1313370-94-3

Upstream product

• 32857-63-9 4-t-butylphenylacetic acid 
• 3549-23-3 methyl 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)acetate 

Downstream Products

• 1313370-86-3 methyl 1-(4-(tert-butyl)phenyl)-2-methyl-3-phenylcycloprop-2-enecarboxylate 
• 1613403-67-0 (2E,4E)-methyl 2-(4-(tert-butyl)phenyl)-5-phenylpenta-2,4-dienoate 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Silver-mediated direct trifluoromethoxylation of α-diazo esters: Via the -OCF3 anion

Silver-mediated direct trifluoromethoxylation of α-diazo esters and ketosteroid was disclosed. The reactions of alkyl α-diazo arylacetates with AgOCF3 or CF3SO2OCF3/AgF at -30 to 10 °C under a N2 atmosphere provided α-trifluoromethoxyl arylacetates in up to 90% yield, while alkyl α-diazo vinylacetates reacting with CF3SO2OCF3/AgF or AgOCF3 afforded γ-trifluoromethoxyl α,β-unsaturated esters in up to 94% yield. The α-diazo ketosteroid was also trifluoromethoxylated under the standard reaction conditions. This protocol allows for an effective and convenient access to a large number of synthetic building blocks, which are promising in the development of new functional OCF3-molecules.

B(C6F5)3-catalyzed O-H insertion reactions of diazoalkanes with phosphinic acids

A highly efficient base-, metal-, and oxidant-free catalytic O-H insertion reaction of diazoalkanes and phosphinic acids in the presence of B(C6F5)3has been developed. This powerful methodology provides a green approach towards the synthesis of a broad spectrum of α-phosphoryloxy carbonyl compounds with good to excellent yields (up to 99% yield). The protocol features the advantages of operational simplicity, high atom economy, practicality, easy scalability and environmental friendliness.

B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed site-selective N1-alkylation of benzotriazoles with diazoalkanes

Alkylation of benzotriazoles is synthetically challenging, often leading to mixtures of N1 and N2 alkylation. Herein, metal-free catalytic site-selective N1-alkylation of benzotriazoles with diazoalkanes is described in the presence of 10 mol% of B(C6F5)3. These reactions provide N1-alkylated benzotriazoles in good to excellent yields and this protocol is successfully adapted to gram-scale syntheses as well as a derivative with antimicrobial activity.

Blue LED Induced Manganese (I) Catalysed Direct C2?H Activation of Pyrroles with Aryl Diazoesters

Herein, we have reported a blue LED mediated manganese pentacarbonyl bromide catalysed incorporation of carbene moieties from aryl diazoesters onto 1H-pyrroles via their selective C2?H activation. A manganese metal-carbene has been identified as the active catalyst to facilitate the reaction. Eighteen mono substituted pyrrole derivatives were isolated in good to excellent yields (67→82%) and the disubstituted products were also formed in minor quantities (5 to 8%). HPLC based kinetics study enabled optimization of the reaction. Control experiments, FT-IR, NMR and GC-MS based characterization elucidated the putative reaction mechanism. (Figure presented.).

Blue Light-Emitting Diode-Mediated in Situ Generation of Pyridinium and Isoquinolinium Ylides from Aryl Diazoesters: Their Application in the Synthesis of Diverse Dihydroindolizine

Blue light-emitting diode-mediated environmentally sustainable three component reactions among pyridine/isoquinoline 1/2, aryl diazoesters 3, and acrylic ester/3-alkenyl oxindoles 5/6 provide various dihydroindolizines 7 to 9 in excellent yield. The principle of the strategy is photolytic generation of nitrogen ylides from N-heteroarenes and aryl diazoesters and their subsequent [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction with dipolarophiles. Detailed mechanistic analysis of the transformation through control experiments establishes this strategy as the foundation for the photolytic multicomponent reaction.

Pd-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Olefination: Stereoselective Synthesis of Polysubstituted Butadienes and Macrocyclic P-glycoprotein Inhibitors

The efficient and stereoselective synthesis of polysubstituted butadienes, especially the multifunctional butadienes, represents a great challenge in organic synthesis. Herein, we wish to report a distinctive Pd(0) carbene-initiated decarboxylative olefination approach that enables the direct coupling of diazo esters with vinylethylene carbonates (VECs), vinyl oxazolidinones, or vinyl benzoxazinones to afford alcohol-, amine-, or aniline-containing 1,3-dienes in moderate to high yields and with excellent stereoselectivity. This protocol features operational simplicity, mild reaction conditions, a broad substrate scope, and gram-scalability. Notably, a structurally unique allylic Pd(II) intermediate was isolated and characterized. DFT calculation and control experiments demonstrated that a rare Pd(0) carbene intermediate could be involved in this reaction. Moreover, the polysubstituted butadienes as novel building blocks were unprecedentedly assembled into macrocycles, which efficiently inhibited the P-glycoprotein and dramatically reversed multidrug resistance in cancer cells by 190-fold.

Boron-Catalyzed Azide Insertion of α-Aryl α-Diazoesters

A challenging metal-free azide insertion of α-aryl α-diazoesters in the presence of B(C6F5)3 (5 mol %) was developed for the first time. The reaction features an easy operation, wide substrate scope, and mild conditions an

Rh(ii)/phosphine-cocatalyzed synthesis of dithioketal derivatives from diazo compounds through simultaneous construction of two different C-S bonds

Rhodium(ii)/phosphine-cocatalyzed bis-sulfuration of α-diazocarbonyl compounds using thiosulfonates as the sulfenylating agent, which provided two sulfur-containing moieties, was developed via simultaneous inter- and intra-molecular C-S bond formation. This novel protocol provides a rapid synthetic route to dithioketal derivatives in moderate to good yields in an atom-economic process. The transformation is proposed to proceed through phosphine ylide formation followed by S(O2)-S bond cleavage and rearrangement.

Boron-Catalyzed O-H Bond Insertion of α-Aryl α-Diazoesters in Water

A catalytic, metal-free O-H bond insertion of α-diazoesters in water in the presence of B(C6F5)3·nH2O (2 mol %) was developed, affording a series of α-hydroxyesters in good to excellent yields. The reaction features easy operation and wide substrate scope, and importantly, no metal is needed as compared with the conventional methods. Significantly, this approach further expands the applications of B(C6F5)3 under water-tolerant conditions.

Cu-Mediated Trifluoromethylation of Aromatic α-Diazo Esters with the Yagupolskii–Umemoto Reagent

Reductive trifluoromethylation of aromatic α-diazo esters at room temperature with the Yagupolskii–Umemoto reagent {[Ph2SCF3][OTf]; (2a)} in DMF in the presence of excess CuCl gave a variety of α-trifluoromethyl arylacetates in up to