarbenation) has been developed. Deuterium-labeling and kinetic isotope effect experiments, DFT calculations, and generation of the proposed carbene intermediate from a well-characterized gold(I) carbenoid support the involvement of a three-center concerted mechanism for the C(sp3)?H functionalization process.

Manganese-Catalyzed β-Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols with Primary Alcohols under Phosphine-Free Conditions

Manganese(I) complexes bearing a pyridyl-supported pyrazolyl-imidazolyl ligand efficiently catalyzed the direct β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols under phosphine-free conditions. The β-alkylated secondary alcohols were obtained in moderate to good yields with water formed as the byproduct through a borrowing hydrogen pathway. β-Alkylation of cholesterols was also effectively achieved. The present protocol provides a concise atom-economical method for C-C bond formation from primary and secondary alcohols.

Synthesis of 2-aryl-substituted chromans by intramolecular C-O bond formation

A synthetic route for the preparation of 2-aryl-substituted chromans from commercially available starting materials and utilizing either a palladium- or copper-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of aryl bromides is described. Chromans with stereocontrol at C-2 can thus be obtained via a palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic etherification procedure utilizing a chiral indole-phosphine oxazoline (IndPHOX) ligand. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.