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Electroreductive coupling of aromatic ketones, aldehydes, and aldimines with α,β-unsaturated esters: Synthesis of 5-aryl substituted γ-butyrolactones and lactams
Kise, Naoki,Hamada, Yusuke,Sakurai, Toshihiko
, p. 1143 - 1156 (2017/02/18)
The electroreductive intermolecular coupling of aromatic ketones and aldehydes with α,β-unsaturated esters in the presence of TMSCl gave the adducts as γ-trimethylsiloxy esters. The detrimethylsilylation of the adducts with TBAF afforded 5-aryl substituted γ-butyrolactones. The electroreductive coupling of N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-arylmethaneimines with methyl acrylate in the presence of TMSCl gave the adducts as methyl 4-aryl-4-((4-methoxyphenyl)amino)butanoates. The adducts were transformed to 5-aryl-γ-butyrolactams by cyclization with NaH and subsequent oxidation with CAN. (±)-Norcotinine was prepared from nicotinaldehyde by this method. The electroreductive coupling of aromatic ketones and aldimines with acrylonitrile in the presence of TMSCl gave 4-aryl-4-(trimethylsiloxy)butanenitriles and 4-aryl-4-((4-methoxyphenyl)amino)butanenitriles, respectively.
Electronic and Steric Effects in the Addition of Electrophilic 1,3-Dicarbonylalkyl Radicals to Styrenes
Baciocchi, Enrico,Ruzziconi, Renzo
, p. 4772 - 4778 (2007/10/02)
The addition reactions of 1,3-dicarbonylalkyl radicals to ring-substituted styrenes have been kinetically investigated in MeOH and/or MeCN.It has been observed that the rate effect of ring substituents is nearly identical in the reactions of MeCOCHCOMe (1), MeOCOCHCOMe (2) and MeOCOCHCOOMe (4), the ρ value, in MeOH being -0.96, -1.01 and -1.06, respectively.Since the three radicals are relatively strong oxidants and have similar reduction potentials, an important contribution of the transfer structure RCOCHCOR(1-)*CH2CHAr(1+) to the addition transition state is suggested.It has also be found that in the reactions of 1 and 4 with α-alkyl-substituted styrenes the rate of additions is strongly influenced by the nature of the alkyl group, decreasing in the order: Me > Et > i-Pr > t-Bu.The observed effects are much larger than those reported for the corresponding reactions of the nucleophilic cyclohexyl radical.It is suggested that the α-alkyl substituents exert an effect of steric inhibition of resonance thereby ring delocalization of the charge and/or unpaired electron in the transition state is significantly reduced.Delocalization may be more important in the reactions of 1 and 4 than in those of the cyclohexyl radical since it is possible that the former utilizes a transition state occurring later along the reaction coordinate and/or characterized by a larger extent of charge transfer.
